"It actually worked?"
After opening the Open Gate, Chen Fan watched Crocodile disappear into the Canyon in a flash, his expression growing increasingly strange. Why did this creature seem a little like a dog? He had only figured that since it could pinpoint his location through his saliva, its sense of smell must be excellent.
So he had given it a try.
He hadn't expected it to actually work.
"Not bad."
He shook his head with a smile.
With the Meat Strange Parent-Child Fruit, he could communicate mentally with Zhou Mo while he was out on field assignments. It was extremely useful. Its only drawback was that, having ripened prematurely, it lasted just seven days, and he didn't have enough of them.
He turned to look deeper into the Cave.
After waking from an afternoon nap, Weiwei had extended Cave No. 1 again.
The Cave was now a little bigger.
It was far more efficient than digging with his Level-5 Cannon Tower.
Just then—
A clamor came from outside the walls.
"Station Master!"
Wang Mazi, Crippled Monkey, and the others emerged from the Canyon and entered the deep pit carrying crates. Their faces lit with excitement as they called out, "We're back!"
"Good."
Standing atop the City Wall, Chen Fan looked at the crates with a satisfied smile.
Weiwei seemed to need to hibernate.
That was his guess.
Weiwei had stockpiled plenty of food in the Cave, and the Eerie Stones inside the food had yet to be extracted. So Crippled Monkey and the others had gone up the Mountain that afternoon to take care of it.
Chen Fan came down from the wall and looked at a crate packed full of Eerie Stones.
Wang Kui had already rushed out ahead of him and begun receiving the supplies.
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