Chapter 430
The contents of the Extraordinary Affairs Bureau's article flowed through Mr. Tan's mind again.
Could it be that behind this colorful miracle, what price did Jiuqu really pay and what kind of decree did it make?
He continued to look down. In this video of "Hope", unlike in the previous issues, each animal and plant has a long story. Most of the discoveries of evolutionary animals and plants in this video often only have one or two shots of video clips. .
The music throughout the video also became extremely fast. The drum beats the beat, and the rhythm is exciting, as if urging all the rainbow miracles to appear in the world quickly, and with this fast-paced music, one fragment after another flashes by, one after another. Plants and animals are constantly appearing.
Thinking of the meaning behind these scenes, Mr. Tan couldn't help but hold his breath.
Oh my God, my God, my God!
This, what a drastic change in biology this will be!
After more than half of the video was played, the rhythm, which was like a miraculous broadcast, finally slowed down, and the music began to become elegant and soothing, as if it was foreshadowing something.
Along with this melodious music, an old man wearing a Chinese tunic suit appeared on the video screen.
The image of the old man in the cartoon style is ordinary, just like every ordinary old man. However--
Mr. Tan couldn't help but look at himself - due to the influence of his dressing habits when he was young, he always liked to wear Chinese tunic suits.
When entering the final stage of the video, this time "Creature Change: Hope 8" finally resumed the rhythm of telling a short story. The old man's voice sounded faintly:
"When I was young, we happened to encounter a great famine."
"My uncle, my aunt, my second brother, and many of my relatives all died in this famine."
"My wish is that the tragic famine I encountered when I was a child will never happen again."
"However, the shadow of famine has always hung over the world."
"In 2008, a food crisis swept the world. At that time, the world's food reserves were only 405 million tons, which was only enough to sustain mankind for 53 days. This disaster was a wake-up call and a warning to all mankind."
“Even last year, more than 1 billion people in the world were hungry; if you include those who are suffering from vitamin deficiencies, nutritional deficiencies and other forms of malnutrition, the total number of people experiencing food insecurity may be Close to 3 billion, accounting for about half of the world’s total population.”
Mr. Tan's breathing suddenly became heavier.
He had a premonition, he had a crazy premonition!
Maybe, maybe, definitely the person in this picture is him!
"Then the Great Purge and the Great Extinction came." The old man's voice in the video became tense.
"The farm was burned down, and all kinds of crops were completely wiped out. The winter wheat that had not yet been harvested was destroyed in the raging fire. In some places, even the farmland was directly covered with cement. It seems that it will be impossible to plant again in a short time. .”
"Yes, it will be safe. This will ensure that evolved animals and plants will not harm us."
"But, wait until the future..."
"What are we going to eat?!" The old man's questioning voice was almost deafening.
"The shadow of famine has once again enveloped us." The old man's voice slowly calmed down.
"This time, this shadow is more terrifying and more ferocious than all the times in the past."
"According to our internal statistics, there are already very serious food crises in some parts of the world, but under the cover of fierce wars, the problem does not appear to be that serious."
"But I know that taking into account all the food reserves in the world, we can probably sustain it for three to four months."
"If we can't discover a new staple food suitable for humans within these three to four months, then——"
The old man took a breath before continuing: "Then, the nightmare of my childhood, the famine that swept everything, the disaster that took away many lives and brought a lot of pain, is about to happen again."
"Rice has mutated in the past, and even if it hasn't mutated yet, according to the theory of animal and plant evolution, they will mutate in the future. We can no longer count on the food of the old era; now, it's our new generation's turn , to look for new food crops.”
"The state has allocated a lot of money and resources to our scientific research institute, and also issued a fatal order to find alternative food."
The old man said firmly: "I'm working hard."
His words carried a strange power: "I will definitely find it."
Mr. Tan's breathing was so heavy that it attracted the attention of the members of the special team around him.
But he was unaware of it.
All the details are consistent, including the natural disasters in his youth, relatives who died during the famine, his research on crops, his wearing of Mao suit, his worries about the future global famine...
Suddenly, the old man in the video stopped walking and his confession stopped.
The video gives a close-up of the old man in the picture:
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