If you were made a mascot, you would become a legend in the police force.

The air inside the cave seemed to have frozen.

The giant rat perched on the spirit stone pillar seemed too focused on eating, or perhaps its enormous size made it sluggish, failing to notice the intruders immediately. It continued to gnaw away, and with each bite, Li Tuantuan's heart bled.

In his perception, it was a huge ball of spiritual energy! Its allure to him was equivalent to (braised pork + a bowl of milk + a KFC family bucket) x 100!

"Captain Lin, how are we going to fight this?" Zhao Gang asked in a low voice, his hands sweating as he held the gun. "This thing looks like it's made of steel, thicker than a city wall. Our bullets wouldn't even be enough to scratch it, would they?"

Lin Wan also frowned. She quickly surveyed the terrain. The cave was spacious, but the Rat King occupied the central high ground, surrounded by steep rock walls. A direct attack would definitely be crushed by its superior position.

"Can we use a sniper rifle to shoot it in the eye?" Lin Wan asked.

"Difficult." Zhao Gang shook his head. "The distance is too far, and look around it, it's surrounded by those mutated little rats patrolling. If we fire, we'll be exposed."

Li Tuantuan rolled her eyes as she listened from the side.

What's the point of talking about tactics at this point?

This is simply a food-grabbing problem!

He patted Zhao Gang on the shoulder, pointed to the mountain of flesh, and then made a throat-slitting gesture.

"You're going to fight him one-on-one?" Zhao Gang exclaimed in surprise. "Tuantuan, don't be impulsive! That guy weighs at least five tons!"

Li Tuantuan ignored him and turned to look at the golden bean on her shoulder.

Jin Dou understood immediately. It jumped off Li Tuantuan's shoulder, sniffed the ground, and then pointed to an inconspicuous rock fissure on the side of the cave, squeaking twice.

The crack was well hidden, bypassing the patrolling rats on the front and leading directly to the back of the platform where the Rat King was located.

"A decapitation strike?" Lin Wan's eyes lit up. "Great idea! If we can get behind it and deliver a fatal blow, we might have a chance!"

"You guys stay here and cover me, Tuantuan and I will go." Lin Wan made a quick decision.

Zhao Gang wanted to object, but seeing Li Tuantuan's determined look, he could only nod: "Be careful. If we are exposed, we will open fire immediately to draw their fire."

Li Tuantuan, carrying Jin Dou, tiptoed into the crevice.

At first it was alright, the crack was narrow but we could barely get through. But the further we went in, the narrower the path became.

Jin Dou ran ahead very fast, occasionally turning back to urge her on. Lin Wan, being slender, could squeeze through even by turning sideways.

But Li Tuantuan was in a terrible situation.

He's a solid fat man weighing 300 pounds!

When we were halfway there, a checkpoint that was only half a meter wide suddenly appeared in front of us.

Li Tuantuan took a deep breath, grabbed the rock wall with her two front paws, and tried to shrink her round belly back in.

"Tuck in your stomach! Lift your buttocks!" he chanted to himself.

My head is gone.

The shoulder has passed.

I managed to squeeze through my chest...

Then, that fat and lucky butt got stuck.

It's stuck tight.

"Mmm!" (Gives me a push!)

Li Tuantuan turned to look at Lin Wan, her eyes full of pleading.

Lin Wan looked at the big black and white buttocks that were stuck tightly in front of her, and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She reached out, pressed against Li Tuantuan's buttocks, and pushed forward with all her might.

"One, two, three! Let's go!"

Not moving.

"Tuantuan, have you gained weight again recently?" Lin Wan asked breathlessly. "This is stuck so tightly, I can't move it at all!"

Li Tuantuan looked aggrieved. "Is that fat? That's energy reserves for winter! That's the standard physique of a national treasure!"

At this awkward moment, Coal Ball's annoying voice rang out again.

"Hey, isn't this our mighty Kung Fu Panda? How did you turn into a sandwich cookie?" Coal Ball stood on Li Tuantuan's head, patting his ear with its wing. "Big brother, your butt is quite bouncy, like jelly."

"Shut up!" Li Tuantuan roared inwardly, "One more word and I'll pluck your fur!"

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from behind the crack.

"Squeak squeak squeak!"

Several elite black rats on patrol seemed to have smelled the scent of living people and crept over along the crack.

"Oh no! There are rats behind us!" Lin Wan's expression changed, and she drew her pistol. "Tuantuan, move quickly! They're coming!"

Li Tuantuan was also anxious. If he got bitten on the butt by a rat, what would become of his reputation as the "King of Qinling"?

"squeak!"

A black rat had already rushed up behind Lin Wan and was about to bite.

"Bang!"

Lin Wan fired. The gunshot echoed deafeningly in the narrow crevice.

The gunshot completely revealed their location.

The rat king in the center of the cave suddenly stopped eating, raised its huge head, and stared intently at the direction of the crack with its scarlet, cross-eyed eyes.

"roar--!!"

The Rat King let out a roar, and the surrounding rats instantly erupted into a frenzy, surging towards the crack like a tidal wave.

There were obstacles in front, pursuers behind, and a big guy stuck in the middle.

A desperate situation.

Hearing Lin Wan's rapid gunshots behind her, Li Tuantuan's anger flared up instantly.

Just because I'm not showing my teeth doesn't mean I'm some kind of Hello Kitty.

If we can't get through, then let's tear down the road!

[System! Exchange for a "Power Pill" for me! No, I mean a Strength Enhancement Pill!]

[Ding! Consumed 500 Merit Points to exchange for a temporary Strength Boost Card: Strength boost 50%, duration 1 hour.]

A surge of heat coursed through her body. Li Tuantuan's eyes reddened, and her muscles tensed instantly, her once soft fat becoming as hard as steel.

"Awooo—!!"

He let out a roar, exerting force with all four limbs at the same time, like a tunnel boring machine that had gone out of control.

"Snap! Snap!"

Under his terrifying power, even the hard rock began to crack.

"Open it!!"

With a loud bang, the rock wall that had been trapping him was shattered by his force! Debris flew everywhere, and several rats that had just rushed over were smashed into mincemeat by the flying rocks.

Li Tuantuan shot out of the crack like a cannonball, carrying with her a cloud of rubble and dust.

Because he used too much force, he couldn't stop the car at all, and he curled up into a ball and rolled down the slope with a clatter.

"Thump!"

A muffled thud.

Li Tuantuan crashed heavily onto the huge platform, landing right in front of the Rat King.

He shook his slightly dizzy head, stood up, and patted the dust off his bottom.

Looking up, he saw the rat king, as big as an elephant, looking down at him. Its enormous mouth, full of fangs, dripped disgusting green saliva, and it was less than half a meter from his face.

Eyes facing each other.

The air suddenly became quiet.

Li Tuantuan blinked, gave an awkward but polite smile, then raised her paw and pointed to the spirit stone beneath the Rat King.

"Hmm?" (Um...can I take a bite?)