Chapter 1634 - 623: The Mystery of Species Evolution

Chapter 1634: Chapter 623: The Mystery of Species Evolution

To curse these enemies, Miwei Hu actually evolved its oral organs autonomously when captured, with the aim of producing more complex syllables.

Following its imagined concept of enemies from genetic information, it exerted all its effort to ignite the instinct of hatred in its vague consciousness, writing a language it believed the enemy might understand to curse them.

Unfortunately, no peers could provide it with references.

The syllables produced by its peers had no actual meaning; the reason they produce those repetitive syllables is because their oral structure can only do so, just like the cicadas chirping in the summer night.

An insect’s chirp is instinctual, not a language like that of humans.

Miwei Hu’s peers also did not possess such complex emotions, only understanding basic fear of death, sexual desire for mating, and the life mission to produce gel bodies, nothing else.

The vast majority of Velvety-Furred 331 do not have hatred, nor do they fantasize, and they do not even know why they die.

For example, even if a Velvety-Furred 331 kills another peer in a fight for mating rights, it does not involve hatred, but is merely an instinctual trend, subconsciously believing it must eliminate the other to proceed to the next life step, just like antivirus software on a computer kills viruses.

Antivirus software killing viruses is merely instinct, eliminating you has nothing to do with our lives.

Only Miwei Hu is special.

At that time, when it first raised its head to look at the sky and saw those emerging black spots gradually become overwhelming, Miwei Hu fell into immense pain due to the impact of chaotic information on its locating organs.

But unlike the vast majority of its fragile peers who died instantly due to this chaotic information, it survived.

Then, it read a lot of new information from its genetic information chain, it learned it belonged to the Ascenders, discovered that these bipedal mammals were enemies, developed self-awareness, and learned that many years ago, an extraordinary individual among its peers received favor from the great Mother Empress, was elevated, promoted, and became an outstanding general.

But that peer did not possess actively born consciousness, merely happened to be chosen by the passing Mother Empress due to luck.

Miwei Hu is different; it did not passively receive promotion but awakened complicated human neuron thinking instincts after enduring pain akin to natural selection, gaining awareness.

It is more of a genius than that predecessor.

No one expected that when the Velvety-Furred 331 species faced extinction, the first individual to speak appeared naturally, having emotions, and the first words it said turned out to be profanity.

How sad.

Ren Zhong and Yang Misi still did not understand the specific meaning of Miwei Hu’s elongated syllables, merely continued watching it with interest.

Yang Misi said, "Look, its body language is also becoming more abundant. Can this composite species evolve individually too?"

Ren Zhong pondered and retorted, "When Source Star humans transitioned from Ancient Apes to humans, was the individual taking the first step like this too? Did the first highly intelligent individual stand out, leave something behind, and then pass on through genetic iteration, continuing to accumulate, until one day the entire species transformed?"

Yang Misi paused, "This...this..."

Even now, the Red Blade Clan has touched upon the depth of Third Level God’s Particle information, however, Yang Misi, this academic master, is still stumped by Ren Zhong’s ancient exploration involving ethical dilemmas.

Ren Zhong clearly did not intend to let Yang Misi off, asking again, "Old Yang, what should be the natural trend of biological evolution, muscular enhancement or intelligence enhancement?"

This was yet another question Yang Misi could not answer.

Ren Zhong had already answered himself, "In the paleontological history of Source Star, apart from humans, other creatures’ evolutionary paths were very simple and direct, instinctively pursuing more appropriate yet stronger strength, like running faster, jumping higher, reaching higher tree leaves, diving deeper underwater, chasing previously unreachable prey, seeing originally unseen angles to evade more survival dangers. Each change brought by an evolutionary direction was usually immediate. Only intelligent evolution is different; if intelligence only grows a little, it actually cannot change the survival ability of creatures in ancient times. Therefore, I believe muscular enhancement is most fundamental."

Yang Misi finally managed to respond, "But back then, humans chose intelligence enhancement. But it couldn’t be that after the first smart Ancient Ape was born, its IQ immediately went from 50-60 to 120, doing what others couldn’t, and then obtaining mating rights? Logically, back then Ancient Apes competed for mating rights based on strength of the fist. So, the first smart Ancient Ape had not only higher intelligence but also stronger physique? That’s truly good luck."

Ren Zhong chuckled, "It could also be that Ancient Ape really mutated out an IQ of 120, and then poked the old Ape King’s belly with a wooden stick sharpened at the top." 𝘧𝓇ℯℴ𝓂

Yang Misi shook his head, "That’s unscientific, inheritance must have continuity. Besides, what caused such exaggerated mutation? Any theoretical basis?"

Ren Zhong: "No theoretical basis, all speculation. I make another hypothesis, if a species’ external environment is extremely superior, having no natural enemies, not facing extinction, then given billions or tens of billions of years, can it not definitely evolve into an intelligent species? For example, on Source Star, if dinosaurs, destroyed in catastrophic extinction events, hadn’t been wiped out by an asteroid, could they ultimately evolve into a bizarre cold-blooded intelligent species?"

Yang Misi pondered, "No. As you said, dinosaurs ruled Source Star for so long, yet only pursued higher, stronger bodies all the while without growing more intelligent. Ancient Apes took merely a few million years, from ordinary mammals to founding cities."

"Then, what force guided Ancient Apes toward the path of intelligent evolution, and what power granted Miwei Hu wisdom, merely coincidence? Everyone knows, any event occurring by coincidence also requires prior conditions."

Yang Misi’s eyes gradually lit up, "Fourth Level God’s Particle?"

Ren Zhong shrugged, "Could be N-Level, this N is infinity. Regardless of what N’s value is, we can draw conclusions from history and present circumstances, this power objectively exists. Right here."

Ren Zhong pointed to his head, "Though we don’t know why, we’ve obtained it regardless. Perhaps it was the first super-intelligent Ancient Ape on Source Star got extraordinarily lucky and ate some Immortal Spiritual Fruit, well, here it is."

Miwei Hu still stared at these two despicable guys.

They continued conversing as if nobody else was present, completely unfazed by its curses.

Should I try a different trick?

Then, Miwei Hu finally changed its words.

"Demons! I curse you to never find mates! I curse your abdomens to never be able to nurture gel bodies!"

Ren Zhong and Yang Misi’s eyes instantly lit up.

Yang Misi excitedly shouted, "Its syllables in the latter part changed. But Miwei Hu in the front continued. Well done Miwei Hu! Keep going! You can evolve autonomously! You’re not destined to be a tool of the Ascenders, you can become a new intelligent species!"

If the one here wasn’t Yang Misi but a normal Empire scholar, the next action should be to quickly pull out a knife and dismember Miwei Hu into pieces, dismantling even the cells.

Fortunately, it’s Yang Misi, a science madman whose head is filled only with knowledge.

He saw firsthand a low-level life form clearly possessing human genetic fragments yet living like a tool, heading towards complexity.

Complexity signifies civilization.

He, having just been stumped by Ren Zhong’s questioning about human origin, felt he was witnessing a new miracle.

Miwei Hu’s body is entirely organic structure, completely unlike the Legion Beast kind relying on Crystal Core for anthropomorphic thinking on Source Star, also different from the space creatures controlled by Mother Empress Ship.

Originally not possessing complete intelligence, yet now demonstrating it.

Yang Misi immediately shouted to the staff outside, "Don’t just stand there! Increase the power of quantum oscillation sensors! We must be able to read more regular spirals!"

Ren Zhong remained silent.

His gaze at Miwei Hu turned slightly complex.

Before coming to the Ascenders’ territory, he had long resolved to be a Cold-blooded Butcher.

Until now, he indeed acted this way.

He never bestowed compassion upon any Ascenders individual.

After all, Ascenders always treated Empire humans this way too, simply you start, and I reciprocate.

But he personally felt no sense of belonging to the Mechanical Empire.

He could not inherit Empire human hatred.

If not for Marquis Zhenjiang Jin Shi’s past encounter, he would feel no anger towards Ascenders whatsoever.

Yet he witnessed Miwei Hu’s struggle.

He saw a new intelligent life fighting in the face of impending extinction.

He suddenly wondered, am I to become the great filter?

But this isn’t right either, if I hadn’t come to the Hundred Clusters Star Domain, even given the Velvety-Furred 331 one billion more years, this species may have remained mere insects under Ascenders’ rule, simply a bunch of organic molecules in chlorophyll.