Jiang Fan stared at Zhou Niannian. "Why are you always thinking about getting something for nothing, not even sparing the pitiful animals?"
The green sea-maned lizards on the other side seemed to hear him. One by one, they stretched their necks long, hissing in protest.
The viewers in the livestream room were amused.
"These lizards understand human language."
"No wonder, the animals in this secret realm are all spirits."
"It's not enough to bully pandas, now you want to bully lizards."
"The lizards say I catch fish by my own skill, why should I give it to you?"
Next, the green sea-maned lizards actually used leftover fish bones as darts, throwing them to attack Zhou Niannian.
Zhou Niannian was covered in fish scales, looking miserable.
Jiang Fan chuckled. "Serves you right for always thinking about getting something for nothing!"
The panda had long been hungry and impatient. It let out a roar, rushed to the lake, and drank water with large gulps.
After drinking its fill, the panda sat on the ground, content, and wiped its mouth with its paw.
Jiang Fan looked around. This was truly a blessed land, with fruits, animals, and fresh water, all readily available.
Annoying things like death flies and phantom star grass were nowhere to be found.
Compared to the cold stone cave outside, it was much better.
"Great! We'll camp in the oasis tonight!" Jiang Fan announced.
"Wait, it should be night now." Zhou Niannian remembered they had set off early in the morning and only reached the volcano at noon.
Then they spent more time descending with ropes, and were chased by dinosaurs for a long time.
Logically, it should be night now, but the sun was high in the sky here, with no sign of night.
The viewers in the livestream room also noticed the anomaly.
"It should be night now, right?"
"That's right, it's even deep sleeping time."
"Could that strange secret realm be a polar day where the sun never sets?"
"Whether it's polar day or polar night, sleep when you're tired. You can sleep during the day too."
Jiang Fan told Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei to set up the tents. He then took off his clothes and dived into the water with a graceful leap.
When he reappeared on the surface, Jiang Fan had already mingled among the green sea-maned lizards.
The green sea-maned lizards were not afraid, they just stared at Jiang Fan and vigorously pointed with their claws towards the distance.
The meaning was clear: this is our territory, go catch fish elsewhere.
Jiang Fan didn't say anything. He grinned and tied his clothes into a net bag, waving it at the green sea-maned lizards.
Then Jiang Fan actually took a bath in the water, splashing water everywhere and scaring away the surrounding fish.
The green sea-maned lizards were enraged and collectively stuck out their long red tongues at Jiang Fan.
Jiang Fan pointed at the net bag, which was still empty.
The meaning was: if you want me to leave, you have to give me the fish in your claws, otherwise, no one will catch any fish.
The green sea-maned lizards looked at each other, very reluctantly putting the fish in their claws into the net bag.
Having obtained the fish, Jiang Fan dived underwater again and headed straight for the shore.
After getting ashore, Yao had already caught two small pig-rabbits and lit a bonfire.
The panda had gathered many tempting berries from the surrounding bushes.
Besides berries, there was also a kind of colorful mushroom.
Everyone stared at the panda. As is well known, eating colorful mushrooms usually leads to death.
The panda patted its chest with its paws, implying that this mushroom was safe and it guaranteed it could be eaten.
Dinner was quite delicious, with grilled fish, grilled pig-rabbits, and a berry platter.
In addition, there were those colorful mushrooms, which, when bitten, emitted a intoxicating aroma of wine.
After eating a mushroom, Jiang Fan felt a slight sense of intoxication. The alcohol content of this wine was not low.
Zhou Niannian also ate a mushroom, her cheeks flushed, already looking a bit drunk.
She suddenly sighed and said, "The secret realms here are layered one after another, like Matryoshka dolls. Can we get out?"
"Which secret realm are we in now?"
Jiang Fan shook his head. To be honest, he didn't know which secret realm they were in now.
The viewers in the livestream room immediately started discussing.
"Yeah, these secret realms are layered one after another. I've forgotten what the first secret realm was."
"The path should all be going downwards. If Jiang Shen keeps going down, I think he'll reach the earth's core soon."
"He should have passed the earth's core long ago. I think if he keeps going, he'll travel through the earth."
"Let's discuss it tomorrow, it's almost twelve o'clock."
"Going to sleep, going to sleep."
Seeing Jiang Fan and the others setting up tents and preparing to sleep, the viewers in the livestream room also felt a strong urge to sleep.
The number of people in the livestream room decreased, with people leaving one after another.
After all, there wasn't much to watch in a sleeping livestream. It was better to conserve energy and watch the battle the next day.
With that, Jiang Fan extinguished the bonfire.
They slept in two tents. Jiang Fan and Yao shared one, and Dai Xiaomei and Zhou Niannian shared the other. The panda squatted outside the tent.
Dai Xiaomei had been overly frightened today. Although she was tired, she couldn't fall asleep no matter how she tried.
She closed her eyes and started counting sheep. When she reached nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine sheep, she finally managed to fall asleep.
Halfway through her sleep, Dai Xiaomei suddenly woke up with a start, jumping up from a nightmare.
Just now, she dreamed that the remaining death flies had all broken out of their cocoons, forming a huge dark cloud and charging towards them.
This frightened Dai Xiaomei greatly, and she woke up immediately.
It turned out to be a dream. She groggily looked around and was about to go back to sleep when she suddenly felt something was wrong.
A strange buzzing sound reached Dai Xiaomei's ears.
She rubbed her eyes and walked outside the tent, only to be so terrified that she screamed.
The external environment had changed. A sky-covering dark cloud was swirling madly within the translucent rock wall.
The remaining death flies in the rock cave had all awakened.
They had formed an immense black mass of energy, circling in their cocoons, looking like a terrifying black hole that could swallow everything.
The barrier Jiang Fan had set up earlier had blocked the death flies, but Jiang Fan never would have dreamed that the death flies would come along the rock wall.
The ecosystem in the oasis had attracted the attention of the death flies, and they were eager to rush in and feast.
Fortunately, the death flies were still swirling within the rock wall and had not truly broken through.
Once they broke through, all the creatures in the oasis would be devoured by these terrifying death flies.
Dai Xiaomei was so scared that her soul almost left her body. She quickly shook Zhou Niannian awake.
Zhou Niannian woke up groggily, still rubbing her eyes, when Dai Xiaomei dragged her outside.
Seeing the rock wall outside covered with death flies, Zhou Niannian's first reaction was the same as Dai Xiaomei's—she was completely paralyzed with fear.
"Quick... think of something," Dai Xiaomei said with a mournful face, seeking help from Zhou Niannian.
Zhou Niannian had no ideas. At this moment, of course, she should open Jiang Fan's tent and seek help from him.
The moment she lifted the tent flap, Zhou Niannian was stunned.
The tent was empty. Jiang Fan and Yao were gone!