The Plane War Begins from Wandering Earth

Chapter 167 166. Little cutie, little baby

"Pay attention, it is a treasure in the eyes of those scientists..."

James told his men to "handle it with care."

Then he turned around and opened a new hibernation chamber.

The 'Engineer' who had been sleeping for more than two thousand years had not yet recovered from the vomiting and discomfort.

James injected the engineer with an anesthetic strong enough to put an elephant to sleep.

As soon as the unconscious engineer fell to the ground, several members of the security force skillfully adjusted the "memory recovery" equipment and started a new round of "big memory recovery".

The engineers in the entire core control cabin were like lambs to be slaughtered.

The vast majority of them didn’t even know what happened before their memories were brutally “squeezed” away.

Even their flesh will be frozen as precious biological science experimental samples, and will contribute to the United Government's research in the field of biological genetics in the future.

As more and more information from engineers' brains is "plundered", this information is retrieved, classified, and analyzed by artificial intelligence systems...

The relevant information of the "Engineer Civilization" was pieced together by the "Human Exploration" like pieces of a broken puzzle.

It turns out that the "Engineers" are an advanced civilization with the bioengineering technology tree fully developed.

Engineers with serious "biased" subjects did not pay much attention to military weapons and civilized warfare.

Instead, it is concerned with problems faced by carbon-based life, such as "the origin of species" and "how to achieve immortality."

The most ironic thing is that the "engineer civilization" famous for its bioengineering technology has itself encountered the fatal problem of "difficulty in racial reproduction."

They frantically "sow life" on many planets in the universe using the genes of their own race as a blueprint, and regard themselves as "creators."

In fact, they use these planets as their own testing grounds, hoping that these "experimental products" can solve the problem of the "Engineer" race's inability to reproduce.

Unfortunately, after countless years of experimentation, they have still not been able to solve the problems of their own race.

Even if the bioengineering technology is fully developed, engineers still cannot achieve "carbon-based immortality".

Even the entire ethnic group is still decreasing as time goes by.

The engineers had almost forgotten how long ago the last "newborn" in the group was born.

Perhaps it is a curse on the engineering civilization that wantonly "creates life" and regards itself as "creator".

Engineers watched the civilization they created grow more prosperous and powerful.

But they themselves continue to disappear as time goes by.

In the foreseeable future, they will disappear.

No matter how glorious their past was, in the billions of years of cosmic life, they are only an inconspicuous spark in the brilliant galaxy, fleeting.

Jealousy for the new races and civilizations they had created led them to wantonly destroy these new civilizations.

At the same time, more radical biogenetic technology has become increasingly popular as the "engineer" racial group continues to die out.

The "black water substance" based on biological genetic engineering is the pinnacle of "engineer civilization" in the field of biotechnology.

This substance can act on all carbon-based life and can transform and influence life at the genetic level.

"Black water substance" is not only a weapon, it is also the key for engineer civilization to carry out various biological genetic research and development and transformation.

Alien creatures are also the product of "Engineer Civilization".

To be precise, it is actually the product of research failure.

As a purely biological weapon, the alien can be said to be quite perfect.

While consuming very little in production, it possesses extremely strong biological offensive capabilities.

It only takes a day, or even a few hours, to transform from a parasite into a killing machine.

Unfortunately, the engineer civilization that created the alien creatures has no way to control them.

The alien creatures that accompany the "black water substance" cause great headaches for the "engineers".

It was these alien creatures that forced the Engineers to go into hibernation two thousand years ago.

The engineers, who were already few in number, suffered heavy casualties in the attack by the alien creatures.

The relevant information retrieved and summarized by artificial intelligence makes it almost impossible for "engineer civilization" to have any secrets in front of humans.

What is even more unexpected to everyone is that this engineer spacecraft on the planet Tianyuan 4A is the last "seedling" of the entire "engineer civilization".

This is also the reason why they have been dormant here for more than two thousand years without being rescued.

Because they are the "last engineers".

He learned that the "Engineer" civilization was destroyed in his own hands.

Ma Zhao, chief commander of the "Human Exploration" spacecraft, sighed as did many other members of the expedition team.

You know, this "engineer civilization" has created thousands of civilizations similar to humans in the universe and destroyed them all.

In the eyes of the United Government before the "Era of Plane Wars", this was definitely an advanced civilization that was worthy of admiration.

but now……

Ma Zhao looked at the engineers in the video who were frozen stiff by liquid nitrogen and shook his head.

The engineers were all marked, frozen with liquid nitrogen, placed in metal containers, and then stacked in the airship research base. For the safety of the mothership, the scientific research team members who landed on the Tianyuan 4A planet were still not allowed to return to the "Human Exploration".

They will self-isolate on this planet until the Space Bridge Jump Project is completed, and the next steps will be decided by the United Government officials.

Before that, these scientific expedition team members will carry out a series of scientific research tasks on Tianyuan 4A.

Among them, the most excited was Dr. Ashford.

As one of the most authoritative biologists under the United Government, Dr. Ashford's research results in the field of T virus alone are enough to make him a place in the entire human biology community.

The emergence of "engineer civilization" is a vast "biological gold mine" for him.

In his eyes, what appeared on Tianyuan 4A was not just a lonely, extinct civilization.

Instead, it is the crystallization of the wisdom of an advanced civilized race in the field of biological genetic engineering over countless years.

Among the Engineer civilization data deciphered by artificial intelligence, a considerable portion is related to "black water matter" and "alien organisms".

Under the strong request of Dr. Ashford, Ma Zhao, the commander-in-chief of the "Human Exploration", had no choice but to agree to the other party's request to establish a "biological research base" on the surface of Tianyuan 4A.

Dr. Ashford simply couldn't wait until after the "Space Bridge Jump Project".

He wanted more than anyone else to witness the technological achievements of human civilization absorbing engineer civilization.

If Dr. Ashford were asked to evaluate the "black water substance", he would definitely think that it is the crown at the top of the pyramid of technological wealth of engineer civilization.

The "black water substance" separated from those metal cans is like a "genetic golden finger" that can fuse everything.

It can act on any carbon-based life form.

It can easily solve the gene fusion and modification problems that have troubled countless human biologists.

Dr. Ashford can't wait to see the magical performance of the fusion of black water substance and T virus.

He could almost be certain now that the emergence of "black water substance" would definitely enable the United Government to achieve unprecedented breakthroughs in the field of biological genetic engineering.

Its significance is definitely no less than that of the original T virus.

Unfortunately, the "Human Exploration" did not store the T virus samples needed for Dr. Ashford's experiment.

After all, this is a scientific research spacecraft assembled for the "Space Bridge Jump Project".

Who would have thought that the T virus would have a chance to revive here?

A good cook cannot cook without rice, so Dr. Ashford can only focus all his energy on the newly discovered alien creatures.

As an unexpected product of the failed research of the Engineer civilization, the alien creatures have not undergone any "careful cultivation".

These changes are entirely due to the self-adaptation and evolution of the alien creatures.

However, the more this happened, the more amazed Dr. Ashford was.

In his eyes, this species, which was created purely as a "biological weapon", is much stronger than the zombies evolved from the T virus.

Using the technological experience of engineer civilization deciphered by artificial intelligence, Dr. Ashford began the journey of genetic modification and optimization of alien species.

"Engineers treat you like garbage, that's because they have no vision.

Don't worry, I will cherish you more than I would the T virus!"

Dr. Ashford rubbed his hands, and with a flushed face, he muttered to himself as he looked at the "prototype larvae" frozen in liquid nitrogen.

In the distance, James saw Dr. Ashford's appearance and became worried.

As the security chief at the Tianyuan 4A Planet Research Base, he is first and foremost responsible for the safety of life of all scientific expedition team members.

After thinking for a long time, he finally quietly dialed the communication number of Ma Zhao, the commander-in-chief of "Human Exploration".

"Sir, I'm worried about Dr. Ashford's mental state. Those alien creatures don't look as easy to deal with as zombies..."

"Can the base's security measures meet the design standards?"

"That's no problem. We have a full set of isolation measures..."

"That's fine, people who do research are like this, they look mysterious.

But it is often these weird guys who can produce truly valuable results.”

"Sir, Dr. Ashford sometimes smiles foolishly at his alien test subjects, calling them 'cuties' and 'babies'...

Is this normal?
I’m not actually afraid of anything, I just feel a little creepy…”

"Hmm... that seems to be a little...

Do you have a psychologist in your base?"

"Ah? A psychiatrist? No!"

"Oh, forget it, I just asked casually. It's alright, I have something else to do. I'll hang up now."

"Sir! Sir?

What do you mean by forget it if there is nothing?!

Hello, hello?"

(End of this chapter)