Chapter 127: Whack-a-Mole (Part II)
Sitting on a small platform six or seven meters high, it is safe for the time being, and the three of them can also take a breath.
It's just that the small platform is not stable, after all, Xu Liang made it temporarily, there are no nails and no ropes, and it is really not strong. It's like the ancient woodworking furniture and seats in my country can be spliced together without nails, but that needs to be polished, and although Xu Liang is quite talented, the time is too short, he can only do this.
But it's safe for now.
Several people sat on a high platform as if swinging. The more this seemingly ordinary action is, the more unusual it is in this case. Duanqing looked at Xu Liang, and felt more and more that it was incredible that he could make this thing.
And in connection with his previous series of actions, there are those things even earlier......
"Hey, Xu Liang?"
"Huh?"
"You...... How many crafts do you know? ”
Xu Liang: "One." ”
Duanqing: ???
Xu Liang: "I can only steal things, but I will order any skills that can be used for stealing." ”
Will it be? That's more than a point.
Duan Qing: "Then how did you learn so many techniques?" You're not very old, it's completely unscientific. ”
Xu Liang spread his hands: "Natural." It's like I don't understand you two scholars, everyone is always good at something. ”
"I still want to know what you've been through."
Xu Liang: "Oh? That's a long story, probably as long as the story you're going to tell, and the story of how I picked up your sister before is actually very interesting, and it's long, long. ”
"Anyway, those rabbits haven't come up yet, so you can tell me?"
Xu Liang thought for a while and said, "I'll pick one that I can finish talking about to you soon, do you know gene sequencing?" ”
"What you're trying to say is ......"
Xu Liang: "Well, in fact, this thing was very popular before the tsunami, and it can be done in developed cities for thousands of dollars." It's a new thing to see which continent and race your ancestors came from. For example, the ancestry of most Chinese people is about 95% Han Chinese (which is divided into the southern Han and northern Han Chinese), about 3% American ancestry, and about 2% European ancestry...... In short, no more than 5% of foreign ancestry is generally obtained. ”
"Why do you say this all of a sudden?"
Xu Liang: "Didn't you ask me where my talent came from?" So I'm telling you about an interesting thing that I found after I finished the test: my ancestry, in addition to the predominance of East Asian ancestry...... I'm 29% Scandinavian, maybe that's why I'm taller? But what I'm trying to say is that a significant portion of this 29% of Nordic blood comes from Neanderthals, which have become extinct in ancient times. ”
"This Neanderthal race has only 3 percent of all genes left on average in all humans, but more than 20 percent in the body, so maybe I look different."
"Because it's about my ancestors, I specially checked the information."
"This race has a characteristic, a large brain capacity. It is larger than modern humans, and some can reach as much as 2000 ml, while the average modern person is only 1400 ml. ”
"So, actually, this is a race that is a little more intelligent than modern people, if you just look at the brain."
"What is the reason why they evolved into such brains? Modern biologists have also given an answer, that is, this Neanderthal race is relatively unique. ”
"Compared to the African Homo sapiens who evolved into our main body, the ancient Neanderthals in Europe were more independent, and they relied more on their own abilities to survive in the natural world, and less on teamwork."
"So, Neanderthals tend to be stronger as individuals than those who are protected by the group."
"Regardless of brain size, height, body size, various hunting skills, and the ability to survive alone, it is much stronger than that of African Homo sapiens alone. It is also possible to make comprehensive use of various useful things in the environment. ”
"You see, I'm good at all of these skills, and I often fight alone, isn't that right?"
Duan Qing: "This idea is quite novel, you have inherited this gene, so the talent is good, it seems to sound right." But Neanderthals were eventually defeated by Homo sapiens who came out of Africa...... How do you explain that the individual is strong and the species is extinct? ”
Xu Liang: "No matter how strong a person is, it is difficult to beat a group of people. Maybe that's why they went extinct? African Homo sapiens are more collective, can tell stories and gossip, and are able to gather more people to defeat Neanderthals, who are good at fighting alone. The division of labor and cooperation of the group can indeed produce a situation where 1+1 is greater than 2. ”
"But now it's the case." Duan Qing said when he looked at the rabbit under the platform, "It's a good thing that you have strong personal ability, at least you can come up with various solutions." You see, rabbits are also social animals, what do you think will happen to them? ”
Xu Liang once again focused his attention below. Originally, he was quite calm about his origin, but when he thought of this nest of rabbits, his mood immediately became not very good.
It's these mutant bunnies that have pushed them to where they are now!
And Xu Liang has another unpleasant point: it is clear that Duanqing is the designer of this ecological number, but she doesn't know that this kind of thing is in it!
While they were talking, there was a litter of rabbits below...... It should have been all the people who were called.
And ready to move.
Xu Liang is sure that they will definitely be able to jump up! It's just that they haven't jumped yet, and I don't know what makes them look a little cautious.
The rabbits come together with one of the biggest and strongest rabbits as the core.
Looking from above, you can only see a pair of pairs of long ears shaking rhythmically, and the rabbit's head is also shaking rhythmically.
That kind of huddled around...... Kind of like in a meeting?
Meeting?
Rabbit meeting?
This thought popped up uncontrollably in Xu Liang's mind, and he looked back at Duan Qing. Duan Qing's equally strange expression told him that she also thought of the word "meeting".
It's too much of a resemblance.
This scene is very easy to remind people of the situation where the leader speaks, arranges and assigns tasks, and then assigns them to the younger brother to perform!
The rabbit that had been killed by Xu Liang was dragged closer by them, where a group of rabbits looked at the wounds of the dead rabbits, and then looked up from time to time, looking at the platform more than six meters high, Xu Liang was sure that these rabbits were staring at him.
This...... Is it a discussion of battle plans?
Xu Liang's feeling is getting worse and worse. He stared down and asked Duan Qing behind him, "How did you come up with this rabbit?" ”
Duanqing was anxious: "I'll say it one last time, I didn't get this rabbit!" Wait a minute...... I see the mark! I...... This...... This litter of rabbits ......."
Duan Qing's tone suddenly became distracted.
Xu Liang suddenly looked back at her. I saw that Duanqing's eyes didn't blink, staring down. Xu Liang then followed her gaze and looked down.
Really saw some marks!
A litter of more than a dozen rabbits, four of which have markings, a regular change in the color of their coat on the right front leg.
The blue ink, on the white coat of the rabbit, is a bit light and not very conspicuous. It seems to be some numbers, not very clear.
Duan Qing: "That's the animal number in the lab!" ”
Duan Qing finally recognized the mark!
"There are a lot of species in the biosphere, like rabbits, and we do sampling numbers. There is a 20% numbering rate, which is uniformly represented by blue numbers, and is engraved on the forelimbs of the animal, which is engraved with ink that cannot be washed off in a lifetime! When it was printed, it was very conspicuous. ”
Xu Liang: "But now it's not conspicuous." ”
"That's because the rabbit has grown up and gotten bigger!" Duan Qing said excitedly, "When the numbers were printed, they were definitely not so big, and their size did not increase so many times. Now that I've grown up, the marks on my forelimbs will naturally fade! ”
Xu Liang: "So what did you just say?" You didn't raise this litter of rabbits? Slap in the face~"
Duanqing ignored Xu Liang's taunt, she stared at the rabbit below, and whispered to herself: "Why did it mutate...... Why did it mutate ......"
Suddenly, she turned her head and asked Xu Liang, who was testing the weapon at this time, a main chassis tied to a steel pipe: "Could it be that the main control room of the Eco is broken, so these creatures are mutated?" ”
Xu Liang: "I don't know about this, that's your scientist's business, but I know another thing." ”
He pointed downwards and said, "Look, the rabbit is done." ”
Xu Liang saw that this group of rabbits adopted a regular shape of the position! Red eyes were upward, staring at them eerily. Xu Liang even saw the exaggerated muscles bulging on the rabbit's hind legs! Please, this is a bunny, not Mr. Bodybuilder!
Xu Liang's hand holding the steel pipe tightened. Without looking back, he said to the two girls: "Help!" They're coming! ”