Alien creatures destroy homes? Start by killing upright apes!

Carrie thought for a moment: "What about other countries..."

"They didn't even have a chance to collapse from exhaustion."

Carrie fell silent.

At that moment, the Minister of Defense ran over from a distance, holding a telegram in his hand:

"Governor! President Kerry has sent a message proposing to convene the first meeting on the response to alien creatures. The time is set for tomorrow, and we will decide the location."

Lu Cheng sat on the sofa in the living room, took the telegram, glanced at it, and a smile appeared on his lips:

"That old bastard Kerry, he's quick on the uptake. Reply to him that the meeting will be held in the Wynners. Also, send invitations to the four permanent members of the UN Security Council and the United States. Oh, and invite the United States too."

"The Hanscat Kingdom?" The Minister of Defense was taken aback. "They were randomly assigned to the giant millipede, and the whole country is currently fighting the giant insect. They probably don't have time to come."

"We need to call them over and let them talk about how difficult it is to deal with giant millipedes. That way, the countries that chose the upright apes will feel a little more at ease. When people see others suffering more, their own pain is halved," Lu Cheng said with a smile, picking up his coffee.

The Minister of Defense's lips twitched, and he turned to send a telegram.

……

That evening, the banquet hall of the Winnag Kingdom government was temporarily converted into a conference room.

A map of the Blue Star was laid out on the long table, with the distribution of ten exotic creatures marked on it using thumbtacks of ten different colors.

The most numerous red thumbtacks were those that covered the maps of ten countries—those were the upright apes.

Lu Cheng stood in front of the map, holding a pointer in his hand, talking to himself as he looked at the densely packed red thumbtacks on the map.

"Four major powers, five minor powers, and ten countries in total. One hundred million upright apes, distributed across the heartland of the ten most powerful countries on Earth."

He pointed with his pointer to the areas where the red was most concentrated.

"In the land of John the Bull, the upright apes have begun making tools. In the land of Taro the Tanuki, the upright apes have mastered primitive pottery-making techniques. In the land of Yak the Chicken, the upright apes have learned to classify and organize. In the land of Giuseppe the Wolf, the upright apes have mastered basic physical principles. In the land of Ivan the Bear, the upright apes have established a sound communication system."

The teaching pointer was moved to the positions of India, South Korea, Australia, and Lion Country.

"In these four countries ranked lower, the evolution of upright apes is slightly slower, but the direction is completely the same - upright apes in India are dividing into tribes, upright apes in South Korea are imitating human clothing, upright apes in Australia are learning to use abandoned human tools, and upright apes in Singapore are starting to build walls with stones."

Lu Cheng turned around and looked at the empty conference room, his gaze falling on the empty chairs.

Tomorrow, these chairs will be occupied by some of the most powerful people in the world.

They will argue, shirk responsibility, be stubborn, and blame each other.

But ultimately, they will look inward and ask him the same question—

What will upright apes eventually become?

Lu Cheng picked up the chalk and wrote two words on the blackboard.

"A fake."

This is the new name that Lu Cheng gave to this group of alien, dark, upright apes after careful consideration.

Then he drew a timeline below, starting from day one and extending to day one hundred.

The starting point of the timeline is marked "Arrival," and the ending point is marked "Disguise."

There is a large blank space in the middle.

But Lu Cheng knew that the blank space would soon be filled.

It was filled with the evolution of upright apes.

It is filled with human fear.

It is filled with endless regret for those countries that chose the Homo erectus.

Outside the window, in the night-lit square, dozens of water dragon beasts were lazily lying in a circle on the ground.

Their bellies were pressed against the ground, and their front paws were pawing at the dirt listlessly, like a group of pigs that had nothing better to do than eat their fill.

One of the water dragons rolled over, revealing its round belly and large fangs pointing skyward. It was truly ugly, but after looking at it for a while, it actually looked kind of silly.

Lu Cheng looked at them and suddenly laughed.

"Others raise nightmares, I raise pigs that can plow the fields, so this is a good deal."

……

At the western end of the adjacent continent, in the foggy city of Royal Park.

Late at night.

The searchlights around the fence illuminated the entire park as if it were daytime, and the footsteps of the patrol team were particularly clear in the night wind.

Ten thousand upright apes remained neatly arranged on the lawn, motionless, like statues.

But in the very center of the lawn, a section of the ground had been dug up.

It wasn't dug out with tools; it was carved out bit by bit with those ten fingers.

The pit wasn't deep; it was just deep enough to hide a single upright ape.

A bipedal ape was squatting in the pit, but it had no branch in its hand.

Instead, there was a sharpened stone.

It was grinding that stone, with another stone, again and again.

The sound of the millstone was drowned out by the night wind, the roar of the searchlight generator, and the heavy thud of the patrol team's boots.

No human heard the sound.

But all nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine upright apes around them heard it.

They didn't turn their heads, didn't move, and didn't react at all.

But those clear, black and white eyes reflected the light of a searchlight, shining with an astonishing brightness.

……

In Kyoto, the capital of Taro Tanuki Kingdom, something new has appeared next to the stone covered with patterns in the Masa Garden.

A bowl made of clay.

The bowl contains water.

The moon is reflected in the water.

Three upright apes sat around a bowl, using twigs dipped in water to write something on the ground.

A circle.

A square.

A circle.

Then they looked up at the moon in the sky.

He lowered his head again, looking at the moon reflected in the bowl.

The three upright apes simultaneously uttered a short, almost silent syllable.

That was the first sound they made since they arrived on Earth.

It wasn't a roar, nor a sob.

It is language.

……

The alien creatures have been here for ten days.

This was the day the first meeting on responding to alien creatures was held.

The atmosphere in the conference room of the Winners' government was very subtle.

Nine people sat on either side of the long table—or rather, nine faces that had completely failed at managing their expressions.

There is also the president of Sam Eagle Kingdom, the king of Hans Cat Kingdom, and the prime minister of Bulgan Kingdom.

And Lu Cheng, who was sitting in the main seat.

No one speaks.

Because there was a plate of water dragon meat on the table.

It was pan-fried, sprinkled with black pepper, and served with lemon slices.

It looked golden brown, sizzling with oil, and its aroma filled the conference room.

Kerry was the first to pick up a fork, fork a piece, and put it in his mouth.

After chewing a few times, his eyes lit up: "It tastes really good, even better than our cured meat."

Lu Cheng gestured for everyone to have a taste: "Everyone, please try it."

Fula hesitated for a moment, then forked a piece.

After chewing, he nodded silently.

Wood stood with his arms crossed, but his eyes kept lingering on the plate of meat.

David, George, Vito, and Massa—the representatives of the four major scoundrels—remained collectively silent.

It's not that the meat is bad; it's that this plate of meat is like a slap in the face.

The Water Dragon Beast chosen by the Winner Monkey Kingdom is edible.

The water dragon beast chosen by Weiqiang Guoxuan can eat.

The upright apes they chose were allergic to even touching them, let alone eating them.

King William did eat it, chewing it vigorously, as if he were venting his frustration.