Alien creatures destroy homes? Start by killing upright apes!

The giant millipedes he chose were not only inedible, but were also multiplying at a rate that doubled every day.

The army of Hanscat Kingdom has been fighting insects for seven days, and the casualties are appalling—few insects have died, but two thousand soldiers are exhausted.

Prime Minister Louis also ate, and his eyes reddened afterward.

The country of Bollang chose the upright ape, while the small country ranked tenth managed to snag the spot for the upright ape. They thought they had gotten a great deal, but they found out that they had grabbed a time bomb.

After finishing their meal, everyone looked at a stack of reports on the table—a summary of tests conducted by various countries on the consumption of exotic creatures.

Prime Minister David turned to the page on the United States of America, his face darkening slightly.

An allergic reaction occurred to a group of people who ate the upright ape sausage; three were hospitalized.

Prime Minister George turned to the page about Jacques Chicken Country, and his lips twitched.

Two people went into shock after eating anomalocaris sashimi, and one almost didn't make it back to life.

Prime Minister Vito's Giuseppe Trapp tried a Tyrrell fish, which was cooked for six hours and couldn't be cut with a knife. The only person who took a bite is still in the hospital.

Prime Minister Massa's Taro Tanuki Kingdom tried Antiomon, and the entire cabinet suffered from diarrhea, so everyone took leave from the meeting the next day.

Frazier closed the report expressionlessly.

The Kingdom of Ivan Bear tried eating upright ape meat, and the result was the same as that of the Kingdom of John Bull.

Wood didn't read the report.

He had personally witnessed the miserable state of the cooking squad, which had been running out of steam for three days.

King William, however, remained calm.

Hanscat didn't really try it—the giant millipedes were still multiplying at a rate of 100% per day, and they didn't even have enough bullets to shoot the insects, let alone time to study what to eat.

Kerry opened the test report from Weiqiang Longguo, which contained only one line of handwritten notes:

"Water Dragon Beast: After being pressure-cooked for six hours, it was consumed. Twelve people were tested, eight were asymptomatic, three had mild diarrhea, and one had a rash. No serious allergic reactions occurred, and no hospitalizations were recorded."

He turned the report over and showed it to everyone.

"Therefore, of the ten exotic creatures, only the flesh of the Water Dragon Beast is barely edible after being cooked at high temperatures. The other nine are either inedible or will land you in the hospital if you eat them."

Kerry looked at the representatives of the four major powers and added, "Including the upright ape."

The meeting room was silent for a few seconds.

Then Louis—the prime minister of the Bourgeois Kingdom, which had chosen the upright ape—spoke in an extremely complex tone:

"So what were we thinking when we were vying for the rights to Homo erectus?"

No one answered him.

Lu Cheng looked around and said calmly:

"The evolutionary direction of upright apes is towards the brain. The brain consumes a huge amount of energy, so its body must produce a large amount of special proteins to support the operation of the nervous system. These proteins are toxins to humans on Earth, and cannot be broken down by high temperatures. The water dragon evolved digging claws, and its muscle structure is closest to that of normal organisms, with the lowest toxin content."

He then stood up, walked to the blackboard, and drew a line between the upright ape and the water dragon.

"Ladies and gentlemen, when you chose the upright ape, you thought it was harmless. Now you know—it can't be eaten, can't be used, can't be controlled, and is evolving at a rate of one generation every seven or ten days. The water dragon beast, on the other hand, can at least provide my people with something to eat during famine. Even if it causes diarrhea, it's better than starving to death."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the representatives from several powerful nations grew even more somber.

Because Lu Cheng made them realize a more cruel truth.

The ten exotic creatures are almost all not real resources.

They cannot be eaten, used, domesticated, or eradicated.

They were banished to this world by the system, not to help the humans of Earth, but to test them.

Most of them chose the most dangerous one.

"Everyone," Lu Cheng tapped the table, "let's continue the meeting."

No one objected.

Lu Cheng pulled back the curtain, revealing the blackboard behind it.

The blackboard was covered with photos—a compilation of information on exotic creatures from ten countries.

First photo: Royal Park, London, England.

The upright ape used a net woven from branches and vines to neatly stack a dozen or so chickens.

It's not about hunting, it's about storing.

They are hoarding food.

Second image: Taro Tanuki Country, Kyoto.

The bowls, jars, and plates that the three upright apes made from mud were crude, but they had distinct functions.

Bowls are used to hold water, jars are used for storage, and plates are used for placement.

A sense of categorization has been formed.

Third picture: Yakji Kingdom, outside Licheng.

Scenes of upright apes dismantling human waste: wooden boxes are dismantled into planks, which are then stacked according to length; nails are pulled out and arranged by size; ropes are untied and bundled together.

The prototype of assembly line operation.

Fourth image: Zhu Sailang Kingdom, Luocheng Quarry.

A series of photos showing three upright apes using tree branches to pry open a boulder can be broken down into seventeen steps.

The intelligence officer's hand was shaking when he took these photos.

Fifth image: Ivan Bear Country, Far Eastern Wasteland.

The chisel marks carved into the trunks of the birch trees are segmented and precisely spaced.

This is a hominid using trees to transmit signals over a distance of more than ten kilometers.

Sixth image: India, Mengcheng Mangrove Forest.

The red patterns painted on the upright apes, when magnified, clearly show tribal markings.

Different tribes have different patterns, and their territorial boundaries are clearly defined.

They are establishing social organizations.

Seventh image: South Korea, outside Seoul.

An upright ape, draped in a rag salvaged from a garbage dump, gazes at its reflection in a puddle.

It wrapped the rag around its waist, then around its shoulders, adjusting it repeatedly.

It is putting on clothes.

Eighth image: Australia, Sydney Bay.

A series of photos depicting upright apes using discarded human tools—using rusty shears to cut branches, using a hammer with a broken handle to crack nuts, and using a leaky iron pot to hold water.

Although the tool was broken, it was used correctly.

They are learning in reverse.

Ninth image: The Lion Kingdom, Nairobi Plain.

The low walls built by the upright apes, less than half a meter high, are arranged in an arc shape and can effectively block the wind.

The bed was made of piled-up hay on the inside of the wall.

They are building shelters.

The tenth one —

When Lu Cheng posted the tenth photo, the entire conference room was so quiet that only the sound of heartbeats could be heard.

Sam Eagle Kingdom, Waimeming Plain.

It's not a picture of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, it's a group of upright apes.

The United States did not select upright apes, but where did these upright apes come from?

The answer is—they migrated from the Ivan Bear Kingdom in the north.

They traversed a thousand kilometers of wilderness for a week, and not a single one of them fell behind along the way.

In the photo, a group of migrating hominids are lined up in a straight line, walking beside a railway on the Waiemin Plain.

The first upright ape is holding a branch with a piece of red cloth tied to the top of it—it was torn from a discarded human shirt.

It uses red to guide its kind behind it.

The guide has appeared.

Lu Cheng put down the photo and placed his hands on the table.

"Ten days. From their arrival to today, ten days. The upright apes completed their evolution from wild beasts to primitive tribes. It took humans hundreds of thousands of years, but they only took ten days."

Lu Cheng adopted the theory of evolution, which had only emerged on Earth a few years ago.

Although most people remain skeptical of the theory of evolution.

But no one responded at that moment.

Prime Minister David tapped his fingers repeatedly on the table, the frequency increasing.

The cigar in Prime Minister George's mouth had long since gone out; he hadn't lit it.

Prime Minister Vito crossed his hands over his abdomen, his knuckles clenched until they turned white.

Prime Minister Massa lowered his head, staring at the wood grain on the table, as if trying to read words from it.