Earth Era

Zhao Huasheng's body shook slightly.

The previous brightness of Mars has not diminished. This also means that the radiation levels on the other side of the sun have not diminished either. And now Mars is dimmed...

Mengzhuo's words are still spreading into Zhao Huasheng's mind: "But the scientific research department decided to let the Thunderstorm Mercury probe go to the other side of the sun. After all, the other side of the sun has not weakened for a short time. They hope to find some clues from there. "

"Okay. The whole sun is covered." Zhao Huasheng sighed, "How is the sun today?"

"It's not getting better. Solar radiation levels are still dropping." Monjo shook his head.

"If...if the level of solar radiation keeps decreasing, even to the point where even the equator is too cold for human survival, what should we do? What about our civilization?" Zhao Huasheng said hurriedly, as if he couldn't breathe same gas.

Meng Zhuo glanced at Zhao Huasheng: "The equator project is a project on the bright side, and the government is still secretly hosting the "City of Life" project. The City of Life project will build a fully enclosed huge city in a geologically stable place , in order to prevent the extremely low temperature and various severe weather that may be brought about by the drastic reduction in the level of solar radiation. Even if the sun is completely extinguished, the earth's atmosphere will all turn into solid and fall to the ground, because of the thick outer shell and the defense system Protection, the City of Life does not have to worry about being harmed by various harmful rays in the universe, asteroid impacts, and the vacuum and low temperature environment.”

"The city of life...how many people can it accommodate?"

"It will not exceed two million people at most. The scientific research department has already made an assessment. Because of the extreme difficulty in obtaining energy on the earth after the doomsday, if the population exceeds two million people, we will store as much energy and food as possible. The time it can support will not exceed ten years. And ten years... is the minimum expected time for a breakthrough in controllable nuclear fusion technology."

"What about the remaining people? That's a population of nearly seven billion..." Zhao Huasheng murmured. In fact, Zhao Huasheng already had the answer in his heart, but the answer was so cruel that Zhao Huasheng didn't even dare to think about it.

But the answer that Zhao Huasheng didn't even dare to think about came out of Mengzhuo's mouth lightly and skillfully. Meng Zhuo's tone remained unchanged, as if he was saying "I drank a bowl of noodles today".

"Death." Meng Zhuo spat out the word lightly, "We have no choice."

"Tell me, everyone, who can be qualified to enter the city of life..." Zhao Huasheng asked tremblingly.

"The elites in human society." Mengzhuo's tone remained flat, "Only the elites can pass on human civilization. They can be successful businessmen—they have already demonstrated their excellence if they can be successful; they can also be Politicians with high positions... Don't deny that without leaders, human society would collapse completely, as well as scientists, engineers, researchers of all disciplines of human beings, and outstanding artists such as musicians, painters, singers, calligraphers etc. They will be the main force to inherit human technology and culture. In short, only the most outstanding people can obtain the pass to the city of life. Of course, these outstanding people also include you and me. Even if you do not have the special status at this moment, With your knowledge as a stellar physicist, you are also qualified to enter the city of life."

"In addition, there will be various creatures on the earth, such as chickens, ducks, geese, tigers, leopards, and various plant seeds. After all, if the sun returns to normal one day in the future, human beings will It is possible to return to the outside again. Without all kinds of animals and plants, human beings would have a hard time surviving... There will also be various artworks, collections, etc. in human culture, all of which will be preserved in the City of Life. Crisis The center has already dispatched forces to initially determine the candidates and collect various animal specimens and art collections. After all... If you wait until it is really determined that the equator is no longer suitable for human survival before doing these tasks, there will be too little time... ..."

"Of course... this is just a worst-case scenario. Personally, I also hope that the situation will improve, and that what they do is useless." Meng Zhuo said indifferently.

Zhao Huasheng's body was shaking uncontrollably.

"You are very thoughtful, very comprehensive... You have thought of everything, even the preservation of artworks and animal specimens, but you have not thought of our kind, that is our kind! A total of seven billion of the same kind!" Zhao Huasheng yelled these words under his throat. There was a red light in Zhao Huasheng's eyes, like a man-eating beast.

But Meng Zhuo remained calm, as if he did not see Zhao Huasheng's emotional changes. Mengzhuo glanced at Zhao Huasheng again: "As I said, you have no choice. You have to make such a choice. You should let go of your eyes from a single individual and observe from the overall level Question. Let me ask you, if the situation is really at its worst, and the City of Life can only accommodate two million people, and you make the decision, who would you choose to be eligible to enter the City of Life?"

"You choose ordinary people? But even if these two million people are all ordinary people, there are still nearly seven billion people who are not qualified to survive. Since you can choose anyone, why not choose outstanding ones? An outstanding person who can better pass on human civilization?"

Zhao Huasheng wanted to refute, but didn't know what to say. What Munjo said seems to make sense... Since everyone is chosen, why not choose outstanding people? From the point of view of maximizing income, it is indeed the most sensible way to choose outstanding people to enter the City of Life. For human beings as a whole, the benefits that outstanding people can obtain by surviving are undoubtedly much higher than ordinary people.

"Also... in the planning of the city of life, the outstanding people only occupy one million places, and the remaining one million places are reserved for ordinary people." Mengzhuo said, "During the great migration to the equator Among them, everyone will have a little blood drawn by the gene bank under the Ministry of Science and Technology to analyze their genes, and these genetic data will be summarized in the database, and the next step of genetic screening will be carried out. Those who contain disease-causing genes will be eliminated. Those with weak genes will be eliminated, and those with excellent genes will be selected. In the next step, these ordinary people with excellent survival genes will be further screened. Those with specific skills and those in their prime will enter the next round of screening quotas, and then The final round of screening will be carried out based on the overall population structure ratio of the City of Life, the sex ratio of men and women, and one million ordinary people will be finally selected."

"Then, except for the 2 million people who entered the city of life, the remaining 7 billion people can only choose to die in the low temperature and severe cold, right...?" Zhao Huasheng murmured.

"That's right." Monjo nodded.

Zhao Huasheng took a deep breath, then turned his head, and cast his gaze on the long street that had become somewhat deserted. The implementation of the equatorial project brought almost immediate results, which made this once bustling big city deserted in an instant. But even so, there are still some people on this street.

Zhao Huasheng saw a couple walking hand in hand. Although it was a summer night, both of them had already put on long trousers and long shirts because of the cold weather. After walking a certain distance, the man in the couple bowed his head and whispered a few words in the girl's ear, then took off the gown he was wearing, and gently put it on the girl.

Beneath the man's gown is a simple two-strand tank top. Beneath the tank top are his muscular and muscular bodies. The girl stopped and put her eyes on the man's chest, her eyes were full of tenderness. She looked at the man's chest, as if she saw the whole world and saw the support.

The girl turned around and hugged the man tightly, and the man also hugged the girl. The two cuddled close together, as if no power between heaven and earth could separate them.

But Zhao Huasheng knew what power could separate them. If a man is selected and a girl is not selected in genetic screening, or if a girl is selected and a man is not selected, or if both are not selected...

Something seemed to be touched in Zhao Huasheng's heart. Zhao Huasheng suddenly couldn't bear to look at this couple.

"They probably don't know their situation yet... If the solar radiation level doesn't improve, and if the City of Life plan is really implemented, then what kind of cruel future will greet them?"

"If the situation is really at its worst... then like this couple, how many people in this world will fall into a tragic situation? Among these people, there may be husband and wife, father and son, or There are siblings, friends, lovers..."

"Actually, to a certain extent, their fate is also in your hands." Mengzhuo seemed to have seen through Zhao Huasheng's thoughts. Just when Zhao Huasheng's heart was fluctuating, this passage of Mengzhuo floated into Zhao Huasheng in the ear.

"In my hands?" Zhao Huasheng murmured.

"That's right." Mengzhuo said, "If director Li Qi really knows the solution to the problem, and you really solve the riddle left by Li Qi, then... each of us doesn't have to face this problem. The cruelest choice. Lovers, husband and wife, father and son, brothers and sisters, friends... all don't have to be separated, and all don't have to die."

"I understand, let's go, let's go back." Zhao Huasheng nodded, then turned around and left. Mengzhuo followed behind Zhao Huasheng. With Mengzhuo's eyesight, he could clearly see some white mixed into Zhao Huasheng's black hair. And Mundo remembers very clearly that these whites did not exist yesterday.

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