The twisted forest is a stage for endless killing.
Every Black Ant Ferocious Beast encountered is torn apart and devoured by the Giant Ape, growing ever larger with abundant energy evolution, five meters five, five meters six...
While hunting the ferocious beasts, the Black Giant Ape also observes the 'environment' of the twisted forest.
No weeds grow on the ground, the soil is cracked and black, and there are no traces of life such as snakes, insects, rats, or ants.
The Black Ant Ferocious Beasts belong to small groups, with four or five in a nest. The exception of the beasts encountered yesterday should be related to their distance from the forest.
The places where these beasts live are also pits, dug at the base of large trees, deep, dark, with unknown depth, and there may or may not be eggs or young.
Boom!
A ferocious beast over three meters long is struck by a black fist against the trunk of a tree, instantly causing the bark to shatter and its head to burst.
Under the tree, the Giant Ape stands firm, its body expanding to six meters five, its entire body stained with dark red blood, exuding a strong stench of blood.
Crack, crack, crack!
The Giant Ape breaks off the claws and limbs of the Black Ant Ferocious Beast and throws them away, these parts consisting of bone and keratin membrane, and not eaten first.
After snapping off the hands and feet, the Giant Ape grips the beast's body at both ends, its arm muscles swelling, unleashing powerful strength, directly tearing the beast in half.
Splatter! The beast's viscera mix with blood-water and spray onto the ground, some splashing onto the Giant Ape.
Shaking off the beast's corpse and getting rid of some unsavory liquid, the Black Giant Ape finally begins eating, with blood froth and meat residue trickling down the corners of its mouth as it chews.
This ferocious beast is said to be over three meters long, but its body is narrow with little meat, and soon the Black Giant Ape finishes eating it.
Huff, huff! The Black Giant Ape exhales bloody heat, slowly looking toward the depths of the forest, its eyes narrow and dark red, appearing bizarre and ferocious.
Since entering around nine o'clock until now, half a day has passed.
During this period, the Black Giant Ape has been 'careful and cautious,' hunting Black Ant Ferocious Beasts along the left edge of the forest, killing around fifty heads along the way.
The forward distance is approximately twenty kilometers, but the deep range is less than two.
However, it can't continue forward; the earth is torn by a gigantic chasm like an abyss, unfathomable, unseen, unknown in length or breadth.
Now the Black Giant Ape must either leave and return or delve deeper into the forest hoping to encounter stronger monsters.
With only slight hesitation, the Black Giant Ape chooses to turn around and leave.
Its current strength isn't very strong, and there's no need to venture into the forest's depths prematurely, especially as it has sensed danger from deep within the forest a few times before.
......
On the earth, the Black Giant Ape runs along the edge outside the forest, its speed rapid, sometimes even using its hands and feet when faced with hillock barriers.
Soon the Black Giant Ape arrives at the entry position.
Still cautiously looking around, seeing no one and no monsters, the Black Giant Ape finally retrieves the clothes from below the stone fissure...
Back in reality, Jiang Hou opens his phone to check the time, four in the morning.
Although there's no signal on the desolate side, it doesn't affect the time function in the phone software.
At this time, Qin Siyu is sleeping soundly, the interiors and exteriors pitch-black, the entire community quiet, with a faint rumble of a truck engine in the distance.
A peaceful and quiet atmosphere starkly contrasts with the thrilling oppression of the ruins.
Clearing his mind, Jiang Hou gently opens the door and heads to the bathroom.
Soon, the sound of the shower echoes, rinsing off the dark red blood remnants on Jiang Hou's body, as if a murderer returning from a kill outside.
In the bathroom, as Jiang Hou washes his body, with a thought, he calls forth the attribute page.
Name: Jiang Hou
Strength: 29→61
Agility: 18→35
Defense: 13→22
Seal of Inheritance: [Can draw Inheritance Power to enter or exit the ruins when night falls]
Beast form
Bloodline: Through-Back Giant Ape [Normal beast, current size six meters five]
Talent: Furious Roar [Anger ignites the blood, stimulates the power hidden in the bloodline, boosts current strength fourfold and some other attribute values]
Unique Talent: Devour Evolution
Evolution Value: 19/100
Since it is one body, growth in the beast form also feeds back into the human form, significantly enhancing various attributes, making Jiang Hou nod with satisfaction: "With my current strength to move bricks on the construction site, I could earn at least twenty thousand a month."
Of course, moving bricks is absolutely not happening.
Then Jiang Hou's gaze sweeps over the agility and defense attributes below, frowning slightly.
As the Violent Ape grows, the gap between strength and the other two attributes widens, akin to the Giant Ape's 'every level up, base strength +4, agility +2, defense +1.'
Clearly, the Through-Back Giant Ape belongs to a type focusing on strength, medium agility, and low defense.
Besides, Jiang Hou noticed changes in the note behind the beast's talent, with the power boost from the fury state decreasing from five times to four times.
It's evident the bloodline talent's boost isn't a fixed value, but has a certain upper limit, gradually diminishing with improvements to base power.
This makes Jiang Hou feel a little regretful.
Luckily, the increase in the Evolution Values below is good news, already accumulating a fifth.
After finishing his bath, Jiang Hou dresses and returns to his room.
The familiar environment relaxes him, allowing him to fall asleep quickly, the mental strain from a night's intense slaughter weighing heavy.
"Jiang Hou, wake up, we're going to be late."
In the morning, Qin Siyu's knocking on the door wakes Jiang Hou.
In the living room, as Jiang Hou finishes washing up, Qin Siyu has already had breakfast and is packing some things into her backpack, humming a tune.
"You bought breakfast and found money this morning, hence the good mood." Jiang Hou smiles and walks over.
The girl flips her ponytail, speaking lightly: "No one carries cash anymore. Where would I find money? I'm in a good mood because my classmates and I plan to shoot a video."
"Shoot a video?" Jiang Hou is taken aback.
"Yeah, we're planning to film some high school girls' campus life videos. I'm responsible for video editing and copywriting, while Rourou will be the video's main character."
Jiang Hou raises an eyebrow: "You intend to run a video channel."
"Yeah, we'll first shoot videos to accumulate followers, then once there's a lot of attention, we can make money with small advertisements." Speaking of making money, Qin Siyu's eyes subtly brighten.
"Enough talk, I need to get to school early today, Jiang Hou, remember to clean up the kitchen after eating."
With that, Qin Siyu waves to Jiang Hou, humming a tune as she exits the door.
The advancement of technology brings various disruptions, particularly the rise of short video platforms, amplifying the scale of online live streaming and digital sales.
Moreover, this industry has no thresholds.
Whether it's rural elders without education or newborn babies, anyone can attract followers via short videos, converting them into money.
Young people especially, irrespective of whether they have a skill or not, can do live streams or sales.
Jiang Hou once came across sleep live streams, where beautified women slept in clothes, doing nothing nor speaking, yet were watched by thousands.
Occasionally, people even send gifts.
At that time, Jiang Hou felt these people's minds were curious, finding excitement in watching others sleep and even sending presents.
As for why Jiang Hou comes across these videos, ahem, that's not important.