036 Repercussions
Miss Christine's report caused a great deal of controversy, and as she had guessed, people were not at all concerned about whether a certain playboy was in the wind again. Flow. Yan. Encountered, or opened a luxury school duì, those lace news are just decorations for leisure, they can watch it or not, they are more concerned about those things that may have a realistic impact on their future life, and her report this time is just in line with this psychology.
"Our living environment is indeed not optimistic," said two well-mannered scholars sitting in the live broadcast room and talking to the host, one of whom was facing the TV camera. "I've seen an unpublished federal government study showing that radioactive fallout from Cold War-era nuclear testing may have caused 15,000 cancer deaths, and 20,000 or more people whose mild cancers were linked to radioactive fallout after ground-based nuclear testing."
"Based on biologists' in-depth research on human genetics, we can be sure that the increase in mutants is indeed affected by radiation, and that the arrival of the nuclear age has added genetic mutation."
The scholar's words caused concern to the host, who asked with a frown, "So, is it possible for each of us to become mutants, as Christine's reporter report says?" ”
The host's words are exactly what the audience sitting in front of the TV wants to know at the moment, if the mutants are far away from their own world, they can be treated as unaware, but once they interfere with themselves, it is two different things.
No one wants to be an orangutan in a cage or strapped to an operating table for dissection.
The scholar's answer has added a deeper layer of gloom to those who care about the matter.
"There are no reliable statistics that show that ordinary people can mutate into mutants after receiving radiation doses, but one thing is certain: fetuses are more likely to mutate than adults," he said. There is a belief in the academic community that only carriers of mutant genes have a certain chance of developing mutations, and more people who are exposed to radiation will only suffer from severe diseases, such as cancer. ”
Either way, it looks bad enough, but most people would rather have a chance to become a mutant than get cancer, they don't feel the pain of rejection, and they value the abilities that mutants have, they look so dazzling.
That's what the host thought: "I'd rather be a mutant than terminally ill, and it might be fun to be a mutant, maybe I can be as strong as Bruce Lee, and I can be a hero and defend world peace." ”
As he spoke, he began to play with the treasure, jumping up like a monkey and whimpering in a fighting stance.
The scholar looked at him like an idiot: "Then you better think about whether your wife will divorce you and divide the property, whether you will be kicked out of your neighborhood by your neighbors, and the series of practical problems that may arise next." ”
"Is it so scary?" The host looked like an idiot.
The biologist nodded, and another interjected:
"Our society is not friendly to dissidents. For example, during the European War, the government. The government once treated 500,000 German-Americans as enemy nationals, arrested thousands of German-Americans at once in the name of "collaborating with the enemy," threw them into prison even though they did not have any de facto illegal acts, and confiscated nearly 500 million yuan of private property through the Guò Aliens Property Administration. ”
"There was a new immigrant who had moved to our country from Austria-Hungary, a young editor and translator, and the police found him a place to stay in an internment camp because he had written a little limerick. In fact, before writing the poem, he had been the target of federal agents, who had repeatedly searched his homes uninvited in the year before he was convicted for his words. The appearance of this poem only provides a suitable reason for his arrest. Although in the end no charges could be found against him, the government at the time. The government department has this explanation---- he is very good at writing, and if he lists the contents, it may cause trouble. ”
The scholar's explanation was chilling, and the moderator forced a laugh: "It sounds like the actions of the Gestapo under the Nazis, was it really born in our country?" ”
The answer, of course, is yes.
"It seems that we have to be cautious about the mutant problem, if one day the mutation is born in us, then it will be a big one. Trouble. Perhaps, as our scholars say, your dear partner may turn her face, your friendly neighbor will change his face and greet you warmly with baseball bats and golf clubs, or worst of all, the bank may ask you to pay off your mortgage early, and you will be penniless and homeless. ”
Although the moderator is not very tonal, his words resonate more with ordinary people than the arguments of scholars.
A young couple on the streets of New York was shopping in a shopping mall, and when they passed by the indoor plaza, they saw some people watching the show under the big screen, and they stopped to watch it out of curiosity, just in time to watch from the host Juan Bao.
"Tom, if our kids are mutants too, I'm so scared right now." The little wife touched her belly worriedly, and her pot-bellied appearance indicated that she was a pregnant woman who was about to give birth.
"No, I will protect you, and no one will try to take you away. Don't forget, I have a gun. The young husband comforted his worried wife, but he himself was nervous.
The husband began to regret the stupid things he had done, and just some time ago, a lawmaker proposed a mutant registration bill, and he solemnly voted for him with a slogan of approval, if he was really worried about the kind of thing, he would be cocooning himself.
It wasn't just the young couple who had similar thoughts, and it flashed through the hearts of thousands of people who didn't want what happened to them as mutants.
But it is difficult for their opinion to shake the other view, because those who hold it are more influential than the general public.
"Fire, low temperatures, bodies of steel, piercing obstacles, I've also heard that mutants can control human minds---- and their abilities can't help but shock us. I can't help but ask: what would happen if one of them came to the White House, or with us, maybe after a 'bang', all your hard work would be gone. I would like to remind you that nuclear bombs are kept in high-security warehouses to ensure national security, and if you let them roam the streets, you will soon see people using them against us. Don't forget the lessons of President JFK and the conspiracy that narrowly escaped at the New York summit some time ago, where the mutant threat is looming and will inevitably suffer if left unchecked. A congressman said categorically in front of the Capitol building.
In front of him were dozens of flag-waving supporters, who fanatically followed the political star, shouting slogans.
In the White House, the president hurriedly walked into his office, turned on the TV and watched it for a while, and then instructed aides to convene an emergency meeting of cabinet dignitaries.
Soon, the dignitaries were seated one by one, and the president turned and began to speak.
"We've got a problem, I don't want it to turn into a **, now I want you to sue me, who they are, where they come from, how big the threat is, what are we going to do with them, and what to do with the registration bill that has been put on hold, I want the news, don't fool me with word games---- with my years of experience in politics, this matter will be annoying if it doesn't work well. Also, is it really possible for everyone to be a mutant? ”
Facing the cabinet members, the president asked with an unhappy expression.
"We believe that the mutant gene is the key, and there are many real people in the military room who are exposed to radiation, but very few mutants are produced, which is enough to show this---- but we can't publish our research process, this is a technical problem." An academic advisor answered part of the president's question, and then he looked at another adviser and hoped he could answer another part of his question.
"We've seen the mutants, Ms. Jean Grey, and Mr. Henry Hank McCoy, both of whom are very capable......," said the advisor, who is responsible for domestic security issues, who supports the bill but doesn't really know much about mutants.
Thankfully, a voice interrupted him.
"They have a training facility in the northern suburbs of New York that specializes in training mutants." A stout middle-aged man stood out from the crowd, his beard and head were all white, but his eyes were still sharp.
This is Stryker.
"Is the information reliable?" The president picked up a pile of photos that Stryker had put down and looked at it.
"Learned after interrogating a terrorist involved in the Liberty Island incident." Stryker didn't want to reveal his past with mutants, which would make his rhetoric seem like a private revenge rather than a public interest.
"Eric Lancel?" The president remembers the mastermind.
"Yes, the guy who looks a lot like the young mutant from the Duncan Elementary School shooting." Stryker gritted his teeth at the thought of the man.
"I read the report from Miss Evercht, and he's really a clone...... Who did this to you? The president put down the picture and asked the person next to him.
"It's not clear yet, only that he did appear in a bar in a small Canadian town, and I have 60 witnesses to prove it, and everything else is blank." The official in charge of intelligence gathering answered truthfully.
The president looked at Stryker again.
"Not me." Stryker hurriedly argued. He dreamed of revenge, but the mutants jumped up to the front to complicate things, and he didn't want to get in trouble until he had enough resources to restart his research. He and the academy know each other very well, and if there is another conflict, it will definitely not be resolved by a practice match like last time.
It's a pity that the president doesn't want to let him go.
"Last time, because of the Liberty Island incident, we had to compromise for the time being and shelved the bill, but I think mutants are a threat in the long run, and our main supporters also think they should be tough." The president stood up and said. "William, you're an expert on mutants, if I authorize you to search, detain, interrogate, can you give me the results I want before the public gets demagogic? Provided, of course, that I don't see the corpse of a mutant child on the Six O'Clock news. ”
William Stryker should have been ecstatic to finally receive the long-awaited attention, but now he feels bitter, these authorizations have come too late, and he has lost all his hole cards, which are the fruits of his own decades of accumulation from the time of his old club Trisk to the present, and no one can know more than himself. Even if there is a decisive shift a few months in advance, what if it is taken seriously now? Yes, he can mobilize resources to rearm his men and find some way for them to fight against the guy who can manipulate the magnetic force and his accomplices, but how will Charles deal with it, once he is revealed, he is almost a god when he is connected to the brainwave enhancement machine, and the last God-given opportunity suffered a fiasco, and I am afraid that he will never encounter such an opportunity again.
Thinking of this, there was a strong resentment in his heart, and he almost wanted to jump up and put these officials who didn't know what to do. The wingmen beat them in the face.
And the president was still pacing back and forth, with words in his mouth.
"We need to study them thoroughly, find out what they are capable of, and find a way to transplant them into the soldiers who are loyal to the country, so that they can be used by me and become the new sword of the United States, and during my tenure, we will solve the mutant problem once and for all."
Stryker swallowed dryly, spread out the text in his hand, and bent down to explain to the excited president.
"Your Excellency, the mutant power system is very chaotic, and it is very difficult to study them to obtain practical results. So----" He peeked at the rapidly darkening face, and hurriedly said, "So I used the relevant research to find other things." ”
Stryker pulls out a miniature incubator and opens it to take out a potion.
"Blood Cell Extract Elixir, which has a powerful healing and body-enhancing effect, is comparable to the lost soldier-level serum, and can prolong life, it is the best choice. Best of all, it's hassle-free. ”
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