#641Chapter 641 Martian KryptonianAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 641: Martians ≈ Kryptonians
"But, I have conditions."
As expected, Root of Mars, right after his surrender speech, had conditions.
"Speak."
Cheng Tian's expression was noncommittal.
"There are two conditions."
Root of Mars, still in its Super Mushroom transformation state, said.
"First, if you want to become our Martian's new ruler, you need to help us eliminate the hidden dangers to our species, which means you need to help us clear the Venusian threat to us."
"Second... you need to use your miraculous abilities to help our entire Martian species research a completely new method of reproduction."
Cheng Tian could understand the matter of clearing out the Venusians. He had taken over their home and was asking them to work for him, so he at least had to give some promises.
But helping the Martian's research a new method of reproduction... what, were they really preparing to move towards being sexually reproducing organisms?
Cheng Tian actually found this quite strange.
From a reproductive standpoint alone, the Martian's methods of fungal fluid reproduction and spore proliferation were far more efficient than his own carbon-based intelligent species, which required arduous mating, gestation by the mother, and a series of processes like childbirth.
"Could it be that this female Martian has something special about her?"
Thinking of this, Cheng Tian couldn't help but ask.
"...No definitive experiments have been conducted yet, and there's no supporting data, but my intuition tells me that shifting the species' reproductive method closer to that of Earthlings might drastically reduce the efficiency of offspring production, but it could potentially add more possibilities!"
When Root of Mars said this, its mental energy fluctuated violently; it seemed this reaction was not fake.
Whether it was somewhat naive or finally able to find someone with similar mental energy attributes to vent to, Root of Mars began to explain the species' situation in more detail.
Through spore proliferation, the Martian's reproductive efficiency was indeed incredibly high, just like real mushrooms. They only needed soil, moisture, and a dark environment, and ordinary Martians could grow in batches... But, Martians grown this way, while independent individuals with independent intelligence, had their entire future determined the moment they sprouted.
To give an example, whether appropriate or not, it's like the "Kryptonian" race, to which Superman belongs, in the DC works.
When Krypton still existed, all Kryptonians were centrally gestated as newborns by the government using genetic engineering technology.
Their future roles in society were predetermined at the genetic coding level. If you were a cleaner, you would always be a cleaner. If you were an administrator, you would always be an administrator, thereby strictly controlling population size and social structure.
It was efficient, yet also terrifying, making the entire Kryptonian population stagnant, with no variables whatsoever, and it also cut off the possibility for the lower strata to ascend.
And Superman, Clark, was the first naturally born Kryptonian in centuries, or perhaps even longer, and he possessed infinite possibilities.
The Martian's social structure was highly similar to the Kryptonian's. While all Martians possessed asexual reproduction and super-fast proliferation, they were also genetically limited in their future. And due to the hasty escape, Root of Mars did not have time to bring more Martian gene sequences with him.
This led to a situation where, within the entire Martian species, apart from itself, the leader, there were only three social professional compositions: "Martian," "Martian Backbone," and "Martian Elite."
Through spore proliferation, Root of Mars could still massively reproduce its species, but it was forever limited to these three professions. In other words, if Root of Mars were to die, these species members, who would never have any variables at the genetic level, would not evolve new Martian leader units similar to Root of Mars, unlike ant colonies or beehives.
It was precisely because of this genetic limitation on its own species units that Root of Mars sought an alternative path, looking for a way out through the Ten Commandments virus, which controlled and modified humans, and the fungal fluid clones that used humans as material.
Before the Venusian invasion, Root of Mars hadn't had any specific feelings, but during these years of forced wandering on Earth, Root of Mars also confirmed the shortcomings of its species by observing human groups.
Humans were indeed a terrifying species skilled in mutual destruction. Although there were only four major racial divisions overall, various factors such as region, heritage, and language led to these four major races directly splitting into hundreds of countries and thousands of ethnic groups, engaging in infighting 24/7... yet they exhibited a powerful vitality that far surpassed the Martian species.
This also made Root of Mars realize that even if it could occupy Earth, mass-produce offspring, and even eliminate all invading Venusians, the Martians might not have much of a future.
But Cheng Tian's move, transforming the originally genderless Martian units into physiologically female units right in front of him, was essentially a major change at the species level. It also showed Root a possibility for Martians to evolve towards a species with infinite variables, like humans.
This was the primary reason it was willing to surrender.
Compared to solidifying his position as the species leader, Root was clearly the type of individual who hoped for the species to be better and acted entirely for the species' benefit.
"If that's the case, you might need to self-examine your species members. Most of them have already been infected by certain individuals in your faction with highly targeted viruses."
Cheng, who did not immediately agree to all of Root's conditions, projected images of the Martians infected and turned into Seekers to Root.
The blooming heads, completely different from the generally rounded skulls of Martians, startled Root of Mars, and then the violent surge of its mental energy almost surpassed a psychokinetic shockwave.
"Who is it!? Who on earth is it!!!!!"
Root of Mars could accept the death of its species members; its thick brain flower could even store the mental seeds of countless Martians. It only needed to inject the seeds when proliferation and reproduction reached a certain level, and the deceased species members could be reborn in a different form.
But this scene before him, the problem was huge.
This image of blooming heads not only represented that someone had developed a special virus effective against Martians, but it would also destroy the Martian type at the genetic level!
Cheng Tian remained silent, only switching the screen to show the guy wearing a mushroom hat, sweating profusely and fiddling with a terminal. Then, he remotely opened the emergency escape hatch on the side, and the strong airflow directly sucked the guy out.
And Root of Mars's massive body had already launched a blood-raged charge in the direction where that guy fell!
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