After finishing digesting the swarm of white rats, Gale slowly twisted his body, which had now reached over five meters in length, and slithered out of the karst cave.
He needed to find new prey now.
After emerging from the cave, Gale first twisted his serpentine body and climbed to the summit of the mountain where the cave was located.
Before hunting, he needed to get a general sense of the surrounding environment to see where prey was abundant and suitable for hunting.
The mountain where the cave was located wasn’t particularly high, with an elevation of only a little over a hundred meters from the ground.
However, compared to its surroundings, this summit was one of the few high points in the area.
The entire mountain was formed of rock, with only a few vines and small trees growing on it.
Consequently, the view from the summit was extremely open.
Gale quickly reached the top.
The moment he reached the summit, Gale’s field of vision instantly expanded.
First, looking behind him, the area could be divided into two main regions.
One region was an open wilderness with exposed ground; it looked barren, lacking both water sources like rivers and any animal life.
The other region was a dense forest that stretched as far as the eye could see.
This was the very forest Gale had come from; it was unfathomably deep, and there was no telling what creatures were hidden within it.
In front of Gale was also a vast wilderness.
However, this wilderness was different from the one behind him.
This wilderness was covered in green grass, flowers, and shrubs.
Most importantly, at the very center of this wilderness lay an oval lake several miles in diameter.
The area around the lake was teeming with herds of cattle, sheep, deer, horses, and other creatures.
In addition, there were carnivores such as tigers, lions, leopards, and wolves.
This was clearly a freshwater lake, and so these creatures lived here, forming an ecosystem rich in wildlife.
Gale couldn’t help but feel a surge of joy.
He hadn’t expected to find such a place here.
For him, it was undoubtedly an excellent hunting ground.
Furthermore, when hunting, he could submerge himself in the water near the shore to approach his prey.
After all, these land creatures all needed to drink.
Gale could hunt them while they were drinking and use the lake water to drag them in and drown them.
This way, the lake water would also provide Gale with an extra layer of protection.
However, there was one thing Gale needed to consider before hunting this way.
He needed to find out if there were any large predators in the lake that could threaten him.
If there were large predators in the lake, then Gale would have to be careful about entering the water.
Gale felt he could first enter the shallow water areas near the shore and avoid the deep parts of the lake.
That way, if he discovered any danger in the lake, he could get back to shore in time.
Besides, if he used the lake for hunting, he only needed to be in the water near the shore; there was no need to go into the depths.
Subsequently, Gale observed the situation on the shore around the lake for a while longer.
He checked to see if there were any predators on land that could threaten him.
Through his observations, Gale found that the predators on land were mainly tigers, lions, leopards, and wolves.
And they were all normal-sized tigers, lions, leopards, and wolves.
These four definitely posed a danger to the current Gale.
Especially the most powerful among them, the tigers and lions; if they truly launched an attack, they could definitely threaten Gale’s life.
But the current Gale wasn’t necessarily without the strength to fight back.
Moreover, animals know to seek benefits and avoid harm.
With so many safer herbivores waiting to be hunted, they certainly wouldn’t go out of their way to pick a fight with Gale.
Just like these tigers, lions, leopards, and wolves—even when they saw each other, they coexisted peacefully.
With Gale’s current five-meter-plus size and strength, as long as he didn’t actively provoke them, the tigers, lions, leopards, and wolves certainly wouldn’t provoke him easily.
In other words, if Gale entered this ecosystem around the lake now, he would also become a relatively safe and powerful predator.
However, Gale was in no hurry to act.
He planned to watch a bit longer.
After all, he had only been observing for a short while; who knew if there were powerful predators hidden within this lakeside ecosystem?
Gale planned to observe for another half a day.
He would only make his move once he had thoroughly determined the situation of the ecosystem around this lake.
He waited for several more hours.
At this time, changes finally occurred in the ecosystem around the lake.
Thump— Thump— Thump— Coiled on the summit, Gale suddenly heard footsteps like earthquakes echoing from behind the hillside to the left of the distant lake.
Immediately after, Gale saw a colossal creature emerge from behind the hillside.
It was a giant creature that Gale had only seen in movies and on television in his previous life.
A dinosaur!
This was a massive herbivorous dinosaur—a Brachiosaurus.
Its size was staggeringly huge; including its tail and neck, it was likely over twenty meters long.
Each step it took on the ground felt like an earthquake.
And there wasn’t just one Brachiosaurus; there was a herd of them, at least thirty or forty.
As this herd of Brachiosaurus appeared, even more dinosaurs followed.
Triceratops, Palaeoscincus, Camptosaurus, Hipposaurus, Sauropods, Stegosaurus…
A massive herd of herbivorous dinosaurs, numbering perhaps nearly a thousand.
And following this herd of herbivorous dinosaurs, some carnivorous dinosaurs also appeared behind them, seemingly looking to prey on the herbivores.
But with the herbivores huddling together and led by the giant Brachiosaurus, these carnivores didn’t dare to attack easily.
The original tigers, lions, wolves, leopards, cattle, sheep, and deer around the lake all scattered far away upon seeing these dinosaurs appear.
“There are actually so many dinosaurs on Skull Island!” Coiled on the summit and watching this scene, Gale couldn’t help but be shocked.
He hadn’t expected such a group of dinosaurs to be living on Skull Island.
They weren’t in the movies from his previous life.
But Gale quickly calmed down again.
Movies are movies.
Reality is reality.
He could use them as a reference, but he absolutely could not rely on them entirely.
Besides, Skull Island was so large; the movies from his previous life might not have shown the entirety of the island.
Watching the appearance of these dinosaurs, Gale immediately began to observe carefully again.
The size of dinosaurs was much larger compared to other creatures; even the smaller ones were generally over three or four meters, excluding some obvious dinosaur hatchlings.
Most dinosaurs were over five meters or even seven or eight meters long.
The largest, like the Brachiosaurus, could even reach a terrifying twenty-plus meters.
To be honest, with a size like the Brachiosaurus, even if it was just a herbivore without powerful offensive capabilities, it was definitely not something ordinary creatures would dare provoke.
After all, its sheer mass was already a terrifying weapon.
After the herd of dinosaurs arrived, they began to approach the lake to drink water.
“It seems this lake is the water source for these dinosaurs; it must be within their daily range of activity.” After observing for a while, Gale felt that these dinosaurs didn’t pose much of a threat to him.
After all, most of these dinosaurs were herbivores; as long as he didn’t provoke them, they certainly wouldn’t attack him.
The remaining carnivorous dinosaurs were also focused on hunting the herbivores.
So looking at it this way, as long as Gale was careful not to actively provoke them, the threat they posed to him wasn’t high.
Roar!
Suddenly, a sky-shaking roar rang out.
It was a Tyrannosaurus Rex, a full ten-plus meters long, staring intently at a Tyrannosaurus because that Tyrannosaurus had just killed a Triceratops.
The Tyrannosaurus also instantly looked at the Tyrannosaurus Rex and entered a standoff, not backing down because of the Rex; this Tyrannosaurus was also similar in size to the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Tyrannosaurus were both kings among carnivorous dinosaurs, with little difference in size or strength, and thus they often fought.
After all, one mountain cannot hold two tigers.
Especially when facing food.
Roar!
Roar!
A great battle soon erupted.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Tyrannosaurus charged at each other.
The other surrounding dinosaurs were all frightened and retreated far away.
Gale, on the summit, also began to watch with great interest.
This battle was much more exciting than watching TV in his previous life.
In the clash, the Tyrannosaurus Rex’s strength seemed noticeably greater than the Tyrannosaurus’s.
But the Tyrannosaurus had its own advantages; its pair of foreclaws were relatively more flexible and powerful compared to the Tyrannosaurus Rex’s.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex’s foreclaws looked like they were underdeveloped and had basically no combat capability.
Therefore, this great battle appeared extremely fierce and deadlocked.
Splash!
A few minutes later, the Tyrannosaurus Rex suddenly exerted force and slammed its head into the Tyrannosaurus, knocking it into the lake.
And at that moment, a sudden change occurred.
Just as the Tyrannosaurus, having been knocked into the lake by the Tyrannosaurus Rex, was about to stand up, Boom!
The surface of the lake behind the Tyrannosaurus suddenly exploded.
Then, a colossal creature shaped like a crocodile suddenly lunged out, its mouth opening wide to bite the Tyrannosaurus and drag it into the depths of the lake.
Immediately after, a large amount of blood welled up from the lake, but that Tyrannosaurus never appeared again.
The other dinosaurs on the shore were all terrified and retreated one after another, even the Tyrannosaurus Rex.