my stealth fighter

Chapter 518
The students and people outside the school watched the dean and the three nuns enter the campus. It seemed that they were going to the meeting room of the auditorium. According to the normal procedure, they had to have a cordial and friendly meeting first, and then reach a consensus... Wait for their figures to disappear Afterwards, the onlookers dispersed.

At this time, another luxury car drove into the parking lot without attracting the attention of others. Layla and Luisa got out of the car. Luisa still had to borrow textbooks and asked Fu Su to help translate them, and Luisa was also very concerned about the experiment. the result of.

"Why are you staring at Luisa?" Leila asked with a frown.

"It's nothing." Jiang Chanji looked away, he had inadvertently linked Luisa with "vaulting horse" just now.

"Do you think the experiment can achieve the expected results?" He changed the topic and said to Zixuan.

"You don't understand this. There is no expectation at all. We can accept whatever the result is." Zixuan explained to him, a layman in science, "I'm sure this experiment will refresh our cognition. The predictions made by the experimental results will definitely be slapped in the face."

"I hope so... Then let's go in too? I guess the experiment will have to wait until the afternoon." He said, and walked in first.

"By the way, there's one more thing I forgot to mention, about the hidden monkey..." Zi Xuan hesitated to speak.

"What happened to the Cryptomonkey?" Jiang Chanji is not too worried about the existence of the Cryptomonkey now. After all, as long as the infrared mirror is turned on, as long as it is not in a special environment, the attack of the Cryptomonkey can be largely avoided.

Zixuan shook her head, "Actually, it can't be said to be about the hidden monkey, it should be said to be about the creatures on the other side of the 'passage'... Before we knew the existence of the 'passage', the teachers had already talked to the other side of the 'passage'." Biological confrontation has been going on for a long time, and every time you defeat the invasion of the opposing creature, you will often leave some... loot."

"The spoils?" Jiang Chanji was taken aback.

"It's the remains of creatures, such as your firefly body fluids, and the bloody scales left by the super-large creature last time. Sometimes those creatures will leave relatively complete remains, and some remains are quite disgusting... …But due to the limitations of the site, epidemic prevention and other aspects, the teachers cannot bring back all these biological remains. Often they can only take pictures, video samples and save them, and then burn the rest on the spot. After the burning, the ashes must be sealed in cement here." Zixuan explained.

Jiang Chanji and the others had never participated in the actions of the teachers, and this was the first time they knew these details, so they listened carefully.

On the 15th, they participated in the operation of the Ninja Academy, but they omitted the step of sampling and preservation, and burned them directly after taking pictures and videos.

"In short, these samples are all kept in the laboratory. So far there are probably... hundreds of species. Of course, not all of them are ferocious and violent. Compared with the ecological circle of a planet, this number is still too small. Moreover, there are often only one or two copies of each type of biological sample, the total number is too small, and the number of samples is not enough to support a rigorous logical judgment, so I can only say that it is...a doubtful point, let's just ignore it." Zi Xuandun After a pause, "The creatures in that world may all be female."

"what?"

Jiang Chanji and the others were all stunned.

"Your reactions are too exaggerated! I said it was just a suspicion, and I'm not sure if it's true." Zixuan emphasized, "It's also very difficult to determine the gender of an unknown creature. I'm just letting you know!"

"No, it's all female... how do they reproduce?" Jiang Chanji asked incredulously.

Zixuan expected him to ask this question, "Haven't you heard of 'parthenogenesis'? Parthenogenesis is not particularly rare on earth, some insects are."

Jiang Chanji: "..." A world without sex?
No. 33 asked suspiciously: "Why is that world like this?"

"Everything can be attributed to 'natural selection'. Before answering this question, you may wish to think about why sexes dominate the earth?"

Zixuan knew that they couldn't answer, "On Earth, bisexual reproduction has a great advantage, because the two genes mixed together can increase the probability of offspring's mutation, which is more conducive to adapting to the changing environment. In the long run, the big glacial period happens once every [-] million years, the middle glacial period once every few million years, and the small glacial period once every few hundred years. Creatures that cannot change are eliminated, and the faster a creature adapts, the sooner it reproduces offspring adapted to the new environment, the easier it is for the race to continue.”

Jiang Chanji and the others nodded. This is easy to understand.

"In contrast, parthenogenesis is not mainstream on Earth, because this method of reproduction is too stable for genes, and the next generation is a copy of the previous generation, unless a certain creature thinks it has evolved to a perfect creature There is no need to change the stage, otherwise parthenogenesis on the earth is equivalent to cutting off the meridian, and when the environment changes again, the parthenogenetic organisms are likely to be the first to become extinct."

Zixuan explained it very clearly, but they were even more puzzled when they heard this. There are so many benefits of sexual reproduction, why did that world choose parthenogenesis?
"Don't you understand? Let me say it again, the purpose of sexual reproduction is to increase the chance of mutation!" Zixuan emphasized, "But in the case of the existence of the source energy, the 'awakening' itself is mutation, and the creatures in that world no longer need to go through Genes are used to promote mutation! On the contrary, because the mutation of 'awakening' is more powerful, the creatures in that world tend to keep the genes that are conducive to awakening. They need the stability of genes, and parthenogenesis becomes a more favorable choice! This It is the direction of evolution pointed out by the invisible hand of nature, and those who do not agree with this direction, that is, those who stubbornly retain the tradition of sexual reproduction, will be eliminated in that world!"

It was as if Jiang Chanji and the others were struck by lightning. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they were deafening!

The phrase "Awakening is mutation" hit their minds hard and refreshed the three views again.

Especially Jiang Chanji, he was as shocked as he was when he heard last night that the collider had hidden weapons.

This is actually a very simple truth, but none of them had thought about it before.

You can't always mutate, and you can't keep mutating all the time, you have to strike a balance.In an environment like the earth, the reproduction of the sexes is a balance, but in the world on the other side of the "passage", the reproduction of the sexes will be excessively mutated.

Why do some people wake up and others can't?Because the genes of the former are more suitable for awakening, how can the offspring of the former be adapted to awakening?The easiest way is to allow the offspring to perfectly inherit the genes of the previous generation, rather than mixing in the genes of another individual.

Two groups of creatures, after awakening a certain ability, use parthenogenesis to strengthen it, and reproduce an army with the same ability in a few generations, while the other group uses trial and error through sexual reproduction, maybe one day One of the individuals can awaken a more powerful ability, but I'm afraid it will be wiped out by the former before that day comes... Even if that day comes, is that individual strong enough to fight against a corps by himself? I also have doubts, and not everyone is the dean of the dean.

Evolution is not a dinner party. Evolution is extremely cruel. Under normal circumstances, no one is left with the opportunity to develop high-level arms. Low-level arms are the kingly way.Humans came here in the same way. Primitives were actually considered low-level troops in the face of ancient giant beasts. After relying on the superiority of numbers to push the world down, they obtained a stable development environment, and then began to develop towards higher levels. 10 years ago, who would have thought that these giant monkeys on the African grasslands would rule the world?

In the world opposite the "passage", the content of source energy particles is more abundant, and the mutation called "awakening" is more common. The creatures there no longer need to mutate through gene exchange and fusion, and sexual reproduction has become a burden rather than a burden. Advantages, being abandoned is also a matter of course.

"Just as there are a small number of parthenogenetic creatures on the earth, the world may not be all females. There may be a few species that stubbornly insist on bisexual reproduction, but they must be non-mainstream. In the long run, it will be eliminated sooner or later. matter." Zixuan added.

Jiang Chanji didn't care much about whether the creatures in another world were male or female. Anyway, he didn't have any bold ideas. He suddenly thought of another chilling question.

"Then if the 'channel' on Earth has always existed..."

Zixuan nodded heavily, "The result is inevitable. The creatures on the earth will also start to develop in the direction of parthenogenesis. This is the general trend. Life will always find the path that is most beneficial to itself, and those that cannot find it will become extinct...Humans It's not easy to say, after all, human beings have evolved to today's level, and have a certain amount of capital to resist this trend, but other species other than humans, the more advanced the species, the sooner they will embrace this trend. The will of nature is independent of the will of the individual living being.”

Number 15 opened his mouth, but did not speak.

"What do you want to say?" Jiang Chanji noticed her movement.

"It's nothing, I didn't mean to say anything, you read it wrong." No. 15 flatly denied it.

Her expression was different just now, as if she wanted to say something impulsively, but she didn't want to say it now, and he couldn't force her to say it, because what he forced to say might not be the truth.

"But you don't need to be too entangled. This trend will take at least a million years to complete. It's not certain whether human beings can exist until then. Besides, maybe it won't be long before the head of the academy and the others find a way to close the 'channel'. Zixuan shrugged.

Jiang Chanji temporarily put aside the abnormal behavior on the 15th just now, and a certain sentence from Zixuan reminded him of squid whiskers.

"You said that if a certain creature thinks that it has evolved into a perfect creature, it will also choose parthenogenesis to fix its genes?" he asked.

"Theoretically so, but absolutely perfect creatures don't exist, right? Why are you asking this?" Zixuan asked back.

Jiang Chanji remembered that in the glimpses of squid whiskers that he saw, the appearance of those squid seemed to be different at the beginning, divided into two types, but at some point, they became more and more assimilated. There is no difference.The technology of the squid whisker race can easily transform their bodies, so that their bodies can even adapt to the extremely cold, vacuum and radiation-filled environment of the universe, but this kind of transformation has stopped after a certain stage, and there is no major change in the shape, is it possible? Say they think they have reached the end of evolution?Or do they feel that no matter how much they transform it, it is impossible to resist the doomsday of the collapse of the universe?
This is not surprising. Even on Earth, apart from humans and dolphins, it seems that other creatures do not enjoy sexual intercourse, but it is generally a kind of pain. The only meaning of insisting on sexual reproduction is to facilitate mutation.

Maybe squid beards don't like sex by nature, and it will bring them pain. This is a high probability event on earth creatures. Once they have a chance to get rid of this pain, they will definitely implement it immediately.

After human science develops to a certain stage in the future, they may find greater pleasure, such as intubating the back of the head, simulating everything in the brain, thus abandoning the physical sex, and becoming a more noble and pure human being...

No, the most important thing is, the fish artificial intelligence in his body, could it be a... girl?
There was a chill on his body, this is really the ugliest girl he has ever seen!
Of course, he is also very clear that ugliness is based on the aesthetics of human beings, but not necessarily the aesthetics of the squid beard race. If it is replaced by humans to design an artificial intelligence that represents the highest level of human beings, let alone other things, At least in appearance, it must be as beautiful as a fairy, which is in line with the common aesthetics of most human beings.

In the view of squid whiskers, human beings must be too ugly, there is no way, let's bear with each other.

Not knowing if he sensed his slander, Squid must have swung its arms and legs heavily in the lake, causing ripples to splash.

"This matter is actually not too important. Whether the world is bisexual or parthenogenetic, it will not affect our strategy here, so you can just listen to it, and you don't have to be sympathetic to the creatures in that world. I can’t get rid of the jade.” Zixuan said half-jokingly, “But I just don’t know where the source of energy in that world came from, whether it was there from the beginning of chaos, or it appeared because of some kind of opportunity like the earth. .”

"You mean, there is a 'channel' in that world, and it was leaked from another world? Wouldn't that be a nesting doll? There must be a source." Jiang Chanji was speechless.

"Yeah, I just think...it's a bit too coincidental. That world is parthenogenesis, and Yuannengzi can only awaken females. It feels...designed." Zixuan muttered.

"Designed by who?"

"Ghost knows, I hope the next experiment can give us some hints." Zixuan shook her head, "I'm going to the lab to prepare, bye!"

(End of this chapter)