Chapter 216 Gene Hunter's Tactics

Even the Queen in the Majin City is important because she is the "model" of Majin society, not because she is the "mother".

"Producers" or "spawners", those individuals who are specialized in producing demon cubs, do not have the same status as human mothers to their offspring.

The reason why human beings value their mothers is much smaller than instinct. Yao Yan believed that most of the reasons were determined by acquired education, the atmosphere in society and collective concepts.

In this demon society that has not developed any "culture" or "concepts", what status can "mother" have?

Yao Yan looked at the forest and made a judgment in his mind about the family group formed by "mother".

A fragile bond.

As long as one of the offspring is more powerful than the "mother", "power seizure" will easily occur.

This situation occurs in countless animals in nature.

The form, genes, and abilities of demons will make it more difficult for them to form a collective society.

unless

Yao Yan had an idea.

What special role does "mother" play in their genes?

There are many ways to "special effect".

For example, a special structure has been vaguely formed in the demon society.

The queen can induce the differentiation of demon cubs.

Queens can secrete large amounts of hormones and pheromones to help them.

In short, what is needed is a "function".

If you are a "tool man".

Or it could extend the growth time of the cubs.

Mothers have an important status in human society, and one of the main "formation reasons" is the raising period of human cubs.

It's not like you're physically mature or anything.

But "independence".

When human society has developed to a certain level, the end of the "cub period" is the time when they become economically independent and can live on their own.

Compared with primitive society, the "infancy period" of human beings has essentially been extended.

In animal terms.

If the mother gives up her pups early and leaves them to fend for themselves, the mortality rate is generally higher than if the pups are released later.

From the perspective of natural elimination selection, the latter has a higher "survival rate" and is more likely to leave offspring, so there will be more such individuals than the former.

Of course, this is while controlling for variables.

It would not work to add the unequal characteristics of having a better brain and a stronger body to the former.

What increases relative to the mother's raising time is the offspring's dependence on the mother.

This is also an inference drawn from the perspective of natural elimination.

In this way, the status of "mother" in the group can be elevated.

A method that is easy to say and difficult to say.

After the social structure develops and social behavior is conceptualized, the role will be transformed into concepts, into culture, and into various "traditions" that inhabit the consciousness of demons.

It is true that the collective is the refrigerator and petri dish of "experience" and "knowledge".

But, in this case, there's a lot that can be put into it that affects future generations.

The possibility of the newborn demon collective directly using "mother" as a link to maintain the group structure is too low.

It is feasible to use "survival" as a link and then gradually raise the status of "mother".

However, soon, when thinking about issues related to "mother", Yao Yan realized another problem.

A problem that may soon arise in Majin City.

Is "production capacity" itself a kind of "redundancy" for the demon society?

When most offspring are produced by producers and incubators, will "production capacity" be abandoned by individuals who are not responsible for production?

Afterwards, it will be similar to the "swarm" or even more complete. The units among the demons that are not responsible for production will lose their reproductive organs and abilities.

If the current demons are considered "bi-sex" capable of self-fertilization, then these will become genderless?

No, this statement is not correct either.

During his lifetime, those genderless individuals in nature were also fertile.

Retain some "universal cells", these universal cells can turn these individuals into producers when the demon group loses specialized producers.

A social structure that is similar to, but not entirely consistent with, that of a bee colony.

Or maybe

The individual responsible for producing treasure chests?

Bisexual reproduction and the exchange of mixed genes are more likely to produce genetic variation.

For the demon society, individuals with excellent genes are "treasure boxes".

Yao Yan is not sure whether there will be such structural individuals in the demon society that are responsible for producing mutated genes, but he thinks it is very likely.

However, the chaotic thoughts were quickly interrupted.

"Prepare for action."

The five gene hunters called him with basically the same voice and movements.

Yao Yan's thoughts returned, and after confirming his actions, the six demons prepared to separate, looking for an advantageous place where they could hide themselves and be suitable for ambush.

The dense pheromone spread towards the forest.

Within the forest.

About thirty demons were staying in place silently, as if asleep on the ground without the shade of trees, like plants.

It is different from the demon society which chose to create "perfect creatures" as a means to "survive".

This demon collective, as a means to the goal of "survival", is just ordinary survival.

During the day, you "eat" through photosynthesis, store energy, and move yourself toward the next stage.

Go hunting on rainy and cloudy days when the light is insufficient.

This is their way of action, which is basically the same as that of the lone demons.

However, because of the collectivization, they can hunt larger prey, and they need to separate for a distance during the day to take root, so they need a larger territory.

Apart from these, they are not much different from ordinary demons.

However, at this time, these demons who were resting with their eyes closed like plants suddenly opened their eyes.

One by one.

The roots that spread underground under their feet retracted, and the ability of the disguisers allowed them to change their posture from taking root to hunting.

And their hunting form.

The body outline that was originally similar to that of humans has now crawled down.

Soft bulges like the meat balls of cats appeared on their soles, and some things similar to bark were added to the vital parts.

With a low roar from the largest demon individual, half of the thirty or so demons rushed out of the habitat.

Yao Yan watched all this from afar.

Nearly twenty demons are not something that can be handled alone.

And from the size point of view, in this group of demons, only the leading demon is the third development like the gene hunters.

The others are basically second development.

But even so, it is not simple.

It takes a while for demons to grow up completely, replenish a lot of energy, and undergo second development.

Uncertain from one month to one year -

Without those specialized individuals in the demon society who are responsible for assisting the second and third development and ensuring that they will not die, it is not uncommon for these demons to die due to conflicts in the integrated genes during the second and third development.

Even some of those who are malnourished will starve to death in this process.

A demon group with this size is far inferior to the demon city, but it is also a powerful collective.

What a pity? Born at the wrong time?

Yao Yan did not sigh, but hid his body and stopped releasing pheromones.

Like other gene hunters, this time he released pheromones to interfere.

Thinking back to the strategy he had formulated with the other five gene hunters, Yao Yan couldn't help but make a judgment on this group of demons in his heart.