In 1858, at the Linnean Society of London, Darwin presented a paper on the origin of species.
A year later, Darwin published [The Origin of Species], which shocked the entire academic community, explaining the theory of evolution in a more systematic way.
According to history, he fell seriously ill at the age of 40, and various diseases appeared one after another, dragging down his body year after year. Especially after the publication of [The Origin of Species], his condition worsened, and he finally passed away in 1882.
If he really did have such a terrifying side effect of an anomaly, and it didn't cause any disasters in the end, it could only mean that in history, it was CANC that solved it.
Ordonis explained: "Darwin destroyed the idealistic 'Creationism' and 'Species Invariance Theory' by relying on an anomaly, temporarily known as the Retrograde Hat"
"Wearing that hat allows you to directly observe a certain degree of atavism of a species. Furthermore, you can use your mind to cause the person within your sight to degenerate "
"I've read his [The Origin of Species], the large amount of data and analysis inside is too clear and certain. Even if he tried to cover it up in his work, I can still see that he most likely used this hat to conduct human degeneration experiments"
Enoch was shocked: "Human degeneration experiments? You're saying he conducted human experiments? No wonder … no wonder so many people in the academic community are doubting his theories. I heard that he's currently holding a large debate in London, isn't it because no one believes in the authenticity of his data and the source of his deductions? "
Ordonis solemnly replied: "He would definitely conduct human experiments, because he wrote in his book that the evolution of species to the present day has gone through many important stages. And as far as I know, the atavism he saw when he put on the hat wasn't the first ancestor, but rather the form of a previous stage of a creature. So to trace back to the origin, he would need at least one target, degenerate it, then record it, degenerate it again, then record it again … "
Lan Mu listened with great interest and interrupted: "What's the price? What's the price of this anomaly? "
Ordonis scowled: "The Light of Life"
Lan Mu was confused. What's that?
Ordonis explained, "As far as I know, it is a power that every life has, from the smallest viruses to the largest species. It is the fundamental element for the natural evolution of all life, the adaptation to the environment, and the survival of the fittest. Darwin proposed the theory of evolution and used a large amount of data to prove that all living things were not created by God, but through inheritance, mutation, the struggle for survival, and natural selection, from simple to complex, from low to high, constantly developing and changing. "
"It's the Light of Life that allows living things to develop in such a manner. As more and more species are eliminated from the competition, the number will also increase. "
"The stronger the light of life of a species, the more powerful its ability to evolve. The species with the most exuberant light of life on Earth should be bacteria. They have evolved for billions of years and eliminated countless species. "
Lan Mu was stunned. "You're talking about viruses, right?"
"What's a virus?" Odonis was also stunned. After a moment of silence, he said in realization, "A virus! Ah! That's right, so there really are such small viruses. "
Historically, viruses would take at least 20 years to be discovered, but with Lan Mu's reminder and his own ability, Odonis immediately recognized what a virus was.
Lan Mu didn't dwell on this and simply asked: "What would happen if there was a species with infinite light of life?"
"Infinite? Ahaha, don't use the word 'infinite' so casually, the true meaning of 'infinite' is too terrifying. If there really was a species with infinite light of life, then that species would have the ability to evolve infinitely. The path of evolution would be endless for them. Such a creature would definitely be invincible. "Odonis explained.
Lan Mu silently nodded. He had discovered the weakness of the insectoids.
Insectoids were too troublesome to deal with, as long as they weren't instantly killed, the next attack would be useless.
And now, Lan Mu knew where the insectoids' infinite evolution came from. Or rather, the evolution of all life forms originated from the Light of Life.
This might be a product of the same level as things like imagination and luck.
Then, this was the insectoid's weakness.
"The information about the insectoids should have stated that they have infinite light of life. Hmm, I shouldn't use the word 'infinite' so casually. If they really were infinite, then there would be no solution. Perhaps the insectoids simply have too much light of life, so much so that it's hard to calculate.
"If I can reduce the insectoid's light of life, then that would be the best solution."
With that in mind, Lan Mu asked: "Does this anomaly only consume a human's light of life?"
Odonis shook his head: "It depends on the race of the user. Creatures without intelligence would not be able to use it, so Darwin must have used it himself, unknowingly squandering a human's light of life"
Lan Mu smiled: "Then what are we waiting for? This thing affects the evolution of humanity, so we have to take it in! "
Unknowingly, Lan Mu felt a desire to take it in. He missed the feeling of taking in random anomalies in the early days of the organization.
But he didn't think he would be working side by side with the founders of CANC this time.
Of course, he also had his own selfish motives. He had his eyes on this anomaly!
"The Degenerate Hat, when this anomaly fuses with me, it will have the greatest effect! Because I am the myriad races! "
The reason was simple, when a human used it, it would consume a human's light of life. And when an insectoid used it, it would naturally consume the insectoid's light of life.
Would the insectoids be stupid enough to do that? Unless it was Lan Mu who had the insectoid transformation.
For the same reason, this move was effective against all races. As long as the individual wasn't too strong, Lan Mu would be able to compress the information of a member of a certain race into a Life Sphere to transform.
Then after Lan Mu's transformation, he would be able to represent that race, using himself as a medium to consume that race's light of life.
That was too much of an underhanded method.
"Tsk! The Hand of Fantasy, cripples their brains … the Degenerate Hat, cripples their bodies … "
"As expected, I am the enemy of civilization … isn't this a bit too much?"
If a race, a civilization, without both imagination and the ability to evolve, what's the point of living?
If the civilizations of the universe knew about these two anomalies, they would definitely call them the 'ultimate evil'!
The two most important things for a civilization were imagination and evolution.
Even before he got his hands on the Degenerate Hat, Lan Mu already considered it to be his.
Lan Mu planned to take this anomaly as well as the Infinite Divine Wind with him when he left this timeline. Since these things hadn't been passed down to the future, even if he didn't take them with him, they would still be destroyed by Audonis, so he might as well take them with him.
After all, he was the only one who could use them.
Lan Mu felt that coming to this era was the right choice. In other eras, even if there were plenty of anomalies, he wouldn't dare to use them.
But this era had Audonis, and no one in this world knew as much about anomalies as Audonis. With Audonis, who was a 'humanoid encyclopedia' of anomalies, he knew exactly what he could use, what he could take with him, and what he should destroy.
Audonis said: "Enoch, use this gold to buy a large ship. Prepare everything we need, we're heading to London right away"
Lan Mu said that taking a ship would take too long, so he said: "I'm going to find Darwin first. It's best to collect anomalies like this as soon as possible"
Audonis doubtfully asked: "How are you going to find Darwin?"
Lan Mu's psyche extended to the North and replied: "I can directly see … hm?"
Just as he was about to scan Darwin with his psyche, he found that the entirety of London was covered by a strange barrier that prevented his psyche from traveling through.
"Ah? London prohibits the transmission of psyche? What kind of anomaly is that? "Lan Mu was now a Golden Immortal, so how could it be blocked just like that?
Audonis explained: "The Colorless Stone, within a 500km radius of its location, all forms of psyche are prohibited. Psyche, inner sight, psychokinesis, soul techniques … all of them are prohibited "
Lan Mu scowled. He found that Kong Xuan's teleportation technique couldn't be used because it also used the power of inner sight.
"Almost all spells and thaumaturgies would use inner sight …"
"Don't tell me I can't even control the 5-Colored Divine Light in there?"
"However, I can definitely use the Shuttle Ring!"
With that in mind, Lan Mu asked: "Do any of you know Darwin's exact location?"
Everyone shook their heads. Enoch replied: "How would we know? I heard that he went to London, but who knows where exactly? We'll have to go look for him … but the British royal family wouldn't steal his anomaly first, would they? "
Audonis refuted: "No, if Darwin arouses the suspicion of the British royal family, the fact that he possesses an anomaly would be exposed"
Lan Mu was confused, but Enoch suddenly realized: "I know! It's that thing you mentioned last time … the divinatory diary! "
"With that thing, we can't make too much of a ruckus, we have to hide it from the British royal family and secretly collect it"
"Otherwise, if we're discovered and attract the royal family's attention, they'll definitely hunt us down"
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