Ancient Gene [End Times]

Everyone's gazes gathered around, looking at the organ that is very strange to human beings with some surprise.

"Head, are you okay after staying in the river for a long time?" Silver Fox asked.

"I can't say that. The gills are immature, so they shouldn't be able to fully provide the oxygen I need. But even if it's just an aid, it can greatly improve my diving time in the water. There are too many to say now. There is no such thing as less than 10 minutes. questionable."

"That means you can't drown." Heavenly Ghost said.

In fact, when they jumped into the water today, Qin An was really worried that one of the five people would drown due to cramps.Even if you know how to swim, suddenly jumping into cold water is still dangerous.

And you must know that most of the drowned people can swim, because people who don't understand water will hide when they look at the water, and there is almost no chance of drowning.

Heavenly Ghost nodded: "Even if I have cramps in the water, I can breathe in the water for a while using the gills. It seems that my mutated direction is fish. It's a pity that such abilities can't have much combat power on land. .”

Qin An mutated in the direction of a reptile, and after mutating, his body was almost invulnerable.But in terms of the direction of fish, at most, fish scales have evolved.Even if the fish scales have strong defensive power, they are also inseparable from water. You can't pour a bucket of water on your body after half of the battle.

"Not necessarily." Qin An said, "I still felt weak when I got the jade card. And there is a fish mutant, which means that we will not be afraid of water battles in the future, and even if it is not low in the future, you can still take it with you. People who understand water escape together. The price for others to take people away is too high, but you can breathe in water, so you don’t have this concern.”

He Siming also said: "Xinyu can evolve wings, which means that birds have evolved. Now with you, all the flying water swims in the sky are gathered. As long as we are strong enough, we will not be afraid of any battles."

When Bao Xinyu heard that he was mentioned, he was a little embarrassed and said: "Since I got wings last time, I haven't made them up again. I almost wonder if I am really mutated."

Qiu Ling raised her eyebrows: "Then how far can your limbs mutate?"

Bao Xinyu stretched out his hand, his fingers were slightly bent, and something like claws evolved.

Qiu Ling looked at He Siming, and He Siming consciously walked over to take a look: "This should be a characteristic of reptiles."

"No way, reptiles can grow hair?" Bao Xinyu said in disbelief.

He Siming said: "According to the known information, pterosaurs have hair."

Modern creatures can't think of any reptiles with hair, but there will be some similar traces in ancient creatures.However, it has been too long, and there is very little information that can be obtained now.

Bao Xinyu didn't quite understand: "At that time, didn't you all say that I had a pair of bird wings? Why did I evolve into a reptile now? Pterosaur? The ancestor of birds doesn't seem to be a pterosaur, right?"

"The ancestors of birds are dinosaurs, and this has been determined decades ago." He Siming couldn't figure it out at this time.Even if the ancestors of birds were reptiles, the pterosaur, a special reptile, also has cross-species differences.So far, I haven't met a person who can evolve two kinds of mutation directions.

"The level of evolution is still very low now, let's wait for the evolution to be more comprehensive." Qin An said, "Besides, no one has proved that a person can only evolve in one direction. And even pterosaurs are just as good for us. .And the pterosaurs should have stronger fighting power."

Qiu Ling thought about it and said, "By the way, Qin An, have you tried holding your breath?"

Qin An shook his head. He doesn't know how to swim very much, so he doesn't need to practice holding his breath at all.

Qiu Ling said: "It stands to reason that reptiles have a slower metabolism and oxygen consumption is much slower than mammals. Since you can achieve full-body mutation, it stands to reason that you should be able to hold your breath for a period of time, just like a crocodile."

"Then I'll try."

He Siming stopped him: "Your body injury is not healed, save some energy to recover from the wound. It's not bad for a few days."

When He Siming mentioned Qin An, he really felt that the wound hurt a little.The body has mutated, and the anesthetic needs to be used in higher doses, and it will lose effect soon after the injection.

After resting for nearly two hours, after eating and waiting for the food in my stomach to digest and digest, I was actually a little sleepy.

It's not enough to leave the danger zone completely at this time, so we can't rest there.

Tian Gui's condition is not bad, Qiu Ling can still persist, and the two drove two cars with all their belongings and continued on their way.

Xiao Sun sat in the car and opened the window, yelled out the window a few times, and the big white tiger ran back.Put the little cheetah down and let the white tiger take it for a while, Doudou and the two puppies will be in the car first.

The speed of the car is fast and bought once.When driving slowly, put the four dogs down and let them run with the car for a while as exercise.

The car is like this, the car drives from day to night, and from night to day.

When it was dark, we stopped and rested for an hour.

This kind of rushing day and night, telling me that I encountered several mutant animals on the road delayed the time, and the speed increased several times.

In the past, we had to take into account the speed of people running, so even if there were cars, the speed could not keep up. Now everyone is in the car, and they drive as fast as possible when the road is flat.It is that occasionally it takes time to detour when encountering a blocked road, or simply get off the car to clear the road.

In one day and one night, enough people approached the edge of Tibet.

"We should be able to enter the Sichuan area tonight." Qin An looked at the base map of Tiangui and calculated the distance.

"We've been here for a month." He Siming said, "Finally we're going out."

"It's too early to be happy." Qiu Ling said, "God knows what the situation in Tibet is like. And judging from the current mutation situation, the danger in Sichuan is even higher."

He Siming put away his joy, nodded and said, "Indeed. There are more and more mutated insects in Tibet, and the oxygen content is getting higher and higher. The situation in the Sichuan Basin may be even more serious."

The high oxygen content allows insects to evolve faster, and such an environment is extremely prone to major fires.

Qin An and the others started the fire and put a little firewood in these few days to make the flames soar high, and the burning time of the firewood was obviously getting shorter and shorter.In order to avoid a fire, every time they run out of fire, they will pour a little more water to prevent the ashes from re-igniting.

This is true in Tibet, not to mention Sichuan, which already has more oxygen.

"Our insecticide reserves are quite sufficient." Tian Gui smiled, "Big bugs are not a threat at all. Relax."

Bao Xinyu thought for a while: "It took us so long to come to the edge of Tibet, isn't there a second team of special forces who are female soldiers? They shouldn't be as unlucky as us, why haven't they arrived yet?"

Heavenly Ghost said: "Bawanghua is just a conjecture, there are two teams of people who are real. Our team was in Xi'an when we received the mission, and the degree of mutation was not high at that time. It is basically no problem to adapt to fighting mutant animals. .The other team was sent from Beijing, and they may have encountered much more powerful encounters on the way than us. Besides, there are many animals in the inland plains, and it is normal to encounter some mutant animals to affect the speed."

Bao Xinyu said: "I don't know if they have mutated or not."

They are all mutated by one person, and there are people like Qin An and He Siming who can mutate the whole body. It can be said that it is difficult to get here every step of the way.

If a new team of soldiers faced a large number of mutated animals without mutation, they might have encountered an accident.

Qin An glanced at He Siming.The reason for the acceleration of everyone's mutation is almost related to them. Those who evolved normally, even if they become mutants, their evolution speed should not be too fast now.

"Have enough rest! Continue on your way! Enter Sichuan in one go!" Tian Gui clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention.

"I don't know where the big troops are now, we haven't seen them until now." Qin An said.

At the beginning, Qin An, Ke Chengguang and others took the people they gathered temporarily together to join the large army organized by the army to move to Sichuan. What a turbulent journey it was.Ever since Qiu Ling buried them in the tomb during the earthquake, they have completely lost contact with the main force.

They are all alone, and all the elites are in danger. They don't know how much will be left after the large army enters Sichuan.I don't know if those people who have lived together in the last days can meet again.

"At least it's much safer than us." Qiu Ling sensed Qin An's thoughts and said, "Now we have been overtaken by foreigners. If we mix with ordinary people, it will only cause casualties of ordinary people."

Just like the village I stayed in before.Those people, just to plot against their group, killed the two dogs that the locals depended on for a living.It is not even known yet whether those who failed in the mission will turn around and vent their anger on ordinary people.

What is powerless is that Qin An and the others have no way to manage it, and they don't have so much energy to manage it.

Still the same sentence, if they want to protect more people, their first task right now is to send the documents to Tiangui's aunt Lin Nuan.

The more anxious you are, the more distant the goal will be.Everyone is anxious.

It was dark that day, and the high-speed bridge ahead collapsed, and there was a village just below, so I simply entered the village to rest for a while.

It was dark that day, and the high-speed bridge ahead collapsed, and there was a village just below, so I simply entered the village to rest for a while.

After two days and one night of continuous driving, even with alternate rests, he was still very tired at this time.Qin An's shoulder has almost recovered, and there is no scar left on the surface of the wound, but the muscles and bones in the injured area still hurt a little, and it will not be affected by another sleep.

The village seems to have been deserted, with no smoke in sight, and mutated animals running rampant in the village.

For everyone, ordinary mutated animals could no longer pose any threat. They found a family whose house was still intact and cleaned up the mutated animals. Several people divided the labor to lay the mattresses and replace them with sleeping bags.Then cook a meal to replenish energy.

The white tiger hunted a mutated sheep, and Xiao Sun cut off a roast leg of lamb as everyone's meal.After the mutation, the desire for meat will be stronger, and now that there are plenty of seasonings, even more meat can be eaten.

The meat is placed on top of the fire, brushed with seasoning and baked, then sliced ​​off, and then roasted layer by layer.

Qiu Ling was a bit tired of eating, so she poured a little vinegar on the lunch box, and then dipped the meat full of seasonings with a little vinegar to eat.

Qin An ate the meat into his mouth, and it is not easy to eat you with enough seasonings, but Qin An is now like this, it is no problem to eat twelve catties of barbecue: "I heard that the barbecue skewers in Northeast China are very delicious. I went skiing in Harbin, but I didn’t have enough time to eat barbecue. At that time, I ate iron pot stew in the farmhouse.”

"Seventy to eighty percent of the farmhouses are deceitful, and the taste is not very good." Tiangui said, "I remember that before I joined the army, I went to the next village to eat once on my grandfather's birthday. There is only one restaurant in the whole village. , I use what I grow in my own land to cook, and the meat will die at home. It’s a pity that I never ate it after serving as a soldier.” Tiangui said.

"Then can we still eat when we go to the Northeast?" Bao Xinyu asked with wide eyes.

"Yes. I have a small manor at home, and I have everything. I just don't know if the cook is still there."

"By the way, Northeast barbecue is different from what we eat." Qin An asked.

"It's all roasted on the fire, what's the difference." Tiangui thought, "If I really want to say it's different, it's probably because the ingredients are heavy over there. And the eating habits are different. My house , every table in the barbecue restaurant must put garlic chili sauce and shallots. There is also vinegar. Especially shallots and garlic chili sauce, if you eat skewers and then eat some shallots with garlic chili sauce, it will not matter how many skewers you eat It's greasy, especially greasy. But I haven't seen it like this since I came out of the Northeast. You can try it then."

"Scallion?" Bao Xinyu kept wondering.

Tian Gui glanced over the crowd and found that they were all strange.

"You don't know?" Tian Gui thought carefully, "It seems that only the Northeast has scallions. Anyway, they are similar to onions. They are basically not big, and they are slightly sweet, and they have a stronger taste than onions."

Qiu Ling said: "I've heard of a kind of onion that is suitable for planting on black soil, and this should be what I'm talking about."

Bao Xinyu said: "Hearing what you said, I really want to eat."

Ke Chenguang glanced at him, but didn't dampen his curiosity.Every place has different eating habits, which are planted in the bones since childhood.Tiangui grew up in the Northeast since he was a child, and those feelings are what he cares about the most after leaving his hometown.But it's different for foreigners.

Just like Tibetan butter tea, people all over Tibet have heard of it and are very curious about it.But quite a few people took a sip out of curiosity, and spit it out in the next second.

But this kind of thing is not important.The goal of their team is the Northeast. The more curious the members are about the Northeast, the higher the enthusiasm for the goal.

Only in this way can everyone be more determined to go to the Northeast.

"Actually, I'm quite curious about what kind of person Academician Lin Nuan is." He Siming laughed.

For a Ph.D. reader like He Siming, a top superhuman like Lin Nuan is almost a legendary existence.Although He Siming's own mentor was similar to Lin Nuan, He Siming was really curious about the woman who recklessly withdrew from the major experiment she initiated.

Tiangui thought for a while: "My old aunt, if you put aside the fact that you are smart, you will be an ordinary person at home. When you are in your forties or fifty, you will still act like a baby with my grandfather. But I am not so lucky. My old Auntie is a fine person. I couldn’t lie in front of it when I was young, and he personally assisted me in my studies. When I was in school, if I took the No.2 exam, I would be embarrassed to go home. There is a small laboratory at home, but Everything in it has to be approved by the higher authorities.”

He Siming understood: "She had to withdraw from the experiment regardless of the consequences. The sacrifice must have been great."

Tiangui smiled wryly: "That was also her own choice."

Qin An said: "Since it will make him quit regardless of the consequences, does that mean that he has discovered something extraordinary, even at the expense of all the honors he had at the time. You know, she was able to become one of the three sponsors at that time , when the official honor is at its peak."

He Siming thought about the reagents they injected into their bodies.The mutation of the whole body can even affect the mutation of the people around him.

Of course, there is a sharp sword in the last days, but if it is a prosperous age, then what kind of terrifying existence would such a mutant be?

"She discovered something was wrong 20 years ago, and then withdrew from this experiment, which shows that she had expected such a terrible change in the experimental product 20 years ago." He Siming said, "But 20 years ago The results can be seen, but the experimental product has not been researched until now."

Qiu Ling turned her eyes and said with a smile: "Then why don't you think about it, maybe the global mutation is related to this experiment?"

When this sentence came out, almost everyone trembled.

In fact, it's not that no one has thought about it, but they haven't thought about it in depth.Qiu Ling just suddenly put this issue on the surface for everyone to think about.

He Siming smiled bitterly: "Who knows, even if it is really related to the experiment, no one can be responsible for this experiment now."

This is the result of 20 years of research involving the world's top talents.Among them are intricate and even conflict of interest, where is one or two sentences that make sense.

Tian Gui looked at Qiu Ling: "I thought you would know the reason."

Qiu Ling's gaze changed, and she said with a smile, "Even if I know, it's not the time to tell you. What's more, I know only half of what I know, and telling you may mislead you."

This dead girl is still stubborn.

"Then when can we talk?" Qin An asked.

"Find my brother." Qiu Ling said, "My brother is the patriarch, and he has inherited the memories and responsibilities of our ancestors from generation to generation. Our clan will never let people suffer. In fact, maybe our clan has already begun to play a role."

"You said that your people have been guarding the twelve jade tablets for generations."

Qiu Ling nodded: "This is not an easy matter. The patriarch carries the heaviest burden, but in fact the responsibilities of the clan members are also not small. Moreover, the higher the talent, the greater the responsibility. In our clan, in fact, the talent Levels are also strictly divided according to the twelve earthly branches. In contrast, those with lower levels are no different from ordinary people, while those with high talents will go through a series of high-intensity training from the start. Xiao Sun and I are like this grown up."

In this way, it always sounds a little unreal.

But Qiu Ling herself likes to tell lies, at this time, everyone doesn't care whether her words are true or not, and they have the right to listen to them as stories.

Qiu Ling continued: "Our family has an in-house school. The education before high school was all taught internally. It was only when I was in high school that I stepped out of the family for the first time. At this time, the talents I am good at are basically After taking shape, they will continue to develop according to the expected goals. People with high talents will have a higher impact after entering the society. Many of them have already entered the top positions in various industries."

"What about you?" He Siming asked.

"I squatted at home." Qiu Ling smiled, "I grew up in the patriarch's home, I can choose on my own, I choose to stay at home and learn from the elders at home. You may not believe it, but I don't like it very much. Contact with outsiders. If it wasn't for my brother who suddenly lost contact, I might still be with my clansman now."

"You don't go to school?" Bao Xinyu couldn't believe it.

"Not going to school doesn't mean not studying, it's just that the way of studying is different from normal." Qiu Ling rolled her eyes at him, "And even if my education record on my identity file says junior high school, it doesn't matter if I want to enter the society and get a job after I come out. No hardship. For example, before the mutation, I easily sneaked into the laboratory in Tibet, and got the task of sending important documents. Although this task is a cannon fodder task, it must be performed by absolutely trusted talents .”

If it is said that the previous novels were wild and unconstrained novels, what Qiu Ling said later made her previous words believable.

After all, if Qiu Ling really has a junior high school diploma but can enter the laboratory of the "Ancient Gene Resurrection Project" and be reused, then Qiu Ling's own strength should not be underestimated.

"What about Xiao Sun?" Qin An looked at Xiao Sun, wondering.

Since Qiu Ling said that Xiaosun, like her, is a free and intensively trained person, why did she work as a cashier in a corner of Tibet?If there are really top talents who enter the laboratory, why would they stay in a small place and become a small screw of the social system?

"She ran away." Qiu Ling said.

Xiaosun bowed her head and said nothing. Everyone saw that she had no intention of speaking, and looked at Qiuling again.

Qiu Ling didn't care too much, and said with a smile: "Probably the intensity of the training is too high, and the outside world is too attractive. She escaped. But even if she escaped, she is still a member of the clan. Now the world has changed. After this is done, every clansman will return, and so will she."

What Qiu Ling said was a little fanciful and a little unrealistic.Qiu Ling herself is a person who tells a lot of lies, but what she said now makes people believe it.

Tiangui thought carefully about the Qi Xi he knew: "I've heard some rumors about Qi Xi. But most of them are hearsay. Qi Xi really does look different."

"Of course it won't be the same. From the moment he was born, he was doomed to be different in his life." Qiu Ling thought of the person she had been looking for so hard, and her heart was a little complicated. "Everyone of us is born with a talent. Similarly, my brother is a natural patriarch. There is no rule to follow. The command appears randomly in the birth of newborns of the tribe. It’s just that the possibility of appearing from the patriarch’s children is relatively high. The previous patriarch was born in a row Seven, the last one gave birth to my brother."