Section 135 History (II)

Liu Yuchen's tone of speech was a little sad and sad, but Lin Xiang only felt a bone-permeable cold and creepy all over his body.

"Human?" He opened his eyes wide and looked at the deacon of the Medical Association, and his voice seemed a little hoarse with heavy breathing.

Liu Yuchen's pale face showed a trace of tragedy: "Cells, like all living things, have their own independent consciousness. According to a narrow theoretical viewpoint, this consciousness is not enough to rise to the height of wisdom. It is just a basic instinct. Just like when you are hungry, you will struggle desperately when you are facing the threat of death, the cells that constitute the biological body will also make various incredible actions in their own way. Due to insufficient food, some of the third batch of test tubes sent to the ruins of high-intensity radiation zones driven by hunger and risk their lives to find food left behind from the old era. There is no definite evidence and observational data to show what happened at that time. We can only combine the biological samples we will obtain in the future with the real environment.

The test tubes who entered the ruins during the Great Famine conducted deduction simulations. According to the conclusion I calculated, the strong rays in the high-radiation area will cause irreparable penetrating damage to cells, which will lead to complete collapse of tissues and organs. Even organisms that have adapted to radiation are still much more active in their bodies than in ordinary states. Therefore, driven by cell instinct, genes are easily affected by foreign substances and are forced to change the fixed arrangement order in their own right or unconsciously. They will selectively absorb the excellent qualities of the substances and transplant them on themselves in simulation or replication, so as to make themselves more advanced, better, more resistant to radiation and adapt to the environment, and become the most reliable reliance for survival."

"The test tubes entering the ruins have only two outcomes - survival or being killed by other mutant creatures. The latter is much more likely than the former. In addition to wisdom, the agility and power of most advanced organisms on the earth are far stronger than that of humans. A considerable number of test tubes have become their food. A strong radiation environment, highly activated cells, unstable biological forms with extremely strong variability, and the strengthened genes possessed by the second and third batch of test tubes... This is a very terrifying and even terrifying combination. The evolutionary mutation process that originally took hundreds of thousands or millions of years to complete can achieve the same result in just a few decades... This is beyond the normal concept of mutation."

"You mean... the creatures in the ruins are simulating humans?" Lin Xiang swallowed his throat with difficulty. He could clearly hear his voice trembling.

Liu Yuchen sighed deeply, his voice dry and hoarse: "They acquire new biological abilities from human corpses by eating. They may not like the way they walk upright with their legs, but cells will make final decisions on behalf of their brains based on the environment and other factors. Evolution is different from the discrimination and judgment of things. It does not require wisdom, it only requires instinct and a keen sense of perception and touch of the external environment. Relying on cannibalism and then possessing human wisdom, this kind of thing does sound like the devil's favorite fairy tale, but it actually happens around us. I have never been to the ruins, and the blood samples collected by mercenaries are only obtained by chance at the periphery of those places. Even samples obtained from the same type of creature will have great differences due to the different time before and after. They are indeed mutating, becoming stronger, smarter, and more like us. Perhaps, the future of this world... should belong to them."

Lin Xiang was silent, and Ning Jing's eyes could not tell the emotional thinking that was entangled in his brain. Maybe it was fear or shock, but it was definitely not a relaxed mood, including joy.

Picking up the wine bottle that had been already empty and filling the two cups again. Watching the amber liquid spinning back and forth in the glass container, he asked thoughtfully: "Where are those living? You said that there are two possibilities for the test tubes entering the ruins - life or death."

Liu Yuchen smiled. His smile was bitter and forced.

"This is a forced evolution that is completely caused by the environment and can be controlled by non-subjective consciousness. The simulation caused by cell instinct is applicable to all living things, including humans. While the test tube man becomes prey, the hunters in the ruins will also become their food. In order to survive, human cells will also produce the same simulation effect. It is like a mouse evolved into a human and mutated into a mouse, with the process and result. It is not a question of who is stronger than who, nor can it be judged by the level of the organism that this process should belong to evolution or degeneration. It is just a mutant that is forced to appear for adaptation. To put it bluntly, evolution is actually mutation."

The deacon of the Medical Association's pleasant voice became lighter and lighter, and gradually disappeared. For some reason, a thought suddenly arose in Lin Xiang's heart that even he himself felt strange.

Will the future of this world... still be the earth ruled by humans?

"What exactly do they live on?"

Lin Xiang blurted out subconsciously: "From the time you said to this day to the present, at least dozens of Earth years have passed. What do those mutant creatures rely on to maintain their lives? There is no food in the ruins, what do they eat?"

Liu Yuchen turned his head, his eyes flashing with an unpredictable gaze. A few minutes later, he replied in a rather strange tone: "...of course, it's eating meat."

"Meat?" Lin Xiang frowned.

"I am just like you, and I am full of curiosity about unknown things. I have never been to the ruins. Therefore, the answer I gave you naturally cannot be completely correct. I can only analyze the hidden process of things that cannot be seen by the sample detection results, and combine other surface data according to the results of the sample, and analyze the hidden process of things that cannot be seen by the eyes."

Liu Yuchen did not directly answer his question and smiled: "The ruins of the old era all had a complete underground drainage system. There was a lot of garbage and human excrement. The radiation energy generated by the nuclear explosion penetrated through the soil layer on the surface and penetrated directly into the pipeline, creating a certain thermal effect in the rotten garbage. The insects such as mosquitoes and flies that survived the war gradually began a new round of reproduction. The large number of juvenile maggots in the humus pile provided a rich source of food for small creatures such as mutant rats, thus forming a second ring-locking part of the food chain. As higher-end predators, dogs and other bodies

The mutant beasts that accumulate larger also benefit. According to the reports of mercenaries and exploration teams, there are obviously mutant creatures with stronger abilities and larger sizes in the deep ruins. However, their number is small and their fertility is low. This also happens to meet the most basic characteristics at the top of the food chain. The mutant creatures feed on each other, and the food residue excreted from the digestive system has become a new breeding plant for malfunctioning maggots. Haha! This is a very interesting cycle chain. In fact, without a strong radiation environment, the bacteria and spoiled substances that breed in the feces cannot meet the growth conditions of a large number of malfunctioning maggots, and it is even less likely to become the basic food source for a large number of mutant mice."

Lin Xiang shook his head, stared at the deacon of the Medical Association sitting opposite him, and almost murmured: "The maggots... are incredible."

“It’s really stupid to impose human thinking on other animals—”

Liu Yuchen said seriously: "The crude protein content of maggots is as high as 56% to 63%, and it also contains a lot of fat and sugar. Eating maggots can enhance the immune system. This kind of small thing has a strong vitality. Eating feces will never get sick, and there is no toxic substance in the body. The dirty environment that other animals cannot bear is a paradise for maggots. Its excellent immune function is powerful enough to be unimaginable. According to my experimental data, eating maggots can be greatly

The strength strengthens the physical fitness of the eaters, and the anti-virus and radiation resistance will also improve. At this point, the mutated creatures in the ruins are actually much smarter than us. They are never picky about food and live a healthy life. If the radiation environment continues as it is now, the traces of civilization left by humans in the ruins in the old era will probably completely disappear. The dilapidated reinforced concrete buildings will become their eternal paradise, forming an independent and complete natural biosphere."

Lin Xiang's eyes flashed: "This is really scary. It sounds... like a fantasy."

Liu Yuchen smiled and did not deny this: "There is actually a very close connection between legends and facts. The biggest weakness of human beings is that they are unwilling to believe in things that subjective consciousness cannot accept. Even if they already exist and are developing towards the most terrifying aspects."

Perhaps because of the effect of alcohol, Lin Xiang suddenly felt a little stuffy in his chest, which made him feel very uncomfortable. Shaking the remaining liquid in the cup, maggots wiggling back and forth in rotten feces and dirty pus and blood seemed to appear in front of him.

This dirty damn creature...is actually food?

He shook his head vigorously and drove out all the chaotic and terrible thoughts in his mind. He calmed down and asked in a seemingly casual tone: "I have seen a living zombie in the wilderness that looks similar to humans. Are they variants of humans? Or are they imitation simulation products you just mentioned?"

This is the problem Lin Xiang really wants to figure out.

Nuclear explosions and living zombies are two important factors that destroy the old era.

The parasitic viruses carried in their bodies spread amazingly fast. In the old days, those huge cities with more than 10 million humans often only needed one symptom, which could cause all the residents of the entire city to become hosts of the virus. They are real living dead people, without the normal way of action and thinking concepts of human beings, and only the most basic and primitive desire for hunger for food and meat. Deep in Lin Xiang's memory, they are a group of human-shaped beasts. In addition to biting and devouring, there are only the hideous and terrifying rotten faces under the dark sky with the bleak wind whistling, shaking their bodies and wandering between the cold concrete buildings.

In this resurrection world, Lin Xiang once again met zombies and mutants in the wilderness and ruins. Compared with the old days, they seemed to have become very weak. They had no strength and their shrinking bodies seemed very thin. It was a world of difference from the terrifying image in memory of violent, fierce, powerful and agile speed.

"You don't seem to understand what I just said." Lin Xiang frowned: "I mean..."

"I have said that they can be eaten or not. Food is no longer a necessary source of energy for them-"

Liu Yuchen suddenly raised his voice. He took a deep breath and sighed with a lonely expression: "The mutated creatures in this world are not as clumsy as humans in the old era. Living zombies can no longer capture fresh meat to meet their own needs. Maybe it was the virus that changed, or it could be the instinctive choice of cells. They completely changed all biological habits and began to use radiation energy as a necessary supplement for the body. Are you surprised? When I walked out of the underground shelter and observed the zombie samples under the microscope for the first time, my heart was filled with indescribable shock. I never dreamed that the host of the virus that destroyed the world would become a plant-like existence. In the traditional sense
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