Chapter 550: Self-Evolution
The avatar has transformed Chu Tianjiang more thoroughly, not implanting antibodies in Chu Tianjiang's body, but recoding Chu Tianjiang's genes.
Relying on more advanced scientific and technological means, the transformation was carried out under the condition that Chu Tianjiang was completely awake.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chu Tianjiang learned more things.
As early as the era of the disaster, that is, shortly after Chu Tianjiang's hibernation, some scientists proposed that since the solar system where human beings are located is a "micro-universe" built by a four-dimensional civilization, and everything in the micro-universe is done by a great civilization, is human beings also a masterpiece of a great civilization?
It was Luo Jinyong who first raised this question.
For a long time after that, scientists were searching for the answer to this question, looking for clues to answer this question. Some scientists even believe that if they find the answer to this question, they can defeat the invaders and re-establish the human home.
This is not an easy task.
At the end of the Age of Catastrophe, that is, before the destruction of the underground human civilization, scientists found a clue, but did not have time to conduct a comprehensive study.
This clue is hidden in the genes of human beings.
In this question and, the figure made additional explanations.
After Luo Jinyong put forward his guess, Melanie spent a lot of effort to find the answer. In order to find out, Melanie embarked on a massive scientific project: to comprehensively analyze the human genome map. Over a period of almost 300 years, Melanie collected genetic samples from nearly 500 million people, analyzed and compared them one by one, looking for similarities and differences, and trying to find out the secrets hidden in human genes.
In a sense, it's an almost impossible job.
Although humans have only 23 pairs of chromosomes, and there are only more than 20,000 gene pairs that make up these chromosomes, there are more than 3 billion base pairs. A comprehensive analysis of the genetic samples of 500 million people is equivalent to a comprehensive analysis of 15 billion base pairs. A one-to-one cross-comparison analysis would have taken trillions of years to accomplish even with the most advanced computers of the time.
Melanie was not able to complete the scientific work, but she came to an extremely important conclusion.
That is, the genes of individual human beings have more than 99 percent in common, that is, less than 1 percent of the genes that determine individual differences. To put it more bluntly, more than 99 percent of all people's genes are exactly the same, and the difference is less than one percent.
Just because Melanie didn't complete this research doesn't mean that later scientists didn't do it either.
At the time of the fall of the underground human civilization, a small number of people did survive, including several scientists under Melanie. When the invaders attacked the underground human civilization, they collected genetic samples of the creatures on the ground, and they were not in the underground city.
Most of these surviving scientists joined the Shadow Empire.
The advancement of science and technology is still long enough for these scientists to accomplish the scientific work that Melanie was not able to do, or even better.
The point is that there are intelligent programs that can help scientists conduct scientific tests.
It's just that the conclusion is not something to celebrate.
Melanie was right, the difference between people is only in the less than one hundredth of a percent of the base pair, and the main difference is concentrated in the last pair of chromosomes.
According to the analysis of all samples, humans have a common male ancestor.
That is, the Y gene of the sex chromosome comes from an individual!
This conclusion is tantamount to confirming Luo Jinyong's guess in disguise, that is, human beings are not the product of completely natural evolution, and it is very likely to be the masterpiece of great civilization.
Since then, more and more studies have confirmed Luo Jinyong's speculation.
The next question is, if humanity is the masterpiece of a great civilization, then what is the purpose of the great civilization in creating humanity?
Of course, Chu Tianjiang already knows the answer to the question of the Dao, at least he thinks that the answer to the question of the Dao is that the great civilization exists in the four-dimensional space, and as the four-dimensional space collapses into the three-dimensional space, the intelligent body of the great civilization must be transformed into the three-dimensional cosmic space, which also requires the carrier of wisdom. The intelligent individuals of the great civilization created human beings in the hope of obtaining a more ideal carrier of wisdom.
It's just that the information provided by the avatar made Chu Tianjiang begin to doubt the statement of the intelligent individuals of the Great Civilization.
That is, although genes are present in every cell, and everyone's genes are exactly the same, genes are represented in different ways.
The point is, human genes are more complex than those of other organisms.
In terms of the number of gene pairs, human beings are not much, and even much less than some lower organisms, and human beings can have advanced intelligence and many individual characteristics, the key is that human genes are more complex, can carry more information, and show different characteristics.
Now, the problem arises.
Why do humans have such complex genes, but leave most of them idle, and only a very small part of them are used?
After eliminating all impossibilities, there is only one explanation left: human beings were designed by the creators, that is, the great civilizations, as carriers of information.
It's just that this explanation is just as bizarre.
Although there are many unexplained things, scientists have found a way to save humanity, that is, to use those idle genes.
It seems that this is back to the old ways.
You must know that the origin of the X Warrior project is genes, that is, superpowers are obtained by modifying genes.
This time, the scientists did it more thoroughly.
The point is that there is now a much stronger theoretical foundation.
Before the extinction of underground human civilization, Melanie proposed that all intelligent life, whether created by a large civilization or a natural product of a three-dimensional micro-universe, had one thing in common, that is, it had to compete with the harsh environment and other species to obtain the opportunity to live and reproduce. In the long-term competition of species, intelligent life inevitably needs to ensure the continuity of the population through genes or similar genetic material. Only after evolution has reached a certain level, especially technological civilization, and has the ability to evolve itself, can intelligent life realize the continuation of species in other ways, that is, it no longer relies on the genetic material produced by natural evolution.
Melanie's theory fundamentally illustrates the fact that intelligent life has a lot in common.
Obviously, the way out for human beings lies in self-evolution, and in order to achieve self-evolution, it is necessary to first thoroughly understand the genetic material that keeps human beings thriving, that is, genes. True self-evolution can only be achieved when humans have mastered other ways to achieve the continuation of the species.
Unable to focus on space technology, the scientists of the Shadow Empire focused on genetic engineering.
For thousands of years, scientists in the Shadow Empire have been trying to find a way out, hoping that one day humanity will be able to evolve itself.
The construction of a closed ecosystem is also related to genetic engineering.
It's a pity that, compared with the original underground human civilization, the Shadow Empire was also about to make a breakthrough, but it was suddenly attacked, and it has since been wiped out.
Fortunately, the Shadow Empire was not completely destroyed, at least not completely.
After a thousand years of dormancy, the avatar awoke more than 500 years ago, and then restarted the genetic research project according to a pre-set program.
Although 500 years is not a long time, the avatar only needs to use the preserved information to complete the last few steps to complete this scientific research work that took more than 5,000 years and condensed the life's work of millions of scientists, and is related to the name of mankind, and use it on the right person.
This person is none other than Chu Tianjiang.
If the scientist's judgment is correct and the transformation is successful, Chu Tianjiang will be the first person in human history to realize and possess the ability of self-evolution.
The renovation proceeded quickly and was completed in less than half an hour.
Of course, this is only the first step.
Next, the avatar used the remaining energy body to make a second step of transformation for Chu Tianjiang.
In a sense, the development of energy bodies is also the first step in the "human self-evolution" project, so even Luo Jinyong firmly believes that the key to human beings to achieve self-evolution and master space technology is to transform themselves, get rid of their dependence on matter, and become pure energy people.
Of course, this also has to do with what happened before.
That is, it is impossible for a great civilization to "send" the energy source to human beings for no reason, so that human beings can have a deeper understanding of the energy body.
Luo Jinyong also believes that the energy body is the key to breaking through the barriers of space science and technology.
The point is that the energy body is not a substance, but a materialized energy, and if human beings can fully energize themselves through self-evolution, they will be able to break through the space barrier. Another point is that the energy source is not only a body of energy, but also a spatial channel. To put it bluntly, if the energy source is a spatial channel of two micro-universes, only people who have embodied energy can enter another micro-universe through this channel.
Obviously, humanity must evolve in the direction of quantification.
Based on this understanding, the Shadow Empire can be said to have spared no effort in the development of energy bodies.
According to the information provided by the avatar, the Shadow Empire suffered a catastrophe, and it is very likely that it is related to the energy body, that is, the method of producing the energy body has been preliminarily mastered.
Obviously, the demise of the underground human civilization established by Zhang Xiaogang is also related to this.
Because the remaining energy body is extremely limited, the avatar only transforms Chu Tianjiang's nervous system, and there is no way to transform Chu Tianjiang's whole body.
By the time the transformation was completed, Chu Tianjiang had already been reborn.
That familiar feeling made Chu Tianjiang feel very comfortable. Before hibernation, he was the only energy person among humans.
It's just that the avatar also used up all its energy in the transformation.
After entering important information into Chu Tianjiang's modified brain, the avatar started the self-destruct program, and Chu Tianjiang quickly left with Iska, who was still asleep.