Before getting off the bus, Wu Zunliang was still confused: "At home? There must be no one in her family. At that time, old Luo Toppande was the younger brother of our old Pan. He was working in Chuncheng... Lao Luo asked him to help
I wanted to recruit some capable graduate students nearby. I thought it would be hard for Wu Jun to study alone in Chuncheng, so I helped him out."
"Yes, it's Professor Pan De. Xiao Wu and I were recruited in a group by him. Xiao Wu is the youngest among the group."
Dr. Wang got out of the car first and breathed in the slightly hot air in the wilderness. He felt that the pressure was a little relieved, his body movements became more lively, and he nodded like garlic.
When it was Wu Zunliang's turn, he refused Tang Yi's support. Later, when Ronan took over, he didn't refuse, but he still showed a strong posture and finally made a small jump.
At the same time, he kept talking: "...I was also thinking at the time that Wu Jun's kid has a weak personality and can't come up with any tricks through independent research. It's better to take advantage of Lao Luo's east wind to exercise, and the results are really good.
If you dive in, your Luo family will be infected with mystery.
"Her project, I didn't even say anything about it, was what Lao Luo mentioned earlier. It was to develop an ecological network at the genetic level for mutants..."
"Ecological research on distributed aberration gene networks." Dr. Wang blurted out the long name, which was difficult to pronounce. It was rare for him to speak so smoothly.
Ronan raised his eyebrows, but then took the initiative to change the topic.
"The activity of your joints and muscles is not bad." Ronan commented appropriately, "You are well-conditioned and you take a lot of time in the nutrition cabin, and it should be targeted exercises..."
Wu Zunliang felt that Ronan's statement was objective and had a unique vision, so he comforted himself: "People in the city shouldn't put a lot of effort into doing field work?"
As the old man spoke, he stood still and looked around at the situation.
This area is still very desolate, but within the field of vision, including the area where the feet are stepped on, you can see faint traces of man-made artifacts, and the occasional edges and corners deep in the grass can be seen as the remains of some buildings.
This place is indeed in ruins, completely destroyed.
The most conspicuous thing nearby are the vehicles and personnel brought by their group.
In addition to the armed vehicles that transported them, there were also nearly twenty soldiers or military-style bodyguards on the other two armored vehicles. They were all equipped with exoskeletons, and there were even four "Dark Blue Walkers" inside. They were already around.
A cordon was raised.
Generally speaking, even one or two B-level ability users would not dare to provoke this team easily.
Ronan looked at Tang Yi: "Your sponsor is quite generous."
"After all, it is a project that is very promising to be selected as the 'Millennium Concern Project' of the Star Alliance Committee, and the concept is particularly easy to use, and the size is satisfactory." Tang Yi lightly picked up the brim of her hat and smiled very delicately, "Compared to the possible benefits
, scientific research funding is only very small.”
At this time, Lieutenant Colonel Chen came around from the front of the car: "Professor Wu, according to the database, there are currently no aberrations of type B or above in the surrounding area. The closest aberration nest is 200 kilometers away, and it is basically safe...
But we’d better not stay too long, as this is still an area frequented by low-altitude predators.”
"Okay, okay."
Wu Zunliang agreed half-heartedly. His eyes turned to Ronan's face and then to Dr. Wang: "We have no idea about this place, so I'll leave everything to you later!"
"To put it bluntly, I haven't been here in a few years... I must remember the road."
At this moment, Dr. Wang was the focus of almost everyone's attention. He couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He subconsciously made an excuse for himself, but soon made another statement under Ronan's gaze.
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to invite the group of people to go forward: "There is actually a distance between here and the core area of the original laboratory. Now these are just the original defensive bunkers, half on the ground and half underground... The laboratory is
It is completely underground, so the damage caused by the earthquake was also very serious."
Ronan didn't understand and asked: "Why underground?"
"There is a natural cave there."
"But that would only make it more dangerous, right? In humid environments with low light or even no light, the risk of aberrations will be even higher."
"Uh..." Dr. Wang was speechless.
Fortunately, Ronan didn't delve deeper and the group continued moving forward.
The outer cordon also moved, and there were three armed vehicles, making the wasteland quite noisy.
Ronan cast his gaze but didn't say anything after all.
However, Lieutenant Colonel Chen, who had been paying attention to the changes in his expression, immediately pulled off the arm of Captain Qiu next to him, and exchanged a few glances with the latter, and perhaps communicated on the internal communication.
In short, after hesitating for a few seconds, Captain Qiu ordered the armed vehicles to stand by on the spot, and only security personnel could follow.
Without the roar of machinery, the surrounding environment suddenly became much quieter, so that Dr. Wang's voice became clearer. Since he had just been asked, he was acting as a tour guide and trying to change the topic to the direction he was good at:
"Most of our group of people are involved in the 'distributed' gene project, identifying and isolating aberrant genes, measuring the growth environment, and trying to find ways to make them 'live' together, which is similar to pondering a microscopic ecosystem. According to
Dean Luo said that structure is the most important thing...whether it is the structure of the ecological food chain or the physical structure of the spatial environment."
Speaking of familiar technical fields, Dr. Wang became more and more fluent in his speech: "At the beginning in the laboratory, we were mainly responsible for the design of a 'food chain', while Xiao Wu was mainly responsible for designing an ideal coexistence environment.
, both parties work together to ensure that a cyclic and dynamic gene competition map can be completed in a continuous space-time environment, so as to compare the properties and evolutionary trends of various aberrant genes that appear in the wilderness environment to see which one is stronger and which one is weaker.
Some are whether it conforms to the actual environment of wilderness aberrant ecology; on the other hand, we also want to find an ideal genetic coding sequence..."
"Those who are engaged in biology are basically pursuing these pursuits." Wu Zunliang commented briefly, and then thoughtfully said, "I read your paper online, and it is true that a considerable part of it is in the field of 'gene competition'. Although it has been more than ten years, now
It’s very insightful to watch.”
Dr. Wang could only say "ashamed" again. At this time, he was out of control and continued to sigh: "In order to enrich the gene pool, we really did a lot of dealing with aberrations in those years, various experiments! Especially some
There is no way for the laboratory to collect genetic samples of powerful aberrations, and it is very troublesome to go through official channels. We can only entrust the wilderness hunters and tribes, which incur huge expenditures every year. Several times, I thought that the laboratory would not be able to sustain it, but...
…”
"In the end, I didn't get bogged down by money, but by other messy things." Wu Zunliang sighed and wanted to say a few more words, but it was all boring.
At this time, the group had walked more than 200 meters inside. Lieutenant Colonel Chen dutifully informed: "There is a collapse area ahead. For safety reasons, it is better to keep a certain distance."
Dr. Wang also echoed: "The structure of the collapse area is unstable... Hey, in fact, it was one of the safe areas of the laboratory earlier. Dr. Bu's time, it was impacted and became relatively fragile, but it collapsed during the earthquake.
The most serious.”
Ronan turned to look at him: "Is that there?"
"Well, actually we need to move closer to the side."
Dr. Wang tried hard to organize his words: "In 1980, the laboratory was basically captured. Everyone hid in the safe house, but they were bombed and intimidated by those outside. It seemed that there were also abnormal mutants that could travel through the soil.
, it was a mess. The collapse area was the most severely damaged area at that time. In the following years, people were panicked and the economy was stretched, so there was no repair..."
Due to nervousness, Dr. Wang did not describe the situation clearly except for becoming nagging, and he did not even know as much as Ronan did from the information.
However, it is also this living emotion that brings out a sense of immersion that is difficult to express in the cold numbers of the manuscript.
Ronan's gaze stopped on Dr. Wang's face.
Perhaps it was precisely because of his gaze that Dr. Wang felt a little helpless: "Probably, probably this is the reason..."
Luo Nanji pursed his lips slightly: "Dr. Wang, you know, I don't care too much about why this place is what it is now. If possible, I hope to hear more about my mother.
"
"Well, that's the case. Dr. Bu was really reclusive at that time, and the environment in the laboratory was not suitable for pregnant women, so we were not common... In fact, if nothing happened, I heard that Dr. Bu would have been transferred to
I went to Chuncheng to have a baby."
"Why didn't you go to have an abortion earlier? And why did something happen?"
"This..." Dr. Wang asked again.
Just when they were in embarrassment, a low, hoarse voice sounded from in front of the group of people. It passed through the cordon of security personnel and came clearly:
"How can there be so many 'whys'? If I have to find a reason, it's just that the bad curiosity of your Luo family brought about bad luck, trouble and disaster, which infected her and ruined her, that's all."
After the sound sounded, the security personnel on the cordon and their equipment's exoskeletons, including four Dark Blue Walkers, responded with alarm. The three armored vehicles behind them started accordingly and roared over.
However, the target person who caused all this did not take any further actions. Previously, he just "walked" up from the hole in the collapse area like going up stairs, and stood at the edge of the area, wearing the white clothes of an experimenter.
Buttoned, the corners of the clothes undulate and sway with the hot air in the wilderness.
At first glance, it looks like there are staff staying here, taking the initiative to welcome the guests.
Wu Zunliang was immediately blocked by Captain Qiu behind him, but the old man had sharp eyes and had basically identified the figure’s identity: