Reborn As A Giant Scorpion: Evolution By Consumption Chapter 6
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When Alex crawled out of the hole, it was already late at night.
He decided to find food elsewhere.
The stronger prey here had almost all become nutrients for his evolution.
Moreover, after devouring these prey, his ability became more powerful, and he had to move toward a higher goal.
Alex followed the river down. Every place he passed, the animals nearby would become quiet for fear of attracting his attention and inviting a fatal disaster.
When he came to another river, a faint ray of light came from the forest on the opposite side and immediately attracted his attention.
It was the vast Amazon rainforest. Usually, no one would come here.
Of course, there were also local aborigines living here. However, they were all gathered at the periphery of the rainforest and rarely came to the depths.
The other few tribes, such as the cannibals or the headhunters, these strong tribes had great combat strength and had rich hunting experience. However, they usually did not hunt in the dark.
It was because the light at night was not good. Moreover, many large creatures appeared at night. The slightest carelessness could be fatal.
In his previous life, he had seen information about the Amazonian Aborigines in some books.
In this vast forest, there were hundreds of Aboriginal tribes. There were two factions. One of them maintained contact with the outside world, while the other isolated themselves from the world.
The prominent tribes had thousands of people, while the small tribes only had hundreds of people.
However, they all had one characteristic, which was that they were not good at socializing.
Besides the native tribes, some modern humans would break into the Amazon rainforest.
These outsiders were some adventurers, poachers, and scientific researchers, but most were treasure hunters.
Because there was the legendary mystery of immortality here, at the end of the 20th century, there was a rumor that there was a mysterious relic here. The relic enshrined the mysterious Coiling Serpent Pagoda, and the legend said that it had the effect of reviving the dead and bestowing immortality.
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At that time, it had shocked the world.
Every country sent an elite expedition team to search here for half a year, but all of them came back with nothing and even lost many talented people.
Alex had also read this article and wanted to look for it, but some things delayed him.
In the end, he had no choice but to give up.
Now the opportunity came again.
Alex carefully crossed the hundred-meter-wide river and quietly approached the place where the lights were.
There were two tents in the forest, and the lights were coming from the tents.
Through the light and shadow, he could vaguely see ten people, six men and four women.
Judging from their figures, they were obviously from the outside world and were communicating in English.
When Alex was still human in his previous life, he had taken a self-taught English course. His level was not bad, so he could understand what they were saying.
After listening for a while, he realized this was an expedition team looking for the legendary Coiling Serpent Pagoda.
Because he heard that the team leader seemed to have some incurable disease, and with the current medical environment, it was impossible to cure it completely. In other words, he was waiting to die.
Moreover, the doctor told him that he had six months at most to live.
There were ten people on the expedition team.
They were: Gus Johnson, chairman of St. Yiu Technology; Dr. Cole Byron, Medical Expert; Daun, Jack; Charles, mercenary captain; Diana; Alicia; Bill; Guide Harden.
The rest of them were both tall and strong. Their arms were bulging, and they carried AK-47 automatic rifles on their shoulders. A cold aura surrounded them.
Alex had run to a small hill.
From this line of sight, he could see everything inside.
One of them was a man in his thirties. He had pulled open his shirt, and dense black dots covered his arm.
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Beside him, a man was holding a light green syringe. He was wearing glasses and looked to be in his thirties. He was injecting Johnson with the needle.
The others were stunned when they saw the black dots on his hand.
At this moment, Jack, who was wearing black glasses, asked, "Your hand?"
Johnson smiled strangely. "Melanoma. I can live for another half a year, so you have to treat me better. I'm an outlaw."
Jack smiled at his threat and did not say anything.
Johnson walked to the center of the tent. There was a giant drawing board with a black and white piece on it. Although it was far away, Alex could see at a glance that there was a dilapidated ancient temple in the jungle deep in the dense Amazon.
Could this place be the mysterious ruins where the Coiling Serpent Pagoda was hidden?
So many people couldn't find it before, so how did he find it out?
Alex decided to continue listening.
There might be some important clues. If Alex followed this trail, he might be able to obtain the pagoda.
Although he wasn't sure if he could obtain immortality, it was worth it to become stronger.
Moreover, this Coiling Serpent Pagoda had a great origin. Legend had it that in the 20th century, a mysterious race lived in the Amazon. They could sense the gods from beyond the heavens and transmit information to each other. They called themselves the people of the gods, the Dragon Snake tribe.
Not long after, someone recorded the arrival of a ray of light in the middle of the night. It disappeared in the night sky. The place where it first descended was the Amazon rainforest.
Because the technology was backward, they were not sure what exactly it was at that time.
Some said it was a comet, some said it was a UFO, but most believed it was an extraterrestrial visitor.
And this Coiling Snake Pagoda might be the religion of the Dragon Snake tribe.
If that was the case, the Coiling Snake Pagoda might have the effect of longevity.
After all, it was an extraterrestrial object.
Therefore, every year, there would be treasure-hunting teams coming to the Amazon rainforest.
Although the Amazon rainforest was extremely dangerous and many deadly creatures were living there, it was nothing compared to the endless desires of humans for longevity.
At this time, they seemed to have finished their deployment. Those people packed up their tents and prepared to set off.
They walked towards the mysterious ruins in the depths.
Alex was not in a hurry to catch up because his speed was no longer what it was in the past. These people walked for half a day, and he would only need half an hour to catch up.
When the time came, he would follow the scent and catch up.
There was no longer anything to devour in the surroundings. Moreover, as the devouring speed increased, common prey could no longer satisfy his needs. For example, the cayman crocodile in the Amazon, as the number of times it was devoured increased, the evolution points it gave became less and less.
The first one had 60 points, the second one and the third one had gradually decreased to 40 points and 20 points.
If he wanted to evolve quickly, he would have to hunt down creatures with good genes or mutated species.
Only then would he be able to become stronger faster and evolve towards a more vital level.
Thus, he would become the most potent species.
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