Prehistoric Evolution: I Chose Bacteria, and Everyone Was Confused

Blue Star Online has arrived. Each country selects a player to enter the game and select a prehistoric creature for observation - if the species survives, it wins, if it becomes extinct, it loses. The winner gets resources and technology, and the loser is punished equally. Lin Shen, a synthetic biologist who traveled through time, was selected as an observer of China. While contestants from other countries chose powerful giants such as monitor lizards, mammoths, and saber-toothed tigers, he calmly chose bacteria. The global live broadcast room instantly exploded: "Does bacteria count?" Players from all over the world collectively protested. However, the game system ruled that bacteria are single-cell prokaryotes that have existed on the earth for more than 3.5 Billion years and have complete life characteristics—the selection is valid. The audience laughed, questioned, and worried. Lin Shen smiled slightly: animals get old, get sick, and become extinct, and bacteria are everywhere—undersea hot springs, rock crevices, polar ice cores, and even the intestines of rival giants. They can form spores and stay dormant for tens of thousands of years, and can adapt to any environment through gene transfer. "You chose the predator," he looked at the light and shadow of the giant beasts, "and I chose the winner who will never become extinct." This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.