Chapter 4

The giant crocodile lunged forward again.

This time, Jin Si did not dodge, but grabbed the crocodile's upper and lower jaws.

Over-the-shoulder throw!

Whoosh—

Garrick seemed to hear the piercing wind.

The hundred-ton body of the crocodile was lifted into the air and then crashed heavily to the ground.

"Get up! Get up!!" Blair watched the fallen body of the crocodile in the surveillance footage.

She needed to see more, more data.

But the crocodile did not get up again.

"How is this possible? This attack was not fatal, why isn't it getting up?" Blair screamed hysterically.

Their company's products all had extraordinary self-healing and resistance capabilities.

While this over-the-shoulder throw was quite astonishing, it could not kill the crocodile.

At this moment, dark red blood began to seep from the crocodile's back.

"It's the broken tree, it pierced through its back," Garrick said.

Jin Si's massive body walked towards the crocodile, which was still not dead.

But at this moment, it no longer posed much of a threat to Jin Si.

Beasts are ultimately just beasts.

Even if its strength far exceeded Jin Si's after the transformation.

But it still could not match intelligent beings.

Jin Si jumped onto the crocodile's exposed belly, which was also covered with thick scales.

However, compared to its back, which was like armor, this area was much weaker.

Jin Si reached out and grabbed the gap between two scales.

Rip—

The crocodile suddenly struggled violently.

But the broken tree that had pierced its back made it impossible for it to turn over.

Garrick, Blair, and Blake all watched this shocking scene.

They watched the giant ape tear open the crocodile's belly.

They watched the giant ape's hands probe into the crocodile's abdominal wound.

"What is it doing?"

"I don't know... Damn, there's no data on this."

At this moment, all three saw red light spreading from the giant ape's hands.

"What is that? How is it doing that?"

"It looks like it's beyond science."

"No, it's not. It's absorbing the crocodile's genetic energy!" Blair said excitedly, "Perfect! Too perfect! Oh my God, it's our ultimate weapon! When it stands on the weapon platform, the whole world will go crazy for it. Capture it! Capture it!"

After the initial struggle, the crocodile became increasingly weak.

The entire process took only three minutes, and no one disturbed it.

Jin Si knew there was an audience.

After absorbing the essence from the crocodile's blood, Jin Si leaped and landed in front of Garrick.

Garrick shuddered, although Jin Si's size was still much smaller than the crocodile's.

But the pressure Jin Si brought was far beyond what the crocodile could.

He had no doubt that this giant ape could crush him.

The giant ape's body gradually shrank, returning to its original three-and-a-half-meter form.

Jin Si moved the gun pointing at him, then stretched out a finger and pulled something from Garrick's body.

Then, Jin Si took the item and disappeared into the dense forest.

"Garrick, what did it take from you? Damn it, tell me quickly."

At this moment, Garrick was already lying on the ground, his mind flashing with scenes from his life.

It took a few minutes for him to recover slightly.

"It took my cigar, damn it, that was my prized cigar."

"I have cigars. If you help me capture it, I'll give you as many as you want."

"No, damn it, I refuse! Boss, you're fired. I will never deal with such a monster again."

Garrick was heartbroken. His comrades were all dead, killed by the monster.

If it weren't for the giant ape, he would have died too.

Garrick discarded the equipment and communicator on his body.

At this moment, he felt both physically and mentally exhausted.

He needed to find a place to calm down.

But the next moment, a whistling sound suddenly descended.

Garrick's entire body bristled with fear as he turned around.

The giant ape returned, its massive body blocking the moon.

I'm going to die...

Indeed, beasts are beasts. He actually thought it would let him go.

But... after a long wait, the giant ape did not move.

Garrick cautiously raised his head and saw the giant ape holding his cigar.

Lighter! Jin Si gestured.

Garrick's face turned black.

"Are you kidding?"

Garrick carefully took out the lighter.

He was afraid of causing unnecessary misunderstandings.

After all, beasts are very neurotic.

Whoosh—

Then, Garrick watched the giant ape smoke.

At this moment, he was no longer afraid because the giant ape was acting too human.

He suspected it was a monkey that had escaped from a circus.

"What's your name?" Garrick tried to communicate with it.

Jin Si turned to look at Garrick and made a muffled sound: "Jin."

Jin Si could not yet transform, although he could understand, he could not communicate with ordinary people in human language.

Only the fellow disciples on Fangcun Mountain could communicate with him.

"Jin?"

Jin Si nodded, then waved his hand, preparing to leave.

"Hey, wait... buddy."

Jin Si stopped, and Garrick said, "Can you take me out?"

凸(——)凸!

Garrick had never thought that one day a monkey would make this gesture to him.

"How about a midnight snack?"

Jin Si thought for a moment, patted his stomach, and made a pregnant woman's gesture, indicating that he ate a lot.

Jin Si really ate a lot. In the mountains, he ate a tiger a day.

In the past two days, his appetite had increased, and Jin Si was afraid of bankrupting this mercenary.

Garrick shrugged, "Don't worry, you won't eat me out of house and home."

Jin Si picked up Garrick, and Garrick thought the giant ape was acting up again.

But soon he realized the giant ape was taking him out of the forest.

In just a few minutes, Jin Si had already brought Garrick to the road.

"Which direction?" Jin Si gestured.

"That way." Garrick pointed.

Garrick had already understood most of Jin Si's gestures.

When they reached the edge of the city, Garrick finally stopped Jin Si.

"Okay, let's stop here. There's a 24-hour convenience store over there. Wait here, don't come out, don't let anyone see you... Oh, do you eat fruit? Or meat? Fruit? Meat?"

Garrick didn't know what apes ate, especially this mutated one.

Fruit, nod.

Meat, nod, both.

"Alright, I got it."

Soon, Garrick came out of the convenience store, pushing several shopping carts.

He came to a shaded area, "Jin, are you still here?"

Jin Si emerged from the shadows, picked up the fruit from the cart, and ate it in one bite.

Then he picked up a piece of meat and waved the lighter under it.

"You want to eat grilled meat? You want something to drink? Why didn't you say so earlier?" Garrick felt he was dealing with a grandpa, not a monkey.

Garrick helplessly returned to the convenience store and pushed out another cart.

"Do you have a place to go? If not, or if you want to go back to the mountains?"

"You, me, sleep." Jin Si gestured.

"You mean, sleep at my place?"

Jin Si nodded, and Garrick thought for a moment, "I can let you stay, but you can't destroy my house. I still have a mortgage to pay."