"Big Shot, from the tone of your voice, it seems like you’re afraid of them?" Willy asked."Yes, I admit it. We don’t know how they did it, but they managed to capture all of us leaders at the same time! You tell me, if they decided to go all out and kill us, would we have any chance of survival?" the Big Shot replied grimly."Definitely not," Willy answered."Exactly! So, it’s normal for us to fear them. But let’s focus on you. You mentioned something about a 'Earth Scanner' earlier. What’s that?""It’s just a computer that connects to satellites and can scan everything. It just so happened that when I was scanning Antarctica, I detected their presence. My curiosity got the better of me, so I hopped on my flying machine and flew over there. I have to admit, Antarctica is freezing!" Willy explained."I remember you told me your flying machine is soundproof, right? How could you communicate with them?" the Big Sho

"Alright, since that's the case, let's not waste any more time. You four, please organize and summarize the answers to the questions I just asked, and write them down. Do you have paper, or do you keep records somewhere?" Willy asked, a bit impatient."We have vine paper! It’s made from vines, and we can write on it," one of the reptilians replied."Great, go ahead and write it down. Once you’re done, we’ll head out. I still need to check the Dark River. Eskar, do you all drink from the Dark River?""No, we have our own wells and the water from water trees," Eskar answered."Wells? Do you really have wells down here?" Willy was surprised."Of course! No matter how deep, we have wells. It’s one of Earth’s masterpieces!" Eskar explained proudly."Impressive! What’s this water tree you mentioned?" Willy asked."Willy, it’s a very tall tree. Originally, when our ancestors were driven to this place

"Half solved? What’s the other half of the food problem? And Willy, does it take many years for your crops to grow too?" Eskar asked curiously."This fertilizer I’ve brought is for fast-growing plants. Honestly, I didn’t expect the soil here to be so fertile. In my understanding, with such high temperatures, the soil should be extremely dry, but here, the black soil looks rich in nutrients and moisture. Why hasn’t it dried out?" Willy said, puzzled."We’re not sure either. When we reptilians lived on the surface, we didn’t have anything to do with planting. Back then, prey was everywhere, and the ocean provided endless food. We reptilians could dive, so there was no need to worry. But once we came underground, we lost all our experience. Is fertilizer supposed to make plants grow faster?" Eskar replied."Exactly! Right now, it looks like the reptilian tribe is just short on food, but in my opinion, you don’t know enough

Willy didn’t know how long he had stayed at Eskar’s house, but suddenly, he began to feel a bit hungry. However, in this high-temperature environment, he couldn’t take out any food from his system space. If he did, the meat and vegetables would turn to charcoal.So, he explained to Eskar, and then found an uninhabited area where he released his flying craft, ate a hearty meal, solved his personal issues, and then checked his watch. Time was still ticking away in the underground world, even though his phone had no signal.Sure enough, the passage of time in the underground world was unpredictable. It was already February 11th, and it was evening. Willy wondered what his Babe and parents were doing at that time, and whether his company had any work for him on the first day back from the holidays.Willy checked his mental state and found no signs of tiredness. After resolving his personal matters, he quickly boarded the flying craft, stored it awa

"Of course! Let’s go, everyone, hop onto the triangular flying crafts and follow me!" Eskar took off first, with dozens of flying crafts trailing behind.When the group of reptilians arrived at the planting site, they found Rubili, Gezibini, and Kamido staring in awe at the saplings."My goodness!!!! It’s already this tall?" Willy disembarked from his flying craft, surprised to see the sapling he had planted just the day before."Eskar, is this the one we planted yesterday? Wasn’t it just a seed yesterday?" Malokoko asked excitedly."Yes! It was still a seed yesterday. And we’ve come to check on it before—it wasn’t this tall!" Eskar confirmed. "How did it grow so quickly to be as tall as Willy?""Don’t make comparisons like that! It’s just that it grew really fast. It’s not that I’m short—I'm actually quite tall among humans!" Willy, who stood over 1.8 meters, certainly wasn't short