The reservoir is finally opened, the water surface is full of floating ice, and some villagers who have nothing to do also come to the water's edge with fishing rods, although the weather is still cold, but some places where the wind is warm, a little new green can already be faintly seen, spring has finally come.

Ji Liang had returned to Mengjia Village to assist Chen Lao in the work of the village, and the others also performed their duties. Meng Qingqiang, who is idle, spends most of his time in the warehouse by the reservoir, which is now renamed the First Research Institute of Mengjia Village, and studies his body with Bai Ying's research team.

Zhang Tiansheng, who opened his mind, showed the quality of a professional researcher, and at this time he had faintly surpassed Bai Ying and became the leader of the group, of course, Bai Ying was always in charge.

All the black hands have been transmitted, and the three young warriors are also ready to move, Song Yuqin's situation is more special, unlike ordinary black hands, after she transformed into a black hand, she actually showed super high intelligence, words and deeds like normal people, but forgot a lot of things, originally Meng Qingqiang also hoped to learn some information about the research institute from her, but she had no choice but to forget all about it. In desperation, Meng Qingqiang changed her name to Qin Yu and let her start over with a new identity.

As the first black hand with high intelligence and can communicate, Qin Yu became the focus of the research team and researchers, they found that for Meng Qingqiang's feelings, aside from the wisdom itself, the black hands are similar to the dependence of young children on their parents, and even not only that, the degree of this dependence is greatly beyond human understanding, it is completely a dual connection between the mind and physiology, they did an experiment, and after Meng Qingqiang was completely covered with a lead room, the black hands had different degrees of mania and other reactions, And the activity of the body has also decreased a lot, and the conclusion is that there is some kind of magical connection between Meng Qingqiang as the main body and the black hand he infected, because the lead room can isolate this connection to a certain extent, so the way of preliminary judgment of the connection is similar to radiation, but the psychological changes of Meng Qingqiang in the lead room can still affect the black hand, which shows that there is an unknown connection in between. The decrease in activity shows that if Meng Qingqiang has an accident, then all the black hands may also die after a long time, which has aroused great interest in the research team, and perhaps this is also a way to eliminate mutants.

At the same time, on the lower floor of the warehouse, there are more than a dozen notorious members of the Brotherhood, murder and rape psychopaths, etc., all of whom were imprisoned as test subjects, although the team members were still slightly resistant to using live people for experiments at first, but when Xing Tianliang put the shocking cases they committed in front of the group members, even the polite Zhang Tiansheng took out his tools with a hideous face, ready to start the experiment immediately.

The results of the test were mixed, the results predicted by Meng Qingqiang and others appeared, through body injections, body surface tattoos, etc., some of the results turned into ordinary black hands, and some had a weak effect, and one of the psychopathic murderers, after a few days of painful torture, actually mutated into an existence similar to the Ying warrior, the physical parameters were greatly increased, and the previous intelligence was completely maintained, considering its harmfulness, and then Meng Qingqiang shot and killed, and the body was used for the second infection after the comparison with the transformation of the authentic Ying warrior.

After a thorough study, only a few of the dozen test subjects survived, and the rest became black hands. So there are two certain results, the first is that as they expected, the surviving test subjects have the ability to deter ordinary mutants, and they also survive through tattoos, and the direct injection in the body is transformed into a black hand without exception, and the test subjects with large-scale tattoos have also been transformed.

But it is worth celebrating that those who survived were physically strengthened to varying degrees. At the same time, they also found that although all of them gained the ability to deter mutants, there was also a large difference in the effectiveness of this ability, and one of them was unfortunate enough to survive the previous infection experiment and obtain the ability, but in the subsequent experiment, the mutant was only allowed to hesitate for a while before being killed by it.

The conclusion is that the tattoo method can indeed strengthen the body and gain deterrent power, but the area of the tattoo, as well as the body and mental state of the recipient, will affect the specific parameters, and a large number of living people must be tested to get a specific value, which is a headache for the research team.

Fortunately, the minimum area has been studied, so it was decided that after a period of verification, all the villagers of Mengjia Village can complete the tattoo work like a child planting beans, so that all the villagers have the ability to deter.

In this regard, whether it is Meng Qingqiang and other high-level people in the village, or the research team, they are generally optimistic, as for the reinforcement, they have also come up with a relatively safe method, that is, to increase the area of the tattoo little by little, but the risk is still very large, and the consent of the recipient is required, fortunately, the only thing that can be comforted is that even if there is a problem, the worst result is only to become a member of the black hands, and if you are lucky, there is still the possibility of maintaining your sanity.

The existing residents of Mengjia Village are close to 2,000 people, and the blood needed to tattoo so many people can be imagined, and it is also very difficult to extract Meng Qingqiang's blood, and his physical strength is almost catching up with metal. The team members were also helpless about this, and finally had to let himself keep self-harming to get blood for the test.

The square in front of the small building has recently been completed, and a beautiful fountain is located in the center of the square, surrounded by transplanted trees and many benches scattered around. All of this is from the hands of Liu Tielan, a top student of the art academy, who single-handedly took over the hot spring statues, tattoo patterns, and the design of the Mengjiacun logo.

On the left side of the small building, facing the direction of the square, a large LCD splicing screen has now been erected, and the notice of the village will be displayed on it, and a notice is being displayed on the screen at this time: three days from today, Mengjia Village will start the census, and each villager will be recorded, including their identity information, physical state and other parameters. The village names gathered in front of the big screen to watch and talk about it. But what they don't know is that this census is actually to prepare for the next tattoo.

Ji Liang has been busy these days, he has not done grassroots mass work for a long time, but he still remembers the time when he first joined the work, he was very young at that time, full of ideals and passion, and was responsible for the organization of the grassroots level. During the three days, he not only personally checked and found many villagers with relevant work experience, but also worked day and night to make plans for all aspects of the census, for all this, Meng Qingqiang was very satisfied. In this way, the census finally began smoothly.

The census is divided into two parts, the first part is the registration of personnel information, including basic personal information, post-disaster experience, physical state and other three aspects. These were completed by Ji Liang and his subordinates. Then, according to the gender and age grouping, the physical strength, endurance, willpower and other physical real state assessments were carried out, which were presided over by Bai Ying, Zhang Tianfang and other research team members.

After more than a week of work, Meng Qingqiang and others finally had a clear understanding of the situation in Mengjia Village, which is different from other places where young and middle-aged people are the mainstay, and the proportion of elderly, women and children in Mengjia Village is very large. But this does not affect the development of the village, on the contrary, it makes people feel that this composition is what a normal human social group looks like, in fact, due to the impact of disasters, the elderly and young children are rarely able to survive, which has to be said to be a kind of sadness, whenever disasters occur, the most vulnerable people are often these two types of people.

The census data were compiled in duplicate, one was kept by Ji Liang, and the other was handed over to Bai Ying and others for research and classification, so as to select the people who would work next.

Ji Liang could finally breathe a sigh of relief, but Bai Ying and others started the mode of day and night, for the problem of too few people, Zhang Tiansheng recruited a lot of his father and his former students and colleagues through the mutual aid association, and with the help of these people, the list was soon released.

Combined with the information sent by Xing Tianliang, in addition to removing some people with a low level of trust, and even obviously sent by other organizations such as the base, including the original villagers of Mengjia Village, the members of the mutual aid association led by Yang Bin, and some of the remaining villagers of the brotherhood members became the first batch of tattoos, and at the same time, some people with good physical fitness and strong willpower were selected among them, and through one-on-one communication, they accepted further reinforcement in a voluntary way, and finally after many times of research and communication, one hundred and sixty villagers, Became one of the first Enhancers. Most of them were former Mengjia villagers and members of the brotherhood. And Bai Ying, Liu Tielan and other women also joined the list. Among them, Wang Yan's will was the strongest.

The trees next to the bench have sprouted slightly, and although there is still not much new greenery, the people sitting under it can still feel the breath of spring. Several children joisterily ran over one of the benches, but the two people sitting on it did not stop talking.

Liu Tiefeng, who had a tangled face, said to Wang Yan, who was smiling at the child beside him, and said: "Stone, about strengthening, I heard Sister Bai say, you ask for the maximum area, I think it's too risky, you should know the real situation very well, the maximum area is too risky, if you are not careful, you may become the same as those black hands!" ”

"I believe I won't, and even in case, I believe that I won't lose my sanity! Even if you become a black hand and are afraid of something, I don't think there's anything wrong with becoming the same existence as Brother Meng. ”

Wang Yan, who had a calm face, even had a trace of inexplicable expectation on his face when he said this. Liu Tiefeng's brows on the side furrowed even tighter, and he said in a slur manner: "I understand your thoughts, but you also have to think about me, I...

The words in my heart, I hesitated for a long time and still couldn't say it. Looking at Liu Tiefeng, who had a complicated expression, a smile appeared on Wang Yan's calm face

"You guy, if you like me, just say it! He doesn't look like a man at all! But Tie Feng, we have all experienced the end of the world, and we know what the world really looks like now, don't look at the surrounding area as if it is peaceful, but you and I both know that the crisis has never been far away from us, although Brother Meng is like a big tree covering this aspect of the water and soil, but we can't be without heart, I know your thoughts, but I think we haven't reached the time when we can talk about love comfortably. Think about it, I still have classes, so I won't talk about much" After speaking, he simply left

Hearing the long-standing thought in his heart and being told by the girl he liked, Liu Tiefeng's face turned red and he didn't speak for a long time. He knew that Wang Yan's mind had been decided, and even if he expressed his position again, he would not be able to change her mind. Looking at Wang Yan who was leaving, he let out a long breath and said to himself:

"It's so hard, but don't I just like the way she looks? It seems to be underestimated, hehe, now that you have a decision, I have nothing to hesitate about. ”

Standing up, his hands struck each other sharply, and the familiar smile of cheerfulness once again appeared on the young face, and when he noticed that the children around him had stopped to look at him, he took out a handful of candy and gave it to the children.

The laughter and slapstick of young and young people mingled through the branches of the trees and slowly drifted into the blue sky.