Although he had reached the border, Xu Xin was not in a hurry to go back.

Of course, he wouldn't risk going beyond the three-kilometer boundary, but he was still curious why they couldn't go beyond that. Was it because the tree house could only protect them within a three-kilometer radius?

On the map, within three kilometers of the tree house, there were no more beasts, save for the red dot in the center of the lake. Was this also the tree house's fault? Or was it intentional on the part of that mysterious voice?

At this time, he already had a guess in his mind, but it was immature.

He looked meaningfully at the ground outside the border. That was the direction he came from. He had walked from there before intact, but now he could no longer go back.

Before, it was the novice protection period that protected him, but now, it was the tree house that protected him.

Don't think too much. Now nearly two hours have passed, Xu Xin walked back to the black bear cave.

Standing at the entrance of the black bear cave, Xu Xin used the compass for the second time.

There was another crisp "ding" sound, and the compass needle gradually pointed in the opposite direction of the black bear cave, pointing to the other side of the stream.

It seems that the treasure chest is on the other side of the stream, and Xu Xin has to cross the stream to get there.

The stream is easy to cross, after all, it is not deep. Even though this is the downstream of the stream and the stream is very wide, the deepest part of the entire stream is only thirty or forty centimeters deep.

Xu Xin was about to cross the stream when he suddenly stopped.

What if the monster wasn't across the creek, but right in it?

If he stepped down like that, wouldn't he be courting death? After all, 40 centimeters of water isn't really that deep, but it can significantly affect a person's normal activities and slow down Xu Xin's speed considerably.

"Keke, wake up!" Xu Xin violently rubbed Keke's head as she lay on his shoulder.

“…嘤嘤!” Coco was very unhappy about being woken up violently, and cried at Xu Xin.

Xu Xin took Keke off his shoulders and held him in his arms, facing the stream. "Feel the water, is there anything wrong?"

After all, Coco found the treasure chest last time by following the smell. This may be its intuition, but it is indeed very useful.

"Hmm?" Coco tilted its head subconsciously. It was still in a confused state after being woken up, but was pulled out to work.

It jumped down from Xu Xin's arms, came to the water's edge, dug its little paws into the water, then turned to Xu Xin and shook its head: "Hmm~"

"No?" Xu Xin frowned. Was he overthinking it? Coco and the map didn't warn of the danger, so perhaps he was mistaken.

Relaxing his frown, Xu Xin lifted Keke back onto his shoulders, took off his shoes, and prepared to cross the stream.

The water in the stream was fast-flowing and very cold. As soon as Xu Xin stepped in, he felt the biting chill. Before he had taken a few steps, his whole feet were frozen and numb.

He didn't know why the water in the mountain stream was so cold, even though the temperature was over 30 degrees Celsius.

After taking two steps, Xu Xin stopped.

For some reason, the more he walked, the more uneasy he felt. It was basically the same sense of crisis that suddenly arose in his heart when the vines were about to emerge from the ground. It was just not as strong as that time. Instead, he felt that a dangerous thing was getting closer and closer to him.

There's something in the water!

There really is something in the water!

Xu Xin chose to trust his intuition. He took big strides and ran back. He had not yet reached the deepest part of the stream, so walking back was the fastest way to get back to the shore!

Just as he turned around and ran backwards, he suddenly heard the sound of splashing water behind him, as if something came out of the water!

"Ying!" Coco suddenly cried on his shoulder. The sound was completely different from its usual cute voice. It was a hoarse and sharp roar, as if protesting to something behind it.

Xu Xin turned his head slightly and saw something behind him with his peripheral vision.

When that thing appeared in his pupils, Xu Xin's pupils instantly tightened, he was horrified and rushed to the shore frantically.

At this time, a crocodile emerged from the middle of the stream, a crocodile that was much larger than an ordinary crocodile. Its size reminded Xu Xin of the ancient creatures of the late Cretaceous period, one of the largest crocodiles in history, Deinosuchus!

No, even Deinosuchus wasn't that big! It was a giant Deinosuchus!

The crocodile, which was almost twenty meters long, was lying at the bottom of the stream. When it stood up from the bottom of the stream, the water level of the entire stream dropped significantly.

However, there was no red dot on the map that Xu Xin had been paying close attention to!

"Fuck! This map doesn't show anything, right?! What the hell is this creator function? It's a rip-off!" Xu Xin ran ahead, his soul chasing him. He sprinted madly towards the shore, reaching it in just four or five steps.

However, what surprised him was that the crocodile did not seem to have any intention of attacking him, otherwise it would have been almost impossible for Xu Xin to escape.

The crocodile's attack speed in the water is very fast. If it bites him and gives him a death roll, he will probably be turned into a pile of minced meat.

The crocodile just looked at him, like the giant anaconda in the middle of the lake, just looking at him quietly.

Like the giant anaconda in the center of the lake, he has a huge body like a monster, as if he is not a creature of this era.

The only difference is that the giant anaconda is a huge, extremely bright red dot on the map, while the crocodile suspected to be a Deinosuchus is not shown on the map.

The last one that wasn't displayed was the little panda Koko on his shoulder.

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