Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 641 Martians ≈ Kryptonians

"But I have conditions."

Sure enough, the Root of Mars had conditions following its surrender statement.

"explain."

Cheng Tian looked noncommittal.

There are two conditions.

"This is what the Root of Mars, still in its Super Mushroom form, said."

"First, if you want to become the new ruler of us Martians, you need to help us eliminate the threat to our race, that is, you need to help us get rid of the threat posed by the Venusians."

"Second... You need to use your amazing abilities to help our entire Martian race explore new ways of reproduction."

Cheng Tian could understand the matter of eliminating the Venusians. They had occupied the Venusians' homeland and were expecting them to work for them. At the very least, they should have made some promises.

But helping Martians research entirely new ways of reproduction... What, are you really planning to move towards becoming mating-type creatures?
Cheng Tian actually found this quite strange.

From a purely reproductive perspective, the Martians' bacterial reproduction and spore propagation methods are far more efficient than the laborious mating, gestation, and childbirth processes required by their carbon-based intelligent biological groups.

"Is there something special about these female Martians?"

Thinking about this, Cheng Tian couldn't help but ask.

"...There are no concrete experiments yet, and no corresponding data to support them, but my intuition tells me that making the race's reproductive methods more like those of Earthlings might greatly reduce the efficiency of births, but it could also add more possibilities!"

When the Root of Mars uttered these words, his mental energy fluctuated violently, so it seemed that this reaction was genuine.

Whether it was due to naivety or the fact that he had finally found someone with similar mental attributes to dump his garbage on, the Root of Mars began to explain the situation of some races in more detail.

With their spore propagation method, Martians are indeed extremely efficient at reproduction. Just like real mushrooms, they only need soil, water, and a dark environment to grow batch after batch of ordinary Martians. However, although Martians grown in this way are independent individuals with their own intelligence, their future is already determined the moment they are born.

To give an example that may or may not be appropriate, that is, in the DC works, Superman belongs to the "Kryptonian" race.

When Krypton still existed, all Kryptonians were conceived and raised by the government using genetic engineering technology.

The roles one will play in society are predetermined at the genetic level. If you are a cleaner, you will always be a cleaner; if you are a manager, you will always be a manager. This is a way to strictly control population size and social structure.

Efficient, yet terrifyingly so, it stagnated the entire Kryptonian population, leaving them utterly devoid of any possibility of change, and also cutting off any possibility of the lower classes rising to the top. Superman Clark, however, was the first Kryptonian to give birth naturally in centuries, perhaps even longer, and as such, he possessed limitless potential.

Martians have a social structure that is very similar to that of Kryptonians. While all Martians possess asexual reproduction and an extremely fast reproduction rate, their future is also limited at the genetic level. Due to the hasty escape, the Martian Roots did not have time to take away more Martian genetic sequences.

This results in the entire Martian community consisting of only three social professions besides its leader: "Martian," "Martian backbone," and "Martian elite."

Thanks to spore reproduction, the Root of Mars can still multiply its population in large numbers, but it is forever limited to these three professions. In other words, if the Root of Mars dies, these people, whose genes will never change, will not automatically evolve into new Martian leader units like the Root of Mars, unlike ant colonies or bee colonies.

It is precisely because of this genetic restriction on its own units that the Roots of Mars have sought alternative paths, such as the Ten Commandments virus that controls and modifies humans, and bacterial clones made from humans.

Before being invaded by Venusians, the Roots of Mars didn't have any concrete feelings about the planet. However, during the years they were forced to wander to Earth, the Roots of Mars confirmed the shortcomings of their race by observing human groups.

Humans are indeed a terrifying race adept at mutual destruction. Although there are only four major races in general, due to factors such as region, heritage, and language, these four races have directly split into hundreds of countries and thousands of ethnic groups, fighting each other day and night... yet they exhibit a powerful vitality that far surpasses that of Martians.

This also made the Martian Roots realize that even if they could conquer Earth, reproduce in large numbers, and even eliminate all the invading Venusians, the Martians might still have little future.

However, Cheng Tian's move, right in front of it, transformed the Martian unit, which originally had no gender, into a female unit in a physiological sense. This was essentially a major change at the racial level, and at the same time, it showed Gen Ge the possibility of making the Martians move closer to Earthlings, a race with infinite variables.

This is the main reason why it was willing to surrender.

Compared to securing his position as the leader of his tribe, Gengo is clearly the kind of person who wants the tribe to be better and acts entirely in the interest of the tribe.

"If that's the case, you might need to check your own people. Most of them have already been infected by some people in your camp with a highly targeted virus."

Cheng, who did not immediately agree to all of Gen's conditions, projected images of the Martians who had been infected and become Sound Followers to Gen.

The flower-shaped head, so different from the generally round heads of Martians, startled the Root of Mars. Then, the intensity of his mental energy surged almost as much as a telekinetic shockwave.

"Who is it?! Who is it?!"

The Root of Mars can accept the death of its people, and its thick brain can even store the spiritual seeds of the Martian people. As long as the population has multiplied to a certain extent, the seeds can be injected, and the dead people can be reborn in a disguised form.

But the scene before us has a serious problem.

This image of heads bursting open not only indicates that someone has developed a special virus that works against Martians, but it also suggests that it could destroy the Martian race at the genetic level!
Cheng Tian remained silent, but switched to the image of the guy wearing a mushroom hat, sweating profusely, fiddling with a terminal. Then, he remotely opened the emergency escape door on the side, and the strong airflow sucked the guy out.

Meanwhile, the massive body of the Root of Mars launched a furious charge toward the direction in which that guy had fallen!
(End of this chapter)