Chapter 98: Fractured
After the impact of the Corrupted Beasts in Chapter 2 of the World Destruction, the appearance of the black cloud blocked all communications between human gathering points, and the huge mutated beasts once again weakened the remaining human forces. The Red Star Republic, which was still lingering on, completely fell apart. New forces were established with those giant fortresses as the center.
The Xijing Fortress became independent and the Northwest People's United Government was established.
Guangchuan Fortress became independent and the Southeast Rescue Alliance was established.
The Hong Kong City Fortress became independent and a provisional government of Hong Kong Island was established.
The Lucheng Fortress became independent and established a coastal salvation front.
The Liaocheng Fortress became independent and established the Northeast Wartime Alliance.
The Jinling Fortress became independent and the Jinling Self-Help Consortium was established.
The Chuancheng Fortress became independent and the Southwestern People's Front was established.
These are some relatively large local forces built on the basis of giant fortresses, and the areas originally controlled by the most powerful Haijing Fortress have become completely dark areas. From the beginning to the end, no new information has been sent out from the Haijing Fortress, as if it had become a black hole of information.
The Salvation Alliance, with Salvation City as its core, now relied on the Southwestern People's Front and maintained a loose affiliation.
It is really sad that the Red Star Republic, which was originally one of the three major countries in the world, has fallen to this point. Even such a powerful force has fallen to this point. I wonder if all the small countries have fallen? After listening to Long Ran's explanation of the situation, this was the first thought that came to Li Feng's mind.
"The so-called superpowers are actually just another form of releasing body energy." In the brightly lit laboratory, Long Ran said to Li Feng with a serious face. In front of them were busy experimenters in white coats and a number of sophisticated medical instruments. From the data that kept flowing down the computer screens, it can be seen that Long Ran's laboratory in the Savior City is definitely not just an empty shell.
According to Long Ran's introduction, Li Feng also had some understanding of the laboratory in the Savior City. Many of the scientific researchers here were former medical experts and university professors from surrounding cities, and even medical professors from Steel City University. These people were originally poor refugees. After fleeing here, Long Ran immediately picked them out, provided them with good food and drink every day, and let them study the T virus and mutants here.
These people also understood their situation and responsibilities, and lived up to everyone's expectations. Although they did not achieve any breakthrough research results in the T virus, they did gain a lot of experience in the use and training of mutants' superpowers.
"Human movement, breathing, thinking , etc. can all be considered a form of body energy release. For example, exhaling hot air is actually the release of thermal energy. When the energy level of this release increases by hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of times, it becomes a supernatural power." Long Ran's voice was low and powerful, and he spoke to Li Feng with a serious expression.
Li Feng nodded. Long Ran's explanation was similar to his understanding of superpowers.
"You know, except for sex cells, every human cell has a complete set of genes, and in each set of genes, only 2% of the content is useful. The rest has always been called junk DNA. And it is these DNAs that are regarded as junk that make mutants different from ordinary people! In peacetime, the biggest difference between us mutants who are captured by the government and ordinary people is that some of our junk DNA has begun to become useful and participate in body transformation."
"According to current research, when the biochemical crisis broke out, it seems that a mysterious energy began to awaken the 'junk genes' in all mutants. These genes have been lurking in our bodies. They were originally no different from ordinary genes, but once awakened, they immediately began to transform the 'host's' body. Yes, I am talking about the 'host'. These genes are just like a group of smart parasites." Long Ran said, laughing, "I heard all this knowledge from those experts and professors. I didn't quite understand it at first, but later I gradually understood it."
Then his face became serious and he continued, "Now, we call this gene 'mutant gene'."
Hearing this, Li Feng's inner feeling could only be described as shock. The research conclusions drawn by the Savior City were completely consistent with the information he obtained through the Colonial Core. The mutant gene must be the "big genetic gene" mentioned by the Colonial Core. He was also happy that humans could achieve this step. As a race that has existed for millions of years, humans are not so easy to be defeated after all.
Li Feng was so impulsive that he almost wanted to tell Long Ran about the big genetics, but he thought that he had too many secrets. If all of them were exposed, he would be coveted by various forces and even be captured for research, so he suppressed this idea. The psychological shadow left by Wu Qiang before was too serious . Although Long Ran seemed to have a strong sense of justice and was generous, who knew if he would betray Li Feng for the so-called future of mankind.
Unexpectedly, seeing Li Feng's hesitation, Long Ran smiled gently and said, "Child, I think I am old enough to be your father. Please allow me to call you child. I have seen a wanted order issued by the Haijing government before. I know you have some secrets. I just want to tell you that if you think this secret will pose a threat to you, then let it remain a secret forever."
Li Feng never expected that Long Ran would actually say this. He felt warm in his heart and gave Long Ran a grateful smile. He said, "Thank you, Uncle Long. I will be careful. It's not a special secret. According to the information I got, the next disaster will be a plague of insects!" Li Feng was originally planning to tell Long Ran about the plague of insects , so there was nothing wrong in telling it now.
"Insect plague!?" When Long Ran heard this, he immediately frowned and repeated these three words.
"Yes, I think you should have heard about the Plague of Rotten Beasts from He Gang. This Plague of Insects is actually the attack of mutated insects on humans." Li Feng said slowly. Because he was the core of the colonization system, he directly controlled the background system, so he knew much more than He Gang.
"I suggest that we immediately release this information in the name of the Salvation Alliance, calling on all fortresses to prepare for the upcoming disaster." Richemont continued.
Long Ran nodded and said, "Yes, I will send this message to Chuancheng Fortress immediately. Because of the black cloud, all wireless communications have been interrupted, and most of the underground cables have been damaged by mutant beasts. We are now only connected to Chuancheng Fortress. If this line is also broken, we may really have to rely on manpower to transmit information..."
Later, Long Ran took Li Feng to a heavily guarded building. On the top of the building hung a large sign with the four characters "Red Star Bank" written on it. It was obviously a former bank. The two passed through layers of guards and came to a room full of electronic equipment. Here were some staff officers and intelligence personnel who were constantly analyzing various information. Long Ran came to a communicator and carefully entered a series of passwords on it. After undergoing a pupil test, he heard a light "beep" sound, and a long-lost information interface appeared on the holographic screen.
At the top of the information interface, there are several large red characters: "Chuancheng Fortress of the Southwestern People's Front."
Seeing the name of Chuancheng, Li Feng's breathing suddenly became a little rapid, and he asked: "Uncle Long, can this thing be used to query the personnel information in Chuancheng Fortress?"
He suddenly thought that Mu Qi's home was in Chuancheng, and his parents were probably also in Chuancheng before the biochemical crisis broke out!
