Whether trilobites, nautiluses or armored fish, they are all overlords of the ocean.
Both trilobites and nautiluses have hard shells and relatively "huge" bodies.
In an era when most marine ancient creatures were not much larger than plankton, they were the most terrifying killing machines.
Not to mention the armored fish, in addition to its hard carapace, it also possesses swift movement, capable of running rampant and sweeping away all prey.
But Li Yao eliminated these three seemingly attractive evolution options without hesitation.
Because he knew very well that no matter how powerful the trilobites, nautiluses and armored fish seemed, they were eventually eliminated in the long process of time.
Being too large means that they need to consume more energy to survive, and they are bound to spend most of their time hunting, digesting and absorbing.
On the one hand, the overly hard carapace hinders their ability to mutate further, and on the other hand, it makes them indulge in an illusory sense of security and lose the need to evolve.
A life without a sense of crisis and aggressiveness is destined to be a life without a future.
It will never ignite the fire of evolution and will only become a fossil hundreds of millions of years later.
Therefore, Li Yao eliminated all apex predators, but chose an inconspicuous little whitebait as the carrier of his consciousness.
They are said to be small whitebait, but their average size is no more than half a centimeter, and they are like little silvery insects.
This kind of small whitebait has almost no hunting ability.
Instead, it is the best food for apex predators such as nautilus, trilobite and armored fish.
When the apex predators patrol around them, they have no resistance.
Power can only be manipulated by others.
But they have one of the biggest advantages, which is their unparalleled reproductive ability and survival ability.
Their life cycle is extremely short, and they mate and reproduce almost every second in their short life.
They have evolved preliminary male and female sexes.
Each time the female ejects, she can eject thousands of dust particles.
Like life seeds, as long as they absorb the heat energy close to the sea surface, they have a chance to survive.
And their unique digestive system can convert almost all food into energy, from plankton on the sea surface, to the carrion of top predators, from the primitive fungi on the seabed, or seaweeds and sea anemones, they It can even attach to ancient jellyfish and form a harmonious and orderly symbiosis with the jellyfish, relying on the residue after the jellyfish digests food to survive.
At the beginning of life, quantity was far more important than quality.
Li Yao's consciousness was devoted to this group of little whitebait, and he devoted himself to choosing those mutation directions that could increase the number of the group.
He refused to expand the size of the little whitebait, and ruled out the possibility of covering the little whitebait's body with a strong carapace.
Of course, he did not hesitate to eliminate the possibility of growing sharper teeth, which seemed extremely aggressive, but was actually self-defeating.
The mutation that resulted in death gave the little whitebait a more powerful ability to digest, absorb, and reproduce.
Of course, it also had a subtle ability to sense the planet's magnetic field, as well as a more powerful ability to travel long distances.
In this way, in just a short moment or hundreds of millions of years of evolution, the little whitebait and its different variants gradually spread to the entire ocean.
From the dark and cold Arctic to the sunny equator, all sea areas are shining with little whitebait. of light and shadow.
During this period, the trilobites were covered by the sand on the seabed, and the nautilus became empty.
The armored fish that once dominated the world evolved stronger and stronger shells, sharper teeth, and became increasingly larger.
After growing in size, he was gradually weighed down by his heavy "armor, shield and weapons" and could not keep up with the agility and speed of the new generation of marine life.
He was eventually swallowed up by his insatiable appetite and became a loser in evolution.
A new ocean overlord has emerged.
They may be streamlined, faster, and more agile sharks.
Or an octopus that can freely change its skin color and body shape, has eight tentacles that are both strong and soft, and can even use water jets to increase its speed.
Even various jellyfish that have evolved to be extremely poisonous.
Most ocean overlords regard small whitebait as one of the main dishes in their diet.
There is a kind of whale whose body is covered with star spots.
It can swallow several tons of small whitebait in one breath.
For this purpose, it has specially evolved a set of organs to filter the sea water and absorb the small whitebait.
But no matter how much they kill, they can't reduce the overall number of small whitebait.
Instead, they turn the small whitebait into the basis of the entire food chain and the key to the survival of countless species.
Li Yao vaguely felt that the time was ripe.
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March, march, we must march to the land at all costs!
Although the ocean is vast, except for places near the continental shelf and submarine volcanoes, the resources are not as rich as people imagine.
Instead, they are quite barren - like a desert full of distilled water.
More importantly, the heavy pressure of seawater makes it difficult for "flame", the natural catalyst of civilization, to exist, let alone smelting metals and developing civilization.
Most of the ancestors of carbon-based intelligent life were born in the ocean, but they also had to undergo a "thrilling leap" from the ocean to the land.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to develop a mature and efficient civilization.
Although the universe is vast and full of wonders, and among the billions of creatures, there are many intelligent creatures like the "Gonggong Clan" who were born in rivers, lakes and seas and resemble jellyfish, but after all, they are only a very small minority among the very few, and even the Gonggong Clan itself is Only with the help of the Pangu tribe and other prehistoric races did they truly evolve into the starry sky age.
Under the command of Li Yao, a mighty, magnificent and thrilling "landing battle" began from the sea to the land.
This is not a war that happens overnight, nor is it a war fought for the gain or loss of a city or a place, but a war that spans hundreds of millions of years and is fought for the rise or demise of a civilization.
The little whitebait that was washed up on the beach accidentally by the waves at first, or jumped onto the beach in a hurry to escape the apex predator, failed without any surprise.
But Li Yao had enough patience and a clear direction of evolution.
He firmly grasped the most useful possibilities among the billions of mutation possibilities, and gave some small whitebait the ability to breathe in the air, as well as relying on strong and powerful fish. fins, the ability to move forward in the sand, bounce and dig.
These little whitebaits have even learned to use their fins to dig holes in the beach, burrow in whole, keep themselves moist, and wait for the next high tide, allowing them to freely come and go in the ocean and land - like some ancient Creatures, like mudskippers.
The road of evolution is destined to be lonely and dangerous.
The little whitebait jumping around on land encountered a hundred times more difficulties and dangers than they did in their warm and comfortable home, the ocean.
But in order to deal with these dangers, or in other words, in the cruel competition for survival, more genes that are not adaptable to changes have been eliminated, giving generation after generation of small whitebait a stronger ability to survive.
The scales and fins faded away, and more powerful limbs and tails grew.
Their skin was covered with air-isolating mucus, and the first row of sharp teeth finally grew in their mouths, evolving from fish to amphibians.
The little whitebait breathed dry air for the first time, saw volcanic eruptions, smoke-filled mountains and rivers, and lush virgin forests.
The road of evolution after that was like being on the fast track, with vicissitudes of life, rapid changes, and everything speeding up a hundred times.
Times are changing, the environment is changing, and all living things are changing crazily like clockwork.
Li Yao refused to let the species under his control change in the direction of giant crustaceans, because he knew that although at a certain stage in ancient times, giant insects and arthropods were indeed the overlords on land, as plants mutated, the air As the oxygen content in the environment continues to decrease, giant insects and arthropods will be forced to shrink in size and withdraw from the competition as top predators.
He also rejected the direction of becoming a "swarm civilization" similar to bees.
Although swarm intelligence may indeed brew a powerful civilization, it is ultimately inconsistent with Li Yao's ideas.
Likewise, he denied the path of giant reptiles without even thinking about it.
When dinosaurs trampled the earth, killing and roaring, he would rather continue to shrink the size of the creatures he dominated and scurry between bushes and caves.
Mammals, and only mammals, are the only correct direction of evolution.
Li Yao firmly believes in this, and silently endures the price he has to pay for the time being.
Sure enough, the expected meteorite rain attacks followed one after another.
The color of the mountains and rivers changed, the sun and the moon became dark, countless plants withered and were annihilated, and more new plants changed the atmospheric environment in completely different ways.
The former "King of the Land" who was so powerful "The dinosaurs either fell under the raging flames set off by the meteorite rain, or died from the drastic change in air composition, or were unable to digest the new plants.
They could only watch the lush greenery and starve to death.
This is a new era, this is the stage for mammals!
Until now, Li Yao's cautious choices and hard-working determination in the early stage have been richly rewarded.
The seemingly useless genes have shown rich and colorful mutations, making him the leader in the new biological explosion.
The first one successfully evolved to be huge enough A big brain, enough brain synapses, and a flesh-and-blood body that is perfectly balanced in all aspects such as strength, agility, and energy consumption.
It also unlocks features including "walk upright, free your hands" and "use flames and make tools."
"Including, it can be called an "epoch-making" capability.
Mammoths, saber-toothed tigers, and all kinds of seemingly powerful jackals, tigers, and leopards all fell to the attacks of stone axes and stone spears.
Li Yao's tribe ravaged the land and expanded to farther places.
When this tribe first learned to set fire to the mountains, When expelling and burning the ferocious beasts, the blazing fire symbolizes the birth of the true overlord, the spirit of all things that will eventually rule the universe!