Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 361 - 114: Survival of the Unfit [Vote for Recommendation]

Eventually, Chen Feng personally took action to persuade Chen Youjia to return.

Wang Qi glanced nervously at Chen Youjia out of the corner of his eye. He somewhat regretted that he had used sentiment to defeat the other party. Whether as a mathematician or anything else, peddling sentiment was indeed shameless, and making a girl cry was even more so.

However, it was unclear whether Chen Feng had used his Divine Skills to erase Chen Youjia's memory, but when the girl sat back down opposite Wang Qi, she appeared as if nothing had happened. Moreover, Wang Qi could even feel that the tension between him and Chen Youjia had slightly eased.

At first, Wang Qi thought it was a misjudgment due to his inability to read the atmosphere, but Chen Youjia indeed showed no intention of continuing the dispute with him. This was a relief to Wang Qi because it meant he at least justified the salary Chen Feng paid him.

Chen Youjia looked at Wang Qi and asked, "My father, did he make you feel very wronged?"

To an outsider, the story of the Heartbroken sounded filled with grievance, and it couldn't have been written without the emotional force of Lady Meng weeping down the Great Wall.

Wang Qi stammered, "Actually, this is a storytelling script I concocted... It has such a line, it wasn't an impromptu outpouring of emotion—don't take it to heart, okay?"

"You know how to do this too?"

Wang Qi chuckled helplessly, "If you ask me what I use it for, all I can say is to charm girls."

Chen Youjia's gaze grew hazy, "It seems you and Junior Sister Bao are quite close."

This reminded Wang Qi that in this world, those engaged in theoretical work were High Order Cultivators, part of the ruling class. The only ones who could resonate with this story were mathematicians.

Mathematician, girl. There were not many names that could be found with these two keywords, let alone those Wang Qi knew.

Especially as far as Wang Qi was aware, he and Bao Xiaoya seemed to be romantically linked by rumors.

Wang Qi felt it was a man's duty to defend the reputation of his Junior Sister Bao—finding someone with pure intentions to delve into research with was not easy, and it would be unfortunate to let rumors spoil everyone's mood. So he looked at Bao Xiaoya and said, "I have never told this story to Junior Sister Bao."

Chen Youjia nodded in understanding, "Sorry, I heard it prematurely... What are you looking at me for?"

Wang Qi said earnestly, "I wrote it for you."

"Stop joking, we've only known each other for a few days?" Chen Youjia's face was full of disbelief, "Although I don't really understand romantic affairs, I at least know that writing stories is hard."

"In ancient times, there was a poetic immortal, reportedly capable of writing a hundred poems with just the effort it takes to drink in a contest..." Wang Qi strained for a reason, "Inspiration is just like that, a nonlinear thing, once it comes, you can't block it."

Chen Youjia was struck by a revelation, his already tearful eyes almost bulging to cartoon proportions. On the edge of his vision, Chen Feng showed a look of contempt and then stealthily gave a thumbs up.

This guy was simply full of lies... For the sake of picking up girls, he's really going all out, brother.

To prevent Chen Youjia from falling into confusion and causing the meeting, which had just restarted, to collapse again, Chen Feng cleared his throat and drew attention to himself, "It seems you two have reached a consensus, and that's good, very good. So, let's return to discussing our cause—the greatest cause."

"I thought the most important goal of studying 'Dao Morality' was to improve your Illusion Technique to better pry open the hearts of others," Chen Youjia still spoke candidly.

"No, no, no, you're mistaken, Youjia," Chen Feng proudly said, "Although I can only apply it to this step, the 'Human Dao' has a greater significance within the Human Clan."

Wang Qi became somewhat interested, "It can guide governance, ensure peace and prosperity, I find it quite useful."

"It's not just that," Chen Feng continued to shake his head. "Human Dao is the evolutionary path of the Human Clan. Exploring Human Dao is all about forging ahead for the future of our clan!"

Wang Qi was somewhat confused. "Evolutionary path? Survival of the fittest, natural selection? But hasn't the belief in mutual support within the Human Clan already rendered this principle ineffective?"

"The belief that 'one should not only care for their own relatives but for others as well, ensuring that the elderly can end their days in comfort, the young have opportunities for growth, and the widows, orphans, and disabled are all taken care of' dates back to 60,000 years ago when the Human Clan was expanding its territory. Although due to the presence of the Ancient Method, the tens of thousands of years that followed were a naked human-eat-human society, this ideal was ultimately remembered."

Chen Feng shook his head, "That's why I say, you really don't understand the Life Path. 'Survival of the fittest' is a very primitive interpretation of Heavenly Calculation Theory. In the true circles of life and the food chain, there's no such thing as 'survival of the fittest.' There's only the elimination of the 'unfit.'"

"Is there a difference between that and survival of the fittest?"

All of a sudden, Chen Feng shot out his right foot like lightning and kicked forcefully towards Wang Qi. Wang Qi quickly retreated, but his knee still inevitably caught the tip of the other's foot. Wang Qi cried out in pain, "Chen Feng, what are you doing?"

"Human knees are the typical product of failed evolution," Chen Feng explained to Wang Qi. "They are overly complex. Humans, as terrestrial digitigrade life beings, actually require very little range of motion in their knees; the requirements are so low that there's no need for such complicated skeletal structures. As you know, the more intricate a structure is, the more likely it is to have problems, and the knees are among the body parts that bear the most pressure—they're like they were designed to get injured."

"Additionally, there's the recurrent laryngeal nerve—this nerve, which controls human breathing, doesn't directly connect to the vagus nerve and the muscles of the pharynx. Instead, it takes a long detour around the heart before finally connecting to the throat muscles."

Chen Youjia said, "This is the phenomenon I just referred to. Evolution stems from mutation, and these mutations often don't take the optimal path but are mere 'satisficing solutions' that meet the minimum requirements—this phenomenon can be modeled with Mathematics Lord's research on 'branching' of functions…"

Wang Qi gave Chen Youjia a surprised look.

This guy's talent is nothing to scoff at. If I tell her to study the 'Three-Body Problem' with me, who knows, we might be able to come up with Chaos Mathematics sooner?

Chen Feng continued to explain, "The path of evolution is always 'elimination of the unfit.' As long as they aren't detrimental enough to affect breeding, any negative traits could persist. This is applicable to any species. Our Human Clan's greatest advantage is our brains, our Innate Spiritual Wisdom, our pseudo-sociality that brings about division of labor and cooperation. Taking care of orphans and the disabled isn't against the principles of Heavenly Calculation Dao."

"And my other goal is to explore the evolutionary path of the Human Clan by studying the Human Dao Order!"

Wang Qi was somewhat moved—a scientist with ideals always has a way of touching people's hearts. He applauded vigorously and said, "Boss, I'm thrilled to be a part of this project."

Especially since I can be sure that it will allow me to logically introduce Chaos Theory and social science.

Chen Feng nodded, glanced at the time, and added, "Anyway, please set aside any disputes for now—I have to go follow up on the evidence over there. You continue working on the data. Don't start arguing, okay?"

After Chen Feng left, Wang Qi began to feel a bit nervous again. But Chen Youjia quickly got into the groove. For a while, the only sound in the study was the scratching of paper and pen.

Wang Qi was suspicious for a moment, then smiled, picking up his pen and preparing to work. Just then, he heard Chen Youjia ask, "The story you just mentioned—could you write a complete version of it for me?"

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How do you romance a somewhat nerdy girl from the STEM fields using artistic means?

Perhaps a science fiction story is more effective than poetry or songs?

In any case, their relationship has already started to thaw, hooray hooray.

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