Chapter 60: Humans Are The Animal Most Suited For Advanced Evolution
A Giant Bear eight meters tall, visually weighing over seven tons, with a single swipe force exceeding ten thousand pounds, a Wild Boar larger than an Elephant, its charging power comparable to a tank, and over a dozen Giant Bears more than three meters tall, yet a human merely 1.8 meters tall and weighing under two hundred pounds was holding his own against them.
Despite the full-force attacks from the Giant Bears and Wild Boars, each carrying the momentum to split mountains and crack rocks, Wu Tong and Captain Zhou always managed to escape their attack range at the last possible moment, and seized the chance to inflict some harm on the Giant Bears and Wild Boars.
This scene made Yun Ce inevitably recall the hunting scenes on ancient rock paintings, where stick figures wielding Wooden Sticks battled super Wild Beasts like mammoths and saber-toothed tigers.
In other words, the evolution of all species actually happens simultaneously. Wild Beasts can evolve to be extremely ferocious, but humans, as animals, can also evolve to be wiser and more aggressive.
Wild Beasts are divided into nine ranks, and similarly, humans are divided into nine ranks too—Upper Chariot against Upper Chariot, Lower Chariot against Lower Chariot—so both sides can survive. The situation on Earth is very unfavorable for Wild Beasts; for even the fiercest ones, nature reserves and Zoos are the only paradises where they can live without worry.
The warriors of the Great Han are stronger than warriors on Earth, which is beyond doubt. After all, on Earth, there’s simply no human wielding cold Weapons who can hold his own against an eight-meter-tall Giant Bear.
Yun Ce looked up at Zhang Min circling overhead on a Large Bird. No wonder before this Ghost Woman appeared, he hadn’t taken the Bear King or Pig King seriously at all. Even mistaking Yun Ce for a Pig Demon, she only showed Hunting desire and a playful mindset.
The Pig King Zhu Nu’s Nose was sliced off a chunk by Captain Zhou’s Long Saber. This pig never reverted to human form again, instead fighting Captain Zhou to the death in Beast form.
In a situation where strength was vastly mismatched, the unluckiest were the Giant Bears under the Bear King. Some were stabbed to death by Captain Zhou’s Long Saber, others gored to death by Zhu Nu’s tusks. The most terrifying was Wu Tong’s Grappling Hook—this Thing flew out like a flying shuttle, and after piercing flesh, it would open up then contract violently. When the Grappling Hook left the Body, a large crater would appear where it had struck.
Yun Ce watched for a full two hours, and on the Battlefield, only the two strongest Wild Beasts and two humans remained. The Wild Beasts still attacked each other, while the two humans relied on each other tirelessly to continue the Fight.
1 Thus, the outcome was already clear at a glance.
1 Xiong Pi tried several times to take the Dragon Pearl back into his Mouth, but unfortunately, the Dragon Pearl seemed unwilling to obey. Its obsession with bathing in moonlight was deep; it wouldn’t return to Xiong Pi’s Mouth without absorbing enough Energy.
1 Seeing this, Yun Ce stared at the Wristband on his hand and fell into deep thought. His own Dragon Pearl showed little desire to absorb moonlight; instead, it was initially very interested in absorbing his Body.
1 Doggy threw out many Steel Needles, and now quite a few had returned. Looking at the Wristband restored to silver-white, Yun Ce asked Doggy.
1 “Is it done?”
1 “It’s done. One needle entered the Dragon Pearl; preparing to establish contact.”
1 “How so?”
1 “Just tell that Dragon Pearl there’s a better Energy source here for it to absorb.”
1 “You don’t mean me as the Energy source, do you?”
1 “Lure it over first. Old Egg is already desperate with hunger. I’ve calculated it—the probability of it being absorbed by Old Egg is over seventy percent. It’s worth a shot.”
2 “Seventy percent?”
2 “A seventy percent win rate is already very high. Anyone with a bit of ambition would risk their life for even fifty percent.”
2 “Alright, I’ll take the gamble. Now, what do we do? I want to run—those two are way too terrifying. I could handle one, but two? Even if I win, my losses would be devastating. Not to mention there’s that dead hag watching from the sky.”
2 Just as Yun Ce and E Ji were about to flee, they heard the Pig King Zhu Nu’s howl creating visible Ripples in the air. Yun Ce quickly hid behind a Tree. A burst of intense hissing through the air came from the Battlefield. Yun Ce pressed his back against the Tree Trunk. Soon, a sharp pain came from his back. Reaching back, he actually pulled out seven or eight boar bristles as straight as Steel Needles from the painful spot.
2 Even he, a hider behind a Tree, was like this. Yun Ce didn’t believe Xiong Pi, Wu Tong, and Captain Zhou at the Battlefield center could be much better off. He stealthily peeked out, and sure enough, the Battlefield was a horrific sight. The Pig King Zhu Nu had launched nearly all his Boar Bristles at once, leaving the once-mountainously majestic Pig King bald from the back of his head to his spine, without a single hair.
2 The Bear King covered his Eyes with both palms. Dozens of Boar Bristles pierced his hand backs, and even more stuck into his Body, gleaming coldly under the moonlight.
2 Wu Tong hid behind Captain Zhou. Captain Zhou’s outer robe was tattered, and he too was hit by many Boar Bristles. But those that could pierce Tree Trunks couldn’t pierce his Armor.
2 After firing the Boar Bristles, Zhu Nu looked extremely weak. Wu Tong’s Grappling Hook flew over and burrowed into Zhu Nu’s neck. With a howl, as Zhu Nu broke free, a basketball-sized chunk of bloodied flesh had been torn away by the Grappling Hook.
2 The flock of Large Birds in the Sky wailed a few times, no longer circling low but rapidly ascending. It seemed Zhu Nu’s indiscriminate attack had harmed everyone.
2 Taking advantage of the Large Birds flying away, Yun Ce kicked off a Tree Trunk and swiftly leaped through the Forest. After a few bounds, he plunged into the Grove, found the sneaky Red Date Horse, mounted it, and galloped madly toward Fanzi Mountain where they had hidden before.
3 Though Yun Ce didn’t know what Xiong Pi’s ultimate move was, it surely couldn’t be much worse than Zhu Nu’s. He had already won seventy percent; no need to suffer as an innocent bystander.
3 On Earth, this would be called a clear moon with sparse stars, but here, once the Full Moon appeared, no stars were visible in the Sky, and the Ground was as bright as under incandescent lights—perfect time to flee.
3 He ran nearly fifteen li in one go before Doggy called a halt. Any further, and it couldn’t sense the news from the Battlefield anymore.
3 No sensing needed to know how intense the battle there was. A shrill Bear howl, even after running nearly fifteen li, conveyed Xiong Pi’s Anger directly into his ears. Not only that, the Flying Birds already roosting for the night were startled into flight by the roar, densely blanketing the sky above the Forest and lingering.
3 “Xiong Pi turned into a meat ball rolling back and forth crushing the Battlefield. Its claws like Knives sticking out, hacking the Forest to pieces. The armored one between the two got slashed once, badly injured. The Pig King took seven or eight slashes and finally started fleeing.”
3 “Bear King is done for, huh.”
3 “No, he forcibly bit the Dragon Pearl in his Mouth and rolled down the cliff. That Ghost Woman you mentioned flew down on her Large Bird to chase.”
3 Yun Ce sighed somewhat. “Escaping is good too.”
3 Doggy mimicked Yun Ce’s cold laugh. “Escape what? Look to your left. Talk about escaping again, and if you weren’t fast, you’d be trapped in their encirclement too.”
3 Yun Ce hurriedly turned to look. Suddenly, a black line appeared on the Wasteland, cutting across from afar. Moments later, the Ground began shaking. As it neared, Yun Ce saw they were all Cavalrymen—Black Armored Cavalry, all mounted on uniform Thunder Smoke Beasts.
4 He quickly pulled out the Telescope. All these Cavalrymen were clad in black Armor with face coverings, galloping effortlessly across the Wasteland. Rough terrain, bushes, and Wild Grass posed no hindrance to their advance.
4 Upon reaching the Black Forest, the massive Cavalry force automatically split into many Centurions, heading in predetermined directions.
4 That Bear howl had flushed out various Wild Beasts from the Forest, the most numerous being the disgusting Doggy ones.
4 Though few in number, the Cavalrymen’s formations were excellent. Any Wild Beasts charging from anywhere either died on their Horse Spears or blades, or under their ranged attacks.
4 No chaos as Yun Ce had hoped, no fish slipping the net as expected. They advanced while steadily herding the surging Wild Beasts back into the Forest.
4 Behind them came state soldiers in earthy yellow Clothes, tasked with inspecting Wild Beasts killed by the Black Armored Cavalry. Inspection meant burning with fire; any still breathing were all killed, not a single one left alive.
4 This seamless deployment by the Black Armored Cavalry left Yun Ce dumbfounded. It was his first time seeing Cavalry worthy of being called elite. At this moment, Yun Ce truly wondered where Miss Hong, Pei Chuan, and their ragtag bunch got the guts to rebel against these people.
4 Before, Yun Ce always heard Government Officials say during deployments: seal off five hundred meters, or one kilometer, with someone as center; sealing two kilometers required approval from high-level leaders.
4 Sealing a distance doubling required five times the manpower—this was common knowledge.
4 As for densely sealing a ten-li radius like now, three thousand were clearly insufficient, even if Cavalry.
5 A violent commotion erupted from the distant Forest, many Big Trees toppling in succession. Soon, in Yun Ce’s Telescope, a massive Pig appeared in view.
5 The Pig King now looked utterly wretched, covered in Scars, with a deep, still-bleeding pit beside his neck. Even with his huge size, the pit stood out glaringly.
5 No Cavalry could withstand such a Beast’s charge. Their once-tight encirclement line was breached in an instant. Behind the Wild Boar King followed many other Wild Beasts trying to flee the Forest.
5 The Cavalrymen didn’t clash head-on with the Wild Boar King. Two teams followed unhurriedly behind. At first, with the Wild Boar King as the goose head, the two Cavalry teams as V-shaped wings, they sealed off the escaping Wild Beasts. After it ran a li, the Beasts fleeing behind it had been slaughtered clean by the Cavalry.
5 Leaving the Mountain Area, a flat Wasteland lay ahead. The Pig King wailed; it knew its end had come.
