Chapter 328 Alternative Life

After hearing Su Mo's question, Future asked: "Another form of life? Which level among realm, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species do you mean?"

Su Mo shook his head. In the darkness, his voice sounded faint: "It does not belong to our current biological classification system. Strictly speaking, it is not an animal, not a plant, and not a microorganism."

The future was obviously stunned for a moment: "I didn't understand."

Sumer: "Imagine there is a creature whose body activities do not depend on cells."

Future: "Wait, I have to interrupt you. Cells are the basic structural and functional units of organisms. Even organisms that do not have a cellular structure, such as viruses, must have their life activities reflected in cells. The body does not rely on Cellular things cannot be called 'biological'."

Sumer: "But this is only the criterion of known science. To understand the existence I am talking about, you have to let go of your knowledge of 'known'."

Future: "I know, go ahead."

Sumer: "The bodies of the creatures I'm talking about are composed of active metals that can grow or regenerate like flesh and blood. They have no blood in their bodies and rely on micro-currents and electromagnetic fields to complete energy transportation. All organs are core particles with specific functions. "

Future asked tentatively: "You mean the robot?"

Su Mo shook his head and said: "It's different. Robots are inorganic objects made by humans. They seem to have the appearance of living things, but in fact they cannot carry out metabolic activities, the body cannot grow, they have no stress resistance, and they have no genetic or mutation characteristics."

"But the creature I just mentioned possesses everything mentioned above and conforms to the basic characteristics of all creatures."

Future said blankly: "Wait a minute, let me figure it out. A creature that has both inorganic mechanical structures and organic life structures. Do you mean something like a prosthetic implant?"

Su Mo still shook his head: "It's different. Prosthetic implants just replace body parts with machines. The bottom-level life system is still the same as before. In the final analysis, they are still human beings."

"But the creatures I'm talking about have life structures that are unheard of by humans. Their bodies are not just machines in the traditional sense, but biomass with mechanical properties, a kind of inorganic life."

Future couldn't help but exclaimed: "Incredible! It's incredible! If someone can create such a creature, then his achievements can truly rival those of the Creator!"

Su Mo's voice deepened: "No, in the future, I never said that this kind of creature was created by humans."

Future asked in astonishment: "Did you mean?"

Su Mo took a deep breath and slowly gave the terrifying answer: "This creature, like all creatures in this world, including humans, was born from natural evolution."

“The scientific community now generally believes that life originated from a chemical reaction in nature in ancient times. That chemical reaction formed the original DNA chain and a group of molecules that could replicate themselves. Over a long period of time, it evolved into the later Thriving biological populations.”

"The same goes for the creatures I'm talking about. They were not created by anyone. They also originated from natural evolution."

"Their bioactive metal bodies, highly integrated core particles, and their exquisite life structures are all evolved in nature."

The voice of the future disappeared for a long time, obviously falling into unspeakable shock.

After a long time, she murmured: "Boss, do you know what you are talking about?"

"Your statement is like saying that there is an open space in the world where various elements exist. No one has developed it. Just relying on natural evolution, a smart computer that can run grew out of that open space."

Su Mo smiled slightly and asked: "Given the complexity of our carbon-based life structures, do you think the probability is much higher than what you said?"

"Isn't that what we are? In that open space where various elements exist, a beautiful miracle appeared during billions of natural evolutions. The flames of life began to ignite, and finally those splendid biological populations emerged."

"The birth of creatures like us is as slim and incredible as the emergence of an intelligent computer from the ground."

The other end of the future was completely silent, because it was just a communication conversation at this time, and I didn't know what her expression was.

Su Mo asked with great interest: "In the future, I said such shocking things, do you believe me?"

"I don't believe it." Future's answer was simple.

But she paused and then said, "I believe it too."

This time, Su Mo was confused. He smiled and asked, "What does it mean to not believe it, but also to believe it."

Future: "The disbelief lies in the fact that from a probability perspective, the possibility of this natural evolution of life is too low, infinitely close to zero, and is an almost impossible miracle."

Then, her tone became brisk again: "I believe it because if there were no miracles in this world, it would be too boring."

Su Mo burst out laughing after hearing this: "I always thought you were a purely rational person, but I didn't expect you to have a romantic side like a poet."

As the two chatted, a system prompt came from the bridge: "The formation depth has exceeded 100,000 meters, and the route is about to reach the end."

Future: "Boss, the automatically planned path shown here is almost over. Are you really sure there is something here? Except for various ultrabasic rocks, the instrument does not show anything."

"Wait, what is that?!"

When Future's voice became alarmed, a detection image also appeared on the bridge of the Earth Spacecraft.

The detector of this Earth spacecraft can analyze the stratigraphic structure within one kilometer of the surrounding area. Its picture was originally a uniform orange-red color, and the feedback returned was all conventional mantle material.

But at this time, a strange black color appeared at the edge of the detection screen.

As the Earth Spacecraft moved forward, the black area became larger and larger, occupying the detection screen bit by bit like a wave of darkness.

In the standards of detection analyzers, black represents only one thing.

Future's voice was trembling slightly, full of confusion: "Is that... hollow?"

Su Mo narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Yes, a huge empty space."

Future exclaimed: "This is impossible. From your location, the underground pressure has reached the JiPa level, which is millions of times the standard atmospheric pressure. The rocks have been compressed into crystalline matter. How could such a huge cavity appear? ?!”

Su Mo chuckled and said meaningfully: "You just thought that this world would be boring without miracles. Now a miracle has appeared in front of you."

After saying that, he switched the driving mode of the Earth Spacecraft to manual, opened all the observation windows, and drove straight towards the void.

The process was silent. Su Mo was concentrating on driving, and Future was too shocked to speak.

I don't know how long it took, but the voice of the future sounded faintly again: "Boss, I have thought carefully about the kind of life form you just told me."

"Whether it exists or not is actually not that important. There are countless undiscovered wonderful creatures in the world, many of which can be called miracles."

"But no matter what other life is like, humans are the masters of the world."

"No matter how wonderful life is, it is just a beautiful research object for humans, just like an expensive gem."

"But if they had something, everything would be different."

It can be clearly heard that Future's breathing is getting heavier and his voice is suppressed: "I want to ask the kind of life forms you mentioned, do they have advanced intelligence?"

Upon hearing Future's inquiry, a scene emerged in Su Mo's mind.

The flames of war were raging, stars were falling like rain, endless smoke of gunpowder shrouded the entire world, and the powerful human civilization turned into clouds and smoke. That was the end of the war 153 years ago.

Su Mo looked deeply ahead. The detection screen showed that the Earth Spacecraft had reached the edge of the hole.

He opened his mouth and replied

"have."

[Hezi Tianmen Patrol Station]

In late winter and early spring, the temperature changes erratically, especially where the Tianmen Patrol Station is located. Since it is located in a barren valley, there is no vegetation nearby, and the ground insulation ability is extremely poor.

During the day, the temperature is still more than ten degrees Celsius, but at night it drops to more than 20 degrees below zero. Some soldiers who have just arrived are not familiar with the environment and often suffer from cold diseases in this temperature change.

At the door of the commander-in-chief's office, the assistant straightened his collar, knocked on the door and walked in: "Leader, the results of the satellite reconnaissance have been sent back."

The heating in the office has been turned up to the maximum. Xie Zongchang is wearing a thin woolen sweater and is filtering the foam from the tea leaves in the cup with the cup lid.

While he was fiddling with it, he said in an eccentric manner: "These are some people who really do a great job of portraying people walking away from tea."

"Look, when Xiao Yang was still working under me, all he gave me was the best tea. Now Gao Sheng has gone to the crisis management center to visit the old leader during the holidays, and this is the tea he brought, haha. "

The assistant helped with a flattering smile: "This kind of person will be in trouble sooner or later. Well, what, the satellite results are out, can you take a look at it, leader?"

Xie Zongchang glanced at him and mouthed toward the desk: "Leave it there and tell me what the situation is."

The assistant spread out the documents one by one and reported: "The intelligence department conducted satellite reconnaissance on the largest armed forces outside the Great Wall in the surrounding area. According to the results, their action patterns are consistent with the past and there is nothing abnormal."

Xie Zongchang took a sip of tea and sneered: "Let me just say, we are the only ones who use the armed forces outside the Great Wall as sandbags every year. When will they dare to come to us and cause trouble?"

The assistant hesitated for a moment and said cautiously: "Leader, I think it would be better to strengthen the patrol. Even if there is no movement from the armed forces outside the Great Wall, it is not ruled out that it is a smoke bomb set by some other force to plot against the Tianmen Patrol Station."

Xie Zongchang spit the tea he accidentally drank into his mouth back into the cup, and said with great sincerity: "Xiao Zhang, I have told you many times, don't be impatient when encountering anything."

"Now it's just a nonsensical threat. The satellite has also confirmed that there is no movement from the armed forces outside the Great Wall. If we have to be nervous and make a big show of it every time we encounter this kind of thing, can we still do our daily work? If it spreads, wouldn't it make people laugh? Have you ever thought about what the leader will think about it then?"

The assistant said yes several times and followed the leader's words and said flatteringly: "Good advice from the leader, my subordinates are still too impatient. I still have a lot to learn from you in the future."

A satisfied smile appeared on Xie Zongchang's face, but it only lasted for a while, and his face darkened again: "Have you found the source of that threat? Who sent it?"

The assistant's eyes seemed a little wandering and his voice became softer: "Nothing was found. The hacker's skills are very high and he didn't leave any traceable traces."

Xie Zongchang snorted coldly and tapped the table with his knuckles: "There are dozens of people in the information security department, but they can't even detect a hacker. I think these people should be rectified!"

"You go tell HR that the information security department needs to increase empowerment, rationally optimize, make a good combination, compact it layer by layer, and establish a closed-loop matrix to reduce costs and increase efficiency."

The assistant nodded: "Understood."

He thought to himself: This means punishing them with a pay cut.

The assistant and Xie Zongchang completed the handover of materials and were about to go out when a dull "boom" suddenly came from outside, making the whole office tremble slightly.

Xie Zongchang, who was drinking tea, choked and looked out the window with a frown: "What's going on?!"

The assistant quickly took out his mobile phone and dialed the duty room number.

After some communication, he hung up the phone and said: "There is a wandering wild ferocious beast approaching the patrol station. Because it is relatively large, it may be a safety hazard, so the defense post directly opened fire."

The office is located at a high place, and the window angle is just right. While the assistant reported, Xie Zongchang also saw the situation directly.

Lying on the wasteland outside the patrol station was a huge ferocious beast, about 20 meters long, resembling a giant elephant, with a hard biological shell on its body, and a pair of long, curved and thick tusks that were extremely terrifying.

But at this time, its huge head had been half shattered by the heavy artillery from the patrol station. The flesh and blood splashed from the open skull cavity to a place dozens of meters away. Only the narrow snout was still twitching, but it soon stopped moving. .

According to the processing procedures, the bodies of the killed ferocious beasts need to be disposed of as soon as possible, especially such large ferocious beasts. Otherwise, if they are left to rot there, they will have a bad smell.

Soon, the entrance and exit gate of the patrol station opened, and an action team drove a work vehicle to the corpse of the vicious beast.

The body was too big to be towed away directly, so the team members used laser saws to cut it into pieces, then loaded it into a transport vehicle and sprayed disinfectant to wash away the places where the animal blood was splashed.

During this process, the previous firing attracted the attention of other nearby wild ferocious beasts, and occasionally a few agile ferocious beasts attacked the action team from the darkness.

However, this kind of action team is fully staffed, including those responsible for corpse disposal and blood code carriers who specialize in combat. Those ferocious beasts that attacked sporadicly were dealt with without any danger.

Xie Zongchang looked at the action team that was busy working in the cold wind and said earnestly: "These people are so impatient in their work. They don't even know to ask when emergencies happen."

"Go and tell the shift leader that in the future, we should focus on vertical areas, achieve rapid transitions in communication levels, align work content with granularity, synchronize information up and down, and form a common understanding."

The assistant nodded: "Understood."

He thought to himself: Just tell me in advance next time you meet.

The house is filled with warmth and the cold wind is howling outside.

The night is getting deeper and darker. (End of chapter)