Chapter 49: The Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Prelude
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"According to the memories of my great-grandfather, Saint Prometheus, the glorious history of our clan's rise can be traced back to a barbecue on the shores of Dawn Lake on the Holy Island..."
——Helena King Kong, "The King Kong Chronicles"
Today, the sun is shining brightly, the sky is clear, and the breeze gently blows across the clear lake, creating blue waves. Several water birds are playing in the lake, chirping a few times, then fluttering their wings and flying away. From time to time, fish jump out of the water.
, jumping in the sunshine, even the fish scales were dyed with a layer of gold.
The peaks on both sides of the river are reflected in the lake, the green mountains are reflected in the green water, the green water reflects the green peaks, and under the golden sun, it is a rare landscape scenery.
But just beside this peaceful and beautiful lake, there is a shocking scene.
In an open space by the lake, a huge King Kong squatted on the ground, busy with his work.
What is this guy doing? The way this guy is squatting makes people curious!
As the camera zooms in, you can clearly see King Kong's soles stepping on a large block of wood, holding a wooden drill (actually a dead tree) in his hand to drill hard into the block.
King Kong's expression was meticulous and serious, and he rubbed the wooden drill in his palm very fast. His huge eyes were fixed on the place where the wooden drill connected with the wood block, waiting for sparks to appear there and ignite the kindling materials laid around.
Next to King Kong, there is a black monster.
This monster is much smaller than King Kong. It holds its arms and is arrogant. The old god stands on the ground, commenting on King Kong's movements from time to time, or nodding with satisfaction, and sometimes yelling at King Kong and pointing with his claws!
But King Kong, not only was he not angry, but he seemed to understand, adjusting and improving his movements according to the monster's roar and guidance!
What are these two guys doing? Is it possible that this monster is teaching King Kong something?
Such a picture is very imaginative, as if this black monster is the teacher and the big guy King Kong is the student!
That's right! This monster is teaching this gorilla, and it is teaching it the most critical step from barbarism to civilization - drilling wood to make fire!
Ever since I imagined a group of King Kong digging wood to make fire in the mountains, grilling meat around the fire, socializing over time, establishing tribes, further developing civilization, and finally fighting with humans for the sovereignty of the planet, staged a real version of the bizarre scene of Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
After that, Cheng Fan began to train this gorilla!
He first used a simple logical method to let King Kong understand that without fire, you can't barbecue, and without barbecue, you can't enjoy the beauty of cooked food.
Fire is the key to everything. As long as you know how to make a fire, you can have barbecue at any time.
This King Kong is not stupid and successfully understood what Cheng Fan meant. It is very eager to learn how to make fire from Cheng Fan.
At first, it was afraid of fire, not because it was really afraid of fire, but because of its understanding that it was not a power they could control.
But through Cheng Fan's demonstration operations again and again, the fear slowly receded. As the unfamiliar awe turned into familiarity, it felt that this power might really be in its own hands.
Maybe, the same was true for humans back then?!
Primitive people worshiped fire and were once afraid of it like wild beasts. They thought it was a power that could only be mastered by gods. However, it was not until later, when humans learned to make fire, that they discovered that fire was not scary and that they could control it. Only then did they gradually get rid of primitive ignorance.
,Towards civilization!
King Kong studies very seriously and works very hard. This time he has drilled wood to make fire for countless times in the past few days. Although he has never succeeded once, he still perseveres.
Fail, fail, fail again!
It still hasn't given up!
Cheng Fan looked at it and felt that he was a good student and a good comrade. Therefore, after every failure, Cheng Fan would personally demonstrate it again, focusing on making it understand where his mistakes were? Gradually understand why he made mistakes.
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But it is not a human being after all, and does not have the wisdom and cognition of a normal human being. Cheng Fan can only teach it from scratch using the skill of water grinding, and teaches it the most difficult classical method of making fire by drilling wood.
From how to choose the right wood to make drill bits and drill boards, to making drill bits and drill bits, looking for good ignition materials, to how to efficiently drill out sparks and let them ignite ignition materials, Cheng Fan almost taught you step by step!
King Kong has never been able to learn, and Cheng Fan himself wanted to give up. It is not easy for even a modern person to make fire in this way, let alone an orangutan?
But every time he saw King Kong squatting there and working hard, Cheng Fan felt that this guy hadn't given up yet. Maybe he could really succeed?
King Kong was still drilling diligently by the lake. After several days of continuous friction, a layer of the thick skin on his palms was worn away.
It continued to drill, and finally, sparks splashed out from the wooden blocks under its feet and fell on the dry hay around it.
Cheng Fan saw that when the sparks flew up, King Kong's ugly face showed a hint of joy, and it seemed to be smiling.
But it didn't relax. Several times, it reached this point but failed to ignite the flame.
It carefully picked up the hay with sparks and blew it cautiously. It looked like a very funny scene, but Cheng Fan couldn't laugh. The effort of this King Kong far exceeded his imagination.
The sparks blowing in the Vajra Land became more fiery, and this time, the heat emitted by the sparks successfully ignited the dry grass.
"Crack, crackle"
The small flame grew stronger little by little. King Kong looked at the fire in his hand in a daze, as if he couldn't believe that it had really succeeded. This fire was born from his hand.
"hold head high"
A roar awakened King Kong, who quickly moved the burning hay in his hand to the dry firewood that had been prepared, and meticulously added firewood to the fire, fearing that the fire that had finally been created would be extinguished again.
"boom"
The fire was bright and the fire was burning successfully. Against the backdrop of the fire, King Kong was dancing by the lake, jumping up and down with joy. When it saw Cheng Fan, it almost dragged him crazy with it.
For some reason, King Kong has a kind of awe towards Cheng Fan, not because of fear, but because Cheng Fan's serious look when he was teaching remained deeply in its heart!
Cheng Fan looked at the happy King Kong under the firelight, and a smile could not help but appear on the black-scaled beast's face.
To celebrate King Kong's success in making fire with diamond wood, Cheng Fan deliberately caught dozens of big fish in the lake, and King Kong also hunted and killed two giant bulls on the island.
For a moment, the lakeside was lit by fire and the aroma of barbecue was wafting!
After teaching King Kong how to make fire and grill meat, Cheng Fan stayed with the King Kong for a few more days to consolidate his learning results, and then continued his trip to the island.
It's not that Cheng Fan didn't want to take this good student with him and guide him along the way, but for some reason, as long as it reaches a certain range, King Kong will behave abnormally and dare not take a step forward, so Cheng Fan has no choice but to go on the road alone.
The island is very big. If you only look at it from the sea, you can only see the clusters of mountain peaks on the island. As for the terrain and environment inside, it is difficult to see clearly. Only when you enter the island will you find out.
The island has mountains, forests, lakes, grasslands, rivers, valleys, swamps, and all kinds of scenery.
Cheng Fan was walking in a mountain forest at this time. In fact, it is not accurate to say that it is a mountain forest. It is actually a sea of bamboo, with dense bamboo growing continuously, and then forming a sea!
The bamboos grew so luxuriantly in the bamboo sea that when Cheng Fan walked in it, he had to use brute force to push aside the bamboos on both sides and forcefully squeeze out a path before moving forward.
I don’t know how many years ago the bamboo here took root here?
Maybe in the distant years, they were just a clump, or one plant took root here, but after a long time, they have become mountains and forests, as beautiful as the sea!
As a gust of mountain wind blows, the bamboo branches sway "swissly" and the bamboo leaves rub against each other, making a "swirling" sound.
Countless bamboo leaves fell from the branches, flew in the forest, fluttered in the wind, and finally fell in the forest.
Born in brilliance, returned to tranquility!
The mountain breeze, swaying bamboos, and falling leaves are obviously animals, but they give people a sense of remoteness and tranquility, making people feel peaceful inexplicably!
The sun is bright but cold, the bamboo leaves are moving and quiet!
No wonder so many literati like bamboo. They plant a piece of bamboo in their courtyards, drink alone under the moonlight night with a pot of sake, and admire the moon with the bamboo. They put aside the entanglements of worldly interests and appreciate the rare beauty in the world.
Chapter completed!