Unconventional security

"The glaciers are melting too fast. Before the previous wave of the virus could be contained, a new virus has emerged. The global population has already decreased by 37.48%, and the vast majority of countries have perished."

"But humanity cannot be wiped out; Operation Firestarter is launched immediately!"

"Operation Fireseed has three plans: the space program, the cryogenics program, and the adaptive program."

"Comrade Chen Bei, the Human Conference has decided to select you as one of the 100 cryopreservation project members."

"I, Chen Bei, accept the organization's arrangements!"

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Blowing away the smoke rings in front of him, Chen Bei threw the cigarette butt at his feet; there were already quite a few cigarette butts scattered on the ground.

He knew the general direction of these three plans. The space program sent 100 people into space to find new planets to live on.

The cryonics project involved 200 state-of-the-art cryogenic chambers capable of maintaining various human bodily functions. This research began in 2014.

The Adaptive Project selects the top 1,000 people in various indicators, prioritizes their survival, and uses them as subjects for cutting-edge biological research to undergo genetic mutations, break through genetic locks, and unleash abilities far exceeding those of humans.

Chen Bei was only able to be born after the energy of the cryogenic chamber had been exhausted for two hundred years.

I never expected to open my eyes to a social system with extremely strict rules.

Clearly, the adaptive plan was successful.

"After three years, I've finally found teammates."

Since being unfrozen, Chen Bei has never given up looking for teammates.

It took him three years to understand the situation and settle down before he was able to get his current position as the head of the police station.

Because it was a secret operation, everyone entered the cryo-chamber from different locations and didn't get to see each other. They could only identify each other using coded messages, and "A Song of Ice and Fire" was the content of those coded messages.

The fact that the social system has developed into this way indicates that there's something wrong with the members of that adaptive program.

When you become the top of the food chain, your mindset naturally changes.

Are those so-called countermeasures really feasible? And who would bother to do them?

Chen Bei ripped the poster off the wall of the room; it was more like an official document than a poster.

[Top-tier mission, rewarded upon completion; those with outstanding performance may be granted entry to the upper city.]

[Mission details are as follows: During the Great Cataclysm, 200 people carrying a highly dangerous virus entered hibernation pods. The time and location are unknown, but they are highly likely to reappear in the coming years.]

[Once it re-emerges, and after a prolonged period of spread, the danger level will be extremely high. Even with triple gene lock activation, there is a very high probability of being poisoned and killed. Report it immediately upon discovery!]

[Includes photos of hibernation pods]

[Provide information on the location of hibernation pods; minimum reward of 1 city-state coins per instance.]

[Provide information about resurrected individuals; those whose information is valid can enter the Upper City District to activate and unlock one gene lock for free. Those who have already awakened can obtain energy liquid.]

[Those arrested for resurgence can move to Shangcheng to live.]

This is a document addressed to the 103 local police stations in the Xiacheng District, and the terms are extremely tempting.

If Chen Bei hadn't been the one being arrested, he really would have wanted to give it a try.

This information was released a month after Chen Beifu's recovery. At that time, he was not yet the head of the police station and had no authority to interfere with the release of information.

Later, he voluntarily provided the location information of his hibernation pod, along with the information of the revived people, which enabled the first genetic lock to be opened in Shangcheng.

However, Chen Bei was not reporting his own information, but rather the information of his teammates whom he had met before and who were also part of the plan.

"I don't know how many are still alive. The last time this kind of message was sent, they said that a total of 7 people had been arrested so far."

"During this period, many people's hibernation pods were damaged, and some died before surviving the cataclysm. There were also various other accidents, and not many people were able to recover after things stabilized."

"There are still people who have been swept away by the waves. The continental plates have split again in the last hundred years, and the current surface area is as high as 45%, but the area occupied by human-made cities is less than 5%."

Chen Bei roughly went through the important information in his mind. He wondered what unknown things lay beyond the land, which humanity was still exploring.

However, people in the lower district are not qualified to obtain more specific information.

These past few years of perseverance and hard work have been truly remarkable.

Even if he doesn't change the social system, at least he can't be reduced to the bottom, especially since he's being hunted down all the time.

"We need to find our teammates first, Xiaoxue and Ye Zhixue."

As the sun sets, there are few pedestrians on the street.

dong dong dong.

Boom, boom, boom.

Knocking on the door at the agreed-upon rhythm, Ye Zhixue opened the door to welcome the guest shortly afterward.

The girl, wrapped in a bathrobe, her hair draped over her shoulders, looked up and met his gaze.

"Sheriff? I don't think I've done anything wrong?"

Chen Bei was dressed in casual clothes, and the fact that the other party could recognize him meant they clearly knew him beforehand.

"Cryogenic Warehouse Project, No. 23, Fire from Ice."

Chen Bei quickly checked the information; A Song of Ice and Fire wasn't actually going to feature any songs, it was just a smokescreen.

If you have to sing an entire song to use a secret code, is it still a secret code?

Every code word has a smokescreen.

Ye Zhixue's eyes flashed, and the two looked at each other to confirm whether it was true or false.

Those who unlock their genetic potential have far superior all-around perception compared to ordinary people. In the blink of an eye, she opened the door and invited Chen Bei into the house.

"I never expected Director Chen to be such an old monster. My serial number is 107, and I was thawed five years ago."

"Five years ago? How could you be a high school student? Back then, the minimum age for the cryogenics project was 18."

Chen Bei plopped down on the sofa, feeling more relaxed than he had in the past three years.

This feeling of finding one's organization is like coming home.

"Genetic lock."

As Ye Zhixue spoke, she took a can of Coke from the refrigerator and handed it to Chen Bei, the only beverage that has survived to this day for over a century.

It is said that most of the senior councilors in the Upper East Side liked it, so the Coca-Cola Company was rebuilt.

"I have awakened two genetic locks, one is strength, and the other is vitality."

"With significantly increased cell activity, my youthful physique will be prolonged, my lifespan will increase proportionally, and my body will have higher resistance."

Chen Bei nodded in response. The first three gene locks activated basic abilities, totaling more than ten. These were not secrets, but he had not yet activated this one.

"Have you considered that by having Zhou Lehu do this, you're not only attracting your companions, but also those bounty hunters?"

"The 103rd district is under my deliberate suppression. Other districts are very hostile towards us and their arrest efforts are very intense. What you're doing is too risky."

"I've been in office for a year, and I've done a major overhaul of the police station. I've been keeping an eye on things, but without any results. So far, they've only arrested seven people."

Chen Bei told her everything he knew, and she sat down next to her, pulled open the tab of her Coke, and took a big sip.

"No need to look anymore, you are the last person to return to the cryogenic chamber project."

"Besides, we don't have many days left to live."