Chapter 582: Theory of Evolution

"Then, Professor, is this unprecedented giant octopus also naturally formed? After all, it's too big; it's simply hard for people to believe that such a large creature could appear in the natural world."

Ye Su was suspicious of this suddenly appearing giant octopus, especially after seeing the alien civilization's spaceship, his heart couldn't help but think more.

Professor Bill laughed: "Of course it's the result of natural evolution. With the help of dinosaur fossils, we clearly know that giant creatures truly existed on this planet. It's just that because food is scarce, animals have also begun various evolutions to adapt to the environment."

"This also means that the creatures on our planet all have giant creature genes in their bodies, they just haven't been activated. And this octopus should be a genetic mutation that activated the giant creature genes originally in its body."

At this time, a crew member spoke up: "Then, Professor Bill, according to what you say, couldn't many creatures produce such changes as long as the conditions are suitable, just like this octopus?"

"Of course, as long as the environment is suitable and it happens to activate its own atavistic genes, it's possible for this kind of change to occur."

"Sorry, Professor, to interrupt you, but do you feel there is a possibility that some kind of virus caused this situation? Just like the prion that caused the human apocalypse before? Look, this giant octopus actually has four hearts; it's simply somewhat unreasonable."

Bill was not angry at Ye Su's rebuttal, but instead exclaimed:

"Su, I didn't expect you to be a viral evolutionist. Do you also think that this octopus having four hearts is like the giraffe virus evolution?"

As he said this, Bill walked to these giant hearts and continued:

"I told you before that an octopus originally has two hearts, one gill heart and one systemic heart. Look, that outermost and largest one is its gill heart, specifically for producing oxygen."

Everyone looked in the direction of Bill's finger. In the dim environment, they couldn't see the full picture at all, but this gill heart didn't look like it had any conspicuous color, only a faint red. However, judging by the boundless volume, it was larger than the remaining three hearts combined.

"The remaining three hearts, one is for receiving blood, one is for pumping blood, and the one in the middle connected to the gill heart is used for mixing oxygen, borrowing the high pressure brought by the blood impact to compress the oxygen and blood together, thereby forcibly increasing blood oxygen saturation."

"It is precisely because of the dense blood oxygen that it can support the activities of this octopus's huge body."

After Professor Bill's explanation, everyone understood the principle of this giant octopus's heart. Just then, Ruan Xiu suddenly spoke up:

"So this octopus's heart is somewhat similar to the auxiliary heart in a hospital."

This remark did give Ye Su a different perspective, but for now, it was more important to force the octopus to surface. Ye Su didn't think anymore and spoke up:

"Professor, let's study these later. The most important thing now is to destroy the octopus's gill gland to force it to surface."

The professor laughed: "I'll stay here; it's relatively safer here. You can find the place by following the gill heart forward. Seawater will pour in at the ctenidium, so I won't hold you back."

"Then, Professor, you must pay attention to safety! When we cause damage to the octopus, it will definitely roll violently."

After finishing, Ye Su left a section of the rope from the harpoon for the professor and then led the people to walk forward along the gill heart.

After walking for a while, the group arrived at the end of the gill heart. Even inside the heart, they could hear the end of some water currents. ===== CHAPTER 584 =====