Locke summoned a Full Moon Growth, reflected the Group Consciousness Resonance of these Dune People, then amplified and concentrated it onto one person through magic. Locke looked at the Dune Person on the rock and discovered... there was no change at all.
Through the moonlight, Locke promptly injected a Holy Spring Nectar Potion diluted a thousandfold into the Dune Person's body. Only then did he prevent him from dying.
Locke said, "I miscalculated. My Collective Consciousness Resonance Evolution Hypothesis has been disproven by me immediately. I captured the echoes of these Dune People's telepathy and was indeed able to capture the demands arising from their need to survive, then project those thoughts onto this Dune Person. But it failed."
"There was absolutely no change. This means the hypothesis I proposed earlier was wrong."
Locke did not take it to heart. Proposing a hypothesis was, by its very nature, an immediate process of self-refutation.
Even if his use of Full Moon Growth just now had successfully accelerated the Dune People's evolution, he would still need to determine whether another group of Dune People without Stone Spirit Faith would undergo a similar evolution.
Locke thought, "My idea just now really was a little too absurd. I want to evolve, so I evolve? When you think about it carefully, it's complete nonsense."
"All right. I may have been led astray by the ritualistic practices of these Dune People. Their rituals are merely the products of people who do not seek to understand them and can only follow established paths through path dependence."
Locke walked once around the rock and immediately frowned. Many tiny ferns had grown around it, and all of them had creeping, fleshy rhizomes.
Locke plucked one and held it beneath his nose to smell it, frowning at the same time.