Hogwarts Summoning Guide

"If the aliens you are describing are intelligent life forms born outside of Earth," Grakua paused, then "I am more likely to fit that category."

Bai Lin hadn't expected Gracuya to make such a lame joke, and he looked at him with a strange expression, but he knew that Gracuya was about to reveal to him the ultimate secret of the wizarding world.

Sure enough, Grakua took a sip of the liquid in his cup and then said, "Does Lord Bai Lin know about mitochondria? They are the mitochondria in humans and most eukaryotic cells."

Bai Lin nodded, and Grakua continued, "Earth is a very special place in the universe. It is rich in a toxic gas that most life forms in the universe cannot adapt to—oxygen."

"The earliest living cells on Earth—bacteria—also struggled to survive in oxygen. It was at that time that Earth was discovered by both our Lord and the new God. Our Lord bestowed upon Earth the ability to give rise to more advanced life forms, namely mitochondria."

Upon hearing this, Bai Lin's jaw nearly dropped to the ground. As a former college student, he naturally remembered a lot of his high school biology knowledge and understood the role of mitochondria. Mitochondria are like engines, taking in oxygen and "fuel" from the surrounding cellular fluid and "burning" them inside, using the chemical energy to power all the energy-consuming activities within the cell.

On average, each cell in the human body has 1,000 to 2,000 mitochondria, while each cell in extremely energy-intensive tissues (such as the heart, brain, and retina) has 10000 mitochondria (some ovarian cells in women even have 100,000 mitochondria).

However, mitochondria are not part of a normal cell, but rather another type of cell that parasitizes the cell, forming a symbiotic relationship with it. Their origin is a subject of much debate and remains unresolved.

Upon hearing what Grakua said, Bai Lin found it quite credible, because mitochondria are a type of parasitic cell, and their abilities are very similar to those of the ancient gods' minions. Bai Lin gained a deeper understanding of the ancient gods' abilities through this story.

The ancient gods certainly wouldn't be so kind as to selflessly "help" Earth give birth to more advanced life forms. However, 15 billion years ago, there were only a few bacterial life forms on Earth. If the ancient gods wanted to control life on Earth, they could only "invade" Earth by dealing with bacteria.

Mitochondria are like a biological weapon. After invading Earth, they combine with Earth's original life forms to create new organisms that can adapt to oxygen-rich environments. Just like the "Yellow Seal" of the Hastur Church, it is a biological weapon customized for the main life form living on Earth today—humans.

However, the ancient gods' "mitochondrial invasion plan" failed at a crucial moment, and the ancient gods almost lost control of the mitochondria.

Bai Lin suddenly understood and laughed, "I never thought that a dignified ancient god would also do business that benefits others, haha!"

Grakua's expression was somewhat unpleasant, but he quickly recovered and said elegantly, "Indeed, my lord did not expect that the Earth Star Soul, which was given special attention by the Myriad Realms Life Tree Array Diagram, could give birth to advanced life forms so quickly... Nor did he expect that the new gods would attack Earth so quickly, bringing about a disgusting order."

Grakua's expression of gritted teeth and hatred made Bai Lin want to laugh even more, but he was still trying to digest this information.

"How much does Lord Bai Lin know about souls?" Grakua asked.

Bai Lin hadn't expected Grakua to ask such a question, but he still answered, "The East does have a deep understanding of the soul. We call the three souls: Tai Guang, Shuang Ling, and You Jing, which are a person's essence, qi, and spirit, belonging to the spirit that can transcend the body. The seven spirits are: Shi Gou, Fu Shi, Que Yin, Tun Zei, Fei Du, Chu Hui, and Chou Fei, which are a person's joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, resentment, grief, and worry, and are the spirits that need to rely on the human body to exist."

Grakua nodded and said, "Humans are indeed very special. Even without any explanation left by the gods, they can still explore to this extent... Yes! That's right, these three souls and seven spirits are the work of the new gods. Millions of years ago, the new gods selected the most promising life forms on Earth and, according to their own spiritual templates, forged soul models for these Earth life forms."

A sudden realization struck Bai Lin, and he blurted out, "You mean, you created more than one soul prototype back then?"

Gracua looked surprised, not expecting Bai Lin to have guessed this. He nodded and said, "Just as you guessed, the number of souls of the new gods far exceeds the range of three souls and seven spirits. However, they also do not know what kind of soul model is most suitable for life on Earth. Therefore, they forged several versions from few to many, and experienced several failures..."

Gracua suddenly burst into laughter, "Poor humans, they thought the new gods were the embodiment of justice and light! Hahaha, that's hilarious!"

Gracua suddenly burst into laughter, "Poor humans, they thought the new gods were the embodiment of justice and light! Hahaha, that's hilarious!"

Bai Lin's expression was rather unpleasant. He thought of the several mass extinctions in Earth's history. If what Grakua said was true, those mass extinction events were likely the result of the New God experimenting on Earth's life forms and injecting these "soul templates." For example, the dinosaur extinction event 6500 million years ago during the Cretaceous period. If the New God had come to Earth at that time, dinosaurs would certainly have been the most promising life forms at that time.

As for why humans were born and developed, it was just a coincidence that the spiritual power of the ancient apes was just right to adapt to the "three souls and seven spirits" model of the soul, and they became the survivors of the new god's soul testing ground.

"You should have guessed it by now, so I won't explain further. Hahaha, you thought that was all? No! The new gods discovered that the human species could adapt to three souls and seven spirits, so could they adapt to other models? So they conducted many experiments on humans... such as four souls and five spirits, which eventually gave birth to Dementors... such as three souls and eight spirits... which later became wizards..." Gracua said, emphasizing each word at the end.

Bai Lin took a deep breath. Now everything made sense. In the world of the gods, humans were just pawns on a chessboard. As the saying goes, Heaven and Earth are ruthless, treating all things like straw dogs. There is no difference between straw dogs. Humans are not a race that is particularly favored by the gods. They are just ordinary ants in the yard.

With a "whoosh," Bai Lin suddenly stood up, stretched his wrists and shoulders, and said, "I've finished asking my questions, now we can talk about serious matters... You mean we can't use supernatural powers here, right?"

"Huh?" Grakua was a little confused by Bai Lin's question, not knowing what he meant.

"What I mean is, besides that superhuman strength, I also know a little bit about martial arts..." Bai Lin said with a bright smile to Grakua.