in the edge

Chapter 501 Who Adapts to Whom

In the past three months, Du Chengfeng has had an unusually happy life.

There was no evil spirit, no mental strength, and no power of incense or vows. This should have been a great weakening for him, but Du Chengfeng suddenly discovered that this was the state he was most accustomed to.

In particular, he has the body of a monkey.

In the first month after his birth, he was as strong as an adult monkey and could kill a tiger with a simple wooden spear. By the second month, he was wearing tiger skin armor and nourished by large amounts of meat, and his body size had far surpassed that of ordinary apes.

And now, three months have passed, and Du Chengfeng has already entered the Stone Age. No beast can withstand the obsidian-inlaid broadsword in his hand. With his superb swordsmanship, the sharp stone knife, and the elusive javelin, he is now qualified to kill anyone he wants.

And now, even the defense has been updated again.

"After processing, crocodile skin can be made into hard leather armor, which is much more useful than tiger skin."

Following the method of processing food ingredients, Du Chengfeng skillfully skinned and deboned the nailed crocodile. The crocodile is a treasure from head to toe. Its skin can be made into armor, its bones can be made into tools, and its meat is even better, as it is said to have the effect of relieving cough.

Du Chengfeng did not waste the internal organs and offal. There happened to be a river nearby, so he simply took them all and washed them.

Raw offal is of course inedible, but cooked ones are a completely different story.

Yes, as early as when he killed the tiger, Du Chengfeng had already started making a fire and eating cooked food. Even though he was indeed a monkey at the moment, eating cooked food was his last insistence as a civilized man.

Besides being used by yourself, these internal organs have other uses.

such as……

"Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh."

Du Chengfeng cut out some liver and large intestine, and then tried to feed it to the wild wolf on the side like he was feeding a dog.

The wild wolf seemed to want to run away just now, but the fact proved that no matter how fast its four legs were, they could not be faster than a spear. Fortunately, Du Chengfeng was careful when throwing out the bamboo spears, and did not let the three bamboo spears directly nail the wild wolf to death. Instead, he held it in place, turning it into a simple bamboo cage.

This bamboo cage was actually not very strong, and the wild wolf could still run away. However, Du Chengfeng had already thrown away all his javelins, and the only thing left in his hand was the obsidian sword.

The wild wolf stood calmly in place, so the big knife in Du Chengfeng's hand did not need to fly out.

It was precisely because of the intelligence demonstrated by this wild wolf that Du Chengfeng developed a love for talent - he currently had no shortage of weapons, armor, meat, or drinking water, but the only thing he lacked was a good dog.

"Come with me, I won't treat you unfairly."

Holding half of large intestine in his left hand and an obsidian sword in his right hand, Du Chengfeng walked up to the wild wolf.

"I hope you can choose the left side, but if you insist on not choosing it, then I will have to make you into stew too."

"..."

After a moment's silence, the wolf actually spoke.

"Who are you? Are you here for his inheritance as well?"

"I am...wait a minute?"

Du Chengfeng, who was about to answer, suddenly widened his eyes.

"……Who are you?"

"……Who are you?"

The wolf was also stunned.

So, after a brief exchange, Du Chengfeng and Coyote, who had come in together, finally met again.

"No wonder you didn't kill me."

The relaxed coyote sighed as he gnawed on the alligator heart.

"I didn't recognize you just now, and I thought you were one of those who sneaked in to steal the inheritance. I was wondering what you were planning to do by detaining me and not killing me. But now it seems..."

"Will you wait a moment?"

Du Chengfeng, who was making a fire, turned his head.

"You mean more than just the two of us came in? There are other competitors coming in as well? Where are they?"

"I've only seen one, and he's in a tree right now."

The coyote raised its paw and pointed at the crocodile meat that Du Chengfeng had hung on the treetop to dry.

“That’s what we’re eating now.”

"..."

Du Chengfeng suddenly felt a little regretful. If he had known earlier, he would not have been so cruel. If he could catch someone alive, at least he could collect more information.

After all, he was still completely in the dark about what this so-called cave was all about.

"How come you are in such a miserable situation?"

Speaking of this, Coyote made his own judgment.

"This may be a test. The old man turned us into beasts, and then tested whether we can make use of our own advantages and practice the principle of 'survival of the fittest'... In other words, we must survive, and survive to the end, surviving the siege of all competitors to the end."

"Encirclement and suppression?"

Du Chengfeng frowned.

"Why are they being surrounded? Aren't they all..."

Halfway through his words, Du Chengfeng, who was looking at the coyote, slapped his head.

It seems to be true. After all, their situation is different from that of other competitors. Even if other competitors turn into animals, they don’t know who they are. But even if the coyote turns into an animal, it is still a wolf. This is easy to guess.

This means that the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light.

A coyote whose identity is exposed will become a priority target for potential competitors. They may not know which animal next to them is a peer, but they at least know that there must be something wrong with the wolf.

"But...it's not that difficult."

Du Chengfeng scratched his head.

"Why not just kill them all?"

"Kill them all? Just the two of us?"

The coyote looked at Du Chengfeng in surprise.

"What are you thinking about? Those seniors are stronger than us, but we are still the focus of attention... Wait, you don't want me to be the bait? And then you can provide support in the dark without revealing your identity? This is an idea, but in practice..."

"No need to bother."

Du Chengfeng shook his head and then threw more dead branches into the newly started fire.

"We just have to run fast enough." "What's fast enough?"

The coyote didn't understand what this was saying for a moment.

"If it's just about speed...what are you doing!!"

Before he could finish his words, the coyote suddenly howled.

Just because a raging fire has already started around Du Chengfeng!
But grilling meat doesn't require such a fierce fire! This flame, which is as high as a person, is more than enough to grill both of them!

"What are you doing standing still! Run!"

Feeling the force of the wind blowing through his hair, Du Chengfeng ran!

"As long as we run faster than the fire, they will be the ones to die!"

"you!"

Coyote was so shocked by this crazy idea that he stood there in a daze. He had never thought that there was such a way of fighting.

However, no matter how shocked he was, he still had to run, because under the wind, the fire had become more and more fierce. If he didn't run, he would probably be sucked in and roasted!
"What on earth did I bring here?"

The coyote panted heavily as he ran wildly following the big monkey in front of him.

He suddenly felt that he seemed to have made a wrong decision, or rather, he had never truly understood the companion he had chosen - although the other party was indeed just an ordinary man entangled in the three turbidities, and at most could only help him with some chores, just like his previous relationship with the old man who was fishing.

But now it seems...

He seemed to have found something extremely dangerous.

"Why are you looking at me? Just follow me and do my work!"

Before the coyote could come to his senses, a torch was stuffed into his mouth.

"Burn! Find a place that can start a fire and move closer! The little fire we just had isn't enough!"

Still, not enough?
The coyote's brain is starting to run out.

The grass and trees behind them had all been set on fire. The fire had engulfed everything in the forest. The billowing smoke was mixed with the wailing of beasts. God knew how many were killed in the fire.

We have come this far, and you still say it’s not enough?
"Of course it's not enough. Just try the wind direction and you'll know."

Du Chengfeng explained patiently.

"We are now in the upwind direction, so the fire will be blown to our backs, but the fire in front of us may not be diverted to it...so we need to complete the rest by ourselves, and light up everything in front of us, burning as much as we can, so that the fire can cover the entire forest."

As he said this, Du Chengfeng also picked up two branches to use as torches.

"I don't know how big this cave is, but we can burn them all down and clean up other people's living environment first, so that they know that life is not so easy."

"you……"

The coyote was dumbfounded and couldn't speak for a moment.

On the one hand, it was naturally because he was holding a torch in his mouth, and on the other hand, it was because the fire was too fierce. Wolves are sensitive to smells, and the smoke made him burst into tears - but this was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that he just couldn't understand, is it really possible to set fire to the mountain?
You know, he has already understood the original intention of the old man who was fishing. This was clearly a test of whether they could understand the principle of "survival of the fittest" and then fight their way out of the crowd of competitors to become the strongest predator. But now it has turned out like this... Will there really be no problem?

"We broke the rules, and we will be punished."

The coyote, holding the torch, finally uttered a few hesitant sounds.

"What's more, the fire is so big, can we just ..."

"What do you mean by breaking the rules? Whose rules?"

Du Chengfeng was immediately unhappy.

"Who made the rule that you can't set fires? Did anyone tell you this in person? Even if this is really a rule, then at worst you can just ask him to come out and put out the fire himself... Since fire can be lit, then of course you can do that. How can there be any retribution?"

As he said this, Du Chengfeng threw a torch in his hand towards a pine tree not far away.

"Didn't you just say that? The emphasis here is on survival of the fittest. What I'm doing now just fits this... I've helped them change the environment of this forest. Those who can adapt to the fire will naturally be qualified to survive, and those who can't adapt will naturally deserve to die. Isn't this the best way to survive?"

He casually threw the second torch into a bunch of grass and trees, then climbed up the tree and broke two wooden sticks.

"As for ourselves... after all, this is an environment we created ourselves, so we are definitely the ones who can adapt to it the best."

...You call this creating an environment?
Looking at the hell-like scene around him, and the charred black and billowing smoke in front of him, Coyote's brain was increasingly insufficient.

He could clearly understand every word and even every character, but why was it that when these things were put together, he could no longer understand them at all?
"Burn! Burn!"

Du Chengfeng was still throwing flames everywhere. At this moment, he rushed forward like a god of war. No matter how huge the beasts were, they did not dare to stand in front of him - only because there was a raging fire behind him. Thick smoke was everywhere he passed, and the blazing flames made them unable to open their eyes. The monkey shadow in the flames looked like an ancient demon god spreading death!

These beasts may be able to easily destroy the monkeys in front of them, but they cannot face the wildfire that burns everything. It is not something they can resist with their limited strength; it is a true natural disaster!

"All have to die!"

Seeing that the blind leopard dared to rush towards him, Du Chengfeng raised his hand and threw two torches at it. The blazing flames immediately ignited the leopard's hair, but the leopard seemed to be risking its life and still bravely pounced on him.

But this leap, which should have been a sure kill, seemed meaningless at this moment.

It was because what greeted the leopard was a large stone knife.

"Puchi-"

The sharp stone flakes easily chopped into the leopard's neck, and the tremendous force tore the leopard's cervical vertebrae apart. With just a slight deviation, the leopard's head flew off.

The bloody red water splashed on Du Chengfeng's monkey hair, which just cooled Du Chengfeng down.

"Wait a minute?"

Du Chengfeng suddenly felt like something was wrong.

It is normal to have blood spilled on the body, but where did this water come from?
Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng subconsciously raised his head.

It was at this time that he noticed that heavy rain was falling from the sky.

The heavy rain came so hard that even the half of the sky that had just been burning red was completely filled with rain. The heavy rain poured on the ground, extinguishing the burning torches, the flames on the ground, and the raging flames.

It also extinguished Du Chengfeng's dream of the whole group being wiped out.

"I said I would be punished..."

Seeing that the torch in its mouth was already wet, the coyote simply spit out the useless waste.

"You'd better find a place to hide quickly. Do you know how much trouble this will cause? They will definitely unite to deal with us..."

“Maybe I can’t run away.”

Looking at the huge rhinoceros with bloodshot eyes that rushed out of the woods because it was disturbed, Du Chengfeng swallowed his saliva.

(End of this chapter)