from Xingyuan

Chapter 641. 345. Magic Dragon and Mithril
Led by Mired, Li Oz walked for a long time in the heavy rain. They abandoned the road and moved along the forest stream to avoid the pursuit of the knights of the Kingdom Council.

Mired didn't like to give explanations. This woman shrouded in mist always had a frivolous smile on her face, but she spoke impeccably and never told him where her destination was.

His mood was a little impetuous at first, but gradually calmed down.

The caramel snail followed him all the way to the north and south of the Violet Star, seeing the scenery of humanity, probably that's how his temper was smoothed out.

Now, they were in a valley, Mired raised a fire to drive away the damp and cold air and snakes, rats and ants, while Li Ozi was sitting by the edge of the cave, reading a book by the light.

"Magic, Dragons, and Mithril"

This book was given to him by Mi Ruide to serve as his literacy materials. Anyway, he was idle, so Li Ozi didn't mind reading it.

[Responder] No head, he just can't learn knowledge, but it doesn't mean he can't absorb information.

Practical considerations aside, this book is actually quite interesting.A little story was recorded to tell some interesting roads.

In order to facilitate understanding, Li Ozi localized these stories to a certain extent, which is more convenient for himself who was born in the Star Abyss civilization to understand.

After all, Xingyuan's mainstream world view is grand narrative theory.

This book is different. Its original version is from the perspective of Longxing, thinking about the world view.

The general content is: In the past history, for quite a period of time, 'environmental determinism' has become a methodology for people to explain civilization differences and grand narratives.

Initially, people used the local environment to explain why civilization moved towards technology or magic, and chose idealism or materialism.

To give a simple example, a giant dragon, a fire-breathing, flying, and long-lived creature, will be born on a certain planet, indicating that the environment it lives in must have large marine life to satisfy its huge body consumption. There is less land in the place, mostly broken islands and high cliffs, with very few trees and forests, and most of the area is a humid desert environment.

In this way, the ancestors of giant dragons had to survive by flying at sea for a long time, so similar to that of Fengshen pterosaurs, the ulna, radius and humerus were extremely extended, and complex large active glider evolved. In bays, the plate-like scales of crocodiles are needed for assisted swimming.

As for how the fire-breathing ability came about, it is generally believed that the fire-breathing ability evolved actively. At first, it may have been just a form of performance during the courtship of dragons. It used the accumulated methane in the body and the rapid friction of the rear molars to breathe out fire to form a simple fire. flow.

Anyone who has understood the principle of flamethrowers knows that breathing fire is an extremely wasteful act of energy, but because of this, the ability to perform fire breathing is considered by dragon females to be a manifestation of males having abundant resources.

Just as people think that 'I would rather be an enemy of the whole world than be with you' is a romantic sentiment, this kind of self-willing risk and waste of resources is actually a way to show strength.

From this perspective, holding a military parade is also a kind of romanticism.

Obviously, from the perspective of the female dragon, following such a male with flesh, brains and strength will have a higher probability of survival for the offspring.

So generations of genes were screened out, and the expression of the fire-breathing personality was also passed on.

With the gradual increase in calorie intake and protein intake, the brains of dragons are more developed. Those individuals who are good at breathing fire and precisely controlling the flow of fire are considered to be creatures with higher IQs. They are more inclined to teamwork in hunting, and have Richer emotional expression, in this way, females will give priority to these males who are smart and know how to please dragons.

The following story is actually no different from human history. In order to have a higher brain capacity and fire-breathing ability, the teeth of dragons began to differentiate, and the body structure was gradually improved. The body size began to increase, and the lifespan also increased.

The process of biological evolution takes millions of years as a unit, and the huge size of giant dragons also makes their life spans extremely long. Eventually, old people, grandmothers, and elders with rich experience began to appear in the settlements of the dragon clan. Individuals lacking the ability to hunt prey.

The youths of the Dragon Clan knew the value of these old people and began to support them. Even if they did not provide hunting resources, they could still pass on knowledge, teach ambush techniques, and point out the direction of hunting. The cooked food baked by flames also prolongs the life of the old dragons. , to further promote tooth differentiation, reduce jaw pressure, and free up more space for the brain.

Gradually, language is also formed.With the language, the giant dragons that originally consisted of a few families suddenly increased to a settlement of dozens of family members. Hundreds of giant dragons can participate in hunting together, and the efficiency has skyrocketed.

The language continued to evolve, and the giant dragons also realized the benefits of united hunting, and began to live together, and even began to help each other, and support the newborn dragon cubs whose parents died.In this process, the social relations of the Dragon Clan began to take shape.

The environment is changing, genes are constantly mutating, species are gradually evolving, and dragons begin to migrate. During this process, giant dragons will encounter various difficulties, such as famine, fever, cold, parasites, and giant beasts. don't kill them.

It will only make them stronger. In order to deal with these problems, the dragons began to form primitive clans and tribal organizations, and carried out large-scale migration.

After overcoming or co-existing with these difficulties one by one, the dragon clan marched into the inland environment, and the group cooperated, causing the mortality rate of the cubs to drop exponentially, the population began to explode for the first time, the clan began to split outward, and marched from all angles , eventually covering the entire continent.

From now on, the rudiments of social division of labor formally appeared within them. The initial matriarchal society united the dragons under the banner of the great grandmother. The female dragons began to climb up to dig birds' eggs, go down to fish and hunt shallow water bays, and collect berries in all directions.Go back to protect and raise the cubs.

The male dragons began to arm themselves. They noticed that the stone on the top of the mountain was very strong, so they began to consciously use their claws to drop the stone from a high place, hit another stone, and then use their claws to grasp the two stones for grinding and fine grinding. of making.

First rough stone axes, sharpened to cut trees more efficiently, then to add sharper sets of horns to their sharp horns, to add maces and maces to the tip of the tail, and later, they Discovered a better material - metal.

Coincidentally, they were surprised to find that Longyan has undergone years of accumulated genetic evolution, and the temperature is just right enough to melt metal. The cooled metal can not only make weapons, but also cast various practical gadgets.

For example, currency.

(End of this chapter)