Chapter 38: Rules of the Jungle and New Attributes
Xiaoyi was sensible and did not take any action, but waited for Xu Zhi's order.
Xu Zhi ordered it to pick up the cores on the ground, and the monkeys' trembling posture instantly became slightly relaxed when they saw Xiaoyi picking up the cores. After seeing Xiaoyi take them all away, they retreated chattering and disappeared into the woods.
Xu Zhishen looked at the thirteen extra cores in the warehouse with surprise, wondering if it was because the leader of this group of monkeys had gained intelligence?
Or is it because monkeys are inherently smart animals?
Judging from its appearance, this shouldn't be the first time it has done this?
Or is it that not only it but other animals in the forest do the same?
Is this a surprise caused by the different ecological environments between mutant animals in cities and mutant animals in forests?
Many ideas flashed through Xu Zhi's mind, and finally, he decided to let Xiaoyi verify it.
When you see prey, don't kill it directly. Instead, use intimidation to see what the prey will do.
Before the end of this day, Xiaoyi had encountered many prey in the forest. It intimidated them one by one according to Xu Zhi's orders. Most of the lone and not very powerful prey would only tremble under its intimidation.
A small number of prey that live in groups or are stronger will "hand over" their core like the group of monkeys.
It seems that before human society reached a consensus, the animals in the forest had already established a consensus on the survival of the fittest and that cores are important resources.
This is not surprising. After all, the animal kingdom has always been like this. Now there is just one more core.
Xiaoyi's trip to the forest actually resulted in 32 more cores in Xu Zhi's warehouse. Together with Xiaozhen and Gouzi's gains, the number of cores was close to 40.
".Isn't it a bit too lucky?"
Xu Zhi rubbed her arms. Why did she feel like she was a "person of destiny"? Even God was blessing her. How come the solution appeared in front of her as soon as a difficult problem arose?
But this made Xu Zhi have some concerns about the forest.
If the mutant animals in the forest had already started implementing this approach, then those powerful mutant animals would have already accumulated a large number of mutation cores for their own use, and their levels would not necessarily be lower than Xiaoyi's!
No, there must be mutant animals more powerful than Xiaoyi.
Because black fruits also appear in the forest, and the things in the forest belong to the strong.
"It seems Xiaoyi needs to be more cautious."
If you kill those mutant animals that rule the mountains, you will definitely get a lot of "wealth".
This wealth certainly does not refer to gold, silver, or jewelry, but rather core and energy.
Xu Zhi's eyes lit up. "The mutant animals in the city are still not enough. I need to shift my focus to the forest."
In the city, humans and alien species are the most important. Although mutant animals have a strong presence, their base camp should be in the forest.
Xu Zhi didn’t have much idea about humans, and she couldn’t deal with the alien species for the time being. All that was left was the forest.
"Starting tomorrow, the three of you will go hunting in the forest. Be careful not to stray too far away. If you encounter danger, try to cooperate. If you can't win, run away."
At night, Xu Zhi gave instructions to the three clansmen who had returned from hunting.
Afterwards, she patted the dog's head and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
Gou Zi always gets the least resources from her, which Xu Zhi knows is not fair to him, but she does not intend to change her style, so she can only make up for Gou Zi in other ways.
Like being closer to it?
Xu Zhi was a little hesitant about whether this would work, but the next second she saw the dog, whose head she had rubbed, instantly became more energetic and rubbed against her palm crazily, and she knew that this was a perfect solution!
The dog, or rather all the family members, fell for this trick.
"There is no love without reason, except from parents." Xu Zhi had heard this sentence before, but she could not understand it. After all, she did not feel any love from her parents. But now she actually understood it a little, but not from her parents, but from the selfless love from her "children".
That’s not quite right, it’s more like the “Creator” and her “creation”.
She chose her clan, so the clan unconditionally supported her, obeyed her, and loved her, just because she chose them and allowed them to appear in this world. Even if there was a game console between them, it was always her who made the choice.
It was a wonderful bond. Xu Zhi felt that he seemed to be closer to his clansmen.
It seemed that she could no longer treat them as just tools as she did at the beginning, but instead mixed it with a sense of closeness towards her "own people".
Xu Zhi didn’t think there was anything wrong with this. After all, who could resist the passionate and selfless love of small animals!
What's more, the other party is a dog that won't get angry even if you ignore or favor it, but will only work harder to find more prey for you!
Xu Zhi pinched the dog's soft ears, and the dog seemed to have sensed something and wagged its tail even more happily.
After comforting the dog, Xu Zhi opened the warehouse to count today's harvest.
Finally, among a bunch of familiar core colors, she saw two colors she had never seen before.
"Hey, we're just one more thing away from being complete."
Seven colors are neatly arranged in the warehouse, with [Blade] being the largest in number, followed by [Moth].
The least available are the two new colors, with only one of each.
Xu Zhi clicked on them one by one and chose to learn about these properties according to the narration prompts.
First, there's the orange [Cast], a bit like the color of flame.
【Cast: The principle of transformation and destruction.】
[It is the principle of transformation, skill, fire, destruction, shaping and power. It is associated with technology, industry, and forging. Its owner has ingenuity, mechanical thinking and superhuman strength.]
The content of the narration made Xu Zhi raise his eyebrows, "Sure enough, that booklet is really unreliable."
It does not mention destruction and power at all, but [Casting] is undoubtedly related to manufacturing. However, it does not mean that people with the [Casting] attribute are not threatening. On the contrary, this "superhuman power" is also crucial.
Even the [Casting] attribute might be very popular, because they might be able to create extraordinary items.
Xu Zhi clicked on the next attribute, which was a purple core. After clicking it, a word appeared: [Enable].
"pity."
It wasn't the [light] that interested her most.
【Qi: The principle of opening and dismantling.】
".ah?"
Xu Zhi recalled the contents of the manual and was speechless.
[It is associated with wounds, locksmiths, doors and keys, including revealing, opening and dismantling. Its owner is characterized by insight and is also the principle of thieves and oracles.]
“.”
"It's not completely inaccurate, but the accurate part is too superficial."
Xu Zhi finally understood that the outside world's understanding of supernatural attributes was not deep enough. After all, they did not have plug-ins like her. It might take them some time to fully understand it.
It was just the revelation of [Revelation] and the Oracle that made Xu Zhi very concerned. He always felt that this attribute would produce some very special extraordinary people.
(End of this chapter)
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