Chapter 337: Genetic Seed

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Before the Lightchaser Civilization could gather much information about the Firechaser, the expedition team they sent to the Dawn Star Homeship that had been invaded by mysterious plants encountered a major change.

“Let’s go! This way!”

A captain of the soldiers called for his team to follow the direction he pointed in, but they stopped when they entered a pass and stayed behind with the soldiers.

The entire party was no longer as relaxed as before. Everyone scrambled as they ran, afraid that the monsters behind them would catch up to them.

And what was chasing them was a plant tsunami.

The translucent plant seemed to have been stimulated by something. It was no longer as quiet as before. The fiber-like plant’s skin seemed to have muscles, squirming and letting the branches move forward.

Their goal was very clear. They were targeting the entire expedition team.

“D*mn it! Why did these things suddenly go crazy? Didn’t they show any signs?”

A soldier cursed angrily as he used the flamethrower in his hand to pour flames on the plants that attacked.

Burning worked well at first, and the charred remains of plants served as a good barrier.

However, ever since these plants started to secrete mucus as if they had adapted to it, the flamethrower was not that useful anymore. Only their fire-resistant instincts still made them slow down when facing flames.

After the expedition team had run a distance away, the soldiers ignited the combustible materials that they had prepared long ago, forming a wall of fire. They barely managed to buy some time.

After walking to the next corner, the expedition arrived at a special place. The tall tower that was covered in vegetation was here.

However, the expedition team could no longer enter this place to inspect. According to the requirements, their main goal now was to leave this place and return to a safe area.

One of the accompanying scientists couldn’t help but curse, “Why isn’t the antidote working? 1 can smell that pungent smell through the purification equipment of the protective suit. Why aren’t the plants reacting at all?”

His question could not be answered. At this moment, everyone only had one thought, and that was to escape.

However, at this moment, the ground suddenly shook.

The surface of the Homeship was a thick layer of alloy, with only the topmost thin layer for aesthetically pleasing pavement.

Even so, everyone seemed to hear the ear-piercing sound of the alloy being squeezed.

In the next moment, a large number of translucent plants soared into the sky from the ground. Even the alloy could not withstand their growth.

“Isn’t… isn’t this too powerful? Can lifeforms actually do this?”

Some people were extremely shocked by this, but what followed was the despair that filled the entire team. If the other party could launch a sneak attack from underground, then unless they boarded the departing spaceship, they would definitely not be able to escape the pursuit of these plants.

However, at this moment, a Solar Engineer who looked ordinary in the crowd walked out. He was holding a few bottles of unopened potions in his hand. They were the potions that could attract plants.

Originally, this potion was carried for the bait plan that might be needed. At this moment, it seemed to have played its role.

“I’ll attract these plants. Leave quickly!”

“You…”

Just as the leader of the team was about to speak, he saw the seal of the potions being opened by the Solar Engineer. Then, his expression changed, and he called for everyone to leave quickly.

The effect of this potion was very strong. If they were contaminated with it, it would be impossible for them to escape the pursuit of these plants.

The Solar Engineer also poured all the potions on himself and rushed into the tower.

Seeing this, the captain had no choice but to continue escaping with his team while the plants were distracted.

Before he left, he looked back at the Solar Engineer who had rushed to the gate of the tower and was about to be swallowed by the plant tide. He saw the face under the protective mask with a strange smile, as if there was a trace of nobility.

The next moment, his vision was blocked by the plants, and he led the entire expedition team in confusion.

It was not until they experienced another life-and-death escape that this group of teams returned to the camp safely. They escaped from this Homeship through the spaceship that they had been waiting for a long time.

After that, they were relieved and collapsed on the ground. Only one scientist looked at the equipment with an incredulous expression.

“We all have… traces of that inducer on us. Those plants probably rioted because of it, but when did it leak?”

Compared to the herbicide used to drive them away, this inducer was obviously much more attractive. Even a little of it could make those plants ignore the disgust of the herbicide.

This effect was indeed very good when used as bait, but once it was contaminated, it would be terrible.

Previously, they had been busy running for their lives, and no one had realized this. However, now that they were out of danger, they could only blame it on a certain accident.

However, the captain of the soldiers inexplicably thought of the sacrificial Solar Engineer.

He had a feeling that he saw some kind of divinity in the Solar Engineer at that moment. This was too idealistic for him, so he could only eliminate this feeling in his heart by reporting his work.

At this moment, the Dawn Song Homeship in the core area also received the news of the failure of the expedition.

However, the higher-ups weren’t as concerned about this matter at the moment because the news brought by the Administrator shocked them even more.

Evolution was not something difficult to understand. When this theory was sent over by Li Wenyuan, they realized that their evolution was abnormal.

Although life originated from a primitive organic sea, and some of the organic matter might be their ancestors, it was absolutely impossible to directly use this primitive organic matter to give birth to complicated lifeforms.

According to human habits, the Lightchaser race should be a lifeform evolved from moth-like insects. However, there were many mammals with functions and organs in the species of Lightchaser. It was difficult to define their species strictly according to biological meaning.

Not only that, there were almost no signs of evolution in the Lightchaser species. Among the fossils they discovered, they even looked like this tens of millions of years ago. The only difference was the increase in brain capacity.

This was also the basis of their unique origin theory. They believed that their original ancestor was a complex life formed by the random combination of organic soup.

The problem of chicken or eggs first did not exist in their civilization because there must be soup first.

They saw it as a miracle of life, but now it seemed that the truth was not what they had imagined.

In the end, it was Li Wenyuan who collected the genetic records left behind in their data and simulated them hundreds of millions of times in his virtual world. He came to a conclusion:

“What? Our origin… is the Firechaser?”

The Lightchaser Leader was still in disbelief. He really could not accept that they were lives created. This would even have a huge impact on their view of life.

Li Wenyuan analyzed the huge amount of genetic data and arranged it countless times by himself. He discovered the relationship between the creatures in the Cradle Galaxy and the Firechaser.

Just as he had expected, the Firechaser’s method of creating Planet Gaia was very unusual.

From his point of view, it was very likely that the Firechaser had manually created all life on the planet, from single-celled lifeforms to mammals. All life in the Cradle Galaxy was created by them.

Creating life was not a simple matter. Even in the Milky Way, it was almost impossible to create a life that had never appeared before. The self-destruction of genes would kill those lives.

However, the Firechaser did it. They seemed to be a huge gene bank that recorded the creation methods of a series of species. They could even create different lifeforms in an entire galaxy.

There was no evolution here. All life was basically perfect when it was born.

However, the genes in their bodies that were related to the Firechaser still existed even after millions or even hundreds of millions of years.

Normally, this gene would not have any abnormalities, but if necessary, it would be of great use.

“The Lightchaser didn’t show any dimensional erosion because they were part of the Firechaser’s genes. Is it because there isn’t enough, or because they’ve adapted to this universe?”

Li Wenyuan thought about it and finally thought of a possibility.

“…It’s impossible for the Firechaser to not realize the abnormality that happened to them, but are they really helpless about it and can only wait for their own decay?”

He couldn’t see the Cradle Galaxy, but his gaze seemed to have crossed a distance of five million light-years and arrived there.

“…Or could it be that the possibility of resurrection has long been buried by them…”

When the Lightchaser Civilization leader learned of this shocking fact, the citizens of the entire Lightchaser Civilization collectively felt a throbbing that came from the depths of their blood.

Ancient illusions appeared and disappeared in front of their eyes. In a daze, the shadow of the World Tree became more and more solid, making everyone feel as if their bodies were about to sprout.

At this moment, they seemed to have become plants and were about to transform into a brand new life..

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