Crow's Paradise

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 there is someone in the offspring who 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.

Comparatively increasing with 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 the "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 is it

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 forward to the next stage.

Go hunting on a rainy and overcast day with little light.

This is their method of action, which is basically the same as that of a lone demon.

However, because of collectivization, they can hunt larger prey, and they need to stay apart for a while to take root during the day, requiring a relatively large territory.

Other than these, they are not much different from ordinary demons.

However, at this time, the demon who was resting like a plant with his eyes closed suddenly opened his eyes.

One after another.

On the soles of their feet, the roots spreading toward the ground retracted, and the pretender's ability allowed them to change their posture, from rooting form to hunting form.

And their hunting form.

The outline of the figure that was originally similar to that of a human has now fallen down.

Soft bumps like feline balls appeared on the soles of their feet, and some bark-like things were added to their vital parts.

Following the roar of the largest demon individual, half of the thirty or so demons rushed out of their habitat.

Yao Yan watched all this from a distance.

There are nearly twenty demons that cannot be dealt with alone.

Judging from the size, only the leader of this group of demons developed for the third time like the gene hunters.

Others are basically secondary developments.

But even so, it is not simple anymore.

It also takes a while for the demon to fully grow, replenish a large amount of energy, and undergo secondary development.

Not sure from a month to a year——

There are no specialized individuals in the demon society who are responsible for assisting the secondary and tertiary development and ensuring that they will not die. It is not unusual for these demons to die due to the conflict of integrated genes during the secondary and tertiary development. .

Some even lack nutrition and starve to death in the process.

A demon group with such a large number is far inferior to the demon city, but it is still a powerful group.

pity? Not at the right time?

Yao Yan didn't sigh, he just hid his body and stopped releasing pheromones.

Like other gene hunters, this time he released pheromones for the purpose of interference.

After recalling the strategy drawn up with the other five gene hunters, Yao Yan couldn't help but make a judgment in his mind for this demon collective.