As more and more humans were stationed in the base, Joseph sent an expeditionary force to carry out expeditionary activities hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away from the base according to the original plan and the demarcated area.

As for communications, the expeditionary force will carry small solar-powered signal adapters with the same self-protection function, and at certain distances, they will be airdropped on the top of high mountains or relatively open plains as a signal transmission medium.

Because of the long distance of the expedition and the difficulty of keeping up with the fuel supply, the expeditionary force generally travels in solar-powered helicopters with almost unlimited range.

For safety reasons, exploration into the depths of the ocean is not on the agenda, and since the human base is located on twice the size of Europe on Earth, it would be nice to be able to take a closer look at it in ten years.

At the same time, on the dark side of this planet, people feel that the research value is not as great as the yang side, and it is more dangerous, so they have not yet considered sending personnel to explore, of course, it will be sooner or later.

The reason why David was willing to talk to Joseph for all these years was purely out of a strong curiosity about the strange creatures of the New World, after all, he was a student of biology.

Joseph understood this and was happy to share his biological findings.

At this time, he touched his pointed nose, which had already shown a slight hook, and said with a chuckle: "Isn't my body not suitable for beauty now?" Besides, all the women on this planet are as old as me or even younger, and in the future..."

David said, "What does Linda think about this? Joseph said, "She? Hehe, she and I are actually more like brothers and sisters. It's been more than 100 years, and she's probably tired of my body. It's a big deal, I'll give her a territory the size of Australia, and let her go there and raise tens of thousands of macho men by herself..."

"Alas!"

David sighed and shook his head and said, "You've really become unrecognizable to me. ”

"Goo-goo!"

Joseph tilted his head and poured himself a few large sips of wine and said, "Burp!! In life, there is almost no threat of life and death, what do immortal people want to pursue? It's not about power, money, beauty yet. Otherwise, what's the point of living that long. ”

David found out that it might be the reason for drinking a little wine, and it was rare to talk to the other party about something other than scientific research, so he said: "Say, what interesting things have been pulled back by the helicopters of the expeditionary force these days?" ”

After taking another sip of wine, Joseph said, "Spirits, primates. ”

"Boom!"

David dropped the small white bowl, quickly got up and grabbed the silver metal bar and said, "What? Don't joke with science! Proxima Centauri B actually has primates? This is different from what I have analyzed before. This, how is this possible? The degree of evolution of life here is at most equivalent to the late Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic Era, 88 million to 65 million years ago! The primates on the earth appeared in the Paleocene epoch in the Tertiary of the Cenozoic Era, 65 million to 53 million years ago. ”

After saying that, David rubbed his hands on the top of his head like a child who had failed an exam, and circled in the metal cage.

Joseph raised his eyebrows and said, "I thought at the time that your analysis must not be 100% correct. At least at present, no large animals such as Tyrannosaurus rex similar to the Cretaceous era of the Earth have been found. You're the one who caused us to spend more money and bring some accessories for large weapons for nothing. ”

"Are the newly discovered primates alive or dead? Me, can I take a look? For the first time in years, David looked at Joseph with a pleading look.

Joseph waved his hands up and down, like a generous rich man: "Absolutely! Absolutely, my old man! ”

After saying that, he pressed the button of a wireless earphone hanging on his ear: "Main station, let the people from the Institute of Biological Sciences send those two monkey-like things to my basement." At the same time let them prepare for my dissection. ”

After a while, a soldier who looked like a child of five or six years old walked down the stairs with the carcass of an animal on his shoulder.

Then, two other soldiers of the same age followed them with a long wooden stick, carrying a large birdcage, a silver round metal cage about 80 centimeters high and 60 centimeters in diameter, in which a living creature was kept.

After placing two animals, one dead and one alive, on the ground, the soldiers turned and went upstairs to leave.

David opened his eyes wide and looked closely, and the cage was indeed held by a primate, about 50 centimeters tall.

Unlike all primates on Earth, first of all, its mouth is three-petaled, with two lobes in the upper part and one lobe in the lower part.

Second, it has no hair on its body, but instead has a lizard-like light gray coat covered with tiny gray scales.

The limbs, eyes, nose, and ears are similar to those of monkeys.

If you have to compare it with an animal that earthlings have ever seen, when it closes its mouth, it looks like a Chinese Yunnan golden snub-nosed monkey with inverted rabbit lips, along with its tail and face, and its whole body is covered with the skin of a gray lizard.

At this point, the living creature didn't seem to be very interested in the change in its location, but squatted in the cage with its knees crossed, staring at the corpses of its kind on the ground next to it.

The corpse was identical in appearance to the living one, differing in gender and measuring about 70 centimeters in length.

It is the male who is dead, and the female who is alive.

David asked, "What is its cry?" ”

Joseph crossed Erlang's legs and said, "I don't know, since I saw it get off the helicopter, it has always been this virtue, not screaming or making trouble, just staring at the dead one." ”

David turned to Joseph and said, "Didn't you just say you wanted to dissect?" ”

As soon as the words ended, the three soldiers carried a small collapsible yellow wooden table and a white plastic suitcase back to the basement.

They were followed by two other men of about six or seven years old, dressed in white coats.

David observed for a moment, and said to the two white coats, one yellow and one black, "Martin Field, Lulu Ben?" ”

Of the eight top scientists who defected together, only Martin Fielde and Lulu Ben were biology researchers. And one of them is yellow and the other is black.

Looking at their eyebrows, these two are also very similar to Martin and Lulu's respective adult appearances.

The yellow male hesitated, bowed to David, and said, "Ahem, hey! Teacher, it's the two of us. The black woman gave David an embarrassed look, then turned her head and quietly glanced at Joseph.

Joseph pouted and waved his hand and said, "You guys are talking about the old days, let's start quickly." ”

The soldiers erected the tables, laid them out with white plastic tablecloths, and turned on all the lights in the room.

Martin and Lulu lifted the body on the ground onto the table, donned rubber gloves and masks, and pulled tools out of the white plastic suitcase.

"Let's get started." David whispered as if he was still on Earth leading students to dissect animal carcasses.

Joseph let out a "Humph!" from his eaglet hooked nose. He rolled his eyes.

Seeing that Martin and Lulu were hesitant to make a move, Joseph nodded and smiled, "Let's start." ”

David said, "Wait, I'm too far away, I want to be up close. ”

"It's just you." As he spoke, Joseph lifted the metal cage in which David was being held and placed it on the "dissecting table" with a "bang" near the head of the corpse.

And the female creature in the other cage on the ground was still staring coldly at what was happening in front of her...

When Martin's scalpel slashed into the skin of the male's chest, the female suddenly stood up, grabbed the cage fence and screamed, "Kakakuma, Kakakuma!" ”

At the same time, its brown eyes began to flow with tears.

Martin paused, and seeing that Joseph was expressionless and motionless, he took out a caliper from the toolbox, combined it with a scalpel, and cut open the body's chest cavity with three strokes and five by two.

"Kakakuma! Kakakuma! Kuma..."

The female creature knelt in her cage, clutching the fence and wailing in a low voice, looking at Martin with a pleading look in her eyes.

David turned to look at the female creature, sighed, and turned back to continue to look closely at the internal structure of the corpse.

There are ribs, there is a spine, there is a heart, and the blood is red.

Not much different from monkeys.

Martin then began to crack open its mouth with great force, and it was seen that the creature's mouth was divided into three lobes, each with a set of (half-circle) teeth, one incisor, two canine teeth, and five molars. A flat, slender tongue is dark blue.

When Martin closed its mouth again and opened its three lips, it was revealed that the three front teeth and six canine teeth could be closed in a staggered manner.

Next, the brain, abdominal cavity, reproductive system, legs, hands, and all parts of the corpse were cut open by Martin with various tools with Lulu's assistance.

The smell of rusty blood was already in the air.

The female creature's wail continued, only getting quieter and quieter...

When it was all over, the soldiers carried David's cage back to the original large wooden table, and then carried the mangled body upstairs with a random white cloth wrapped in a white cloth and a small table.

Martin threw his gloves into a trash can, took off his mask, and said, "Well, Kakakuma, it should be simple language, combined with the brains in the skull of the corpse that are more developed than the average monkey." They have, I think, a certain amount of wisdom. ”

David looked at the "mother monkey" in the cage on the ground sobbing on the ground and said, "There is also a very strong sadness, and it can be expressed in voice and body language, so I agree with Martin." ”

Joseph frowned and said, "Does their intelligence threaten our safety?" ”

David said, "It's hard to say, do you know what happened to you?" ”

"I heard from the expeditionary members that they found these two animals hiding in the southeastern steppes of the central Europa Plains in a helicopter, and then shot and killed one, and the other was guarding the corpse of a companion and refused to leave, and was captured by the soldiers with a net rope gun," Lulu said. ”