Upon waking, Jiang Ping immediately checked on the Primordial World. Fortunately, no great disaster had occurred. Although the magical creatures he had introduced had driven some native creatures extinct, their fusion had also produced stronger lifeforms.
At this moment, Red Dragons soared through the sky, continuously breathing Flame Dragon Breath to burn forests. Elsewhere, Frost Dragons froze prey with a single breath before swallowing them with satisfaction. Their descendants, the Wyverns, also lay sprawled at the ends of mountain ranges, quietly waiting for prey to take the bait.
The stronger a creature was, the harder it was to reproduce. But Evil Dragons were too lustful for that to matter. Other than eating, they spent all day mating. A dragon's day went like this: after getting up, it would exercise before hunting; if it spotted a suitable mate while hunting, it would exercise again; after eating its fill, it still had to exercise some more. Then, from time to time, it would search for glittering treasures. Their love for treasure seemed etched into their genes.
Thanks to the dragons' tireless efforts, dragonkind had spread to every corner of the world.
"Fahos, stop burning things. Otherwise, World Tree Lahir will get angry again." A White Dragon flew over to dissuade the fire-breathing Red Dragon.
Boom!
Upon hearing the White Dragon's words, the Red Dragon seemed wary of Lahir's strength and unwillingly withdrew his flames. "As long as I don't enter her territory, she can't move over here to hit me!" the Red Dragon said resentfully. It seemed he had suffered greatly at the Central Great Tree before.
Suddenly, the Red Dragon's eyes shifted. "It's been a long time since I've eaten those tender, delicate Ape-men. I'll take a stroll around the central lands." As he spoke, he was already flying toward the heart of the continent.
The White Dragon shook her head. Fahos truly loved Seeking Death. He had clearly been whipped by World Tree Lahir's branches before, yet now he wanted to eat the Ape-men beneath the great tree again.
Jiang Ping shifted his gaze toward the center of the world. Protected by the Central Great Tree, the Ape-men Tribe had not gone extinct, but they now had only a little over five thousand members. Most of the time, they hid in caves and muddled through their days. With so little food, every one of them was sallow and thin.
"After all this time, the dragons have spread their descendants everywhere. How did the Ape-men end up in such misery? They had ten thousand members at first, yet now only half remain." Jiang Ping frowned.
He had placed great hopes on the Ape-men. Their territory was the best on the entire continent, rich in food and spiritual energy, with extremely abundant underground mineral deposits.
Yet let alone evolving into the Stone Age, without the Divine Tree's care, they would have gone extinct long ago!
Jiang Ping Thought for a moment and finally understood why the Terrifying Hominid, which had dominated Earth, was living such a miserable life in the Primordial World.
"When Ape-men first appeared on Earth, there were not many giant beasts left. With their size, they could be considered above-average hunters. But now, giant beasts cover the Primordial World. With spiritual energy present, the beasts are even more formidable, and magical creatures occasionally snack on them as well. It's already not easy for them to have survived this long!"
Jiang Ping sighed. The fate of a species naturally depended on its own efforts, but it also had to take the course of history into account. Only at the right time could the right creatures emerge.
If humanity on Earth had started on hard mode, then humanity in the Primordial World had started on hell mode!
"Looks like I need to think of a way to help the Ape-men." Jiang Ping pondered. If they continued merely eking out an existence, the Ape-men could never grow powerful. And civilization required a large population.
While Jiang Ping was thinking, the Red Dragon Fahos swallowed Ape-men once again. Some Ape-men who had been carefully picking fruit cried out and fled for their lives.
"Damn it! We are both God-created creatures. Evil Dragons can conquer the world, slaughter us at will, and wipe out our entire race with ease. Why are we so weak that we can't even kill the weakest saber leopard?" A leader, clearly more robust than the others, gritted his teeth.
Watching the Evil Dragon devour his brethren with abandon, the leader's eyes turned red. Unable to endure it any longer, he clenched his fists and charged at the Red Dragon!
"Hm?"
Seeing the little bug delivering itself into his mouth, the Red Dragon Fahos Laughed. He Just wanted to swat the charging Ape-man to death with one claw when the great tree Not Far Away lightly swayed its branches. Instantly, the Red Dragon's scales nearly stood on end. He hurriedly flapped his wings and fled with a thud!
Having barely escaped death, the leader stared blankly around him. The ground was covered in his brethren's bright red blood, with severed limbs scattered here and there.
"Wuma, you scared me to death when you suddenly ran out just now." A female Ape-man clad in animal hides ran toward him.
"Why? Why? Why can we Ape-men only allow other giant beasts to hunt us? We are both God-created creatures. Are we born weak?" Wuma pounded the ground furiously. Every time he saw his brethren swallowed by savage beasts, he suffered immensely.
"There's nothing we can do. Dragons are born with immense strength and special abilities. The other giant beasts are also far beyond anything we can challenge with our strength. Perhaps we were merely created casually by the Creation God Back Then." The female Ape-man could only comfort her leader this way.
"No. We are both God-created creatures. I refuse to believe we are weaker than other lifeforms!" Wuma stared at the Divine Tree in the distance, his eyes bloodshot.
"Wuma, what are you planning to do?" The female Ape-man had a bad feeling.
"I plan to ask the Divine Tree how our Ape-men can gain a foothold on this land!" Wuma walked toward the Divine Tree with determination.
"Are you trying to get yourself killed? The Guardian God Tree has always protected us. If you anger it, our race will be wiped out within a day!" The female Ape-man hurried after him, trying to stop him.
Unfortunately, Chief Wuma continued firmly toward the Divine Tree. "Rather than live on like this, I would rather die! If the Divine Tree truly becomes angry, I am willing to take my own life to calm her wrath!"
Wuma walked toward the Divine Tree with the resolve to die. If I cannot become strong, I would rather die! That was his truest thought.
"This leader has some backbone." Jiang Ping watched Wuma in the real world. "It seems I need to give them the Spark of Civilization."
"I need to remind you, Master: there is a very powerful race beneath the Primordial World. According to analytical projections, its potential is equally immense. However, it causes great damage to the world's environment." Creation Diary suddenly Spoke Out on its own.
Jiang Ping froze for a moment, then hurriedly looked into the Deepest Part underground. There, enormous underground cities had already been built. Winding tunnels stretched in every direction before Gathered at a Super Queen Ant nest in the deepest region.
"Impressive!" Jiang Ping could not help marveling at the Ant Race's engineering. In the Blink of an Eye, the mutated Ant Race had developed so well. They had not only conquered the underground and established nest after nest, but could also be seen in many places on the surface.
The Super Queen Ant, whose abdomen was a full two meters wide, continuously laid eggs. Worker Ants and Soldier Ants each performed their duties. Jiang Ping also discovered many mutated ant variants: some had two drill-like horns on their heads and specialized in expanding territory, while others had devoured various minerals and were covered head to toe in golden armor—Super Ants.
"They truly have enormous potential. They can devour all kinds of materials and mutate. This isn't merely a simple swarm strategy; these Super Ants that consume ore are clearly Elite Soldiers. This queen already possesses the intelligence of an adult. No wonder she has developed the colony so well. Only after securing a foundation underground did they begin expanding toward the surface."
This was truly an unexpected delight. When one door closed, another opened. While the Ape-men were still barely surviving, the Ant Race had nearly conquered the underground world and was beginning its advance toward the surface.
"However, these mutated ants are terribly destructive to the environment." Jiang Ping frowned. Although the Ant Race possessed great potential, it followed a scorched-earth policy.
Eat everything, take everything, kill everything! This was also one reason they reproduced so quickly. Wherever the Ant Race went, let alone fur, not even a blade of grass remained! As long as something contained even a little energy, they devoured it completely.
"I might as well call them Devouring Ants." Jiang Ping thought about it, but did not interfere with the Ant Race. Everything had its own way of growing. Letting them develop naturally was best.
"It's time to prepare the Spark of Civilization for the Ape-men." Jiang Ping looked toward the center of the land again.
At this time, Ape-men leader Wuma returned home in dejection. He had knelt beneath the Divine Tree for an entire day, begging bitterly, yet the Divine Tree had not answered his question. "Could it be that even the Divine Tree does not know How to make the Ape-men strong?" Wuma wondered.
He lay in the damp cave, desperately thinking about how to make the Ape-men Tribe strong. He thought for most of the night but came up with nothing! Gradually, his eyelids drooped, and he finally fell asleep.
At the same time, the stars outside the cave shone brilliantly. A streak of light shot down from beyond the heavens and entered Wuma's mind.
Wuma seemed to be having a dream, but when he opened his eyes, he found darkness all around him. He seemed to still be dreaming. Suddenly, he noticed a glimmer of light ahead. He kept running and finally saw clearly that the light came from a person.
This person's face was impossible to make out. Holy radiance shone from his entire body, making Wuma feel Burst after burst of warmth.
"Who are you? How did I suddenly appear here?" Wuma asked cautiously, bending at the waist in a guarded stance.
"Do not ask who I am. I am only here to give you hope," Jiang Ping said calmly.
It was as though Wuma suddenly recalled what kind of being could emit endless radiance while its face remained unseen.
Thud!
Wuma suddenly knelt before Jiang Ping and looked up at him trembling. "Could you be the Creation God who created us and created this world?!"
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