"The ultimate point of evolution is the ultimate life form..."

"Capable of adapting to various harsh environments, from high temperatures of several hundred degrees to ultra-low temperatures below zero, from the dark vacuum of space to the high temperature and pressure deep within the Earth's core..."

"The definition of the ultimate life form is adaptability to all environments."

"The so-called infinite strength and breaking of the sound barrier are just embellishments in the evolution process of the ultimate life form."

"However, based on later observations of the battle and power display of Tier Three Evolvers, they can be considered true supermen, entities above humans, but they are not omnipotent nor are they the true ultimate life forms."

"Therefore, the ultimate life form is still above Tier Three..."

Lin Feng slowly began to speak, revealing the reports he had heard back then, along with perspectives from various whispers and rumors.

Father Su An nodded.

In fact, Lin Feng's view was not mainstream, but it was not incorrect in its description.

The usual concept of evolution is life's continuous adaptation to the environment...

However, Lin Feng did not consider one point,

A very crucial point.

Father Su An crossed his index fingers, placed them in front of his mouth, and slowly spoke:

"Survival of the fittest, natural selection."

"The strong survive, the weak perish."

"This was the correct conclusion reached by a great biologist during the Old Earth Era, through observing and studying life in the natural world."

"But this conclusion is somewhat one-sided, applicable only to the Earth at that time, because it suggests that evolution is passive, merely adapting due to environmental changes."

"Once the environment stabilizes, the once-variable and intense evolution would stagnate. For instance, since the establishment of human civilization, evolution has not so much ceased as it has perhaps regressed over thousands of years!"

"90% of humans, in order to adapt to modern systems, are in sub-health state."

"They rely on antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs for illness, resort to liposuction and starvation for weight loss, and have virtually no daily exercise..."

"These phenomena are actually destroying the human evolutionary process."

"They have reared originally robust humans, who emerged from nature's survival of the fittest, into fragile porcelain dolls."

"This is not evolution in reality, but rather degeneration following environmental adaptation."

"Just like the Oasis Upper Class."

"Once they leave the Oasis, even as Evolvers, they wouldn't survive more than a week in the Wasteland."

"So, the theory of environmental adaptation evolution cannot fully define true evolution."

Lin Feng squinted his eyes, understanding Father Su An's meaning; traditional evolutionary theory is less about the evolution of species and more accurately about the evolution of species.

It's more suitable to change evolutionary theory to evolutionary theory.

Because the definition of evolution is entirely passive, with the root cause and driving force of evolution stemming from sudden environmental change, rather than an active choice of species.

This is merely nature unconsciously filtering life, while species, through evolution, preserve individuals that adapt to environmental changes and continue to propagate.

Those unadapted naturally go extinct.

Upon overturning the evolutionary viewpoints of the old era, Father Su An continued:

"After launching the evolution craze, the path that life requires to find is not merely adaptation..."

"Think about it, on what premises is traditional evolutionary theory based?"

"What is the most fundamental difference in the process of environment adaptation between Evolvers and ordinary people, aside from physique and spirit?"

Lin Feng furrowed his brow, falling into deep thought.

Soon, he discovered the preconditions for evolutionary theory to be established during the Old Earth Era: the most inconspicuous yet most important among the three basic attributes:

Life Value!

And what it represents, besides powerful physique and spirit, is lifespan!

Because lifespan is limited, life must reproduce to continue the long existence of the species.

When possessing a long lifespan, reproduction does not seem as important as before.

Linking past expert research reports, Lin Feng quickly realized the key thing throughout the evolution of life:

"Genes! It's the genes!"

"Genes are the biggest and most essential difference between the two!"

Father Su An nodded slightly, feeling gratified:

"That's right, it's genes."

"You mentioned before, Tier One Evolvers have surpassed the human enhancement limit, with genetic differences from ordinary humans growing larger as the evolution level increases."

"Especially in the awakened superpower parts, superpower cells have completely mutated from ordinary cells, serving as reservoirs for Life Source Material."

"Just like the heart and the loin of the Rock-Horned Horse, where one provides abundant power to the massive body as a blood pump, and the other, with its mutated back rock armor, grants the superpower of photosynthesis, allowing the Rock-Horned Horse to sustain long-term endurance."

"And these are just external features of Tier One Evolution, whereas Tier Two Evolution, as you've previously mentioned, brings about reproductive isolation from ordinary humans due to continuous genetic optimization and transformation, marking them as two different species from humans..."

"More accurately, Tier Two Evolvers can be fully called post-evolutionary new humans."

"The greatest distinction from the old humans is not in external superpowers and power displays, but as you mentioned, the internal genes..."

Lin Feng took a deep breath, seeing Father Su An pause, he followed up on the explanation:

"Internal genes determine the external manifestation of the species."

"When genes seek to perpetuate themselves, 'survival of the fittest' and 'natural selection' arise, because the limited individual cannot resist drastic environmental changes, only relying on the whole species' evolution to let the portion adapted to the environment continue to reproduce and survive, thereby perpetuating the race's genes..."

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