End of the World: My Items Can Be Upgraded Infinitely.

Chapter 291 Gene Tree, Trade, and Reptiles

The gene tree, in the words of Lingyi, is the gene bank of the race, also known as the gene map.

Improving the gene library and building the gene tree is the path to the evolution of cosmic life.

The electric-driven cells that Lin Feng has always dreamed of are actually the final fruit of the gene tree and can be called the crown on the road of evolution.

In comparison, the pinnacle of mental power is the omniscience possessed by Lin Feng’s mother.

Soon, the two followed Director Zheng of the research institute to the biological factory and entered a building.

The building, like the entire factory area, was brightly lit.

All the precious electricity in the end times is supplied here.

Get into the elevator and go to the underground first floor.

As the elevator door opened, what came into view was a laboratory table covered with precision instruments and hundreds of researchers wearing masks.

Those graduate students from prestigious universities can only become the lowest-level debugging employees in this great project. Apart from requiring some professional knowledge to make judgments, they are not much different from those on the assembly line.

However, in today's context of tight resources and severe situation, it is already quite good to still have a job on an assembly line, be able to eat and drink enough, and receive extra pay.

It is a life that is unattainable for the refugees outside the city.

These endless laboratories and experimental testers are the final step in piecing together the human superpower gene tree.

In fact, all they need to do is use a super-large biological mother nest to complete their work.

But behind this underground testing site is an entire federal machine, with tens of millions of people working together to collect a huge number of experimental samples.

For Lin Feng and Long Yi, even if they killed all the queen mothers in the south and unified the nine states in the south, it would be impossible to quickly compile a complete gene pool of mankind like the current federation.

Because this requires a complete and mature operating system and an organizational structure that can accurately convey and execute commands.

To establish such a rule requires at least months or even years of operational governance.

Therefore, even if the Federation lost more than half of its territory, even within the remaining half, most of the regions were already in a semi-independent state...

But a lean camel is still bigger than a horse.

The scale of resources it controls and the number of personnel it can mobilize are countless.

Only in this way can we accomplish this feat in just one or two months.

Led by Zheng Ming, the two crossed the large underground laboratory of tens of thousands of square meters and came to another descending elevator at the end.

This time, as the elevator slowly descended.

The three of them came to a secret place dozens of meters deep underground.

Zheng Ming started to introduce himself, his tone unable to conceal his pride:
"This is an underground safe haven specially built by the Federation long before the invasion of the alien Zerg in order to deal with possible doomsday crises in the future, such as nuclear bomb attacks or biochemical crises..."

"The soil in the Northwest Wasteland is dry, which is very suitable for underground excavation and transformation, so it is large in scale."

“And the human gene tree is built on this.”

As he was talking, the elevator slowly stopped, and as the door of the underground base slowly opened, a chill wafted out, and the drastic temperature difference made people shiver.

After everyone stepped in, they gradually adapted to the zero-degree cold air.

A huge underground space of the same size as the upper level, but with a raised ceiling, appeared before our eyes.

"This was originally a war shelter. It is a cylindrical space with a diameter of more than 50 meters, an area of ​​more than 10,000 square meters, and a height of 20 meters."

"According to the original plan, it will be divided into seven floors, which can accommodate up to 2,000 survivors living at the same time."

"Now that the stratification plan has been cancelled, this large cylindrical structure is actually very suitable for preserving the genetic fire of mankind..."

Zheng Ming looked up and continued his introduction.

Lin Feng and the other person beside him had their eyes wide open, looking at the scene in shock.

In the huge cylindrical space, a three-meter-thick long cylinder stood in the center. Above it, like branches of a tree trunk, various infusion hoses connected piece after piece of fresh meat that was still twitching and jumping.

There are three large pieces in total, which are as big as human bodies. They are the three branches of the tree stumps. On them, there are more branch pipes that are shaped like growing tree roots.

Each piece is divided into thousands of thin rods.

Forming a tree of flesh and blood that connects the mutant cells.

And at the ends of the three major branches and thousands of fine branches, there are countless specific leaves of supernatural genes.

This real-life "tree diagram" collects and organizes tens of thousands of different superpowers.

It can be said to be the most powerful gene pool in human history.

A living tree of supernatural genes!
Lin Feng and Long Yi were both shocked by the scene before them.

And it is the cornerstone for paving the way to the fourth level.

It is also a genetic key for humans to enter the universe.

Under the gene tree, there are a large number of researchers walking back and forth, wearing airtight white chemical protective suits, adding new branches and leaves to this tree of flesh and blood.

At this moment, Zheng Ming stopped talking. Any introduction would be superfluous under this supernatural gene tree.

Lin Feng took Long Yi and slowly walked towards the tree trunk.

Next to the three-meter-thick cylinder, you can see a display screen on the trunk, which records all the information of the genetic tree.

"I need a sample that includes all the branches and leaves."

Lin Feng spoke in a deep voice, his tone brooking no refusal:

"You can make any conditions you want, while I am still willing to negotiate..."

Zheng Ming smiled and quickly gave the answer that had been discussed earlier:

"We need third-order cells, third-order cells from pure-blooded human awakeners."

"If City Lord Lin is still interested, I would like to hire your Salvation Army to assist us in killing a certain Stage 3 Early Queen Mother..."

“That’s just the two requests.”

Lin Feng frowned slightly. The former was fine. He now had five third-stage members under him, not counting Long Yi.

In addition to Shen Jie, Jiang Yuner and the leader of the Gene Corps, there are also Liu Yi and Liu Yueqi, all of whom are pure-blooded humans.

The latter has awakened the power of artistic conception and is not suitable for trading, while Liu Yi's physical enhancement is just right, making him very suitable as a general-purpose third-order cell.

The second request Zheng Ming put forward was to help their Federal Research Institute kill an early queen.

This request can be big or small.

So Lin Feng still wanted to ask more clearly:

"Were you the ones who killed the Stage 3 Early Queen Mother, or were they the experimental subjects?"

Zheng Ming was stunned for a moment, then said:
"That's not important. The subjects we have arranged should be excellent and controllable test subjects. We want to test whether their potential, rarity, and number are related to the power of awakening artistic conception..."

"The second is the complete body of the Zerg Queen. This is even more valuable than a third-level awakener."

"Through research, we can better understand the true controllers of the Zerg and find ways to severely damage them."

Lin Feng nodded:
"Deal. But we need to take all the samples first."

Zheng Ming frowned, but quickly regained his expressionless state. He avoided Lin Feng's direct gaze and fell into hesitation.

Obviously, there are not many options left for the institute.

Lin Feng was fully capable of snatching the gene tree directly and turning the entire Lancheng into a ghost town. From the moment the research institute wanted to make a deal with Lin Feng, it had to give up all its bottom lines.

After struggling for a while, the vice president of the institute nodded and agreed to Lin Feng's request:
"No problem. I have already arranged the backup of the World Tree in advance..."

As he spoke, Zheng Ming clapped his hands and ordered the maintenance personnel on the scene to clear the area and evacuate.

After everyone left, he dimmed the white light in the space where the gene tree was located, and then turned on the light of the floor glass.

I saw that there was another space under the glass layer under the feet of the three people.

Lin Feng and Long were both deeply shocked by the gene tree in front of them at first and did not carefully check the surrounding space.

At this moment, as the lights came on, a dense pile of human corpses was piled up in a three-meter-high space under the glass.
No, not a corpse...

They are all still alive, or rather, their bodies are alive but their consciousness has disappeared, just like a vegetative state, and they can never wake up.

What surprised Lin Feng even more was that above their heads, from the fleshy branches of the gene tree, there were infusion hoses hanging down, connecting to the zombies behind the glass at their feet.

But judging from the direction of liquid flow, it is obviously not these unconscious zombies that are nourishing the genetic tree.

Instead, the gene tree is constantly injecting them with the special gene cells contained in the fleshy leaves.

From this perspective, there are thousands of zombies densely packed underfoot...

It is the carrier of multiple superpower genes!

What Zheng Ming meant by being well prepared was the pile of zombies on the bottom floor.

Use human flesh to carry and nourish these gathered supernatural genes!

It is convenient for other experiments and can be used at any time.

At this time, Zheng Ming also changed his previous confident state and continued in a low voice:
“The gene tree is like a peanut, its fruit hanging down beneath the ground, bearing the kernel of hope for mankind.”

"These are failed experiments, but they are also heroes who have made immortal contributions to the rise of mankind..."

Lin Feng frowned slightly:

"So the Superman Project experiment that appeared earlier was the successful product of your experiment?"

Zheng Ming nodded, then shook his head:

"Yes, but it's not a perfect product yet. It can only be considered a preliminary qualified product."

"Just now, Zero was out of control and attacked City Lord Lin, which shows that the Superman Project still has a long way to go..."

Lin Feng's expression gradually turned cold.

He knew very well that this was a sacrifice that humans had to make because of their own weakness.

But this kind of behavior of sacrificing the future in exchange for surviving in the present is really hard to accept.

Among these thousands of zombies, many are children under the age of ten, becoming a breeding ground for supernatural genes.

Experiments were first conducted on them to determine the degree of fusion of genes with different superpowers and their compatibility with each other, and to infer the compatibility and classification of different superpowers.

This will help to better perfect this supernatural gene tree that can represent all of humanity.

Make it thrive and bear the final fruit, the fruit that leads to the fourth level.

"how long it takes?"

Lin Feng tried his best not to think about it anymore.

Zheng Ming looked at the people who had already started taking samples:

"Starting from now, it will be ready before 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon."

Seeing Lin Feng's expression change, Zheng Ming quickly added:
"These experimental subjects all volunteered to participate, and we have also given their families sufficient compensation. There are too many orphans left on the battlefield, and this is the best they can do..."

Before he could finish his words, Lin Feng had already walked out of the underground shelter where the gene tree was located with his female companion and entered the elevator.

Zheng Ming stared at their backs as they left and sighed.

Lin Feng, who walked out of the shelter, also knew that the sacrifice of such a small number of people was not worth mentioning at all compared to the refugee crisis of hundreds of millions.

There is absolutely no need for the other party to force execution.

A few full meals can make a survivor on the verge of starvation give up everything, even his life.

The only thing Lin Feng can do is to use his own strength to end this chaotic world as soon as possible, bring hope of victory to mankind, and change the deteriorating situation.

The supernatural gene tree obtained in exchange for the self-sacrifice of so many people is worthy of the trust.

"I have noted down the number of samples. With the gene tree, you can make up for the shortcomings of your human body and withstand a higher intensity of divine power..."

Long Yi, who had remained silent throughout the entire process, opened his mouth and said:

"In other words, your release port has been enlarged, and you will have a far greater increase in strength than expected. Even the restriction that you cannot affect living organisms will be lifted."

Lin Feng hummed:
"You should have Liu Yi's third-order gene sample in your hand? Give them a copy after the transaction is completed."

The corners of his mouth slightly raised and he nodded:

"No problem. But we have one more thing to do."

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes slightly. At this moment, the elevator had returned to the negative first floor of the supernatural organization's experimental assembly line:

"The reptilian genetic samples are probably not here."

"Just ask later."

After a while, Lin Feng returned to the living room on the first floor of the building, waited for Zheng Ming to return, and mentioned this to him:

"Are there any gene banks of other species in the country, such as Zerg, reptiles, mammals, etc.?"

Zheng Ming showed a hint of hesitation:
"We have collected some arthropods. After all, the alien Zerg that invaded Blue Star had some characteristics of insects, and the new second-order Zerg cultivated by the Queen Mother was also created by integrating arthropods from Blue Star."

"As for the classes Reptiles and Mammals under the phylum Vertebrata, they are really hard to find."

"Please wait a moment. I will ask the rest of the team if they know anything about this."

Zheng Ming took out his phone and walked aside.

Lin Feng lay deep in the sofa for a while, and soon Zheng Ming brought the answer:

"The mammal class that we humans belong to has a special department and organization in the rear safe zone to collect and summarize."

“Mainly, mammals are easy to find.”

"But the various subclasses and classes of reptiles, such as birds, are very rare. Most of them are in developed coastal areas, which have the strength and energy to collect them."

"My colleagues and staff members told me that there are several institutions in Yuecheng, the capital of Yuezhou in the south, that collect reptile and bird samples and genes."

"Also, there are a lot of lizards and birds in the tropical and subtropical regions in the south. Maybe we can get a good harvest if we go there."

After listening to Zheng Ming's professional advice, Lin Feng and the other person looked at each other in surprise.

What I thought was just a small matter to be solved on the side turned out to be more difficult than collecting a gene bank.

"The coastal provinces in southern Xinjiang were all occupied within the first month of the outbreak of the apocalypse..."

"It's very dangerous to go there again now."

Zheng Ming added.

(End of this chapter)