Chapter 1516 Evolution
"Gu Long?" Lin Nian chewed the word and did not express his opinion for a while.
Mandy glanced at Lin Nian, then looked at Shao Nanyin and asked with interest, "Teacher Shao Nanyin, we know the first generation species, the second generation species, the third generation species, and the fourth generation species like you, but what kind of ancient dragon is it?" Classification? Is there a special branch of dragons? "
"Don't you even know this?" Shao Nanyin looked at the two of them with some surprise. Logically speaking, the secret party is chasing dragons all over the world, so they should have figured out some of the secrets of the dragons, but now it seems like this These people are really a bunch of barbarians who only care about killing and not analyzing.
There is a sense of beauty in going to the most developed country in the world and picking up random people to ask about geography knowledge.
"We belong to the barbarians." Mandy seemed to have understood what Shao Nanyin was thinking, and she was quite self-aware. She shrugged and said, "Kill or bury, leave the analysis of your culture to those archaeological scholars. But I haven’t really learned about the analysis of ‘Gu Long’ in the textbooks.”
"What do you think the ancient dragon is?" Teacher Shao Nanyin decided to find out first to see how illiterate the mixed-race people were.
"It literally means anatomy, it's a very ancient dragon? According to the culture of our dragon clan, the older the dragon, the stronger. Isn't that the truth?" Mandy gave a seemingly impeccable answer.
"You are not completely wrong." Shao Nanyin said, "According to the literal meaning, ancient dragon does mean ancient dragon, but it does not mean that the older it is, the more powerful it is. But an ancient dragon may be a third-generation species. It may also be a noble second-generation species, or even a weak fifth- or sixth-generation species.”
She slowly explained, "So, this means that some ancient dragons may also be very weak, so weak that even I can't defeat them in a head-on fight - but I will never be willing to provoke an ancient dragon, no matter whether the other party's bloodline is weaker than mine." ”
"Why?" Lin Nian asked.
"Because of time." Shao Nanyin said in a deep voice, "The reason why ancient dragons are given such a separate name is because they are different from most dragons. They have survived in this world basically longer than other dragons. Dozens or even hundreds of times - they are the heretics within the Dragon Clan, the woke faction that refuses to sleep and dormant.”
"How do you dragons calculate your age?" Mandy suddenly asked curiously.
"We don't count age, we only count the years that we have been walking in the ordinary world. For example, I have been active in the ordinary world for about two hundred to three hundred years. In the overall environment of dragons, it is relatively short. batches. And Gu Long’s active time is probably more than ten times longer than mine, that is, he has not fallen asleep even once in two thousand to three thousand years.
"Only dragons that have survived for a long time in the world can be called ancient dragons. It's a very interesting concept. What you mean by sleeping and dormancy is actually whether it has been killed, right?" Lin Nian asked, "Active for hundreds of thousands of years. Only dragons that have never been killed are called ancient dragons. Even if a weak ancient dragon lives for a long time, it should not affect the fact that it is weak. "
"When you say 'strong', I assume that you are referring to a strong bloodline. If you look at it this way, whether an ancient dragon has a strong bloodline depends on how this ancient dragon survives the world over the long years." Shao Nanyin pointed out. He pointed out a key core point, "You seem to have misunderstood one point, that is, a dragon with a weak bloodline will only be limited to that weak bloodline in this life. If it does not make any progress, it will be like your hybrid species."
Mandy and Lin Nian raised their heads slightly, and Shao Nanyin said slowly, "We dragons can also evolve, and the bloodline we were not born with means our end. On the contrary, the ones who are truly shackled by the bloodline to evolve are you hybrids yourself. !”
Mandy and Lin Nian instantly understood Shao Nanyin's irony. Bloodline refining technology is probably the most widely used path for hybrids to improve their bloodline. However, this path has been labeled as self-destructive. If they do not embark on it, On the road of self-destruction, then the mixed race will probably be shackled to the blood class given to him by his parents when he was born throughout his life, unable to make any progress.
"But pure-blood dragons are different. You mixed-blood species use your own understanding of bloodlines to label dragons as so-called second-generation and third-generation species, so you also presume that this is the level of danger that remains unchanged for a dragon's life." In fact, from the moment a dragon is born, its own bloodline and genes are just its starting point, not its end. "
Shao Nanyin said slowly,
"Why don't I give an ancient dragon a fixed label with the terms you are used to, second-generation species or third-generation species? That's because you have no way of knowing that in such a long time, an ancient dragon has existed in the world and has never experienced anything. How far has his own bloodline evolved from the sleeping dragon that is always active?"
"Transformation. Do you mean cannibalism?" Lin Nian's eyes suddenly sharpened and he looked at Shao Nanyin, "Except for the first generation species, your remaining dragons can also complement each other's genes through cannibalism, thereby improving their abilities. My own lineage and personality?”
Chu Zihang and Jörmungandr mentioned in the exchange that the Dragon King itself is not perfect. Even after the twins are complementary and fused, they are still incomplete. They want to achieve perfect genetic harmony and repair their own genes to perfection. , only by constantly devouring the same kind and killing one's own brothers and sisters can one truly reach the final throne.
"It's easy to talk to someone who has killed kings and sat on the throne." Shao Nanyin nodded.
But as soon as these words came out, Mandy protested, "I am also the one who killed the Dragon King!"
"Then did you choose to sit on that fatal throne?" Shao Nanyin looked at Mandy and asked a rather profound question, but Mandy, who was rare, did not respond back, became silent, and sat there humming. After a few words, he seemed not to want to take up the topic.
"Compared to the original species, the rest of the dragon species still have a chance to move towards that throne, but our starting point is too humble, and the difficulty is almost unimaginable." Shao Nanyin said softly.
"Looking at the bright side, if we hybrids want to evolve our bloodline, we have to sacrifice our lives, and we can only gain temporary power. Compared to you dragons, you still have a bright road to go." Mandy said with envy.
"So why do you think dragons basically look down on you hybrids?" Shao Nanyin said in a calm voice, "In our eyes, you hybrids are defective products. The human part of your bloodline has affected your evolution. You cannot supplement and evolve your genes by ingesting dragon blood. If you forcefully repeat this path, you will only end up with incomplete monsters."
Lin Nian thought of the Beowulf family in the Council of Elders, that ancient family of famous dragon-blooded warriors. They would give babies the gift of dragon blood when they were born. If they survived, they would grow dragon scales. The body surface serves as a symbol to become a stronger warrior. But those warriors without exception all have genetic defects, either irritable or unstable bloodline. As consumption tools in wartime, they are undoubtedly perfect, but looking at the entire evolutionary path, this must be a wrong path.
It is impossible for human beings to evolve by devouring dragon blood genes. Pure dragon blood genes will only cause the human part of the gene chain to be infinitely eroded, until in the end the person bestowed with dragon blood will only degenerate into a deadpool.
However, the dragons are different. Their violent nature is engraved in their DNA. Those genes containing defects will prompt them to have a strong desire to devour and conquer. They will complete themselves through constant killing until they become the most perfect creatures, gnawing through The world tree that symbolizes the biological map.
"No wonder dragons basically don't form groups. Even if they are surrounded by hybrids to this extent, they still choose to be alone." Lin Nian finally clarified some of the questions that confused him before.
"My compatriots are more violent and greedy than the last. Compared to humans, perhaps ambitious compatriots are more fearful." Shao Nanyin sighed softly.
"I roughly understand why that possible 'ancient dragon' deserves your attention." Lin Nian said.
"In the endless years, no one knows how many of the same species an ancient dragon has hunted and how many dragons it has supplemented with its scarce genes. Even if it was a fourth-generation or even fifth-generation species, if it can be compared through the same species, Food, or other methods to make up for his shortcomings, time will cause qualitative changes, and the moment he is accidentally discovered, he may be more powerful than some noble next-generation species. "
"For example, even if I know that an ancient dragon is far weaker than me in terms of blood, I still dare not go deep into his Nibelung roots - who knows what his Nibelung roots have been transformed into over such a long time. Even if I don't Choose the evolutionary path of cannibalism, some specialize in elements and refining The golden dragons also honor Pilgrimage Norton. They generally believe that blood is just a foreign object, and that alchemy and elements are the essence of the world. Most of the weird alchemy tools that you hybrids have unearthed around the world are those dragons. It was made by others," Shao Nanyin said.
"What is this, a tech nerd among dragons? Instead of studying how to improve his bloodline, he spends all his time playing glue in the Nibelung roots?" Mandy asked.
"Don't underestimate technology geeks. Some alchemy weapons have been difficult for hybrids to disassemble until now. If someone can really transform the Nibelungs into a giant alchemy city like Baidi City, let alone hybrids. , even if a dragon enters, he will escape death." Lin Nian said.
He has faced His Highness Norton head-on, and he knows how far the technology of alchemy can be brought to its extreme in the hands of a truly knowledgeable person. As for the killer trick that the Seven Deadly Sins laid out back then, he has not been able to crack it until now. It is a sure-fire game that changes the basic rules.
Not to mention the "Bronze Purgatory" where the fused King of Bronze and Fire is still imprisoned. The limits of alchemy technology can never be underestimated. That was why His Highness Norton insisted on following Lin Nian and Lu. Ming Fei was not trying to fight with bayonets. If Baidi City was designed to be a forbidden area like a mage tower, both of them would lose their skin just to see His Highness Norton.