Doomsday: Humanity shrinks 100 times

Chapter 163 Evolution
Hearing Zhang Muyan's words, Lu Yuning couldn't help but shudder, feeling inexplicably weird.

He reached out and took the white insect crystal in his hand, looking at it for a while.

According to the information provided by the previous captive, this thing should have been generated by a person with superpowers, but this strange superpower is really incredible.

"How did this thing come about?"

"The person we captured before should have said something. No one actually knows the detailed generation method, but there are some rumors," Zhang Muyan said.

"What rumors?"

"It is said that this thing was not made by humans, but by insects."

Lu Yuning suddenly felt as if she had been enlightened. If it was really as Zhang Muyan said, then everything could be explained.

After all, this thing's ability seems to be more like serving insects, and it can even absorb human energy to achieve its own mutation.

"The method of use is very simple. As long as I voluntarily acknowledge the supply relationship, this thing will automatically turn into energy, similar to a medium to achieve the transmission of energy and thoughts." Zhang Muyan explained the method of use in detail, and it can be seen that he really does not want to die.

However, the truth is unknown, and Lu Yuning naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to use it directly on him.

Lu Yuning took the insect crystal back and said, "Go on."

Zhang Muyan nodded. "You should know most of the other things. As for the location of the warp tree, we can only determine its approximate range, but the specific location is unknown. As for how to use the warp tree, I guess Chen Liang didn't tell you. He's not at that level yet to know."

Speaking of this, Zhang Muyan looked a little proud, and it seemed that he had a high status in the organization. However, after looking at Lu Yuning's expression, he immediately reacted and became deflated.

Lu Yuning nodded and motioned for him to continue.

"First of all, the Transmission Tree can't be activated at any time. It takes a certain amount of time to absorb energy and needs to be activated by a psychic. In addition, the transmission distance and number of people it can transport depend on the psychic's ability and whether other trees within range have activated the Transmission Tree."

"What do you mean? The recipient needs to open it? That's not very useful."

Lu Yuning roughly understood what he meant, which is to say that this tree can only teleport a limited number of people, and it cannot be teleported whenever you want. The recipient must also activate the jump in order to teleport normally.

"No, I didn't explain it clearly. It's not about turning it on or off. It's about whether the target jump tree has enough energy. It's actually very easy to understand. This method of transmission is based on space folding. The two trees are like two anchor points in space. If we use an analogy..."

Zhang Muyan paused, seemed to think for a moment, then picked up a piece of leaf from the ground and continued.

"Take this leaf for example. To walk from one end of the leaf to the other, in normal three-dimensional space, the line segment between two points is the shortest, so you have to walk across the surface of the leaf. Space jump is equivalent to folding the leaf. In this way, the points at both ends coincide, and theoretically the distance between the two points becomes zero, thus achieving instant position transmission. The jump tree is equivalent to the two anchor points that fold the two spaces together. If there is only one anchor point, the force to cause the space to fold is not enough. Of course, these are just three-dimensional explanations of space jump. The specific implementation method has actually surpassed the scope of three dimensions." Zhang Muyan spoke and gestured, paying attention to Lu Yuning's expression while speaking, for fear that he would accidentally anger this little ancestor.

However, Lu Yuning was more and more surprised. It was not about the space jump, but the fact that the man in front of him seemed to know a lot about these things. He was not young and looked like a talented person.

"In other words, this is a four-dimensional or nearly four-dimensional species?"

Zhang Muyan's eyes lit up, as if he had found a confidant. He looked a little excited, "That's right, that's right. To be honest, I can't really talk about these things with these bug-playing people. To them, technology is a thing of the past. They are all short-sighted."

"You talk as if you're not the same..." Lu Yuning couldn't help but complain.

"Me? I had no choice. You don't know the situation outside... If you want to survive, you have to join a group, and the prerequisite for joining a group is to be controlled. If you want to survive, you have to find a way to improve your strength, otherwise you will live worse than pigs and dogs." Zhang Muyan was a little indignant.

"However, I have to say that this insect-controlling colony is currently extremely powerful. In the early stages, many of the insects' abilities were overwhelming, which led to more and more people wanting to join. However... these are only temporary. Technology will always be the key to humanity's return to the top."

Zhang Muyan talked so eloquently that he forgot his identity for a moment, but many of his opinions were the same as Lu Yuning's.

It’s just a little hard to understand why people outside would just ignore the development of technology.

As if understanding what Lu Yuning was thinking, Zhang Muyan began to explain, "Well, it's understandable. After humans shrunk, the restrictions on technology were too severe. Not only do humans have to run around for food, but they also have to worry about attacks from other species. There are also conflicts among humans. The most important thing is that other species are evolving. If they only rely on slowly developing technology, the humans in the settlement will basically die. Real technological settlements all have very powerful technological abilities, but even so, they are no match for insect-type settlements."

Lu Yuning nodded without saying anything.

Lu Yuning understood a little after Zhang Muyan's explanation. In fact, she could also understand it by referring to the several forces in the park.

Of the four known forces in the park, only Lu Yuning and his team are truly developing technology, and the main reason is that they have several key talents.

Whether it is Lu Yuning's own ability to crush and reassemble, or Zou Yunxin's ability conversion, they are all key abilities for the development of science and technology, and it can be said that none of them can be missing.

Even so, their strength is actually not as good as Xinghuo's. At least they suffered a lot of losses when they were marked with pheromones by the mutants before. In the end, they were lucky that Lu Yuning's ability broke through to a new stage, and they met in the trash can by accident. Otherwise, even if they had killed the others, the guy who controlled the pheromones would still have the ability to wipe them out.

Lu Yuning pondered for a moment, then thought of another question and asked, "You just said that the insects being fed can absorb the energy that drives human evolution?"

"Well, this is just my personal speculation. I have always felt that the shrinking of human beings is not a natural disaster, but a mysterious will that wants to promote human evolution!" Zhang Muyan said seriously.

(End of this chapter)