I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Of course, what they didn't know was that the entire island belonged to Yuhaka. In other words, the entire island was the territory of the Arita people. They just lived in the Holy City area, but their activity range covered the entire island.

Soon, after finding a suitable location, the Monarch Project organization also parked the remote-controlled ships there and arranged the location of the base in the future.

Soon, after a check confirmed there was no danger, the second and third remote-controlled boats began to operate with people on board.

To ensure the safety of this operation, Monarch also deployed a special operations team with experience in jungle warfare. Monarch believed that this team could protect their scientists in the Ancient Tree Forest.

Of course, in addition to the combat personnel, the weapons used this time have also been specially prepared. Various armor-piercing and high-explosive rounds are also prepared to defend against the various monsters on the island. These armor-piercing and high-explosive rounds have also been tested, and they should be able to penetrate the armor of those large monsters without any problem.

"Remember, we are going to communicate with the other side, not to fight or invade."

Upon hearing the Emperor Project organization's words, the special forces team members nodded in understanding. Of course, aside from the monsters, the special forces team members didn't take the natives seriously. After all, they didn't think a group of primitive people with spears and bows could withstand their weapons. If negotiations failed and the other side wanted to attack, at least they could scare them away.

Of course, they also carried smoke grenades and flashbangs in case they encountered any troublesome opponents. These tactical grenades would allow them to safely escape the monsters' pursuit.

Meanwhile, the scientist team nodded and said to the members of Project Monarch:

"Of course, we have no intention of engaging in conflict with them, uh... but it's not necessarily the case if they are cannibals."

Upon hearing the scientist's words, the members of Project Monarch also told them:

"The best-case scenario is not to become enemies with them. After all, if we really become enemies, our operation will be very difficult. The natives don't respect the law."

After hearing the advice from the members of Project Monarch, everyone nodded in understanding and then stepped into the cabin of the remote-controlled ship.

The cabin of this remote-controlled ship is relatively enclosed in order to protect the crew from being detected by creatures. If they are detected, the entire remote-controlled ship may become a living can. Although the ship has a defense system, it is not completely defensive. If it is hit by a large monster, it may cause the cabin to break or the system to malfunction.

Either way, it would be extremely dangerous for the people inside the cabin.

Fortunately, the operation went very smoothly, and the ship arrived at the beach on Guiding Island. After the remote-controlled boat reached the Ancient Forest, the special operations team in the cabin disembarked first to investigate the surrounding situation.

The special operations team observed the surrounding scenery with great vigilance. Apart from the birdsong coming from the forest, there was only lush greenery and nothing else to see.

After confirming safety, the special operations team members all expressed that there were no problems. Once it was completely confirmed that there were no issues, the scientists on the other remote-controlled boat also disembarked. Looking at the surrounding scenery, the scientists exclaimed with amazement:

"Wow, the air here is much better than I expected, and I feel really refreshed."

Hearing the scientist's words, the special operations team member standing nearby also looked at the scientist and said:

"Sir, although the scenery here looks quite nice, the dangers hidden within may be far greater than you imagine."

Upon hearing the special forces soldier's words, the scientist also replied to him:

"Thank you. I also did research in the rainforest. I'm very happy that there are no mosquitoes here compared to there."

Upon hearing the scientist's words, everyone present couldn't help but recall that there seemed to be no mosquitoes here. After all, in a forest environment, the absence of mosquitoes would seem rather strange.

"Perhaps the mosquitoes here are about the size of a person."

One of the soldiers, upon hearing the other's words, jokingly replied in the same way. Immediately, everyone's attention turned to the special forces member. Seeing the serious expressions on everyone's faces, he looked at them awkwardly and said:

"Uh... isn't this joke funny?"

Everyone shook their heads at the special forces soldier's question, saying that such a joke was not funny. Mosquitoes are annoying enough as they are, but if they were magnified to the size of a person, people would want to grind them to dust.

After briefly checking that everyone's belongings were in order, they began their operation. As they moved, a small drone flew overhead to prevent any monsters or natives from ambushing them.

As they ventured deeper, they were awestruck by the scenery inside. The unique ecosystem was astonishing. Even though the sky was blocked by the vast canopy of trees, the plants beneath remained unaffected. Scientists believe that such large trees might absorb too much of the earth's nutrients, yet the plants were completely unaffected.

Driven by curiosity, one of the scientists took out an energy detection device and tested it on the trees in the ancient forest. After the test, the detection device in the scientist's hand displayed a frightening number.

Volume 3 [Yohaka: King of Monsters]: Chapter 1700 [The Hunter and the Lurker]

Looking at the values ​​displayed on his energy detector, the scientist stared in astonishment at everything before him and said:

"My goodness, does this tree really have that much energy?"

Hearing the scientist's words, the botanist standing nearby, seeing the exaggerated numbers displayed on the scientist's hand, also looked puzzled and asked:

"Hmm? What's the significance of these numbers?"

In response to the botanist's question, the scientist explained to the botanist:

"This figure is almost equivalent to the daily power supply of a small solar power plant, yes, the one that our offshore platform uses."

Hearing what the scientists said, even though she, as a botanist, didn't know much about energy, she still found their explanations quite impressive.

But here's the question: why do these trees contain such powerful energy?

This is an unsolved mystery. However, the botanist wanted to take away a sapling of one of these giant trees, but the problem was that they hadn't seen a single sapling since they arrived, which puzzled her. Could it be that these trees don't have saplings?

Of course, there weren't even any saplings, let alone small trees, making it difficult for botanists to move even a giant tree.

Meanwhile, the special forces soldiers on the side looked around warily, while also paying attention to the screens on their heart rate monitors, which currently only displayed their heart rate signals.

"Everything is normal, no abnormalities have been found."

Hearing what his teammate in charge of the heart rate detector said, the other special forces soldiers also seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, at least there were no creatures they could hear within a certain range.

The scientists were also quite surprised to find that the trees in the entire forest possessed enormous energy. To them, this vast forest was like a giant nuclear power plant. Fortunately, there was no harmful radiation here; otherwise, they would have died hundreds of times over without any protective suits.

Is this energy completely harmless?

Regarding the issue of new energy sources, some scientists tried asking scientists related to the energy field about this question. However, the scientist in question shook his head and said he didn't know. After all, he hadn't seen the survey and didn't know if this energy was harmless. But seeing the trees and the ecological environment growing here, this energy should be harmless.

Perhaps not. After all, such a strange ecological environment is unusual enough. Who knows if there might be something in it that could cause genetic mutations in organisms?

Soon after investigating the situation, the group decided to head to the location where they had previously discovered the stone hut. They figured they might encounter the island's native inhabitants there, and it would be easier to reach out to them for help.

Of course, the biggest concern is that the other side might be hostile towards them. When Skull Island was first discovered, the native inhabitants of Skull Island seemed very wary of outsiders. Perhaps the explosion caused by the soldiers who entered Skull Island caused hostility among the natives, or perhaps there were other reasons.

However, it would be best if they weren't like the natives of Skull Island who couldn't speak.

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As they marched, the soldier carrying the heart rate monitor suddenly stopped. Seeing this, the captain beside him looked around warily and asked the soldier:

"What, did you find something?"

Upon hearing the captain's words, the soldier holding the heart rate monitor also spoke to the captain:

"Yes, there are several heartbeats coming towards us from a distance of several dozen meters."

Upon hearing the other party's words, the special operations team leader immediately ordered everyone to hide behind the giant tree for cover. After hiding, everyone was on high alert. Soon, the bushes in the distance began to tremble. Before long, several deer-like creatures darted out of the bushes, much to everyone's alarm.

Seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Clearly, these creatures looked like herbivores and posed no danger whatsoever. Soon after the deer-like creatures hopped away, the special forces team looked at the fleeing deer with puzzled expressions and said:

Why are those deer-like creatures running away? Did they encounter a predator?

Regarding the questions posed by the special operations team members, one of the biology scientists nodded and said:

"That's very possible. It could also be the indigenous people hunting. In any case, it's best if we don't go near that spot. After all, if we trespass on their hunting grounds while they are hunting, it's easy to be seen as trying to take over their territory."

Upon hearing the scientist's words, the special operations team leader also asked the special operations soldier holding the heart rate detector:

Have you noticed any other heartbeat responses?

In response to the captain's question, the special forces soldier looked at the heart rate monitor in his hand and said:

"Hmm, I haven't seen any other signals."

Upon hearing the special forces soldier's words, the special forces captain made a slight gesture and said:

"Alright, let's take a detour then. I don't want to encounter any ambush by natives or large monsters in this situation."

The group had no objections to the special forces captain's words. After all, seeing those deer-like creatures running away, there was probably some terrifying creature lurking there. So the group quickened their pace and left the vicinity.

Meanwhile, in a forest, a hunting party of the Alita tribe was examining the mangled carcass of a spirit deer. Seeing the familiar marks, the hunting priest looked at the remains of the spirit deer and said:

"Yes, these are traces left by a Green Swift Dragon. It is an unforgivable crime to dare to poach in the hunting grounds of the Spirit of Beasts."

Then the hunting priest gave orders to his hunters, saying:

"Find the poacher and deal with him on the spot!"

Upon hearing the hunting priest's words, the Alita tribe hunters nodded in understanding and then began searching for the footprints left by the Green Swift Dragon.

P.S.: 1700 chapters.

Volume 3 [Yohaka: King of Monsters]: Chapter 1701 [The Unexpected Troublemaker]

Located in the Ancient Tree Forest, the special operations team and the scientist team were walking along a winding path. The path, formed by trees and covered with moss, was a bit slippery, but thanks to their spiked boots, they were not about to slip. However, they were still advised to be careful and vigilant, as previous reports from Skull Island indicated that various dangerous things lurked in the shadows and would suddenly attack when people were off guard.

After a group of ferocious jackals were repelled, the special operations team members breathed a sigh of relief. Although they had driven back those annoying creatures, they were well aware that there was a much larger beast behind them. Before that beast arrived, the team planned to leave quickly to avoid it attacking them. Otherwise, the special operations team couldn't guarantee that the explosion wouldn't attract other large creatures.

After walking a long distance, the group arrived at a relatively safe and open area. There were many herbivorous dragons and crested dragons here. Where there are herbivores, there are usually not many predators. Even if there are predators, their targets will be the herbivorous dragons.

"Alright, let's rest here for a while and then leave."

Upon hearing that they could rest, the scientists breathed a sigh of relief. For these staff members who enjoy studying samples in the laboratory, such exercise was quite tiring.

"Finally, I can rest for a bit, but it's also time to get some exercise."

One of the special forces soldiers, upon hearing the scientist's words, also retorted:

"Yes, at least when you're being chased by a giant monster, you won't be at the very back."

Hearing the special forces soldier's words, everyone smiled and said nothing. However, at that moment, a glimpse of green in the forest caught the special forces soldier's attention.

Seeing his teammate's reaction, the special forces captain looked at him with curiosity and asked:

"What's wrong? Is there any problem?"

Hearing his captain's words, the special forces soldier glanced at the distant forest and said:

"Uh... I think I just saw something green flash by in the forest, but I think I might have been mistaken?"

The special operations team leader became wary of his teammate's words and called over a member of the special operations team who was holding a heart rate detector to check the situation at the location the soldier who thought it was an illusion was pointing to.

"The fact that no heartbeat was detected at any further locations is probably just my imagination, right?"

"........"

Upon hearing his team members' words, the special operations squad leader also looked serious. In any case, the special operations squad leader did not think it was an illusion, since many oversights were caused by illusions.

"Be vigilant about your surroundings. No matter what, the danger here is no less than that on the battlefield. It's best to be careful."

Upon hearing their captain's words, the special operations team members present nodded in understanding and had no objections. After all, their captain had led them on many missions, and his orders had never been wrong.

Hearing the special operations team leader's words, the scientists also prepared everything so that they could escape immediately in case of an emergency, without having to worry about scrambling to pack.

While the special operations team and the scientist team were resting, a green velociraptor was lurking in the distant forest. This green velociraptor was a subspecies of velociraptor—the "Green Velociraptor." Because of its green coloration, the Green Velociraptor had excellent camouflage in the forest environment, which allowed it to hunt prey even during the day. In addition, the spiky scales on the Green Velociraptor's tail contained a special toxin that could affect those poisoned. In some ways, the Green Velociraptor was far more dangerous than the regular velociraptor.

Although the Green Nargacuga is more dangerous than the Nargacuga, some of its habits are not significantly different from those of the Nargacuga, such as its hunting habits, which include a preference for hunting small creatures.

The Green Nargacuga, perched in a tree, watched the special operations team and the scientist team in the distance. Given its hunting habits, it was clear that the Green Nargacuga had its eye on these two teams as well. Although the Green Nargacuga had encountered humanoid creatures before—such as the hunters of the Arita tribe on the island—these creatures did not exude the same dangerous aura as the Arita tribe. This emboldened the Green Nargacuga.