Experimental product

"Back then, places where water was needed were dry, but places where there was no shortage of water had frequent flash floods, earthquakes, high temperatures, and small-scale plagues... some bluffing scientists were talking nonsense, saying how many years later the end of the world would be. , Humans need to prepare for the battle in advance, so when the end comes, people generally think it is a natural disaster.”

"Actually, not necessarily. For so many years, we have all fallen into a misunderstanding. The so-called end of the world is likely to be a collection of natural disasters and man-made disasters. That's why there are various disasters suddenly ahead of schedule and 'new species' without warning."

Ye Cheng remained silent. His memory had never experienced that period of troubled times. He seemed to be born and grew up in such a dangerous environment in the last days.

He tried his best to digest the information Lin Xinwen said, desperately trying to establish contact with the "disappeared" past.

"In a narrow sense, the post-apocalyptic 'new species' only refers to the deadly threat to human beings—zombies. In a broad sense, after several discussions, people with supernatural powers have not included them in the end. Supernatural beings are clear-headed, rational, and remember their past. The past, except for the ability of 'airborne pie'."

"But people with supernatural powers are not ordinary people." Lin Xinwen said joyfully, putting the food aside, and Ye Cheng did the same. Ye Cheng folded his arms and placed them on the table upright. He answered Lin Xinwen's words and signaled Lin Xinwen that he was listening. .

Lin Xinwen blinked at him, and continued to speak at length.

"Yes, supernatural beings are not ordinary people. They have a whole body of abilities. Compared with ordinary people, they will not get sick or age. They are not afraid of wild beasts, poisonous insects, and even plagues that most unarmed people would be afraid of. If ordinary people are compared to wood, then supernatural beings are steel. Although this is a metaphor that is not very logical, it is enough to explain the problem.

"The supernatural beings already belong to the 'new species' in essence."

"I think what I said last time about the connection between supernatural beings and zombies is wrong. The real connection should be that the two are some kind of experimental product, that is, a man-made disaster."

"21 years ago, when the end of the world came, it didn't change color overnight, but there was a period of deep sleep. When people fell asleep at night and opened their eyes again, it may have passed a few days, ten days, or even more than a month. According to the information currently recorded, the shortest is eight days."

Ye Cheng asked, "What's the difference in the situation you face when you wake up after eight days, eighteen days, or 28 days?"

Lin Xinwen's complexion was not very good, he lowered his eyelids, and shook his head slightly, "It's all the same, there is no difference, the person who woke up first has passed away, and people at that time were also looking for the reason why civilization is far away from human beings. , so as the first person to wake up, he had to meet many people every day, repeat N times of overwhelmed memories, and after barely holding on for half a year, he collapsed and committed suicide."

"At the end of his life, when I was a teacher's assistant, I took care of him. He was like a repeating machine, repeating what people asked him day and night. He woke up in the aftermath of an earthquake that hit the southwestern part of the country. There were large-scale, frequent and extremely high-magnitude earthquakes. The area he was in at the time was the Northwest China, which was severely affected by the earthquake. At first, he fled with his sleeping daughter in his arms, and escaped large and small earthquakes. Suffice it to say, on the way to the mountain city to find my wife on a business trip, my daughter disappeared."

Ye Cheng: "...what's going on?"

Lin Xinwen thought of the old man, fell silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "I haven't woken up yet. When he carried the child to the mountain city, we did a comprehensive examination on the child, and he was brain dead."

Even after the end of the world, people have seen too many deaths, but every time someone dies, the soft part of the body still feels sad.

Across the country, 45 large and small bases have been established one after another, holding up a fragile umbrella of protection for ordinary people everywhere.

After that, various places slowly contacted and communicated, and finally once again this broken mountain and river had a complete look that was put together hastily.

It took five years to establish passages between bases, and the travel safety of ordinary people at least within the alliance was guaranteed. During this period, the research team established because of the temporary passages was reorganized, expanded, and the alliance experimental area was established.

Over the years, the joint experimental zone has cultivated and improved poultry, livestock, and farmland crops that can meet today's needs, improved the protection mechanism for supernatural beings, issued the "Transitional Union Constitution" and so on.

Numerous efforts have given these precarious lives a space to breathe and survive.

Yet the catastrophe is not over, nor is the transition period over.

The current chronology still uses the pre-apocalyptic chronology. Words such as "apocalypse and apocalypse" are still the main news in newspapers, and people have not ushered in a "new life".

Lin Xinwen remembers that when he participated in the alliance council with his teacher for the first time, he participated in a vote, which was a vote of "changing the new calendar and creating a new era" proposed by the moat base. Participants had voting rights from 45 bases and A total of 49 votes from the Joint Experimental Area.There were only 9 votes in favor, 7 abstentions, and 23 votes against.

Yu Suishan, the leader of the Zongbei Base, expressed his opinion on behalf of the majority, "Families are broken, the country cannot be a country, and everyone's life is still threatened by zombies at any time. How can we talk about the 'new era'?"

It is precisely because of this parliament that many policies such as "desire for freedom" and "reconstruction of civilization" came into being.

"Reconstruction of Civilization" - is a more comprehensive and more secure policy than "Aspiration for Freedom".

The policy gives a lot of resources to the joint experimental area, and at the same time, it is mandatory to share all the results in the joint experimental area.

This is also one of the reasons why Lin Xinwen ran back to share his assumptions with Ye Cheng at the first time, but when it comes to those who have passed away, it is always inevitable to have a somewhat sentimental look.

Lin Xinwen took a deep breath, and continued talking in a numb manner, omitting all the nonsense, and talked about the main point, "Assuming that there are human factors in the last days, then I think this human factor is the reason for the creation of supernatural beings and zombies. .”

"Supernatural beings are especially like the future humans mentioned by the Academy of Life Sciences before the end of the world. Assuming that the 'human factor' is an experiment, everyone is his experimental product. Supernatural beings are the result of success, while zombies are Defective products."

Ye Cheng asked in a deep voice, "What about ordinary people?"

Lin Xinwen: "Failure."