Zombies don't need to rest

These materials fell into the hands of Liu Tang.

In the cafeteria of the Federal Academy of Sciences, young people and several middle-aged people sat at a table to eat.

I heard one of them whispering: "All the information left by the genomes of the previous four generations of medicines have been withheld by Dean Liu. For 30 years, no one knew that he had this thing in his hand."

"No one has noticed. In fact, there is still such an important experiment left in the genome that has not been completed."

"In addition, no experiment has been conducted for so many years. Now the group has to search for information from scratch, and everyone is very unfamiliar with it. There is no way to restart the experiment in a short time."

"Fortunately, we contacted two old seniors in the afternoon, the only two remaining members of the fourth-generation pharmacy project team. They live in the No. [-] Base City Sanatorium."

"We'll go and ask tomorrow to see if they have any new ideas."

The person at the same table frowned and asked, "Then which side do you lean towards now? What did the dean say in the article?"

The person who spoke before was silent for a while before saying: "Several senior researchers in the group tend to think that although Yang Chunmei did not explain the function of that gene, they are more willing to believe subjectively that that gene is not Any conspiracy theory or intentionally put it in."

"It's because it's inherently unstable, but it was definitely the optimal solution for a certain key problem that the fourth generation of medicines had to solve at that time. It was only because Team Leader Yang Chunmei was sick that further research stalled."

"Combined with the years of Dean Liu's delay, not to mention the fact that he didn't continue to study it, the fifth-generation medicine that was originally planned has not even been shadowed yet."

After taking a sip of soup to moisten his throat, he said, "From my personal attitude, I doubt it, of course I just doubt whether that gene may be something that Team Leader Yang Chunmei didn't know why, so he put it in."

Looking at the few people around, including the most marginal young people, they are all looking at themselves in puzzlement.

He thought for a while and explained: "As you all know, there is a high probability that Yang Chunmei's group has a serious mental illness, and according to my understanding, not only she was in the fourth-generation pharmacy group, but several main researchers also had various problems. Such a mental problem."

"So I guess there's a possibility that, in their minds, it's normal for people with mental problems?"

The middle-aged researcher sitting opposite him froze for a moment: "What do you mean?"

The person who spoke nodded and said: "In the eyes of a psychopath, she is a normal person, so she referred to the genetic codes of herself and several other outstanding researchers in the group, and put the fragment that would cause mental problems into the transformation potion. , and then the drug was injected into the genes of countless people."

The young man who was listening subconsciously frowned.

But looking at the identity of the speaker, the other party is now a newly formed human genome project experimenter, and I am not very familiar with him, so it is inappropriate to object rashly.

But he still felt that it shouldn't be like this.

Yang Chunmei's mental problems seem to have occurred after the fourth generation of genetic modification drugs were fully implemented.

And it's just a rumor.

There has never been any mention of her having a mental illness in official records or materials.

Judging from Yang Chunmei's personal resume, if she really suffers from a serious mental illness, then it is impossible for her to reach that position step by step and take up such an important position as the team leader of the fourth-generation genetically modified pharmaceutical project.

The most crucial piece of evidence is that.

The young man believed that it was impossible for Luo Jincheng to let a mental patient appear in this position.

Sure enough, just when he was doubting, the person who spoke shook his head: "But we are all guessing, including me, everyone is still more inclined to agree with the views of those two old researchers."

"Yang Chunmei should know the function of that part of the gene, and we even suspect that she also knows that part of the gene is defective, just to complete the fourth-generation genetic modification drug, so she put the part of the gene code into it, and only then did she succeed."

The young man nodded, he thought so too.

The person who spoke paused for a moment and then said: "And it is indeed mentioned in the information she left behind that the members of the gene research team should not stop and continue to develop a more complete, more practical, and more effective fifth-generation gene." Transformation potion."

Suddenly someone said with a sneer: "So, at that time, there was already an idea of ​​developing the fifth-generation medicine, right?"

Seeing the people around turn their eyes to himself, he shrugged his shoulders and said: "You also know that I am from the mechanical group. I can tell you that the development plan for fully automated universal production equipment was proposed in the year 102 of the Cataclysm Era. But until now, the project has never been established."

"Thanks to Dean Liu's 30 years of hard work, the people in our group are no longer able to conduct research. Even if we start now, we may need at least five years to adjust, and another six to eight years Get the relevant people together."

Once the topic came to Liu Tang, the atmosphere instantly became depressing.

The researchers lowered their heads and began to eat silently, while the young people who had eaten almost looked at the dull atmosphere.

Suddenly he said in a low voice: "I went to clean up Dean Liu's room this morning. When I went, I saw him carrying his luggage and leaving with Dean Zou Hu."

As soon as he finished speaking, all the surrounding eyes gathered.

The young man pretended to be very nervous and said: "I don't know what's going on, but President Liu asked me to clean up his rest room before he left. The trash spot was burned."

The silent middle-aged people looked at each other.

The genome engineer said: "That's true. When we received the notice this afternoon, Dean Zou Hu directly asked us to get the materials, and the whole process went smoothly. We didn't see Dean Liu when the laboratory started to operate." , Dean Zou Hu took the document and stamped it for us.”

Several other middle-aged people looked at each other and whispered: "So, he has really left?"

No need to answer, they already know the answer.

Then, the young man suddenly felt the surrounding atmosphere lighten up.

After eating in this pleasant atmosphere and going to smoke in the woods outside the cafeteria, the young man returned to his dormitory.

As soon as he entered, he saw Jiang Yang sitting on his chair looking at the computer screen.

"Well, aren't you going to eat?"

Hearing his voice, Jiang Yang smiled and said, "I was about to go, but I saw something interesting."

After speaking, he stood up, patted the young man on the shoulder when he walked past him and said, "Take a good look, I'm going out first, let's talk later if you have anything to say."

Seeing Jiang Yang open the door so carelessly and go out, the young man still followed him uneasy.

But when he walked to the door, Jiang Yang's figure had disappeared.

Take a deep breath.

After communicating in the morning and noon, he already had a general understanding of this elusive man.

However, the communication between the two parties has always been restrained.

It neither went deep nor stopped, but they were exchanging their views and opinions on the Federation, the Federation Academy of Sciences, and the current issues of the Federation on an equal footing.

Of course, as the conversation lengthened, the young people could say less and less, and they were more asking Jiang Yang for his views on various issues.

Looking at the empty corridor, he closed the door and returned to the room, sitting on a chair and looking at the computer screen.

Jiang Yang has thoughtfully pulled the content on the screen

to the top.

Just like noon, it was all news published on the official website of the Federal Academy of Sciences, and the author was also Liu Tang, who still holds the title of president of the Federal Academy of Sciences.

Release time, seven o'clock sharp.

Young people looked at the title of the article:

"The Effect of Radiation Energy on the Stability of Human Genes, and Reflections on the Defects of the Fourth Generation of Gene Modification Agents"

The title is very long.

The content is longer.

The entire article is more than 700 pages long, and it is clearly stated at the beginning that this article took ten years to complete.

In order to allow most people to understand the content of the article, unlike the one at noon, the first dozen pages of this article explain the content of the article in the most popular language.

The more than 600 pages that follow are academic expositions of his interpretations.

Young people can't understand things that are too complicated, so he mainly browses the first dozen or so pages.

But he still noticed it when he swiped the interface.

The loading interface showed that when he entered the door, what Jiang Yang was looking at was the academic argument at the back, and he didn't browse the front content at all.

So that guy can even understand the following academic reports?

In doubt, the young man began to browse the simple content at the front.

Because it is very common language, so there is no dyslexia.

The meaning of the article is that due to the existence of radiant energy in the natural environment, and its high intensity and strong penetrability, it has long been a realistic environment that people cannot avoid.

In the past 200 years, human genes have been changing under the influence of radiation energy.

The author believes that such a rate of gene change is even faster than the rate of gene change in the natural evolution of humans over millions of years.

That is to say, in his view, new humans have been evolving day by day in the past 200 years, passively changing their genes all the time.

So why are the new humans still alive and not dead?

The answer is because of genetic modification agents.

These agents inserted many stable fragments into the gene fragments of the new humans, ensuring that the genes of the new humans would not collapse.

But that's all they can do.

The new humans are still suffering from genetic changes, and various diseases caused by gene collapse are also emerging in endlessly.

And the fatal flaw of the fourth-generation genetically modified medicine has led to a high incidence of mania.

At the same time, the effectiveness of fourth-generation agents is weakening over time.

As a result, various genetic diseases have been caused, and the incidence of genetic diseases has increased.

The author said that based on his experience as the president of the Federal Academy of Sciences, the development of the fifth generation of genetically modified drugs is far away.

So he said:

The new humans are facing a severe genetic crisis.

In his judgment, the harm brought by this crisis is no less than the appearance of zombies more than 200 years ago.

"Radiation energy is destroying our genes. In the past, we used medicines to protect ourselves, but now, the original medicines are failing, and the development of new medicines has not yet begun. New humans will encounter a new crisis of destruction."

The young man swallowed subconsciously.

After feeling a little uncomfortable in his throat, he took another glass of water from the side.

The brief exposition of more than ten pages has come to an end.

At the end, Liu Tang, the author of the article, put forward a new imagination:

That is to develop a new one that can protect and maintain the stability of human genes, or something that can repair genetic defects at any time.

"And, in past work, I've seen what this thing looks like, and I've seen its practical results and excellent performance."

"But as a new technology, its biggest problem now is that it has not yet been mass-produced, and the crisis of new humans is imminent."

"I hope that I can still participate in the experiment and solve the imminent crisis of annihilation for new humans. However, I am too old, and my body and energy no longer allow me to stand in the laboratory."

The last sentence of the dozen-page brief was: "Wish us luck."

The following hundreds of pages are all academic arguments, used as the arguments and theoretical support for Liu Tang to write these contents.

The young man didn't read it because he couldn't understand it either.

Now he desperately hopes that someone can stand up and tell him whether these things are true or not.

but!

In the past 30 years, the state of the Federal Academy of Sciences.

Now can someone actually stand up and tell everyone if this article is credible?

Subconsciously clicking on the comments on the Internet, the young man's heart sank to the bottom.

He didn't know that the council office was already in chaos at this moment.

He didn't know that at this moment, other scientific research institutions and universities in the Federation were still in the densely packed preparation laboratories, verifying the article at noon.

He just sees clearly.

Because of the silence of the Federation, the silence of the Federal Academy of Sciences.

This article is signed by Liu Tang, President of the Federal Academy of Sciences, and has already gained the trust of most people.

Look at the confused and even horrified comments in the comments.

At this moment, the young man felt as if he had been splashed from head to toe by a basin of cold water.

He stood up tremblingly, and found a box of untouched cigarettes from his cabinet.

Light one and sit back in the chair.

30 years.

In the past 30 years, the Federal Academy of Sciences has been turned into a mess by Liu Tang.

A rotting, sour porridge.

And Liu Tang himself sat in that spacious study room, leaning on the floor-to-ceiling papers and books, and carefully concocted these two articles, which seemed to be intended to promote a certain new technology.

But therein lies the problem.