DipNovel Chapter 4 The Extraordinary Creatures Officially Arrive
Chapter 4 The Extraordinary Creatures Officially Arrive
"1. Monitor whether upright apes exhibit tool-using behavior."
"Second, monitor whether Homo erectus exhibits group cooperative behavior."
"Third, monitor whether Homo erectus exhibits language-like communication."
"4. Report any of the above issues immediately."
He put down his pen and looked out the window at the sky.
Twenty-four hours later, one hundred million black-blooded upright apes from another land will appear on this planet.
They would squat in the corner, clutching small twigs, observing everything with their clear black and white eyes.
Observe human weapons.
Observe human weaknesses.
Observing humans—
all.
Lu Cheng picked up the coffee cup, only to find it was cold. He casually put the cup down and muttered to himself:
"Should we kill the upright apes at the start? No, it should be—at the start, the upright apes have already begun observing us."
Outside the window, the sun is slowly sinking below the horizon.
The 24-hour countdown has begun.
A new war is about to begin.
Meanwhile, in the distant and powerful Dragon Kingdom, outside the walls of the Presidential Palace, hundreds of thousands of people, holding torches and banners, surrounded the entire building, making it impossible to pass through.
The banner read the same sentence:
"Kerry betrayed the country! Lu Cheng ruined me!"
No one knew that a few months later, these angry people would kneel in front of the presidential palace, crying and thanking the two "madmen" for saving their lives.
……
The moment the 24-hour countdown reached zero, the sky over the entire world simultaneously cracked open.
It really cracked.
It was as if someone had taken an invisible knife and slashed ten huge gashes in the sky.
Thick black mist surged from those cracks, carrying countless dark shadows that fell from the sky and crashed into every corner of the blue planet.
On the rooftop of the government building in the Winner Monkey Kingdom, Lu Cheng held a coffee cup and looked up at this scene.
"They're here."
As soon as he finished speaking, the first water dragon fell out of the crack, like a potato thrown downstairs, and landed directly in the fountain in the center of the government square.
Water splashed everywhere.
The water dragon crawled out of the fountain, its body soaking wet, revealing its magnificent appearance.
It is a little over two meters long, with a big head and a round body. Its mouth is like a hippopotamus, with two big fangs sticking out of its mouth. Its four legs are short and thick, and the three claws on its front paws are long and curved, looking like three shovels.
It looked around blankly, then lowered its head and slashed at the marble floor of the square with its paw.
A snap.
The marble floor was cut into large chunks, like tofu.
The onlookers in the square all took three steps back.
"Holy crap!" The Finance Minister, standing next to Lu Cheng, was pale-faced. "This thing digs so fast?"
Lu Cheng took a sip of coffee, his tone as calm as if he were saying the weather was nice: "Waterdramon, its evolution path is Digging Claw, which is used for digging holes. It would be strange if it didn't dig."
The water dragon pawed at the ground a couple of times, seemingly finding it pointless, then turned its head to look at the dense crowd around it, and then—
It yawned.
Yes, it was a yawn.
Then he slowly crawled to the corner of the square, stuck out his butt, and started digging a hole.
In less than three minutes, a two-meter-long water dragon beast disappeared underground, leaving only a dark hole and a square full of dumbfounded people.
"That's it?" The Defense Minister was stunned. "It just burrowed underground?"
Lu Cheng nodded: "I told you, it can only dig holes."
The silence in the square lasted for about five seconds, then erupted into a burst of laughter.
"Hahaha, that scared the hell out of me! I thought it was something amazing!"
"That's it? That's it?"
"The governor is brilliant! It turns out this thing is just a burrowing pig!"
The finance minister looked at Lu Cheng with an embarrassed expression, wanting to say something but swallowing it back.
Lu Cheng ignored him, his gaze sweeping over the black mist still falling in the sky.
He was counting.
One, two, three, four... Countless water dragon beasts descended from the sky, some falling onto the square, some onto the rooftops, and some into the river, splashing around like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
Each one looked completely bewildered upon landing, and then, without prior arrangement, they all began to dig holes.
Within ten minutes, hundreds of holes appeared in the square.
Half an hour later, the whole city was riddled with holes.
An hour later, on the land of the Winner Monkey Kingdom, ten million Water Dragon Beasts were all laid to rest—literally.
At the same time, exotic creatures from all over the world are also arriving simultaneously.
……
John Bull, the Foggy City.
Prime Minister David stood at the window of 10 Sugar Lane, a glass of whiskey in his hand, smiling as he looked out the window.
Before him lay a vast royal park, teeming with upright apes.
Ten million upright apes squatted on the lawn, each clutching a small twig, their black and white eyes looking around blankly.
They don't bark, make noise, run away, or bite; they even poop in the same fixed corner.
"Perfect." Prime Minister David raised his glass to the upright apes outside the window. "Absolutely perfect. I've never seen such a well-behaved creature in my life."
The First Minister of the Navy stood behind him, his face beaming with barely suppressed smugness: "Your Excellency, we have already sent people to set up fences around the park. These upright apes are very compliant and offer no resistance whatsoever."
Have you ever harmed humans?
"Not a single one. In the two hours since we landed, there have been zero injuries. However, a few Homo erectus apes did offer branches to humans as they approached, almost like gifts."
David took three sips of whiskey in a row, his face jiggling with laughter.
"Notify the newspapers, front page headline—John Bull has made the best choice of the century."
……
Taro Tanuki Country, Kyoto.
Prime Minister Massa knelt in the courtyard, with three upright apes squatting in the middle of the dry landscape in front of him.
The three upright apes were also imitating him by kneeling.
Although their legs are too short and their kneeling posture is crooked, their clear black and white eyes look at Masa intently, their front paws are placed properly on their knees, and their attitude is as devout as that of a newly initiated monk.
Massa's lips twitched, and he picked up his teacup and took a sip.
The three upright apes simultaneously lowered their heads and scratched the ground with their paws, as if they were also looking for a teacup.
"...Interesting." Massa put down his teacup. "Foreign Minister, how's the situation with John Bull?"
"Reporting to the Prime Minister, John Bull reports that the upright apes have caused no harm to humans and are extremely docile. The feedback from Jacques Chicken Country and Giuseppe Wolf Country is the same, and Ivan Bear Country has even started taking photos of the upright apes and publishing them in the newspaper with the headline 'We have chosen the most docile foreign visitors.'"
Massa nodded, his gaze returning to the three upright apes in front of him.
One of the upright apes was holding a small twig and scratching something in the sand on the ground.
Massa took a closer look—it was a crooked circular pattern, with several smaller circles inside the circle.
Like a face.
Massa's pupils contracted slightly.
"Is it...drawing?"
The Foreign Minister peeked over and laughed dismissively: "It's probably just random scribbles; even monkeys can doodle."
Massa was silent for a moment, then nodded: "That's true."
What he didn't notice was that after the upright ape finished drawing the face, it looked up at him.
In those clear, black and white eyes, a glint of light flashed that shouldn't belong to a wild beast.