Chapter 3091 The Choice of Evolution

In addition, there are countless grotesque carbon-based intelligent life forms, and it is even difficult for Li Yao to distinguish whether it is carbon-based, silicon-based or other forms of life, and they all fall in different test levels.

What left a deep impression on Li Yao was a kind of intelligent life with a deformed and inflated brain.

Their bodies seem to have only a huge brain left, which is far more powerful than the brains of the Pangu tribe, but it is stored in a magic weapon similar to a flying saucer, relying on the supernatural powers of the space and the spiritual magnetic force field to absorb all kinds of machines. The arm and the external magic weapon unit are mounted on the flying saucer and combined into various forms, which can be called the most perfect combination of biology and machinery.

However, such a perfect creation also fell in front of the black star gate, turning into gray and white statues.

Moonwatcher once said that there was once an extremely intelligent race whose evolution ranks among the top among a hundred ancient civilizations. It perfectly solved every problem raised by the original ancestors and passed the ultimate test flawlessly. Zu mercilessly obliterated.

This intelligent race wailed before its demise, saying that the original ancestor did not leave any precious inheritance at all, and that this place was just a cruel death trap, and warned the latecomers not to fall into the trap again.

Come to think of it, this race with a deformed and swollen brain and a completely degraded flesh and blood body was replaced by steel and iron bones. They were the "perfect passers" as Moonwatcher said.

And the meaning of these images and information appearing in Li Yao's mind is also obvious. This is a warning, a warning, and even a threat.

The original ancestor seems to be telling the tester in this way that its secret treasure is not something that can be obtained easily, and the price of failure is extremely tragic. Therefore, the tester had better think clearly in an extremely calm state, whether it should change direction, Go home.

This is the last chance to waive the test.

It's a pity that the word "give up" doesn't exist in Li Yao's dictionary at all.

Over the scrolls of countless annihilated civilizations, across countless corpses of civilizations that were smarter, stronger, braver, kinder, or crueler than him, Li Yao's speed became faster and faster, straight into the center of the dark abyss.

The Giant God Soldier was torn apart, the mustard seed battle suit and the crystal armor were all turned into dust, the flesh and blood were disintegrated and disappeared, and even the bloody heart demon and Lu Qingchen were swept away by a powerful force, making Li Yao never contact again. Unexpectedly, some kind of program that carried out the "Ultimate Test" treated them as independent individuals, and prepared three tests for Li Yao, Blood Demon, and Lu Qingchen at the same time.

They must complete the test alone and alone.

Li Yao became more and more impatient, and his fighting spirit became more and more determined. No matter if Bloody Heart Demon, Lu Qingchen, Mie Zhongdao, Long Lianzi or anyone else could be faster than him, he must be the first one to clear the level!

finally

The stars dissipated, the darkness shattered, and a faint light appeared in his field of vision. Although the light was a little blurred and distorted, he could barely distinguish the layers of scenery.

Everything in front of him surprised and stunned Li Yao.

Passing through the black star gate, stepping over the corpses of countless civilizations, and returning to the ancient time and space, he seemed to have fallen into a scalding primitive ocean.

The sky is full of thick dark clouds and violent thunder. The lightning strikes the sea like a golden blade, stirring up the sea. The plate movement on the sea floor is extremely violent, and orange-red magma and The black plume of smoke bared its fangs and claws like strange ancient creatures.

At this time of the ocean, silence and noise coexist.

The silence is because the first batch of real beings have just been born, and have not yet mastered the ability to devour and communicate.

The noise is due to the eruption of submarine volcanoes, the constant collision of ocean currents and waves, the endless roar of thunder in the sky, and the rise and fall of continents. possible.

Li Yao was in the ancient ocean, but found that he lost his body and turned into an archaea.

No, it is not appropriate to describe it as "an archaea". In fact, he feels that he has become a collection of a large collection of archaea of ​​the same nature, a blanket of hundreds of meters in diameter, attached to the submarine volcano next to them, relying on the heat of magma for a living.

But on the other hand, his consciousness is not only condensed on the creep, but can expand to the seabed thousands of miles away, and even roam in the unpredictable sky with lightning, thunder and thunder, just like standing on the "first From the perspective of the "three", quietly watching how the original creatures in this world evolved.

"No, come on again?"

Li Yao really wanted to be dumbfounded, but now not only did he not have eyes and a tongue, he hadn't even evolved a flagellum for waving, so he could only think in a daze, "Is this the ultimate test? The 'game' that I came to play, how can I pass the level, now I am just a slowly wriggling creep, I don't even have half a person to communicate with, where is the original ancestor, and what are the rules!"

Just as this thought flashed through his mind, streams of crystal-clear pale golden information slipped down from his field of vision like waterfalls, providing him with countless data and options.

Li Yao understood instantly.

This is the "first question" of the ultimate test. The tester must manipulate these primitive creeps, repeat the evolutionary path, and evolve into a carbon-based intelligent life that can communicate with the original ancestor, so as to be able to talk about the inheritance of the original ancestor.

Every archaea in the original crepe is constantly growing, dividing and dying. In the process of countless divisions and deaths, there will be extremely small mutations. The tester must choose those "correct" mutation directions , and the elimination of "failed" mutants can make the entire group stronger, and finally ignite the fire of wisdom.

Of course, different testers must have different understandings of what is "correct" and what is "wrong".

When the first life is born, every tiny variation direction will determine how weird or wise and powerful the final intelligent life will be.

Li Yao didn't have time to think about it, hundreds of millions of mutated directions exploded within his field of vision.

The ultimate test uses a short moment to condense the evolutionary river of hundreds of millions of years, so every second there are countless mutation directions waiting for Li Yao's choice.

Certain directions of mutation can make archaea live longer, at the expense of dividing more slowly.

Other mutations went in the opposite direction, cutting the lifespan of the archaea in half but dividing 50 percent faster.

Some mutation directions can make the archaea become spherical, spiral, rod-shaped, disc-shaped and irregular, and some mutations can make the archaea evolve Li Yao's favorite flagella, improving mobility and the ability to swallow food.

Some mutation directions can change the outer membrane structure of the archaea, making the archaea more suitable for the environment near submarine volcanoes, but there are also other changes that can improve the strength of the flagella and the overall strength of the creep, so that the creep can stay away Submarine volcanoes march toward a wider seabed.

Every second, there are hundreds of pale golden options floating in front of Li Yao's field of vision. Most of the time, he doesn't even have time to think carefully, and can only select and choose based on intuition.

Li Yao instinctively screened out those mutation directions that prolong the lifespan of the archaea, but retained the ability of "more division times".

Only more splits can bring more possibilities for evolution. Now is not the time to talk about longevity and stability.

Then, he ruled out the direction of variation that can absorb more magma heat energy by changing the structure of the outer membrane of the cell.

Li Yao is very clear that life is inert. If the archaea evolve a structure that is very suitable for the underwater volcanic environment, they will stay here forever, maintaining a simple and low-level structure forever, and it is impossible to enter the wider sea. , thus evolving more, more complex, and more advanced structures.

Born in peace and death in sorrow, this is true of any life. A form that adapts too much to the environment is a gentle hometown that kills people without blood. The true meaning of life!

At this time, a new mutation direction flashed past Li Yao's eyes.

Li Yao's consciousness almost shrank to the tip of a needle, and he grasped this option with lightning speed.

that's it!

After a long period of competition and evolution, in his flora, there was finally an archaea that mutated with the ability to use "deoxyribose nucleic acid" to carry genetic information!

Until then, all archaea used "ribonucleic acid" to store and transmit genetic information.

Li Yao knew very well that although "ribonucleic acid" is a long-chain molecule that is very suitable for carrying information, it is far inferior to "deoxyribonucleic acid" in terms of the amount of stored information and stability!

Only by the evolution of "deoxyribonucleic acid" can the capacity of genetic information explode exponentially, completing the leap from "immemorial life" to "ancient life"!

boom!

Just after he chose to replace most of the functions of "ribonucleic acid" with "deoxyribonucleic acid", the entire primordial ocean was swallowed by a golden ball of light, like an earth-shattering explosion.

Immediately afterwards, the surrounding environment became completely different. The eruptions of submarine volcanoes gradually subsided, the drastic changes in the earth's crust and weather became relatively stable, and more and more ancient marine life evolved, such as trilobites, nautilus and The multicellular advanced life of the armored fish swims freely among sea anemones, seaweeds and colorful jellyfish.

Li Yao once again faced a life-and-death choice.

The golden information flow told him that according to the mutated genes he now possesses, he can choose to evolve into trilobites, nautiluses, armored fish, etc. the top predators in the ancient ocean, and of course he can also choose to become the next level The prey are thus compensated by other evolutionary directions.