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Luo Yixue raised her head, took a deep breath, and continued to look inside the laboratory.

There, Mu Cang was standing quietly and falling into thought.

Once.

Mu Cang was also curious about the genes in his body.

After the attributes of the divine soul and body have continued to expand to such an exaggerated state as they are today.

Has his genes become completely different from normal humans?

If his complete genes are extracted, another 'Mu Cang' will be cloned.

So, could this clone also possess his powerful attributes?

With this profound question, Mu Cang has had an extremely in-depth study of this issue.

He took control of his body and broke a hair of his own.

Then, with a powerful telekinesis, he crushed this hair, which was much tougher than the spirit crystalline carboxyl bundle tube, into micron-scale pieces.

From the bits and pieces of this hair, Mu Cang spent energy extracting his complete genes.

After careful observation and study of his own genes, Mu Cang got an amazing fact.

That's his genes.

It's not much different from normal humans.

Or rather.

Theoretically, the 'Mu Cang' cloned with this gene would not have such a powerful attribute as he is now.

Even, the strength of the clone itself.

It won't be much stronger than a martial artist at the refining level.

This extremely paradoxical phenomenon made Mu Cang very puzzled.

It wasn't until I gained a lot of life science knowledge that I learned more deeply about nature and genes.

Mu Cang came to his senses completely.

It turns out that my past self is the same as ordinary people.

Caught in the misconception of "genetic determinism".

According to his research.

It turns out that genes can't really perfectly express all the abilities and attributes he has.

Qi and blood, true qi, divine gang, and delusional divine sense, all of which cannot be expressed.

And Mu Cang found out after a lot of experiments.

The fundamental source of some rare superpowers is probably not from genes.

More likely, it came from the spirit.

And after using the psychic ability many times to perceive and interfere with the spirit and soul of others.

Mu Cang also found that the abundance of information in the human soul seemed to be far greater than that of its external material body.

Then follow the logic of this line of thought.

Some of the superpowers' bodies do not give rise to clear anomalous organs, as well as superpowers of physiological tissues.

For example, prophecy, curses, remote sensing, wall penetration, seizure, spatial teleportation, and force field control.

The source may be in the depths of the soul, not in the genes of one's own body.

The so-called superpower genes are probably just some appearances of the corresponding superpowers at the material level.

Not for what it really is.

Of course, most conventional superpowers, their roots are still deep in their genes.

However, even if the same superpower gene is implanted.

Two different individuals, the effect and magnitude of the abilities they exhibit.

In many cases, it won't be the same.

It is very likely that this is also related to the spirit.

When I was on Earth in a previous life.

Mu Cang is also like thousands of people, a cloud reader of "Selfish Genes".

Didn't really read the full text.

Just looking at the word 'selfish', one can assume that human beings are just slaves to genes.

Or rather.

Mu Cang took it for granted at that time.

Human nature, talents, and talents are all determined by the genes in the body.

But in fact, this is a deep misunderstanding.

Judging by his current research.

The whole natural world is not limited to humans, whether it is cats and dogs, chickens and ducks, mosquitoes and flies, tigers and lions, and even bacteria and viruses.

There is one thing that counts as the same.

Basically, the traits of all organisms in Bluestar are not all determined by the genes in the body.

Genes do not manipulate living things.

The talents, abilities, and characteristics of a living being.

In fact, most of them are shaped by their own characteristics, the close interaction between the individual and the surrounding environment, the various events experienced by the individual, and many random factors.

The true impact of genes is very limited.

Similarly, there are many factors that contribute to changes in the development of biological traits.

Genes are just one of them.

There are also things like biomolecules, environmental factors, random factors, and so on.

will affect the development and change of biological traits.

Try it, start with the most basic concept of manipulation, and think about it carefully.

Can the manipulated modify, exploit or discard the manipulator?

If so, what kind of manipulative relationship is this?

But as human cells that are manipulated (so-called).

However, it can change the expression of its own genes through ways and means such as transcription factors, second messenger systems, epigenetic modifications, etc.

It can even change the sequence of the gene itself through the DNA chain break repair mechanism.

To put it mildly, with the genetic technology that Mu Cang currently has.

It is easy to modify, utilize, or discard multiple gene fragments in an organism.

It doesn't matter if it's human genes or the genes of other species.

And as far as Mu Cang knows.

Many microorganisms in nature can even pick up genes from other organisms and corpses and add them to their own cells.

For example, the leeched rotifer.

This strange species can extract genes from other species by eating and add them to their own cells to function.

And living things can also be voluntary, or involuntary, for the rest of their lives.

and even suicide.

Genes have no ability or mechanism to stop it.

So genes have never been a blueprint for living things, but just a toolbox for cells.

From the human genome, there is no such information as 'how the organs of the human body are arranged?'

Human beings are never built by genes commanding cells.

Rather, the cell rummages through the genes for usable things according to the internal and external environment.

It then interacts with the environment and co-shapes the deformed object.

This is especially evident in cancer cells.

Therefore, the definition of life should be [the information shaped by natural selection].

Rather than a lowly slave who has gone from genes to autocracy.

As genetic material, genes are essentially carriers of information.

Its most important property is the continuity of information.

Even the very existence of genes is not a necessity for life.

Let's talk about the bigger ones.

If we look at this world from a broader perspective.

It can be said that anything that can be self-made and undergo natural selection fits the definition of life.

Whether it is from a large molecule that has a replication function but does not contain any DNA structure.

Or to the electronic program of the computer, which can be counted as life.

For example, there is a cellular automata designed to simulate the spatiotemporal evolution of complex systems.

It can be seen both as a special kinetic model and as life.

Thoughts flow.

Mu Cang thought of the Aurora Clan again.

"However, the Aurora Clan is a little different, the backbone genes of this ancient race are so strong that they are almost unshakable.

Not accepting the effects of so-called natural selection at all, even the slightest removal of a small fragment of the gene will lead to a complete collapse of its entire structure.

It's as if an anti-dismantling device has been specially installed.

Plus the super-powered parts that surround the periphery of its genetic chain......

It's not like a genetic structure that can be evolved in nature at all.

The structure is too regular, and this kind of regularity with an obvious sense of deliberateness seems to be artificially made. ”