332 Plants of exchange

In the second round of blackjack, Lin Chi drew 17 points, and Pandora was 18 points. The evolution of the planet of the two has once again kicked off.

The trees on the planet Lin Chi, although they look tall, are obviously far from modern plants. In fact, the plants on his planet are all ferns from the primeval period.

The emerald green leaves are like neatly arranged scales scattered at the top of tall trees, with sporangia hanging below that can release spores. In this era, the seeds of plants in the traditional sense have not yet appeared, and the survival rate of these trees in the event of extreme weather is not too high.

However, after Lin Chi chose the card of "angiosperms", the main plant types on his planet also changed completely.

β€”β€”The so-called angiosperm refers to the plant that is protected by the pericarp on the outside of the seed, due to its strong adaptability and high survival rate, this plant type that has developed rapidly since the Cretaceous period is still the dominant plant type with the largest variety and most extensive distribution on the earth. To put it simply, angiosperms are the "pinnacle" of plant evolution in the real world!

With the advent of angiosperms, the original ferns on the planet's crust began to disappear, replaced by lower, but more lush, trees with larger canopies, and a small white flower slowly bloomed from the soil, symbolizing the first "flower" on the planet.

Seeing that the little flowers that he couldn't name began to bloom, Lin Chi's heart was also surging. However, although flowers have appeared, there are no insects on this planet that can pollinate flowers like Earth.

INTERVIEWER So, how do these plants thrive?

Obviously, plants that evolved without insects don't need to care about this at all.

Lin Chi soon discovered that the flowers on these trees were basically "hermaphroditic", and the stamens in the center of the flowers only needed to be bent inward to complete the reproduction, leaving their own "offspring".

In addition, the plants on their planet can not only use flowers to reproduce, but also have a more simple and crude method, which is the legendary - asexual reproduction.

Lin Chi noticed that some of the leaves of the trees fell off easily, and when the green leaves were blown by the wind to the nearby soil, they actually grew into tiny roots, took root in the soil, and then began to grow into small trees.

- This simple and crude form of diffusion exists even in real-world plants. However, the speed at which plants spread in the game is obviously much more terrifying than in the real world.

Less than five minutes later, Lin Chi's originally gray planet was already covered with lush green. And Pandora's planet has also evolved a giant lizard covered with brown scales all over its body.

The appearance of animals in the primeval period was much more exaggerated than that of later generations, and the size of those primitive reptiles was even several times longer than the largest giant crocodile in existence, a full twenty meters long.

Lin Chi knew that crocodiles were one of the most primitive large animals in existence. In the real world, crocodiles appeared 200 million years ago, and the population has survived to this day. And the giant lizard that appeared on the planet Pandora is the "big brother" of the crocodile!

At the same time, other animal species appeared on the planet, and the original food chain began to expand. Although the plants are also developing, they are obviously not on the same level compared to the plants on the planet Lin Chi.

The question then becomes: how do plants evolve "bodies" that can move and organs that can think?

- Unlike animals that can move at any time, the fact that plants cannot move once they have taken root is the main reason preventing them from "ruling the earth".

Even if it has thick branches, the pine tree cannot wave the branch to kill the squirrel, but can only "sit still" and "wait" for the pine cones on its body to be plucked by the squirrel and then used as food.

Compared to animals, plants are almost defenseless except by thorns and toxins. When facing small animals, these defensive methods are still somewhat effective, once they encounter big guys with rough skin and thick flesh such as dinosaurs, or "clever ghosts" like humans who know how to use tools, they still have no choice but to stand in place and wait for death.

So, what's next?

Just as Lin Chi was thinking about it, the third round of cards began, and two cards appeared in front of him again, which were used to choose the next main evolution direction:

"Body" and "Mind".

"Can Plants Evolve Thinking Consciousness?"

Thinking of this, Lin Chi decisively chose the card of "thinking". At the same time, Pandora also picked up another card, choosing the evolutionary direction of "gigantic" from "miniaturization" and "gigantic".

In this round of cards, Lin Chi was lucky to draw twenty points, and Pandora only drew fifteen points. With the end of the game, the two planets owned by the two of them once again experienced rapid evolution.

Although the large number of trees still stood silently in place, Lin Chi, with the power of the Creator's observation, noticed that the leaves of these trees suddenly began to emit complex synthetic chemicals.

Sensing this, looking at the trees that seemed to be the same as usual, Lin Chi quickly realized what they were doing, and a slight smile suddenly appeared on his face:

"This forest...... In communication? ”

Although they are unable to make movements and have no vocal organs, plants can communicate with each other by synthesizing chemicals, releasing "pheromones", or smells.

And now, the plants on the planet Lin Chi are "chatting" with other nearby trees through the pheromones released from the leaves!

"Hah, do you still think that plants don't have a chance to win?" Lin Chi smiled.

He could see that although plants seemed "stupid", their perception was even more sensitive than that of animals!

There is no doubt that "rooting" is a huge flaw for plants. Because they can only take root in one place, plants cannot escape the harsh environment and cannot migrate in search of food or mates.

But it is precisely because of the limitation of "rooting" that plants have acquired extremely sensitive and complex perception mechanisms, because in the case of being fixed in one place, without extremely keen perception ability, plants simply cannot survive in the rapidly changing environment!

However, even if their perception is very acute, they need to evolve an organ similar to the brain in order to be able to think at high speed in the true sense of the word.

Lin Chi was waiting for the plants on his planet to continue to evolve, and he noticed that the lizards on Pandora's planet had changed abnormally.

The planet controlled by that girl has officially entered the age of dinosaurs.