Evolution

Su Hao locked onto five ordinary people within the same range, wanting to see what they would do.

Maybe he wouldn't get the answer tonight, but he would keep tracking them until he got the result.

Su Hao followed a tall person to a place covered with dense weeds, and this person, who had devoured a lot of blood and flesh from a man in black, was an excellent observation subject.

The vermilion reaper found a shallow pit, lay down in it, and covered himself with weeds. At a glance, no one would think that someone was hiding there!

Su Hao gave this hiding skill full marks!

Although the weeds blocked his view, making it difficult for Su Hao to see clearly, it didn't matter. He was very patient and could observe the blood energy changes of the vermilion reaper through his radar at any time.

An hour later, the blood energy of the tall vermilion reaper began to change, depleting sharply to a dangerous level before slowly recovering a bit.

At the same time, the area covered by weeds emitted a slight tremor, and a faint, suppressed painful howl quietly emerged.

It seemed that the vermilion reaper was enduring great pain.

Su Hao stood at a distance, staring at the weeds. He knew he would soon get the answer he wanted.

Finally, the pile of weeds calmed down again.

The ordinary person, having recovered a bit of strength, slowly pushed aside the weeds and got up.

At this moment, Su Hao noticed something unusual.

The ordinary person's figure seemed a bit ethereal, resembling the man in black!

Although very weak and somewhat unable to control his body, he indeed had the ethereal feel of the man in black, like a ghost in the night.

A flash of realization struck Su Hao's mind; he seemed to understand something.

He immediately turned and left to observe the other vermilion reapers who had devoured blood and flesh. He needed to confirm this again, and by now, it was almost the stage of transformation.

They were all within the radar's range!

Su Hao approached a woman who had devoured the blood and flesh of a mantis man, secretly observing her changes.

The tall woman in front of him also left her hiding spot and quietly walked home.

As she walked, her nails suddenly grew longer and sharper. Her ears grew larger, then smaller, and then suddenly covered in white fur, which quickly receded...

Su Hao squinted his eyes. Sure enough, the tall woman who had devoured the mantis man's flesh had gained the mantis man's shape-shifting ability!

Su Hao quickly left to observe the other vermilion reapers. To his surprise, devouring flesh did not guarantee the acquisition of corresponding abilities.

There was also a high risk involved; out of the five people he observed, two did not survive the transformation process and died, their blood energy reactions gradually disappearing.

Su Hao thought for a moment, then retreated to his own hiding spot. It was still far from dawn, so he could get a good sleep.

The information he obtained tonight was enough. There was no rush to do anything. In this city, similar things happened almost every night.

He needed to sort out his thoughts and plan the next steps of his exploration.

Back at his hiding spot, Su Hao closed his eyes and began to think about the events he observed tonight.

If he had to describe it in one word, he thought of "evolution."

Yes, in Su Hao's observations, the purpose of these vermilion reapers devouring each other was to achieve their own evolution.

And ordinary vermilion reapers did not have any special abilities, so very few people attacked ordinary vermilion reapers, as killing them was meaningless.

Everyone's targets were those who had mastered special abilities.

But this kind of evolution was very cruel.

It required devouring a large amount of the opponent's flesh and blood to possibly evolve successfully, and there was also a high probability of evolution failure. From another perspective, not all vermilion reapers were keen on gaining super abilities through evolution; only a portion of them were. At night, some ordinary people indeed lurked, waiting for the chance to devour flesh, but most stayed quietly in their homes, waiting for dawn.

The lure of evolution existed, but it was not enough to drive everyone crazy, willing to risk their lives. The proportion of the group seeking evolution to gain more power should be around 20.

As for the principle of evolution, Su Hao could only guess that it was related to the special physiological structure of the human race in this world.

Perhaps in the distant past, the vermilion reapers did not devour each other so fiercely to evolve, but merely hunted alien races to obtain their flesh and blood for evolution.

But when the vermilion reapers stood at the top of this world, with other alien races nearly extinct, the vermilion reapers began the fierce internal competition.

These were just Su Hao's guesses, and the reality was unknown.

In other words, in Temple Forest City, many powerful evolved individuals were hiding among the populace, disguising themselves to avoid being hunted while searching for their prey to enhance their abilities.

It could be imagined that the amount of flesh needed for each evolution was just a large chunk. So, when an evolved individual died, many ordinary people would rush to seize the body, resulting in many new evolved individuals.

Thinking deeper, a more terrifying thought emerged: it was highly likely that there was an organization dedicated to hunting evolved individuals to obtain their flesh and create more new evolved individuals.

No! It was not just a possibility; it definitely existed.

The reason he had not seen any official organizations in the city was that the city was controlled by these various evolved individual organizations.

Su Hao's thoughts became clearer, quickly identifying the core conflicts.

Unorganized evolved individuals hid among ordinary people, doing their best to disguise themselves to avoid being targeted.

Organized evolved individuals primarily hunted scattered evolved individuals, with organizations constantly fighting each other.

But regardless of who they were, they had to hide well and never reveal their identities during the day.

Because once their identities were exposed, death would be near.

There were indeed some powerful individuals, but there were always stronger ones.

"So..." Su Hao silently outlined his survival rules.

First, do not expose your power during the day; act like a normal citizen.

Second, wear a mask at night and never show your face; being recognized would be troublesome.

Third, do not enter the city's range until you understand the power system of the evolved individuals.

Fourth, find a legitimate occupation; constantly sneaking around would lead to problems.

Su Hao noted these down and then thought about his future direction: "Next, I need to quickly uncover the extraordinary secrets of this world, as fast as possible. I always feel that the creatures in this world hide earth-shattering secrets. If I don't quickly gain knowledge, I might die suddenly one day and won't have a chance to come back!"

"As always, cherish every day and pursue knowledge to the fullest. Even if I die, I must uncover the secrets of this world before I do!"

He quickly devised a plan to explore the power system: "Collect data on evolved individuals every night, starting with elite levels, obtain flesh samples, preserve them for research, and find an opportunity to capture an evolved individual to directly question them. The most important thing is to understand the biological evolution mechanism."

Why did devouring a piece of flesh grant power?

This was the key point.

If Su Hao could understand the mechanism, he might be able to achieve life's evolution without needing flesh.