Having personally witnessed humans use all kinds of weapons to enhance their combat power and compensate for the frailty of their bodies.
After humanity on Azure Star was completely wiped out, the apes found the weapons left behind by humans and began imitating them, wearing all manner of equipment.
At first, the apes had yet to appreciate the usefulness of equipment. But as they came into contact with more and more types, they not only learned how to use all kinds of gear, but also learned to distinguish their grades and various sets.
Azure Star had returned to a primitive age. In such a pure era, ruling the planet should have depended on powerful strength and physical prowess.
Across all of Azure Star, there was no shortage of creatures with stronger physiques than the apes. It would not have been an exaggeration to say they were everywhere.
Yet reality was not like that.
The apes, whose builds resembled those of humans and who possessed high intelligence, became the overlords of the planet.
After discovering that human equipment could provide unimaginable combat power, the apes gave up opportunities to increase their size. Once their bodies grew larger, aside from rapidly inflated health bars, attack power, and defense power, nearly everything else was a drawback.
The energy needed to maintain normal bodily functions would steadily increase, while larger bodies would make them more sluggish than before. Most importantly, they would no longer be able to wear the equipment humans had left behind.
In any case, the apes could not compare to most creatures in terms of size. They might as well imitate humans and use advanced intelligence to make up for their physical shortcomings.
After ten thousand years of development, the apes' achievements today had proven that idea correct.
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