NOVEL NEXT Chapter 3
Chapter 3: A Human In A Monkey Disguise
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Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
After completing his first mission, Wei Huo obtained a piece of decent equipment in his inventory. However, Wei Huo had a bad hunch. As expected, he received the second quest.
“New quest, ‘Survival and Food Continuity’. The Player is required to hunt a beast. A random game item will be rewarded once the quest is completed.
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“Quest hint. The Player is allowed to use the system’s scan feature for a total of three times. Each usage allows the player to scan and view their surroundings within a range of 10 kilometers for beasts’ movement.”
Wei Huo scratched his head and wondered why this task felt like a newbie’s quest.
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Wei Huo thought of the hunting knife in his mind, and the hunting knife appeared in his hand. He thought of it disappearing, and the knife was back inside the inventory. The hunting knife was somewhat quite convenient and there were many ways to use it too. The fact that it could appear and vanish instantly could confused enemies.
Wei Huo looked at the bow and arrow he crafted. Unfortunately, he could not keep that bow and arrow in the inventory.
Only items rewarded by the system could be kept in the inventory.
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Wei Huo then tried the scan feature. That feature was very convenient too. Once used, a radar image would emerge in his mind, and it started scanning immediately. It ended after 10 seconds, but after those 10 seconds, the system notification said, “No beasts within 10 kilometers.”
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Wei Huo was speechless. “…”
‘What the f*ck…’
He suddenly understood this newbie’s quest was prepared for players to get accustomed to the Earth’s gamification. There would surely be plenty of beasts on earth by that time, but right now there were not that many!
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After all, time had only halted for three days.
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Wei Huo facepalmed himself. ‘That was f*cking awkward!’
Although the animal reproduction speed had increased by 10 times, three days was still too short!
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Wei Huo examined the wooden bow on his hand. He could not hunt using this wooden bow as its quality was too poor. Moreover, his shooting skills were not developed yet. Even if he encountered a beast, he was not capable of hunting it down. It would be better for him to keep practicing his skills in crafting archery weapons in order to craft better bow and arrow. He could also work on improving his archery skills.
Action speaks louder than words. Wei Huo started focusing on advancing his crafting skills as well as archery skills. However, it only lasted for 15 days. On the 15th morning, an incident broke out in the service area. Wei Huo was fast asleep at that time.
He had moved his tent into a supermarket and was wrapping himself up in the sleeping bag inside the tent. It was early autumn, and the weather was not considered that cold.
That morning, however, Wei Huo was awakened by the sound of monkeys chattering. Those monkeys barged into the service area. They rampaged and rummaged through the supermarket. Wei Huo got up startled.
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“What’s happening?” Wei Huo came out from his tent only to find five or six monkeys ransacking the shelves in the supermarket. A bunch of monkeys was jumping about outside the supermarket. Some were climbing up the cars, some were chasing dragonflies, some were picking lice, and some were brushing their hair. They were pulling, dragging, and chasing each other around.
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Wei Huo scared away a few monkeys in the supermarket when he got out of his tent. They bolted out the supermarket whilst jumping, and surprised the monkeys outside but did not run far. They stopped about 10 meters away from Wei Huo and stared at him curiously.
Some were peeking their heads, a few of them scratched their head, whilst some were spinning on the ground. They started to become rowdy again when Wei Huo stood still. Wei Huo took a step forward, and they sprang up, backing away from him. They all stared at him in unison.
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Wei Huo was in a state of confusion. Where did these monkeys come from?
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One of the monkeys scampered away from the group. It leaped on to the head of a motionless person. Unfortunately, the golden radiance emerged and it failed to grasp on anything, slipped down, and fell on the floor.
That monkey swiftly stood up, glancing left and right. It patted away the dust on its bum and casually walked into the group of monkeys when it realized no other monkeys were watching it.
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Wei Huo was speechless.
‘You are a human in a monkey disguise, aren’t you?’
Wei Huo took a closer look and discovered some of the monkeys were holding onto snacks like chips, ham, and so on. However, they did not know how to open the packaging.
Wei Huo headed back to the supermarket and brought out a few snacks. The monkeys observed Wei Huo oddly, wondering what he was up to.
Wei Huo tore open the packaging skillfully, put the food in his mouth, and munched on it. The monkeys were flabbergasted. It was as if they discovered a whole new world.
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They looked at the packaged food on Wei Huo’s hand and simultaneously wondered if this thing was edible?
A few monkeys started imitating Wei Huo. They tore the packaging open and shoved the food down their mouths. They were stunned.
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Now that they had got a taste of the goodness, they began to tussle for food. After learning how to tear open the packaging for chips, they got their hands on chocolates, spicy gluten sticks, and even peanuts.
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Monkeys were intelligent animals. They often imitated human’s behavior. Wei Huo recalled that there was one time when a monkey who did not know how to deshell a sunflower seed, learned how to do it after seeing him doing it just once.
Wei Huo did not chase away the monkeys. Instead, he even welcomed them to live there with him. They definitely had sufficient food. He could not consume all the food by himself anyways. The feeling of being alone was more tormenting to him.
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A few monkeys decided to brave it out. They approached Wei Huo while holding on to mineral water bottles with bite marks. It seemed like they tried very hard but still could not open the bottle.
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These monkeys appeared to be still a bit vigilant. They always kept a distance of at least five meters away from Wei Huo. To be frank, for them to sense the presence of Wei Huo was already a challenge since Wei Huo was under the effects of the title ‘The Loner Abandoned by God’. It might also be because monkeys were human’s closest living relatives that they shared similar outer appearances, so that was why the monkeys were not so afraid of Wei Huo.
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Wei Huo eyed the amusing monkeys. He picked up the water bottle from the floor and twisted open the bottle cap. He then placed the bottle on his mouth and gulped down the water.
The monkey’s eyes twinkled and they started to mimic Wei Huo. However, there were still differences in the structure of a human’s body and that of a monkey’s. No matter how hard they tried, they still could not open the bottle.
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Wei Huo walked towards the toilet and stopped in front of the water tap. He opened the tap and straight away a stream of clear water flowed out. Once again, the monkeys were amazed. They rushed over and jumped on to the sink, fighting over the water. Not long after, they had already mastered the ways of using water taps.
He observed them while in deep thoughts. ‘Is this really the result of accelerated animal mutation? Or were the monkeys always so clever?’
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Besides a smarter brain, what differed humans and animals would the ability for humans to inherit intelligence and knowledge. Humans dominated the earth by passing down knowledge from one generation to another. However, it still could not outweigh God’s word.