229 It’s Name is sCloudracer” (1/2)

Stinky wind!

A cold sweat appeared on Chen Fan's forehead. How did a monster manage to go behind him, without him realizing it? Could it have happened when he was shooting the hyenas?

Hoo... Hoo... Hoo... Hoo...

A strange sound came from Chen Fan's jacket as the monster breathed. Not daring to move his upper body, Chen Fan's right hand gripped onto the trigger of the machine gun. He planned to turn around abruptly, then tear the monster behind into pieces with the bullets.

Of course, there was a precondition here! That was, the monster behind him did not assault him within one second!

Animals, even those as slow as turtles, would burst out an incredible speed the instant when they want to prey on another organism. This speed greatly exceeds that of humans, whose hunting skills have been buried for over two thousand years.

Hunt with the fastest speed is the basic survival rule of carnivores! Run with the fastest speed is the basic survival rule of herbivores!

After hundreds of thousands to millions of years of practicing the concept of survival of the fittest, the physical strength of animals has developed so much, that humans are much weaker, and the difference cannot even be measured in a sensible way. For example, silverback gorillas that are living in the African rainforest each weigh about 150 kilograms, and can shove a car for four to five meters in just one blow.

When a person's life is in danger, he will always be able to maximize his potential, and this was true for Chen Fan as well! Hold the gun, turn and aim, he reminded himself. These three actions were carried out perfectly by him, and the only thing left to do was to pull the trigger...

But, alas, he did not manage to pull the trigger! It was not that he was eaten by the monster. Instead, when he turned around, like a bolt of lightning, and saw the monster's appearance, he was stunned.

It had a white head, shaped like a triangular diamond, and was as huge as a buffalo, that gave out a dazzling glow under sunlight, and its widened mouth was full of sharp teeth.

It was that white python. Chen Fan could recognize it from the first look.

Roar!

The python's black eyes were filled with curiosity, as it stared at him, blinking. Even when Chen Fan suddenly turned around, it did not have any reaction.

I can't shoot it!

In his heart, Chen Fan was glad that his reaction was fast. The python was extremely quick, and if it wanted to kill him, it would take less than 0.1 seconds. On the other hand, it would take at least 5 seconds to kill the python with bullets. If Chen Fan had fired at it and made it angry, he would be creating trouble for himself.

In the past, Chen Fan had met the python with his own body, but once the python was injured, and then on the following remaining occasions, Chen Fan stood behind the windows in the stone tower, so the electric eel was partially blocking him from the python.

To be honest, since the python was so smart, it should know that Chen Fan was the electric eel's master. That way, if Chen Fan did not attack it first, it would not assault him.

The truth proved Chen Fan right. The python was only attracted to the place by gunshots. After noticing Chen Fan, it approached him curiously, with its pink forked tongue flicking out at times.

”Python bro, please don't go mad!” After looking into its eyes, realizing that it had no intentions to attack, Chen Fan heaved a huge sigh of relief, then slowly lowered the machine gun, which he had been holding high.

Vroom!

Before Chen Fan could react, the python licked half of his body with its long tongue.

”What. Why do you always like to lick others with your tongue, just like a dog?” A few invisible black lines appeared on Chen Fan's forehead. Dogs lick people to show their affection, he knew. But, what about snakes? Did they lick those whom they admired or respected as well?

Seeing that the python was docile, Chen Fan slowly extended his right hand and stroked the center of its jaws a few times. It felt smooth and cold. Meanwhile, the python did not have much of a reaction, only lowering its head slightly.

”I am like a King!” Chen Fan really wanted to lift his head and shout towards the sky, but he was afraid that the python would bite him. Hence, he simply continued stroking the python for a while, before backing into the armored transporter and closing the door at the top.

Being in this unknown world, Chen Fan would not feel safe, at least as long as the electric eel was not with him. Hence, he had to quickly call the electric eel over.

When the electric eel hastily reached, the white python was coiled up beside the armored vehicle, basking in the sun. Its train-sized tail had turned a low bush nearby into a flat land in its boredom.

After an intimate contact with his own body, Chen Fan's fear towards the python was very much reduced. Without controlling the electric eel to chase the python away, Chen Fan opened the vehicle door directly and jumped out, pulling the steel cable into the cave. Looping the steel cable around the pangolin's paws, Chen Fan turned his attention to the electric eel and controlled it to reel the cable in like a wheel.

Roar!

The strange scene attracted the python, which stared with interest for a few seconds, then wrapped its tail around the steel cable, pulling it just like the electric eel.In the end, with its help, the pangolin's carcass first hit hard onto the rocks during a turn, after which, the steel cable went tight and the pangolin's paws broke off from its body.

”Bad at helping, but good at spoiling!” Chen Fan found this scene both frustrating and funny.

Using an electric arc to chase the python aside, the electric eel pulled out the paws and threw them away. Chen Fan then ran out of the cave to drag the steel cable back in again. The python also probably realized that it had done a disservice. Since, without any apologies, it ran away into the mountain forests.

After cleaning up the messy carcasses near the entrance of the cave, Chen Fan clapped his hands and returned to the driving chamber of the armored vehicle. He had already cleaned up the cave, so the only thing left to do now was to purchase some electrical storage, illumination devices, and a gate in order to turn the place into a fortress that was suitable for humans to live within. The first few items could be bought from hardware stores, while the gate was more troublesome, as it had to be tailor-made.

The protective gates usually had two types. One is made from pure steel, while the other has a steel frame, with an interior filled with special cement. Using the principle that he had to use the best quality always, Chen Fan went online and found a steel manufacturer near Zhongyun, asking them to build a steel gate that was twenty tons in weight.

Since the gate was so heavy, it would be ridiculous to expect a human to open it. The only way was to install a set of gear wheels on the inside, then use a rotary wheel to slowly open it.

...

The next morning, Chen Fan started transporting the bought equipment towards the world on the other side of the ripples. After receiving the gate in two day's time, he would be able to turn that place into a natural underground shelter.

Two days later, the gate, which was painted in green-gray rock designs, was sent to the dock. Accompanying the gate were 24 solid steel nails, each three meters long and 40 centimeters thick, as well as an ash gray flat shovel.

The steel nails were ordinary, and were meant to be drilled into rocks, to make the frame firmer. On the other hand, the shovel, whose shaft was five meters long and whose blade was 1 meter wide, was extraordinary! That was because it was made from tungsten steel, and cost as high as sixty thousand yuan!

The material has both an extremely high hardness and melting point, and is mainly used to make the filament in light bulbs, as well as to cut alloy steels efficiently.