He hadn't expected to find, just as he crawled up to the doorway, a towering man rushing toward him with a naked upper body, hard scales faintly visible across his front and back. The man held a boy whose body bulged unnaturally, his face full of anxiety. A beautiful, dwarf-like woman hurried close behind him.
Well, it seemed he'd come at the wrong time.
Bai Chuan silently grumbled to himself and slowly withdrew. In an instant, scales covered his entire body, helping reduce the scent he gave off.
This was the scent-concealing ability he'd gained in his previous evolution. It could reduce his scent, and its remarkable effect was, of course, also thanks to his habit of washing himself from time to time.
Then he found a secluded corner and coiled up.
Fortunately, the room was spacious enough. It would've been hard for a seven-meter-long snake to hide otherwise.
In that moment, he vanished completely from the room.
"Doctor Tang! Doctor Tang!"
The man rushed inside, calling out urgently, but no one answered.
He stamped his foot in frustration, gave some instructions to the equally anxious woman behind him, then rushed back out through the door.
For a while, only an unconscious child and a dwarf-like woman remained.
Something wasn't right.
Bai Chuan watched the scene, silently flicking his tongue in and out.
Ever since he'd entered this valley, he'd noticed that everyone here was a little strange!
They were either short as toddlers, as if afflicted with dwarfism, or like the burly man, with their upper bodies bare and black hard scales appearing across their fronts and backs.
Were there no normal people here? Or had their martial arts made them this way?
Forget it. It had nothing to do with him. Bai Chuan silently shook his head, deciding