Weapons of Homo sapiens

Kuafu stared expressionlessly at Shen Feng, trying to find mockery and ridicule in the human's eyes, but all he saw seemed to be sincerity.

After several seconds of silence, Kuafu gave a slight nod.

Shen Feng poured out some cracklings, placed them on a plate, and set it before Kuafu.

After some thought, he loosened the ropes around Kuafu enough that, although his hands were still bound, he could barely move them.

Kuafu grabbed the cracklings from the plate, stuffed them into his mouth, and began chewing.

After being put through so much, he was indeed hungry.

He understood even more clearly that if he wanted to escape, he needed enough strength.

Shen Feng ate a few pieces of cracklings himself, then tossed the diced lean meat and pork belly into the wok and began stir-frying them.

When they were nearly done, he immediately added chopped wild scallions and sliced radishes, continued stir-frying, and sprinkled in some salt.

The enticing aroma spread once more. Kuafu had already finished the cracklings in his bowl, yet he felt even hungrier.

The instant noodles in the pot had finished cooking. Shen Feng tossed in several chopped cherry tomatoes, added a little lard, and turned the pot of noodle soup a lovely golden-red, completely dispelling its initial gray, lifeless look.

He set the heaping wok of stir-fried radish and meat slices aside, served himself a full bowl of tomato-and-lard instant noodles, then filled another bowl, stuck two small wooden sticks into it, and handed it to Kuafu.

"Eat."

There was plenty of food; one more mouthful would make no difference. Besides, if he wanted to take the other man with him when he escaped, he could not let him grow too weak.

Kuafu could hardly believe his eyes. He had no idea what this vicious and sinister human was trying to do. The wise, composed façade he had maintained all along showed faint signs of panic, but he still involuntarily reached out and accepted the bowl of soup.

Shen Feng plopped down on the ground, cradling the shotgun in his arms. Holding the bowl in one hand and using chopsticks with the other, he began eating with great relish.

After coming here so many days ago, this was the first time he had eaten stir-fried food.

Though the only seasonings were lard and salt, it truly tasted delicious. Then he took a sip of the golden-red noodle soup, fragrant with tomato and lard, and it was wonderfully rich.

Seeing Shen Feng eating and drinking with such enjoyment, Kuafu finally could not hold back any longer. He sat down across from Shen Feng and began eating the dishes and drinking the noodle soup.

Whatever this human intended to do, now was clearly not the time to fight.

Shen Feng took a bite of food and a sip of soup, then casually asked as if making small talk, "Your main base is in the capital, isn't it?"

Kuafu was startled and nearly jumped to his feet. He asked grimly, "How did you know!?"

The main base housed the ape clan's women, children, elderly, sick, and disabled. It was extremely well hidden. How had this human learned of it?

Unmoved, Shen Feng continued eating as he spoke. "When I mentioned going to the capital, you looked panicked. The only thing that could make the great leader of the ape clan lose his composure like that would be your kin. So I concluded that your main base is in the capital."

Kuafu gave Shen Feng a long look, then slowly sat back down.

In the years since humanity's great extinction, the intelligent ape clan had continued to reproduce and thrive. All the clan's women and children, along with those descendants without intelligence, lived amid the capital's urban ruins.

After so many years, the entire clan had grown to tens of thousands of apes.

To the intelligent apes, those apes that were like wild beasts—those mindless creatures—could not be called their kin at all. They were merely animals.

Yet many of them were their mates, their flesh and blood.

The intelligent apes' feelings toward those ordinary apes were therefore extremely complicated.

There was affection, pity, contempt, concern, hatred—every kind of emotion.

The man and ape continued eating and drinking around the campfire. Shen Feng asked again, "You hate humans? The humans of this world have already gone completely extinct, so why does it still cause you such pain? Were you abused before?"

This time, Kuafu was not surprised. Instead, he revealed a meaningful smile and slowly said, "No. Humans are no different from stones by the roadside to me... But do you know that the maximum size of an ordinary ape group is only fifty?

"Come to think of it, humans merely developed from Homo sapiens among the ancient humans. The Flores Man, Neanderthals, Heidelberg Man, Java Man, and all the rest from the same era were all exterminated by Homo sapiens.

"Why? Because Homo sapiens possessed complex language. Through their powerful linguistic abilities, they could pass down spiritual things such as religion, myths, and legends. Once everyone shared a common goal, they could organize powerful groups.

"Our hatred for the extinct humans is our religion, and you are a sacrifice that has awakened."

As he spoke, Kuafu carefully observed the human before him, trying to find some useful information in his expression.

Shen Feng nodded. That was more or less what he had guessed.

This ape leader with extraordinary intelligence was merely using everything he could use.

In that case, his plan could proceed.

Swallowing a piece of pork belly, Shen Feng let out a satisfied breath and looked at Kuafu. Then he said, "To this world, I am merely a passerby. Or rather, an observer."

His gaze was like a sword as he stared straight into Kuafu's eyes. Then he continued, "To your clan, I am your only chance—the savior who will never appear again. The world I come from still possesses a complete technological system and limitless possibilities."

Kuafu narrowed his eyes and fell silent before the campfire. After a long time, he slowly said, "I had considered that possibility as well, because you have no feelings toward those stone statues, and you have no feelings toward this world either, as though you do not belong here at all... But all of this is far beyond my imagination. I am only a monkey who has read a few books. How am I supposed to believe you?"

Shen Feng did not answer. He rose and walked over to Kuafu, reached up to pluck several hairs from his shoulder, took out his phone, opened the Real Doomsday Game app, and said, "I have learned the origin of the Brain Ape and acquired an organizational sample. Applying for the mission reward."

Several lines of text immediately flashed across the screen:

Please place the mission sample into the empty barrel beside you.

An empty iron barrel stood beside Shen Feng. He placed Kuafu's hairs inside, then put the lid on it.

Three seconds later, he opened the lid again. The hairs inside had vanished, replaced by another roll of documents!

Shen Feng took out the documents and saw a line of bold characters on the cover:

<Report on Extracting Muscle-Activating Substances Through the Stone Statue Virus>

What was written in this report was the experimental result of a scientist at the capital's Epidemic Prevention Center: a biological serum capable of greatly enhancing physical abilities!

Nuwa Serum!

And this serum was located at the capital's Epidemic Prevention Center!

Shen Feng skimmed through the research report at a glance and quickly finished reading it. His eyes seemed like a video recorder, having memorized the entire report from beginning to end.

He was extremely excited. He had already experienced the power of the Pangu Virus. If he could truly obtain this brand-new Nuwa Serum, his body would undoubtedly be greatly strengthened.

At that point, his lack of stamina would be significantly improved.

He casually tossed the entire stack of documents into the campfire, continued eating, and said nothing more.

After they had finished eating, he locked Kuafu inside a huge iron cage and moved into another iron cage beside it himself.

He extinguished the campfire, covered the cages with two pieces of cloth, then lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

After being put through so much, he had long since become utterly exhausted.

Kuafu, however, did not sleep. He sat upright inside the iron cage, lost in deep thought.

Just then, a chaotic clatter of hooves and the roars of apes came from the street outside. A small squad of ape cavalry was passing through the town's streets!

Kuafu's eyes abruptly widened, and his breathing quickened!