in the edge

Chapter 510 Tower of Babel

However, an ordinary earthquake could not shake Du Chengfeng's actions at all, and the long wall-building work was still proceeding in an orderly manner.

Since the monkeys were very unreliable at first, he had to build the wall by himself most of the time. In order to prevent the wall from being damaged during the construction process, the coyote was responsible for operating the crossbow on the distant wall to keep watch - and when he was tired, or simply wanted to take a break, he would let the coyote carry the stones, and he would be responsible for controlling the crossbow to keep watch.

This can ensure the safety of the construction while also ensuring the intensity of their physical training.

When he is not building walls, Du Chengfeng would do his little hobbies, such as cooking delicious food or drawing blueprints - this is a new hobby he found out of boredom, designing some weapons and armor.

As for the reason, of course it is because conventional weapons and armor are not very useful for animals.

For example, wolves cannot grasp things with their claws like monkeys, so they cannot hold swords. They must bite swords with their mouths, which puts a great burden on the cervical spine. In this case, if you want to equip wolves with suitable weapons, you have to design them according to the wolf's body structure, such as adding blades to their claws, or simply making horns on their foreheads.

Or maybe the monkeys are unable to wear heavy armor, which would make their originally agile movements become slow. The monkeys that could originally jump onto a tree could not even stand on the treetops after wearing copper armor. At this time, the problem of reducing the weight of the armor must be considered. More hard leather is needed to replace the heavy copper plates. Of course, in addition to defense, heat dissipation is also essential, otherwise the monkeys would suffocate to death after putting on the armor before the fight begins.

“It’s all about learning.”

Encountering new problems every day makes Du Chengfeng's life extremely fulfilling.

But he was full, and the coyote seemed a little anxious.

"How long are you going to stay here?"

Half a year later, the coyote, who could no longer bear it, finally found Du Chengfeng.

"Aren't you anxious?"

“It’s urgent indeed.”

Du Chengfeng quickly pushed the coyote away.

"Please move aside first. I didn't test the dishes properly just now. The big one is about to come."

"you……"

The coyote was speechless for a long time.

He still has the mind to squat in the toilet at this time. It doesn't seem like he is in a hurry at all.

It took Du Chengfeng half an hour to come out of the toilet, which made the coyote even more unbearable - yes, for hygiene reasons, Du Chengfeng had nothing better to do and built a toilet, and even used his status as the monkey king to force the monkeys to learn how to use the toilet.

Under the power of the stick, the monkeys who had been beaten enough quickly learned to keep hygiene.

"Next time, we'll have to get these monkeys used to moving bricks or shooting crossbows."

After realizing that these monkeys could really learn to go to the toilet, Du Chengfeng felt that these monkeys still had great potential.

However, compared to going to the toilet, moving bricks and shooting bed crossbows are obviously too complicated for the monkeys. He has been teaching them for half a year, but still no monkey can adapt to these two things.

"So, you're really not in a hurry?"

The coyote once again came after Du Chengfeng.

"It's been half a year. We've been here for half a year. Do you really want to be a monkey here forever?"

"You mean, a way out?"

Du Chengfeng scratched his head.

"You have?"

"I……"

The coyote choked in his tracks.

How could he have that? If he really had a way to get out, why would he have to shut himself up here?

However, even if he had no way out, the way to win this cave was in front of him. As long as they could eliminate all competitors and become the final winner, then this cave would be theirs. They would inherit the old man's legacy and get everything here. At that time...

"By then, will we be able to get out?"

Du Chengfeng started scratching his head.

"Well, it's normal to think that way... so aren't we doing it right now? At most, the speed is just a little slow."

“Is this a bit slow?”

Coyote's expression was a little subtle.

It's not just slow, their speed can be called a snail's pace. After a month, the stone wall may not be able to move forward even one foot - at this speed, how long will it take them to eliminate all competitors and take control of the cave itself?
What's more, they have to face various natural disasters.

Perhaps because their actions were too disrespectful of the rules of the cave, natural disasters have become more and more frequent in recent times - in the beginning, there was only an occasional earthquake, but after two or three months, strong winds and wildfires began to occur frequently, and in recent times, they have been hit by heavy rains from time to time, making it impossible for their projects to proceed.

"I can now confirm that the old man is probably not dead."

Coyote's face turned serious.

"He is using his own methods to influence us, forcing us to follow his rules. Only the fittest survive. Don't forget, only the fittest survive."

"Of course I haven't forgotten. Only the fittest survive."

As he said this, Du Chengfeng raised his hand and pointed to the sky.

"If that old Deng doesn't know how to adapt to us, he doesn't deserve to survive. Even if he's alive, I'll beat him to death."

"..."

The coyote was speechless for a long time.

So what are they here for? Aren’t they here to inherit the old man’s cave and knowledge?
How come it suddenly became that they were going to go to war with that old man?

"Take your time, don't rush."

Du Chengfeng looked indifferent.

"It's normal to encounter resistance when doing things. Or, in other words, the more opposition the enemy has, the more it shows that I'm doing the right thing."

Having said this, Du Chengfeng simply raised his hand and drew a circle around.

"Since Lao Deng wants to trap us here and force us to follow his rules, I really won't leave!" "Then you won't leave?"

The coyote is getting a little impatient.

"How long do you plan to stay here? Don't you want to go out? If you are outside..."

"They come, the security."

Du Chengfeng even started speaking classical Chinese.

"As for the outside world, you also said that the world is full of mortals, and everything that touches you is karma. Now that I am here, I have ended my worldly ties and can do what I want to do."

Having said this, Du Chengfeng simply continued to cook. His stomach was a little empty after he had just ejaculated, and he just needed a good meal.

Du Chengfeng, who yearns for a peaceful life, has always been good at living. He also knows how to turn an unpeaceful environment into a peaceful one.

As for Coyote... the former Greedy Wolf Star Lord was now deeply in self-doubt. He had no place to vent his anger and passion as he could not even meet a battle - as for the law of the jungle, although he still held on to this idea, no matter how much he thought about it, this idea was no longer useful.

At this moment, he didn't even have the chance to hunt the weak. Their meat reserves were already extremely abundant. The excess meat had been salted and even filled several warehouses.

Of course, the warehouse was also built by Du Chengfeng. It was obvious that Du Chengfeng really planned to live here for a long time.

"It doesn't matter where you live."

Du Chengfeng thought so.

With food and drink, a stable job, and even enough things to study and learn, time began to fly fast. Although there were occasional natural disasters, this became a pleasure for Du Chengfeng. How to minimize losses under the ravages of natural disasters has even become a subject worth studying. With enough opportunities to try, Du Chengfeng never tires of it.

"Good things, all good things."

When another earthquake occurred, Du Chengfeng felt a sense of accomplishment when he saw that the warehouses and city walls had suffered almost no damage due to the installation of earthquake-resistant structures.

It was on this day that Du Chengfeng celebrated his first 100th birthday in Stone City.

Although Du Chengfeng did not count deliberately, the coyote had been keeping track of the days. After calculating the time, Du Chengfeng found that he was actually a hundred years old - but this hundred years was a little strange no matter how you looked at it, simply because the time he had spent as a monkey in there was much longer than the time he had spent as a human outside.

However, this was nothing to Du Chengfeng, because he had been able to peek into the memories on weapons by sharpening them before, and those weapons had mostly been around for many years, so his perception of time had long been confused - now, after turning 100, he didn't even feel how old he was, but felt he was still very young.

"He's only a hundred years old, not even half as old as the founder of the Southern Chen Dynasty. Is this considered old?"

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng continued working.

However, in this process, he began to pay attention to health preservation. After all, no matter how unwilling he was to accept old age, his physical weakness was still there, and his old bones could not withstand any tossing. He did not want to say that he had experienced all the storms, but ended up hitting his head and dying when he went down the stairs.

While maintaining his health and working, he gradually grew to be five hundred years old.

At this time, he was no longer younger than the Southern Chen Taizu. Even if the Southern Chen Taizu was resurrected again, he could pat his chest and ask the other party to call him "big brother" - at this time, he had gradually begun to be unable to perform normal actions, and as for working, he had no chance of doing it.

But five hundred years was enough time for the monkeys and wolves to adapt to his ideas.

The armed monkeys replaced him and became the new brick movers on the construction site. Although these armed monkeys were far inferior to him in terms of efficiency, they had the advantage of large numbers - after five hundred years of reproduction, the number of monkeys had already reached nearly 100,000. Coupled with sufficient nutrition and meat, these monkeys' physiques had become increasingly tall and even comparable to gorillas.

However, the increase in the number of monkeys also increased food consumption, and at one point the newly built warehouse was even empty.

So in the fifth century, which was also his birthday, considering that the supplies in this cave were not unlimited after all, Du Chengfeng finally stood up tremblingly and issued an order after a long absence.

"You can eat them, but don't kill all the animals... Keep them alive if you can, and then kill them for meat when they reproduce."

This order naturally caused fierce opposition from the coyotes, but facing the equally old coyotes, Du Chengfeng shook his head.

"I know what you want to say. You think that if we kill them, we will be the final winners... But that was in the past. Now, it is no longer necessary."

There is really no need for it, because at this moment they don't even need to take action. All they need to do is let those armed monkeys ride the armored wolves out for a few turns, and the other animals will be exterminated by genus.

But Du Chengfeng no longer had any intention of killing them. Such a victory would be meaningless even if he achieved it.

"There's no need to swing a knife at a weakling who has no ability to resist. We are facing a stronger opponent."

As he said this, Du Chengfeng raised his finger and pointed to the sky.

And after that, time gradually came to the first millennium.

The Stone City at this time was no longer the watchtower it once was. The thick city walls had already spread out all the way - according to the intelligence from these armed monkeys, they even discovered the border of the world and were preparing to build the city walls and fortresses all the way there.

"As long as the supply lines are stable, our troops can be deployed."

Under the throne filled with special pipes, a monkey wearing heavy armor and as strong as a silverback gorilla lowered his head humbly.

"When we reach the end of the world, we will definitely find the elixir of immortality for you! By then, you will definitely be able to come down again..."

"It doesn't matter."

On the throne, Du Chengfeng, who was as thin as a skeleton, shook his head slightly.

"You are my hands, you are my eyes. What you can see, I can see as well... The weight of life lies not in its length but in the process. It is already great that you can achieve this."

"We, we..."

The giant monkey, who was as strong as a silverback gorilla, almost burst into tears on the spot.

He actually, he actually had the honor to receive the approval of the Divine Emperor. The Divine Emperor approved of everything they had done. This was simply...

"But it's not enough."

It was at this moment that the giant monkey suddenly saw the finger on the throne raised up.

"You only have breadth now, but you are still a little short of height."

As he said this, the dry, skeleton-like finger pointed upwards.

That finger pointed at the dome above, at outside the dome, at the sky high above!
"Now we can start to go higher. Go ahead and explore. Go see the scenery in the sky, see what's up there, and see what it really looks like."

"Follow the Holy Order!"

The huge monkey beat his chest hard.

(End of this chapter)