The first to be affected were some insects with simple structures. They began to grow agitated, while the genetic sequences in their flesh became disordered. Some underwent direct mutation, and of the rest, nearly 99.999% were malignant mutations, tending in a worse direction. Not only did they fail to grow stronger—they became weaker. Only a tiny few became stronger.
Zhao Cheng watched in silence. Before long, he gained something. Under the apocalypse's radiation, unprecedented genetic information appeared within some insects. By unprecedented, he meant that even if every possible permutation and combination of these native species' genetic sequences had been exhausted, such a combination could never have been formed. Yet now, it had appeared.
Moreover, this arrangement was exceptionally peculiar. Though it had been exposed to high-dimensional radiation, the genetic sequence had not been forcibly pieced together from fragments by high-dimensional power. It was a purely low-dimensional combination.
This phenomenon led Zhao Cheng to speculate that the essence of the apocalypse power's high-dimensional radiation might be a kind of universal "primordial information."
This information could generate corresponding changes based on the target's informational state.
Simply put, if a lifeform possessed an intense desire to become stronger, that desire would affect its informational state. Then, that informational state would influence the informational particles radiated by the apocalypse.
Therefore, reasoning backward, as long as one could isolate this radiation in the early stages of the apocalypse, one could avoid being affected by the apocalypse power.
Time continued to pass. In the time that followed, Zhao Cheng witnessed a plague of frenzied insects. Relying on the advantage of their simple genetic combinations, insects evolved the fastest. They began devouring the genetic sequences of other lifeforms to complete themselves. Under such circumstances, the ruler of the swarm actually developed humanoid higher intelligence.
The insect