"My appearance? What's so good about looks?" the Ice Empress said.
In the eyes of Soul Beasts, strength was everything. This was broadly the same everywhere, not much different from the animal kingdom. Whether male or female, powerful Soul Beasts and animals generally pursued quality over quantity, unlike weak Soul Beasts and animals, which relied entirely on numbers.
For ordinary animals, however, having fewer offspring was more often the result of natural selection. Soul Beasts possessed intelligence; like humans, they assessed their physical condition before deciding whether to mate or have offspring. A fetus's talent and physical condition were naturally closely linked to the condition of its parents.
Only powerful individuals could pass on their genes. The Ice Empress was also an arachnid of the scorpion order among arthropods, so her pursuit of appearance was practically nonexistent. Strength alone was her instinctive requirement in a male.
"Ice Empress, that's where the difference lies. In human eyes, appearance is a very important factor. Whether male or female, if they had a choice and the initiative was in their own hands, they would be more likely to choose someone good-looking over someone strong," Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said. He had traveled around the Douluo Continent before, so he was not as ignorant as the Ice Empress.
"What kind of bizarre logic is that? How did humans develop to this point by reproducing like that?" Not only had Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's answer failed to resolve the Ice Empress's confusion, it had given her another question.
"Well, I..." Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had wandered through human society, but he had never truly integrated into it. Naturally, he could not answer the Ice Empress's new question.
"The reasons behind that are quite complicated. You'd better not make things difficult for Tianmeng," Mo Lin suddenly