Zhou You was very surprised to find that he had begun to think about the meaning of life.
He shook his head, smiled wryly to himself, and then turned around and went downstairs.
In the elevator, you can meet busy workers and scientific researchers from time to time when traveling around.
The expressions on these people's faces were not very good. They all frowned and looked worried.
Today, the situation in Yulong Community and Lelai New County has changed dramatically compared to a few days ago.
As more and more refugees arrive, bringing more and more bad news from the outside world, public sentiment continues to be unstoppably frustrated, and people are becoming more and more fearful and uneasy.
This is not a dilemma that can be solved by casual propaganda and a few shots of chicken blood.
The Lelai County Government and the Zhou family team did not intend to create and spread false news to deceive the middle and lower class people and create a so-called positive energy atmosphere.
Lies will always be exposed one day.
All it takes is one rat siege and the false stability will burst like a bubble.
At that time, when unprepared people face an army of rats, a real disaster will occur.
Therefore, the intelligence officer from the army gave clear advice before leaving.
After careful study, social science experts believe that people today have a certain degree of psychological preparation for the rapid deterioration of the external environment and the apocalypse.
To put it bluntly, after more than a month of transition, human beings have completely broken away from the psychological state of peace times, clearly understand the current social reality, and are quite mentally prepared for worse bad news.
Almost every survivor has lost more or less family and friends.
As for the locals in Lelai County, although the casualties among relatives and friends were not so heavy, no matter who opened WeChat or opened the phone book, there will always be a few people on it who can never be contacted.
These painful experiences are not only scars left in people's hearts, but also steps to temper their hearts.
Most of those who cannot withstand these blows have either committed suicide or given up on themselves in the face of danger.
The people who are still alive today are of excellent psychological quality.
Therefore, social science experts believe that instead of hiding it, it is better to openly expose the hardships you may face in the future.
It is reasonable that some people will collapse because they cannot bear the blow.
But proportionally speaking, more people will be able to withstand this blow, complete their spiritual transformation, and enter a desperate struggle mentality.
The ancients once said that the soldiers who mourn will surely win.
With the current situation of mankind, I dare not say that victory is guaranteed, but at least it can make people somewhat mentally prepared.
Human spiritual quality is actually not as fragile as imagined.
In ancient times, when the ancestors of mankind were still struggling to survive under the threat of dinosaurs, when the ancestors of modern mankind faced the great flood, they all showed their strongest will in despair.
After going downstairs, Zhou You found his father and told Zhou Lingsheng about the destruction of the missile base reported by military intelligence personnel.
Zhou You asked: "The army's suggestion is to fully disclose the information. Dad, what do you think?"
Zhou Lingsheng thought for a moment, and then said decisively: "Announcement."
"It won't cause chaos?"
"If someone creates chaos, drive them away. According to the news reported by the army, it won't be long before a rat army appears around Lelai County. Let's assume that after the news is announced today, there will be hundreds of
About 10% of people collapse. But the remaining 90% of people can complete the psychological construction and make better psychological preparations in advance. But if we don't say it now, it will be too late when the war actually comes.
The experts’ suggestions are very reasonable.”
"Okay, then it's decided."
The father and son unanimously decided to announce the bad news in advance and make the situation worse.
Zhou Lingsheng also notified the matter to Lelai County Government and Kangyue County Government.
Zhou You also personally issued orders to Kangyue County.
He plans to transfer two important technical personnel, Ding Ling and Wang Yefeng, back to Lelai.
Although it is not yet time to consider giving up Kangyue County, Lelai's military capabilities are after all far stronger than Kangyue's. If we really encounter an army of rats, Lelai will have more time to hold on.
Furthermore, the military and high-level officials gave him some places to participate in the space program. If the time came to have to leave, Zhou You planned to send these two people into the space program.
As the bad news was officially announced, a certain degree of chaos arose in both the new county town and Yulong Community.
Zhou You did not suppress it.
He only did one thing and made a public broadcast himself.
He didn't say much on the radio. He simply told everyone that everyone will die sooner or later. No matter whether it is old age or how, death is always unavoidable.
The rats in the outside world are indeed strong now, and they are getting stronger. In theory, humans have no hope of making a comeback.
Although the reproduction rate of human beings has accelerated a bit, the pregnancy cycle still lasts forty days, and the cycle from baby to adulthood still takes more than a year. Humans do not have one child and one litter like mice, which can produce several babies a year and more than one month.
The explosive reproductive capacity of adulthood.
Therefore, when faced with rats that have the ability to share thoughts and memories, and whose wisdom and knowledge are growing explosively, humans' chances of winning are very slim.
But even so, you have to live one more day.
In addition, Zhou You also reminded you not to have the idea of becoming a traitor.
The reason is very simple. This is not the kind of war between humans in the past. Even if you lose the war, you can still live well as a slave, and maybe there is a chance to stand up.
There is absolute reproductive isolation between mice and humans, and they are two completely different species.
Even if he now chooses to surrender to the rats and become a lackey, living in the area ruled by rats is no better than death. It is a completely dark life.
When the rats completely absorb human knowledge, the only fate that awaits those slaves and lackeys is to become food.
This principle is very simple.
After all, humans have ruled the earth for so many years, and rats also know how cruel creatures like humans are, and there is no way they can allow humans to become their inferior race. That would be a huge hidden danger.
"If you want to leave now, you can go to the Logistics Department to get supplies. The Logistics Department will equip you with a gun, a knife, and some food supplies. But no matter how much you have, they will be gone. In addition, you can also take them away.
Personal items that you already own and redeemed with contribution points. But I hope you will figure out in advance where you are going after you go out, plan your course of action, and don't rush around like a headless fly and die very hastily. As for other people
, I think you know as well as I do that there is no other way out but to stick to this place."
After that, Zhou You finished his speech.
Although he had made his words very clear, nearly 15% of the people still chose to walk out within that day.
Everyone has different thoughts and ideas.
Some people still have family members who are still trapped outside, and they want to find their families no matter what. So the motives of these people are understandable. Since there is really no hope for the future, they would rather die with the family members they care about.
Others believe that although the settlement looks safe on the surface, the target is actually too big. Instead of staying in the settlement and waiting for the large army of rats, they and their families may still have a small number of them.
Friends escape together and try to hide in certain places, such as basements, cellars, or even a big tree with a tree hole in their hometown. The target is no longer so conspicuous, but they have a chance to survive.
Zhou You kept his promise and did not stop anyone.
Not only that, when these people left, he also saw them off at the gate of Yulong Community.
Zhou You said: "I understand your thoughts. This is also a way of survival. Assuming, I mean assuming, if our side is really defeated by then, I sincerely hope that you can continue to persevere. According to
From past experience, rats are animals that are more afraid of the cold. I personally suggest that if you want to go up the mountain, go to a mountain with a relatively high altitude. No matter what, you must find a way to survive. I can also assure you that our side
We will build a copper wall and an iron wall to try to keep the rat army here longer, and we will also kill more rats, so your pressure will naturally be less."
Those who left also understood the idea of traveling around.
Therefore, they did not feel that they had become betrayers, but instead had a clearer understanding of their responsibilities.
Zhou Lingsheng previously thought that 10% of people would fall into collapse, but fortunately, people did not behave so badly.
After a short period of panic, most people slowly calmed down, accepted the situation calmly, and took the initiative to approach their superiors and community managers to ask them what they could do more.
At about this time, the National Academy of Sciences laboratory completed the preparation of experimental equipment.
From now on, the laboratory has resumed its ability to mass-produce Overruns.
However, this is a mobile laboratory after all, and the equipment is not as complete as that in the capital. In the previous rat swarm interception battle, some of the equipment and materials carried by the National Academy of Sciences were damaged to some extent, and now they have only barely restored the equipment.
Just operational capabilities.
Therefore, Huayin told Zhou You that the success rate of using this equipment to artificially activate over-limit awakening cannot reach 70%, only 60%, and the mortality rate is about 10% higher than in the capital.
Huayin asked Zhouyou if he should openly recruit volunteers in Lelai County. With the load capacity of the equipment and the human resource level of technical personnel, on average, about 10,000 people could be transformed every day.
The mortality rate of 40% is indeed shocking.
Zhou You asked: "Can we try any drugs to improve the survival rate? Or prepare more nutritional supplements? Even some stimulants can be used?"
Huayin shook his head, "As early as in the capital, we have already tried every method you can think of. But in theory, we can only achieve 30%. As for now... conditions are limited, there is no way
."
Zhou You thought for a while and said: "In this way, the first batch of volunteers will be recruited mainly with disabled people, as well as those with rich practical experience, who have been injured many times and have better tolerance for pain. You
What do you think? Will this affect the probability of awakening?"
Hua Yin: "You can indeed give it a try. This does not affect the probability. The degree of pain required for over-limit awakening is actually an absolute value."
"That's good, let's do this first."
After making a decision, the news will be announced immediately and volunteers for transformation will be recruited.
When recruiting volunteers, someone once asked whether they should consider lying a little and lower the mortality rate, such as 20%.
In this way, people will be more enthusiastic when signing up.
After all, the probability gap between the two is very large.
But Zhou You once again rejected the proposal, saying that the facts should be disclosed as they are.
In addition to this, Zhou You even announced one more thing, and that is the mystery of age.
Zhou You decided to let everyone know that the average life span of human beings today has indeed been shortened to 7.5 points, which is much shorter than before.
Before, this was top-secret information, but now times have changed and things are different.
After all, it has been more than a month since humans shrunk, which is almost a year when converted into human age in the past.
Many people of the older generation have also slightly felt the changes in their bodies. They know that they have aged a lot, and they have begun to have doubts in their hearts, but they are not sure yet.
Rather than leaving people guessing, it would be better to fully announce it.
Of course, Zhou You also announced that today's children's growth cycle is much shorter than before.
In short, the more times this happens, the less likely you are to use lies to probe human nature.
Even though everyone hasn't collapsed yet, in fact, they all have a tightrope in their hearts. If they really lied, but were exposed by the truth in the end, it would be troublesome.
The registration situation of volunteers was better than the staff expected. In just half a day, more than 30,000 people signed up in Yulong Community.
Most of the more than 30,000 people who are most enthusiastic have one thing in common.
They are relatively older, and they are basically grandparents from various households, with an average age of over fifty.
After a little inquiry by the sample investigation team, they found that among those who work as a family unit, the older generation almost unanimously used the authority of their elders and held down the young and middle-aged people in the family, saying that since the matter was so dangerous, they should
It's time for old guys like you to test the depth of the water first.
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"You are still young, and Xiaobao is still young. Even if we die, at least you are still here, and you can raise the child longer. Besides, I really want you young people to go first, and we old people are just living in secret.
How long can we live? Didn't you read what Mr. Zhou said earlier? Now that we are aging so fast, even if we can barely survive, we can only live for two or three more years, which is meaningless."
"The thing that the scientists made has a really high mortality rate, so we should let the older ones go in first. After I get through it first, I can sum up some experience and teach you a thing or two. Don't worry, I'm a dad.
The salt you eat is more than the rice you eat, nothing I have ever experienced."
"You see, it has always been you young people who have been charging forward and blocking the knives for us old men and women. We are tired of it. When we become those over-limits like Mr. Zhou, we will show you how we used to be.
How capable we are when we are young. Hahahaha..."
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Conversations like this are happening simultaneously in countless families.
The first batch of one thousand selected middle-aged and elderly people who were in relatively good physical condition and in good mental condition quickly walked into the laboratory building under the watch of their family members.
Wandering waited at the door of the building, watching these old warriors.
In the crowd, he saw many familiar faces, including his eldest uncle, second uncle, aunt, Yin Xiuwen and others.
He really didn't expect it.
He was even a little ashamed.
These people may have been ordinary in the first half of their lives, but at this moment, they all stood up without hesitation.