Animal Detective

Chapter 169 So What If There's a Crocodile?

"You won't go in?"

As I was staring at her, Ding Yuwei suddenly leaned closer and said something in a low voice.

Shen Xin leaned back tactically, his expression somewhat unnatural: "What do you mean?"

Ding Yuwei looked at Shen Xin with a half-smile and said, "Didn't you want to use the method from Liu Laibin's case to solve the case? Then go in and follow this..."

She took a deep breath and commented with a click of her tongue, "Although it looks a bit ugly, maybe it's like the crocodile Lai Lai—not only shy, but it can also sing."

Shen Xin stared at Ding Yuwei, then waved his hand and said, "Stop fooling around."

Singing?
If it could stand upright, it could lift itself up and use it as a microphone.

"Did you guess it?"

Shen Xin asked, somewhat embarrassed.

Ding Yuwei nodded and said, "I guessed it when you chose this case."

Shen Xin retorted, "Then why didn't you stop me?"

I knew it all along, you should have said so sooner.

Ding Yuwei shrugged and said, "I thought you would start with other small animals, I never expected you to target them."

She pointed to a pair of crocodiles in the pool, her expression saying something like, "Who would have thought you were so brave?"

Shen Xin leaned against the railing, thought for a moment, and asked, "Do you think it's feasible?"

Ding Yuwei shook her head: "It's unlikely. It seems they say crocodiles are quite intelligent, but unlike parrots, they can't learn to talk. You can't exactly teach them to write, can you? And then tell them whether they swallowed Zhu Guishen or not."

She finally spoke in a low voice.

Yang Huiqin went out to work.

Shen Xin didn't say anything.

It seems that Ding Yuwei only guessed that she was close to animals, and did not expect that she could hear the animals' thoughts.

Seeing the two motionless crocodiles, Shen Xin gritted his teeth and decided to give it a try.

It's just a crocodile, not a tiger or a lion.

With those short legs, how could they possibly catch up with me?
Shen Xin took off his coat and tossed it to Ding Yuwei.

"Don't mess around."

Ding Yuwei quickly grabbed Shen Xin's arm and said, "Shen Xin, this is a crocodile, it's not a joke."

Shen Xin ignored her and waved to the chicken farmer selling frozen chickens in the distance.

He looked to be about thirty years old, wearing rubber shoes, and his hair was a mess, all clumps together.

"I want to go down and take a look."

Shen Xin pointed to the pool and said that he knew he was a policeman.

Unexpectedly, the guy just nodded and said, "Okay, then you can go down."

The tone was too casual.

Ding Yuwei's eyes widened: "Aren't you going to stop him?"

Shen Xin nodded subconsciously. Yes, you didn't stop me from doing something so dangerous.

The young man said, "It's alright, these two crocodiles are very docile. And crocodiles won't attack people once they've eaten. Besides, you're a policeman, if you want to see, do you think I'd stop you?"

The last sentence is correct.

However, the sentence above is a bit awkward. What does it mean that if you're full, you won't attack people?

"Did you feed them today?" Shen Xin asked in return.

The young man nodded and said, "Don't worry, they're well fed. In our park, they're the only two that's valuable. We can't skimp on feed for anyone else."

Shen Xin recalled that not long ago, the child threw a frozen chicken near the crocodile's mouth, and the crocodile didn't even lift its eyelids.

They might really be full.

"Then I'll go."

Shen Xin nimbly vaulted over the railing and asked, "By the way, do they have names?"

The young man was taken aback, then shook his head and said, "Why don't you give me one?"

This kid has an interesting way of speaking.

Without further thought, Shen Xin jumped into the crocodile pool.

Not far away, a child tugged at his mother's hand and asked, "Mom, why did that uncle go in? Won't the crocodile bite him?"

His mother didn't answer; she just silently took out her phone.

Since they had already jumped in, Shen Xin decided to be bold and walked straight over.

Thinking back to the information I searched for about crocodiles yesterday.

It seems that crocodiles are quite territorial animals, and one article says that a crocodile's safe distance is 3 meters. I guess the person who wrote that article didn't actually test it themselves.

But at a distance of 3 meters, I felt that even if the crocodile turned around to chase me, I should be able to escape at my speed.

The female crocodile was lying in a patch of sand.

The male crocodile, on the other hand, lay in the muddy grass.

"Shen Xin, watch out!"

Suddenly, Ding Yuwei's voice came from behind, startling Shen Xin, who was tiptoeing closer.

Three meters, no more, no less.

Shen Xin crouched down, gazing at the enormous crocodile before him.

Its eyes were closed, and it remained motionless.

The young man shouted, "Officer, it's okay, you can come a little closer. It's very docile; we usually use it for performances."

Shen Xin, not daring to turn around, asked, "What kind of performance? The kind where you stick your head up into your mouth?"

I have seen some videos online of people interacting with crocodiles, grabbing their hands, and sticking their heads into the crocodile's open mouth.

If someone can perform this kind of act, then they must be truly docile.

Of course, it's also possible that they know the difference between being full at one meal and being full at every meal.

The young man said, "How could that be? It's just teasing it with a stick and letting it bite the balloon."

After saying that, he was still complaining in his heart, "How much salary do they pay me? I'm sticking my head in the mouth of a crocodile."

Shen Xin also wanted to complain.

You're just biting a balloon, what are you talking about?

However, gritting his teeth, Shen Xin still moved a little closer.

It seems that 3 meters really is a safe distance.

As they moved forward a little further, the crocodile in front of them immediately reacted and opened its eyes.

It has bumpy skin and small, yellowish-brown eyes, so it's not really easy to tell them apart.

But it moved its head and turned to face itself.

Clearly, it had been alerted.

Shen Xin immediately stopped and just stared at it quietly.

Their eyes met, but it didn't pounce. Shen Xin couldn't discern any emotion in its cloudy eyes.

Most importantly, no icon appeared above its head.

Just then, a frozen chicken landed at Shen Xin's feet.

The sound of it landing on the muddy ground wasn't loud, but it still startled Shen Xin.

The crocodile on the other side didn't react.

A young man's voice came from behind: "Officer, why don't you feed it something?"

Shen Xin's eyes widened.

You just said you were fed well, so why are you feeding yourself?

Cursing under his breath, Shen Xin bent down to pick up the frozen chicken, then waved it at the male crocodile in front of him.

It did not respond.

Just then, Ding Yuwei urgently reminded him, "Shen Xin, to the right!"

Shen Xin glanced out of the corner of his eye and realized that the female crocodile that had been lying in the sand was slowly approaching him.

They've been attacked from both sides.

Shen Xin gazed at it.

It moves slowly, and although it is smaller in size, its three-meter length still makes it very intimidating.

The male crocodile still didn't react, so Shen Xin decided to throw the frozen chicken to the female crocodile.

It raised its neck, opened its mouth precisely, and bit the frozen chicken.

Then, with a slight movement in its throat, it swallowed the whole chicken.

Throughout the entire process, it remained there, its cloudy eyes fixed on Shen Xin.

Then, as she swallowed the frozen chicken, an icon suddenly appeared above her head.

Shen Xin almost blurted out "Holy crap!"

So what if it's a crocodile? We can still handle it.

With this level of ability, who dares to say they aren't a Druid?

(End of this chapter)