Liu Xing looked at Matsui Yui in surprise, not expecting that she would call the Deep Diver hybrid a product of failure.
At this time, Shimada Xiaoya stood up and added, "Yes, hybrids of mythical creatures and humans are products of failure in a sense. For example, in recent years, you humans have raised lions and tigers.
The purpose of bringing them together is to allow them to reproduce a new species - ligers, not to reproduce a lion or a tiger. Therefore, our initial expectation for the deep diver hybrid or the ghoul hybrid is a brand new race.
, no matter how bad it is, it still has to be somewhat different from normal deep divers and ghouls."
"But things went counterproductive. Although the hybrids of deep divers and ghouls still had human characteristics when they were young, as they grew older, these hybrids completely turned into deep divers and ghouls. This made us give up.
The originally planned hybrid plan was to intermarry with humans on a large scale, and then use hybrids to continuously replace humans. Therefore, except for a few initial pilot areas, there are very few hybrids of mythical creatures and humans appearing in places.
, anyway, we can also directly pass the spell and disguise ourselves as humans."
"But in recent times, I have heard that many tribes of mythical creatures have begun to intermarry with humans. Of course, their goal is not to use hybrids to break into human society, but to mass-produce mythical creatures through hybrids, because we
The fertility rate among mythical creatures is not high, and it takes a lot of time to grow, so it is better to give birth to hybrids with you humans, and then use special methods to activate the mythical creature genes of these hybrids, so that a batch of mythical creatures can be quickly created.
Creatures, and the combat effectiveness of these instant mythical creatures is no worse than that of normally developed mythical creatures."
Hearing this, Liu Xing thought of a classic evolutionary theory - in general, the more powerful the creature, the lower its fertility rate, and the longer the process from larvae to adulthood. This is a balance made by nature.
.
Just like cats, ordinary cats can give birth to four litters a year, with each litter containing about three to eight cubs; while tigers only give birth once a year, each time giving birth to two to four cubs.
As for the carp in the river and the shark in the sea, there is a huge difference in the amount of offspring each produces.
Therefore, the mythical creatures in the Cthulhu mythology also follow this rule. Although the earth-burrowing demon worm and the macrophage worm are both "worms", one can be found everywhere on the earth, while the other can be found in the universe.
Less than a few.
Back to the topic, although deep divers and ghouls are already considered to be "many and blessed" in the circle of mythical creatures, they are still far behind humans, so they will use the bug of hybrids to "explode their troops"
"It's easy to understand, because the genes of mythical creatures are definitely more powerful than human genes, so as they grow older, the genes of mythical creatures will completely suppress human genes, turning the original hybrid into a complete myth.
biology.
But here comes the problem!
Why did these tribes of mythical creatures suddenly start to "explode" at this time?!
Do they want to make big news?!
Looking at Liu Xing's puzzled eyes, Shimada nodded with a smile and said: "Although I have been living in seclusion in Kagoshima City these years, my informants in various parts of the island country are still operating normally and continue to provide me with various intelligence, so
I found that many mythical creature tribes suddenly began to intermarry with nearby human villages. Among them, Kitano Masaichi’s tribe even asked the Kitano family to set up a small town for them as a delivery room, so over the years, the mixed-race children of various mythical creature tribes
The proportion increased from one percent to twenty percent, so I began to suspect that those tribes of mythical creatures were planning to do something bad."
"As a result, after a detailed investigation, I discovered that there was only one main reason why these tribes began to import children in unison - rumors from the world. A long time ago, before humans had developed, there were almost no tribes of mythical creatures among each other.
There is no communication. After all, we have been fighting for so many years and have become life-and-death enemies. How could we sit down and chat together? As for different tribes of the same race, the relationship between them is not much better.
, because our mythical creatures are also divided into internal categories. Let’s take our ghouls as an example. Common classification methods include giant claw ghoul, black claw ghoul, blade claw ghoul, etc.
etc., divided according to their habitat into graveyard ghouls, wilderness ghouls, ice field ghouls, etc."
At this time, Matsui Yui also nodded and agreed: "Yes, we deep divers will also be divided into tribes based on various conditions. For example, Kitano Masaichi's tribe is all white-armored deep divers, and the deep divers here in southern Kyushu
Divers are called thin-scaled divers. The divers who live near the ancient city of R'lyeh are called guardian divers. In addition to the guardian divers, they will be unanimously respected by other deep divers.
All types of deep divers are somewhat contradictory to each other."
Liu Xing raised his eyebrows and said: "I didn't expect that the interior of your mythical creatures is not monolithic, but the classification of your mythical creatures sounds a bit childish. It feels like England gave up its colonies in order to divide the local area.
The indigenous people are forcibly divided into categories, and even height and wealth can be used as a standard..."
Shimada smiled and said: "You have to know that England at that time was almost controlled by the Corpse Cult, because after the beginning of World War II, the Corpse Cult obtained power on the condition that England would not be attacked by Germany.
Many seats in the English Parliament, and took the opportunity to expand the influence of the Ghoul Cult from England to the control of the entire Commonwealth. Therefore, there were many ghouls among the officials sent by England to the colonies at that time. Therefore, at the end of World War II
After that, those ghouls staged such a big show based on their own experiences."
"Okay, let's get back to the topic. Before the rise of mankind, not to mention the various mythical creature races, there was almost no communication between different tribes of the same race, because the reason why everyone stayed on the earth was to look out for the wind.
, so there is no need for communication; but with the rise of mankind, humans have appeared everywhere on the earth, so news from various mythical creature tribes are transmitted through humans as the medium, and over time, specialized newspapers have appeared."
"Liu Xing, you heard it right. There are several newspapers on earth dedicated to buying mythical creatures. Although these newspapers are monthly, they are collected, compiled, printed and published by the same Bayaki tribe; but
Of course, among the mythical creatures on earth, except for Bayaki, no other mythical creature can start a newspaper business. After all, the Bayaki family often provides interstellar mobile services for other mythical creatures, so Bayaki
The clan can easily come into contact with other mythical creatures, and the levels are not low, because mythical creatures with low levels do not have the opportunity to travel to other planets for business."
"Because Bayaki's sources of information are very comprehensive and highly authentic, their newspaper sales are very high, and their sales network can almost be said to cover the entire earth, even for ancient people who have been in isolation in the deep sea for tens of thousands of years.
They will also subscribe to a newspaper published by the Byakhi tribe. In order to make more money, the group of Byakki profiteers just divided a comprehensive newspaper into daily news, tribal news, anecdotes and rumors.
, the most noteworthy among them is this rumor in the world."
"Compared to the first three newspapers, the reliability of Jianghu Rumors is even a fraction of them. Almost the entire newspaper is fake news, because the four words Jianghu Rumors, as the name suggests, it means that it is a ride on Bayaki to ascend to heaven.
The customer was idle and told some gossip he had heard. For example, there was a piece of news in Jianghu Rumors some time ago, saying that there was an invisible son who was with the Shoggoths, but was killed by Tsathogya.
Fighting mandarin ducks with a stick...Although this seems unreliable, it is also quite interesting, so the sales volume of Jianghu Rumors has always been the first among the newspapers published by the Baiyaki tribe."
"Of course, the rumors are not 100% wrong. There have been many major events before, and some clues can be found in the rumors before they happened. However, they were all laughed off by the onlookers at the time, so now some people are starting to take it seriously.
I read the rumors in the world and followed up some rumors that seemed unreliable but could withstand scrutiny. It turned out that some time ago, the rumors in the world recorded a piece of news provided by the Yis people - there are many rumors on the earth.
Soon one of the Great Old Ones will be revealed again."
"Oh? Who is it?!" Liu Xing asked quickly.
Shimada shrugged and said with a smile: "Then I don't know, because news like 'The old rulers will soon see the light of day on earth' will appear in rumors and leaks almost every month.
The author may have been a deep diver who did not want to be named last month, and the next month he became a ghoul who got on the train from somewhere, so many people think that this is the Baiyakhi tribe who did it to make up for the word count.
I make it up myself every month.”
"But something is different this time, because the person who broke the news is a Yisi. I believe Liu Xing, you should also know that Yisi people's ability is to travel through time and space, so the credibility of their revelations is very high, and that person
The Yaqi tribe did not dare to casually fabricate news in the name of the Yis people, because when the Bayaqi tribe started doing this business, it was said that it was to stimulate sales, so it broke a false news in the name of the Yis people.
As a result, after some Yisi people found out about it, they took away the head of the Baiyaki tribe and took some unsightly things."
"Since then, there have been few news related to the Yis in the newspapers of the Baiyaki tribe. It is said that a Yis has been stationed in the Baiyaki tribe. In short, when the Yis said
When the news came out that "there will soon be an old ruler on the earth again," although most readers openly laughed and scolded the Yithians for being bribed by the Bayaki, secretly they at least believed it.
50%, so the tribe of mythical creatures who heard the news began to increase their population to ensure that their side would have more trump cards when the news came true."
"True card?" Liu Xing said doubtfully: "It stands to reason that if the Old Ones are reborn, then without the second Old Ones appearing, everything on the earth will soon be destroyed by them.
Domination, and the trump cards of those mythical creature tribes will not be effective at all when facing the Old Ones."
At this time, Matsui Yui suddenly said: "Liu Xing, you are wrong to think so, because the word 'birth' here does not mean that the old rulers have reawakened and regained their strength, because the seals on the old rulers are not
It can be lifted easily, so if you want the Old Dominators to regain their former glory, their families will have to make a lot of efforts. For example, my father once said that if the ancient city of Raleye emerges from the deep sea,
If it rises again, then the great Cthulhu will wake up from his slumber, and at this time our deep diver family will gather near the ancient city of R'lyeh to hold a ceremony to call the great Cthulhu to return from the dream.
Reality."
"However, other mythical creatures will not watch the great Cthulhu wake up at this time, because when the great Cthulhu wakes up completely, it means that the other sealed old rulers will forever
There is no future, after all, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. There can only be one old ruler on the earth to control everything, so when the time comes, other mythical creatures will organize an ally to interfere with our rituals and try to destroy the ancient city of R'lyeh.
Sink to the bottom of the sea again; if they succeed, we, the deep divers, will disappear from the earth, and if we, the deep divers, succeed, then only we, the deep divers, will be the only mythical creatures left on the earth!"
Hearing this, Liu Xing sighed and said: "I see, no wonder these tribes of mythical creatures have begun to explode in population. But in this way, our human history will also enter a countdown. After all, no matter who wins the final victory, we
No human being can avoid the end of destruction.”
At this point, the atmosphere at the dinner table became a little solemn.
As a result, Liu Xing and the other three finished their dinner in silence, and then went to rest.
Returning to the two-story building outside the manor, Liu Xing began to stare at his cell phone in a daze, thinking about whether to tell Yin En and others and his master Zixuan all the news he heard at the dinner table tonight.
At the end, Liu Xing put down the phone.
"Let's wait until we meet later to talk about these things."