"Never mind, it doesn't matter if it's alive or dead. We just need to quickly help Jiang Fan attack this crab now."
Zhou Niannian immediately picked up a stone from the ground and raised her slingshot.
On the other side, Jiang Fan was locked in a desperate struggle with the crab. The crab's strength was immense, and its attacks were incredibly fast.
Despite its massive size, the crab was not slow. Jiang Fan dodged back and forth at extreme speed, yet he almost couldn't keep up with the crab's pace.
"Damn you, you beast, I'll kill you."
Jiang Fan raised his axe and swung it towards the crab's leg. As expected, its leg was much weaker than its pincers, and a chunk of flesh was cleaved off by Jiang Fan's strike.
The crab let out a series of clicking sounds. Although it had no vocal cords, its teeth were grinding against each other incessantly.
"Yes, if I keep this up, I'll be able to chop off all its legs and then deal with it."
Just as Jiang Fan thought he had found a way to face the crab, he was surprised to find that the crab ignored its severed leg and launched another attack on him with its other legs, this time with even greater ferocity.
"Damn it, I seem to have angered it. Its speed has suddenly increased so much. If this continues, there will be serious trouble. I need to think of a solution quickly."
Jiang Fan dodged back and forth, but ultimately couldn't evade its attack. As he counterattacked, his body was lightly brushed by a pincer, sending him flying like a stone.
"Damn it."
After rolling twice on the ground, Jiang Fan saw the other pincer rapidly strike towards him.
Just as Jiang Fan thought he was about to be injured again, he was surprised to see the crab suddenly knocked off balance.
In an instant, Jiang Fan seemed to have spotted its weakness: the vulnerable armor on its underside was exposed. Without any hesitation, Jiang Fan charged forward with his axe, leaped up, and smashed the axe onto the fragile armor.
The crab's roe immediately gushed out from the crack.
Jiang Fan did not stop his assault but swiftly launched a fierce attack on the crab, ensuring its demise.
Only after the crab was completely still did Jiang Fan turn to look at Zhou Niannian, realizing that Zhou Niannian's slingshot had just hit the crab's eye.
The crab's most vulnerable spot was neither its limbs nor its joints, but its eyes.
Its eyes were only connected by two segmented bones, making them prone to fracture with even a slight impact.
Zhou Niannian had aimed for its eyes, and her final slingshot shot had shattered one of them.
The intense pain caused the crab to collapse.
Seeing the monster truly defeated, Zhou Niannian was stunned for a moment, looking at Jiang Fan in disbelief. Jiang Fan, however, gave her a thumbs-up.
"Well done. I never expected you to be so capable. If I had known your slingshot skills were this good, I would have prepared a gun for you."
Jiang Fan now truly regretted not equipping Zhou Niannian with a ranged weapon, otherwise, she would have accomplished countless incredible feats.
"I didn't expect to hit it either, but at least we've killed it. Let's hurry and find Dai Xiaomei."
Jiang Fan glanced at the crab. He knew its meat would be delicious and abundant, but he wasn't in the mood to consider such things now.
He left a small mark at the spot and continued searching along the coast.
"What is going on here? Why are the monsters here so abnormally large, just like in the forest above? Could this place also be affected by what's above, or have they evolved together?"
Hearing this, Zhou Niannian once again engaged her meticulous thinking.
"I think something unclean fell from above, and that's why these crabs ate it and mutated."
"Otherwise, why were there no incidents on the coast before? I'm sure that's why this coast has become like this."
Jiang Fan wasn't sure what was happening. He listened to Zhou Niannian's words with a mix of belief and doubt, but one thing was certain: they had to find Dai Xiaomei quickly, or she would be in danger.
Initially, Jiang Fan and Zhou Niannian didn't believe Dai Xiaomei would encounter any danger. However, seeing this crab completely changed their perspective.
If there were many such crabs in this area, and Dai Xiaomei had landed on this island, she would surely have lost her life by now. They clung to the last sliver of hope and continued searching along the coast.
However, they were now moving stealthily through the island, hiding and observing.
Upon hearing faint sounds, Jiang Fan would immediately hide, waiting for the sounds to pass.
This wasn't because Jiang Fan was cowardly, but because he had already witnessed the monsters here. They were equally threatening, and his chances of winning a fight against them were slim.
If it hadn't been for Zhou Niannian's luck in hitting the crab's eye just now, Jiang Fan would have been left with only half his life after being struck by that pincer.
"Damn it, there are absolutely no clues. Where on earth could Dai Xiaomei have gone?"
As Jiang Fan spoke, Zhou Niannian became extremely agitated, her sobbing audible. Jiang Fan turned and saw that Zhou Niannian's eyes were already red.
"I don't want Dai Xiaomei to get hurt."
Zhou Niannian's voice trembled slightly. Seeing this, Jiang Fan's heart ached.
"Don't worry, she won't be harmed. No matter what, I will find her and take her to a safe place."