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This evolution question in particular was a lore reward from WW. He gives those out after a chat goal is reached. So he's not lying. If the question was too intrusive, he would've ignored it like he does the Deus and 7th Apostle questions. Meanwhile, when I asked about Aglaecwif being the original chosen of the 10th, it was relatively harmless lore. Since the game already supports that thought with her being so old.Maybe that will be the case but he also says never to take what he says seriously.
From a writing perspective the MC will almost certainly end up in the top tier of superhumans and will do so through natural evolution, simply because unless he wants to rush things, it's the far more interesting method. A huge part of the story's appeal is how well done his growth is.
So yes, Artificial Evolution is not only better, it's stronger if Xanthe tailored it specifically to the superhuman at hand. That's along with the Big 3 being unique with their Level 5 evolution. Even if others reached Level 5 naturally, they still won't be as powerful as those 3. WW discussed some of the difference a bit in said stream. Another thing was that the trials also aren't tied to evolution and can be failed and/or achieved whenever.