After finishing his research, Lin Qian didn't waste any time. He finished off the few barely alive pheasants and called the chipmunks down to collect the spoils. He wasn't very hungry and didn't plan to eat on the spot.
The changes brought about by the energy of the heavy rain made him even more concerned and attentive; he wouldn't be in the mood to eat properly without inspecting the area.
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The chipmunk deftly gathered up the fifty-odd pheasants, then hopped up and grabbed Lin Qian's tiger tail, skillfully acting as a pendant.
The little guy has learned to be lazy now. He ate a lot of fruit on the way and watched a "big show". The mouse needs to rest now.
With increased intelligence and broadened horizons, the chipmunk is no longer the timid and cautious mouse it once was. Now it is very bold and can even skillfully hug the tail of a tiger.
Lin Qian was already used to this. He twitched his tiger tail but ignored the chipmunk.
Not only Lin Qian encountered a problem, but the tiger parents also encountered mutated and evolved animals, but they were easily dealt with due to the level advantage.
They even encountered a mother panda and her cub, but there was no threat. As long as it's not at the level of a spirit beast, no matter how the animal mutates or evolves, it can't cause them any harm.
The red panda headbutted a mutated goat, sending it flying, and then snorted angrily at its mother.
This is something it recently learned from the tigers; it's a way of expressing its displeasure.
The mother panda glanced at her cub, signaling them to follow, and ignored the already deceased goat; pandas don't like to eat meat.
If the goat hadn't charged at them, the mother and son wouldn't have bothered to fight.
Yes, although only the red panda took action.
When there is no danger, giant panda mothers do not move around. This may be to help train their cubs, but mainly it is because they are lazy.
The red panda complained quite a bit about this, saying it didn't like fighting and that it was too tiring for a bear.
The forest has changed a lot, and so has the human world.
Although the food crisis caused by the rat plague had a significant impact, it wasn't all without benefits for humanity. After the heavy rains, another group of awakened individuals emerged among humans, and the number of awakened individuals this time was twice that of the first full-scale spiritual energy revival.
After all, the spiritual energy emitted by this pillar of spiritual energy was much purer than before. With nearly half a year of spiritual energy absorption, the accumulated spiritual energy was sufficient. Combined with the stimulation of spiritual energy, it was normal for it to trigger an awakening.
This group of awakened humans provided a powerful force for human survival. Although the stored food disappeared, the animals and plants in the wild forests became very abundant under the stimulation of spiritual energy.
As long as humans can enter the forest to gather and hunt, there will be no problem with food and water.
Previously, most humans were ordinary people. Without the help of superhumans, going out would be tantamount to courting death. The few superhumans available were not even enough to ensure the safety of the city, so organizing manpower was simply impossible.
But with a new group of awakened individuals, these problems were easily solved.
With the shortage of survival supplies resolved and military strength restored, it seemed that humanity had received assistance and gained more confidence in rebuilding, allowing them to begin extensive repairs to their homes and resume production. However, reality was not so ideal.
After six months of chaos, the distinction between superpowered individuals and ordinary people has gradually become clear.
Because of the huge differences in strength among individuals, some ambitious people have begun to stir.
With the world undergoing tremendous changes, do the old laws, morals, and social order still exist? Is official control still effective?
The answer is obvious: six months of life-or-death struggle and the lack of external support have already explained everything to everyone.
Once it's confirmed that there's no one left to control things, and no one above can take over, then we'll manage things ourselves!
When such a thought begins to emerge, it is by no means that only one person is having feelings for it.
Many have already begun taking action.
In large cities like those where Amer and others live, which are under military control, things are relatively stable. Although they cannot contact their superiors, the military still holds sway in the hearts of the people. As long as the military doesn't cause trouble, the city won't be too chaotic, and reconstruction won't be a problem.
But what about places without an army?
Those remote areas and small cities are already in complete chaos.
Let alone half a year, by the third month, most people in these areas were already living in a state of unregulated disorder.
In this environment, whether they are wealthy officials, local thugs, or ordinary people, their identities have long been reversed under such tremendous changes, and they are no longer comparable to those before the disaster.
Today, food, resources, power, and wealth are all determined by military strength.
Even an eighty-year-old man or a primary school student, as long as they have enough fighting power, can obtain everything in this kind of world.
Imagine an ordinary person, someone from the bottom of society, suddenly possessing great power and being in a state of being uncontrolled. In such a situation, who can control their ambition and desires?
The social stratification brought about by military strength and the resulting oppression led to the division and infighting among humanity, gradually forming various forces of different sizes, such as individual organizations and gangs, resulting in a chaotic and complex social situation.
In this environment, three types of people are most popular and live the most comfortable and easy lives.
First are those with supernatural abilities, that is, those who have awakened innate supernatural powers.
These people possess extraordinary abilities such as metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, and lightning, and their physical qualities far surpass those of ordinary people.
Ordinary people are powerless against awakened beings.
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