Chapter 2984

What is evolution?

When a fish can't stand the competition in the sea and plans to live on the shore where the competition is weaker, it evolves lungs that can be used to breathe in the air.

This is evolution.

A change determined by genes for the continuation of species, this is evolution.

Simple and direct.

Everyone hopes to stand at the forefront of species evolution, but the words of the chief scientist made Lynch feel a little regretful.

He has almost never lost, but in the matter of evolution, he seems to have fallen behind.

The chief scientist is in a good mood. It may be that there has been some progress in various research, or it may be that these monsters have pointed out the direction for human evolution.

He asked his assistant for a cup of coffee and then chatted with Lynch.

"Do you know?"

"The life on Earth has rapidly entered an evolutionary period since its origin. It can be said that every life is evolving every day and every second."

"But in modern times, the evolution of species suddenly seems to be slowed down or even paused by someone."

He thanked his assistant and took a sip of the coffee.

"More than a hundred years ago, biological scientists liked to use a common small flying insect to conduct genetic experiments because its life cycle is very short and obvious genetic changes can be seen in about three to four generations."

"Everyone likes to use this little thing for genetic experiments on drug resistance and environmental stress resistance because it is very cheap."

"You can collect a bunch of these small flying insects just by going to the orchard and finding a rotten fruit."

"But from a hundred years ago to eighty or ninety years ago, its genetic changes became slower."

"Every ten or twenty years, if you want to observe dominant genetic changes, you need it to reproduce one more generation."

"In fact, it's not just this small flying insect. The evolution of many species seems to have been cut off by people in a special period of time in the past."

"Even humans, a species at the top of the food chain on Earth, have actually experienced degeneration."

"Some people say this is because our society is too developed, and humans rely more on social thinking and social behavior than Think for yourself and act for yourself. "

"So humans began to degenerate, but society began to evolve accordingly. I don't deny this possibility, but from a biological point of view, this is unreasonable. "

"Even if we don't need to fight against the harsh natural environment like our ancestors, we should continue to evolve. "

"Genes should strengthen our brains and our physical fitness, not make us more vulnerable. "

"But now, perhaps the appearance of Mr. A, or the appearance of God particles, explains why evolution stopped. "

"We ran out of 'energy' in our bodies, so we stopped."

The chief scientist sighed a little, "Mr. A is a very important experimental subject, I need your authorization to let me do more experiments."

Perhaps this is the purpose of the chief scientist's chat with Lynch, because Mr. A's security level is very high, so without Lynch's authorization, these scientists can only collect some simple cells and body fluids from him.

It is obviously unlikely to obtain more important things or use his body to withstand experiments, and Lynch will not allow it.

Lynch thought for a moment and shook his head, "Although I really want to agree to you, this is obviously unlikely."

"From my point of view, Mr. A is not just an important experimental subject, but also a bridge of communication between humans and these monsters."

"We need to let the monsters know and see that human society is not incapable of accommodating them."

"So it can't die, but the others..."

The chief scientist felt very sorry, which meant that many ideas in his mind could not become a reality as soon as possible, "Then I can only hope that you can capture more living bodies as soon as possible."

He stood up and held the coffee, "I still have work to do..."

Lynch also stood up and shook hands with him, "Call me at any time if you need or find anything."

At the same time, in the shelter level where Mr. A lived, more than a dozen "humans" met in the sewer.

The sewage treatment system of the shelter is actually not like that of the city on the ground. It is not that big, and there are no buses running inside, and there is no sewage treatment center dozens of meters high.

Because there will be no uncontrolled heavy rain here, there will be no floods, and even the soil and dust are pitifully small.

So it doesn't actually need too many sewage treatment systems, and the sewage will be directly crushed and screened and then sent back to the water circulation system.

The water here will be directly sprinkled on the magma, and then the distilled water will be collected again, which is cleaner and more effective than any other treatment method.

"Global Communication Group has noticed us...", the speaker is a lady who looks to be in her early thirties. Although she lives in the lower level, she looks quite good.

Her tone is a bit cold, but most of the people around are like this.

From the first time they eat, they have no relationship with "them" and "humans".

Naturally, many times human emotions have become a burden in their eyes.

Not everyone is like Mr. A, who considers cooperating with Lynch after being discovered.

Some people here have more extreme ideas. They think they should be the masters of this planet, and humans are just weak creatures that have not evolved.

And they have already reached the sublimation of life and are the masters of the new era under the new world!

This world, this era, should be decided by them, not those weak humans!

Everyone's attitude, emotions, and abilities are different, which may be related to their past environment as humans.

A middle-aged woman who looks to be in her fifties, greasy all over, and with a one-dollar twenty-dollar curling iron on her head, smiled and catered:

"...Mr. (Mr. A) has been captured by them. Maybe they already have a way to distinguish us from humans, which is very dangerous for us."

"We need to move to another place."

A little girl who looks only ten years old asked, "Go to the bottom floor, or go outside?"

The bottom floor is where those who are unwilling to cooperate with the decisions of the group company live. It has gradually become a lawless place.

Although the group company still has control over these areas, it has given up the management of these areas.

There are no laws, the strong make the rules, even if someone is killed inside, no one will care.

For the capable people, it is heaven, but for the weak without ability, it is hell.

The "bottom" of each area is being built in a barbaric way, and some rules are slowly being born. It will become better and better and become a special place outside the order.

Perhaps Lynch or others also know this, which is one of the reasons why they allow this area to exist.

"No one knows the situation outside. We need to eat a lot to stabilize our emotions and bodies."

"If there is no food outside, it is easy to go out but difficult to come back."

"In the end, we may starve to death, or..."

"Kill each other!"

"My suggestion is to hide in the bottom first."

"I agree with this idea. It is chaotic enough there and we can hide for a long time."

"I agree too..."

No one in this group of people thought of rescuing Mr. A, even if they looked down on the humans they once were, they would still be afraid of human technological weapons.

Soon everyone agreed and decided to go to the bottom together.

The "lowest level" of this shelter is one level below. Officials say that there are nearly 200,000 people living there.

For a super shelter with more than 6 million people, less than 5% of the population flows to the lowest level, and people will not feel anything from life.

After discussing, a group of people left separately.

The elegant young woman and the little girl lived relatively close, and the two left together.

"Did you see that little mustache?"

The little girl suddenly asked on the way back.

Among the group just now, there was a tall, thin man wearing a knitted hat squatting in the corner.

The elegant young woman recalled and nodded, "What's wrong?"

The little girl looked at her meaningfully, "I heard that he ate one of his kind."

The elegant young woman who was walking suddenly stopped and looked at the little girl in disbelief, "How did you know?"

The little girl smiled and didn't speak. She didn't hear it from others, she saw it herself.

The two guys fought for a pregnant food. In fact, the two had conflicts before, and their hunting areas overlapped.

This was just a reason, an excuse, and then the two of them fought, and in the end the tall and thin man swallowed up another of his kind and the pregnant food.

Although it was not clear whether he had changed, the little girl always felt that he was a little scary.

The elegant young woman took a deep breath, "This is not a good thing, who else knows about this?"

The little girl shook her head, "Only the two of us."

The elegant young woman was silent for a while, "Don't tell others for the time being, and when we go to the bottom, we will try not to separate."

After returning home, the elegant young woman quickly packed up her things.

She was the only one at home, and the other family members had merged with her. For her, this was an honor for the family!

After all, these family members who had been eliminated by the times were still qualified to become a part of her and witness the arrival of a new era. This was her greatest generosity and mercy!

In just one week, dozens of missing cases appeared in the shelter, but this time the missing cases looked different from the previous ones.

These missing people didn't seem to be killed by monsters, but more like... a kind of escape.

Because they took away their daily necessities.