Chapter 1563
Chapter 1563 - 1559: Newborn Ethnic Group
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"Another failure... Adjust the settings, clean up the area, and wait for the next batch of experimental subjects to mature before continuing."
Experiments never succeed in one go; in fact, obtaining some results this quickly was far beyond Lu Ping’an’s expectations.
Those stable "Notes" are clusterings of Vibration; they are products of the local particles transformed by specific frequencies, a hundred percent local-made. However, during their integration process, interloper Lu Ping’an guided it, infusing it with human emotional instincts.
The advantage was that once a Vibration Source was formed, weakened versions of Tearstone could be easily mass-produced. The downside was that, being ultimately a product of Lu Ping’an’s ability, no one else could mass-produce it even with the complete technology at hand.
Lu Ping’an didn’t mind much, but he feared that just this level of achievement wouldn’t satisfy his client.
"...The second problem is controllability."
In fact, at the material level, many human emotions originate from hormones secreted by the body.
The desire for the opposite sex, rage, joy, hunger, all come as feedback from the body... Normal secretion is beneficial, but too much or too little can be fatal.
Lu Ping’an’s synthetic stones meet the quantity needs, but if they all "erupt" at once, the life itself would become "emotionally explosive," then gradually return to emptiness amidst confusion.
How to stabilize their effects and determine the right amount for each activation... This can only be gradually ascertained through experimental subjects; at least for now, it’s still far from stable, large-scale use.
Moreover, overly complex emotional perceptions can throw Elemental Creatures into chaos, even into aggressive frenzy.
This was why Lu Ping’an only sent out single "stones."
But this level alone wouldn’t satisfy the pie Lu himself had sketched out beforehand...
"Since it’s the planned approach, difficult as it may be, we can only proceed gradually."
An entirely new Hybrid, well-adapted to the local environment and capable of communicating and empathizing with humans, is Lu Ping’an’s ultimate goal.
However, gazing upon the once again ruined "Ape Monkey Village" before him, he could only sigh and start over.
"Destroyed by ’famine’ again this time... Even though there was enough food, why must they fight to the death for the last one?"
"That’s because if only one is left, they can eat the most. In other words, by simply reducing their own kind, they secure a larger share for themselves."
The simulated village life, even after receiving "human nature," met its demise all too swiftly.
The most common cause of extinction: "food."
The first desire Lu Ping’an invested in was "hunger," crucial for the maintenance of life and a common motive for the actions of most life forms.
But unlike normal life forms, Elemental Life doesn’t really taste, so low "hunger" is natural... They inherently and naturally live without eating most of the time; particles and Power provided by the Plane suffice for their movement and fighting abilities.
Their devouring of each other in pursuit of Advancement is not for "Feeding" but for "Evolution."
Unexpectedly, Lu Ping’an’s experiments verified his abilities had indeed had a positive impact on these lives.
These Elemental Life forms, simulated like monkeys, awakened to hunger; their Advancement speed was at least four to five times that of the same clan. The Advancement, based on the quantity and type of their food intake, also led to more diverse offshoots, effectively boosting the strength of the ethnic group.
It seems that Lu Ping’an’s gift also raised the ceiling of these creatures; his Trait abilities unexpectedly took effect on them.
But when their natural instincts sensed these benefits, and taste stimulated their Feeding desire... No matter how much feed was put in, they would instinctually fight each other for it, even to the death.
These life forms still lacked the concept of same clan, or like their predecessors, completely ignored it—self-preservation was all that mattered.
"...Should I reduce their fighting spirit? No, the fighting spirit is already set to the minimum. Even for Elemental Life, as long as there is desire, they wouldn’t hesitate to act."
For the Martial God Church, this was good news because the plan was indeed on the right track. Lu Ping’an’s research success could indeed promote these life forms’ enthusiasm for self-utilization.
The bad news was that if things continued this way, it would be extremely difficult to build a society and form a complete cultural system.
"Perhaps the desire is too strong; then, how to dilute it..."
"Right, I could control it indirectly—forming small societies first, passing down traits, adults raising the young... Oh, that seems unfeasible; they have no concepts of children, parents, let alone family."
Lu Ping’an’s headache grew. He realized this exceeded his knowledge reserve.
"Some sociologists and paleobiologists are needed..."
Lu Ping’an made a list directly, requesting more resources.
"Or try external installation? I mean placing the Life Stone outside the body, allowing its Vibration source to slowly influence, rather than maxing it out directly inside... Having it inside means full absorption, basically uncontrollable."
Big Cat suggested an idea; in fact, as the project manager of the whole series, without this top Beast Tamer’s involvement, Lu Ping’an’s plan would be impossible to implement.
In this area, she was a professional. Her proposal...
"Like playing music to cows..." Sounded quite normal.
"But the effect is too poor; if we increase the Radiation, it’ll cause even more negative effects."
"When I developed the Life Holy Water... In fact, I could contaminate the Water Source, let them be slowly Eroded from the source, more gently. But by the time it was discovered, it would be too late to remedy."
Start with food? Even in honest labor, Big Cat didn’t forget to impart some subtle heretical church experience to Lu Ping’an.
"No, that can’t address the root cause. The most direct is large-scale Contamination on the mother, affecting the Child Body during gestation, producing a more stable result. In our industry, we call it ’the Saint borne of Holy Mother’s embrace.’"
That was such an ironically maxed-out name, and Lu Ping’an was once again shocked by the heretical church’s low limit.
But applied to those synthetic Elemental Creatures, it seemed to be no problem... After all, he produced them himself; just modify the recipe.
"Starting from the birthplace, from those Crystal Trees/flowers?"
"It could work."
"But what if, after its birth, it leaves the Radiation source and gradually deteriorates?"
"It might not deteriorate... The body fully adapting is one aspect. If it really deteriorates, we can re-operate to move it in."
Merely considering the results, the less one acted like a human researcher, the easier it was to achieve outcomes.
At least her past accumulation of experience and vision undoubtedly helped him effectively.
Thus, the first batch of "native Hybrid ethnic offspring" was born.
— End of Chapter 1563 —