There are a total of 1,922 experts who have formed a team with Cheng Quan and Qiao Lianyu. They include experts in almost all major disciplines and genres. Of those, 170 have won the Nobel Prize or a top prize in mathematics. It should be said that each of them is a combination of genius and hard work. Being able to become a leader in such a team, Cheng Quan's ability can be imagined.

After the outbreak of nuclear war, these 1,922 people entered an underground safe area, and in the following years, due to birth, old age, sickness and death, some of the elderly scientists left the West. The remaining more than 1,300 people continue their R&D work. Later, the ground environment had allowed them to leave the safe zone, and the scientists and the troops protecting them, as well as a large number of biobanks of scientific instruments, returned to land.

Genetic modification is a very large and arduous project. Except for Cheng Quan, who is recognized as convincing, three of the remaining characters are leaders of the three genres. Qiao Lianyu advocates personal genetic modification to strengthen the human body into the strongest creature on the earth, and to reach the peak value in terms of adaptation to the environment or combat effectiveness. Behind him are hundreds of like-minded scientists.

Bob, who was born in Europe and is now the leader of the Western Region, has the attitude that people should be combined with mechanical power, and that while improving human capabilities, they should also strengthen their combat effectiveness. His idea was supported by a group of scientists from various engineering systems. As a result, the mecha battle stream in the Western Region gradually surfaced.

The other one, Schelling, was not only a scientist, but also a fanatical religious believer. As the saying goes, the end point of any science is philosophy, and philosophy is very easy to merge with religion. The great powers of religion throughout the ages can be called great philosophers. There were also famous figures such as Newton who devoted most of their lives to religion. But he has no clear purpose, just a mysterious tussle between the two schools, and the people who support him are also scientific and philosophical madmen......

Cheng Quan is not an absolutely outstanding leader, he selectively ignores the differences of these people, intentionally or unintentionally, and in his heart, creating the most perfect genetic embryo is his life dream. If a perfect embryo is born, then this perfection when it grows up. The body will be the pinnacle of human force, and he is also a genius of mecha manipulation, even if he is given a thought, he can create a religion. The following differences and Cheng Quan's persistence have some irreconcilable contradictions. This contradiction is not obvious, but it is silently expanding, until one day, Cheng Quan disappeared, and the three schools naturally split.

Fortunately, they all have very capable teams, and gradually three major districts have been formed. Whatever their original purpose for establishing the three districts, there is a bonus, at least many people have survived in the three districts. And to have such a pitiful precious life. It's better than fighting mutant beasts in the wild.

Although the environment has improved slightly, the sun is still not bright, and a large amount of freshwater resources are seriously polluted. Thousands of people continue to die from diseases caused by radiation, such as leukemia, skin cancer. In many places, there is no grass growing at all, and you can't find a drop of drinking water after digging three feet into the ground, and you can't even find a living ant. What's even more terrifying is that on the outside, in order to compete for limited living resources, many people kill each other, and even the Yi Zi and Eat that I have seen in the book have all appeared alive.

The three districts still have a lot of credit.

Qiao Lianyu poured a glass of whiskey sadly, stood in front of the window, looked at the dark capital outside, and couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic for the days in the city. At night, the lights were bright, the streets were full of traffic, and all kinds of buildings had lights, nameplates, and large rear projection screens. That's the life that humans have struggled for 5,000 years, and as a result, overnight, there is nothing left.

All three regions already have nuclear-powered energy, but no one will choose to waste it. If the safety of the capital and the city guards is guaranteed, why waste electricity? In the East Region, where everything is in ruins, every penny of electricity has its own purpose. It's impossible to run without learning to walk, and learning to be extravagant before you have enough to eat? Joke!

The occasional light could not hide the darkness of the entire capital, and Qiao Lianyu took a sip of whiskey and walked back to his seat. The buttons that simulate a video conference are flashing all the time.

He pressed it, and the figures of Bob and Sherson appeared in front of him.

"It's not going to be good." Bob got straight to the point and said, "The Western Region was attacked by a small group of mutant beasts a day ago. Casualties against ordinary fighters have increased by about double compared to last year. What's even more terrifying is that when the mechs in the city were ready to be dispatched, they suddenly retreated. ”

"We were not able to recover the bodies of the casualties." Bob also held a glass of wine, his face was very solemn: "They're hunting." When you are hungry, you will launch a surprise attack on us, and you will not be in love with war. And if you feel that those who have been killed or seriously injured can satisfy their appetites, then immediately retreat. Normally, it takes about three to five minutes from receiving the battle situation to the time when the gendarmes enter the mecha and then start and rush to the battlefield. At this time, they completed the raid and turned around and left, and in the process of leaving, they had already divided the bodies of the sacrificed warriors, which was equivalent to each mutant beast leaving with a few days' rations. ”

"This is the first time this has happened. In the past, the attacks were usually more tangled, and when the mechs arrived on the battlefield, they were killed with a devastating force. I think these mutants have evolved, and there are mutants who have increased their IQ commanding them. ”

Qiao Lianyu sighed: "I'm pretty much the same here, I just had a fight a few days ago." Capture a jackal. It was systematically tested at the research center. At least for now, it can be judged that the IQ of this jackal king can reach the IQ of a human being about ten years old. ”

Xie Ersheng, who had not spoken, said coldly: "Rare and strange! ”

Before the two men could get angry, Xie Ersheng gave full play to his strengths: "In psychology, the word 'intelligence' has three meanings: first, the ability to adapt to various situations; second, the ability to learn from past experiences; The third is the use of symbolism such as language or symbols. Things engage in "the ability to think abstractly".

"Back in 1959, a man named Lilly experimented with a dolphin. He inserts electrodes into the dolphin's pleasure and pain centers, and when an electric current is passed through the electrodes to stimulate the dolphin's pleasure or pain centers, it produces pleasure or pain. The dolphin is then trained to touch the small metal piece on its head to control the on/off of the current. If the electrodes are inserted into the dolphin's pain center, the dolphin will choose to cut off the power supply after 20 training sessions, so that the pain will disappear. In the case of monkeys, it takes hundreds of training sessions to learn to control the switch. ”

What does this mean? Illustrate that different organisms have different adaptability and learning abilities in various aspects. Let's say they've started to get smarter. The Western Region, then, is faced with the second meaning - the ability to learn from past experiences. And the jackal king you face in the East is using symbolism such as language or symbols. Things engage in "the ability to think abstractly". As for the first ability, we don't need to discuss it, it's clear that they all have this ability. Because they survived. ”

Qiao Lianyu said lightly: "After the research was over, the jackal king dissected it. The sulci on the cerebral hemispheres crisscross the cerebral hemispheres, forming complex folds, and the cerebral cortex has a very large number of cells and nerve cells per unit volume, and the distribution of nerves is quite complex. The jackal weighs thirty kilograms, and the ratio of brain weight to body weight is about 0.9! It's scary, because we used to think that dolphins were the second most intelligent animals after humans, and their ratio was only 0.6. It's so scary to just catch a jackal, it's hard for me to imagine what it would be like if they continued to develop. ”

Xie Ersheng shook his head: "In the final analysis, it is still the environment. Mutant beasts do everything to survive in the wild, the so-called natural selection, without more violent force and outstanding minds, it is difficult to survive. And we have created three districts, and relatively speaking, the gendarmerie and the garrison are all on paper. Aside from the annual beast tide and the occasional sneak attack, they hardly have many real mutant beasts to face. And our opponent, the mutant beast, is fighting all the time, and naturally improves faster than us. ”

Qiao Lianyu and Bob pondered for a long time, and they also agreed with Xie Ersheng's opinion, in troubled times, a little more comfortable nest is not an absolute good thing.

"I propose that you form an elite squad of the gendarmes in your hands and send them out, on the one hand, to search for those who are still alive and let them come to the region, and on the other hand, let them improve themselves in battle. Those who can come back alive will definitely have a major breakthrough. Even the problem of the decay of our abilities that has plagued us for a long time can be solved in this way. People, they're all forced out! ”

"That's fine." Qiao Lianyu said in a deep voice: "It just so happens that there is an exchange team in the Western Region here, so I can let them form a mixed formation and send it out." Speaking of which, I heard that there is a person named Wang Rong in your exchange team in the Western Region, who is very powerful. These days, at the gendarmerie training ground in the Eastern Region, the fighting is very vigorous. The reserve gendarmes are almost no match for him, and ordinary gendarmes can fight with him. I don't know when Brother Bob will let your gendarmes start practicing personal force. It's so powerful! ”

"How can you understand my gendarme?" Bob sneered: "Okay, just do what Lao Xie said, let's go our separate ways." ”

The three of them closed the meeting, Bob took out a cigar, his eyes were a little cold, and after a while, he pressed the communication button and ordered: "No one in the exchange team is named Wang Rong, right?" ”

After receiving the reply, Bob thought for a moment: "Contact Angelo and Xia Yan to bring this Wang Rong to the Western Region in the future." ”