Chapter 6

In the lush tropical jungle of Ape Planet, towering trees serve as the domain for the walking apes. Within the primal forest, a grand drama is unfolding. However, the protagonists are not humans, and humans hold a significantly low status on this planet. It is akin to the colonization of the Americas by the United States, where Native Americans were enslaved and oppressed, or perhaps even worse.

The jungle resonates with the howls of the apes, as the ape army captures one human after another and locks them up in cages, their cold smiles revealing no mercy. This is the realm of the apes, where a daily struggle for survival plays out, characterized by the law of the jungle. The difference lies in the fact that humans are the weak ones, while the apes are the strong ones.

Tang Tian stood by the water pool where Leo had landed, watching as the blood serum team used the crane they brought from the real world to salvage the spaceship. As he listened to the apes slowly retreating, he said, "It seems that the humans outside have been captured. It's time to start planning." After finishing his words, Tang Tian made a gentle gesture, and a dark spatial rift descended, revealing a container and a satellite launcher.

Without hesitation, several members of the blood serum team followed the ropes attached to the container and opened it, revealing five iron boxes adorned with skull motifs. At the same time, another group of members launched the satellite and initiated the thawing process by pressing the button on the box, before quickly retreating. After a few minutes, the steel box produced a scraping sound as the crawler creature used its claws to tear it apart.

"BOOM!"

A tremendous noise resounded, and sharp cracks appeared on the iron box. As the sound grew louder, the devourer effortlessly tore apart the alloy steel plate, which was over 20 centimeters thick, resembling slicing through butter. The horrifying visage of the crawler creature appeared before Tang Tian. The blood serum team and Wesker remained motionless, observing with great interest. With a dangerous smirk, Tang Tian spoke, "Well, well, well, look who we have here, the Devourer."

"Red Queen, command the Devourer to hunt down and eliminate all the apes, starting from the outskirts and sparing no humans," Tang Tian said. Afterward, using his abilities as a dimensional merchant, he had some of his team members take the spoils, including the railgun and the small space cruiser, back to the real world.

Meanwhile, in the 5000-meter deep Umbrella underground high-tech weapons research facility in New York City, scientists who had been eagerly waiting for a long time became excited as they saw the legendary alien spaceship and the electromagnetic handguns. Following the plan, they began the process of dismantling the electromagnetic weapons and deciphering the remains of the small damaged space cruiser.

"Yes, Master." Red Queen responded to Tang Tian's command and began hunting down the remaining ape-like creatures that were patrolling in the distance. With most of the ape army having left, the remaining ones were left in fear as they struggled to fend off the formidable and indestructible Lickers. Similar to the Lickers in the Resident Evil series, they could effortlessly tear through alloy walls, whereas the equipment possessed by the ape-like creatures certainly did not possess the same strength as alloys.

"AHHHHH!"

Close to five hundred ape-like creatures roared in terror, lacking the same confidence they had when capturing humans earlier. Whether it was their knives or bows and arrows, they frantically attacked the Lickers, but to no avail. Over a hundred ape-like creatures were driven to the brink of losing their sanity due to fear, yet their efforts yielded minimal results. Only the sparks generated from the collision of their knives with the Lickers served as evidence of their desperate resistance.

"Interesting. Continue recording the combat data of the Lickers. Red Queen, unleash your strongest striking force and let me see how long they can hold on," said Tang Tian as he lit a Cuban cigar and leisurely sipped his red wine. This time, he could be considered a mere bystander. It was incredibly effortless, even without deploying the Serum Corps. On the other hand, it also confirmed the weakness of the ape-like creatures, although it couldn't be denied that someone's biochemical weapons were excessively powerful.

The number of ape-like creatures on the Planet of the Apes is also not likely to be very large, at most a few million. Based on the opening scenes of the film, where there are only a few hundred individuals in the spaceship, it can be inferred that even thousands of years later, their population would still be in the millions. It's similar to how during the late Ming Dynasty after the Manchu nobles of the Qing Dynasty occupied China, the population was only in the millions. After that, it only increased several times during prosperous times. Following this logic, the population of the ape-like creatures would also be in the millions. While humans would be suppressed by the ape-like creatures, their numbers would certainly not exceed that of the ape species. However, there would still be millions of humans, as humans understand the power of their own development and would eventually overthrow their rulers if they became strong enough. The leader of the ape-human army, Caesar, understood the potential strength of humans, which is why he sought to eliminate them as a dangerous race.

In another gathering place, Leo finds himself imprisoned in an iron cage, treated as a slave by the ape-like creatures. During his time there, he realizes that this planet is ruled by the ape-like creatures, and humans hold a lowly status in their society.

"Capture them! You humans smell so bad! Filthy humans, go away!" The market square echoed with a continuous stream of insults from the ape-like creatures. Particularly, the ape children were throwing stones at humans, showcasing their disdain towards them and considering themselves superior. It seemed that unless something unexpected happened, humans were destined to be completely eradicated. However, there was one exception, someone who had a different perspective on humans, and that was Ellie, the daughter of the Senate. She intervened to stop the ape people from throwing stones, which surprised Leo, who had recently arrived on this planet.

"Alright, let's clean them up and make some quick profits!" shouted Senator Ellie's father. Leo, having arrived at the slave market, had no room for resistance and was assigned to the male section.

"On the other side, 'Boss, we found him,'" said a member of the Serum Squad, expressionless.

Tang Tian didn't respond directly but instead said to Red Queen, "Well done. The fact that the 500 ape-men managed to hold on for two minutes, surpassing humans by one minute, proves that they are indeed the test subjects for the bioweapons. By the way, how is the evolution of the Hunters going? One hundred Lickers have already evolved into Hunters."

"Their speed and strength have increased fivefold, and their defensive capabilities have increased tenfold," Red Queen added.

"Alright, Red Queen, start monitoring the experimental data of the Hunters. Let the slaughter begin," Tang Tian said, nodding to the members of the Blood Serum Squad. Shortly after, a Hercules transport aircraft landed in the unknown forest, which served as the gathering place of the ape-men. This time, Tang Tian was determined to eliminate the entire ape tribe in one go and gain control over the technology, turning this planet into a colony for Umbrella.

"The game is over. Red Queen, eliminate all the ape-men in the gathering place. Wesker, take action," a frivolous voice commanded after the resounding roar of the massive advanced Hercules transport aircraft.

"How is it possible for humans? Haven't they all been captured?" As they looked at the group of clearly different and dangerous humans before them, Chief Sed and General Atar exchanged a glance and felt the impending danger. The sudden elimination of the five hundred apes was shocking news that Sed had wanted to suppress, but what they didn't expect was that the mastermind behind it had already appeared.

"Very well, you can rest assured that I will annihilate the entire ape tribe on this planet. And Leo, I need your help." Without further explanation, Tang Tian straightforwardly declared his intentions. The Blood Serum Squad activated their weapons, and the Hunters had also arrived. After playing for so long, it was time to bring it to an end. The next step was to assist the natives and the hired mercenaries from Umbrella in occupying the first colony.