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Chapter 6 The Correct Way to Open the Water Dragon Beast
Lu Cheng picked up his coffee, took a sip, and said casually:
"The idea is good, much better than the 'Lu Cheng and Pigs Not Allowed' sign I saw last week."
Carrie couldn't help but laugh, but she quickly suppressed her laughter.
"Seriously, aren't you worried? The whole world is choosing upright apes, but only we and the mighty Dragon Kingdom chose water dragons. What if you're really wrong..."
"I can't be wrong." Lu Cheng put down his coffee cup and pointed to the small red flag on the map.
"Look at the distribution of these upright apes. John Bull, Jacques Chicken, Giuseppe Wolf, Taro, Ivan Bear—in all the countries that selected upright apes, their upright apes behaved extremely docilely. Zero harm to people, zero destruction, and they even actively tried to please humans."
"Isn't this great?"
"Very good?" Lu Cheng smiled, a smile that carried a chill that sent a shiver down Carrie's spine.
"A hundred million alien species, deployed deep within the borders of ten of the most powerful nations, have behaved perfectly harmlessly from the very first second after landing. Do you think that's normal?"
Carrie was stunned.
"When wild animals enter an unfamiliar environment, their first reaction is always fear and aggression. Fear will make them run away or fight back, and aggression will make them hurt people or be hunted. This is instinct, an instinct etched into their genes."
After Lu Cheng finished speaking, he pointed to the map with his finger. "But the Homo erectus didn't. Out of a hundred million Homo erectus, not a single one showed fear or aggression. Their first instinct was to observe. Their second instinct was to imitate."
He stood up and walked to the window.
Do you know what kind of creatures, when faced with an unknown environment, suppress their instincts and choose to observe and imitate?
Carrie shook her head.
"A highly intelligent being," Lu Cheng said, emphasizing each word, "and one that has evolved to the point of knowing how to disguise itself."
Outside the window, the sounds of protests from the square could be faintly heard.
"Lu Cheng, step down!"
"We want upright apes!"
"Waterdragon, get out of the WINNER!"
Lu Cheng listened to these sounds without any expression on his face.
"Let them curse," he said, picking up his coffee cup, his tone as indifferent as if he were talking about something trivial.
"In a month, maybe a month at most, those countries that chose the upright ape will discover the problem, and then they will come to me like crazy."
Looking at her husband's profile, Carrie suddenly felt that this usually slovenly nerdy man was almost too handsome at this moment.
……
Meanwhile, in the Kingdom of New York, at Royal Park.
late at night.
The patrolling soldiers outside the park's perimeter fence yawned and paced aimlessly.
Inside the enclosure, ten million upright apes squatted on the lawn, the moonlight shining on them and making their clear black and white eyes shine.
No one noticed that in the deepest corner of the park, three upright apes were not sleeping.
They crouched in a triangle, with a picture drawn on the ground in the middle.
The painting depicts a fence.
A stick figure is painted outside the fence, representing a patrolling soldier.
Inside the enclosure, there are more stick figures, representing upright apes.
At one point, a gap was drawn by repeatedly scratching the fence with twigs.
The three upright apes exchanged a glance.
One of them stretched out its front paw and pointed to the gap in the painting.
The other two nodded at the same time.
Then they all stood up at the same time and silently walked toward the fence.
Under the moonlight, their shadows were stretched very long.
In those three pairs of clear, black and white eyes, there was a light that had never appeared before, brighter than moonlight.
That is the light of wisdom.
It is also the light of the hunt.
This time, however, they are not hunting wild beasts.
Instead, it was the humans standing outside the fence, yawning, completely unsuspecting.
……
The alien creatures arrived on the third day.
The people of the Winner Monkey Kingdom discovered something—the Water Dragon Beast wasn't as annoying as they had imagined.
In the square of the Executive Yuan, Lu Cheng squatted beside a hole dug by a water dragon beast, holding up a kerosene lamp and shining it into the hole. More than thirty cabinet members and military officers surrounded him, all craning their necks to look inside.
"Your Excellency, what have you noticed?" the Minister of Defense couldn't help but ask.
Lu Cheng didn't turn around, but simply waved his hand: "Come and see for yourself."
The Minister of Defense leaned closer, peered into the cave by the light, and was completely stunned.
That hole isn't straight.
It is spiral-shaped.
Like an inverted spiral staircase, it extends downwards floor by floor, with the walls of each floor smooth and solid, even smoother than the walls built by the best bricklayers in the country.
"This...this was dug by a water dragon beast?" The Minister of Defense's voice changed.
"Otherwise what? Did you dig it?" Lu Cheng stood up and patted the dirt off his knees.
"The water dragon's digging claws have a three-arc structure that rotates and digs, compacting the cave walls as it goes. This structure is more than three times more stable than a manually dug vertical tunnel."
He turned to the logistics minister: "Are all the water dragon caves in the city like this?"
The logistics minister wiped his sweat:
"Reporting to the Consul, it's not just the city, it's the same throughout the country. Our surveying team has conducted preliminary explorations of three hundred caves around the capital and found that their structures are completely identical—spiral descent, solid walls, and at intervals an enlarging chamber, like…"
"Like what?"
"It's like a room that was specially reserved for this purpose..."
Everyone fell silent.
An animal that digs its own room, an animal that does interior decoration—is that even an animal?
Lu Cheng laughed, and he laughed quite happily.
"Continue the exploration and map out the location, depth, and structure of all the caves. I need to see a complete underground network map within three days."
"yes!"
"In addition," Lu Cheng added, "notify the agricultural department that the farmland turned over by the water dragon beast does not need to be leveled again; sow seeds directly."
The Minister of Agriculture was taken aback: "Why?"
"When the water dragon beast's digging claws turn over the soil, they bring up the deep soil and bury the surface weeds and insect eggs. This method of turning the soil is ten times more efficient than manual deep plowing." Lu Cheng patted the Minister of Agriculture on the shoulder. "Your water dragon beast is plowing the land for us for free."
The Minister of Agriculture opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.
……
Meanwhile, in the United States, in the foggy city, at number 10 Sugar Lane.
Prime Minister David was looking at his breakfast with a sigh.
It wasn't because the breakfast was bad, but because it was too noisy outside.
"What's going on outside?" He put down his knife and fork.
The First Minister of the Navy strode to the window, glanced outside, and his expression immediately changed:
"Your Excellency, you'd better come and see for yourself."
David walked to the window, and the napkin in his hand fell directly to the ground.
The Royal Park fence is intact.
But inside the enclosure, ten million upright apes have disappeared.
To be precise, they weren't gone—they were all on the inner edge of the enclosure, neatly squatting in a huge square formation, each upright ape facing the direction of 10 Sugar Lane, clutching the branch it never parted with.
Ten million pairs of clear, black-and-white eyes are all looking in the same direction.
No one made a sound. Not a single creature moved.
The silence sent chills down David's spine.
"When...when did they learn to line up?" His voice was a little hoarse.