Animal ABO

At night, the shelter became quiet early, and a warm orange light radiated from the small house. Looking from the window, it looked like an endless stream of small torches, carrying tiny but firm hopes.

Wen Chuan hadn't seen the lights at night for a long time, and felt a lot of emotion for a moment, leaning against the window with a coffee cup in a daze.

Their dinner was sent by the military uniform, just some baked potatoes, fried vegetables and thick porridge.

It's nothing special, and people don't even feel that it's delicious. People's spirits are always tense, and they can't enjoy the present moment safely.

Jing Jing put the plate at the door after eating, and someone would come to clean it up, so Wen Chuan and him made a cup of instant coffee alone—Jing Jing said that under such circumstances, it is incomprehensible that there is still coffee in the room .

But the temperature of the coffee relaxed the nerves of the two of them very well, so they lost their interest in complaining about this matter, quietly nestled in the small sofa and typed on the computer, downloading various biological and pharmaceutical data from the database, while Wen Chuan was silent. Think quietly.

They imagined many possibilities in the afternoon, even considering Zhong Haosheng's strange behavior, but in the end they didn't come to a result that was satisfactory to both of them.

Wen Chuan listened to Jingjing talk about the "co-tail meeting" again, and some related news can also be found in the intranet database, most of which are related to extremes and extremes, which seem uncomfortable.

"Do you think humans can still evolve?" Wen Chuan asked An Jing.

Jing Jing propped her jaw, opened a pair of black and white eyes, and said: "Even if it is possible, it is a natural choice, and it is not something humans should touch."

"A long time ago," Wen Chuan said, looking down at the small vortex in the cup, "It is said that there were too many people and too few resources, which caused the Fourth World War, and the environment suffered huge damage. Many countries' economies, The production level has seriously regressed. At that time, the ratio of men to women has been out of balance, developed countries have fallen into a vicious cycle of low marriage rate and low birth rate, almost all Asian countries have entered a serious aging society, and the young labor force is almost completely lost.

"People naturally choose independence, refuse marriage and childbirth, and daily life maintenance becomes difficult. No matter what preferential and encouraging policies the country adopts, or even legislative coercion, this phenomenon will not improve." Wen Chuan took a sip of coffee. , Said slowly, "You know? I always feel that this has nothing to do with the environment, policies, or changes in people's thinking. I think this is the choice of genes themselves, a natural choice."

Quietly nodding, these are learned in their history textbooks. After the Third World War, the division of the world was almost established, and the Fourth World War led to people's self-destruction.

Some small countries have been annexed or perished, and major countries have also entered into a serious setback in culture, economy, and production. Coupled with ecological problems caused by major earthquakes and nuclear weapons radiation, large areas of land cannot be used, water sources are polluted, and wild animal species are extremely rare. reduce.

It was the darkest age, which was later called "Ragnarok".

It was also from that era that various new religious beliefs began to develop, leading people to find a new spiritual world.

Among them, the most famous ones are the "Symbiosis Society" and the "Coupling Society". The former obeys nature, believes in the source of instinct, refuses to accept any high technology, and returns to the original form of human beings; the latter wants to move forward and surpass human genes Get in the way, get stronger, and find better ways to survive.

The reason why these two are famous lies in their respective extremes and extremes.

But at least the "Symbiosis Society" will not take the initiative to destroy because they follow the biological instinct and nature-oriented purpose. Their extreme methods are only reflected in their personal rejection of high technology and science, and they do not hinder others - of course they promote Pseudo-science and anti-intellectual remarks are also one of their extreme tactics. Professionals like Wen Chuan and Jing Jing still have some complaints about this.

Jing Jing followed Wen Chuan's words: "There is a kind of lemming in the North Pole. They have many secrets. The most mysterious thing is that when their population reaches its peak, it will start. This phenomenon should have a lot to do with resources and the environment. In order for the population to reproduce better and not destroy each other, they will choose to leave some lemmings to reproduce their offspring, and the rest will go to the sea collectively and jump into the sea to commit suicide.”

Wen Chuan frowned slightly, looked at the orange light outside the window, and said: "That's right. When the population reaches its peak, their shape will begin to change. The originally gray and black fur color will become very bright, and the timid personality will become brighter." Become aggressive and aggressive, this is to make them stand out in the population, so as to attract predators to eliminate them."

But this effect has little effect, they will suddenly gather and set off on a certain day, and rush towards a certain direction in a mighty way. Other lemmings will continue to join along the road, and eventually become a huge group. It is the sea.

This behavior of "collective suicide by jumping into the sea" has always been a mystery in nature, and has been endowed with "the romance of death" by many poets.

Jing Jing looked at Wen Chuan and said, "Do you think human beings are like this too?"

"Humans are also creatures, and they are not nobler than any other creatures," Wen Chuan said. "We have higher IQ and learning ability than other species, but it doesn't mean we have jumped out of the biological chain. Natural selection..."

Wen Chuan narrowed his eyes and said softly: "Natural selection exists in the genes of all creatures, and it is impossible for humans to escape. When resources decrease, wars increase, the environment is destroyed, and the population is gender-unbalanced, how do you know our Don't genes choose to kill themselves?"

"Are your thoughts and concepts determined by your own consciousness or your genes?" Wen Chuan looked at An Jing calmly and asked.

Quiet and silent, tapped his fingers on the rim of the cup: "This..."

"At that time, people had the term 'homosexuality'," Wen Chuan said, "meaning same-sex love, and suggested that this violated the instinct of biological reproduction. If this is also genetic selection, I mean, natural selection, can it explain it? The root cause of human beings violating their instincts and stopping reproduction?"

Jing Jing was thoughtful: "After the Fourth World War, the population decreased sharply, and many countries even perished. Afterwards, human beings began natural gene elimination and evolution, and new gender characteristics were found in babies born in the "Great Eden Era" , In the following 100 years, the population began to change. Whether it is natural selection or mutation caused by nuclear radiation, human beings have always found a new way to survive."

Jing Jing frowned, thinking of something: "Lemmings...the females of lemmings have three types: xx, x'x and x'y, among which x'y has a higher reproductive potential...this is much more than our current Gender, Omega high fertility alike.”

Wen Chuan glanced at him, nodded silently, obviously also thought of this, and said: "The development and evolution of organisms have their own laws. What do you think will happen if human intervention occurs?"

An Jing shook her head: "I can't imagine."

Wen Chuan always felt that he should have thought of something, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say them clearly no matter what.

It's like a layer of paper is blocked in front of you, thin and fragile, but it completely covers the opposite view.

If Xiang Chen were here, what would he say?That person looked foolish and full of vigor, but his mind was actually very flexible and he had a lot of ideas.

If you discuss it with him, maybe he has fresh ideas and viewpoints, and maybe he can help you pierce the window paper.

But it is also possible that he will dismiss it, and just say with a bored face while smoking a cigarette: "Your story is pretty good, but it doesn't sound realistic at all."

Thinking about the other party's tone and expression, Wen Chuan couldn't help curling the corners of his mouth. Then he realized that the person was not around, and even his life and death were unknown. His mood sank again, and he even breathed a little harder.

He was dazed for a moment, and touched his lips involuntarily, recalling the touch that was about to part.

He thought many times on the helicopter, how to beat him up when they meet again, or give him a big mouth, calling him a "rogue" who took advantage of others' danger.

But when he got off the helicopter, his fear and panic gradually returned. He only hoped that the other party was safe, and he didn't care about anything else.

He tried his best to suppress his pessimistic thoughts, he didn't dare to think about it, and he didn't dare to let himself sink into negative emotions.He lost his parents when he was young, and grew up with his elder brother. Now his elder brother, teacher, and Xiang Chen are not around. He really wants to face it with strength, but he also knows that once he sinks into pessimistic emotions, it is easy to lose his mind. will be crushed.

He had no choice but to take a deep breath, throwing away Xiang Chen's back to the fire in his memory, looked at the time, turned around and said, "It's almost there, let's start the experiment."

On an unknown country road far away from City J, the surroundings are very quiet. A car is parked on the side of the road with the windows open, and the people in the car are sleeping soundly.

The three men in the back row were crowded together, sleeping very restlessly. Xiang Kun in the front row was snoring with his seat belt on his head tilted, leaning against the car window. The drowsiness disappeared in an instant, and his expression tensed.

The focus of his sight was slack and dazed at first, but he quickly and slowly focused, saw the environment he was in clearly, slowly relaxed his nerves, and wiped his face.

He looked at the people who were sleeping deeply in the car. Everyone was exhausted. They found a gas station during the day, but they couldn't find anything to eat.

The dry food in the backpack is only enough for a few days, and they must save some.

Now that he was hungry, he just opened the door and got out of the car, lit a cigarette and leaned against the hood of the car, looking at the dark road ahead, squinting slightly, thinking about the nightmare just now.

He dreamed of his father, Zhong Haosheng, and Wen Chuan.

In the dream, Zhong Haosheng successfully took Wen Chuan away. He and his father were trapped on the roof of the school building and could not get out. Shang found Wen Chuan, who was stripped naked by Zhong Haosheng and pressed on the table. Zhong Haosheng bit the back of Wen Chuan's neck, and he felt an unspeakable anger in his chest.

Zhong Haosheng smiled ferociously, turned into a zombie again, and tore off Wen Chuan's skin bit by bit.He wanted to stop him, but found that he couldn't move. Wen Chuan ate the poisonous food in the school dormitory, lost his mind, begged himself to give him medicine, and was torn bloody.

Then he woke up with a start. In the last scene of the dream, Wen Chuan was crying and reaching out to him.

Xiang Chen had never seen Wen Chuan cry, so the picture in the dream seemed a bit blurry, but the ominous nightmare made him a little irritable, he took a long breath from his cigarette, gathered his clothes and looked at the road ahead with cold eyes.

He wanted to see that person right now and confirm that everything was fine with that person; but he was afraid for a while, afraid that something would go wrong on the way, and the other party would not be able to reach J City safely.

It's almost not like his character to be so worried and worry about gains and losses.

His breathing was a bit hot, and he looked up at the sky full of stars, no matter how desperate the people on the ground were struggling, the sky was still magnificent and boundless, overlooking everything lightly.

Those stars may come from tens of thousands of light-years away, they travel through the vast universe, and thousands of years have passed before they are seen by people.

Maybe ten thousand years away, this star has already fallen, and what he saw was only what it used to be. Looking at ten thousand years, he has already missed eternity.

Xiang Chen thought to himself: So I still have such romantic poetry!If I tell Wen Chuan, I don't know what his expression will be, I guess there are a lot of words in my stomach waiting to block me.

He put his hands in his pockets and looked at the starry sky in the night wind for a while, then hooked the corners of his mouth and returned to the car.

One day before No.20 when the virus broke out, they are still on the way.