Chapter 842 The Origin of Life
Having said that, Xu You finally understood the deeper meaning of Severi's words.
If we change to another planet with even worse conditions, even if we put the creatures on the Blue Planet there, they would all become extinct in a short period of time.
Only creatures like humans, who possess extremely high intelligence and civilization, can rely on their own technology and avoid being destroyed by harsh environments .
"According to this line of thinking, Blue Planet is not a planet that is easy for life to be born. It can only be said to be a planet that is suitable for the development and continuation of life. Similar biological theories have never appeared on Blue Planet."
According to traditional biological theories, Blue Star is a planet that is very easy to give birth to life, but planets similar to Blue Star are extremely rare in the universe.
However, the latest discovery has given Xu You a different perspective on this issue.
"If possible... I'd better verify it now through my brain simulation skills."
Xu You was very curious about the true conclusion, so he said to Lin Shi and Severi:
"Lin Shi, Severi, the two of you take a look at the Shenniao space fighter first. I need to study this issue in depth."
"Yes, okay, teacher."
After explaining this to Lin Shi and Severi, Xu You entered the brain simulation state and simulated this problem.
"Teacher Xu...is he going to enter his magical state again?" Severi asked Lin Shi.
Severi felt very incredible about Xu You's special ability. On Proxima b, Severi had never seen any Proxima Centauri with similar abilities as Xu You.
"Yes, this is the teacher's magical ability. Sometimes, I feel that the teacher is not like a blue star person." Lin Shi said with a smile.
While Lin Shi and Severi were chatting, a planet had already been created in the simulated world in Xu You's brain.
Xu You tried to simulate various conditions to verify that this planet is very capable of producing life.
"No, the simulation speed is still too slow. At this rate, even after a few hundred years, there is no way to be sure that life will be able to emerge."
Even though Xu You had used the fastest simulation speed, it was still too slow considering the scale of planetary development.
Thinking of this, Xu You immediately tried to further speed up the simulation so that life could be generated quickly.
After some attempts, Xu You finally adjusted the simulation speed to a very fast speed.
According to Xu You's estimation, one second in the outside world is equivalent to one million years in the simulated space.
At such a fast speed, the simulation error will be slightly larger, but it is a sacrifice that must be made in order to simulate the results.
"If a planet cannot produce any life, or the substances necessary for life structure, for billions of years, then there is basically no hope for this planet to give birth to life ," Xu You thought.
Life on the Blue Planet is now 4.6 billion years old, and the earliest life on the Blue Planet was probably born between hundreds of millions and tens of billions of years after the Blue Planet appeared.
This basically shows that after hundreds of millions of years of evolution, it is enough to create a planet suitable for the birth of life and give birth to life.
When the first simulation entered the second billion year, Xu You reluctantly ended the first simulation.
"No, if our simulation is accurate, it proves that such conditions cannot give rise to life."
This time, the planet conditions chosen by Xu You were similar to those of Venus.
According to the simulation results, even if Venus is given enough time, it is impossible for life to be born.
Next, Xu You changed the conditions and set the planet to be very similar to Mars.
After completing the settings, Xu You continued with the simulation.
This time, Xu You clearly discovered that the simulation of the planet was very different from the last time.
On the surface of Venus, more active reactions occurred, which continuously made the materials on the surface of Venus more complex.
"In the beginning, the materials on Venus were relatively monotonous, with a limited variety of elements. However, after continuous evolution, Venus became more and more complex, and more and more organic matter began to appear."
These reactions are very similar to the reactions after the formation of the blue planet, which made Xu You begin to believe that Venus does have the conditions for the birth of life.
When the simulation entered the 300 millionth year, Xu You discovered that some amino acid structures, that is, organic compounds containing basic amino groups and acidic carboxyl groups, appeared on the surface of Venus.
This is an essential substance required for the formation of proteins, which means that the possibility of life emerging has become greater.
By the 500 millionth year of the simulation, proteins and other chemicals necessary for life had appeared on the planet.
In the eighth year of the simulation, the first life was officially born.
This is a life with a very simple cellular structure, without even a nucleus, but it is different from those organic macromolecules that do not have life.
"The first life... finally appeared?"
Seeing the images in the simulated world in his brain, Xu You couldn't help but become excited.
Although this is just a simulated world, Xu You knows that the accuracy of his brain simulation is very high.
If a situation can occur in the simulated world, it is also very likely to occur in actual evolution.
But soon, Xu You discovered a new problem.
The appearance of the first life does not mean the appearance of the first species.
Because this life did not have the ability to reproduce, after its death, the planet once again entered an era without life.
"So that's how it is... It seems that in order for species to really appear, a lot of life must be born." Xu You thought.
In the following simulations, many more lives were born, but each time, they died in a similar way.
Moreover, the structures of these lives are different, but they have some similar characteristics.
Only when a new life is born does the life on the planet enter a new era.
Unlike previous lives, this life has the ability to split. Although its vitality is not the strongest, it can rely on this method to allow life to continue to reproduce and resist the reduction in life number caused by the extinction of life.
"It turns out that the first life and the first species are two completely different concepts."
