Blackstone Code

What is evolution?

When a fish can't stand the competition in the sea and wants to live on the shore where the competition is less competitive, it evolves lungs that can be used to breathe air.

This is evolution.

A change determined by genes for the continuation of a species, this is evolution.

Simple and direct.

Everyone hopes that they are at the forefront of species evolution, but the chief scientist's words made Lynch feel a little regretful.

He almost never loses, but when it comes to evolution, he seems to have fallen behind.

The chief scientist is in a good mood. It may be that there has been some progress in various aspects of research, or it may be that these monsters have pointed out the direction for human evolution.

He asked his assistant for a cup of coffee and chatted with Lynch.

"do you know?"

"Life on Earth has rapidly entered a period of evolution since its origin. It can be said that every life is evolving every day and every second."

"But in modern times, the evolution of species suddenly seemed like someone pressed the slow-down button, or even the pause button."

He said thanking his assistant, took the coffee and took a sip.

"More than a hundred years ago, biological scientists liked to use a common small flying insect for genetic experiments because its life cycle is very short, and obvious genetic changes can be seen in about three to four generations."

"Drug resistance genetic experiments, environmental stress tolerance genetic experiments, everyone likes to use this little thing because it is very cheap."

"Just go to an orchard and look for a piece of rotten fruit and you can collect a bunch of these little flying insects."

"But from a hundred years ago to 80 or 90 years ago, its genetic changes became slower."

"Every ten or twenty years, if you want to observe dominant genetic changes, you need to reproduce one more generation."

"In fact, it's not just small flying insects like this. The evolution of many species seems to have been interrupted by people during a special period of time in the past."

"Even humans, a species that stands at the top of the food chain on Earth and planet, have actually experienced degradation."

"Some people say this is because our society is too developed. Human beings rely more on social thinking and social behavior than thinking and acting on their own."

"So humans began to degenerate, but society began to evolve accordingly. I don't deny this possibility, but from a biological point of view, this is very unreasonable."

"Even if we don't have to contend with the harsh natural environment like our ancestors did, we should continue to evolve."

"Genes should strengthen our brains and strengthen our bodies, not make us more vulnerable."

"But now, perhaps the emergence of Mr. A, or the emergence of Gothe particles, explains why evolution has stopped."

"We ran out of 'energy' in our bodies, so we stopped."

The chief scientist was a little emotional, "Mr. A is a very important experimental subject. I need your authorization to do more experiments."

Perhaps this was the purpose of the chief scientist's chat with Lynch. Because Mr. A's security level was very high, without Lynch's authorization, these scientists could at most collect some simple cells and body fluids from him.

It is obviously impossible to obtain more important things, or to use its body for endurance experiments, and Lynch will not allow it.

Lynch thought for a moment and then shook his head, "Although I really want to promise you, this is obviously impossible."

"From my point of view, Mr. A is not only an important experimental subject, but also a bridge of communication between humans and these monsters."

"We need to let the monsters know that human society is not unable to accommodate them."

"So it can't die, but the rest..."

The chief scientist felt that it was a pity that this meant that many of the ideas in his mind could not become reality as soon as possible. "Then I can only hope that you can capture more living bodies as soon as possible."

He stood up as he spoke, holding the coffee, "I still have work to do..."

Lynch also stood up and shook hands with him, "If you need anything or find anything, please call me at any time."

At the same time, in the shelter level where Mr. A lives, more than a dozen "human beings" met in the sewer.

The sewage treatment system in the shelter is actually not like that of a city on the ground. It is not that big, there are no buses running inside, and there is no sewage treatment center dozens of meters high.

Because there will be no uncontrolled heavy rains, no floods, and even very little mud and dust.

So it actually does not require much sewage treatment system, and the sewage will be directly crushed and screened and then returned to the water circulation system.

The water here will be sprinkled directly on the magma, and then the distilled water will be collected again, which is cleaner and more effective than any other treatment method.

"Global Communication Group has noticed us..." The speaker was a woman who looked to be in her early thirties. Although she lived in the lower class, she seemed to have a good temperament.

Her tone was a little cold, but most of the people around her were like this.

After becoming monsters, from the first time they eat, they no longer have anything to do with "them" or "human beings".

Naturally, human emotions often become a burden in their eyes.

Not everyone is like Mr. A, who considered cooperating with Lynch after being discovered.

There are some people here who have even more extreme ideas. They believe that they should be the masters of this planet, and that humans are just weak creatures that have not yet evolved.

And they have reached the sublimation of life and are the masters of the new era in the new world!

This world and this era should be determined by them, not by those weak humans!

Everyone has different attitudes, emotions, and abilities, which may be related to their past human environment.

Beside the pool, a middle-aged and elderly woman who looked to be in her fifties, with greasy skin all over her body, and a curling iron that costs one dollar and twenty, catered to her with a smile:

"...Mr. (Mr. A) has been captured by them. Maybe they already have a way to distinguish us from humans. This is very dangerous for us."

"We need to move somewhere."

A little girl who looked to be in her teens asked, "Go to the bottom floor or outside?"

The bottom floor is a place for those who are unwilling to cooperate with the group company's decisions. It has gradually become a lawless place.

Although the group company still has control over these areas, the group company has relinquished management of these areas.

There is no law, and the strong make the rules. Even if someone is killed inside, no one will take care of it.

For those who are capable, it is heaven, but for those who are weak, it is hell.

The "lowest level" of each area is being built barbarically, and some rules are slowly being born. It will become better and better, and it will become a special place outside of order.

Perhaps Lynch, or others, knew this, and that was one of the reasons they allowed the area to exist.

"No one knows what's going on outside. We need to eat a lot to stabilize our emotions and body."

“If there’s no food outside, it’s easy to go out but hard to come back.”

"We might end up starving to death, or..."

"Kill each other!"

"My suggestion is to go to the lowest level and hide first."

"I agree with the idea, it's chaotic enough there that we could hide for a long time."

"I agree……"

No one in this group thought about rescuing Mr. A. Even if they despise the humans they once were, they will still be afraid of human technological weapons.

Soon everyone agreed and decided to go to the bottom together.

The "lowest level" of this shelter is still one level below. Officials say that there are already nearly 200,000 people living below.

For the current super shelters with more than 6 million people, less than 5% of the population has flowed to the bottom, and people will not feel anything from their lives.

After discussing, the group of people left.

The temperamental young woman and the little girl lived relatively close to each other, so they left together.

"See that mustache?"

The little girl suddenly asked on the way back.

Among the group of people just now, there was a tall, thin man wearing a knitted hat squatting in the corner.

The elegant young woman recalled it and nodded, "What's wrong?"

The little girl looked at her pointedly, "I heard that he ate a similar person."

The elegant young woman who was walking suddenly stopped and looked at the little girl in disbelief, "How do you know?"

The little girl smiled and said nothing. She didn't hear what others said, she saw it herself.

Two guys fought over the food of a pregnant woman. In fact, the two men had conflicts before and their hunting areas overlapped.

This was just a reason, an excuse, and then the two of them fought, and in the end the tall and thin one swallowed the food of the other of the same kind and the pregnancy.

Although she couldn't tell if there was any change in him, the little girl always felt that he was a bit scary.

The elegant young woman took a deep breath and said, "This is not a good thing. Who else knows about this?"

The little girl shook her head, "It's just the two of us."

The elegant young woman was silent for a while, "Don't tell others for now. When we get to the lowest level, we will try not to separate."

After returning home, the elegant young woman quickly packed her things.

She is the only one in the family, and the other family members have integrated with her. For her, this is an honor for the family!

After all, these family members who have been eliminated by the times are still qualified to be part of her to witness the arrival of a new era. This is her greatest generosity and compassion!

In just one week, dozens of disappearances occurred in the shelter, but this time the disappearances looked different from the previous ones.

These missing people don't seem to be driven away by monsters, but more like...a kind of escape.

Because they took away their daily necessities.