in the edge

Chapter 498 Cognitive Reshaping
At the beginning, Du Chengfeng didn't understand what the coyote wanted to express, but after recalling the story the other party had just told, Du Chengfeng suddenly realized the problem.

The coyote was originally a human, but now it has turned into a wolf. You have to know that from beginning to end, only the old man talked to the other party about wolves, which means...

"You can't change back?"

Du Chengfeng tried to make a judgment.

"The old man fixed your form?"

"It's a little more troublesome."

The coyote's expression also looked a little ugly.

"I can change back. I can become a human anytime, but I think there's nothing wrong with my current appearance. Or, this is how I should look... I think you can understand what I mean, right? Regardless of race, form, or outward appearance, is it really important to us?"

"Important, but also unimportant."

Du Chengfeng originally wanted to say that this kind of thing is of course important, but he changed his words when the words came to his lips.

Although he has always insisted on his human identity, he knows in his heart that in his current state of being a lump of iron without even his internal organs, it is hard to say that he is a normal human being. He can actually understand what the coyotes want to express. Being as strong as they are, they have long been qualified to freely choose their own form of existence and no longer need to be bound by their previous form.

Not only the body shape, but even the race can be re-selected. The coyote in front of us is a good example. It has obviously actively chosen to change from a human to a wolf.

"But it still can't be too ugly. For example, if the body is made of a pile of feces... that would be a bit too much."

"Although what you said is correct, can you use a cleaner way of describing it?"

No matter how calm and steady the coyote was, he couldn't hold himself together when faced with Du Chengfeng's lively behavior.

"But since you can say this, you should understand what this is all about."

"..."

Du Chengfeng nodded slowly.

Having become so strong, they no longer need to be bound by their previous forms. They are fully capable of choosing a posture that is more suitable for themselves - just like Du Chengfeng, if he tries hard to hold up his body, he may still be able to live like a normal person, or he can simply hold on a little longer and return to that huge posture of more than two meters.

But he still likes to use this steel body that is less than three feet long. This extremely solid body is strong enough and can fully transmit the power when taking action. Using this posture as a daily posture can also allow him to ignore most sneak attacks.

After all, he chose this posture based on his own understanding.

And this coyote... theoretically the situation is the same as his.

The reason why it is said to be the same in theory is naturally because in reality they are completely different. It is obvious that although the coyote also thinks that the wolf's posture is most suitable for him, this so-called suitability and this cognition are deliberately guided by people.

If the story of the coyote is true, it means that the old man in the story only used a few words to have a profound impact on the coyote, which has even continued to this day.

This is also the most outrageous thing. This influence has continued to this day.

Du Chengfeng didn't know the age of this coyote, but he at least knew that before the Chen Dynasty was the Yu Dynasty, and before the Yu Dynasty was the Great Chu. There had never been any great events in the past thousands of years. In other words, this great event was obviously the dynasty before the Chu people, and this coyote was probably not young either - a long time meant a long experience, and this coyote would always encounter some things that could influence him more, would always get some newer inspirations, and would always get some better and more suitable forms for himself.

There are so many postures that are stronger than wolves. Even if it is just to transform into an animal, the opponent can also transform into a lion or a tiger.

But this coyote still looks like a coyote, without any change.

This is enough to show how terrifying the influence that old man has on the coyote is.

Just through this scaly claw, Du Chengfeng could vaguely glimpse what an unreasonable and terrifying person the coyote had encountered.

Such means, such abilities... He had never seen them, let alone heard of them! He couldn't even imagine them!

"You don't look well."

The coyote on the side spoke up.

"I told you, this kind of thing will scare you. After all, even I myself, after thinking about these things, felt a little... Fortunately, he may be dead."

"You also said, it's just a possibility."

Du Chengfeng was not so optimistic. He was ready to fight.

After understanding all this, Du Chengfeng finally realized what the coyote had just said about "vision" - it was not necessarily a method of dealing with things, but more likely a perspective on the world.

Just like the coyote in front of me, is its understanding of "survival of the fittest" really what I learned from fighting?

Or does this perspective itself actually come from the old man who was fishing back then?

This exploration might be more dangerous than he expected.

The unknown is terrifying, and Du Chengfeng even thought of retreating at one point.

The reason to go back and rest was very legitimate. After all, they came here in too much of a hurry, and even flew all the way here when they were talking about this matter. They were not ready yet, or they had not made any preparations at all.

But do they really need to make any preparations?

The so-called preparations are all self-deception and just an excuse to delay facing the situation. You have to know that with their strength, they can face any risk at any time. After all, everyone has fought their way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and their enemies will not give them any time to prepare.

So after understanding this, all that remains to be done is to make a choice.

Should you choose to look back and enjoy the so-called peace, or face the unknown dangers.

"Is there really a choice in this matter?"

When the two choices were placed before him, Du Chengfeng realized that even this choice seemed unnecessary.

It was impossible for him to go back, just like when he was in Jibei, he could not go back and enjoy that false peace.

In fact, he has always had only one way, which is to move forward and forward again.

No matter what was waiting for him ahead.

"Anyway, let's go check it out first."

After exhaling a breath of foul air, when Du Chengfeng looked at the coyote beside him again, the previous feeling of being suppressed was no longer so strong.

After all, this coyote also has his own fears, his own worries, and even his own retreats - just like this time he was chosen specifically to help. This kind of advance preparation can be said to be cautious, but it also exposes the fear hidden deep in the coyote's heart.

After all, this coyote is not a god who can plan everything for himself, nor is he a master who is strong enough to ignore everything. Like him, this coyote also feels fear and is cowardly.

The difference between them doesn't seem to be that big.

"Let's go."

This time, it was Du Chengfeng who flew out first.

There was also a hint of surprise in the coyote's eyes when he looked at Du Chengfeng.

"It seems I have found a good helper."

The coyote flew all the way to Du Chengfeng's side.

"You can understand the horror of that old man, but you can recover so quickly... If I were still young, I would probably really want to fight you."

"It's not too late."

Du Chengfeng grinned.

"How about practicing now?"

"Forget it. I told you it was when I was young."

Coyote shook his head and sighed.

"I'm not going to fight you now...after all, we have work to do."

Having said this, the coyote stopped.

"Here we are."

What appeared in front of Du Chengfeng and the coyote was an ordinary-looking hole. Just like the other holes hanging in the sky in the distance, this hole was also shining. From a distance, it was as bright as the stars hanging in the sky - but this hole was really too ordinary, so ordinary that even Du Chengfeng frowned.

Du Chengfeng still remembered that when he first saw the coyote's cave, he could already smell the smell of the grass and trees before he entered. After the coyote changed the cave's environment, he could feel the cold air emanating from the cave even from a distance. But now, he was already close to the new cave in front of him, almost stepping in.

He still didn't feel anything.

"Is it restrained on purpose?"

Du Chengfeng looked at the empty space in front of him.

"Or……"

"Normally, the aura here is closer to water."

Coyote began to explain.

"I have only seen it from a distance. He has never allowed me to enter his cave. After all, caves are very private places. They can even be said to show the owner's thoughts and feelings, so..."

"You mean you can enter mine, right?"

Du Chengfeng was immediately unhappy.

"Didn't you tell me about such a big thing earlier?"

"Didn't you enter my cave first? I think this is a necessary step before cooperation. We have seen each other's ideas, which can be regarded as another form of honesty... Besides, this is not what I want to talk about."

Coyote was quite dissatisfied with Du Chengfeng's interruption, but he continued speaking.

"What I want to say is that because his cave suddenly lost its aura, I thought he must be dead, but I haven't seen the body, so I still can't confirm it..."

"So you're ready to take the risk and touch his cave?"

Du Chengfeng suddenly discovered that this coyote seemed to be even braver than him.

"What if he's not dead?"

"If he's really not dead, then there's nothing to say."

The coyote narrowed his eyes.

"I can't live in his shadow forever. Some things have to be faced."

The coyote did not show any ferocious expression, and he still spoke in a calm and relaxed manner.

But in Du Chengfeng's eyes, the coyote in front of him was more ferocious and brutal than any powerful enemy he had ever seen.

It seems that there is a reason why this former great general chose the wolf as his external form.

It is not a tiger lurking in the shadows, nor a lion running on the grassland.

Instead, it is a wolf wandering in the midnight, with green eyes, ready to pounce and bite at any time.

"Then... go in?"

Du Chengfeng waved at the coyote.

"Together?"

"Enter."

As soon as he finished speaking, the coyote and Du Chengfeng stepped into the dead silent cave.

There was clearly light in the cave, but when Du Chengfeng stepped in, his vision suddenly became pitch black - if it were someone else, they might not notice anything was wrong, but for Du Chengfeng, this was an extremely incredible thing.

Just because Du Chengfeng's eyes are actually more like decorations.

After all, his entire body had lost all its internal organs and had become a lump of iron, and his head was no exception. His facial features, and even his brain, had long since been smashed by the three mountains and turned into a piece of iron - although he had molded a decent set of facial features for himself to look good, these facial features could only be used normally.

The way he really collects information from the outside world is not through his eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and tongue. These things can only detect a limited amount. What really brings him information is his specially trained ability to perceive the surrounding environment.

His strength is his tentacles, and the force that is fed back will tell everything. Any disturbance cannot escape this perception of power.

But now, his perception suddenly could not detect anything.

Yes, there was nothing, neither up in the sky nor down on the ground, and there was nothing around. Even the coyote that had just come in with him had disappeared without a trace.

"what happened?"

Du Chengfeng started sweating immediately.

He could never have imagined that this was just the first step into the cave and he had already fallen into a trap.

This trap was so dangerous because he didn't even know how to break it. The road behind him disappeared, and there was nothingness above, below, left and right - you know, when he was swallowed by the snake demon, he could at least stand on the ground, but now... where is he?
"I wasn't sucked into a black hole or something like that, was I?"

Du Chengfeng subconsciously wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He really couldn't stand such a dangerous style of attack.

But immediately, Du Chengfeng suddenly felt that something seemed to be wrong.

Just because, his hand didn't seem to be raised.

"What's going on? Where's my hand?"

Du Chengfeng was stunned. How could his hand be gone?

If his hands can't move, what about his legs? What about his body? Which parts of his body can he move?

"Move! Move!"

Du Chengfeng struggled hard, trying to regain control of his body.

It was at this moment that he suddenly felt that the surrounding environment was moving with him.

No, it was not just a feeling, but it really moved. The movement became more and more intense and powerful, and along with this movement, Du Chengfeng even vaguely saw the existence of light!
“Go first!”

Although he didn't know what the current situation was, it seemed that he had nowhere else to go except that place of light.

Perhaps that bright direction could bring him some new information, or maybe...

"puff--"

Accompanied by the sound of water, Du Chengfeng saw the light again.

Not only was there light, he could also feel his hands and feet again. Although they were still very weak, Du Chengfeng could still barely support himself and turn his head to look around.

It was this turn of head that made Du Chengfeng stunned on the spot.

"who are you?"

Du Chengfeng was dumbfounded when he saw the two still weak big monkeys in front of him.

"who I am?"

Du Chengfeng looked at his hands, but only saw a pair of hairy monkey paws.

"Where am I?"

Du Chengfeng raised his head, but saw only endless towering trees.

"What's wrong with me?"

Du Chengfeng lowered his head and saw a piece of umbilical cord still connected to his belly.

A big monkey caught him and bit off the umbilical cord.

It was at this time that Du Chengfeng realized what he had just experienced.

He was born.

(End of this chapter)