When Shen Cong drove the enormous truck, bringing the Four-Legged Dragon and the Snail Traveler, up to the Diamond Park settlement, the entire settlement's residents boiled over — not just the ordinary people; the evolved people boiled over just the same.

They clustered at the settlement entrance, jostling to catch sight of the big snail and the big truck.

The clamor went on without pause.

"So this is Boss Huang's vehicle!"

"What a badass truck — several times bigger than Captain Chen's."

"Yesterday I thought that snake was huge, and now it looks tiny." Someone pointed at the Snail Traveler as they said it — fortunately the Four-Legged Dragon didn't understand human speech, or she'd have been deeply hurt.

She didn't like traveling alongside the Snail Traveler in the first place, and right now she was listless, without a shred of her usual majesty.

A Pest-Killer Squad member said excitedly, "The big snail — I saw it the night before last. At night you couldn't tell, but seeing it again now, it's damn huge!"

"This truck's got real presence. Even Mayor Chen's business van couldn't compare."

"A snail this big — how much meat does it eat in a day?"

"So strong. I can feel the pressure aura, it's awful — feels like I'm about to suffocate." The speaker was one of the settlement's scant few iron people.

The alert had been lifted.

Shen Cong, too, arrived at the settlement entrance.

Miao Huafeng headed off the residents' intent to draw closer. Understanding Shen Cong's temperament, she found a pretext to wave everyone back. "Everyone, stop crowding forward — the snail and the big snake are ferocious. Hurry on back, all of you. Once those two big fellows work themselves into a temper, no one will be able to stop them."

Shen Cong stayed in the cab, thoroughly disliking a scene like this.

Hearing Miao Huafeng's words, he immediately communicated with the Four-Legged Dragon through the Mind-Imprint. "Little Four, scare them!"

The Four-Legged Dragon had finally found a bit of a sense of presence. She leapt down from the trailer at…