"Chen Yiqian? How are you doing over there?"
A questioning voice came from the intercom on the protective suit.
The man who received the yellow liquid stood up and said into the intercom: "No. 83, collection successful."
A few cheers came from the intercom: "Great, I have been out for so long and I can finally go back to the academy."
Chen Yiqian stuffed the test tube in his hand with a rubber cap and placed it firmly in the box next to him. Hearing the excited voices of the team members on the intercom, he also smiled. After waiting for so long, their team finally got this fresh, unsolidified yellow protective liquid.
Before leaving, he took another look at the zombies on the ground.
At the zombie's ankles, the yellow liquid has solidified into an amber-like protective film, wrapping tightly around the bones, wrapping the rotting flesh and blood inside. Chen Yiqian even saw that the zombie's foot could move slightly.
He frowned slightly and said to the intercom:
"Wait a little longer and record the time of the shot. See how long it takes for it to regain full functionality."
*
Since the accidents of Hu Yue and Song Zaihu, Class 1 has not only lost its class teacher, but the courses of zombie domestication and zombie behavior have also been at a standstill. Seeing that more than half of the school year is about to pass, the college has arranged for new teachers to teach.
The new zombie training teacher is an unsmiling female teacher named Xing Shuang, who is probably around forty years old. From the beginning of class, she basically followed the knowledge points in the textbook, and rarely extended it, let alone led her classmates to the domestication base for field study.
Su Yu and Hao Tian had attended the class several times and felt that this class was more difficult to listen to than Yu Xue's class. Later, it was discovered that even if a classmate did not go to class, Teacher Xing would still read her textbook without any accountability. The two of them would escape from the zombie training class and go to the training ground to practice.
And today, Hao Tian's long-cherished course on zombie behavior finally started.
The male teacher who teaches zombie behavior also serves as the class teacher, so Su Yu, as the class leader, had already met him the day before class.
The male teacher's name is Gao Zhengyang, who is in his thirties. Compared with Song Zaihu's Shenshennuotao, he is more like a gentle and polite normal person. He had an ordinary appearance that might not be found in a crowd, but he spoke softly and loved to laugh, so Su Yu had a good impression of him.
Today is his first zombie behavior class. When Gao Zhengyang walked into the classroom, the students in the class were still chattering about the new class teacher.
After all, because of those two incidents, the class teacher of Class 1 became a vicious presence in the college forum. Everyone said that they needed to find a tough teacher to suppress the entire Class 1.
"Students, I am your zombie behavior teacher and the head teacher of our first class. My office is in Teaching and Research Center 3022. If you have any questions in the future, you can come to me directly." Gao Zhengyang's opening remarks were as ordinary as his person. But the smile on his face gives people a gentle sense of intimacy.
"Zombie behavior is a relatively niche research specialty. It was first proposed by Antoine Tracy of Section A. He believed that since zombies appear in the world, we should adopt the same attitude as before when studying animals. Study it. But when he matched the research items one by one, Tracy found that the behavior of zombies is not as complicated as the behavior of animals."
He paused and asked everyone to turn their textbooks to page 3.
"At the beginning, Tracy divided zombie behavior into feeding behavior, communication behavior, social behavior, learning behavior, emotional expression behavior, reproductive behavior, social behavior, language, etc. based on animal behavior. However, as the research progressed, He had to overturn his own settings. He found that all the behaviors of zombies were only related to feeding, such as reproduction and social interaction. He began to call the behavior of zombies "controlled behavior" and focused on studying the behavior of zombies. Body movements and language, that is, the appearance of the sounds..."
Teacher Gao has a gentle voice and speaks eloquently about textbook knowledge. Even the boring subject origins that are told in the first lesson of each subject, the students listened attentively.
Hao Tian came over and said secretly: "When it comes to emotional expression, it seems that this scientist from a hundred years ago was right."
Su Yu nodded: "Yes, I now firmly believe that zombies also have emotions, and they may also have other behaviors."
Teacher Gao's lecture sounded again on the podium, and the two of them immediately stopped talking and listened to the lecture.
"It wasn't until fifty years ago that a zombie behaviorist named Gao Junyi in our section proposed a new point of view. He combined Darwin's theory of biological evolution and proposed the two concepts of behavioral genetics and behavioral ecology. He firmly believed , the behavior of zombies will definitely be affected by the environment and change in a way that is beneficial to survival, and this change will be passed on, that is to say - "
He paused deliberately and lengthened his tone:
"Zombie behavior evolves."
Hearing the word "evolution", Hao Tian and Su Yu looked at each other at the same time.
They looked at each other, but before they could speak, Teacher Gao gave a summary explanation: "But so far, we have not found anything to confirm this theory. We can only study their body movements and language, which is called Voice."
"This theory can only be a hypothesis at present." When Gao Zhengyang said this, there was some indistinguishable emotion in his voice.
After class, Hao Tian pulled Su Yu to stop Teacher Gao.
She had been studying zombie behavior by herself in her spare time, and there were many things she didn't understand, so she took this opportunity to ask Gao Zhengyang a few questions she encountered while reading.
Finally, Su Yu heard Hao Tian ask: "Teacher Gao, do you believe in the 'Gao Hypothesis'?"
Gao Zhengyang was stunned for a moment, and then returned to his lecture expression. He blinked and still smiled gently:
"I don't believe it. It's been more than two hundred years since the zombie outbreak. If there are zombies that have evolved, we will definitely know about it."
…
"Why would he lie?" In the cafeteria, Hao Tian frowned and took a mouthful of rice.
"I also think," Su Yu agreed, "I feel that Teacher Gao obviously believes in that hypothesis."
"Yes, what does this mean?"
"Explanation..." Su Yu and Hao Tian looked at each other: "It means that he may have confirmed the changes in the zombies like us, but for some reason, he cannot disclose it."
"Who are you talking about?"
Zheng Wang, who had just finished his meal, sat down next to Su Yu.
"I'm talking about our new head teacher, Teacher Gao." Hao Tian answered him.
"I've heard a lot about him. Do you want to listen?" Zheng Wang raised his eyebrows and smiled.
Hao Tian clenched her fist and punched him lightly: "Say it quickly."
