87: Chapter 87 Evolutionary Creatures

After the lecture concluded, the Xia authorities, through the Aura and Evolution Investigation Department, submitted a request to Chen Mo: to create a globally verified personal account.

It was to serve as an official platform for public statements.

The video platform acted with great speed, completing the verification within ten minutes of Chen Mo giving his nod.

The account name was simply "Chen Mo". No titles, no modifiers.

Shortly after, the official platform released a System-automated notification: "Congratulations to @Chen Mo on joining!"

Three seconds later, the view count for this notification began to climb exponentially.

By the eighth minute, the follower count achieved a Breakthrough of 50 million.

By the tenth minute, the number had jumped to 100 million.

Users from all over the world flooded the comment section with messages in various languages; congratulations, prayers, tributes, and expressions of disbelief filled the entire page.

Chen Mo opened his phone and saw the numbers in the account backend still ticking upward.

He selected the photo of the Source Power fireworks exploding in the sky at the end of the press conference.

At that moment, countless ribbons of white light blanketed the sky over Jing City for dozens of kilometers, while people on the ground looked up in awe.

The caption consisted of only six characters—'Evolution never ends.'

He pressed send and casually put his phone away.

It was pushed to the entire platform.

Hundreds of millions of people received the notification simultaneously.

Subsequently, Minister Li Long of the Aura and Evolution Investigation Department arrived at the Jing City Training Center.

Minister Li Long was the frontline supervisor for Xia's Spiritual Qi affairs.

Since its inception, the Aura and Evolution Investigation Department had consistently undertaken multiple tasks, including intelligence, research and development, training guidance, civil promotion, and international coordination.

When he came to see Chen Mo, he carried no documents, but his face bore clear signs of concern.

"Mr. Chen Mo," Minister Li Long said, coming to a halt.

"Regarding these evolved creatures, we would like to hear your assessment.

Specifically, the level of threat they pose to humanity, the trend toward species gaining intelligence, and how we should respond moving forward."

Chen Mo looked at him and said calmly, "For now, there is no cause for concern.

I have flown over most of the Earth recently, from land to ocean, from the poles to the equator."

He continued, "It is true that the number and intensity of evolved animals are rising.

The muscle fiber density, speed, bite force, and impact resistance of the skin in some large carnivores are already several times higher than normal.

However, these changes remain limited to the individual's physiological level.

They have become more difficult to deal with, but they are essentially still animals—driven by instinct and acting based on past survival experiences."

He paused, his tone unchanging.

"As long as they do not develop intelligence, humanity will always be the masters of the natural world."

Minister Li Long nodded slightly, not interrupting.

Chen Mo continued, "I have not yet observed any signs of intelligence Awakening in any evolved animals.

The strengthening from Spiritual Qi remains limited to the physical level and has not reached their brain tissue structure.

However, we cannot be complacent and must take preventive measures.

Spiritual Qi continues to grow, and its concentration is constantly increasing; we do not know what will happen once the concentration achieves a Breakthrough of a certain critical point.

Therefore, systematic observation of evolved creatures must continue.

In particular, species that have shown changes in brain capacity and neural structure need to have separate, long-term tracking files established.

Once there are signs of burgeoning intelligence, we must immediately assess the situation and formulate a response plan.

We must plan ahead to prevent the consequences of them becoming intelligent."

Minister Li Long noted these points down one by one.

Chen Mo said, "As for humanity itself, our original weakness lay in the slow rate of physical evolution.

The human Physical Body is not inherently advantageous in the natural world; we lack the agility of felines, the strength of large mammals, and we have long reproductive cycles with even longer maturation periods for offspring."

He paused for a moment.

"But now, this weakness has been addressed.

The Human Breathing Method has an extremely low threshold; anyone can practice it.

This is something animals can never achieve.

They can only change bit by bit while passively adapting to the concentration of Spiritual Qi, whereas humans can actively accelerate this process.

As long as humanity does not shelve the Human Breathing Method, the advantage of evolution will always remain in our hands."

Minister Li Long understood that Chen Mo's words were not a threat, but a reminder.

He nodded and immediately turned the conversation to another urgent matter: "Yes, Mr. Chen Mo.

There is one more thing.

We have monitored that, with the rampant growth of plants globally, atmospheric oxygen concentration is continuously climbing.

It has currently achieved a Breakthrough of 23%, and at the current rate of growth, it will exceed 25% within a year."

He continued, "The increase in oxygen concentration will trigger a series of chain reactions.

The frequency and intensity of extreme weather will rise significantly.

The threshold for forest fires will drop noticeably, and the rate of combustion and spread will be far higher than conventional metrics.

At the same time, an oxygen-rich atmosphere will accelerate the oxidation and corrosion of metal Materials, meaning the maintenance cycles for a vast amount of infrastructure will need to be re-evaluated.

The service life of the alloy Materials used in a large amount of civil and industrial infrastructure will gradually shorten.

We are initiating the research and development of alternative Materials, which we anticipate will take time to advance."

Chen Mo said, "These are the growing pains of the Spiritual Energy Revival; they are unavoidable."

Minister Li Long did not refute this.

Chen Mo continued, "Regardless of how humanity tries to prevent or counter it, the process of the Spiritual Energy Revival itself is unstoppable.

The change in oxygen concentration is just one result.

Next, the composition of seawater will change, atmospheric circulation paths will shift, and the structure of microbial communities in the strata will be completely rewritten.

All these changes will be accompanied by destruction and elimination.

Old Systems that cannot adapt will be replaced.

What humanity can do is adapt while simultaneously accelerating our own evolution.

The ability to adapt is directly proportional to the speed of evolution.

The faster one evolves, the greater the magnitude of change one can withstand.

This is the only correct direction for our response."

He paused for a moment.

"Additionally, regarding the planning of food supplies."

Minister Li Long's attention immediately sharpened.

Chen Mo said, "With the Spiritual Energy Revival, the physical structures of both wild and farmed animals are changing.

Muscle density, fat content, and trace element composition are all different from before.

The nutritional value of these evolved animals is increasing significantly, and the energy contained in their meat is far higher than conventional levels."

Minister Li Long pondered this, beginning to realize the implications for the future.

Chen Mo said, "The training intensity for human evolvers will continue to rise.

The energy consumption required to reach the Basic Realm already far exceeds the dietary standards of ordinary people.

After Cheng Jian attained the Rhythm Realm, the daily caloric intake he requires is more than 10 times that of a regular adult male.

Ordinary daily food cannot fill the consumption gap of evolvers.

As the number of people in the Rhythm Realm gradually increases, the entire food supply System will need to be redesigned.

The meat of evolved animals will be one of the solutions.

Their energy density is already sufficient to support the high-intensity training of evolvers."

Minister Li Long said solemnly, "I understand.

On one hand, we must accelerate the scaling of evolved animal husbandry; on the other, we must step up the research and development of ultra-high-calorie, concentrated nutritional food.

When we roll this out, we will need to list the nutritional standards for evolvers separately."

Chen Mo nodded.

Minister Li Long then bid Chen Mo farewell.

As he walked out of the training center, he was already making his first call, requesting the heads of the Agriculture and Food R&D Department to submit a feasibility assessment report by 8:00 AM the next morning.