October 27th.

Fang Ge, who said goodbye to his family and applied for a leave of absence, stepped on the plane to Xining alone.

This time, there was no bloody old man's cardiac arrest, and there was no robbery by bandits like crime movies, everything seemed calm.

After all, she was a disciple of Huang Mingzhe, and it was a confidential content, and few people knew Fang Ge's true identity.

The plane slowly landed at Xining Caojiabao Airport, Fang Ge dragged his suitcase alone, Xining at an altitude of about 2,200 meters, and there was no obvious altitude sickness.

Lao Li, the security guard of the research institute, was already waiting for her outside the airport, and as soon as Fang Ge got out of the airport, he saw a Chang'an-Tiance electric off-road vehicle.

The car is very well maintained, the interior is also very clean, Lao Li is a middle-aged man with a smile, and he lifted the suitcase in her hand and put it in the rear compartment.

"Give."

Fang Ge was flattered and took the small bag, which contained a box of Qinghai old yogurt and a bag of barley cakes.

"Thank you very much."

"Let's go!"

Electric off-road vehicles make their way to the road effortlessly, and the thin air in the highlands has little impact on electric vehicles.

Halfway through, Lao Li suddenly said, "Do you want to go to Taer Temple and Qinghai Lake to have a look?"

"Is it okay?" Fang Ge asked uncertainly.

"Of course you can, just catch the wind and wash the dust." Lao Li said with a smile, in fact, he received the director's order, so he dared to take Fang Ge around for a while.

"Then it's troublesome Uncle Li."

"No trouble."

It is about a 40-minute drive from Xining to Taer Temple.

Fang Ge followed the flow of people into several monasteries, saw the pile show, murals and ghee flowers of Ta'er Temple, and also saw the mysterious glittering Shwedagon Pagoda through the small window.

There are many people in the monastery who are waiting for their long heads, they take all their belongings to eat and live around, and when the money runs out, they go back to earn, and when they earn enough, they will continue to kowtow, a total of 100,000 kowtows.

In the midst of the noisy crowd, collide with these pious eyes, and realize how great the power of faith is.

But Fang Ge does not worship gods, she believes in her teacher, and believes in the truth even more.

Like those devout believers, gently turning the rows of prayer wheels with their hands, it is so calm at this moment.

The science of human beings, the truth of the universe, is shining brightly, Fang Ge didn't say anything, she didn't want to criticize, she just looked at all this with a rational eye.

After spending more than an hour at Ta'er Temple, the two left for Qinghai Lake.

Qinghai Lake is like a blue tear, called "Tsowenbu" in Tibetan, which means blue sea.

The tail of the 11th Golden Week is still there, there are still a lot of tourists and vehicles on the road around the lake, although it is the peak season of Qinghai Lake tourism, but for the 400 kilometers of the road around the lake, it still seems deserted.

However, the altitude here has reached about 3,300 meters, and the slight altitude sickness made Fang Ge feel a little chest tightness and shortness of breath.

After getting out of the car, as soon as she took two steps, she felt as if her chest was pressed by a big rock, and she panted and muttered to herself: "Humans are really still too fragile." ”

"Do you want to inhale oxygen," Lao Li handed over a small gas cylinder.

Fang Ge waved his hand: "I want to get used to it." ”

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There is a very big and very high swing by the lake, several tourists are playing and taking pictures, and there are Tibetans holding yaks not far away, and it seems to be 10 yuan to ride around.

The weather in Qinghai Lake is sunny today, and the reflection of the blue sky is a beautiful mess, but the intensity of ultraviolet rays on the plateau is very high, and Fang Ge has applied sunscreen early.

She took off her shoes and walked barefoot into the cold water, which she thought was as soft as the sand of the sea.

After going down, Fang Ge's expression gradually stiffened.

The crystalline salt at the bottom of the lake is painful, and the ultraviolet rays in the sky are uncomfortable for the plains, and the temperature of the lake is very low.

Standing quietly in the lake for a while is like standing on a blue mirror.

Lao Li helped her take a few photos on the shore.

After going ashore, the pants were soaked in salt water and were already set, and there was a layer of white crystalline salt on them, and it took a few pats to sweep away most of the crystalline salt attached to them.

Fang Ge, who was already feeling better, smiled at Lao Li and said, "Let's go!" ”

"Okay."

The electric off-road vehicle started again and headed in the direction of the institute.

On one side of the highway is the railway, and a train roars by.

Towards evening, the electric off-road vehicle was parked near Quanji next to Qinghai Lake, and the research institute was 11 kilometers northwest of the town.

Fang Ge looked at the dilapidated buildings and doorways where hung the Qinghai Plateau Institute of Glaciers and Geology.

If it weren't for her teacher's arrangement, Fang Ge would have thought that she had come to the wrong place.

"Doesn't it feel like the environment is bad?"

"A little." Fang Ge smiled awkwardly.

"Come with me!"

Lao Li led the way in front, and after entering one of the five-story buildings, the two walked into the elevator.

-1

It turned out to be underground! Fang Ge suddenly realized.

After stepping out of the elevator, she realized that she was wrong, and the underground was very large.

"Xiaoge, let me introduce you, this is the Institute of Human Evolution, this is the negative floor, and it is also one of the entrances and exits." Lao Li introduced as he walked.

"How big is this?"

"The underground base is divided into three areas, here is the management and living area, with 6 floors and 85,000 square meters; 5 floors in the warehouse area, 50,000 square meters; The experimental area has 5 floors and 200,000 square meters. ”

took Fang Ge to a single dormitory, where all the daily necessities had been prepared, and after putting away the suitcase.

The two of them walked towards the office of the director of the institute.

Along the way, few others were seen, only a few guards were on duty.

"Uncle Li, how many researchers are there in our base?"

"There are more than a hundred people! In this regard, Director Wang is managing. ”

Lao Li stopped, stopped at an office door, raised his left hand, which was missing two fingers, and knocked lightly on the door.

"Come in."

Lao Li directly unscrewed the doorknob, and Fang Ge saw a middle-aged man sitting behind a desk, and the middle-aged man's skin was a little dry and black, which was a trace of ultraviolet sunburn.

Wang Shengqiang put down his pen, saw Fang Ge behind Lao Li, took off his glasses and said, "You are Fang Ge"

"Yes, it's a pleasure to come and work at the Institute of Human Evolution." Fang Ge replied calmly.

Wang Shengqiang directly reminded: "Although Academician Huang introduced you here, you still have to abide by the rules and regulations of the base, if you have any problems in life, you can tell me or Captain Li." ”

"I'm going to be disciplined."

Wang Shengqiang nodded, and then made arrangements for Fang Ge: "In the base, I am in charge of management work, and Comrade Li Jiahang, the chief researcher, is in charge of the technology research and development work. ”

"No problem."

……

The experimental area of the base is located 3 kilometers from the living quarters, and the two places are transported by underground tunnels and trams.

At this time, it is on the negative fifth floor of the experimental area.

Li Jiahang is busy experimenting, and there are more than a dozen researchers in the laboratory cooperating.

The X gene extracted from the previous two biochemically modified people has been studied in this base for more than half a year.

Although Li Jiahang and his colleagues have generally figured out the gene sequence and some functions of the X gene, it is very difficult to carry out animal experiments.

The main reason is that the X gene is too aggressive, and this allogeneic gene evolution route is obviously not in line with human beings themselves.