Alien creatures destroy homes? Start by killing upright apes!

"Use it! Because the data it provides is real. Homo erectus hasn't learned to lie yet; their disguise is behavioral imitation, not verbal deception. They can mimic human walking and facial expressions, but they can't lie, so the words it displays are genuine feedback—it's observing us observing it. This is Homo erectus's biggest weakness right now; they can't lie yet. Once they learn to lie, the instinct testing lab will be useless."

Wood was the first to stand up: "We'll build it when we get back to the United States! Install it at all border crossings, military bases, and government buildings."

Massa nodded: "Taro Tanuki Kingdom should also be built. Since that upright ape in Kyoto is willing to observe, let it observe. Every time it observes, it will reveal its thought pattern."

Kings Vito, George, David, Louis, and William took turns expressing their opinions.

All seven countries agreed.

Lu Cheng had Jia Li make seven copies of the blueprints and distribute them.

Then he pulled a new document out from under the mound.

"The second thing. The spread of the thirty-six pseudo-humans in the southern part of Blue Star proves one thing—we know nothing about the situation in small countries. It wasn't until ten days after the destruction of Wakanda that we learned where those thirty-six pseudo-humans were now, what they were doing, and which country their next target would be. We had absolutely no idea."

He spread the documents out.

The document is a map of southern Earth, marking the four countries that Li Wei has already visited and the twenty-three countries he plans to visit.

"My diplomat, Levi, is currently on a trek to the small southern countries. He's already visited four—Mavira, Zamba, Zebawe, and Botswana. Zebawe is currently in the best condition, with its water dragons being the most prominent. Botswana has about 30,000 upright apes that migrated from neighboring countries. Because they haven't been attacked, their evolutionary path is completely different—they're building houses by molding mud into bricks. The old chief's strategy is to avoid provoking them, and they don't provoke us either; this strategy is currently working."

"Mavira and Zamba have chosen the giant dragonfly and Anomalocaris respectively, limiting the threat to specific areas. But there are twenty-three small countries in the south, which Levi cannot cover alone. I need the four major powers and the signatory countries to jointly establish an information-sharing network. You have colonies, trading posts, missionaries, and expeditions in the south. All intelligence on Homo erectus gathered through all channels must be compiled here. If a Wakandan-like event occurs in any of the small southern countries, everyone must know immediately; otherwise, it will be the second Wakandan."

The representatives of the four rogue states exchanged glances.

John Bull has colonies in the south, Jacques Chicken has trading posts, Giuseppe has missions, and Taro Tanuki has expeditions.

These channels used to operate independently and were never shared.

David was the first to speak: "The United Kingdom of New York agrees that all intelligence channels in the three southern colonies will be connected."

George took the cigar out of his mouth: "Jacques Chicken Country agrees."

Vito nodded: "The Kingdom of Giuseppe agrees."

Massa bowed slightly: "Taro Tanuki Kingdom agrees."

Wood said that the United States of Sam did not have colonies in the south but had merchant fleets, and intelligence about the merchant fleets was also being received.

King William said that the Kingdom of Hanscat had a mining company in the south, and that intelligence about the mining company had also been received.

Louis said that the Kingdom of Bourges borders the south, and all intelligence from the border patrols is shared.

Lu Cheng closed the document.

"One last thing: the system didn't say how the pre-civilization from 100,000 years ago was destroyed. But it left behind relics beneath Blue Star, and the upright apes are being activated by these relics. The stone walls excavated by the water dragon beast are just the tip of the iceberg. I need specialized archaeological excavation teams from various countries to follow the water dragon beast as it digs. The archaeological team should follow as deep as the water dragon beast digs. If the pre-civilization's method of fighting the upright apes ever existed... it must be buried underground."

Massa looked up: "You believe the previous civilizations clashed?"

"The system said the last deployment resulted in the destruction of the previous civilization, but destruction and surrender are two different things. When a civilization is truly helpless against Homo erectus, it won't leave behind stone walls covered with symbols, the wreckage of a steamship with a spiral structure, or murals of giant millipedes. Leaving these things behind means that the previous civilization was desperately recording something before its destruction. Who was it recording for? For those who come after it. They guessed that the Homo erectus would return, and that a new civilization would emerge on Earth. So they buried everything they could keep underground, waiting for the new civilization to dig it up."

Lu Cheng's finger landed on the circle-within-a-square symbol on the stone wall.

"This symbol was carved by the pre-civilizational Homo erectus, and it was also carved by the new Homo erectus that arrived 100,000 years later. The pre-civilizational humans carved this symbol and the Homo erectus symbol on the same stone wall. They are telling us—we also recognize the Homo erectus symbol, we coexisted with them, and we lost. But before we lost, we carved everything on the stone about how to coexist with them, how to fight them, and what their weaknesses were."

Everyone in the cave was staring at the stone wall.

After a long time, David stood up, walked to the stone wall, and reached out to touch the carvings.

"Then dig! Continue digging down to the location where the British found the wreckage of the propeller steamship at the bottom of the Thames. We'll dig as deep as the Water Dragons do."

George stood up: "It's the same at the bottom of the Seine."

Vito: "The bottom of the Tiber River."

Massa: "Kyoto underground."

Wood: "Underground on the Waiemin Plain."

King William's tin boots tapped the ground: "Underground in the Black Forest."

Louis: "Underground in the Golden City."

Lu Cheng watched as the representatives of the seven nations stood before the stone wall left by the pre-civilization, their shadows cast by the light of kerosene lamps onto the carvings from 100,000 years ago.

Shadows overlap with engravings, and engravings overlap with shadows.

"That's right, dig! If fifty-three meters underground isn't enough, dig to a hundred meters. If a hundred meters isn't enough, dig until the water dragon can't dig anymore. The previous civilization spent countless years burying the answer, and we'll dig it out with the shovels of the steam age."

That night, dawn broke.

[Day 41 of the Alien Creatures' Arrival - Disguise Progress Update]

[Hip-Eyed Ape Stage 3 - Camouflage. Progress Update.]

The following acts of deception have been confirmed:

[John Bull's Fog City: Homo erectus begins to imitate human walking posture. A walking pattern characterized by alternating leg swings, naturally drooping arms, and slight head swaying has been observed. The similarity to human walking is up to 70%.]

[Kyoto, Taro Tanuki Kingdom: Upright apes begin to imitate human kneeling postures. Spinal straightness improves, and knee flexion angles become similar to humans.]

[In Licheng, the land of the Jacques Chicken: Homo erectus began to imitate human gestures when using tools. The methods of gripping, striking, and rotating have become completely humanized.]

[In Luocheng, Guangxi: Homo erectus has begun to imitate facial expressions used by humans during conversation. The coordination of eyebrow movement, lip opening and closing, and eye direction has reached 60%.]

[In the Waimeing Plains of Sam's Eagle Kingdom: Homo erectus, migrating here, has begun to imitate human clothing concepts. Behavior of wrapping the torso with scraps of cloth has been observed. Not for warmth, but for covering.]

[North of the Ural mining region in the Ivan Bear Kingdom: Homo erectus began to imitate the division of labor in human mining operations. Collaborative behaviors emerged, with specialists responsible for digging, transporting, and sorting.]

[In the Ganges River basin of India: The behavioral assimilation of infected individuals has entered the language replacement stage. Some infected individuals have lost their human language abilities, retaining only upright ape syllables.]

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