Chapter 1 Confirmation of Evolution

“Confirm evolution!”

Ten thousand evolution points deducted.

Zhang Ji's figure soared, growing from fifteen meters to twenty meters. Shedding the enormous snakeskin, his oval head, dragging a smooth snake body, slithered out from under the snakeskin.

His body was densely covered in dark brown scales, and his narrow eyes were scarlet and terrifying, with a touch of majesty more than before.

Back scales were arranged diagonally, the huge snake body twisting, densely covered with white scales edged in black. They were smooth and without ridges, possessing a cold, metallic sheen, surrounded by a ferocious aura.

“You have evolved into a Titan Anaconda King Cobra.”

“Level: Level Five Beast.”

“Special Skill: Deadly Fangs (can poison any creature below Level Eight to death); Death Coil”

“Evolution Points: 80/100000 (obtained by devouring living things)”

Zhang Ji felt his own power. Before the fall of Xichuan Town, his twenty-meter body was definitely a behemoth in this world, a rare giant python, enough to break world records and be locked up in a zoo for research.

But at this moment, he was fearless, growing and evolving at will, just to survive in this increasingly dangerous isolated town of Xichuan.

“Hiss~”

Zhang Ji flicked his snake tongue, the front of his body rising more than five meters high, his oval head probing over the fence, staring at the sheepfold next door.

He saw a black tiger crouching in the sheepfold, surrounded by blood and minced meat.

Its body had grown to about five meters, its fur like black silk but stained with blood. Its burly and strong limbs were full of power, and its sharp teeth and fangs were swallowing and chewing on a lamb.

It seemed to particularly like eating lambs.

Zhang Ji sensed his father's aura. He should have evolved to a Level Three beast. He was satisfied and delighted in his heart.

There were still many sheep in the sheepfold, enough for his father to evolve to a higher level beast. By then, no matter how dangerous this Xichuan Town was, his father and son would have their own territory.

“Roar~”

The black tiger discovered Zhang Ji, suddenly rose up with a roar, majestic and awe-inspiring, its eyes full of ferocity and tyranny.

“Hiss~”

Zhang Ji flicked his snake tongue, the sides of his oval head expanding to form a hood, a baleful and fishy wind surging, blowing the mist and causing the black tiger's fur to bristle.

The black tiger was frightened and backed away, a low growl coming from its mouth, its upturned tail quietly tucked between its legs.

“You still know fear?!”

Zhang Ji was surprised.

Yesterday, these fierce beasts and birds only knew how to hunt instinctively, without fear, but today they knew "fear and retreat." Obviously, with the increase in evolution level, their intelligence was also improving.

“Perhaps at higher levels, they will completely recover their human consciousness, maybe...”

Zhang Ji was thoughtful.

The sky brightened, and it was seven o'clock in the morning.

“It's dawn, it's time to turn back into a human!”

“Yesterday, I turned back into human form at seven o'clock.”

Zhang Ji pondered, waiting for the transformation.

After a moment, sure enough, his whole body felt a burst of numbness, crackling and popping, and the huge snake body returned to human form.

In an instant.

A burly and powerful man appeared.

The naked body had distinct and smooth muscle lines, the pectoral muscles were as hard as marble, the muscles on the arms and thighs were like intertwined dragons, full of strength. His height broke through two meters.

Like a humanoid titan.

His whole person's aura was oppressive and powerful.

His eyes were bright and majestic, yet had a snake-like sinister feeling, with a sharp aura that made people afraid.

Zhang Ji felt the changes in his body. His physical fitness and constitution had greatly improved, much stronger than his many years of training in the army.

Moreover, perhaps because his beast form was a snake, Zhang Ji felt that his flexibility had become better, and he could easily complete some difficult movements.

He clenched his fist forcefully, making cracking sounds. When he punched out, a wind formed in the void.

“If I go to the world boxing championship now, I should be able to win a prize, right!”

Zhang Ji pursed his lips.

After evolving into a Titan Anaconda King Cobra, his human body had also become several times stronger.

He put on the clothes he had prepared yesterday, which felt tight all over, obviously much smaller, but at least they could cover his body.

He picked up the watch on the ground and checked the time.

“Seven o'clock!”

“The time to return to human form in the morning has not changed, but the time to turn into an animal at night has been brought forward by an hour.”

“In short, the time for being human is shortening, and the time for being a beast is getting longer. This is forcing everyone to evolve and kill!”

Zhang Ji's expression changed.

If this continued like this, in less than a month, there would be no more humans in Xichuan Town, only fierce beasts and birds.

It would become a real monster and fierce beast paradise.

The weak are eliminated, and the strong become stronger, until only the top predators remain.

“But I don’t know what this has to do with the Chinese zodiac? Why can’t humans turn into lions and wolves? Turn into ants and mosquitoes?...”

Zhang Ji looked at the mist rolling in the void, feeling that there was a great secret in this.

He turned around and saw the two snake bodies shed last night. Sure enough, there was a black, filth-like substance excreted on them.

It exuded a foul smell.

“This thing, is it something from the mist...”

Zhang Ji was a little uncertain.

His evolution was different from others. Every time he shed his skin, this black stuff was discharged, and when it touched his skin, it felt a bitingly cold and eerie.

It was very similar to the eerie mist.

He found a box, scraped some off the snakeskin, and sealed it up.

“Zhang Ji!! Come quickly, something happened!” From the sheepfold next door, his father Zhang Zhishan’s terrified shout suddenly came.

Zhang Ji was shocked. He leapt up, clearing the more than five-meter-high iron fence with a single bound. He landed in the air, his movements smooth, quick and swift.

Zhang Zhishan saw this scene and his eyes almost popped out. He thought Zhang Ji knew qinggong (light body skill). Then, seeing Zhang Ji's tall figure and strong muscles, he exclaimed in surprise again.

“My son, Zhang Ji, I feel like you've gotten taller and stronger.” Zhang Zhishan looked up at Zhang Ji, who was like an iron tower in front of him, his face full of astonishment.

Zhang Ji smiled and said, “Dad, haven’t you become stronger, taller, and more handsome too?”

Zhang Zhishan looked himself up and down and found that his body did seem to have changed. He used to be 1.7 meters tall, but now he was about 1.8 meters tall. He felt much lighter and seemed several years younger, and his legs and feet had strength.

"Huh?! My old cold legs seem to be better, they don't hurt anymore! Usually at this time in the morning, they hurt so badly!"

Zhang Zhishan kicked his legs in surprise and joy, then looked puzzled and confused.

He didn't know why he had such a change.

Zhang Ji took out a piece of clothing from his backpack and put it on him, asking him what had happened just now.

Zhang Zhishan came back to his senses, pointed at the blood-stained sheepfold, as well as some remaining sheep legs and heads that had been eaten, and said in horror, "Look, I fell asleep last night. A beast must have come in and eaten the sheep."

"It didn't even spare the suckling lambs. What kind of animal is so ferocious!"

He looked at the body of a lamb, his eyes red and his body trembling.

"Also, did you see that pile of shit? It's so smelly, and there's wool in it. It must have been left by that beast. I was lucky to survive!"

Zhang Zhishan analyzed seriously and planned to collect some feces and take them back for professional research and analysis to see what animal left them.

Zhang Ji looked at his father, who was full of panic, and felt that it was time to tell his father the truth.

He handed his father a cigarette and slowly explained the whole story. Zhang Zhishan listened carefully, his mouth already wide open, unable to recover for a long time.

“It’s a pity there’s no recording, otherwise you would understand everything after watching the recording. I wouldn’t lie to you,” Zhang Ji said. Seeing his father’s shocked and dazed expression, he knew that he might not be able to accept this fact for a while.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhishan suddenly burst into tears.

"No wonder your Aunt Li disappeared. When I woke up in the morning, there was only a pool of blood left. It turned out that she, who was born in the year of the sheep, was eaten by me, who was born in the year of the tiger! Cuihua, I'm sorry for you! I, Zhang Zhishan, am not human!"

He cried very sadly and slapped himself several times, making his face turn blue.

Zhang Ji patted him on the shoulder to comfort him, feeling even more resentful towards the eerie mist in his heart.

“By the way, where’s your grandfather? He was born in the year of the snake, so...could it be that the snakeskin and snake head you brought back yesterday were your grandfather?!”

Zhang Zhishan suddenly looked up at Zhang Ji, his eyes red and his expression agitated.

Zhang Ji nodded and said, “It should be Grandpa.”

“I went to the hospital, but I couldn’t find him. I only found that snakeskin on his bed, and found a snake head of about the same size nearby.”

Hearing this, Zhang Zhishan burst into tears again.

He remembered that he wanted to stir-fry that snake head and eat it yesterday. Fortunately, Zhang Ji stopped him, otherwise he would have committed a great sin!

“Let’s go, let’s go home and burn paper money for your grandfather. He died with no complete body, leaving only a piece of skin and a snake head, but we must give him a decent funeral!”

Zhang Zhishan suddenly stood up and said, his face anxious.

“Okay, let’s go home!” Zhang Ji nodded, and the father and son hurriedly left the Niuniu Le Breeding Farm and returned to the town street.

Xichuan Town was even more chaotic.

On the street, cars were overturned all over the ground, covered in blood, and there were bloody claw prints on them. Limbs and animal hair could be seen everywhere on the road, a terrifying sight.

It could be seen how tragic the hunting was last night.

Some people were crying and shouting on the street, looking for relatives, while others were waving steel pipes and smashing gold stores, laughing and stuffing gold and silver jewelry into bags.

The bank where people were queuing to withdraw money yesterday was also in chaos at this time, full of fighting figures and bloodstains. People were looting supplies in the supermarket.

A girl was screaming for help in an alley. She was surrounded by a group of hooligans who were tearing her clothes, revealing her snow-white thighs.

Zhang Ji walked over, using both fists and feet, drove away the hooligans, and rescued the girl. She was so frightened that she couldn't even say thank you, and ran away screaming again.

“Alas! Is this still Xichuan Town? This is simply a chaotic hell!” Zhang Zhishan said sadly, clenching his fists. “Don’t the people outside know to come and save us?”

“Such a big thing has happened, and the whole town is isolated. Can’t satellites and planes see it?!”

His voice was angry and helpless.

Zhang Ji looked at the void, shrouded in mist, covering all directions. Who could see it?!

Moreover, after such a long time, with no movement, had something unexpected or changed happened outside?

He didn't know, but in the isolated Xichuan Town, order was on the verge of collapse, undercurrents were surging, and chaos was apparent.