Li Zhen comforted himself like this, and then suddenly remembered another question. This matter is more urgent to him than Adam, immortality, and so on—it's about his ability itself, or rather, another manifestation.

And that's—

"Teacher Zhou, did I ask you last time that matter had any results? It is...... I'm that, with scales and wings. How did it come about? ”

"Oh, if you don't say that, I'm just about to tell you." Teacher Zhou nodded. Then he looked solemn: "You have to pay attention in the future, when you sleep, make sure that there are no mosquitoes, spiders, flies and anything like that in the house." ”

"Huh? For what? Li Zhen was stunned for a moment.

"Because when you sleep, it's easy to open your mouth. When the mouth is opened, these little things are easy to get into it — they get in, they get eaten by you — and as I told you before, your absorption fusion is a genetic absorption fusion, and then you can grow a mouth like a mosquito. ”

“…… Yes? Li Zhen's mouth opened wide. Then he hurriedly covered it again, as if he was afraid that something would fly in at this moment.

Then there was a light laugh next to him—he followed the sound and saw that Miss An was also gently covering her mouth. But it's not that I'm afraid of mosquitoes or flies, but ...... Laughing.

He was slightly stunned, and then sighed: "Teacher Zhou, you are joking again." ”

"Hahaha......" Teacher Zhou waved his hand, "You two children are too boring, isn't it okay to smile?" ”

Li Zhen had to look at his watch and said discouragedly: "I'm going back soon......"

"Come on, then I won't tease you." Teacher Zhou coughed lightly, "It doesn't matter, and you don't need to care too much." You can eat whatever you want – as long as it's not particularly fresh or raw. What are you capable of...... We gave you an A grade. But that's a bit wrong for me to say. Not that it should be B or C, but that-"

His face gradually became really serious: "So far, have you ever wondered how the ability of you people came from?" ”

"Thought. But I didn't figure it out. Li Zhen said honestly, "I used to think that it might have something to do with genetic mutations, but ...... Like that man that day, if he could control the dirt, I couldn't figure out what it was about. ”

"Therefore, abilities below the A level are called 'abilities'. A-level abilities are called 'psionic abilities'. Teacher Zhou sat down in front of him again and looked at An Ruosu again, "Dr. An, you'd better keep my words a secret." Although it is not a secret, it is not suitable to be made public. ”

An Ruosu put down her phone and nodded obediently.

"The word 'abnormal' is easy to explain, but it is actually what you think, genetic mutation. All of the Adepts have some degree of mutation detected in their genes. But mutations do not occur in normal gene fragments, but in those so-called 'junk DNA'. Teacher Zhou said step by step, "- garbage NDA, have you heard of it?" The DNA on the human gene chain has not yet been known to function as a DNA in the human body. ”

Li Zhen nodded: "I know the way." ”

"So through current research, at least through the study of those of you who are capable, we have found that those so-called junk DNA may be the source of your abilities. Human beings have evolved for so long, and there must be some abilities that have been gradually eliminated and degenerated by the environment. However, those genes have not disappeared, they are still preserved in the gene chain, and we now think that they are dormant. ”

"There is an idea that all the creatures on land today evolved from amphibians who set foot on land for the first time. And how did the amphibians come about? It evolved from invertebrate echinoderms. So how did this echinoderm come to be – it evolved from a lower being. These are all basic common sense, and you can find them in the book yourself, so I won't say more. ”

"So, in such a step-by-step evolutionary process, it is very likely that all the genetic information that was once was preserved - it was stored in the DNA that we seem useless. And the birds, fowls, and reptiles we see now are actually the descendants of amphibians that went even further. So he said—you, me, and her gene chain may also have complete genes of birds and reptiles—or fragments that can develop into their complete genes, but now they are dormant. ”

"If your genes are mutated, those dormant fragments 'wake up', then you may be able to grow wings, grow scales, or discharge like an electric eel. So your previous understanding may be a little wrong - it's not that you absorb their genetic fragments, but that you awaken the genetic fragments that are already in your body. The fresh flesh, or the fresh genes, is just a trigger. ”

Li Zhen pondered for a while, and then asked, "That...... But what about others? Why not? Or, since we all have the genetic fragments of those other animals in our bodies, why did I just give birth to wings instead of feathers? ”

"Hmm." Teacher Zhou nodded, "Good boy, your thinking is quite active." You've stopped me from asking about this. yes, why didn't you turn into a bird, or a snake? This question, I would like to say – and here is my personal opinion, which may not be accurate – is also controlled by genes. For example, the cells in our body are always dividing and growing, so why don't we grow a third arm, a fourth arm? In fact, someone has a third arm - if you look up the news, you can see it. ”

What does that mean? It shows that our inference is correct - there were indeed six-limbed or eight-limbed reptiles on the earth in the past, but they were gradually eliminated by four-limbed creatures and became extinct. Now someone has a third arm, or a fourth leg—which means that a dormant piece of gene somewhere in his body has woken up by accident. The reason why we normal people have been like this for generations is that genes have their own laws, which restrict the growth and division of cells. ”

"In your case, I can only infer that your body does not wake up all the dormant genes of the same kind in one go, but chooses the optimal mutation that you can tolerate. And this kind of self-protection mechanism, in my opinion, is actually more magical than things like you give birth to wings, give birth to scales, etc. - this is the most important thing. ”

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