Chapter 715 The Situation on This Planet

Hao Ren tinkered for a while before he figured out the basic operation method of the "personal computer" on the table. It looked somewhat similar to the laptop on Earth, but the keyboard function and system architecture were very different. If it weren't for the translation in the brain, With the help of plug-ins and past experience, it may take him longer to figure out how to find some information from this device.

After mistakenly opening a bunch of programs, he thought he had found something like a browser, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it was connected to the Internet.

"I really don't know how this kind of world keeps the global network open," Hao Ren looked at the pictures and text that slowly refreshed on the display screen, and murmured curiously, "Is it possible that there are still people here to collect Internet fees?"

The data terminal looked at the computer screen through Hao Ren's eyes and followed the nonsense: "Telecommunications personnel sitting in armored vehicles and carrying light machine guns to repair optical cables, don't you think this setting is very interesting?"

"If you have time to talk nonsense, why not help me think of some search keywords," Hao Ren rubbed his fingers, "This thing is much more convenient than asking locals."

The data terminal replied casually: "Natural people, first-generation evolvers, second-generation evolvers, war, world situation - these keywords are definitely correct."

Hao Ren was somewhat unfamiliar with operating computers in this world, and what he wanted to know was finally fully presented before his eyes.

The war that has spread across the globe has lasted for three generations.

Human beings in this world call the planet under their feet "Zromu". When translated freely, it actually has the same meaning as "Earth" in the world. However, to express the difference, here we still choose the transliteration of the local common language. The last peaceful time on the planet Zhumu ended more than sixty years ago.

Some old people are used to calling that last period of peace the "Pastoral Era". It was the last peaceful and prosperous era enjoyed by humans on this planet, and I am afraid it will also be the last glorious period of the entire human history. Humanity ushered in an explosive development of science and technology in that era. The emergence of two technologies seemed to end all problems and hidden dangers on the planet: one was reliable nanotechnology, which came from a coalition of countries in the northern hemisphere. Scientists believe that the emerging group of nanomachines will completely solve all problems including environmental pollution, human diseases, natural modification and even alien colonization; another technology is an evolvable biochemical plug-in, which can be implanted into the human body and can A mechanical device that completely coexists with biological tissue. This mechanical device can even develop synchronously like the host's innate organs and rely on cellular energy to maintain lifelong operation.

The original intention of developing nanomachine swarms is to solve environmental problems and medical problems. Scientists hope that these cutting-edge robots can be used to break down pollutants and treat injuries in the human body, while biochemical plug-ins are the basis for leapfrog transformation of the human body. Thanks to the assistance of modern medicine, the human race has escaped the supervision of the natural law of survival of the fittest. Therefore, the evolutionary process has long been stagnant. As technology becomes increasingly advanced, the human body appears extremely primitive in nature. However, scientists believe that biochemical plug-ins will re-emerge. Pushing humans to the forefront of evolution - because the ultimate form of these plug-ins is to become part of the human body, fundamentally changing the human life form.

There is no doubt that in the last peaceful era of the planet Zhumu, the entire world was immersed in an atmosphere of joy and confidence. Although there will always be conservatives who are skeptical and wary of new technologies, these minority voices are quickly drowned out by the cheers of people around the world.

As technology matures, a group of people called "evolvers" officially appear. They are a new type of human beings who have various modified plug-ins implanted in their bodies. Devices such as neural reinforcement beams, auxiliary memory chips, and neural-computer interfaces allow them to acquire various abilities that are different from ordinary humans. Originally, this kind of The crowd should be called "transformers", but due to the biological characteristics of the plug-ins themselves and the nature of growing and evolving with the host, the first batch of people who received plug-in transplants called themselves "evolvers".

As told in many stories, there has been friction between evolvers and purebred natural people from the beginning. The innate advantages of evolvers squeeze out the living space of natural people, while natural people, with their huge population base and occupied social resources, have a negative impact on evolution. The authors have imposed various stringent restrictions. But no matter what, this kind of friction has been expected from the beginning. Sociologists and scientists believe that this is a normal "pain of social change", so human society is still functioning normally.

Until sixty-five years ago, a disaster broke out in the northern hemisphere, starting the "war" that continues to this day, and also wiped out the prosperity of the planet Zhumu.

Of course, Hao Ren was extremely concerned about this disaster, but he searched a lot of information and found that it was full of loopholes and contradictions. The truth sixty-five years ago had been completely destroyed by the war, and all the forces in the war had also been destroyed. They are desperately trying to record and publicize the beginning of this war in a way that is beneficial to themselves. In the end, Hao Ren only sorted out a few useful clues: the disaster seemed to have started in many ways, including food contamination, a financial crisis, and an evolutionist rebellion, and the most fatal direct cause was an out-of-control accident of the nanomachine swarm.

Sixty-five years ago, the largest nanomachine cluster command center in the northern hemisphere of the planet suffered a sudden attack. Three supercomputers known as "Masters" crashed simultaneously during the attack, which directly caused the sea of ​​nanomachine clusters around the command center to lose control. . After the fleet's own safety device failed for unknown reasons, these micro-robots originally used to decompose inorganic garbage and purify water sources flowed to surrounding cities, directly dissolving three of the largest cities in the world at the time - including the capital of a country.

The war that lasted for sixty-five years began with this, and it was chaotic from the beginning.

The investigation results of the incident at that time have been sealed by history, but there are many rumors on the Internet. It is said that there is tangible evidence that those who launched the attack were radical elements among the Evolutionaries. They used the special brain chip function of the Evolutionaries to gain direct control over a part of the nanomachine swarm. Their purpose was to release the rampant nanomachine swarm to massacre natural people on a large scale. After destroying the population advantage and social resource advantage of natural people, the nanomachine swarm was used to build a new human nation on the ruins. However, because the computing power required to control the swarm was too large, all the evolvers who launched the attack died due to brain overload. In the computer room of "Master". Other rumors say that the attack was carried out by a country or an extremist religious group in the southern hemisphere... In short, there are many theories, and there is only one conclusion: the out-of-control nanomachine swarm destroyed the international balance of power in the northern hemisphere, causing a large number of second-tier countries to want to Taking advantage of the opportunity to compete for the top position, the conflict between natural people and evolved people was completely intensified. Driven by a series of subsequent events, the war spread out of control across the entire planet.

No one could have imagined that this war would last for a full sixty-five years, until now it has almost destroyed all order on this planet. A deformed and lingering human civilization is still alive here, and the original appearance of this civilization has long since Nothing left.

After knowing the cause and status of the current situation on the planet, Hao Ren entered the detailed entry on "evolvers". He finally understood what the first and second generation of evolvers were.

The relationship between the two generations of evolvers is not a literal "seniority" relationship, but refers to the transformation techniques they each use. The technical foundation of the Evolver is biochemical plug-ins, and early biochemical plug-ins can only be used on more mature individuals. The implantation surgery usually occurs after the age of fourteen - or later at the age of eighteen. This kind of implant surgery is performed on mature human bodies, so the degree of modification is limited. It usually involves partial limb strengthening, and obvious traces of surgery can be seen on the outside of the body. The slot on the back of Nolan's head is an example. Because this transformation technology is relatively primitive, the people who adopt this transformation are called "first generation evolvers".

To this day, new "first-generation evolvers" continue to appear. They are usually mercenaries who have to undergo transformation in order to survive on the battlefield, or to repair fatal injuries to their bodies.

The second generation of evolvers are humans who use more advanced implant technology. They only appeared after the outbreak of the war. They are the "high-tech achievements" developed by the extreme faction of the evolvers after they successfully established a political power. Unlike the first generation, these people were modified from an embryonic stage.

Human beings seem to play the role of creators and develop "mechanical cores" with "genetic information". They implant these bean-sized mechanical cores into human embryos. The newborns are already flesh and blood as soon as they are born. Superman fused together mechanically. The reinforced beams grown in the mechanical core will grow together with the human body, just like another body growing at the same time in the human body.

These people are the "second generation evolvers".

Hao Ren glanced at the blond girl lying quietly on the bed, and thought of the heterogeneous pipelines in her flesh and blood that were completely integrated with her body.

"Your current body belongs to the second generation of evolvers," Hao Ren poked the face of the data terminal (temporary version), "and I don't have any mechanical plug-ins on my body, so in the eyes of the locals, I am a purebred natural person. . No wonder they were so surprised to see us together - both camps are having their brains knocked out right now."

"Actually, your body has been modified to a higher degree than anyone else," the data terminal muttered, "but this machine now uses a tattered shell that can't even open its eyes... and it even has a hole! "

Hao Ren rolled his eyes: "The dead are the most important, can you stop complaining? This girl died so tragically, and you are still occupying her body..."

The data terminal yelled: "How about you come in and give it a try?!"

Hao Ren: "..."