12dz Chapter 1034
Chapter 1034
Emmm...
Thinking about it this way, the entire Snow Elephant tribe is indeed quite pitiful.
They typically only live to be 10 years old...
Such a short lifespan, placed on the grand stage of all races, is almost comparable to that of a "summer insect" among humans.
One cannot discuss ice with a summer insect, for it is bound by the season.
Because there isn't enough time for summer insects to live until winter.
Therefore, a summer insect will never see ice produced in winter during its entire life.
It seems like time itself has imposed a curse on these creatures.
The same applies to the Snow Elephant tribe.
A mere ten years of life...
For other races, this would be nothing more than a blink of an eye.
While other races might experience a generational shift that would take three or four generations for the Snow Elephant tribe...
No wonder the "chieftain" of this race seems quite childish.
He can probably only serve as the clan leader for a few years in total.
Other races may not have a new chieftain for hundreds of years.
The Sequence Alliance has only had five leaders in the past 5 years.
However, the Snow Elephant tribe has a short lifespan, so they have to change their chieftain every few years...
Even every few years, the main force of the entire tribe will be replaced...
To be honest, it's too difficult for a race with such short lifespans to develop.
Jiang Yi didn't need to inquire in detail; he could easily deduce from his imagination how many difficulties such a race would encounter in its development.
For this race, a short lifespan is probably like a curse...
curse?
As the word flashed through Jiang Yi's mind, he suddenly glanced at the crystal ball he was holding in his palm...
Combined with the strange change in the crystal ball just now...
A bizarre and audacious idea suddenly popped into his mind.
However, he remained silent, simply looking at the old man from the Snow Elephant Clan, signaling him to continue.
The old man nodded slowly and said:
"Just so that each clan leader could have an extra 6 years of life... the entire Snow Elephant Clan has always regarded the crystal ball as the most precious treasure of the race."
"Before I become the clan leader..."
"I, like my younger brother and all snow elephants, once regarded this crystal ball as a treasure and the thing I sought in my life."
"In order to obtain it, and for those extra six years of life, I worked very hard to make myself worthy of the position of clan leader."
"However, when I actually obtained it and truly succeeded to the position of clan leader... I learned from the previous clan leader a secret that only the successive clan leaders of the Snow Elephant Clan knew."
The old man was silent for a moment, then glanced at the crystal ball again, sighed softly for a moment, and then continued:
"Now that the crystal ball has been handed over to you... there is no point in keeping this secret any longer."
These words were clearly meant for the young man from the Snow Elephant tribe.
The old man gave them a meaningful look before continuing slowly:
"According to the previous clan chief..."
"This crystal ball, which may be able to give birth to life, may be both the Snow Elephant Clan's most precious treasure and their curse."
Upon hearing this, the young man's face indeed showed a look of shock.
However, Jiang Yi did not seem too surprised.
The old man then slowly began to speak:
"As there is a saying among humans—fortune and misfortune are intertwined."
"When the old patriarch passed the crystal ball to me, he said with gratitude..."
"Perhaps from the perspective of those involved, we would view a short lifespan as a drawback, or even a curse."
"But if one day we can detach ourselves from the perspective of those involved and look at all of this from the perspective of an outsider..."
"Perhaps we will find that a short lifespan is actually a kind of luck."
"Perhaps it is precisely this short lifespan that allows the entire Snow Elephant Clan to iterate and evolve faster within the same timeframe, and to adapt more effectively to environmental changes..."
Jiang Yi quite agreed with this viewpoint.
After all, according to the theory of evolution, biological evolution requires the reproduction of one generation after another.
For many long-lived races, reaching a sufficient level of evolution requires genetic selection through several generations of reproduction.