Chapter 0166 – Mouthfuls (2 / 2)

Fifth Xiu gave her a blank look “Vegetables absorb oil, shabu-shabu first, then when you eat the meat afterward, the taste of the pot base won’t be greatly discounted.”

Shangguan Ruoxi nodded “So reasonable looking.” Though she usually ate whatever she wanted off the pot.

“But haven’t you been out there for thousands of years? How do you know all this?”

Fifth Xiu blanked her again “I’ve traveled through various small worlds before, and there was a small world, uh, not anymore, and they had similar shabu-shabu dishes. But it doesn’t smell as good as this one.”

Shangguan Ruoxi was curious, “No more? Why is it gone? Did the Earth hit a comet?”

Fifth Xiu gave Shangguan Ruoxi a blank stare.

It’s a good thing he’s good looking too, or how much this would ruin his image.

“Humanity’s faith has collapsed and bad things have been done! The Heavenly Dao does not bless! After the end of the world, there are no survivors left in humanity.”

Shangguan Ruoxi blurted out, “None of them survived?” After asking the question, she felt stupid again, “Did dozens of people fail to survive?”

Fifth Xiu looked at Shangguan Ruoxi like a fool, seeing as how this silly disciple had only lived twenty years, and couldn’t be blamed for her youthful ignorance!

“The minimum number of races required for a population to reproduce is at least 1,000 to 10,000, and the smaller the population size in this range, the higher the probability of genetic disease, genetic assimilation.

Theoretically, about 5,000 people should be enough to preserve almost all human genes. It would also minimize the problem of “genetic assimilation”.”

(The problem of “genetic assimilation” can lead to problems such as the birth of strange babies, low survival rates of young, and the weakening of offspring.)

So it’s only a matter of time before extinction occurs after the population falls below a value!

Shangguan Ruoxi was starry-eyed “You’re an Immortal Cultivator who actually understands these genetic issues?”

“As long as you live long enough, it’s hard to not understand! After cultivating past the Golden Immortal Realm, you can also travel through various worlds to have a look around.”

Shangguan Ruoxi thought, it seems that the number of people in the base should be maintained at least at 10,000, and close relatives should be avoided as much as possible.

This way, even if the survivors outside had an accident and none were left, at the very least, it would ensure that the human race would not become extinct.

“By the way, just now a flowing crystal penetrated into my body and clung to my spirit vein, what was that?” Shangguan Ruoxi asked curiously.

The addition of it had caused her cultivation to rise quite a bit, but it was still important to understand.

Fifth Xiu only used his divine sense to scan over Shangguan Ruoxi’s spirit vein, and his eyes brightened slightly.

“Immaculate. It is a spirit that absorbs the aura of heaven and earth and is born on its own after countless years of precipitation and brewing.

It prefers to inhabit places where auras are abundant.

From the day it is born, it will always search for a host that suits its magnetic field. Once found, it will inhabit the host and recognize it as its master.

It can eliminate all impurities and break all cultivation bottlenecks. It complements the host’s growth.

You’re a lucky girl.

The Unsullied, which doesn’t see the birth of a single one in tens of thousands of years, has been easily obtained by you.

If Unsullied can grow up, then you’ll be equivalent to having an immortal body plus the power to destroy the heavens and the earth.”

A strange feeling surged through Shangguan Ruoxi’s heart.

Is this how the Monkey King was built?

Seeing Shangguan Ruoxi’s expression, Fifth Xiu continued, “To put it bluntly, it’s just a cloud of aura in the sky and the earth, with no side effects, and won’t affect you in any way.

You can think of it as an aid. It’s just a chance for you.”

Only after hearing this did Shangguan Ruoxi’s hanging heart relax.

The two of them chatted idly as they s’ha’s’ha’s’ha’s shabu-shabu’d the hot pot.? Drinking Fatty Happy Water in the meantime, it was so relaxing.

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