Chapter 88 Blueprint of Life, the Foundation of External Theory
Card ~ hang up the phone.
Luo Yixue raised her head, took a deep breath, and continued to look into the laboratory.
There, Mu Cang was standing quietly and thinking.
Once upon a time.
Mu Cang was also curious about the genes in his body.
After the soul and body attributes have continued to expand to such an exaggerated state.
Have his genes become completely different from those of normal humans?
If his complete genes are extracted, another 'Mu Cang' can be cloned.
So, can this clone also possess all of his powerful attributes?
With this profound question in mind, Mu Cang once conducted extremely in-depth research on this issue.
He controlled his body and broke a hair on his own initiative.
Then he used powerful telekinesis to crush this hair, which was much tougher than the spiritual crystalline carbyne beam tube, into micron-sized pieces.
From the scraps of this hair, Mu Cang spent all his energy to extract his complete genes.
After careful observation and research on his own genes, Mu Cang learned a surprising fact.
That's his genes.
Surprisingly, the difference from normal humans is not that big.
Or rather.
Theoretically, 'Mu Cang' cloned with this gene will not have such super powerful attributes as he does now.
Even the strength of the clone itself.
None of them are much stronger than the martial arts masters at the Lianqiao level.
This extremely paradoxical phenomenon made Mu Cang very puzzled.
Until I acquired a huge amount of life science knowledge and conducted more in-depth study and research on nature and genes.
Mu Cang finally came to his senses.
It turns out that my past self was just like ordinary people.
Falling into a misunderstanding called [genetic determinism].
According to his research.
It turns out that genes cannot truly perfectly express all the abilities and attributes he possesses.
Qi and blood, true energy, Shen Gang, and the consciousness of destroying all illusions, these are all indescribable.
And Mu Cang discovered after a lot of experiments.
The fundamental source of some rare superpowers may not come from genes.
More likely, it comes from the soul.
And after using psychic abilities many times to perceive and interfere with the spirits and souls of others.
Mu Cang also discovered that the information abundance of the human soul seems to be far greater than its external material body.
Then follow this logic.
Some superpowers do not produce clear abnormal organs or physiological tissues in the bodies of superpowers.
For example, abilities such as prophecy, curse, remote sensing, wall penetration, body seizing, space teleportation, and force field control.
The source may be in the depths of the soul, rather than one's own genes.
The so-called super genes are probably just some manifestations of the corresponding super powers on the material level.
Not its true nature.
Of course, most conventional superpowers still have their roots deep in genes.
However, even if the same super gene is implanted.
Two different individuals, the effects and magnitude of their abilities.
Many times, it is not the same.
This is very likely to be related to the soul.
When I was on earth in my previous life.
Mu Cang, like thousands of others, is a cloud reader of "The Selfish Gene".
I haven’t really read the full text.
If we just read business from the word "selfish", we will take it for granted that human beings are just slaves of genes.
Or rather.
Mu Cang took it for granted at that time.
Human nature, talents and talents are all determined by the genes in the body.
But in fact, this is a deep misunderstanding.
Judging from his current research.
In the entire nature, not only humans, but cats and dogs, chickens and ducks, mosquitoes and flies, tigers and lions, and even bacteria and viruses.
The same thing counts.
Basically, the traits of all organisms in Blue Star are not entirely determined by the genes in the body.
Genes cannot control living things.
The talents, abilities, and characteristics possessed by a creature.
In fact, most of them are shaped by their own characteristics, the close interaction between the individual and the surrounding environment, the various events experienced by the individual, and many random factors.
The real influence of genes is very limited.
Similarly, there are many factors that lead to changes in the development of biological traits.
Genes are just one of them.
There are also biological macromolecules, environmental factors, random factors, etc.
All will affect the development and changes of biological traits.
You can try it and think about it carefully starting from the most basic concept of manipulation.
Can the manipulated person modify, use or abandon the manipulator?
If so, what kind of manipulative relationship is this?
But as manipulated (so-called) human cells.
However, it can change the expression of its own genes through methods and pathways such as transcription factors, second messenger systems, epigenetic modifications, etc.
It can even change the sequence of the gene itself through the break repair mechanism of the DNA chain.
To put it bluntly, with the genetic technology Mu Cang currently possesses.
You can easily modify, use or discard multiple gene segments in an organism.
Whether it is human genes or genes of other species.
As far as Mu Cang knows.
Many microorganisms in nature can even pick up genes from other organisms and corpses and add them to their own cells.
For example, bdelloid rotifers.
This strange species can extract genes from other species by eating and add them to its own cells to function.
Moreover, living things can also voluntarily or involuntarily not produce offspring throughout their lives.
Even commit suicide.
Genes have absolutely no ability or mechanism to stop it.
Therefore, genes have never been the design drawings of organisms, but only the toolbox of cells.
From the human genome, we can’t even find information about how the human organs are arranged.
Human beings are never constructed by genes commanding cells.
Instead, cells look for available things from genes based on the internal and external environment.
Then interact with the environment and jointly shape the ever-changing object.
This is particularly evident in cancer cells.
Therefore, the definition of life should be [information shaped by natural selection].
Rather than a humble slave genetically modified to be arbitrary.
As genetic material, genes are essentially carriers of information.
Its most important property is the continuity of information.
Even the existence of genes itself is not necessary for life.
Let’s talk about it being bigger.
If we look at the world from a broader perspective.
It can be said that anything that can make itself and undergo natural selection meets the definition of life.
Regardless of whether it is a macromolecule that has the function of replication but does not contain any DNA structure.
Or even the electronic programs of computers can be counted as life.
For example, there is a cellular automaton specially used to simulate the spatiotemporal evolution process of complex systems.
It can be regarded as a special dynamic model or as life.
Thoughts flow.
Mu Cang thought about the Aurora clan again.
"However, the Aurora Clan is a little different. The backbone genes of this ancient ethnic group are so strong that they are almost unshakable.
Without accepting the influence of so-called natural selection at all, removing even a small section of a gene will lead to the complete collapse of its overall structure.
It's like a specially installed anti-disassembly device.
Coupled with the superpower components surrounding its genetic chain...
It simply doesn’t look like a genetic structure that can evolve in nature.
The structure is too regular, and this kind of regularity with an obvious sense of deliberateness is as if it is artificially manufactured."
