Chapter 1061: Meeting in the Bunker, the System of the Academy!

The past of Blue Star is a thick history book full of cruel wars.

Since the primitive era when humans just appeared on the continent, the smoke of gunpowder on this planet has never stopped.

However, it is precisely this endless struggle that has led them to move very fast on the road of technological development.

About 1,800 years later, they reached the level of Earth humans before crossing.

And as the three pillars of Blue Star.

Enterprises, foundations, and colleges.

Before crossing, even after experiencing a nuclear war covering the entire planet, they still retained the strength that was not inferior to their heyday.

If it weren't for the outbreak of this crossing, according to Su Mo's optimistic estimate.

At most, in another hundred years, they will be able to completely break through the shackles and touch the edge of interstellar humans.

Of course, this is just an "optimistic" estimate.

Researching controlled nuclear fusion is not the end of the first-level civilization. The inexhaustible energy only makes humans have no worries about survival.

If you really want to travel between stars and want to advance to the second-level civilization, it is more important to know how to use energy.

Just like the special ore fragment derived from the energy stone, it can amplify ordinary energy a thousand times.

Only when it reaches this stage can we talk about civilization advancement.

Therefore, Su Mo did not have the fear and awe of the mysterious and powerful academy when the Blue Star people mentioned it.

In his eyes, the other party was a treasure.

A knowledge treasure that was enough for the earthlings to dig for a long time!

Soon, the off-road motorcycle crossed the border of the territory and continued to drive towards the bunker in the south.

Unlike the energy car, which had to take a detour for safety, Su Mo basically moved along the edge of the southern suburbs of Qinggang City because he was alone.

It took only about two and a half hours to reach the Pumpkin Bunker, which used to take five hours to reach.

After a day of repair and construction, the simple camp of the Western Suburbs Alliance has taken shape.

In the open space opposite the orchard, the ingenious bunker residents have built two neat rows of wooden barracks, a total of fifteen.

There is also a two-story building, which should be used as the alliance's meeting room.

Smoke from a barrack at the front of the line floated up to the sky, and a little smell of rice was carried by the wind to the surroundings.

At the edge of the camp, many bunker residents were operating concrete machines to build the first line of defense here.

In front of the camp, Su Deben, who had changed into the characteristic bunker clothing, was standing at the door and looking into the distance.

Hearing the roar of the engine from far to near, he saw Su Mo's figure already appeared at the end of the field of vision.

"The progress here is quite fast!"

Before the motorcycle stopped, Su Mo's praise floated over.

"Didn't you run into the group of guards from the academy when you came here?"

"No, they probably went to the city."

Su Mo took off his helmet and revealed his handsome face with sweat on his forehead after handing the car over to the guard who rushed over to stop it.

To be honest, when he chose this road, he did have the idea of ​​running into the group of guards from the academy.

But along the way, the other party seemed to have disappeared, leaving no trace.

This has something to do with the group of people flying in the air, but more

Su Mo guessed that the other party still deliberately hid their whereabouts. After all, this arrest mission is indeed not in line with the style of the academy.

"I'll have to trouble you to take charge of the overall situation here later."

"No trouble, the two captains are quite easy to talk to, and here are all Blue Star people. It really feels like home to communicate with them." Su Deben said with a smile.

Su Mo also smiled.

The Tianyuan Shelter of the Western Suburbs Alliance seems to be the weakest among the three shelters, but it is ranked first in terms of status.

This is related to the fact that the Hunter Tiger is no longer old enough to fight for power and profit, and it is also related to the fact that the Giant City Shelter has the worst location.

Both have various concerns, which makes the Tianyuan Shelter the "big brother" among the three.

"I have arranged for you to talk to the bunker owner, but I feel it is difficult to get information from her."

"What do you mean?"

"When people are under high pressure, they will always subconsciously avoid some questions." Su Deben had a trace of doubt in his eyes: "I had already tried her when I received the news of the arrival of the college guards yesterday, but it felt a bit strange to me. When she mentioned the college, she did not show the kind of excitement and sense of belonging that I understood."

It's like a person who fell into a deserted pit around him, and he would be excited when he heard someone passing by outside.

The excitement in his bones can't be hidden.

It was mentioned that there might be a college's branch base guard passing by here recently and going to another place to perform a mission.

Although the bunker owner behind the screen showed surprise, Su Deben didn't feel much excitement.

This is not like the normal reaction of a person who has been forced into a safe house that cannot be opened and is waiting for rescue.

"Maybe she doesn't want to go to the college's branch base."

Su Mo nodded slightly: "But this is a good thing for us, we can get more information."

In front of an unremarkable residential building.

Nat, the captain of the bunker's guard, walked in front and respectfully opened the door to make way for him to enter.

"Dear Tianyuan Administrator, please forgive me for not being able to have a face-to-face conversation with you."

"It's okay, go ahead."

Signing casually that Nat didn't need to accompany him, Su Mo walked into the house and saw a 30-inch screen in the middle of the empty room and the bunker owner waiting behind the screen.

Similar to the information obtained before, she looked like a Western woman in her 40s.

However, perhaps considering that she would meet one of the managers of the Western Suburbs Alliance today, she also deliberately changed into a formal dress and put on light makeup on her face.

His eyes fell on the other person's slightly uneasy face. After the two looked at each other for a while, Su Mo did not choose to go straight to the point, but asked an irrelevant question.

"Madam, you look very young, I guess at most 35 years old?"

Katerina behind the screen was stunned, as if she didn't expect Su Mo to ask this.

However, she was still slightly happy when she heard someone say that she was only 35 years old, and said happily:

"Of course not only that, in fact, if calculated according to the standard age, I am now a 130-year-old man."

"One hundred and thirty years old?"

"Yes, because of the academy's sleeping technology, most people's ages sound exaggerated." The woman took a deep breath and said slowly: "Please allow me to introduce myself first, Katarina, a second-level researcher of the academy, mainly focusing on biotechnology. As for this pumpkin bunker, it is the manor I bought near the holy city of Boklozhi."

Su Mo noticed that the other party emphasized the pronunciation of the five words "second-level researcher".

Obviously, Su Deben's previous slight probing made her realize something.

However, Su Mo's eyes lit up after hearing the other party's research direction.

It seems that the academy's affiliated research base is also in the direction of biotechnology?

If they are all in the same field, perhaps Katarina knows more information than imagined?

"Su Mo, the manager of Tianyuan Shelter, a member of the Western Suburbs Alliance."

After briefly introducing his identity, Su Mo did not hide too much, looking at her and said directly:

"I heard the news from your previous people that they were looking for the guards of the academy. If that's the case, then I can tell you clearly that we found the traces of the academy guards yesterday. Do you want to contact them?"

"Is it the guards belonging to the base?"

Caterina showed an expected expression, and there was not much surprise in her tone.

"Unfortunately, I need to go back to the Holy City, back to the academy instead of going to a professor's private estate."

"Oh? But they said they were the guards of the Jiuzhou Great Rift Valley Base."

"Jiuzhou Great Rift Valley? That's one of Professor Ernest's research bases. Well, it can be regarded as half of the academy's sub-base."

Not seeing the smile hidden in Su Mo's mouth, Catalina explained to herself:

"The model of the academy is somewhat different from that of foundations and enterprises. It does not set up a sub-base in every place to maintain its prestige. In fact, there is only one academy, that is, the academy in the Holy City of Bokelo."

"It's just that if every professor in the academy wants to build a research base outside the Holy City, the academy will give certain support, either technical support or manpower support. Professor Ernest's research direction is biological evolution, and the scale seems to be quite large in Jiuzhou. It's no problem to say that it's half of the academy's sub-base."

Perhaps it's because I haven't talked to anyone for a long time, or perhaps it's to explain the relationship between the academy and its sub-bases.

Facing the handsome and young oriental face behind the screen, Catalina sat on the sofa and talked freely.

Jiuzhou's geographical location on Blue Star is almost the same as Antarctica on Earth. It is a deserted place with no people, no birds, and far away from the prosperous world.

Of course, it is also far away from the turmoil of war.

Many professors in the college are willing to build their research bases there to carry out scientific research tasks in seclusion.

However, having said that, the professors themselves will not go to such places to accompany the researchers to live an ascetic life.

They still stay in the Holy City and only monitor the progress of the task and receive the final research results through remote conference calls.

This is no different from the behavior of those professors who "steal" the research results of researchers.

It's just that the former takes it directly without reason, while the latter uses the research funds given by the college to exchange for results.

In essence, they have not paid much, but are just a transit station for research results.

"The guards of the academy's sub-bases are not regular troops. Most of them are mercenaries hired by professors or retired from the academy's guards. It's better for me to stay in the underground safe house than to be exploited as a research laborer there."

Hearing Katarina's undisguised contempt, Su Mo couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

It seems that the academy is not a monolithic entity.

Although it has not established bases around the world like the Foundation, it seems that there are many factions inside.

"So if these sub-bases are attacked, will the academy track down the murderer?"

"Of course!"

Katrina showed an unexpected look: "The professors of the academy are not ordinary researchers who only enjoy benefits but no rights. To a certain extent, the professors are already high-level inside the academy and can command the guards."

"Besides, no one will attack the research base of the academy. What can they get? A bunch of instruments encrypted by the academy? Some research papers with no practical application significance? Or some nerdy researchers who are willing to be exploited by professors?"

"If it is just for the living supplies stored in it and some research, believe me, if the invaders can defeat the defending guards, there will be no shortage of those things that can be found everywhere."

Okay.

If you think so, no one will target the academy's branch base.

The forces that are capable of promoting research dare not offend the academy, and the forces that are not capable of research do not need these research materials at all.

Su Mo had a plan in his mind and said immediately:

"Can you tell me about the academy? To be honest, although I am the manager of the shelter, I am actually very interested in scientific research."

"You do scientific research?"

Catalina's face was a little unnatural, obviously she didn't believe that such a young face had anything to do with scientific research.

Unless the other party is also an old man who has been lying in the sleeping chamber for dozens or hundreds of years.

But just as she was hesitating about how to refuse, a voice came from the speaker behind the screen:

"Yes, I've just been studying how to strongly stimulate dormant junk genes recently, so that the organism can quickly increase its ability in a short period of time."

"Oh, you also know about gene awakening?"

When mentioning the field she is good at, Catalina's pale face suddenly turned red.

"Let me guess, are you stuck at the step of observing the fission of receptor amino acid macromolecules?"

Gene awakening is a commonplace project in the college, and it is something that almost every researcher in the Department of Biological Sciences will try.

As early as hundreds of years ago, when the humans on Blue Star realized that the external ability expression was related to their own gene level, this research was put on the agenda.

According to many research results, the stronger the gene expression ability, the stronger the physical fitness, intelligence, strength and other multi-dimensional attributes that humans can show.

It's just that due to some special reasons, even the best athletes have less than one-fifth of the transcriptional expression related to sports in their genes.

That is to say, with the current level of human evolution, it is impossible to stimulate the remaining four-fifths of genes to release their potential.

Suddenly discovering this phenomenon, the biological world of Blue Star instantly set off a wave of gene liberation.

Similar to the "gene lock" in the novel.

The more locks are opened, the stronger the external gene host can obtain.

It can even screen and delete bad genes to achieve a more perfect evolution.

However, since it involves human evolution, how can the advancement of this research be smooth?

Just observing the fission of receptor amino acid macromolecules has been stuck for Blue Star researchers for nearly fifty years!

"Of course not, using amino acid macromolecules to stimulate gene expression can only randomly release gene transcription to drive human evolution, but the uncontrollable randomness will increase the risk of gene disorder and eventually produce fatal effects such as chain breakage. What we are studying is directional stimulation, you should understand, using special molecules to construct a gene evolution environment, so that genes can be stably expressed and released under induction, driving the evolution of the body."

"What?"

Catalina was shocked, with a surprised expression on her face.

It's not because of this special method mentioned by Su Mo, but because the other party seems to really understand something?