The legend of Liu Xiaoxiao in Douluo mainland

"As you said before, humans who have formed civilization and society have the ability to resist natural selection to a large extent, and the same is true for soul beasts." Yi Tianzhi said, "Soul beasts themselves have great power, and their ability to adapt to the natural environment far exceeds that of ordinary animals and plants, and their wisdom is the same. Weak soul beasts will stick together like humans, and strong soul beasts can even fight natural disasters on their own. At least running is no problem.

"For soul beasts, when choosing a reproductive strategy, they pay more attention to quality than quantity, at least most soul beasts do. This makes it difficult for soul beasts to reproduce. Compared with the lifespan and average survival period of soul beasts, soul beasts are quite rare, and over-reproduction is not severe. Unlike ordinary animals, many soul beasts can survive by absorbing the vitality of heaven and earth. Plant-based soul beasts at the bottom of the ecological chain can also accumulate a considerable amount of energy at a higher efficiency. Soul beasts do not lack materials for survival. As for living space, due to the difficulty of soul beasts to reproduce, in ancient times, before humans occupied the world, it was actually not scarce. Since the Great Cataclysm, the number of soul beasts has never been able to recover to the peak state of the prehistoric beasts.

"In other words, Charles Robert Darwin's theory of evolution, in which natural selection is formed by the interaction between organisms and the environment, is not so applicable to soul beasts. In most cases, soul beasts have overcome the defects of the environment. What forms natural selection and leads to the evolution of soul beasts is mainly the competition between soul beasts, which is Leigh Van Valen's Red Queen hypothesis. When a soul beast evolves, its enemies will also feel competitive pressure, which promotes the evolution of soul beasts."

Yi Tianzhi was talking incessantly, and many scholars had already gathered around to listen to their chat.

Even for these scholars, listening to the idle chats of such great figures can be of great benefit. It can be said that only scholars at their level can understand the value contained in these idle chats.

Even so, when they heard the names of scholars from other dimensions, they could only understand that they were researchers who needed to be respected.

"I don't think this kind of competitive pressure can promote the evolution of soul beasts. Soul beasts are stronger than ordinary plants and animals, but have weaker reproductive abilities. Even if they mutate, it is difficult for them to spread to the group. They are mostly just individual changes. Soul beasts are highly intelligent. Once competitive pressure arises, they will take the initiative to take measures to fundamentally resolve the competitive pressure, rather than relying on mutation and natural selection. For example, the extinction of the Emerald Bird by the dragon clan, and the war between the Titan Ape and the King Kong Baboon, the former was caused by the evolution of the Emerald Bird by swallowing dragon brain, and the latter was caused by the King Kong Baboon gaining higher intelligence.

"It's hard to think that soul beasts have the concept of population evolution. What they have is only individual cultivation improvement. The essence of evolution is survival of the fittest, not the law of the jungle, and the core of survival of the fittest is to leave offspring. For the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, whether it can leave offspring is more important than its genes. Luck, and if reproduction is determined by luck, then it has nothing to do with the results of natural selection, and it cannot be considered the so-called fittest. For soul beasts with strong survival abilities, they should be like humans, greatly avoiding natural selection and being closer to artificial selection, which introduces higher intelligence and purposefulness." Xiaopang objected.

"No, even if natural selection is avoided, it does not mean that there is no concept of population evolution." Yi Tianzhi put forward a new opinion, "Evolution is not necessarily dominated by natural selection, but also by neutral mutations. This is Kimura Susumu's theory. The accumulation of various small random mutations that have no effect on the survival of organisms has contributed to the evolution of biological populations. Just like the giants and dwarves you mentioned earlier, for soul beasts with strong survival abilities, most mutations can be classified as neutral mutations, and only a few will affect their survival and thus be intervened by natural selection."

Xiaopang thought for a moment and confirmed Yi Tianzhi's judgment.

Beside him, his disciple Leng Lengliu was quickly recording text on the portable soul guide display screen, and its automatic voice and video recording functions had already been turned on.

"Then let's move on to the next topic." Xiaopang looked at Yi Tianzhi, "I wonder what you think about the evolution theory of martial spirits?"

"The evolution of martial souls is similar to the evolution of humans. It is no longer determined by natural selection." Yi Tianzhi said, "Since humans have extremely strong survival abilities, even if they have a so-called useless martial soul, they will not be eliminated. After all, there are too many people in this world who are born without soul power. Therefore, the evolution of martial souls focuses more on heredity.

"Let's start with the evolution of human beings. Human evolution is not simply influenced by natural selection, nor is it purely influenced by the mutation of genetic material. In addition to genes and blood, what humans pass on to their descendants are material wealth and spiritual wealth. The accumulation of material wealth allows human society to develop, while spiritual wealth gradually forms culture. Human evolution is directly related to the development of human society. The improvement of productivity is one aspect, and the improvement of spiritual realm is another. The former directly depends on the accumulation and development of science and technology, while the latter is related to the inheritance of culture.

"Richard Dawkins uses meme theory to explain the evolution of culture. The inheritance of culture is like the evolution of organisms, and cultural memes are like the genes of organisms. They include religion, rumors, news, knowledge, concepts, habits, customs, slogans, proverbs, expressions, words, and jokes. Genes replicate themselves and pass them on. Culture replicates itself and passes it on to more people. This can be copied from the human brain to the human brain, from the spirit to the spirit through learning and imitation, and then affect the spirit.

"Similarly, genes will mutate, and memes will also mutate. The ideas copied into each person's mind will never be the same as the original ideas. Just as genes are subject to natural selection, the spread of memes will also produce competition and elimination due to factors such as their own content. It can be spread on a large scale through the herd effect, allowing people to shout common slogans, just like a virus, infecting the cognition of others. Powerful memes will be deeply believed by people, regardless of their authenticity. The emergence of the soul guide network has accelerated this process.

"So, what exactly is a martial soul, and what determines it? In ancient times, people used observation to make judgments and came to a rough conclusion: martial souls are roughly determined by parents, but there are variations, and the conditions for variation are unknown. We only know that external stimuli are effective.

"The latest research shows that the entire genome is related to the martial soul, including the cell nucleus and the genetic material in the mitochondria. However, there are three pairs of chromosomes that have the greatest impact on the martial soul. According to analysis, these three pairs of chromosomes are directly related to the structure of the martial soul system itself, just like sex chromosomes determine gender. We call them martial soul chromosomes. They are derived from a small variation of autosomes and carry most of the genes related to the martial soul. This is related to the influence of the martial soul law and a certain degree of convergence.

"Human spirit masters tend to awaken spirits with relatively complete and powerful genes on their spirit chromosomes. If a spirit master has a strong and rich bloodline, then the spirit will often correspond to it. The possibility of awakening a weaker spirit is very low. The possibility of a strong bloodline not being reflected in the spirit and causing it to mutate is even lower. For example, even if a spirit master with dragon bloodline awakens a blue silver grass spirit, it will definitely mutate and show dragon characteristics.

"In addition, the genes of the god-level masters, including the three pairs of martial soul chromosomes, do not seem to be completely in three-dimensional space. They are more like projections of objects in high-dimensional space in low-dimensional space. Perhaps this is also the scientific explanation for the so-called god-level bloodline and god-only bloodline.

"However, according to research, the types of martial souls are determined not only by genes, but also by memes. A person's experience will largely determine the direction of the martial soul's mutation. For example, a young man who yearns for forging is more likely to awaken a hammer martial soul. If there is an extremely strong obsession, it may even directly subvert the martial soul itself and create a new martial soul. This is more likely to happen to evil soul masters because their mental states are more extreme.

"This can also explain why martial spirits are traditionally awakened at the age of six. For powerful spirit master families, it is more advantageous to maintain their own powerful martial spirit inheritance rather than pursue unstable martial spirit mutations. The experiences of six-year-old children are often difficult to affect their martial spirits. The decisive factor is often the martial spirit chromosomes, that is, their own genetic bloodline. And their habits naturally spread to the whole world and became a kind of tradition and convention, and no one understood the reason.

"Of course, delaying the awakening of a martial soul may allow a weak martial soul to mutate and become stronger, but it will delay the golden time for cultivating soul power, which is not beneficial in most cases. However, if the potential martial soul is strong enough, then delaying the awakening appropriately may allow the martial soul to awaken completely, but there are risks. As age increases, the influence of memes on the martial soul will increase, causing mutations and even changes.

"Based on these reasons, a spirit master's spirit is generally determined by his genetic material, while memes mainly appear in the form of spirit mutations. This spirit mutation will in turn affect the genes. For example, in the process of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex spirit evolving into the Golden Holy Dragon, the corresponding blood of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex will be lost. If it does not fully evolve into the Golden Holy Dragon, the result of the mutation is a weak spirit, or even a useless spirit.

"In addition, even memes are inherited in the form of families to a certain extent. For example, some powerful soul master families exist as aristocrats. The aristocratic spirit is transformed into a family style and imprinted in the consciousness of successive family members. Thus, generation after generation, the corresponding martial soul mutation affects the genetic material. This is also a manifestation of memes affecting martial souls.

“This is the theory about the evolution of martial souls. In fact, the evolution of martial souls does not necessarily make them stronger. There is also the possibility of them becoming weaker. This is related to the inheritance of genetic material and the loss of blood in the process.

"There is also research on twin martial souls. According to the research on the martial soul chromosomes of twin martial souls, in simple terms, everyone has the potential martial soul position of twin martial souls, or even the martial soul position of the third martial soul, but most people's genes are not enough to awaken these martial soul positions. Only when two powerful martial souls are evenly matched and strong enough, the extra martial soul position will come into play. As for the third martial soul position, it is even more special. Only the spiritual consciousness of the mental state can activate it to form a very special third martial soul. The third martial soul in the conventional sense basically does not exist, which is related to the meme theory.

"Then there is the awakening of the potential second martial soul. Past research has emphasized the use of drugs and magic array rituals for awakening, but the cost is extremely high, and there are also considerable requirements for the genetic proportion of the second martial soul. Now that we have the meme theory, this has greatly reduced the burden of drugs and magic arrays. Perhaps the awakening of the second martial soul can be carried out in a psychological way. This may promote the normalization of twin martial souls.

"There is also the secondary awakening of the martial soul. Past research has emphasized the use of extreme training to stimulate the body and mind of the human body. However, now that we know the nature of the martial soul, we can study the corresponding alternatives. The secondary awakening of the martial soul can also be universalized, allowing everyone to have a powerful martial soul, and this improvement in the essence of the martial soul can also promote the improvement of innate soul power. After the era of universal soul masters arrives, such improvements will inevitably be widely used, which will inevitably promote the overall improvement of the soul master world.

"These are all part of the theory of martial soul development. It is not through training, but through scientific methods to develop martial souls, just like the judge uses ancient martial arts to develop martial souls.

"The so-called martial soul development is not for the purpose of improving soul power, which can be done through meditation and practice. The purpose of martial soul development is to improve the essence of martial soul, so that the soul master and martial soul are more compatible, thereby improving the potential of the soul master.

"Drug stimulation, psychological induction, biological perception stimulation, brain development, simulated world development, or stimulating soul masters through studying skills, unique skills, soul rings, and soul bones to reproduce them in a scientific way. These are all common methods of developing martial souls. An audio clip, a delicious meal, a video clip, a life-and-death experience in a virtual space, an obsession to complete at any cost, may be able to cause a benign mutation in the martial soul, or a second awakening.

"Modern soul guide technology can greatly simplify the process of martial soul development. For example, a supercomputer can be used to obtain the corresponding five senses data that are most suitable for the development of a soul master's martial soul, and then the data can be implanted into a soul guide cabin called a learning device. The learning device can then be used to stimulate the soul master, thereby completing a benign martial soul mutation."

Yi Tianzhi kept talking, and more and more people gathered around him, and even various broadcast cameras came here.

Among them, a tall man frowned when he heard Yi Tianzhi's words.

He was a core councillor of the Silver Rose, and what he disliked was naturally Yi Tianzhi's words about the normalization of twin martial spirits.

There is no doubt that this will shake the existing order and cause him to fall from his high position, which is something he absolutely does not want to see.

He did not notice that an invisible divine consciousness quietly penetrated into his sea of ​​consciousness.

Xiaopang raised his eyelids slightly and showed no abnormality. He knew that it was Liu Xiaoxiao who took action just now.

With Liu Xiaoxiao's means, he should be able to easily dig out the information the other party has. The only problem is that even the core councilors of the Silver Rose should know very little about Qin Lingxue.

However, there is no rush. After all, they should not have any conflict with Qin Lingxue in the short term.

While thinking, he continued to talk with Yi Tianzhi.