At this very moment, if an outsider were standing nearby watching, no one would think that James Carter was a martial arts novice. Anyone witnessing this scene would be convinced he was a master of the blade. The way he wielded his knife even gave people a sense of déjà vu, reminiscent of Hu Yidao or Fu Hongxue from martial arts films.

Once, twice, three times... As he practiced repeatedly, James Carter's blade technique became increasingly refined.

Big Jack had retreated thirty meters away, curled up on the ground, staring in terror at the fiercely imposing James Carter.

After finishing the third round of practice, James Carter emerged from that mysterious state.

"Killing a wild beast actually drops a combat skill?"

"This... isn't this kind of like skill books dropping in online games?"

James Carter muttered to himself, his expression odd.

He was filled with deep questions about this mysterious world of evolution.

Steadying himself, he dragged the giant wolf's corpse out of the waterlogged pit.

After a tremendous effort, James Carter dug out a silvery-white crystal, about the size of an egg, from the wolf's head.

"A crystal this big must be pretty awesome, right?"

James Carter was overjoyed and was just about to put away the giant wolf's crystal when Big Jack came trotting over eagerly.

Big Jack kept rubbing against James Carter's pant leg, wagging its tail and wiggling its butt in a fawning manner, its eyes fixed intently on the crystal in James Carter's hand.

From the increasingly human-like look in Big Jack's eyes, James Carter saw a strong desire.

"You want this?" James Carter asked.

"Woof woof..." Big Jack nodded quickly, making a cute, pleading sound.

"Take it, then."

Hearing James Carter's words, Big Jack swallowed the silvery-white crystal in one gulp.

Bang!

With a dull thud, Big Jack collapsed to the ground, as if it had fainted.

James Carter was startled and instinctively reached out to check on Big Jack's condition.

Bang!

Another dull thud, and James Carter was sent flying by an invisible force, landing hard and grimacing in pain.

From Big Jack, he sensed a wild and powerful aura, very similar to that of the giant wolf.

"Could this be the way animals evolve?"

James Carter recalled what was written in Bi Dejin's diary: wild beasts could gain strength by devouring other beasts.

Judging by the scene before him, Big Jack seemed to be refining the giant wolf's crystal.

However, the way animals refine is different from humans—it's more like "digestion."

Sensing that Big Jack's breathing was normal, James Carter relaxed and began to process the silver wolf's corpse.

The biscuits and canned food in his backpack would last at most half a month, so James Carter had already been thinking about storing food. He decided to save the long-lasting rations for emergencies and fill his belly with roasted beast meat for daily meals.

The dead giant wolf's body had become much weaker, and James Carter completed his first-ever animal dissection.

Imitating scenes from movies, he used branches to make a simple grill, gathered dry twigs nearby to start a fire, took out salt, chicken essence, and other seasonings from a tin box, and began his first BBQ in the world of evolution.

Chapter 6: Combat Power Off the Charts

By the mountain spring under the night sky, the flickering campfire drove away the despairing darkness.

The enticing aroma of meat drifted far away on the night wind.

"So, am I destined to become a god of food?"

James Carter sat by the campfire, flamboyantly brushing his hair from his forehead.

His first attempt at grilling turned out surprisingly well.

The roasted silver wolf hind leg tasted indescribably wonderful.

Of course, one reason was that he hadn't eaten cooked meat in days.

Now that he finally had a taste of meat, it felt almost like finding his first love.

Another reason was that the beasts of the evolution world were especially delicious.

In this pure, unpolluted world, the texture of wild beast meat was incomparable to that of farm-raised livestock on Earth.

Gnawing on the delicious wolf meat, James Carter couldn't help but think of an anime he once followed—Toriko.

After eating half a wolf leg, James Carter triggered a supernatural event.

"Consumed the flesh of a mid-level primitive creature, gained 2 points of primitive genes..."

Sensing this thought, James Carter was momentarily stunned.

He finally understood why Big Jack always ate the essence parts of plants.

So eating evolved creatures could also increase genes!

"Gained two gene points at once—is this the special trait of mid-level primitive creatures?"

James Carter keenly noticed a detail: the crystals he had refined before were all low-level.

By this logic, primitive creatures might be divided into low, mid, and high levels.

That giant wolf was clearly a mid-level primitive creature—no wonder its combat power was so terrifying.

If its hind leg hadn't been badly injured, even with James Carter and Big Jack teaming up, they might not have been able to defeat that fearsome monster.

"If I ate a whole wolf, how many gene points could I gain?"

A new thought popped into James Carter's mind, but after half a wolf leg, his stomach was about to burst—he really couldn't eat any more.

After resting for a while, he stood up to practice the Berserker Blade Technique.

During practice, not only did he not feel any discomfort from exercising after a big meal, but it actually sped up his digestion.

James Carter had a strange feeling: performing the Berserker Blade Technique consumed a lot of blood energy.

And the silver wolf meat he ate happened to be a great tonic for replenishing blood energy.

With the blood energy supplied by the wolf meat, his blade technique became more and more proficient, and increasingly domineering.