Ancestors of intelligent beings

After Wooden Head finished speaking, he logged off at light speed.

"Seriously, has this Wooden Head been through drug rehab? How is he so devoid of desire?"

My Cat Can Do Backflips patted Night Raid Widow Village on the shoulder, "Maybe it's because he doesn't lack anything."

"Doesn't lack anything?"

"He doesn't lack talent or resources in the real world; he can easily get whatever he wants."

"Such a person wouldn't care about this game world, and even in reality, he treats life as a game."

"Heh, that's truly enviable..." Night Raid Widow Village indignantly bit into a berry he had picked up from the ground.

HP +1.

Oh?

【Berry】: Contains mild dark energy; consuming it has a certain chance to restore a small amount of HP.

"Isn't that pretty good?" My Cat Can Do Backflips smiled slightly, "People like him act entirely based on their mood. Once they decide to help someone, they don't ask for anything in return... Naturally, they rarely go all out either."

Soon, the members of both guilds arrived late.

Everyone, axe in hand, sharpened their blades toward the forest.

"A single tree can produce about 3 to 5 units of Wood; this forest is enough for us to complete the mission!"

The players were full of energy, and for a time, the sound of trees falling echoed one after another.

The players understood the principle that a single tree cannot make a boat.

Ordinary players found it hard to get high rankings on their own, so they placed their hopes on the big shots in the guild.

In this game, the players' levels determined everything.

Take Sorrowful Sword Elegy for example; a single 【Wind Split】 could cut down a large swath of trees.

Once the big shots' rankings stabilized, they would naturally distribute contribution points based on their contributions to the alliance.

The guilds in the game were equivalent to the various factions in the real world.

Only when the guild was strong would these ordinary people have someone to rely on.

The players' great tree-cutting endeavor was proceeding in an orderly fashion, while on the other side, the Four-Armed Orangutans were already anxious, scratching their ears and cheeks.

Under the eager gazes of its subjects, the Four-Armed Orangutan Leader attacked again.

"Ow!"

Another scream rang out among the players.

Followed by more, one after another.

Watching the overwhelming stones flying toward them, Sorrowful Sword Elegy's gaze sharpened: "Wind Split!"

Father Can Rival a Nation and others attacked in succession: 【Thrust】! 【Thorn Blockade】! 【Shadow Stealth】! ...

By now, the number of Transcendent players in the game had reached 107.

The remaining players had all broken through level 10, but they hadn't saved up enough yuan energy to buy a crystal core.

Although they could absorb the crystal cores dropped by wild monsters, the quality was definitely not as good as the ones in the store.

How did that saying go? Anything produced by the system is high quality.

Even the cheapest crystal core in the store was ten thousand times better than what wild monsters dropped.

They would definitely rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix.

Furthermore, after the main quest was completed, a large amount of yuan energy would definitely flow into the players' hands.

They had all joined guilds now; as long as they did their best to help the big shots eat meat, they would surely get a sip of soup.

They didn't dare to hope for high-quality weapons and equipment, but getting enough yuan energy to buy a crystal core was definitely more than enough.

【Fiery Song】! 【Wood Spike Grafting】! ...

"Damn it! Those apes are trying to run!"

My Cat Can Do Backflips manifested a pair of wings behind his back, "I'll handle it!"

【Whisper】!

Under the development of My Cat Can Do Backflips, this ability had long since become a powerful crowd control skill.

With the support of equipment boosting mental stats, he could even forcefully control some Tier 3 Transcendent Creatures with lower racial potential.

Unexpectedly, this ability, which was almost always effective, was struggling against the Four-Armed Orangutans, most of which were Tier 1 or Tier 2.

"They seem to have high mental resistance!"

My Cat Can Do Backflips' expression changed, and he turned to control a few lower-level Four-Armed Orangutans instead.

After narrowing the control range, he successfully controlled ten Tier 1 Four-Armed Orangutans.

"@＄%￥#!"

Upon realizing that ten of their kin had been controlled, the Four-Armed Orangutans roared in anger, but facing the overwhelming attacks, they were helpless and could only retreat in a sorry state.

"Don't kill them!"

Seeing some players wanting to attack the controlled Four-Armed Orangutans, My Cat Can Do Backflips quickly called out to stop them.

My Cat Can Do Backflips had high prestige within Sword Intent Riding the Wind, and since Dragon Flame and Sword Intent Riding the Wind had only recently broken the ice, almost no players would refuse to give My Cat Can Do Backflips face.

"Shen Qing, use that kind of vine to tie them up first."

"Coming."

My Deepest Affection tested the sturdiness of the vines.

Not bad, as expected of vines that could launch giant boulders.

My Deepest Affection seemed extremely experienced in this regard, and in no time at all, he had the ten Four-Armed Orangutans tied up tightly.

"It's just this posture, this tying method..." Father Can Rival a Nation rubbed his chin, looking thoughtful.

Why does it feel a bit... perverted?

"Just tell me if it's secure or not!" My Deepest Affection looked at his handiwork with satisfaction.

Your Dad Flies in the Sky rubbed his nose, "Widow was right, you really are a repressed pervert."

"Sister Rose, aren't you going to do something about this?"

Rose with Leg Hair, who wished she could crawl into a crack in the ground, stepped forward with a cold face and punched My Deepest Affection on the head.

"Ah!"

"That's for not behaving."

"Doggy, save me!"

My Deepest Affection cast a pleading look at Pancake Doggy, but sadly discovered that this guy was looking at the sky and the ground, just not at him!

Damn it! Whipped!

"Enough," Sorrowful Sword Elegy rubbed his throbbing temples. With these clowns around, it was hard for Sword Intent Riding the Wind to maintain any coolness, "Cat Master, why keep them?"

"Yeah," Night Raid Widow Village leaned in, "Could they be used as... ape-hostages?"

"Haven't you noticed? When these Four-Armed Orangutans were fighting us, it seems they never used any Sequence abilities."

A Transcendent's Sequence abilities need to be obtained by absorbing Transcendent Creature crystal cores.

But Transcendent Creatures are different; they are born with crystal cores and automatically gain new abilities every time they break through a tier.

"Maybe it's a non-combat ability."

"No, that's not what I mean." My Cat Can Do Backflips looked at the human-like expressions of terror on the faces of these Four-Armed Orangutans, "Haven't you noticed?"

"When they fought us, they used weapons and tools."

"This..." Your Dad Flies in the Sky muttered, "The biggest difference between humans and animals is... humans know how to use tools?"

"Although this statement hasn't really applied since the Transcendence descended, the behavior of these Four-Armed Orangutans still reminds me of our ancestors."

"In the process of biological evolution, to gain something, one must give up something. The Four-Armed Orangutans have super high intelligence and creative ability, but correspondingly, their Transcendent abilities are almost recessive."

"Just like our human ancestors millions of years ago, relying on their developed brains and intelligence to stand out among the behemoths of the ancient era."

"And haven't you felt it? Whether it's the animals or plants in this world, they all carry a breath of near-crazed primality."

"Then can we make a bold guess that the world linked behind our Game Pods is neither a Rift nor a Secret Realm."

"But rather the world before the space behind the Rift shattered—a complete world from millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of years ago!"