On the battlefield, twelve Gastrea that had reached the 4-Digit level, inheriting the power of the Zodiacs that had once destroyed the world of Black Bullet, fired laser beams at the legion of divine-level clones using their unique biological functions.
The Divinity that had once destroyed human civilization, after being enhanced by the center of Little Garden, displayed a power far exceeding the original.
WHOOSH!
Even divine-level defenses were instantly shattered.
Numerous wounds appeared on the bodies of the two-headed dragons. The blood that seeped from these wounds fell to the earth again, giving birth to the second generation of clones.
Unlike the two-headed dragons of the first generation, the second-generation clones not only had a Divinity of only the 5-Digit level, but their forms also became very diverse.
Some were scorpion-shaped monsters, some were viper-shaped monsters, and there were also various other animal forms such as giant pythons and jackals.
Such a scene had actually appeared from the very beginning, but it was only now that it became widespread. According to mythological records, various kinds of monsters could indeed be born from Azi Dahaka's blood.
This phenomenon was not surprising in itself; it was merely using this legacy to express the evil he symbolized.
If it were before, Canary would not have paid too much attention to these seemingly natural details.
But at this moment, noticing Su Mo's actions and thinking of the questions he had raised before, a question couldn't help but arise in her mind.
The question was simple: "As clones of a dragon, why would they split into other animals?"
From a mythological perspective, the splitting into these animals was entirely for the needs of mythological propaganda. To reflect the terror of the evil camp, it was a common practice to bind various dangerous and ferocious creature images to it.
But if one were to set aside why this was done and instead ask how it was done, the core problem would surface.
How did the Divinity of a two-headed dragon degenerate into creatures like vipers, scorpions, tigers, and wolves?
The premise of degeneration and regression is that the parent body must contain the corresponding genetic factors.
It is precisely because the three-headed dragon has a high concentration of dragon-type factors that it can degenerate into a two-headed dragon.
And after the two-headed dragon degenerates, it can produce various other creatures, but no trace of a dragon can be seen.
Doesn't that mean that the dragon-type genetic factors most likely contain the genetic factors of various other creatures?
If this point could be confirmed, then the question Su Mo had raised before would have an answer.
"As expected, it's still related to genetic factors." As a look of shock appeared in Canary's eyes, finally understanding what Su Mo was testing, Su Mo nodded slightly and continued to verify his conjecture.
In the existing evolutionary tree, the vampire form is classified as a demon species and does not possess the genetic factors of various other species.
Its basic form has only one starting point: human.
If the mystery of the pure-blooded dragon species includes the genetic factors of many species, then this difference is bound to be crucial.
"If vampires lack genetic factors and thus cannot evolve into the pure-blooded dragon form, then it exactly corresponds to the apocalyptic background faced by the vampire form."
As mentioned before, the future represented by Leticia's vampire form is one where humanity, due to the threat of the sun, is forced to build satellites and lead all of humanity off the Earth to survive in space.
It is conceivable that humans who have left their home planet will inevitably fall into a predicament of resource shortage. By then, the Earth will most likely have become a lava planet, devoid of any life.
In this situation, even if the remaining humans build a Noah's Ark and move all the plants and animals from Earth onto the spaceship, it is impossible to have enough resources to sustain these lives.
Therefore, a large-scale extinction of life is inevitable.
Except for the plants and animals that have survival value for humans, all other life will be the first to be abandoned.
This does not even take into account the situation of data loss or data distortion due to accidents.
With all these factors combined, the humans of that time will inevitably not have a rich natural gene pool like the modern era, and the reserves of the Genome Tree (Tree of Life) will be reduced to a very low level.
And the problem lies here.
"The vampires who have lost their home planet have also lost the genetic information library of other species. By the time they realize that this genetic information library is the only key to help them evolve into the pure-blooded dragon form, it will be too late."
To temporarily ignore the difficulties of the future in order to overcome the difficulties of the present is a choice that human society often makes.
In order to survive, some things must always be sacrificed.
However, once the things that are sacrificed are very important, so important that they are irreparable, then there is really no way to get them back.
A major mistake of this level will only lead to one consequence: extinction. That is why vampires are considered a failed form and were summoned by the center of Little Garden to serve as a negative example to warn humanity.
Thinking of this, another inspiration couldn't help but arise in Su Mo's mind.
"If what vampires lack is really the genetic factors of other species, then is their innate thirst for blood an instinct born to fill this defect?"
If so, doesn't that mean that as long as vampires absorb enough genetic factors, they may be able to complete their own defects and become true pure-blooded dragons?
Thinking of this, Su Mo shook his head, interrupting his train of thought. "It's still too early to think about this. Compared to the extended deductions, the most important thing to do now is to first confirm the previous conjecture."
Only by confirming that genetic factors are the key element that the vampire form lacks can the subsequent reasoning stand on its own feet.
And to confirm this point, one needs to do what was done when the theory of general relativity was recognized: make a prediction based on the existing theory and verify this prediction through empirical evidence.
"If a human, plus the Third Stellar Particle, has the potential to evolve into a vampire form."
"A vampire form, plus a library of genetic factors, has the potential to evolve into a pure-blooded dragon form."
"Doesn't that mean that the perfect combination of a human, the Third Stellar Particle, and a library of genetic factors has the potential to result in a pure-blooded dragon form?"
If these three elements are the version answer to what constitutes a pure-blooded dragon, then what needs to be done is very simple.
Su Mo immediately looked at the twelve Zodiac-level monsters he had summoned.
Weren't they the purest embodiment of a library of genetic factors?