Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse-Chapter 709: Mutated Giant Crocodile

The Mutated Crocodile, although more difficult to defend against in the water, became easier to deal with once it came ashore.

Of course, this was just what Su Jin and the rest of the group thought.

"We shouldn’t stay here any longer, it will attract more Mutated Crocodiles soon. They are very ferocious,"

David also stepped forward to persuade.

"Can you wait for us for ten minutes?"

Su Jin asked.

The others had no choice but to stand far away from the Heart Talk Team, and Reese and Morris were also helped up, anxiously watching the riverbank ahead.

A Mutated Crocodile the size of a small truck slowly emerged in front of everyone; when it opened its mouth, everyone could see the two rows of huge teeth in the grooves of its upper and lower jaws.

Though its limbs were relatively short compared to its body, its massive tail was extremely agile, mercilessly flinging the surrounding crocodiles far away, as if to say that these people were its prey alone.

When its tail stopped swinging and its yellow eyes fixed on Lu Hao in the front, the creature swiftly crawled towards them, and everyone protected Su Jin behind them, with no one thinking of backing down.

Two thunder attacks aimed left and right towards the center of the Mutant Giant Crocodile were dispersed by its swinging tail.

"Impressive, no wonder it’s so confident,"

Lin Xiuyuan started his attack; after turning the ground beneath the entire giant croc into ice, a series of Ice Spikes extended upward from the ground around the giant croc.

However, the Giant Crocodile’s massive size and surprising strength allowed it to furiously ram into the Ice Spikes, shattering them all.

"Reese, can we leave first? I don’t like this place,"

Reese said with a morose expression, these outsiders underestimated the crocodiles in this river too much.

"No, we need to wait here,"

Qiao said, and besides, they had just rescued Reese and Morris; he also finally had a chance to witness the strength of the Heart Talk Team.

Lin Xiuyuan found himself in this situation for the first time, and the Giant Crocodile successfully provoked his competitive spirit.

"Don’t intervene just yet, I refuse to believe I can’t subdue this guy,"

Lin Xiuyuan said, throwing Ice Spikes while speaking.

"Be careful, we’ll deal with the others,"

Lu Hao said.

Lin Xiuyuan nodded and ran towards an empty space on the left; the Giant Crocodile was indeed lured over. It moved incredibly fast, its cries thunderous as it pounced towards Lin Xiuyuan!

Bang!

An ice wall shattered; Lin Xiuyuan snorted coldly, and took the opportunity to jump onto the crocodile’s back as it rammed into the ice wall.

"Heh heh, let’s see how you chase me now,"

With an Ice Spike formed in his hand, Lin Xiuyuan viciously stabbed towards the nose on the top side of the Giant Crocodile!

Knowing that its skin was exceptionally thick, Lin Xiuyuan aimed for the weak points.

The Giant Crocodile’s body violently swayed, but no matter how powerful its tail was, it couldn’t reach Lin Xiuyuan on its back.

After the Ice Spike pierced through one of the Giant Crocodile’s eyes, the creature became extremely enraged; Lin Xiuyuan seized the chance to jump down and quietly wait in front.

"1, 2, 3,"

Lin Xiuyuan silently counted, and after three seconds, the upper half of the Giant Crocodile was completely frozen, leaving only its tail frantically swaying.

The massive tail tried to drag its body backwards, but the upper half remained motionless, frozen in place.

"Break for me!"

Lin Xiuyuan opened his clenched fist, and with a series of crisp sounds, the upper half of the Giant Crocodile shattered into pieces.

"Son, well done!"

Huang Yunxiang excitedly ran over. Such a large crocodile, the beast core must be quite big—they hadn’t collected beast cores for a long time.

The giant crocodile’s tail was still instinctively swinging, and only after a moment did it slowly come to a stop. Lin Xiuyuan, with both hands, held the huge beast core—which Huang Yunxiang had washed clean—happily running over to Su Jin’s side.

"My God, so fast?"

Morris said in shock, that kid actually killed the giant crocodile!

That was a mutated crocodile!

"Su Jin! Su Jin! Look how big it is! I can barely hold it!"

Lin Xiuyuan excitedly shouted.

Su Jin looked at the oval-shaped beast core, the long core was as big as an old-fashioned hot water kettle. Although it seemed to have many lines and impurities inside, it was nonetheless a great supplement for the Space.

Lu Hao was still leading the remaining family members in hunting the other dozen mutated crocodiles.

"Miss Su, may I ask what you need this beast core for? Special ability users can’t absorb it, right?"

Qiao, followed by a few others who were surprised, came over to ask.

"It’s pretty to look at, just like how Huaxia people like to collect jade. We have a similar hobby; it looks beautiful placed in a room,"

Su Jin replied with a smile.

"..."

So they were putting in so much effort to hunt these crocodiles just for a collectible item?

It was the first time Reese felt that the members of Heart Talk Team were a bit enigmatic. In these apocalyptic times, when people were still struggling to survive, they were actually collecting collectibles?

By then, Lu Hao and the others had effortlessly dealt with the remaining mutated crocodiles but only took the beast cores. Although these cores were not as big as the one Lin Xiuyuan dealt with, they were quite substantial.

"Do you need the meat of these mutated crocodiles? If you need it, you can take it away,"

Lu Hao said to Qiao, planning to set it on fire to burn it if they didn’t need it, lest it attracted something else.

"You don’t want it?"

Morris, having heard Qiao’s translation, asked in surprise. The meat of the mutated crocodile was a treasure.

Because the flesh of the mutated crocodile wasn’t as tough as other mutated animals’, it was very expensive in Y country. Moreover, the skin of the mutated crocodile could be made into strong leather that was difficult for zombies to tear through.

"Hmm, we don’t need it,"

Lu Hao said.

Meat and such, crocodile skin and the like, they didn’t need at all. The strong fishy smell of crocodile was too great, and they didn’t want to put it in their Space.

"In that case, we’re willing to offer crystal cores for them, a thousand crystal cores for each one—is that okay?"

Qiao, who was brought up with noble education, never had the habit of casually taking other people’s belongings. They hadn’t helped at all just now, and it would weigh heavily on their conscience to take anything from Heart Talk Team for free.

"That’s fine,"

Lu Hao had not expected that killing those mutated crocodiles would yield such an outcome and agreed immediately.

Morris excitedly collected the bodies of the mutated crocodiles into his Space. He no longer found Heart Talk Team troublesome. They not only saved their lives just now but also gave up such valuable things. His view of the Heart Talk Team members suddenly became very enthusiastic.

The battle on the shore seemed to have attracted many zombies, but the harbor perimeter was blocked by a high metal fence, so no zombies had overflowed just yet.

David, familiar with the area, went behind a container and drove out a minibus, signaling for everyone to get on.

"We’ll have to drive for more than an hour to reach our base. We don’t plan to stop on the way,"

Qiao said to the Heart Talk Team.

The family, originally intending to drive their own car, discussed for a moment and then boarded the minibus. They were completely unfamiliar with the area, and it also gave them the opportunity to learn more about Y country during the journey.