Chapter 351: Extinction and Evolution
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"Mo Lao has been here for too long, and I am afraid that I don't know what the outside world has changed. ”
Mo Hui smiled, "I can't get out of here, but I don't feel like I'll stay long, I'm just fishing for a day." ”
Suddenly, Ji Tianci realized that he and Mo Hui were chatting here, and it had been a long time outside, "Mo Lao, it hasn't been a few years since my physical body has been, right?"
"Hahahaha, if I didn't do anything, it would be. But when your blood drives into Sinan, the time here becomes the same as the outside world. ”
Ji Tianci had a frightened expression, and took a breath before asking again: "Since Mo Lao thinks that the Yuwen clan should be killed, why is he waiting for me to rescue him here?"
Mo Hui didn't answer this question, but asked, "Tell me first, why do you think that Yuwen Clan's approach is advisable?"
"I don't think his approach is desirable, I just don't think his ideas are fallacious. Mo Lao may not know that before us humans, there was another race that occupied this world, and they were called dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are physically powerful, compared to humans, it is more diverse, flying in the sky, crawling on the ground, swimming in the sea everything, some are huge as mountains, and there are dinosaurs as the size of us humans. They come in a variety of shapes and adapt to their environment. Tyrannosaurus rex, stegosaurus, pterosaur, etc., all had their own abilities, but despite being such a diverse group, they were completely extinct due to the arrival of natural disasters.
An asteroid struck the Earth, where we live, causing a chain reaction that caused magma to erupt from the Earth's interior, resulting in a supervolcanic eruption. The entire earth was covered in thick volcanic ash and poisonous gases, which prevented sunlight from penetrating the atmosphere to reach the earth's surface, plants could not photosynthesize, and the oxygen content in the atmosphere became extremely low, all of which caused the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs are older than our human history, dominating the world's terrestrial ecosystems for more than 160 million years and becoming extinct 65 million years ago. A single catastrophe can wipe out an entire diverse race......
Contemporary scientists have put forward a set of 'crisis evolution theory', which believes that the evolution of species is a process of constantly adapting to the living environment. If the natural environment changes suddenly, such as the Earth's core loses its temperature, the atmosphere burns up, or the composition of the air changes and becomes poisonous, then we humans will become extinct in a short period of time, just like the dinosaurs.
However, if this process of change is very slow, we humans may become different according to the changes in the natural environment. As the earth warms or cools slowly, human beings will become accustomed to this warmth and coldness, perhaps human beings will grow thick fur, or human beings will become cold-blooded creatures who do not need too high temperatures to survive, or human beings will not need aerobic respiration in the future, and can rely on radiation energy to sustain life.
I understand Yu Wenzhi's concept, he wants to create a bad environment, to select people who can adapt to the bad environment. These people with strong genes are used to reproduce offspring, thus creating a stronger race. Those who were able to survive the plague had stronger immunity to germs, which was indeed nature's survival of the fittest. In the 14th century, the Black Death broke out around the world, killing 75 million people in this disease alone.
Once upon a time, some humans would die from a common cold, and these people either did not live to have offspring, or the offspring did not inherit their fragile genes. Therefore, we can also think of it as the natural environment is constantly eliminating the weak and leaving the strong. Looking at the current human beings, after a cold and fever, most of them may not need to take medicine, and they can recover after a period of rest.
Diseases are relentless, taking lives one by one, and most people die from various diseases. Unlike physical damage, it is a microscopic demon. I don't understand, why Yuwen Zhi wants to make the race stronger in the form of a plague, will there be more powerful plagues in the future?"
Speaking of this, Ji Tianci raised his eyebrows, lowered his head and groaned, faintly grasping something.
But Mo Hui smiled bitterly when he heard it, he couldn't fully understand what Ji Tianci meant, but he also heard some truth. He asked, surprised, "You mean...... What Yuwen did was right?"
"There is no absolute right or wrong in the world, and in your time, his approach was crazy and ahead of its time. And today, even if he knew that there would be a plague that would exterminate humanity in the future, his approach was still too extreme.
Nowadays, science has discovered many natural laws, the more powerful life is, the more difficult it is to reproduce, and Yuwen Zhi may be able to create a strong race, but I also believe that this race is difficult to procreate. Nowadays, human society has made a distinction between the mortal and the extraordinary, and the fertility of the transcendent is much lower than that of mortals.
The ability to reproduce is essential for the survival of a species. Although the fly is small, it has experienced the age of dinosaurs, and it is not extinct now. According to the most conservative estimates, each female fly can produce 200 offspring, so 100 female flies only need to go through 10 generations, and the total number of flies to reproduce will reach 2 trillion billion. It is precisely because of their large base that they have a greater possibility of mutation to adapt to a variety of different environments. Even if humans hate this species, they can't wipe them out.
Yuwenzhi did not see the strength of today's human beings. The strength of human beings lies not in the strength of the body, but in the strength of the intellect, and human beings are good at using external forces to strengthen themselves. It is only 2,000 years since your time, and humanity can already 'run among the stars'. As early as the last century, humans have successfully landed on the moon. ”
"Ah, is this true, is there Chang'e there?"
Ji Tianci shook his head and smiled, "No, it's just a wasteland for the people." ”
Mo Hui's face was full of regret, "It's a pity, it's a pity...... My friend Zhang Pingzi often told stories about the sun and the moon, and I thought that Chang'e really existed. ”
"Zhang Pingzi, are you talking about Zhang Heng?"
Mo Hui was stunned, "You know him too?"
"Hehe, he is a historical celebrity, one of the five saints of Nanyang, and later with Sima Xiangru, Yangxiong, and Ban Gu, he was called the four masters of Han Fu. He's a scientist of your time!"
When Mo Hui heard this, his eyes lit up, "Quick, tell me about him." Before chasing Yuwen Zhi, I also drank with him, and the two of us drank from night to dawn, which was really enjoyable, hahahaha!"
Ji Tianci laughed heartily when he saw Mo Hui, but he felt sorry for him in his heart. For Mo Hui, he had only just been separated from his friend, but in fact, his friend had been dead for more than 1,800 years. I'm afraid there is no one in this world who can't go back.
"Zhang Heng has made outstanding contributions to the development of astronomy, mechanical technology, and seismology in our Nine Shadows. During his lifetime, he invented the armillary sphere and the geodynamic sphere, and was one of the representatives of the armillary theory in the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is known as 'wood saint' by later generations, also known as 'science saint'. Due to his outstanding contributions, the United Nations Astronomical Organization also named a crater on the far side of the moon 'Zhangheng Crater', and the asteroid No. 1802 in the solar system was named 'Zhanghengxing'. In order to commemorate Zhang Heng, people also built the Zhang Heng Museum in Jiuyou Nanyang. ”
"Good, good, good, my friend is really extraordinary, really extraordinary...... Extraordinary......"
The more Mo Hui spoke, the quieter his voice became, and his eyes were a little moist, revealing a sad look.
Ji Tianci knew that he was remembering his friend, so he stopped bothering him.
After a long time, Mo Hui raised his head again, "Little Ancestor, after you leave here, promise me one thing, and place me in the Zhang Heng Museum you mentioned." ”
"Okay! I'll do my best. Ji Tianci wasn't sure if he would be able to bring this coffin back to Jiuyou, but he was determined that he would definitely do his best to do it.
"Little Ancestor, please come with me!"
Mo Hui took Ji Tianci to the front of the hut, "I thought I would guard this Yuwen clan in my life, but half a day ago, Zhuge Kehuang came to my side of the world again. I have only been with him for a long time here, but he has reached the twilight of his life. He told me that at the cost of his own life, he calculated that the Yuwen clan was very important to the people of the world, and that this person carried not only disasters but also hopes, and that within half a day, an ancestor would come to this place. At that time, it should also be the time to let go of the Yuwen clan. ”