"Roar!"
The panda was sent flying by Jiang Fan's punch and landed on the ground.
However, the punch also shook off most of the dust from the panda's body.
It was just barely discernible that this was a black and white panda.
"Roar, hum!"
The panda, angered, sat with its back to Jiang Fan and the others, ignoring them.
The viewers in the livestream also chuckled.
"Gungun is such a comedian. Is this the panda version of 'Fat Cat Seeking Relatives'?"
"Poor panda, traveled a thousand miles to find relatives only to get beaten."
"Jiang Shen wasn't trying to hit it; look, that punch shook off all the dust."
"Speaking of which, pandas have thick skin and flesh. A punch won't hurt them; it's like a bath."
"Could this be the legendary dry cleaning?"
Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei came up to poke the panda, but it shook its head like a rattle drum, completely ignoring them.
Then, the panda walked around the secret room by itself.
From time to time, it would paw at the stone slabs on the ground with patterns.
Suddenly, the panda seemed to have discovered a new continent. It lifted a stone slab and rummaged beneath it.
Then, it pulled out something like a stone tablet, hugged it like a treasure, and sat down in a corner.
Jiang Fan and the others ignored the panda and searched for an exit.
According to Jiang Fan's idea, there must be some mechanism hidden in this secret room. Once the mechanism was activated, an exit would appear.
The group searched around, first rummaging through all the weapons in the warehouse, but found nothing.
Next, they moved all the flowerpots, but there were no anomalies.
Finally, they even moved the basins containing food, crushing the food in the process, but nothing happened.
"Ahhhhhh!"
Super bullet comments appeared in the livestream again. It seemed the experts' mute period was over.
Seeing Jiang Fan and the others moving things, they were scared out of their wits.
These items had long since decayed, and a single touch could turn a rare, extinct item into dust. Naturally, they were terrified.
Fortunately, Jiang Fan was careful with his movements and gave proper instructions.
Apart from the food and fruits, which were common in the present day and had decayed to the point of crumbling at a touch, most other items were undamaged.
The experts watched nervously for a long time before finally breathing a sigh of relief.
The entire secret room had been turned upside down, but Jiang Fan found no escape mechanism.
The onlookers also stopped moving and gathered around the panda.
Jiang Fan sighed, then his eyes lit up as he noticed something resembling a stone tablet in the panda's arms.
The onlookers, who had been extremely excited moments ago, were now all silent. Was it because of the thing in the panda's embrace?
With this thought, Jiang Fan rushed over in three quick strides and commanded,
"Gungun, give me what you're holding."
The panda glanced at Jiang Fan and hugged the item tighter.
This didn't seem like the attitude of someone asking for a favor, so Jiang Fan softened his tone.
"Gungun, you are the most handsome animal in the world. Lend me your treasure to look at."
The panda seemed tempted but still held the stone tablet tightly.
Jiang Fan thought for a moment, then opened his bag and scooped out half a bamboo tube of honey.
The panda's nose twitched, catching the sweet scent of honey.
Jiang Fan grinned slyly.
"Come, Gungun, you've had a hard journey. This is your reward."
Upon seeing the honey, the panda quickly put the stone tablet aside and extended its paws to take the honey.
Halfway through extending its paws, the panda suddenly noticed Jiang Fan's ill-intentioned gaze and quickly retracted its paws, hugging the stone tablet tighter.
Jiang Fan teased the panda, placing the bamboo tube by his feet.
The panda drooled with longing, desperately stretching its paws to reach it, but to no avail.
It then poked its head over, sticking out its tongue to lick, but still couldn't reach.
"How about I trade this honey for what you're holding?"
Jiang Fan tested the panda.
The panda thought for a moment and shook its head like a rattle drum.
Helpless, Jiang Fan stood up and went to discuss with Zhou Niannian and the others.
As soon as Jiang Fan left, the panda quickly crawled over and desperately licked the bamboo tube full of honey.
The honey was so sweet that the panda was grinning from ear to ear as it licked.
Just as it was happily enjoying itself, it suddenly felt a huge shadow cast over it.
The panda looked up and saw Jiang Fan, Zhou Niannian, Dai Xiaomei, and Yao surrounding it, staring down menacingly.
They all had murderous intent on their faces, and Dai Xiaomei and Zhou Niannian were licking their lips, holding feather dusters.
These feather dusters were made by Jiang Fan from branches and bird feathers to ward off venomous insects.
The panda was a little scared, feeling that this thing could fall on it at any moment.
"Hmph hmph hmph, hand over the item, and you won't suffer as much!"
Zhou Niannian glanced at the panda sideways. The panda was terrified.
"Otherwise, you'll get a taste of these feather dusters."
Dai Xiaomei also grinned sinisterly.
Jiang Fan picked up the bamboo tube the panda had licked and looked inside.
Good heavens, there was half a catty of honey in there, which the panda had licked clean in no time.
"This honey is worth ten million per catty. If you eat my honey, you have to give me your treasure in return."
Jiang Fan threatened the panda.
The panda trembled all over, shrinking into a ball and hugging the stone tablet even tighter.
"You refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit. Go!"
At Jiang Fan's command, the four exchanged glances and pounced on the panda together.
Seeing this posture, the experts in the livestream were extremely anxious.
"Don't try to grab it; it might damage the stone tablet."
"Pets are coaxed, not forced. You should take turns coaxing it."
"Yes, there might be precious historical text on the stone tablet."
The netizens found it amusing. Historical text? This wasn't One Piece.
However, they were also worried that these elderly experts couldn't handle too much stress and might have heart attacks, so it was better to calm them down.
"Don't worry, old sirs. If they wanted to grab the stone tablet, would all four of them be needed? They're clearly just playing around."
"Exactly. Jiang Shen alone can beat five pandas."
"Don't worry, old sirs. Jiang Shen will interpret that 'historical text' for you later."
"Maybe he'll even tell you where the Uranus and Pluto are hidden, and the secret of the demon-slaying order."
The old experts, of course, had no idea what these anime terms like Uranus, Pluto, and demon-slaying order were. However, seeing everyone else so calm, they could only slightly suppress their anxiety, take a sip of water, and wait patiently.
As expected, after Jiang Fan and the other three subdued the panda, they did not resort to violence.
Jiang Fan and Yao were responsible for tickling the panda's armpits.
Dai Xiaomei and Zhou Niannian used the feather dusters to tickle the panda's soles.
At first, the panda could endure it, frowning and looking like it would rather die than talk.
Two minutes later, the panda couldn't take it anymore, its mouth twitching, looking like it was about to laugh.
Another two minutes later, the panda finally broke down completely, let out a loud roar, spread its limbs, and burst into laughter, looking up at the sky.