Chapter 122 Tumultuous Times

Just as the turmoil on Mad Breath Island had subsided and the farm was transitioning to steady development, subtle changes were taking place in the world situation.

The advanced learning capabilities and strength displayed by the Beast Kings during successive invasions had given all humans a full understanding of the evolved, and humanity began to increase its efforts to create evolved individuals.

The European Union established the "Supernatural Research Institute," investing trillions of euros in resources, vowing to create a powerful force of evolved individuals, and other countries followed suit, all increasing investment in their own national evolved research institutes.

During the research process, humans discovered that atavistic (fanzu) evolved individuals could be created through gene replication, while other types of evolved individuals could not be cloned at all. So far, humans have not yet developed the technology to transfer the genes of some Beast Kings with special abilities into the human body.

This research result was extremely disappointing to many people, because through the war with the Beast Kings, humans discovered that those Beast Kings with special abilities occupied an absolute dominant position in the Beast King group, and this type of gene was precisely what humans urgently needed.

Ordinary Beast King genes can only make the human body stronger, but cannot compete with thermal weapons, and ultimately cannot change the overall situation.

Although ordinary evolved individuals can ignore toxins and radiation and can survive better in the current environment, the cost of the neutralizing agent for gene potions is too expensive, and the resources on Blue Star (Earth) are scarce, simply not enough to create a large number of potions that can transform all humans into evolved individuals.

Under these circumstances, many countries have begun to quietly implement "extinction plans," just like what Bai Changyun said in the past: directly injecting irradiated water sources into the human body, using a huge base number to increase the success rate of special evolved individuals.

This method is undoubtedly very cruel and inhumane, but the incredibly powerful Beast King group of today was born through this extremely cruel method.

Humans will eventually become extinct in this environment. Instead of waiting to die, it is better to use the same method as the Beast Kings to take a gamble. In this process, a large number of humans will be eliminated. In the end, only one in ten thousand or even one in one hundred thousand of the entire Blue Star may survive.

But these surviving humans are all outstanding individuals, the elite of humanity. They possess physical qualities and abilities no weaker than those of the Beast Kings, and they also possess stronger technology than the Beast Kings. Most importantly, they can adapt to all kinds of harsh living environments.

Only such new humans are the spark for humanity to continue to survive on Blue Star.

The rulers of many major powers have recognized this cruel reality. They also want to survive, but they do not want to gamble their lives through the slim chances of the "extinction plan." Therefore, searching worldwide for evolved individuals with the same gene arrangement and combination as themselves, and for raw materials for manufacturing drug neutralizing agents, has become their primary goal after temporarily repelling the beast tide.

Under these circumstances, the human world, which had just repelled the beast tide, once again went to war over the competition for resources.

Some small countries that were lucky enough to survive the beast tide attacks were ruthlessly invaded and annihilated by major powers because they possessed some drug raw materials!

In just seven days, the planes and submarines of major powers were dispatched in large numbers, creating countless hellish scenes.

This is the major powers' revelry after tearing off the mask of civilization, and it is also a disaster for small countries.

Before the world's changes, there were a total of three hundred and twenty-seven countries of all sizes on Blue Star, with a population of nearly eight billion. Within just seventy days of the world's changes, the number of countries on Blue Star sharply decreased to one hundred and eighty-nine, and the population was less than one-third of what it was.

Among these dead people, less than a million were directly killed by the beast tide. More people died from famine, war, and disease.

The existing world system of mankind is already on the verge of collapse. If the problems of drinking water and food cannot be solved, then soon, a global war between major powers will break out. When that time comes, it will not only be airplanes and cannons that are dispatched, but also nuclear aircraft carrier-level weapons!

Perhaps because they smelled the scent of danger, many surviving small countries sought major powers to attach themselves to, offering everything they had to become affiliated states.

Naturally, the major powers would not treat the citizens of the affiliated states as their own people because of this. The armies of the affiliated states had their autonomous command rights revoked and were assigned to search for drug raw materials needed to create evolved individuals.

This work has a high risk factor, because all the world's powers are now doing this. Many "no man's lands" where these materials are stored are targeted by the affiliated states of both sides at the same time, and if they cannot reach an agreement, they will fight fiercely.

For the time being, major powers will not attack each other, maintaining the balance of the last layer of window paper. These affiliated states are the pawns they push out, and the pawns fight each other, creating benefits for the major powers, and striving for a glimmer of survival for their own people in the cracks.

Under these circumstances, in the sea areas of the entire Blue Star, there are countless warships sailing and searching like hungry wolves...

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"You mean that evolved gene replication requires first making the gene arrangement sequence of the replicated and the inoculated the same, and then using a neutralizing agent to neutralize the gene potion to successfully replicate?" Li Tianran sat in the laboratory, looking at Professor Nan, who was busy, and asked, "So troublesome?"

"Analyzing and replicating biological genes is not a simple matter in itself." Professor Nan smiled and said, "Actually, if we can create a neutralizing agent with stronger medicinal properties, then even if the gene arrangement sequences of the replicated and the inoculated are not the same, replication can still be completed."

"Neutralizing agent..." Li Tianran narrowed his eyes, and then asked, "The neutralizing agent needs to be able to suppress the powerful force in the evolved gene, so does it mean that it can suppress the evolved's own ability? What are the manufacturing raw materials included?"

Although the data obtained from Song Zhibin's brain involved many aspects, after Li Tianran's search, he did not find any information about the manufacture of neutralizing agents.

"Many kinds. It is estimated that there are more than a thousand kinds of raw materials in a neutralizing agent, but only a dozen or so are the most important and the most scarce." Professor Nan used fingers wearing experimental gloves to pinch a piece of transparent crystal-like object and placed it in front of Li Tianran, and said, "This is a piece of o98-pti mixed crystal stone that I was very lucky to get before. I have always carried it with me! The product "o98-ses" after it is purified is an important material for neutralizing agents. Its reserves on Blue Star are very scarce. These ten grams of crystal stone could be sold for tens of millions before the world changed!"

Li Tianran wanted to reach out and pinch the priceless crystal stone, but was stopped by Professor Nan, who handed over a sterile glove, meaning it was very obvious.

"Is it necessary?" Li Tianran was speechless.

"It is extremely rare." Professor Nan tilted his head: "It not only represents a medicinal material, but it also has extremely high artistic value!"

Li Tianran smiled silently, "A small crystal, and you even came up with artistic value..."

Professor Nan glanced at Li Tianran sideways, with a face full of "a word is too much to say".

Di Di Di!

At this moment, the doorbell of the laboratory rang.

Qin Yiming walked in with a strange expression, holding a piece of ore as big as a head with soil and gravel in his hands, walked to Li Tianran and said, "Boss, this was mined from the No. 2 mining area. We don't know what it is, so we brought it to you to take a look..."

Li Tianran took the ore in Qin Yiming's hand and looked at the crystals exposed at the damaged part. The expression on his face instantly froze.

"Go, go, go, the laboratory is a sterile and dust-free environment. If you make so much dust, it will damage the equipment!" Professor Nan was a little anxious and glared.

Li Tianran seemed to have not heard Professor Nan's words at all. He carefully looked at the ore in his hand for a long time, then raised his head, raised his eyebrows, and asked extremely seriously:

"Comrade Nan Changming... tell me the truth, were you bragging to me just now?"

Professor Nan was stunned and didn't know what Li Tianran was talking about.

Li Tianran slapped the ore in his hand on the experimental table and pointed to the exposed crystal, "Isn't this the same thing as your precious treasure? Didn't you say this thing is very rare?"

"The crystal in my hand, whether it is from the size or the artistic value, seems to be much bigger than yours!"