Chapter 10: Intelligent Creatures?

The tree hole was already dug, but it was not suitable for living yet, so Lin Lei prepared to go out and wander around to get familiar with the surrounding environment.

If he encountered some irresistible danger in the future, he would be able to run away immediately.

As a result, just as Lin Lei poked his head out of the hole and saw the scene under the Mushroom Tree, he immediately laughed!

Under the tree, four little things were stacking on top of each other, and their target was the two Komodo Beast legs that Lin Lei had hung on the Mushroom Tree using the Komodo Beast’s front claws.

These little things had an upright height of only about sixty centimeters. When moving, they mostly relied on their hind legs, assisted by two long front arms that could touch the ground. Except for the patch of fuzz similar to a beard on their noses and their blue and white skin color, they were not much different from chimpanzees on Earth.

These four guys were drooling over the beast legs on the tree, but clearly, four sixty-centimeter creatures stacked together would be at most a bit over two meters high. Wanting to reach a target more than ten meters high was simply a fantasy.

However, they were not willing to give up. If they couldn’t reach it once, they would take turns stacking in different orders, as if this could increase their height a bit.

Haha, the result was naturally a tragedy. No matter how they switched, the delicious food above was still so far away. Lin Lei could even clearly see the frustrated expressions on their faces, which were mostly covered by fuzz. This matter really amused him to death.

Lin Lei, who had been hiding in the dark watching for a long time, was extremely bored, so he simply stuck his body out and shouted loudly at these thieves.

Compared to the little things in front of him, Lin Lei was considered a giant. Suddenly appearing with such a terrifying sound, the four guys immediately screamed in fright.

Something even funnier happened. The four little guys who were originally stacked together suddenly moved away from the Mushroom Tree, but they still maintained their stacking posture and walked away crookedly and slowly.

Although the little guy on the top looked terrified, he still tried to muster his courage and bared his teeth and claws at Lin Lei.

Lin Lei was stunned for a moment, but in an instant, he understood their intention. They were using this newly acquired “tall stature” of two meters to demonstrate against him.

This made Lin Lei not know whether to laugh or cry. Were they stupid or smart?

Lin Lei had actually seen this trick on Earth. A child was chased by a jackal, but he put a wooden board on his head to increase his height, making the jackal hesitate, and finally escaped. The child carrying the wooden board and these little guys stacking up obviously had a similar effect.

However, the target they were intimidating was not a jackal, but Lin Lei, an intelligent creature.

Lin Lei let out an even louder roar from his mouth, accompanied by long-range ammunition attacks. Well, the ammunition was just uncleaned Mushroom Tree chunks from the hole.

Now Lin Lei had great strength in his hands and excellent eyesight, not to mention his accuracy. With the increase in his body coordination ability, he hit exactly where he aimed.

A head-sized chunk of mushroom “bang” hit the head of the guy on the very top, directly stunning it.

That little guy, with mushroom fragments all over its head and face, combined with those dumbfounded eyes and messy fuzz beard, looked extremely funny.

Suddenly, it came back to its senses and let out a scream of terror. It scrambled down from the top and ran away without a trace in an instant.

The three below hadn’t figured out the situation yet when Lin Lei’s follow-up attack arrived. As a result, they were all hit in the face and fled in a sorry state, not even looking at the direction.

The one at the very bottom had been carrying three companions all along, consuming a lot of energy. His head was already a bit dizzy, and now in this “rain of bullets,” he was truly running with his head in his hands, simply fleeing in panic, and ended up crashing headfirst into the Mushroom Tree.

With a “dong” sound, Lin Lei even had the illusion that the tree body vibrated slightly, which showed how heavy the impact was. Very decisively, the little thing under the Mushroom Tree fell to the ground, life or death unknown.

Its three disloyal companions had long run away without a trace. It really was a case of making friends with the wrong people.

Lin Lei quickly climbed down the tree. He was very curious about this little guy now. From their reaction just now, it could be seen that they were not stupid, and even had preliminary intelligence, just like chimpanzees on Earth.

“System, observe target.”

This mysterious System was very lazy. As long as it had nothing to do with Lin Lei’s danger, it had never taken the initiative to provide information.

“Scanning…”

“Scan complete.”

Bulin Beast (Specialty of Blue Rain Star)

Upright body length: 0.58 meters

Weight: 23.35 kilograms

Physical Energy Level: 0.4 Standard Energy Level

Brain capacity: 850 milliliters

Intelligence Level: Level 3

Sure enough, they had intelligence, reaching Level 3. Lin Lei didn’t know the specific concept, but he knew what brain capacity represented. Although this little thing was small, its brain was about the same size as a chimpanzee’s, which could be considered small but mighty.

Lin Lei tied the little guy up with a cloth strip and carried him in his hand, then brought him up to the tree hole. He was very interested in this thing now and didn’t want to go out wandering anymore.

Having just worked for a long time, Lin Lei was also hungry, so he brought the Komodo Beast hind leg in and used its front claws to cut the meat piece by piece to eat.

He was now truly eating raw meat, but now was not the time to be particular, and he didn’t have the conditions for it either.

The most important thing was that he was lazy. A person alone didn’t have much to be particular about. Raw meat or cooked meat, he ate both; it didn’t matter.

His heart calmed down, and Lin Lei began to think about his future path. He had come to this primitive planet, Blue Rain Star, just like Robinson drifting to a deserted island, completely cut off from the civilized world.

Robinson was okay; later he had Friday to accompany him. He was worse off. To put it bluntly, he only had a System in his head to accompany him.

But this System was more like a powerful tool capable of communication, which was still very different from a real person.

He had to become stronger, and he had to leave here!

“System, query the method to leave this planet.”

“Plan One: Wait for the arrival of a planetary ecological survey ship. Average waiting time: 10 Earth years. Success probability: 1%.”

“Plan Two: Body strengthening level reaches the Advanced Stage, obtaining interstellar space jump capability. Estimated time under normal circumstances: 230 Earth years. Success probability: 89%.”

Lin Lei listened in speechless amazement. The first plan was somewhat reliable, but it purely depended on luck; it was gambling with luck.

The second one made Lin Lei curse. What kind of strengthening took 230 years? Even if the success rate was high, so what? He didn’t even know if he could live that long.

Lin Lei chewed the meat in his mouth fiercely, expressing his indignation at the System for tricking him.

“Host DNA end telomeres have been removed. Body cells can divide indefinitely.”

“Host whole body neurons have been taken over by the System for maintenance authority. Survival limit increased to 580 Earth years.”

“Host whole body free radical cleaning mechanism has been taken over by the System. Free radical deposition phenomena will not occur.”

“In summary, in a natural state without mandatory external force, the Host can survive at least 480 Earth years.”

…Lin Lei was stunned, not even knowing when the meat in his hand fell to the ground. Four hundred and eighty years! He was only eighteen years old; in comparison, he was still a baby. The current him was no longer the sun at eight or nine in the morning; it turned out he had just jumped out of the horizon.

Lin Lei, coming back to his senses, felt a burst of excitement. His brain also became active. What exactly was the concept of the so-called Advanced Strengthening Stage by the System? It could actually perform interstellar jumps with a physical body. Wouldn’t that make him an immortal!

“System! List detailed strengthening data for each level!” Too many things had happened in the past two days. Only now did Lin Lei ask this key question!

Immediately afterwards, a stream of information brushed out.

“Host strengthening level is too low. Current authority can only query Level 3 Strengthening content.”

“Level 1, Physical Energy Level 2.0, Genetic Energy Level 1.0, visible spectrum width broadened by 10%, sensible sound wave frequency width broadened by 15%, brain cortex complexity increased by 10%.”

“Level 2, Physical Energy Level 10.0, Genetic Energy Level 5.0, brain cortex motor nerve area strengthened by 100%, memory area strengthened by 100%.”

“Level 3, Physical Energy Level 50.0, Genetic Energy Level 50.0, neuron transmission method evolves from mechanical electrical signals to light signals. Host body begins preliminary crystallization, strength increased by 200%, energy conductivity increased by 100%, genetic deep robustness 100%.”

Shocking! Especially that Level 3 Strengthening, it actually started to change the body structure. He didn’t know what body crystallization was, but the increase in strength level was real. What was the concept of 200%? Just thinking about it felt awesome.

Lin Lei looked at it in a daze. The first three levels were this terrifying, so what would the scenes after that be like? Lin Lei couldn’t imagine! But then doubts surfaced. He remembered that as a Watcher Race of the Galaxy, why was Yan Siyu’s Physical Energy Level so low, only 6.3?

Lin Lei had asked before. The so-called Watcher Race was an existence with a civilization level as high as eleven, the highest level civilization currently discovered in the Galaxy. Compared to Earth, those people were truly high above in the clouds.

“System, why is this? As an elite Aostarian, Yan Siyu shouldn’t have such a low Physical Energy Level, right?”

“Ao Star Civilization belongs to mainstream technological civilization. Apart from intelligence level, individual energy is between Level 2 and Level 3. Level 3 belongs to elite Ao Star warriors. Plus with Ao Star technology, individual strongest combat power can reach Seventh-grade.”

Damn, so the desperate fight he put up by the river, the battle he was proud of, was actually bullying a little girl! Lin Lei felt extremely frustrated just thinking about it.

He didn’t think about what level his opponent was at. Unknowingly, Lin Lei, accompanied by the mysterious System, had raised his horizons.

After such a delay, Lin Lei found that he had actually eaten a small half of a hind leg.

Uh, although it was high protein, this was pure raw meat. Lin Lei looked at the remaining large half of the leg and felt a bit nauseous, but what appeared at the same time was actually a slight appetite. This made him feel it was weird.

He had actually adapted to primitive life so quickly. He really didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

A slight sound of struggling came from not far away. It was the little fellow who had fainted. Oh, it should be said that the Bulin Beast had woken up.

At this time, it was staring with wide navy blue eyes, unblinkingly looking at Lin Lei. Oh, to be precise, looking at the meat in his hand. The desire in its eyes was about to overflow. Coupled with its twitching little fuzzy nose, it looked like a total poor little thing.

Lin Lei had the mind to tease it. He cut a piece of meat with his claw blade, pinched it with two fingers, and placed it beside the Bulin Beast’s mouth.

The Bulin Beast’s suspicious eyes turned back and forth between the meat slice and Lin Lei, clearly unable to figure out the situation. In its little brain, it had never seen a situation of actively sharing food, even among its own kind.

However, the temptation of the meat slice was huge. The Bulin Beast ignored everything else. Its head suddenly stretched out to bite the meat slice, but it bit empty air. Instead, its teeth knocked painfully, and its whole tied body was also brought down to the ground by this sudden movement.

With Lin Lei’s current abnormal reaction speed, he could naturally pull his hand back effortlessly before the Bulin Beast’s sneak attack.

The Bulin Beast lying on the ground had a wronged expression after being played. Its blue eyes still didn’t leave the meat slice in Lin Lei’s hand.

As the meat slice was sent to Lin Lei’s mouth by him, the Bulin Beast looked depressed, but this emotion lasted less than five seconds before it was attracted to the large piece of meat on the ground again, occasionally sticking out its light blue tongue to wipe its lips.

Haha, a little guy with no worries. Lin Lei didn’t tease it anymore. He cut a large piece of meat and threw it over, then stepped forward to untie the rope binding it.

With a height of ten meters, he assumed it wouldn’t dare to jump down.

Obviously, Lin Lei worried too much. The little guy was so happy it forgot about home. It hugged the meat chunk and gnawed fiercely, not thinking about escaping at all.

Lin Lei looked at it with a smile, but in his brain, he was communicating with the System.

He was considering a realistic question. Yan Siyu, the Ao Star girl, had an intelligence level as high as eleven. So in her eyes, was he just like this little guy, nothing more than a toy for amusement?

“System, is that so?”

“Error! Once a biological intelligence level reaches Fourth-grade, a complete perception of the Four-dimensional Universe has been established. Beyond that, the difference in intelligence levels lies only in ideology, scope of knowledge, memory, various logic and emotional thinking differences, with no essential difference.”

So that means Yan Siyu saw me no differently from seeing a mentally retarded person. Lin Lei felt stifled. This answer was only a little better than he thought.

“Error! For a Host possessing the System, discussing personal intelligence level is meaningless. The System’s database can query any information in the known Universe.”

…Lin Lei discovered that this inexplicably appearing System was actually so narcissistic, but this also made his mood improve.

“Alright, then I’ll ask another question. System, where do you come from, and why did you choose me?”

“Host authority insufficient. This question is not answered.”

Alright, Lin Lei stopped asking. This was the first time Lin Lei asked this, and it would also be the last time for a long time to come.

Lin Lei, who was bored, turned his head to look and found that the little Bulin Beast was still wrestling with the meat chunk, but clearly its teeth weren’t very good. It seemed a bit powerless against the rough and tough muscle fibers of the Komodo Beast.

Lin Lei’s hand stroked the smooth fur on its back, and the Bulin Beast just twisted its body a bit to protest. Seeing the protest was ineffective, it let it be and continued to struggle hard.

Heh, just like a pet dog.

“You’ll follow me from now on, okay?” Knowing clearly it couldn’t understand, Lin Lei still said to himself.

The Bulin Beast rotated its small round ears, stared at Lin Lei for a while, not understanding how this big guy could make such a soft tone, but it didn’t have the mind to care. It turned its head back immediately.

“Alright, then I’ll take that as your default. I’ll call you Bulin from now on.”