Page 20: Half-Ape Man (1)
Apeman? The word immediately popped up in Wen Renchu's mind.
As we all know, today's human beings have evolved step by step from ancient apes after tens of millions of long years, and have gone through four stages of development: ape humans, primitive humans, intelligent humans, and modern humans.
Judging from the physical characteristics of the person in front of him, his eyebrow crest and jaw bones are slightly prominent, his whole body is covered with thick dark hair, and his limbs are obviously thicker, which is clearly no different from the ape-man millions of years ago.
But how could a good person degenerate into an ape-man overnight? It's incredible.
At this moment, the ape-like man suddenly turned over, as if he had also woken up. At the same time, most of the people who were awakened under the same roof were also awakened.
"Who the is arguing there early in the morning? I don't let people sleep! ”
I don't know who burst a foul mouth, probably because he was suddenly awakened and looked a little annoyed. As a result, it can be imagined that some people who were still half-asleep were also completely woken up now.
Wen Renchu took the opportunity to silently retreat to a corner, where Lu Keke and the two had already woken up one after another with sleepy eyes. Just as he was returning back, he inadvertently noticed that there were other people who were in a similar situation.
Before they had time to think about it, someone else had already noticed the strangeness that appeared in some of them. Perhaps due to the successive experiences of the roar of the earth and the passage of cockroaches, the reaction was noticeably calmer than the initial expectation, and there was no more chaotic scene. But think about it, compared to the previous ones, this is really a drop in the bucket.
But that doesn't mean they aren't full of uneasiness, as can be seen from the fact that they are all far away against the wall. It was precisely because of their actions that the "apes" in the field immediately stood out.
Wen Ren counted at the beginning, and there were ten people who had this abnormality to varying degrees. The reason for the difference is that four of them are not too bad, except for the fact that the body is covered with a layer of hair that is not too thick, the rest of the area is basically not too noticeable.
In contrast, the changes in the remaining six people are much greater, especially the one I saw at the earliest just now, which can be regarded as the most serious ape-humanization. Standing up at this time, his figure was already rickety, if he wasn't still wearing a modern person's clothes, I'm afraid that some people would believe that he had traveled from a million years ago.
Perhaps due to the after-effects of the sudden mutation, their eyes looked cloudy, as if they were covered with a thick gray fog. They all stood in place with blank eyes, and their eyes seemed to be full of confusion and confusion, obviously their minds had not yet fully cleared up.
"Doctor Zhang, do you think they are causing some infectious diseases? I've heard that after an earthquake, it's easy to get all kinds of infectious diseases. A somewhat hoarse voice sounded in Wen Renchu's right ear, and when he turned his head, a middle-aged uncle in a security uniform was asking the people around him in a whisper.
"Although some infectious diseases are more likely to occur after an earthquake, they are mainly caused by intestinal and respiratory tract infections, and are generally caused by drinking contaminated water. As long as everyone pays attention to hygiene and does a good job in epidemic prevention, there is no need to worry too much. As for their sudden situation...... Based on my 20 years of experience as a doctor, I probably not. ”
Dr. Zhang looks slightly younger than the security guard, but there should be no difference in age. In fact, she didn't know the bottom of her own heart when she said the last sentence, but she deliberately said it in order to appease the emotions of the villagers, after all, just from the symptoms on the surface, no one can be sure whether this is a new type of infectious disease.
"Could that have something to do with those cockroaches that popped up earlier?"
"Is it a genetic mutation?"
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Behind Dr. Zhang, several young people also joined in, but they were all subjective speculations, and naturally they couldn't expect them to say why. Rao has seen a lot of grotesque and strange people, and he will be clueless for a while.
At this moment, the discussion stopped abruptly, and Wen Renchu came back from his thoughts, only to notice that their eyes were all in the same direction, and everyone looked like they were afraid to come out. In the next moment, his eyes wandered, and he knew why they were like this.
In the center of the hall, the half-apes had completely woken up from the chaos and were looking around.
It is said that the eyes are the windows of the soul, and if this is the case, then their hearts must be extremely pure at the moment. Because at this time, the dense fog in their eyes has not only dissipated, but also more like a clear spring without impurities, which is extremely clear.
They seem to feel extremely new and unfamiliar with everything around them, giving people the feeling that they have just come to this world, full of desire to explore.
Wen Renchu quickly made a judgment in his heart, and it was obvious that they didn't remember anything, who they were, or even that they were individuals; Because if it weren't, they wouldn't behave like a newborn baby, and they wouldn't be indifferent to the changes that occur in them. And they don't seem to be as simple as losing their memories.
"Don't come here! I...... I told you not to come! Just as he was thinking, a slightly trembling roar came.
Hurriedly following the prestige, on the other side of the hall near the corner, a half-ape appeared there at some point, and it was less than two meters away from the woman opposite him.
Looking at Wen Renchu's point of view, he realized that the half-ape's gaze was not actually the woman, but the baby she was holding in her arms. Unlike the other half-apes who were still surrounding the shrine in the temple, this half-ape was clearly more interested in this little being.
From time to time, his gaze fell on the baby, and several times he wanted to get closer, but he seemed to be afraid of the woman's raised fist and did not dare to step forward. Wen Ren could feel at first that there was no malice in his eyes at all, just out of pure curiosity.
Unfortunately, the woman did not possess such extraordinary perception. However, it is normal for a mother to protect her children.
Eventually, curiosity triumphed over fear. The half-ape man mustered up his courage once more and began to move forward.
Seeing that her threat was useless, and the half-ape man was getting closer and closer, the woman became anxious, and immediately threw her raised fist at him.
There was a muffled sound of "bang", and the half-ape man covered his head in pain, and immediately retreated in fright.