Chapter 008: History and Evolution
In the past century, through joint research, the Hwaseong Research Institute and the multinational research institute have developed protective shields that can cover small buildings, and the first generation of security robots and the first generation of mechas, human life has become more stable, and the development of science and technology has accelerated. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
With the rapid development of genetic technology, the crisis has made more and more people willing to accept genetic modification to become stronger, and people who have acquired extraordinary abilities through genetic methods are also willing to accept reinforcement to become stronger in order to obtain more resources and improve the probability of survival, but at the same time, people have also found that as the ability becomes stronger, the fertility rate has gradually decreased, and major research institutes have begun to set up human reproduction research groups.
In 2349, a research report was exposed in the media, which caused an uproar in world public opinion.
The declining fertility rate is due to the fact that the stronger the ability, the stronger the cell phagocytosis, either the strong will devour the weak, or the strong will not be strong against both sides, it is difficult to normally produce fertilized eggs that can develop healthily, and the stronger the ability, the lower the fertility, regardless of men and women.
On the contrary, ancient humans without special abilities, even the first pure blood with special abilities among ancient humans, have the strongest fertility, the point is that even if ancient humans and new humans are combined, the fertility rate is still much higher than that of new humans and new humans, and the children born have a great chance of inheriting the powerful abilities of new humans or the high fertility of ancient humans.
The reason is that all new humans have evolved or modified from ancient humans, and the genes of ancient humans are the foundation and have the strongest compatibility.
With a few exceptions, fertility from highest to lowest under the same physical health conditions were: Pure-blood Hominins / First Pure-Blood Hollins & gt; Homogeneous hominins gt; New Humanity.
As soon as this report came out, world public opinion was in an uproar, and ancient humans, who were originally discriminated against because they had no power, were suddenly pushed to the forefront. In just one month, there have been countless violent incidents such as the disappearance of ancient humans and qiangjian, especially after some examples of successful pregnancies were put on the Internet, and the strong people with powerful abilities but have been plagued by the problem of heirs for many years have also begun to move.
At the beginning of the event, countries held many meetings and consultations through remote video, decided to take emergency measures, dispatched troops, and compulsorily concentrated the protection of most of the registered ancient humans, held a press conference, and promised to explore ways to protect the interests of the majority, and then countries began to formulate legal provisions for ancient humans in line with their own national conditions in accordance with legal procedures, in order to balance the interests of multiple parties.
Originally, the situation was not so bad, and among the sixty percent of the population who could survive the apocalypse, new humans accounted for only about 26% of them, but with years of fertility and artificial modification, as of the time of the incident, although the total population has increased by 2 percent, the proportion of people with new human blood or genetic modification has increased to 73 percent, but there is still room for maneuver.
What destroyed this space was the bacteriological shells fired at major cities from unknown places after five days of centralized protection! Highly contagious zombie virus, and the buildings that focus on the protection of ancient humans, because 5 days are too short and there are too many people, most of the buildings have not had time to set up a small area of building protective covers, and due to centralized management, the virus spreads very rapidly, and the condition deteriorates rapidly, even if the institute works overtime to develop an improved zombie vaccine within a week, there are still 2 percent of ancient humans who were euthanized because they became zombies, and 3 percent of ancient humans became the first generation of pure-bloods or apotheasers after being cured.
This disaster, known as "Scarlet Twilight", most people thought that it was a conspiracy against human reproduction, but in the end, only some peripheral accomplices were caught - human traitors who were driven by profit to leak the research institute data, incite social **** and Internet public opinion, and provide accurate directions to the city - but who the mastermind is, the accomplice does not know, and it is still a mystery to this day.
It is also because of this catastrophe that, under the crisis of unknown enemies and extinctions, the unprecedented unity of all countries has made great efforts to rectify the atmosphere, eliminate all unstable factors, strengthen the state apparatus, and settle the ancient human race.
The following year, countries established paleoanthropology conservation centers, and the world's universal paleoanthropogenic protection law was successfully promulgated, stipulating the benefits and preferential treatment that paleohumans could enjoy, and at the same time semi-mandating the obligations of paleomorphs in terms of reproduction.
In 2358, with the strong support of the state, a multinational joint research team finally developed a protective shield that could cover the entire city and a small personal protective shield that could instantaneously, in an effort to avoid the occurrence of a "bloody twilight" event.
In the 25th century, robots began to enter the era of intelligence, although because of fear and prejudice, subject to certain restrictions, but still greatly facilitate the production and life of human beings.
In terms of mecha research and development, with the discovery and use of mental power, mecha has changed from mechanical operation to mental power operation, and human beings have been able to expand the scope of the base in the battle with alien beasts, insects and plants, and leave the base to develop and explore in distant places.
The application of spiritual power began to permeate all aspects of life, and some people who were not strong or practical, but had strong mental power, began to emerge.
In terms of reproduction, because the children of ancient humans and new humans may be new humans or pure blood, the cloning technology and IVF technology that replace natural reproduction have been vigorously supported to make up for the huge gap in natural reproduction, but the cloning technology can only create people with extraordinary abilities, and later because of moral factors and too many deformed children, they were forced to stop, and it was strictly forbidden to study again, and only some illegal organizations in dangerous areas are still studying and using.
On the contrary, IVF has a certain chance of breeding healthy new humans and quasi-purebloods, and even pure-blooded births if you are lucky, so it is popular, but the success of IVF still requires the genes of ancient humans.
Until the end of the 25th century, for various reasons, hominins accounted for only 7%-8% of the total population, and the proportion of pure-blooded was even lower.
In 2501, in order to increase the birth rate of newborns, the Paleoanthropogenic Protection Act was amended for the sixth time, adding a clause on the mandatory provision of genes, which is roughly as follows:
1. All ancient human beings can enjoy a series of preferential policies such as free education, free housing, free medical care, and priority employment (to be competent and not dangerous occupations) for life.
2. Ancient humans cannot be harmed in any form or for any reason, and violators will be punished with heavy fines, and some legal provisions can be tilted towards ancient humans.
3. After all ancient humans reach the age of 18, the state encourages marriage, gives them 2 years of free love time, and can choose their own marriage partners; if they are not married, from the age of 20, the government will arrange a blind date every month until they are voluntarily married; if they are not married at the age of 30, they will be forcibly assigned to new human beings whose contribution value reaches a certain value as partners.
4. From the age of 20 to the age of 45, if all ancient humans are not married, or if the interval between marriage and childbirth exceeds 5 years, they need to provide genes (i.e., eggs or sperm) to the Center for the Conservation of Paleoanthropology once a quarter, and the Center will allocate them to those who have contributed to the value for IVF.
5. All new humans who have reached marriageable age, after the contribution value reaches a certain value, can apply to the Paleoanthropological Conservation Center for blind date, or apply for IVF, or apply for matching, etc.
6.β¦β¦ Wait a minute
ββTo put it simply, if a new human wants to get married and have children, he has to work hard to earn contributions, and ancient humans can have a comfortable life without doing anything, but you have to contribute to the birth of a newborn, even if that person is just a stranger to you.
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Ning Yunshu, who was in 2516, didn't finish the book until the sun set, she took off her mask, felt stuffed in her heart, and felt that her future, like the afterglow of the sunset that came in obliquely from the window, was getting darker and darker, and finally drowned in the darkness.
With a single click, the light-controlled bedside lamp automatically lights up, bringing a soft dim glow.
Ning Yunshu took a deep breath, came back to her senses, and carefully recalled what she had just seen, she was glad that she was not discovered at the beginning due to her habitual caution, otherwise, she would have started a blind date intensively at the age of 20.
When going on a blind date, what the other party saw in his eyes was Ning Yunshu, or an ancient human with high fertility?
What really makes Ning Yunshu unacceptable is that even if the blind date is successful and married, as long as there are no children for 5 years, she must provide her genes to strangers for IVF, even if the law stipulates that she does not have any responsibilities and obligations for the baby, and also stipulates that no person or organization may disclose any information about the IVF gene provider, but as a person from the 21st century of monogamy, as a Chinese who values blood relations very seriously, Ning Yunshu has a strong sense of derailment and guilt.
Intellectually it can be understood that this is for the sake of reproduction, for the growth of the race, but emotionally it is unacceptable.
Ning Yunshu was born in a family with harmonious parents, her parents are kind and kind, and they have supported each other through ups and downs, there are three daughters in the family, Ning Yunshu is the second, the eldest sister has a super high IQ but is very cold, and the younger sister is innocent and lively but too simple.
In order to help the eldest sister deal with interpersonal relationships, in order to help the younger sister analyze which people are sincere and which people are fake, Ning Yunshu has therefore exercised the ability to see the intentions and objectives of the other party, and her personality is the most stable of the three sisters, but she is more like the eldest of the three sisters.
Influenced by her parents, she has hoped that her husband is a single-minded and responsible man for the family since she was a child, and she also hopes that she can play the role of a good wife and mother, so she can't accept that her husband may only use her as a reproductive tool, and she can't accept that her children are left behind.
It's not that she despises these regulations, she can understand that this is a choice made in this era in order to deal with the crisis, and since she has enjoyed so many benefits, she naturally has to pay a corresponding price for it, and it is fair to exchange it for the same price.
But Ning Yunshu is not a person from this era, she just came here because of an unknown accident, originally with her or not, she could not affect the process of this era, so as an outsider, if she is not willing to enjoy the benefits brought by the identity of ancient humans, then it is understandable that she wants to stick to her principles.
Since you can't accept it, you can only fight hard!
No matter how difficult it is to achieve that goal!
Even if her current identity as a black household may be exposed at any time!
She's still willing to work for it!
Ning Yunshu flipped the book to one of the pages, and there was a short paragraph written on it-
Ancient humans who have been awarded any kind of medal by the state for their significant contributions will only enjoy the rights and benefits brought by the status of ancient humans, and will not need to fulfill the reproductive obligations brought about by the status of ancient humans, and will be free to choose the way of life they want.
Because, dear strong man, you have proved your worth to humanity with your efforts!
-- Commenting on the Sixth Revised Edition of the Law on the Protection of Ancient Humans, Xuanyuan Mingzhu.