Volume 11: The Crown Prince Chapter 63 Pollution
After learning this, the Lord of the Swamp breathed a sigh of relief. For now, the first step has been completed safely.
He transformed himself into a wild beast, and relying on his strong physique and past experience, he found that it was not difficult to defeat these beasts after borrowing the rules of beasts.
"Perhaps it shouldn't be difficult in the first place. Without the bonus of the beast rules, these beasts are at most ordinary individuals with extraordinary powers, able to travel on the surface once or twice."
"Although I didn't major in physical combat before, my body has reached star level after all. It's not a shortcoming. It's even stronger than ordinary star levels because I majored in life."
"Under the same rules, if I can't easily crush them, it's unreasonable."
Before, they were like fighting in a boxing match, but because of the rules of the boxing match, they, who were stronger, could not use their various abilities.
Although these weaker opponents cannot break their defense, they can follow the rules of the ring and any touch on them will count as a point, and whoever scores more points will win.
If they don't follow the rules, they will be stopped by the "invincible" referee and can only passively take the beating or dodge.
Now they are familiar with the rules of the ring and fight according to them. With their size, it is easy for them to crush their opponents.
"The biggest problem now is that this rule may have some negative impact." On the other side, a teammate also gave his evaluation after trying out the fighting method of transforming into a beast.
Although this fighting style does not allow them to fully exert their strength, it no longer puts them in a passive position.
But the point is that the power of rules is a very powerful force.
People can be tamed, and what tames people the most is precisely rules.
This kind of rule-based domestication is not necessarily a bad thing. People living in this world have to abide by various rules to a greater or lesser extent.
For example, if you are thirsty, you should drink water; if you are hungry, you should eat.
This is a rule engraved into life. Naturally, no one can resist it, unless they want to die.
There are also some rules that don't actually hinder your life, such as the need to wear clothes when going out on the street.
If you do not comply, your life will not be affected in any way, but the negative social effects that follow will cause you mental damage.
They may even be put in jail for violating public order and good morals.
So, from childhood to adulthood, everyone has become accustomed to wearing clothes when going out on the street. Except for some task masters, this has been completely integrated into the rule of life habits.
The same is true here. If you fight according to the rules of beasts for a long time, you will become more and more like a beast.
For example, the battle between beasts focuses more on the body’s instincts, emphasizing that instinct comes before wisdom.
If it lasts a little longer, it may cause many adverse effects, and may even damage the brain.
In this case, following these rules in fighting will have negative effects.
No one wants to complete a mission and then really become a beast.
So, they began to explore the cave without causing a fight.
However, they soon discovered that it was simply wishful thinking to expect successful exploration without fighting.
Due to the scarcity of food in this cave, except for a group of herbivores that have evolved to survive by eating soil, the other beasts have become extremely violent and aggressive.
In order to get food, they are capable of all kinds of horrific hunting actions.
For example, they discovered that some of the wild beasts here actually had the ability to imitate, and could imitate their appearance and breath, and then try to use this to sneak up on them.
This type is relatively easy to find.
In addition, there are also those that disguise themselves as pieces of dead flesh and lure other wild beasts to eat them. Half of their bodies are specifically used for wild beasts to eat. While they are eating, they will be attacked nearby.
These hunting methods are very "clever". If the animal is not a wild beast, then as long as you are vigilant and observant, you can usually avoid it.
The problem is that they found that as they continued to apply the rules of beasts, they inevitably began to show some characteristics of beasts.
The Lord of the Swamp began to feel hungry.
This is a feeling I haven't felt in thousands of years.
After his strength reaches a certain level, he can directly use energy to maintain his own life form without having to rely on inefficient methods such as eating.
He almost forgot what it felt like to be hungry, so much so that when this feeling first appeared, he thought he was being attacked.
So, when they were hungry, they saw the beast disguised as a piece of meat, and they instinctively had the urge to eat it.
Similar changes are still occurring. While they rely on the rules of beasts to pass through the cave, they are gradually beginning to be bound by the rules of beasts.
They need to perform various behaviors to satisfy the animal's desire for rules. Hunger is just one of them. They even later develop the idea of occupying "territory" and finding female animals to reproduce.
Fortunately, they were strong-willed and resisted these impulses.
But these are not the most troublesome things. The most troublesome influence brought about by the rules of beasts is the fear of death.
As they explored and gradually approached the beast's body, they suddenly didn't dare to get any closer.
The beast is extremely powerful, and the closer we get to it, the more we can feel it.
Day-level individuals will also restrain their own influence, fearing that if they are not careful, their influence will push out some soul related to themselves.
The evil beast is not like this. Although it is in a dormant state, its aura completely covers this land.
They knew clearly how powerful the beast was, and they also knew that it could easily crush them.
But under such circumstances, they had to approach the beast and do something to it.
This kind of behavior is commonly known as courting death.
The essence of the rules of beasts is actually the continuation of survival.
This is true for eating, occupying territory, and even more so for reproduction.
Now they are asked to commit suicide, and the fear of death brought about by the rules instantly rises.
They had clearly made preparations before, but now that they were here, they were unable to go any further.
The inner fear and desire for life continue to rise.
All kinds of strange thoughts even emerged in the mind of the Swamp Lord.
"This is because we know how powerful beasts are. Therefore, wisdom is a trap for survival. We need to abandon wisdom and embrace instinct..."
The Lord of the Swamp did not realize that the original nature of the beasts deep in his soul was beginning to expand at an extremely fast speed.
It even quickly reversed its previous disadvantage and began to suppress Lusen's original power.
