Zu An hurriedly waved his hand: "You should choose someone else; I may not be suitable."
He didn't want to be a breeding machine, especially when he thought about Li Zicheng's ridiculous appearance at the end, and the endless wombs all around him now, which made his scalp tingle.
"It's not what you think. The so-called seed of reproduction is merely a rudimentary form of the power of reproduction, much like the power of death you obtained back then. It doesn't mean that you will be controlled by the power after you obtain it. On the contrary, you need to grow, and what form it ultimately takes depends on yourself." The divine voice of reproduction possessed a strange and profound power.
Zaun was not surprised that He knew he had the authority to kill; in the last secret realm, He had specifically offered Him such authority.
Sensing his hesitation, Fuyang said again, "You and the Ancestor of Annihilation seem to be enemies, but with your current cultivation level, you are far from being his match. Shouldn't you cherish every bit of power? You and I are both enemies of the Ancestor of Annihilation, and the enemy of our enemy should unite."
"I'm almost convinced by you, but I really don't want to become a breeding machine," Zuan said, extremely distressed.
"Forgive my bluntness, but I do not approve of your method of reproduction. In my view, what you have been doing before is simply unrestrained replication, pursuing power and quantity. But no matter how many followers you reproduce, you are actually obeying the commands of some being with a brain. How is that any different from those lowly ant colonies?"
He was not keen on the idea of ​​reproduction, so he became increasingly bold: "Those queen ants reproduce countless worker ants and soldier ants, but the entire colony still only serves the queen. When the queen dies, the entire colony perishes. In a sense, how is this different from the Way of Order? Order is also a supreme being that establishes various orders, and all believers must follow them."
The surrounding uteruses stopped moving, and reproduction ceased.
Zuan suspected that the other party had left in anger, but finally heard Him sigh again: "No wonder I failed here just like Order. It turns out that our paths have become somewhat similar without us realizing it."
Immediately, those wombs looked at Zu'an again: "So what do you think reproduction should be like?"
Zuan thought for a moment and replied, "In my view, reproduction means the birth of life. Reproduction is continuation, but more importantly, it is selection. It is like wild grass in the wilderness, and also like carefully pruned trees in the garden. It is not about infinite quantity, but about the possibility that every life has the potential to bloom."
"If you were in control of reproduction, would you be willing to sacrifice some people to ensure the survival of the whole population during a famine?" Reproduction seemed to be asking itself.
Zuan frowned slightly, realizing that he seemed to be undergoing a trial without even realizing it.
But he had no need of the other party, so he simply said directly: "Your question deliberately reduces reproduction to a 'zero-sum allocation of resources,' presupposing that power must be used for 'selection' rather than 'creation.'"
Even if the entire population is temporarily 'saved,' it will inevitably lead to a deeper catastrophe: survivors will live in fear, social trust will collapse, and those who control reproduction will gradually degenerate into tyrants who 'treat all things as straw dogs.'
Breeding snorted: "All this talk and no action, how are we going to solve the actual problems?"
Zu An replied seriously:
"Reshape life forms, rather than distribute death, greatly reduce human metabolic needs, and wait for post-disaster recovery; overdraw divine power to enable some simple life forms such as algae without intelligence to reproduce rapidly, so that they can provide the energy for humans to barely survive."
"Famine is a crisis, but it is also an opportunity for evolution; as the saying goes, one is born in hardship and dies in comfort. If humanity never faces any hardship, it will gradually perish. Such famine is, in a sense, more like an evolutionary trial."
"Life actually has its own self-consistent way of survival, and does not need too much interference from gods. It is about teaching people how to fish rather than giving them fish, even for gods."
After listening, the breeding expert commented, "That's too theoretical. My question was limited to humans, but what if we broaden it to all living beings? For example, in the ocean, there is a type of capelin that is the weakest. Every year, they come to the beach to lay their eggs. During this process, they face a comprehensive attack from dozens of species, including whales, dolphins, sea lions, tuna, birds, and mammals. Of the original hundreds of billions of species, only a very small number can survive to come to the beach and successfully lay their eggs and reproduce."
"If they hadn't expanded their population through endless reproduction, they probably would have gone extinct long ago."
"In your previous statement, their reproduction, which prioritizes quantity over quality, seemed meaningless. On the contrary, they perpetuated their own species, provided food for other creatures, and also ensured the continuation of the species of those higher beings."
"From the perspective of the true God, this is simply sacrificing the lives of the hairy fish in exchange for the survival of all living beings. What's wrong with that?"
Zu An was shocked. As expected of a true god, how could he be persuaded by a few words?
Since he didn't want to reproduce, he said, "It's because my knowledge is shallow and my perspective is not high enough that I'm naturally unsuitable for reproduction. So you should choose something more advanced."
"No, now it seems to me that you are more suitable." Whether it was a misperception or not, there seemed to be a hint of mocking laughter in the voice of the breeding.
Zuan: "???"
Why are you not playing by the rules?
"Why?"
"Although my method of reproduction is logically consistent and has maintained the survival of all living beings in the myriad worlds for so many years, I always feel that this path has come to an end. After listening to what you just said, I have some inspiration. Perhaps you can find a new path."
Zuan felt immense pressure and hurriedly said, "As far as I know, the selection of a successor by a true god involves a complex trial. You can set up the trial, and I will help you select the trial participants. I will definitely be able to select a more suitable successor than myself."
"That was the trial just now."
"ah???"
"Isn't this a bit too hasty? Shouldn't obtaining the inheritance of a true god be a trial with a nine-out-of-ten chance of death?"
"That's because the God of Death was too stupid back then. Despite being targeted by the other gods, he didn't think about choosing a successor sooner. Instead, he made the trials so complicated that other true gods could tamper with them. He waited for billions of years to find you, the chosen one, but even so, he couldn't give you the complete inheritance of death."
Zuan: "..."
Considering the concept of death as a form of inheritance, what He said seemed to make some sense.
He still wanted to make a last stand: "But I didn't answer your question correctly just now, so I've failed the trial..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted: "Who said you failed? I find it quite interesting. Consider yourself successful."
"You're cheating! I was just making things up."
"If I can be satisfied with nonsense, then everything must be predestined. Accept my seed of reproduction."
"..."
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