453: Chapter 498 The Mystery Unraveled! The Adventure Continues!

A Mei is dead!

Slapped to death by a Blazing Fire Bear's paw.

Regarding this, An Ke's group basically gave the Blazing Fire Bear a thumbs up.

This is how it should be.

From the moment A Qiang planned to attack the Blazing Fire Bear and A Mei didn't stop him, but instead fanned the flames...

A Mei's fate was sealed.

An Ke directly tossed A Mei's massive corpse into his Portable Space; once dead, it was no longer a life.

It was just a large hunk of meat.

“Grandmaster, are we going to continue exploring?”

An Ke shook his head, “Let's continue tomorrow!”

After experiencing a war, cleanup work was still necessary.

It wasn't as if their side hadn't lost any animals.

A funeral should be held for the animals that sacrificed themselves.

Although there were revival coins, the number of sacrifices far exceeded the number of revival coins.

With the team size growing, it was impossible for An Ke to look after every single animal.

Cleaning up the battlefield didn't take long.

After all, they only needed to recover the bodies of their companions and then send the wounded back to the Bamboo Village to recuperate.

There was no need to worry about the enemies' corpses; nature would reclaim them.

In the following time, an atmosphere of grief permeated the Bamboo Village.

According to the statistics, An Ke's side lost 46 animals and 4 people in this battle.

An Ke specially established a martyrs' cemetery for them, thanking them for their contribution to the victory.

Before the tombstones.

An Ke stood at the very front.

The second row consisted of King Kong, the Crocodile Couple, Tiger Mom, Leopard Mom, Three Hairs, and other 'veteran' animals.

There were also several new representatives.

Representing the Wolf Pack was Er Ha.

Representing the Savages were Yi and Xiao Mei.

Representing the Hippopotamuses was Barbie.

Representing the Golden Silk Spiders was Gui Mian.

...

Behind them were all the members of Bamboo Village, and on one side were Kata, Jin Xiaoxiao, Oufu, and the other White Goose Contestants.

At this time, everyone was wearing nano armor, making the scene even more solemn.

Unknowingly, the team had already grown so large.

Looking at the current scale of the Bamboo Village, An Ke's heart was full of emotion.

Only three months had passed, yet he felt as if three years had gone by.

What started as a one-man Camp had now turned into a fairly large Tribe.

Before, An Ke could call out every animal's name, but now he couldn't recognize them all.

This was the first time An Ke experienced what it felt like to be a leader.

In the past, he could play around with the animals.

But now, he couldn't.

If he stopped growing, perhaps one day in the future, it would be their people lying silently on the ground.

An Ke had to grow so that he could protect the animal and human companions who followed him.

“Yi, Dairy Cow Mom.” After the moment of silence, An Ke turned around.

“Chief, is there something you need?”

Dairy Cow Mom looked at An Ke with concern, waiting for his instructions.

“Could you two please tally the number of animals in our Bamboo Village recently? Once finished, give the count to me directly in the Portable Space.”

An Ke planned to build an elite force to minimize sacrifices as much as possible.

As the [Game] entered the elimination phase, the enemies would only get stronger.

...

After mourning the fallen martyrs.

An Ke then wandered around the Bamboo Village.

The long-awaited event had finally been realized.

The Bamboo Village had electricity!

Campfires were no longer needed at night; bright lights provided illumination.

To be honest.

The people and animals in Bamboo Village were wearing nano armor, which was absolute high technology.

Yet, the lights to dispel the darkness had only just appeared.

This sharp contrast really made An Ke not know whether to laugh or cry.

...

“Sir, the hydroelectric power generation is complete...”

Kata followed behind An Ke, reporting seriously:

“Next, I will build a castle so that we won't have to fear the [Beast Raid Challenge] in the future.

Something like the previous incident where enemies directly invaded the Bamboo Village won't happen again.”

“Mm! That works!” An Ke nodded.

After thinking for a bit, he continued, “Kata, build a few schools while you're at it.”

Kata was stunned, “Sir An Ke, what are you building schools for?”

“To eliminate illiteracy among our animal companions!” An Ke grinned.

Kata nodded slightly, understanding why An Ke wanted to educate the animals.

As the Bamboo Village developed further, the original social systems of the animals would change, and the things they needed to involve themselves in and understand would increase.

In this situation, learning was very important; it would not only make life easier for the animals but also improve productivity and even the technology of the Bamboo Village.

But...

“Sir An Ke, actually, there's no need to eliminate illiteracy...” Kata smiled.

An Ke was surprised.

Kata explained, “Although I don't know the reason.

The animals in the Bamboo Village seem to subconsciously possess knowledge. Sometimes they know how to do things without me even teaching them, like writing.

A significant portion of the animals in the Bamboo Village can now read and write.”

An Ke was extremely shocked.

For real?

Why would such a thing happen?

An Ke hadn't taught the animals how to read and write.

This couldn't help but remind him of King Kong's various 'modern' phrases from before.

Like 'Crazy Thursday,' 'What the cluck,' and so on.

Could it be related to the golden finger?

As long as an animal follows me for a long enough time, they can gradually master the knowledge I possess?

Thinking of this, An Ke immediately looked up at Three Hairs on his head.

“Three Hairs, do you know how to write?”

Three Hairs was lying lazily, wearing his golden spider-silk sweater again.

The [nano armor] also had a very practical function: it could be retracted and then cover the whole body when needed.

“This Little Mouse knows how to write!”

An Ke couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, then took out a bamboo plank and let Three Hairs write on it.

Three Hairs excitedly carved the word “Master” on it with his claws.

“Huh?”

Oufu, who was next to them, was stunned. “Cu—Cute Mouse, you can write??”

“Then why did you need me to write for you before?”

Outside, in the live broadcast room.

The viewers were equally shocked.

Quite a few people had seen Three Hairs in the White Goose's live broadcast room before, and at that time, he didn't know how to write.

Not much time had passed, and now Three Hairs could write?

“This Little Mouse didn't know before, but I do now!” Three Hairs stood with his hands on his hips proudly.

“This Little Mouse is now a cultured mouse~”

“Master, is this Little Mouse amazing?”

An Ke couldn't help but smile: “Amazing!”

As expected!

Others might not see it, but as the person himself, An Ke could.

The handwriting Three Hairs used was exactly the same as his own.

From this point, it could be judged that he was being influenced by him.

And the only thing An Ke could influence animals with was [Natural Affinity].

So, was it the same for King Kong?

The doubts An Ke had held for a long time were resolved at this moment, putting his mind at ease.

Before, he was a bit worried that King Kong's abnormality was the work of the mastermind behind the [Game].

Now it seemed that wasn't the case.

“In that case, there's no need to build schools.”

“You'll be responsible for the design of the castle's various aspects. No problem, right?” An Ke asked Kata.

Kata patted his chest, saying there was no problem; back at 'Xia Da', his major was in the field of architecture.

After checking the situation of the Camp, An Ke once again led the veteran animals toward the Giant Forest.

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