Evolution from the crocodile

After crawling out of the cave in the early morning, Lu Chen waved his claws and got busy.

Boom, boom, boom...

Under the continuous knocking of stones, large pieces of cinnabar ore quickly turned into dark red powder.

Then, he came to a thick wolfberry tree and clawed at the hard and flexible bark with his sharp claws.

Several scratches two to three centimeters deep appeared, and a white milky liquid began to seep out of them. It was sticky and looked very similar to milk.

This is the sap of the wolfberry tree, which is also a kind of gum. When it dries, it turns golden brown and is very sticky.

Later, Lu Chen placed the mineral water bottle picked up from the jungle under the scratches on the bark.

This is a hot spring valley, and the bark of the wolfberry tree is rich in water.

At first, only drops of juice flowed out from the scratches, and soon turned into white threads... In just half an hour, most of the bottle was collected.

After the wolfberry sap and cinnabar are evenly mixed, it turns into a thick dark red color.

At this point, the pure natural cinnabar pigment was successfully produced.

Lu Chen dipped a branch into it and carefully applied it into the indentations of the rock paintings.

The picture that was not obvious at first suddenly became vivid.

While Lu Chen was busy, the three crocodiles and the group of monkeys in the valley gathered in front of the stone wall to watch, with curiosity and doubt in their eyes...

Soon, a giant crocodile with a length of five meters and thick limbs appeared in front of the animals in the valley.

It was covered in dark red scales and had an indescribable feeling of heaviness.

Coupled with the slightly open mouth and the ferocious beast eyes, the jungle overlord is coming towards you!

After seeing his self-portrait, Lu Chen was very proud.

It was a pity that no one appreciated such a great work, which made him feel a little regretful.

As for these guys in front of the stone wall... with their IQs, they don't know how to appreciate art, and they probably can't understand what the picture means.

Lu Chen naturally chose to ignore it.

As the rock painting is gradually covered with cinnabar pigment, the entire work takes shape.

Dark red trees, four dark red crocodiles, dark red monkeys... give people a strange feeling.

Lu Chen had a rather naughty conjecture: If humans discovered the rock paintings in this valley one day, what kind of amazement and speculation would they have.

Zhizhi, Zhizhi...

Suddenly, Golden Dot made a sharp cry.

This guy is not big, but his voice is not small. Leng Buding shouted, which startled Lu Chen.

Damn it, what's wrong... He turned around subconsciously.

Squeak, squeak, squeak Jindian's voice was urgent, with a bit of excitement and excitement, and he kept stretching out his little paws to scratch his furry face.

It seemed to have discovered something remarkable, but it couldn't express it accurately, so it scratched its head anxiously.

Just when Lu Chen was confused, this guy suddenly pointed at Lu Chen, jumped to the rock painting, touched the largest crocodile painting with his claws, and screamed again.

Is this... really clear? Lu Chen was a little confused.

Is this the appeal of great works? A monkey actually understands what he wants to express.

I don’t know if this guy is pointing blindly, or if it’s just a coincidence?

When Lu Chen was suspicious, the little guy jumped up to the crocodile boss and pointed at it, then returned to the mural and pointed at the much smaller crocodile above.

Then, it pointed at a macaque in the tree and pointed its little paw at itself.

Really understand!

Lu Chen didn't expect that the little guy's IQ was so high, it was a bit outrageous.

In his previous life, he read a statement on the Internet that the IQ of many primates is equivalent to that of a 3-4 year old human child, and some individuals can even reach the level of a 10-year-old.

Lu Chen had some doubts about this before, but now he completely believes it.

Animals are far smarter than humans think.

The nearby crocodile boss was still staring at the several crocodiles on the stone wall, with confusion in his eyes.

Roar, roar... Suddenly, it screamed excitedly, conveying joy to Lu Chen.

Really or not...won't this guy recognize it? !

With the golden example in front of him, Lu Chen subconsciously thought so.

Hiss... He responded with the same voice, wanting to confirm whether the crocodile boss could really distinguish him.

Unexpectedly, this guy slowly came to the mural and touched one of the crocodiles with his head.

There was a famous mirror experiment when studying animals in the biological world in the past. This is a test of self-awareness based on the animal's ability to recognize its own image in a mirror.

They believe that the ability to recognize oneself in a mirror reflects a certain sense of self, as well as awareness of other people's perspectives.

Orangutans, bonobos, dolphins, killer whales, some elephants, pigeons, magpies, humans, etc. all passed the test. They know that they are themselves in the mirror.

Gorillas, leopards, cats and dogs, which were given high hopes, failed the test.

Lu Chen was certain that the subjects of the mirror experiment definitely did not include crocodiles.

And being able to recognize oneself in the mirror and recognizing oneself in a picture are completely different things, and the latter is even more difficult!

The crocodile boss's behavior is very abnormal, and the golden point is also a bit outrageous!

Using bait to set up traps and bartering for exchange... Lu Chen felt that the fog shrouding his heart suddenly opened a gap.

The various behaviors of the three crocodile cubs and Golden Point are actually beyond the scope of ordinary animals.

They are more spiritual!

That’s right, it’s a spirituality that transcends animal nature!

This world is definitely not normal. It is very different from the earth's environment in the previous life. Lu Chen confirmed it again.

What caused the change?

Finally, he set his sights on the valley.

My previous thoughts should be correct. The geothermal hot springs here may contain some mysterious substances that have not yet been discovered by humans, causing some kind of mutation to occur in the animals in them.

And this change happened not long ago.

Maybe only a few months... Lu Chen deduced this from the changes in the animals in the valley.

The three crocodile brothers and sisters were not blessed by the system, and now their body shapes have also undergone earth-shaking changes.

Especially the crocodile boss is the most obvious.

Before entering the valley, his body length was only one meter and his weight was less than ten kilograms. In just a few months, he had grown to thirty kilograms and his body length reached one and a half meters.

This growth rate is already comparable to that of an ordinary 4-year-old crocodile.

There are also Crocodile Lao Er and Crocodile Lao Si. Although they are not as outrageous as Crocodile Lao Si, their body lengths are also over one meter.

As for the snakes he had killed before in the valley, their overall size was about one-third larger than the outside world. From this we can guess that it has only been a few months since they entered the valley to live (or mutated).

So this valley is really a treasure, or a spiritual place.

Suddenly, Lu Chen remembered the experience of diving to the bottom of the cave to explore the secrets. Because the temperature of the water in the cave was too high, he ended up hastily.

But before surfacing, Lu Chen vaguely saw a red light coming out...

Could the mutation be related to the red light?

I don’t know what exists deeper in the cave.

Lu Chen was extremely curious for a moment.

It's a pity that with his current strength, he can't withstand the high temperature of nearly 100 degrees Celsius, so he can only look forward to it and sigh.