CHAPTER XX: Drifting Away II
Ruan Xiyue was completely stunned.
"You should know that ionizing radiation causes genetic variation, and the composition of genes determines the physiological characteristics of a person. However, genetic variation is divided into evolutionary and degraded types. The degraded type is the most common, and malignant tumors and leukemia are all degraded types. But there are also a small number of people who have optimized genetic variants, which can lead to so-called superpowers. However, in the past, not many people were exposed to ionizing radiation, so not many people developed genetic mutations, and even fewer developed evolutionary genetic variations. With the emergence of the nuclear industry in the past 100 years, the base number of optimized gene variations has increased. As a result, it has brought a certain negative impact on society. When a person's mind is not strong enough to control his abilities, he often gets carried away and abuses them. And the superpowers in various forms have brought panic to society. However, in order to stabilize the social situation, on the one hand, the state blocked the reporting of relevant news to curb people's panic, and on the other hand, the state secretly formed a super-powered combat force in order to maintain social order. The state has convened a group of young people with the potential to optimize genetic mutations to gather for training and develop the capacity of these optimized mutants. Sadly, however, there are too many people whose minds are not strong enough to harness their abilities, so when some people's superpowers reach a certain level, these people will develop personality expansion, become uninhibited, become very egoistic, and become unorganized and undisciplined. So later, they betrayed the country, betrayed the organization, and relied on their abilities to do whatever they wanted. Over time, the conflict intensified, and the people with superpowers were divided into two groups. On the one hand, there are the secret forces formed by the state, and on the other hand, there are the superpower carriers who threaten the security of society, and a considerable number of these people have defected from the state-formed forces. ”
Although Ruan Xiyue's expression was sluggish, she was listening carefully. These words seemed like a fantasy to her, and it was difficult to accept for a while. But the look in Principal Yu's eyes just now was enough to prove that what he said was by no means groundless, and besides, she believed that what Principal Yu said must have something to do with her father, otherwise Principal Yu would not have gone home with her at this time and told her this.
"With the arrival of the apocalyptic meteor shower, the level of ionizing radiation on the Earth's surface has skyrocketed. This means that the base of people with superpowers will also increase. This is undoubtedly a greater threat to social stability. In order to maintain social stability, the state brought to the surface the action of summoning secret troops, and in the city of Lanqi, under the guise of setting sail school, to select superpower carriers. The code name of this super-powered combat unit in our country is called Sprout. Around the same time, biologists discovered that this optimized genetic variant caused by ionizing radiation was genetically predisposed, meaning that the next generation of superpower carriers is most likely also superpower carriers. What's more, if both parents are superpower carriers, then if they have a next generation, there is a possibility that this next generation will have dual superpowers. However, it is not an easy task to find such a union. First of all, the population base of superpower carriers is not large after all, so it is very unlikely that both husband and wife are superpower carriers; Secondly, due to ionizing radiation, superpower carriers can easily cause infertility, and even if they are pregnant, the risk of miscarriage is very high; So far, both husband and wife are superpower carriers, and have successfully produced the next generation, and there have only been two cases in our country's mutant army. In both cases, the child died shortly after birth. In another case, shortly after giving birth, the parents were also persecuted by defectors. So in reality, only one such child has grown up and has a certain chance of inheriting superpowers from either father or mother, or even both parents. This child has been growing up healthily under the careful deployment of the Sprout troops. In order to make the child grow up healthy, we created a harmonious family environment for her and gave her adoptive parents; In order to keep the child safe, we sent two superpower carriers to secretly protect her. One of them protects her as her father, and the other shows up at her home as a nanny aunt. ”
Ruan Xiyue's whole body began to tremble again, and tears welled up in her eyes that had just dried up: "Principal Yu, you, you mean me, you mean that I am the one, that child?" ”
"In order for her to grow up healthy enough, I believe that the comrade who appeared as the father of the child must do his duty and treat the child as his own daughter. For more than ten years, he has been protecting the safety of children, and finally successfully sent his children to Qihang School this year, completing his mission. Principal Yu said, tears flowing from the corners of his eyes: "Your father! He's doing a great job! ”
Ruan Xiyue's brain went blank, she was dizzy and fainted.
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Zhang Luoqi gathered with her family, ate dinner, and went to bed early.
Maybe I haven't been home for a long time, or maybe I'm too excited, I slept very lightly this time, and I woke up after a while. The moonlight shone on her boudoir, and it seemed so quiet. She looked up at the clock on the wall, and it was already two o'clock in the middle of the night. The strange thing is that there is a long rope on the wall clock in his boudoir, which hangs straight down, and it is still shaking, longer and longer, longer and longer. The rope suddenly fluttered and fell to the ground. Zhang Luoqi took a closer look and realized that where was the rope, it was clearly a red-spotted pit viper. She was so frightened that she almost lost her mind, but she didn't dare to scream, she just stiffened her body and didn't dare to move at all. She prayed inwardly that the snake would crawl out of her room.
Suddenly, the feet in the nest felt a slippery coolness. That tactile sensation with an extremely cold fear instantly swept over the whole body.
The pit viper crawled into her bed.
Zhang Luoqi turned her head desperately to look at the door of the boudoir, she was depressed whether to call her parents before she was bitten by a snake.
It was a good turn, and she almost fainted.
To her left, two pit vipers swam along the wall, already close to her.
There was a "sizzling" sound in her right ear. When she turned her head, she saw that seven or eight pit vipers were already swimming on her bed.
"Ahh She screamed and sat up from her bed.
A nightmare.
"Baby, are you alright?" The mother ran into Zhang Luoqi's boudoir as soon as possible and comforted her child.
"It's okay......" Zhang Luoqi had palpitations and sweated.
"Nightmares, huh? Don't be afraid, they're all home, what are you afraid of? Mom smiled kindly.
"Mom, I'm fine, you can sleep!" Zhang Luoqi gasped.
The mother smiled and reached out to stroke her forehead.
Zhang Luoqi suddenly found that on the sleeve of her mother's pajamas, there was a red-spotted pit viper.
It's not a dream!
"Mom, Mom!" Zhang Luoqi screamed in horror and despair, her mother must not have found out yet.
"What's wrong, baby?" Mother asked, confused.
But while her mother was talking, five or six pit vipers crawled out along her mother's sleeves and neckline and got into Zhang Luoqi's bed.
There was no time to be afraid, Zhang Luoqi only felt that his scalp had been pricked a few times.
Only then did she realize that there had been several snakes that had bitten her head a few times.
It wasn't particularly painful, but it was numb and dizzy, and Zhang Luoqi fainted.
Suddenly opened his eyes and sat up, under the moonlight, Zhang Luoqi looked at his own figure in the mirror of the dresser in front of the bed, smiled sweetly at the corner of his mouth, and said: "Eureka!" ”
Zhang Luoqi's mother also slept very lightly, and at two o'clock in the middle of the night, she heard the babbling of the floor, turned over a few times and opened her eyes.
"What's going on in the middle of the night?" She thought about it, closed her eyes and fell asleep again. However, she suddenly opened her eyes again, because she suddenly realized that the voice came from Zhang Luoqi's boudoir.
The mother turned over and got up, walked to Zhang Luoqi's boudoir, and hurriedly opened the door. I saw Zhang Luoqi doing push-ups on the floor.
"Baby, what are you doing!" The mother was amazed to see her precious daughter's behavior.
And Zhang Luoqi looked at her mother with the same surprised and panicked expression, then rolled her eyes, lay on the ground, and fainted.
"Baby, baby, what's wrong with you?" The mother rushed forward and picked up her daughter who was lying on the ground.
Zhang Luoqi was woken up by her mother's eager call.
"Ahh Zhang Luoqi let out a short breath, opened her eyes in horror, and broke free from her mother's embrace.
"Baby, don't be afraid, it's Mom!" Mother comforted gently.
Zhang Luoqi turned her head to look at herself, she was sitting on the floor next to the bed. Seeing that she was indeed safe, she breathed a sigh of relief and threw herself into her mother's arms again: "I dreamed of snakes just now, and there were many, many snakes crawling on my bed and biting me ......."
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's just a dream, it's not real." Mother comforted.
"But this dream is so real, the snake bit my head in the dream, and my head still hurts." Zhang Luoqi said in shock.
The mother reached out to help her daughter pull her messy hair behind her ear, while comforting: "It's okay, it's okay, it's not ......"
The mother suddenly noticed that Zhang Luoqi's left ear was oozing black fluid. She touched it lightly with her hand, and it was sticky, warm blood.