Simultaneous travel: City, infinite evolution

Everyone's eyes lit up: rebuild our homes!
They are constantly thinking about taking back their home from Mana Ecology.

Now we finally see hope.

Chen Hong defeated the king-level Devouring Beast, single-handedly cut through the Devouring Beast army, and ate the Devouring Beasts as desserts.

At this moment, he undoubtedly gained immense prestige.

The support for him has even begun to surpass that for the old city lord, Morgan.

Such a large commotion also attracted the attention of many ground survivor factions.

One of the factions is called Dragonbone Village.

In a wasteland, Bai Yuekui was observing the battle from afar using some kind of technology, collecting various data.

Looking at the exaggerated battle scenes on the screen, and the terrifying numbers refreshing one after another.

Even Bai Yuekui, a sprightly old woman who had lived for over a hundred years, couldn't help but feel alarmed.

"This power..."

"Is it really something that humans can achieve?"

"still……"

"Another product of the mana ecosystem?"

"It's not like that either."

Bai Yuekui scratched his head, which was covered in white hair, with a slight headache.

"Boss Bai, look! This guy actually ate a King-level Devouring Beast!"

Xia Dou pointed excitedly at the screen.

"Is this guy even human?"

Sui Xing pulled on the bowstring on his back and swallowed hard, somewhat alarmed.

"What a ruthless character!"

Shan Da weighed his own fat body in his hands and felt that he wasn't even enough for someone to swallow in one bite.

"Boss Bai, I think we should stay far away from each other. If we run into them in the future, we should take a detour and not provoke such ruthless characters."

Xu Tong's voice trembled slightly beneath the mask.

"Alright," Bai Yuekui smiled helplessly, "I won't act impulsively."

"However, this existence should also be helpful to our plan to combat the Mana ecosystem."

"With him keeping the mana ecosystem in check and attracting its attention, things will be much easier for us."

"Perhaps the [Plan to Conquer Blood]..."

Bai Yuekui's voice became barely audible, and he stopped speaking.

A glint of light flashed in his eyes, as if he were pondering something.

Meanwhile, Chen Hong defeated the King-level Devouring Beast, returned gloriously to the Lighthouse, and assumed supreme power.

The first thing to do is to digest all the information about the Kloto system and ASH.

The advanced technology in ASH goes without saying. As an individual, it has contributed to the technological prosperity of Hisakawa City and brought artificial intelligence into the future sci-fi cyberpunk era.

It contains various cybernetic prosthetics, brain-computer interfaces, robots, heavy 3D mechs more advanced than the Lighthouse, all-terrain motorcycles, and transforming fighter jets.

There are even biotechnology such as gene editing technology, cloning technology, and medical technology.

But what Chen Hong was more concerned about was the information about the ecology of mana.

Bai Yuekui's father, Bai Jingyu, once received some kind of revelation, or warning, from a higher dimension.

Humanity has developed immortality technology, achieving eternal life and locking the life essence within the body, preventing it from entering the cycle of reincarnation. This will bring about a cataclysmic disaster.

In order to cope with the great calamity, Bai Jingyu invented the artificial intelligence ASH, which successfully caused a technological explosion in Jiuchuan City.

Rapid advancements in science and technology have transformed Hisakawa City into a futuristic cyberpunk world. However, the proliferation of mantle vines has also led to frequent disasters worldwide. The vine's spores spread globally, causing various diseases and even ecological catastrophes.

This undoubtedly confirms the prophecy of revelation.

Bai Jingyu even found ancient extraterrestrial life and hid it in a secret base.

Later, Bai Yuekui found the secret base and saw the life form.

Its body was enormous, like a small mountain, with a bulging belly, as if it were nurturing a planet.

They look similar to humans, with four limbs and a brain.

Estimated to have survived for approximately 2.5 million years, this giant prehistoric creature dates back to the Permian period and occupies a very high ecological niche.

It may be related to many of the disasters that occurred during past mass extinctions.

They once lived at a depth of 5000 meters in the ocean, and were not native to Earth; they should be extraterrestrial life.

When it was discovered, the brain cells were still active, and the DNA exhibited an asymmetric triple helix topology (completely different from the double helix structure of terrestrial organisms).

Based on Mana progenitor cells, the [Miracle K Potion] (strengthening the body) and the [Angel Potion] (strengthening the brain) were developed.

Bai Yuekui gained superhuman abilities and lifespan by injecting these two drugs, allowing him to live to this day and possess physical qualities far exceeding those of ordinary humans.

Mana's original brain was split, and her right brain devoured Ash's consciousness. It was then taken by the villain Gray and later made into the Klotor system of the Lighthouse.

That is, the one right in front of Chen Hong.

As for the left brain, Ash's consciousness had already been swallowed up and taken away at that time, so he didn't know anything about it.

Chen Hong did have some recollection of the matter and planned to find Bai Yuekui to learn more about the details.

Chen Hong was also somewhat interested in Bai Yuekui's technology and the Origin Awakening Cultivation System of Dragon Bone Village.

After downloading and studying all the ASH technologies, Chen Hong thoroughly researched the asymmetric triple-helix topological DNA of Mana's primordial right brain.

Compared to human double-helix DNA, the triple-helix DNA of the mana progenitor is indeed more advanced, more complex, and more stable.

Even Chen Hong learned a lot about the beauty of extraterrestrial biotechnology from this asymmetric triple helix topological DNA configuration.

Harmonious, stable, and solid, yet infinitely changeable, retaining room for variation and full of infinite possibilities.

Furthermore, Chen Hong discovered that the cells and DNA of this Mana progenitor were more like those of a plant than those of an animal!

That's right, these are clearly cells from advanced aliens, but they are essentially plant cells.

It can perform photosynthesis, absorb sunlight energy, and supply life activities.

No wonder the initial body of Mana can nurture the foundation of the Mana ecosystem—the Mana Flower.

Thus, step by step, an entire mana ecosystem is developed, with itself located at the top of the ecological niche, completing the harvest.

However, compared to photosynthesis in plant cells, the more important mystery of mana cells lies in their ability to engulf, absorb, and transform biomass.

The life essence is the deepest mystery of Mana cells.

Chen Hong absorbed the wisdom of the asymmetric triple helix topological DNA of Mana cells, and combined it with the shared power and wisdom to slowly evolve his own DNA.

By learning from other Chen Hong-like figures, his double helix DNA gradually evolved towards a higher-dimensional structure.

The goal is to evolve from three-dimensional structures to four-dimensional, five-dimensional, or even six-dimensional structures, and even higher.

The triple-stranded DNA of Mana cells was not copied wholesale.

According to Chen Hong's knowledge base, counterintuitively, the double-stranded helix DNA of Earth organisms is actually more stable than the triple-stranded helix DNA of Mana organisms.

Double-stranded DNA is the result of 20 billion years of evolution and optimization on Earth. It is the physiological standard structure selected by evolution and is the most stable and irreplaceable structure in the intracellular environment.

Double-helix DNA is more flexible, unlike triple-helix DNA which is too rigid.

Even if the flexible double helix DNA is damaged by radiation, it can slowly repair itself, allowing for more directions of mutation and evolution.

However, triple-helix DNA is not without its advantages. (End of Chapter)