Even if they were all successfully cultivated... this civilization would still perish!
Even if ten thousand women were together, they couldn't possibly have offspring!
Let alone ten thousand women! Even if there were a hundred thousand, a million women! They still couldn't produce a single sperm!!
"I quickly realized my mistake, but it was too late to make amends. The world had been destroyed, and all I could do was seal 10,000 embryos. But as time went on, these embryos could not be preserved forever, and some of them died. I had to come up with a solution: to grow the embryos into humans, and then, once they matured, to extract and preserve them again... I don't know how long this process was repeated."
However, even though I've done my best, my energy is limited, and I can't process all the embryos in this way. Plus, some died from unnatural causes… Now, only the last embryo remains alive… meaning, only one life carrying the blood of the previous civilization remains. And of course, this last one is still… female!
Chen Xiao was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: "Damn! You can't be... can't be..." "It's the woman who was chasing you from above." There was a hint of helplessness in the guy's voice: "She is the last life of the previous civilization."
“You…” Chen Xiao sighed, then suddenly remembered a question: “Then… why did you save me and bring me here?”
"Because this is the last embryo, and because the energy was exhausted, the instrument for extracting the embryo and re-cultivating and preserving it has been destroyed. I can no longer repeat the previous process to sample and replicate her life... I must find another way to continue her life. Although this method will inject different bloodlines into the life of the previous civilization, in order to preserve the continuation of life, I have no choice but to choose this last method."
"What method?"
"Choose a human being on this planet, find a suitable target, mate with her, and thus reproduce new offspring."
On the screen, the face turned towards Chen Xiao, revealing a smile: "Fortunately, judging from your performance just now, your physical strength, brain development, intelligence, and energy level are all quite good, so... I've chosen you!"
Chapter 173 [The Mother]
"Cough cough cough..."
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiao felt that nothing in his life had been more absurd than this situation. He wanted to argue, but he choked on his own saliva and coughed violently until his face turned red. He looked at the "himself" on the screen with a mixture of laughter and tears.
"Mating? You chose me???!!"
To mate with a female human remnant from a prehistoric civilization? And this woman is also an S-rank powerhouse?
Mating like experimental animals?!
Chen Xiao didn't know whether to cry or laugh, but was so speechless by this strange statement about "a fourth type of identifiable, non-renewable, independent organism" that she rolled her eyes.
"I reiterate, this was a technical error." The other person sounded frustrated. "When I was extracting embryo samples, I conducted a thorough analysis and study of natural organisms. The results indicated that female organisms are more resilient and have greater vitality. This surprised me at first, because after reaching maturity, male organisms are generally considered to have advantages in health and strength compared to female organisms, while female organisms are relatively more fragile. However, my analysis concluded that female organisms have stronger vitality than male organisms."
Chen Xiao nodded upon hearing this…that was indeed true. At least he had read some popular science articles stating that, even in today's society, according to many official surveys, women's average lifespan is longer than men's.
It seems that the humans of that prehistoric civilization were the same.
The screen flickered. Then the image of the sea god appeared on the screen.
Poseidon still stood beside the ruins she had just destroyed, frantically searching for Chen Xiao. It seemed this woman was on the verge of madness, transforming into a destructive madwoman. The last row of houses had already been razed to the ground.
The scene then cuts to a close-up, showing the sea god trembling with rage and screaming furiously.
The voice of the "Fourth Type of Identifiable Non-Renewable Independent Organism" carried a hint of helplessness: "This is the last life form with a completely pure lineage of the civilization of our time. According to the data I intercepted from your brainwaves, in your human terms, it is the last remaining one."
The idea of a sole heir is clearly unique to the East. After all, Chen Xiao is an Easterner, and the information the other party extracted from his mind also bears obvious Eastern characteristics.
"The last life form of pure bloodline. Based on my preliminary analysis, and the data I obtained from your battle with her just now, you are the most outstanding male life form I have seen on this planet in all aspects. Moreover, during your battle, I obtained your blood sample and a portion of... well, according to your terminology, there's a rough analogy called DNA. Yes, that's it. The quality of your DNA in all aspects has barely reached the level of a certain type of life form in our civilization. This surprises me, because as far as I know, the average quality of humans currently living on this planet is far lower than yours."
Ultimately, based on my predictions, if you mate with her, your offspring will retain approximately 46% of the original bloodline. This is the optimal percentage I can achieve after various calculations.
On screen, the sea god roared, and a sonic wave swept out, shearing off a large chunk of the rock layer directly in front of him.
“I have a question,” Chen Xiao suddenly spoke, pointing to the sea goddess on the screen: “This woman… is very powerful. Since she is merely one of the life embryo samples preserved by your prehistoric civilization before its destruction…”
"No, she is not one of the original embryos. She is a descendant of later embryos... Unfortunately, since the original embryos were all female, I used a method similar to what you humans call cloning technology to replicate the original embryos, and she is... the 456256th generation replica. However, in terms of all aspects, she still has more than 97% similarity to female life forms from our era."
"Alright!" Chen Xiao sighed. "Even if this woman is a clone of a female life form from your era, then... does that mean all humans... no, all life forms in your era were this... powerful?"
Chen Xiao couldn't help but stick out his tongue. He thought to himself: This woman is S-rank! Could it be that any random human from a prehistoric civilization is S-rank?!
The other party was silent for a moment, and then the image on the screen suddenly stopped, showing a close-up of the sea god's entire body.
Suddenly, the image rotated 360 degrees in a completely three-dimensional way. Then, a transparent scan of the sea god's body outline was performed. The scanned image showed the sea god's body through the light, revealing his bones, muscles, and other details.
"According to my calculations, the life forms of our era were physically stronger and more powerful than humans currently inhabiting this planet. In terms of physical attributes alone, the average male life form of our era had 2.4 times greater muscle strength, 2.33 times greater bone density, and approximately three times greater efficiency in the function of major organs such as the heart and lungs. As for brain development, it was about 44.5% higher."
Of course, this is just an average calculation. And within any group of life, there will always be some exceptionally outstanding individuals.
I've been observing humanity on Earth for some time now. You humans have an Olympic sport, and the physical abilities of your outstanding athletes are highly representative, representing the group with the best physical fitness among humans on Earth.
According to my calculations, an Olympic champion in a track and field event would barely qualify as a fourth-class life form among life forms of our time.
And now you see this last life form, her mother came from a group of life forms that were selected by the authorities from among the best of our civilization before our civilization was destroyed. These were the most outstanding in all aspects, and their embryos were extracted and replicated.
Therefore, if these embryos are successfully cultivated, their quality will be among the best of all life forms of our time.
Chen Xiao sighed.
Although this guy has explained it, the result is still quite astonishing!
Even if she was one of the most outstanding life forms extracted from prehistoric civilizations by the Sea God... she was still an S-class!
Just like this "Category IV identifiable, non-renewable, independent organism," similarly, the most outstanding groups among humans, such as Olympic champions, can only reach the Category IV level of humanity in their time. Meanwhile, those "Olympic champions" (the most outstanding group) can reach the level of Poseidon, which is S-class.
From this perspective, the beings of this prehistoric civilization were far superior to modern humans in every aspect!
Since Chen Xiao didn't speak, the other party reversed the image on the screen, scanned it, and then continued to introduce: "This is the 456,256th generation replica of the first generation, which was originally an embryo. It is also the last life form with a complete bloodline. I named her Mother. The meaning of this name is that I hope she will become a true mother, and with her body, give birth to new life that will inherit our era."
Upon hearing this code name, Chen Xiao couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat... The Mother? This code name sounded exactly like a birthing machine!
"Then why did you let her out, into the outside world?" Chen Xiao continued to ask, actually stalling for time.
The other person was silent for a moment, then asked in return, "Do you know where this place is?"