The Cyber ​​Galaxy of Cultivation

Chapter 81 A race that keeps degenerating
The exploration of this planet continues, but everyone has become more careful about the activities of the two-headed worms.

However, they rarely encounter two-headed worms on the surface. It seems that they only breed in areas where rivers pass by.

Soon Xiaoxia's inspection report came out, indicating that the riverbank area was a rare place where microorganisms were active, and these two-headed worms obviously fed on the microorganisms in the riverbank.

The captured two-headed worms have also been studied to a certain extent.

This research was completed independently by Xiaoxia, the AI. After all, neither Nan Ling nor Mo were research talents. They could only let Xiaoxia obtain basic information according to standard procedures.

In this era, almost everything is process-based, which is enough for AI to operate autonomously to obtain some important basic information.

For example, after killing seven two-headed worms, they knew that the water content in the body of the two-headed worms was extremely high and could not exist for too long without water; the two heads had independent consciousness and perfect The structure of the brain is just that most of the time, the accessory brain at the tail is attached to the main brain at the head.

The most incredible thing is that the reproductive organs of this two-headed worm exist entirely inside the body, and it is impossible to distinguish their gender from the body surface.

No, it should be said that they are male and female themselves, because after anatomy, it was found that their front and rear bodies actually have a complete set of independent organs!

The place where these organs meet is a reproductive cavity that exists in their bodies. The reproductive cavity of one of the captured two-headed worms is even filled with larvae.

It's a pity that because I didn't think of replenishing water for these bugs at that time, these larvae died and seemed to be very fragile?
No, this two-headed bug is not fragile at all.

They are even able to thrive until now by devouring some microorganisms in the river beach sand. This vitality is simply terrifying.

Because it can be seen from their terrible mouthparts that are in the process of degenerating but have not completely degenerated, and they were definitely a terrible predator.

At this time, Nan Ling saw the genetic map of this creature and was surprised.

He said: "Is there anything wrong with this genetic map?"

Xiaoxia said: "There won't be any problems. This is the result of multiple sampling. There are no problems."

Then it said: "Judging from the biological samples that have been captured, their genes are all derived from the same individual, which may be related to the way they reproduce themselves."

"However, there are still certain deviations among different individuals, which is caused by the differences in the environment in which they were raised."

"From this point of view, they are extremely adaptable and evolve quite quickly."

Nan Ling didn't think much of it. He said, "I only care about what will happen to this life if these sleeping genes are fully activated?"

Yes, you can see through the genetic map that large segments of the two-headed worm's genes are dormant.

And with so many dormant genes, this creature can actually be passed down?

Any other species would have become extinct long ago.

Xiaoxia said: "According to data analysis, if all these genes are awakened, then this creature will evolve back to its ancestors in a short period of time, and will have super adaptability and super evolutionary power."

Nan Ling pondered and asked: "How does it compare to the Locusts in the early stages of the Locust Disaster in the "Galaxy Past Series"?"

This time it was not Xiaoxia who answered, but Mo's voice suddenly sounded beside Nan Ling: "The Locust in the early stage of the Locust Disaster is actually a severely degraded Locust."

At this time, the two of them were outside Nan Ling's room, looking at the two-headed insects in the remaining two cages and saying: "I don't have much detailed data, but I vaguely know that the locusts at that time looked like Occupying the entire starry sky, they actually fight on planets as units."

"Why did humans at that time try their best to fight against these locusts?"

"It's because our ancestors knew that once the underworld locusts in the entire galaxy unite, the fate of human beings will be no different from those of civilizations that have been destroyed."

"But luckily, until these locusts completely exited the stage, they did not unite again."

Nan Ling was greatly shocked when he heard this, which meant that the Locusts that humans faced had never been in their heyday.And even the weakening Locust almost caused human beings to collapse.

This amount of information was so sufficient that Nan Ling couldn't help but ask: "Sister Mo, what do you think caused the locust's genes to suddenly be suppressed and then fall apart?"

Mo said: "This problem is also simple. There are king insects on every planet that pinch the entire planet's underworld locusts. And above these king insects, there are obviously higher-level beings. For the time being, they can be called 'emperor insects'." alright."

"The existence of the Emperor Insect among the Underworld Locusts has always been firmly believed by the Underworld Locust scientists. Unfortunately, no one has any evidence of the true existence of the Underworld Locust."

Nan Ling found it incredible when he heard this. He said, "According to this, as long as the emperor worm exists, it can awaken the sleeping genes in these two-headed worms?"

Mo said: "Maybe, who knows?"

"But there should still be king insects on this planet, otherwise these degraded versions of the underworld locusts would not still exist on this planet."

The fact that the king insect is still alive sounds really shocking.

I wonder how long this king insect has been living?
Mo said: "Don't worry, even if the king insect is still alive, it won't be much of a threat. You see these two-headed insects have degenerated into this state, and its condition is obviously not much better."

While they were chatting, a rain cloud suddenly floated over from the sky, and then it started to rain patteringly.

Mo frowned and took a step back to avoid the rain, and then said: "You should be careful, this planet is weird, don't touch things that you haven't studied thoroughly yet."

Nan Ling followed the good advice and said, "Go to my room and I'll treat you to a meal."

Mo nodded and said nothing. She felt that the food was just cooked by the robot chef and was eaten in Nan Ling's room.

As for why she didn't have any objection to going to Nan Ling's room to eat?
In fact, this room was behind them, and this room had a large hole opened due to a series of impacts before landing. Now the mud and rocks inside have just been cleared away.

This is actually not much different from an 'open-air restaurant'.

Nan Ling invited Mo to sit in front of his 'window sill', then took out a bottle of Fanny's favorite juice from the folding shelf in his room, filled it with some nitrogen and handed it to her.

"This is my favorite way to drink it, you can try it."

Mo was quite surprised. After taking a sip, she felt the dense bubbles in the juice, and the taste improved by more than one level.

She said: "I didn't expect you to have such a retro hobby, but it's really good."

Nan Ling asked unexpectedly: "How come this hobby has become so retro?"

Mo said: "Since I don't know when everyone started to pursue 'purely natural', this kind of processed beverage has become a way of drinking for the lower class, and will be scorned by the upper class."

"And you added gas here. Although it tastes better, drinking too much will make people hiccup. This is a very rude behavior in upper-class situations."

"What goes up works but works down, and gradually this drink has become less popular."

After hearing this, Nan Ling finally understood why her favorite sparkling water was so rare outside.

It's probably due to changing times.

But he didn't mind, and seeing that Mo didn't seem to mind, he didn't take it to heart.

It's rare to have his boss as a guest, so he has to show off his cooking skills this time.

(End of this chapter)