"What do you mean..." Li Xianfeng frowned and asked.
"Of course it's cooperation. You should send an artificial satellite, right? Information can be shared, cooperation will not bring losses to both of us, and reinventing the wheel will only waste our costs. Now everyone's life It’s all very difficult, why not join forces with each other to study the mysterious area and save the survivors of those three teams?”
"Tomorrow's satellite survey, we here... also want to get the corresponding data."
Li Xianfeng remained silent.
Professor Peter continued: "If you agree to cooperate, in order to show our sincerity, you will be able to obtain some research materials provided by us."
"If you don't want to, don't force it. May our friendship last forever."
Li Xianfeng pondered for a moment: "The hostile forces on your side are quite big. Can they suppress the opposition?"
"Mr. Li, one moment is the same as the other. The hostility in the past does not represent the present." Professor Peter said unhurriedly on the phone, "No matter what, we are separated by the Pacific Ocean, so it is impossible for us to go to war directly. Isn’t it?”
"We have enough living space for each other, and there is no point in starting a war."
Li Xianfeng reported the cooperation proposal to his superiors.
After a while, an old man's voice came: "We can cooperate."
"In today's world, the situation is changing rapidly. It is the last word to seize every opportunity and strengthen ourselves."
After reaching an agreement, the information presented by the other side of the Pacific was sent to the computer via satellite.
"Following investigation of paranormal phenomena in Hawaii".
Li Xianfeng took a deep breath. Just by looking at the title of this file, he knew it was very important.
The closer you are to the mysterious area, the greater the probability of a mutant creature being born and gaining superpowers.
Although the Hawaii area was plowed by the tsunami, as the closest location to the mysterious Pacific Ocean, it naturally became the best research site.
Many experts read through it for a while, each one discussing with surprised eyes, and the room was filled with excitement.
A total of three conclusions emerged from this dossier.
First, after an investigation, the American expert team believes that the probability of human beings having superpowers is not low, at least 10%. However, some people have difficulty activating it, while others can activate it very easily.
Through big data analysis, physical abilities account for more than 95% of various abilities, and the remaining weird abilities, including invisibility, fire breathing, electric discharge, dreaming, etc., account for the remaining 5%.
"The results are similar to our research results. It's just that their data is more detailed and the amount of data is larger."
"But the emergence of superpowers, apart from increasing the cost of social governance, doesn't mean much. No matter how powerful they are, can they be compared to excavators? Are superpowers willing to work as bricklayers?"
These experts discussed variously: "Not necessarily, some particularly smart minds are suitable for scientific research."
"Those with nimble hands and feet are more suitable for holding guns."
"What's more, with the frequent occurrence of disasters, human productivity is greatly reduced. By then the cost of guns and guns will be too high. In order to save costs, soldiers can only be sent to fight hand-to-hand. Police, soldiers and other professions, let people with super powers It’s more appropriate to be responsible.”
When talking about this topic, everyone sighed slightly in unison.
Nowadays, the economy is paralyzed and the industrial chain has collapsed. Daxia follows a strict "eternal warehouse" system, has abundant food reserves, and still does not starve to death.
There is no way to count how many people have died in the outside world, and they can only be left to fend for themselves. The Malthusian Trap made mankind deeply aware of the harshness of nature at this moment.
What’s even more despairing is that what’s good now will become worse every day in the future.
Their generation also experienced a prosperous age, and even if this prosperous age was not perfect, it was still the most peaceful period in human history.
But when the next generation opens their eyes, they will only see huge ruins. In their eyes, the electronic products of the old era are luxuries, and the novels, animations, and televisions of the old era are their treasures. Throughout their lives, they need to fight against poverty, war and disease.
"Perhaps there is no next generation, and no one is having children at all. With the current situation, who is still having children? Will the fertility rate be one in a thousand?" A young researcher shook his head helplessly.
The birth rate of Daxia Kingdom was not high originally. Now that the disaster has struck, will the birth rate increase? Of course it's impossible.
"Even if you don't have a mortgage, but your life is not good, who would want to have a child?"
The gray-haired Academician Ge sneered: "Why are you so anxious? There were only two thousand people in the Ice Age. Didn't humans still survive?"
"Besides, fertility is a population need and a social need. In the past, society had huge redundancies, which allowed a small number of people to engage in DINK behavior."
"If most people are DINK and the population is small enough to affect the functioning of society, then human society will spontaneously evolve a corresponding moral system to punish those DINKers."
"Do you think human beings are really true, kind and beautiful?"
This is indeed true.
In Fuso Country, which has the most serious aging problem, "the best way to solve the problem of aging is to let the elderly commit seppuku" and "the elderly work until they are seventy years old."
This means that social morality is not static, and morality exists only for the stability of society.
If society is unstable, change morals.
"Okay, okay, everyone knows that the future is bleak, but the important thing is that the road is underfoot. The pessimist is always right, and only the optimist can win the future."
"Comrade Zhang Ming from District 16 is still strong and alive. What do you have to lament?"
"As for the fertility issue, I suggest everyone to have at least one child."
Li Xianfeng cleared his throat: "Continue reading the files."
The second conclusion of this report: Eating the flesh and blood of mutated creatures has a probability of activating the superpowers of ordinary people.
Of course, Daxia's expert team already knew about this matter.
I even did some small experiments.
why?
Because brother Zhang Ming from the mysterious area No. 16 once wrote a line of text on the beach: "Eating crab meat will make you stronger!"
The subtext is this.
Even if the number of mutated creatures is relatively rare, it is enough to gather the efforts of the whole country and conduct some experiments.
The probability of activating superpowers is not too high. It is slightly higher for professional athletes, about one in 10, and slightly lower for ordinary people, at one in 20.
Compared with the conservation of mutated creatures, this kind of experiment is quite costly.
"The information given by Zhang Ming still needs to be taken seriously." Li Xianfeng rubbed his temples, and smiled and promised the surrounding experts that he would use the reports sent by the Americans to ask for more funds from his superiors and do more. experiment.
"At least it can't be less than the number of experiments conducted by Americans, everyone said, right?"
The members in the room burst into laughter.
