"Bro, you're really afraid of going hungry, huh?"

Certainly.

He didn't need to go into the details with Zhou Mo and the others. Even after spending time together, anyone who wasn't blind could see that he was different from ordinary Builder. The most obvious difference was that he consumed significantly less energy when building his buildings.

But that's just speculation; there's no need to call it out.

Chen Fan manipulated the Cannon Tower on the outer Blockhouse of the City Wall, aiming at the rock wall above Cave No. 1 and blasting several more shallow craters. This was all Crocodile's work for tonight, if the other party wasn't tired.

There aren't enough extra Eerie Stone to build Level-5 Cannon Tower right now.

He had plenty of White Grade Mourning Lantern; he had confiscated over a thousand at the time. The only problem was that he didn't have enough Mourning Lantern Eerie Stone, so he dug the pit first to prepare for the future.

After doing all this.

He turned his head to look at the Crocodile, who immediately understood. It opened its mouth wide, its tongue, which was pressed against its lower jaw, curled up slightly, and streams of Green Grade liquid shot out, accurately hitting the shallow craters he had blasted with the Cannon Tower.

"Sharp."

Chen Fan couldn't help but murmur his praise.

Brilliant location tracking.

This Crocodile seems to have been born from the hands of the Creator just to dig burrows.

But at that moment—

The Crocodile kept forcefully raising its tongue, but no more Green Grade liquid spurted out. As if it had exhausted itself, it turned to look at Chen Fan, made a hole in the ground with its hand, and kept craning its head into the Canyon.

He understood.

It means... you're low on fluids and need to go home to refill them.

"Go."

However, the Crocodile still did not move. Its belly twitched slightly, and it spat out the Starfish- shaped stone that it had been holding in its mouth yesterday, then swallowed it back into its stomach.

"Alright."

Chen Fan chuckled helplessly, mounted his horse, and said, "You lead the way; I'll go home with you."

This guy still wanted to give him a toy as a reward. Actually, he had already received enough in return, but this guy didn't seem to think of these as rewards. Although he didn't need these toys, he decided to follow along to see what was going on, so as not to spoil the fun.

The Crocodile, its eyes brimming with excitement, quickly scrambled towards the Canyon, glancing back every now and then to see if he was keeping up.

Soon.

The man, the crocodile, and the horse arrived at the foot of the mountain at the Canyon exit.

Judging from the appearance, the Crocodile's home is on the mountaintop.

But the Skeleton Horse has no ability to climb mountains.

The Crocodile clearly realized this as well, and kept Wriggler on the ground, shaking its head back and forth, as if it were about to write the words "riding on my body" on its forehead.

"..."

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Fan dismounted and climbed onto the Crocodile's back. He lay down and pressed himself against Crocodile rock-like carapace, his hands gripping the rough scales to secure himself.

The next moment!

He felt a surge of pure power.

The massive body beneath him raced along the mountaintop in a seemingly clumsy but extremely savage manner, felling all the trees in its path—a path that had been cleared long ago.

With each step the Giant Crocodile took, one could feel the earth-shaking solidity.

The scenery on both sides rushed past, and birds took flight in fright.

He turned around and looked behind him, his breath catching in his throat.

It's faster than the Skeleton Horse.

The stinging pain from the rain and wind whipping against his face made him exceptionally alert. He even felt that this Crocodile could withstand the "Funeral Wraith Chief's " lantern head-on and then tear the Funeral Wraith to shreds!

The imposing size of the body provides both a strong sense of pressure and a great sense of security.

They went uphill very quickly.

He felt as if only a few dozen breaths had passed. His mind wandered and he was unaware of how much time had gone by. He only felt that he had quickly arrived at the mountaintop, where the Crocodile led him to a cliff.

"..."

Chen Fan walked to the edge of the cliff and looked down. The square Sinkhole at the bottom was his Rear Base. It was the first time he had looked down at the Sinkhole from this perspective. Through the hazy rain and mist, he could vaguely see Zhou Mo and the others moving around at the Sinkhole Floor.

"Hello!!!"

He clasped his hands together near his mouth, looked at Zhou Mo and the others moving at the Sinkhole Floor, and shouted.

However...

His voice was completely drowned out by the sound of rain and wind, and the people below didn't hear him at all.

Instead, the Crocodile next to him tilted its head and looked at him with a puzzled expression, as if wondering why he was shouting at it so loudly when they were so close.

"It's alright."

Chen Fan smiled and looked away, then glanced at a hollowed-out boulder beside him. "Is this your home?"

The boulder blends seamlessly into the ground, and the Crocodile carved an entrance into its side, leading diagonally into the earth, with the entrance higher than the surface.

The Crocodile, somewhat pleased, slapped its tail and led the way towards the cave entrance.

The entrance looked rather rudimentary.

But below it was like an Underground Palace.

The Crocodile carved out many Cave along the main road. Every time it passed a Cave, it would stop and shake its head to let the crocodile take a closer look, just like it was showing a new friend its Secret Base.

Chen Fan also provided ample emotional value, and he was genuinely surprised.

He never imagined that a Crocodile could manage its home so well.

"Is this your food storage room?"

Chen Fan saw a Cave filled with the corpses of Strange Entities, including many that had been roasted. These were the very same batch he had roasted. Clearly, this guy had taken all the Roast Meat he had fed last time back to the Cave to store for later consumption.

"You have plenty of food here, don't you? Why were you in such a hurry when we first met, like you were starving?"

That's too complicated.

The Crocodile couldn't understand.

After pondering for a moment, he continued walking deeper into the main road.

"It's still the food storage room."

Three.

Four.

"Five..."

"Dude, you seem to be afraid of going hungry?"

Chen Fan silently followed behind the Crocodile. Along the way, he had already seen five food storage rooms, which contained at least several thousand strange corpses. Moreover, the Crocodile had used some method to keep the temperature inside the storage rooms low, with no signs of decay.

Along the walls of the main road and inside the storage rooms, every few steps a stone emitting a pale yellow light is embedded, providing a source of illumination.

He doesn't know him.

Finally.

After passing through several food storage rooms.

Suddenly, everything became clear.

They arrived at a huge Cave, which was also the end of the main road. In one corner, there was a pile of Withered Grass and Strange Entities fur, which was obviously a soft bed made by the Crocodile. In another corner, there was a large amount of... miscellaneous items.

Or rather, it's a toy.

Among them were Starfish -like stones, a nearly complete and large fish skeleton, a hoe, and... a rusty Great Knife, etc.

All sorts of things.

Some of these things were probably found in the ruins of the village.

This guy had dug out everything that was relatively Rare on this mountain and moved it to his lair. Now, he was swaying his head and guiding him to this pile of toys, letting him choose.

"I really like this hoe, how about..."

Chen Fan smiled helplessly, intending to just grab a toy to avoid spoiling the guy's fun, but he stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence. He stared at several glowing Exotic Treasure among the toys and froze in place.