The End of the Paleozoic Era Chapter 2088: Destruction and Rebirth

They only believe in their own theories.

Therefore they are always at war.

They can't end on their own.

Only external forces can stop this endless war.

This external force is the 'recession virus'.

A virus that somehow exists on an ancient land.

Because of curiosity and exploration of the land, a group of dark algae were infected with the virus and spread it to the entire ocean.

Like a plague, this virus has destructive power.

Although dark algae colonies have dealt with countless viruses and archaea in the ocean, they have no resistance to this virus.

These viruses don't kill them either, they just make them... wither.

Although dark algae are not even multicellular organisms, they have extremely developed nervous systems, which is why they can make...many complex thoughts.

But under the infection of this virus, their nervous systems began to rapidly deteriorate.

Their nervous systems seem to have evolved in reverse, from being complex to becoming simpler and more primitive.

At first, the dark algae could notice its own decline, but later on...it didn't even have enough intelligence to notice its own decline.

Many dark algae colonies noticed the decline of other colonies. They didn't know the reason at first and thought it was a good opportunity, so they immediately launched an attack. As a result, they were also infected... and entered the decline stage.

Some dark algae who know the reason try to stay away from all their own kind and look for ways to fight the virus and study it.

They also created a set of theories to analyze the characteristics of these viruses and how they appeared.

Many uninfected dark algae are trying to study the virus, but the war has not stopped at this time.

Because when uninfected groups of dark algae encounter each other, they often feel that many of the other party's theories about viruses are wrong.

Then the two groups will fight each other, and each group believes that its theory is correct and that it is the only one that can deal with the virus.

They had no intention of cooperating...ever.

The moment this species was born, it seemed impossible for there to be peace between different consciousnesses.

Even though there have been some non-warlike dark algae in history, they only wanted to use their own theories to convince their own kind, rather than complement each other's mistakes.

As a result, the small number of survivors who were not infected with the virus also died in the fight.

As for those infected groups... they are still alive.

Without sufficient intelligence to think about and imagine various theories, there will certainly be no more fighting.

The complex neural structure degenerated into simple ganglia. The huge dark algae colony was unable to maintain its previous group consciousness and slowly died out.

Only a few dark algae survived in the end.

They are the ones that are inside the 'biological weapons' they created.

Many dark algae have created various biological weapons. These creatures are generally made from suitable fungi, while the dark algae stay in the center to act as commanders.

After their nerves began to fail, the dark algae were able to survive because they stayed inside the weapons. And since their nerves did not completely disappear, they were still able to send some simple commands to direct the biological weapons to find food.

So, they survived, and during their long lives, the dark algae had mixed with the biological weapons they rode, and became... the same species.

It is speculated that these biological weapons later became the oldest... multicellular organisms with neural structures.

Then it slowly evolved into some later creatures on Ersh, such as... the octopus.

There are also many Ershi folk legends that say something like this: in ancient times, the "brain" was a parasite of the "body", which slowly took control of the body and finally evolved into one organism together.

However, this is just speculation and the true situation has not been recorded.

After all, after the decline, there was no dark algae retaining the wisdom to continue living on Ersh.

So is this the end of the story of dark algae?

It's not over yet.

Although they did not continue to live on Ersh, they survived in some other places.

The dark algae did not completely die out. When it was in decline, some groups found a way to avoid the virus and traveled around the world.

The purpose is to find a safe place, an area without any belligerent companions and no viruses.

Dark algae usually live in waters more than one hundred meters deep, so this group of dark algae began to move into deep water, trying to find a place where there was no danger.

They believe in some theories and legends they imagined, and they think there must be a place suitable for them to live.

In their search, they have been to very deep oceans, and they have created some 'armor' that allows them to encounter various environments that are not suitable for them.

Finally, they found light... in the deep sea.

Through that light, they went to a mysterious place. This place... was also like the ocean, but there was nothing there.

To be more precise, there were no living things... no other species of the same kind, no common archaea either. It was an empty place.

But they contain a lot of nutrients that allow them to live for a very long time.

They thought they had realized their idea, so they stayed here and lived there.

They began to imagine, just like in the past, these dark algae would continue their previous imagination after they had some free time.

To theorize about the phenomena of this new world, to ponder the meaning of life, to contemplate the belligerent... nature of their species.

This place seems to have infinite space and time, giving them unlimited imagination.

But they are not just imagination this time.

For some ideas, they will start to try to research and experiment, and start trying to make tools... and all kinds of things to experiment with.

In this world without war, they carry out countless imaginations and experiments.

Although some experiments could not be completed due to the absence of other creatures, they used...themselves to conduct the experiments.

But this was a wrong decision.

After all, dark algae is a species that can have "split consciousness".

If a group is split in two, their consciousness will also be split in two.

It may not be a big deal at first, because their theories are still the same and they can coexist peacefully for a while.

But after a while, the theoretical thinking of these two consciousnesses will deviate, and then they will accuse each other of mistakes and...

Fight again.

Even if they are originally a non-warlike group, they will develop consciousness with different personalities after splitting.

Some of the experiments they did...led to the separation of the group.

It also led to the emergence of new consciousness.

It’s just that this war is taking place in... a very interesting environment.

A world where 'rules' are easily accessible.