Chapter 0002: The Two Major Biological Extinctions

As the only marine species in the sandbox, the aquatic plant named "Blue Moon Grass" by Xu Zhi has undergone tens of thousands of generations of species evolution and has begun to form various branches.

He looked at the artificial ocean in the courtyard, looked up at the dark sky, and the dusk cast the last glimmer in the corner of the wall.

Xu Zhiben originally intended to experiment with the evolution of species by introducing single cells into the ocean, but did not expect it to be so powerful

The Cambrian Explosion on Earth is the origin era of all life on Earth, giving rise to dinosaurs, humans, and various predators... While the biological explosion here is facing five thousand years of darkness... Let's call it the Era of Darkness.

Xu Zhi took a deep breath

Xu Zhishen took a deep breath, feeling a bit excited and uneasy.

A portion of the Blue Moon Grass continues to absorb moonlight during its evolution, enhancing the efficiency of moonlight conversion

Their body size is no longer expanding.

However, it did not evolve into animals as the paper had expected on the seventh day, but instead ushered in another terrifying mass extinction!

And a one hundred mu sand table is equivalent to the size of a small province for micro-ecological organisms the size of small ants

He didn't sleep all night, waiting until dawn.

According to the biological evolution history of Earth, the ocean is the origin of all life. Marine plants appeared first, followed by the continued proliferation of marine animals. What kind of marine animals will evolve from the cellular organisms of the insect lineage...

A bit shy mode.

In order to better adapt to the intense sunlight environment, it began to reproduce generation after generation

Xu Zhi doesn't understand the history of Earth's evolution.

Ten thousand years accelerated into one day, and this is only six days. The species evolution that lasted for sixty thousand years, single-celled organisms in the ocean evolved into plankton in the sea, forming a marine environment similar to the end of the Earth's Phanerozoic, reminiscent of the Cambrian explosion of life five hundred million years ago in the Paleozoic era. This spore of the insect tribe is simply astonishingly powerful

In the entire ocean, there is no other species competing for its living environment. It has started to reproduce rapidly and has given birth to various branches, which are thriving and filling the entire ocean.

The first mass extinction of life on Earth actually occurred over 400 million years ago, at the end of the Ordovician period

It is unnecessary to deliberately enlarge the size of the Zerg; maintaining the original small size of the insectoid form is the correct evolutionary approach. The smaller the size, the easier it is to give rise to a qualitative change in energy

Historically, the most famous event is the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period, which occurred 65 million years ago. The dominant creatures of the Earth, the dinosaurs, faced their demise, resulting in the death of eighty percent of animal species at that time

In an instant, the Blue Moon Grass began to undergo widespread extinction.

The Earth is a massive planet, with billions of species undergoing natural selection, possessing tremendous adaptability, capable of surviving even mass extinctions.

Soon, in the pond of the orchard, various peculiar aquatic plants floated in patches.

Endured five thousand years of scorching sun and five thousand years of darkness

The orchard is only so big, it is not possible for them to evolve too much.

It was a star-shaped blue moon grass, which also welcomed its own mutated evolution, successfully escaping this biological mass extinction, transforming under the scorching sun, and being reborn from the flames

The plankton in the sea has appeared... the maternal nest, beginning to establish genetic locks to restrict the size of spore organisms

He has searched for information online

Now, unlike the era of Earth, his subordinates and the * map * book found themselves in a sandbox where, with the arrival of night, an endless darkness lasting five thousand years suddenly descended, as the sun abruptly vanished, triggering his first mass extinction of species.

At the moment of sunrise, the various blue moon grasses that thrived in the deep night ocean quickly wither away

He was in high spirits, opening the first page of Genesis in this black notebook, and wrote the first line of text on it:

Having lost direct sunlight, this plant has chosen to direct its photosynthesis towards the extremely faint light of the moon, managing to survive in a precarious manner

Sunlight is the source of all things; these aquatic plants, newly born from the ocean, will lose their ability to photosynthesize and will directly wither away

In the memories of the previous generation of the Empress, it was also indicated that the evolution of the enormous physique was erroneous

This is the demise of life

Now that night has fallen, it signifies that the long day of five thousand years has passed, and we are about to welcome an endless night lasting five thousand years

In just a few minutes, countless generations of death, rebirth, and reproduction occurred, gradually shifting from blue to a deeper hue, eventually transforming into a dark purple-black... Ultimately, a mysterious black-blue star-shaped seaweed was formed.

Xu Zhi saw this and marveled at the resilience and wonder of life, where the survival of the fittest prevails. "Having endured the first great extinction event, this unique aquatic plant has astonishingly developed its own diverse civilization in the dark ocean."

It possesses beautiful, mysterious, and balanced star-shaped leaves that can expand and contract

Continue to document the second mass extinction event in the evolutionary history of his biological era

Throughout the long evolution of eras, the Earth has undergone the birth of single-celled organisms, the evolution of multicellular life, and the proliferation of various Paleozoic species, having experienced five catastrophic mass extinctions

On the afternoon of the sixth day, after experiencing five days of unicellular life in the Paleozoic ocean, a dramatic change occurred, and multicellular organisms began to appear in the sea

This plant successfully survived the first round of mass extinction, and within just a few seconds, it grew, developed, and then died, resembling a fast-forwarded film.

However, he can naturally return to his room, open his laptop, go online to search, and frantically catch up on the evolutionary history of the Earth, the origins of species, the Cambrian, Silurian, Devonian...

Because the sun rises

It began to rapidly evolve from generation to generation, competing for survival in the natural world, crazily adapting to the nocturnal environment, resulting in the emergence of shapes such as rhomboids and discs, resembling lotus leaves spread across the surface of the sea, in order to more effectively absorb the moonlight from the sky above the courtyard

This was due to a sudden drop in temperature and a decrease in sea level, which led to the destruction of the Earth's marine ecosystem, directly causing the extinction of 85% of marine species at that time

However, this is a highly adaptable single-celled organism of the insectoid species—spores, which can survive even on desolate planets, so there is no reason it cannot survive here

There are angular, elongated, oval-shaped, deep-sea types, shallow-sea types... At this time, it even developed into two differentiated species

In just a few minutes, Xu Zhi seems like an accelerated ecological documentary, where new plankton species are continuously born and perish on this artificial ocean of the pond within seconds, giving rise to the next generation

Another hour has passed

He waited quietly as the moonlight poured down from the courtyard, a lifeless ocean filled with the corpses of plants. A full half hour passed, and suddenly a faint hint of blue surfaced.

He took out a black notebook, picked up a pen, and recorded the evolution process of this and the book sandbox

A portion of the Blue Moon Grass has surprisingly begun to adopt a carnivorous nature, preying on other Blue Moon Grass. They also absorb moonlight, emitting a faint glow to attract other Blue Moon Grass to float over, which they then consume

In the era of Guangwu, the world underwent drastic changes, with the moon setting and the sun rising, giving rise to a scorching sun that hung in the sky for five thousand years. The Blue Moon Grass, which had endured the Dark Era, began a widespread extinction of species. Among them, the weaker lineage of the Blue Moon Grass, the Purple Zhaocao, unexpectedly soared to prominence, becoming the leading figure of this epoch.

A bug the size of a cat is already quite an exaggeration

The vast expanse of aquatic plants, withered and sinking to the seabed, has lost its vitality, resembling the Dead Sea, devoid of life under the night sky

The seventh day has finally begun

In the long epoch of species evolution, measured in hundreds of millions of years, countless species have been born and gone extinct, creating a grand epic of the planet's history

Mass extinction of species signifies both demise and an opportunity for the rise of weaker species

In my era of evolution, the first mass extinction of species has begun... I did not expect it to happen so soon

However, it is different here; the environment is too small

The second mass extinction has erupted so quickly, having barely survived for a short time; it is simply a tragedy beyond comprehension

From this point on, the body size of the normal species in the sandbox is even smaller than that of ordinary ants; this is the true essence of insects, the insect race. Moreover, even the largest species, no matter how evolved to the level of dinosaurs, will not exceed the size of a cat

But the sky is about to darken, and my greatest concern is that things are beginning; the world of the sand table is about to be destroyed

After all, the Earth can serve as a reference

That is a blue plant the size of an ant, with the delicate shape of a leaf.

The evolution of spores through the course of life is long and splendid, yet within just a few hours, it presents countless instances of prosperity and decline before our eyes, bringing an overwhelming and inexplicable shock to many.

Cell division has evolved to accelerate by ten thousand times, condensing ten thousand years into a single day, which is equivalent to five thousand years of daytime and five thousand years of nighttime

He gazed at the pond known as the Ocean of Life, silently anticipating

By the afternoon, a hint of blue gradually revives from the withered plants

As expected, just as night fell, the moment the sunlight was lost, the sea water underwent a dramatic change

Originally, they received the faint moonlight at night, but now they are suddenly exposed to such intense sunlight, as if they are being burned, and one by one they sink to the seabed

Xu Zhi furrowed his brow and silently issued orders

In the era of the Dark Armament, the heavens and the earth underwent a sudden transformation, with the sun setting and the moon rising. The world was plunged into a prolonged darkness lasting five thousand years, during which 99% of marine life faced extinction. Only the Blue Moon Grass survived by absorbing moonlight, becoming the sole surviving species. In this dark ocean, the Blue Moon Grass thrived, establishing itself as the dominant species of this epoch

Shall we also record the countless epochs of my sandbox evolution according to the Earth's epoch calendar

For five thousand years, as the sole survivor among countless species, you have endured the blazing sun and the depths of darkness. You are the true hero, let us call you the Zizhan Grass. Xu Zhi smiled, quietly picked up the pen, and turned to the second page of the black diary

In theory, even if the pond and ocean are filled, there are only tens of millions of species. According to Darwin's theory of evolution, a very small biological base is insufficient to evolve a new species that adapts to the environment.

At night, it opens its five petals, spreading flat on the surface of the sea, increasing the area for absorbing moonlight. During the day, in order to prevent intense sunlight, it shrinks by more than half, transforming into a bud