Chapter 5: Evolution

The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and a few crows cry from time to time make the cold night of autumn a little more sad.

The corpse of the python lies in the street, and the former appendages have either died under the trees or have long since fled for their lives in search of new shelter, and now there are only two ancient crocodiles beside them. More than ninety percent of the python's energy was absorbed by the tree spirits, and the remaining leftovers were still a gluttonous feast for the centurion, and in the face of such temptation, the two ancient crocodiles decided to leave the group and stay alone.

Just as they were feasting, the python's body moved again. After repeated confirmations, they dared to eat, and they were overwhelmed by the scene in front of them.

The snake's body shook more and more, and the snake's belly was stretched two meters high, and with a low explosion, a humanoid creature broke out of the snake's belly. I saw that he was hunched over his waist, his whole body had been wrapped in miserable white bones, his limbs had grown wolf-like claws, his mouth cracked behind his ears exuded an unpleasant smell, and the sharp teeth in his mouth left unknown internal organ fragments, like a skeleton that had died tragically in this dark night.

This "person" is Mu Hua, after experiencing the battle of the tree python in the belly of the snake, his whole body was seriously corroded, and he was unwilling to die miserably, and he fought with the god of death for several hours with the corpse in the belly of the snake. During this period, I don't know how many times I passed out, I was awakened again and again in a coma, and countless wandering on the edge of death made Mu Hua's body undergo a new round of evolution.

The skin that could not resist the stomach acid was abandoned by him, and the bones hidden in the flesh began to proliferate, and a unique bone armor was generated on the surface of the skin to prevent further corrosion of the stomach acid.

Then the giant python died in battle, and Mu Hua, who had escaped the catastrophe, began to gnaw on the snake's belly to repair the wounds, and the ten fingers evolved sharp fingertips to make it easier to tear the flesh and blood. Starting from the stomach down the snake's body, most of the python's internal organs were swallowed into the abdomen, and the fishy smell mixed with the decay of the corpse bloomed in the mouth, and it was sent into the abdomen along the esophagus without chewing, and he ate from the evening to the early morning of the next day, and he broke open the snake's belly after recovering his strength.

The bright moonlight reflected Mu Hua, which made the ancient crocodile see him clearly. It looks like a human and not a human, it looks more like an undead coming out of hell, and his fingertips are still dripping blood. No one knows what he experienced during this period, the feeling of hovering on the verge of death is beyond words to describe, and when he is confused, he sees another self and desperately pulls him back to the world.

When he woke up again, his body had completed its evolution, and his stronger body made him excited, but for some reason, he felt a little helpless in his heart.

At this time, Mu Hua didn't know that he had lost the opportunity to become a human again. The branch of evolution has begun to form, and he can retrace the ancient path of ape evolution into man in the retrospective stage, but the instinct to survive has led him to a path that few people have traveled, which is rare in the period of the Two Emperors.

The cold wind of midnight blew, and I couldn't help but shiver, and the bones that had lost the protection of skin and flesh turned out to be so sensitive, like a dagger scraping the exposed bones, making a "zizi" sound.

The bone armor that evolved in the snake's belly to save its life has become a burden in the outside world, and the bones are too sensitive to hide in the flesh and blood in the past.

Let's go back to Gasmatosaurus, which was the first species to live in the early Triassic. It resembles a crocodile, so it is also known as an ancient crocodile, with a curved upper jaw, teeth, pointed and curved.

Advancing to the centurion, although they only have the strength of the lower rank, they have a body nearly four meters long, at this time they obviously do not realize the seriousness of the problem, the non-threatening nature of the human body makes them feel that the upper centurion Mu Hua is today's dessert.

The ground cracked under the limbs is like an arrow on a bow that will shoot out at any moment. Their sheer size gives them the strength to rival a hundred.

"Roar" with a low roar, the ancient crocodile blew the horn of attack, and rushed towards Mu Hua left and right like arrows from the string. It's a pity that compared to speed, the current Mu Hua is better, the arrow came to the side of an ancient crocodile, and stepped on the back of the ancient crocodile, and the strong force shattered the internal organs of the ancient crocodile and killed him on the spot, and the ground was stepped out of a deep pit. Seeing this, another ancient crocodile hurriedly pulled away, and one man and one beast were more than ten meters apart. They were at a stalemate, and the blood of the dead ancient crocodile had filled the pit beneath them.

After ten or so seconds, the ancient crocodile finally couldn't help it, roared and rushed over, his blood-hot vertical pupils with a cold killing intent, eager to swallow the other party into his stomach in one bite. Mu Hua swept the ancient crocodile to the ground with one blow, and jumped forward to hit the ancient crocodile with a punch, and a large area of the ground cracked. The strength of the upper position completely exploded at this time, and the ancient crocodile of the lower rank of the centurion was hunted without the power of his backhand. The ancient crocodile that was eating two minutes ago has now become someone else's food, and the world is like this now, whether it is a beast or a human.

Mu Hua's intelligence that came out of the belly of the "skin" snake somehow improved, and after effortlessly solving the two ancient crocodiles, he wanted to tear off the crocodile skin and wrap it around his body to cover the sensitive bones, but he was met with great resistance from the subconscious.

"Be good, just bear with it" The weak voice sounded in his head, like a father comforting his son.

"Cold" Mu Hua, who faced the beasts, was a little timid in the face of that voice.

"It's good to get used to it, let's eat meat" The voice gradually became quieter, and the last few words were almost inaudible if you didn't listen carefully.

The ferocious "skeleton" one second ago obediently gnawed on the flesh and blood of the ancient crocodile the next second, and did not dare to fight the idea of the ancient crocodile skin. The shivering body looked a little helpless in the cold.

A hallmark stage of human evolution was the creation and use of tools that enabled humans to overcome creatures far superior to themselves with their weak bodies. But Mu Hua can't, the ancient crocodile skin can help him resist the cold wind for a while, if it is damaged or falls off in battle, the Achilles heel of the bone armor will make Mu Hua die in an instant. This was the reason why the owner of that voice was reluctant to let Mu Hua put on the ancient crocodile skin.

If you don't overcome your weaknesses, you will forever wander at the bottom and become food for the strong.

In the early morning, the first rays of sunlight illuminate the earth, like travelers who have been in the cold of winter huddle around the fire, enjoying the warmth they have not seen for a long time. The sun shone on his body to drive away the night's chill, and the pain of scraping his bones was also reduced. Yesterday seemed like years, and now that the nightmare has passed, I feel like this for the first time in three years. The strange emotions made Mu Hua a little confused, and after waking up from the snake's belly, he seemed to be a little different, with more emotions, and the emotions when he was a human being.