“Crack, crack, crack—” Under Gale’s immense constriction force.
Accompanied by the crisp sound of skeletal bones snapping, the rat was quickly strangled by Gale, every bone in its body broken.
After finishing the kill, Gale did not immediately choose to consume the rat; instead, he turned his gaze toward the nearby rat hole.
The rat hole was about the size of a small bowl’s opening, which for the current Gale could definitely be described as spacious.
Gale felt that this rat hole might serve as his temporary lair for now.
After all, when he needed to digest after eating or when he was tired, he would definitely need to find a place to rest—a lair that also needed to be safe.
Under such circumstances, finding a lair underground was certainly better than being outside.
This rat hole was undoubtedly a great choice.
Gale then bit onto the rat’s carcass and crawled further into the hole.
It was pitch black inside the rat hole, but Gale discovered that his eyes could actually see clearly within it.
The entire rat hole was also quite deep.
Gale continued to crawl downward at an incline for four or five meters before reaching the deepest part of the hole.
At the very end, the rat had excavated an oval space over half a meter in diameter.
The bottom was lined with a thick layer of dry grass and withered leaves, making it soft, fluffy, and warm to lie on.
This was clearly the rat’s nest.
Seeing this, Gale couldn’t help but nod inwardly with satisfaction.
This place was not bad; from now on, it was his.
What satisfied Gale even more was that around the perimeter of this deepest space, there were two other tunnels dug by the rat leading to other places outside.
Counting them all up, this rat nest had a total of three tunnels leading outside, each going in a different direction.
This undoubtedly further increased the safety of living here; he didn’t have to worry about being trapped if one entrance was blocked or if an enemy crawled in, leaving him with no escape.
With three exits now, whether one path was blocked or an enemy crawled inside, Gale could choose to escape through the other two exits.
Gale immediately made a decision in his heart.
From now on, this rat hole would be his lair.
“With this rat hole, I can be considered to have a home on Skull Island, and my safety will be somewhat guaranteed.” With his current size, those massive behemoths would certainly not be interested in him; to them, he was likely like an ant—as long as he wasn’t in the way, they basically wouldn’t pay him any mind.
And as long as it wasn’t a behemoth, with Gale hiding underground, there weren’t many creatures that could threaten him.
Furthermore, with three exits, he could make a run for it even if there was danger.
Having secured a safe lair, Gale then began to consume the rat.
The rat wasn’t very large, about the size of an adult’s fist.
However, for the current Gale, who was only one meter long.
This rat was almost at the upper limit of the size he could currently consume.
Gale opened his snake maw to 120 degrees before stuffing the rat’s carcass into his mouth and slowly swallowing it.
After swallowing the rat, Gale felt a sudden bloating in his abdomen, as if he had overeaten.
In such a state, he was definitely no longer suited to go out and hunt.
He needed to digest the rat first.
Thus, Gale stayed in the hole to rest and began digesting the rat in his belly.
During his rest and digestion.
Gale felt his consciousness and eyelids growing heavier and heavier, and then he unconsciously drifted off to sleep.
He didn’t know how long he slept.
[Ding!
You have consumed and digested a rat.
evolution progress increased by 1%.] The notification sound from the Golden Finger information in his mind suddenly rang out.
Gale woke up instantly.
The moment he woke up, Gale clearly felt that his entire physical quality seemed to have improved.
Strength and various other physical attributes all seemed to have been enhanced.
This enhancement gave Gale a clear sense of perception.
Then, looking at his body.
Gale suddenly discovered that his body had actually grown a segment.
Originally, Gale’s body length was about one meter, but now his body length had reached nearly 1.1 meters.
Looking again at the changes in the Golden Finger’s information.
[evolution progress: 1%]: 99% remaining until the next life level evolution.
Gale immediately understood.
Because he had just consumed and digested that rat, his life level evolution progress had increased by 1%, and his body had improved accordingly.
This caused Gale’s spirits to soar, and the grogginess he felt upon just waking up vanished instantly.
In this situation, why bother sleeping?
Go out to hunt, and evolve!
“Hiss, hiss—” Quickly flicking his snake tongue.
Gale’s head cautiously emerged from the hole’s entrance.
First, he poked his head out and cautiously observed the entire surroundings; after confirming there was no danger.
Only then did Gale slowly crawl out with his entire body.
Then, centered around his lair, he cautiously began to forage for prey in the vicinity.
The dense forest was very quiet; only the occasional cry of an unknown bird flying across the sky could be heard, and there wasn’t even the sound of insects.
The quieter it was, the more cautious Gale became.
Because this likely meant there was some powerful creature nearby that made other ordinary creatures afraid to come here or make a sound.
After searching like this for over an hour, Gale finally spotted prey on a tree branch.
It was a green Tree Frog, a full palm-sized creature, about twice the size of the rat Gale had previously hunted.
At this moment, the Tree Frog was resting among the green leaves of the branch.
Its green skin almost blended in with the leaves; if not for Gale’s keen observation, it would have been difficult to spot.
Gale slowly crawled up the trunk behind the Tree Frog.
The Tree Frog resting among the leaves seemed to be dozing, squatting there motionless with its eyes closed.
It wasn’t until Gale had crawled onto the branch and was almost touching it.
That the Tree Frog finally noticed and suddenly kicked off with its hind legs to jump away.
But by then, it was too late.
The moment the Tree Frog jumped, Gale’s body also shot out like an arrow from a bow, his mouth opening to accurately bite onto the Tree Frog’s hind leg.
“Thud!” A faint sound.
Gale and the Tree Frog fell from the branch.
However, the height was not great—only two or three meters—and the ground was covered in thick leaves.
So Gale didn’t suffer any injuries from the fall.
Instead, the moment he landed, his entire snake body instantly coiled around the Tree Frog and began to constrict forcefully.
“Croak!” “Croak!” …
The Tree Frog began to struggle and croak vigorously.
But it was useless.
Compared to Gale’s strength, the Tree Frog’s struggle was completely insufficient.
Moreover, it was already thoroughly entangled by Gale’s constriction technique.
Under these circumstances, it was even more impossible for the Tree Frog to escape.
In less than half a moment.
Accompanied by the crisp sound of snapping bones and a final, mournful croak.
This Tree Frog was completely strangled by Gale; its entire body had even been twisted out of shape like a long piece of fried dough.
After killing the Tree Frog, Gale did not linger outside.
Biting the Tree Frog’s carcass, he quickly returned toward his lair.
There were too many dangers outside; Gale certainly wouldn’t eat this Tree Frog out in the open.
Only after returning to the rat hole lair in one breath with the Tree Frog’s carcass did Gale begin to feed slowly.
This Tree Frog was much larger than the rat he had hunted at the very beginning.
In fact, if he hadn’t twisted the Tree Frog’s body into a rope-like shape through constriction, Gale wouldn’t have been able to swallow it.
After swallowing the Tree Frog.
Gale felt so stuffed that he almost couldn’t move, feeling as if his belly was about to burst.
If an ordinary creature were this stuffed, its body would likely be damaged.
However, a snake’s digestive System is powerful.
For a snake, as long as it can swallow it, there is basically no possibility of being stuffed to death.
After swallowing the Tree Frog, Gale immediately began to rest and digest within the hole again.
Gale found that he tended to fall asleep easily while digesting food.
Thus, he took another nap.
[Ding!
You have successfully consumed and digested a Tree Frog.
evolution progress increased by 2%.]