War can eliminate the weak and allow the strong to obtain more resources, thus promoting progress. This is the view of the God of War.
Sui Xiong is no stranger to this view. Before he traveled through time, there were many similar opinions on the Internet. According to one of his netizens who knows a lot, this is called "social Darwinism."
At first glance, this theory seems to make sense. Comparing natural elimination and biological evolution, it seems quite reasonable, but... When Sui Xiong was still in school, he learned how to refute it.
This is thanks to his professor Cheng who likes to talk. Although the subject taught by this teacher is "art history" rather than "ancient history", "biological history", "revolutionary history", etc., he likes to teach in class. While chatting here and there, Sui Xiong and the others learned a lot of other things besides art history.
There is precisely this theory and its refutations.
Moreover, Professor Cheng is a very casual person. His examination papers always test whatever he thinks is important. What is the syllabus? Is that what you can eat? In a final exam, he actually passed this test.
Thanks to the exam, Sui Xiong still remembered this part.
He recalled carefully for a while, and then broke the silence: "Wenner, I have a little question."
The God of War looked back at him and asked, "What's the problem?"
"You said that nature uses war to eliminate the weak in order to select stronger and better individuals and populations. Is there any reliable basis for this?"
The God of War was stunned for a moment and replied: "Isn't this a matter of course? Among a group of wolves, the most powerful wolf can get the most food, grow to the strongest, and eventually become the wolf king. Only it is the only one in the entire wolf group. Having the power to have sex with a female wolf and reproduce offspring... Anyone who has lived in the wilderness will probably know these things."
Sui Xiong smiled: "Then I want to ask a question. From ancient times to modern times, has the wolf species become stronger and stronger?"
Wenner was stunned. He closed his eyes and recalled carefully for a long time, and then showed a blank look.
"Strange...Compared to ancient wolves and modern wolves...it seems that ancient wolves were stronger..."
Among the gods present, many have lived for tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even longer years. Under Sui Xiong's reminder, they also recalled their memories.
The results of the memories are naturally similar. Everyone lived from the same era, and no one came from a different world or a different world line, so of course there will not be much difference in what they saw and heard along the way.
Seeing that all the gods were also surprised, Sui Xiong smiled slightly and continued: "As far as I know, from ancient times to the present, the general trend of main plane creatures is that individual strength is constantly declining, and at the same time, the group continues to increase, and within the group, The chances of outstanding individuals emerging are constantly increasing, isn’t it?”
The gods nodded.
"Take humans as an example. Humans in ancient times were actually quite strong. They could even fight low-level monsters with bare hands without using any tools. This kind of force can be regarded as an excellent adventurer in the contemporary era, and may even be close to it. It has reached the intermediate level, but in ancient times, when the God of Knights had just become a god and humans were still being suppressed and beaten by orcs, basically all adults had this kind of force, right?"
Several elders among the gods, as well as some who were interested in history, nodded.
"In ancient times, the proportion of monsters among wild beasts was much higher than it is now. At that time, if you randomly found a pack of wolves in the wild, most of the wolf kings would be monsters, and there would even be several monsters in the wolf pack. right?"
The older gods continued to nod.
"Then the question arises. If according to the God of War, war eliminates the weak and allows strong individuals and races to survive, then the ancient creatures should be weaker than they are now. Why is the result the other way around?"
Gods, you look at me, I look at you, most of them don’t know how to answer.
At this moment, the God of the Water Element spoke: "I have heard a saying that from ancient times to the present, the concentration of magic power in the main plane has dropped, so the strength of living creatures has also dropped."
Sui Xiong smiled and said: "You are the longest among the gods. These things are history to others, but they are nothing more than a past event to you. Do you agree with this statement?"
"Until just now, I still agreed." The God of Water Element said with a wry smile, "But now, I'm not sure anymore."
"why?"
"Because I carefully recalled that although the concentration of magic power in the main plane has indeed decreased several times, it has also increased several times. In general, the current concentration of magic power in the main plane is lower than that of the original one. The era of strong men is actually not much lower - this can be seen from the top strength of living things. The top strong men of this era are no weaker than that era. Those powerful legendary monsters of this era, even if they return to that era, He is also a strong man who can separate one side from another."
He is the elder among the gods, and he is a well-deserved seniority. Given His identity, these words are absolutely unmistakable.
So the gods were even more confused - if the decline in magic power concentration caused the general weakening of living things, then it would be excusable, but the actual situation is that the contemporary magic power concentration is not much lower than the reason. Why? The creature is much weaker
Sui Xiong smiled and watched the gods thinking blankly. After a while, he spoke again.
"I have a guess about this. You may wish to discuss it and see if it is reasonable."
The eyes of the gods were focused on him again.
"We all know that, except for a few legendary creatures, most species need to reproduce the next generation and continue the population by passing on from generation to generation. There is a question here - how to ensure that the next generation of one's own Can it be continued better?”
"Are you strong enough?" A god asked tentatively, "As long as you are strong enough to protect the next generation, then of course there will be no problem."
"This is a good idea, but how can we ensure that we will always be strong and never suffer setbacks?" Sui Xiong continued to ask.
The god shook his head and couldn't say anything.
No one can answer this question.
If there was such a good way, then everyone would probably have become a great divine power. How could it be that until now, there is not even much powerful divine power
"I believe that in the face of changes in the world, in the face of unpredictable fate, and in the face of various crises everywhere, relying on one's own strength alone is not enough to ensure the continuation of the population. In comparison, the simplest and most reliable way is Have more children." Sui Xiong said.
More than one of the gods laughed.
Of course he is right. Having more children will naturally help the continuation of the population.
"Then the question arises. Giving birth is easy, but raising children is not." Sui Xiong said, "Children need enough food to grow up. If the race is too powerful, how can we ensure that there is enough food to go there?" Feed a bunch of kids who can eat?”
There was much less laughter, and many gods were lost in thought.
"I know many giant dragons. They can eat a cow in one meal. If they eat it every day, it will be a terrible amount of food - so they often reduce consumption by sleeping. And if a giant dragon starts from the age of ten, The offspring are reproduced once a year, with five, six or ten offspring each time, so how many do you think they can eat?"
The laughter completely disappeared, and the gods were all lost in thought.
"So for the prosperity of the race, the simplest way is to have more children and weaken them appropriately." Sui Xiong smiled and concluded, "Having more children, low consumption, and resistance to diseases are the foundation for the continuation and prosperity of the race. "
This last sentence was exactly the question in the exam that year.