Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

The wind howled through the mountains and forests, the air was cold, and the trees were covered with dry leaves. Guyi was holding an instrument to test the quality of the light. His expression was a little serious. Jean was lying on a big stone nearby. He was sitting there, holding a cigarette comfortably.

Gene looked at the dim sun in the sky and yawned a little boredly. They had been out for more than ten hours, and this was the nineteenth test point that Gu Yi had arrived at.

Guyi was counting the sun's energy in detail. It had been a whole year since Jean last left for the grassland.

Jean has never been to the grassland again during his time. The eight people have been researching day and night in the base. Many technologies have become a reality and are still in the application testing stage. They found several mineral veins in the mountains and forests, some of which have already been Mining has begun.

Everyone takes turns going to the mine every day to mine and refine the ore, and then bring the metal back to the base. Now there is a very rich stock of metal in the base. Jean and the others are planning to open a cave to store more metal. Metal.

Because these metals will definitely be used in the future, and there are also many rare metals, the eight people are full of confidence in future technology. Now they just need to continue to apply many technologies into reality.

This is a huge and complicated project that cannot be completed in a short time and requires countless efforts. Repeated experiments alone leave eight people with almost no spare time.

"How's the situation?"

Jean asked, Gu Yi looked serious and shook his head.

"According to the current situation, in a while, it will be difficult for the sun to provide energy for plants on the earth. The sun will disappear soon."

Jean's face was solemn. Now they were faced with a choice. If they ignored humans, it would only take ten years at most before humans on this land would become extinct.

"I'll take a trip when I have time. Our aerodynamic machine is still being studied and we can't leave."

Jean said and Gu Yi nodded. He sighed slightly helplessly, his brows full of sorrow.

"We are faced with a dilemma. The best way now is to teach humans to build shelters close to the mountains and forests, otherwise the cold air in this land will kill them in the future."

The direct temperature of the sun has been decreasing for several months, and the worst situation has come ahead of schedule. It is a miracle that the sun can continue to shine on this land for more than two years. We can't expect too much now. We must You have to rely on humans themselves.

The establishment of shelters, water extraction technology, and the establishment of agriculture in the caves are the most important aspects that can allow humans to survive, but to be precise, only a small part of humans can survive.

The most desperate moment is coming. After the sun disappears, the entire world will plunge into coldness and darkness. It is extremely difficult for humans to survive in such a world.

If there is only a small number of humans, there is still a way. But such a large group of humans cannot do anything. The resources are simply not enough for that many humans to survive.

"The only way is to use high-yielding crops. I wonder how well Ellie and the others are doing with their research."

Gene laughed helplessly. For nearly a month, Ellie was almost always in the laboratory and rarely returned to the bedroom. Every time, Gene would bring food to the laboratory and chat with Ellie. , she is still working.

Because Ellie also knows that if the research fails to make breakthrough progress, the humans on that grassland will be doomed and can only wait to die. In the end, the fighting for food will return to the few people who were there when the apocalypse occurred. status of the month.

Moreover, the forces on the grassland should have been basically consolidated now. They should have been prepared for this day. Everyone seems to have a string in their head. Once this string is broken, human beings will fall into To the most primitive madness and cruelty.

"We have to avoid the worst-case scenario, and I think it's better to get them moving as early as possible."

Looking at the worried Gu Yi, Gene asked.

"Approximately how long will it take?"

Gu Yi replied after thinking for a long time.

"Half a year, a conservative estimate."

"In half a year, as long as they work day and night, they can open up some shelters, with our help."

Gene stood up with a smile, extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand, and then looked at the sky in the distance. There was a touch of light gray on the edge of darkness in the distance. The sun was indeed disappearing at a very fast speed, and the temperature outside had dropped. Several times.

Some cold-resistant plants have begun to wither, which is a very bad phenomenon, because it means that the environment has begun to deteriorate. When humans see the environment deteriorating, it has shown that the environment is no longer suitable for human survival.

"There's still one more hour, Mr. Driver, let's go."

As Gu Yi said this, Gene laughed helplessly, squatted down, carried Gu Yi on his back, and jumped away in an instant.

Soon the two came to the last testing point, which was the top of a mountain. The surrounding plants looked very lush because it was much higher than other places.

After taking down the machine placed on the top of the mountain, Gu Yi began to check the data during this period.

"The situation is not very optimistic."

Gene hummed and waited for Gu Yi to record and update the data. He had to clear out the original old data and then let the machine start recording again, otherwise some problems might occur.

Because this is not a stable indoors, but a dangerous outdoors.

Gu Yi also had to check the operation of the machines. The reason why it took so much time was entirely because some machines were damaged and Gu Yi could only repair them on site.

After a while, everything finally ended. It was already 4 o'clock in the afternoon, but now the sun was shining on my body and I couldn't feel the temperature at all.

Jean carried Gu Yi on his back and soon came to the edge of a mine in the mountains. As soon as the two landed, they saw Rose laughing and reading a book. After seeing the two of them, Rose put down her hand. book of.

"Why did you come here?"

Guyi glanced at the furnace outside the mine and the metal in a basket on the side. There was very little. Jean would serve as a porter, going back and forth between the mine and the base, transporting all the metal back.

"That's all you did all day?"

Gu Yi asked, looking a little unhappy.

"What's the matter? It's a rare moment of relaxation. I'm not a machine. I'm not a robot like you two."

Jean smiled awkwardly, and Gu Yi sighed, and stood up directly to get started, intending to continue to get some ore and smelt it to obtain metal materials.

"I really don't understand. Why is he so serious? Although we have become non-humans now, we still have thoughts and feelings. We can't be like robots, working from morning to night. Anyway, I am too lazy to do it today. Let’s talk about it tomorrow. It’ll be done in a few hours.”

Jean nodded. Indeed, they have all become like robots recently. It should be because the sun is disappearing little by little.

Gene looked at the book in Rose's hand. It was a collection of stories, which included many short novels. It was a very thick book. Reading books was probably their only entertainment now.

Even though there is a network here, there are no content providers on the network.

After a while, Gu Yi came up with two big bags of ore and started to smelt it. His expression softened a lot at this time. He looked at Rose and said sincerely.

"Sorry."

"Seriously, really, I will do it well."

The three of them entered the mine, easily mined some ore, and then smelted it. The efficiency was very high. In less than an hour, the basket was full, Jean said after directly provoking it.

"Wait for me here for a while."

After Gene left, Rose sat down again. She took out a cigarette and started smoking. She had never touched this thing before because she thought it was very stupid, but recently she fell in love with it.

Looking at Gu Yi who was still busy, Rose frowned slightly and said with a pout.

"I asked you to stop for a while, Master Gu Yi, and chat with me for a while. I'm bored here alone."

Gu Yi smiled awkwardly and could only walk over.

"I have been thinking about a question these days. The issue of the length of life. If our life span may have no end now, then what does it mean if we continue to survive?"

"To lead humanity to survive."

Gu Yi gave the answer without hesitation.

"What about ordinary people?"

Gu Yi scratched his head and thought for a while before saying.

"I don't know how to answer it, but that's all I can do now."

Rose laughed.

"What do you think will happen if human life is extended?"

Gu Yi was a little confused, he said with a smile.

"This can't be done casually, right? They're not like us."

"Indeed, so I think we need to try it, what do you think?"

Gu Yi put away his smile, shook his head, stood up, and continued to walk to the smelting furnace.

"I think we should not discuss this topic. We have no right to decide the length of human life. I think it is not good. I can't imagine what it will be like if human life is extended, but it is certain. The pain will be doubled.”

Rose laughed, and the sky began to turn gray.

After a while, Gene came back, holding wine and food. Rose hurriedly walked over, and the three of them started eating and drinking on the spot. Rose would not go back until noon tomorrow when Tang Rao came to take over.

Although the metal is completely sufficient for use now, the more the better. If it is slowly accumulated, if a big problem occurs in the future, there will be enough resources to support it.

Rose looked at Jean. She said the question she asked Gu Yi today. After thinking for a moment, Jean shook his head with a smile.

"When we actually do it one day, we will naturally know the answer. The current assumptions are meaningless."

Rose couldn't help but say.

"I really don't know what Ellie likes about you. Really, your answers are really direct and very rational."

After eating, Rose returned to the mine, and Jean and Gu Yi also left.

At 9 o'clock in the evening, the two returned to the base. In an open space near the planting field, Li Chu was holding a laptop and testing a new pipe cleaning robot with Deguna.

Now the base has basically achieved a very high degree of automation. Many places are handled by robots, especially chores such as cleaning, which are all done by robots. They only need to concentrate on research.

Li Chu is already developing a higher-level AI. This has been his idea for many years. Before, it was because of insufficient materials, but now metal can fully meet the demand.

Everything in the base needs to be taken care of to operate normally. As long as it is fully automated, they will have more time to go to human society in the future to help them complete some construction, and they will not have to travel back and forth every day.

It takes at least six or seven days to get to this base. Although several other people can run very fast, it still takes at least one or two days. Only Jean can go back and forth in a short time, but going back and forth all the time is not an option.

"How's the situation?"

Gu Yi asked, and Li Chu sighed.

"Not ideal."

Deguna gave Li Chu a slap. She was now in her twenties, and her whole body exuded the aura of youth.

On weekdays, Lidguna would think of ways to use her power when she had free time. She had to find a way to stop the reverse growth of her body, otherwise she would really turn into a baby if she continued like this.

"You only design the program, but of course you don't know how difficult it is to assemble these small parts into a whole."

Li Chu curled his lips and said.

"You really think the program is so easy to design."

"Okay, have you eaten?"

Gu Yi asked, the two shook their heads, and Jean rolled up his sleeves.

"It's been a long time since we all got together. I'm going to cook. You can just come over for dinner later."

Gene looked at the current fields. All the grains were used for experiments. Ellie and Witte had speeded up the cultivation of fast-growing and large-volume crops. These crops would have side effects when eaten. They had personally tried this. It feels very bad. Humans will definitely die if they eat it for a long time. Their bodies can recover, but humans cannot.

Risks to these crops must now be minimized before seeds can be released to humans.

"By the way, how are things going today?"

Li Chu asked, Deguna also looked over, and Gu Yi took out his computer and began to explain to the two of them.

"Tomorrow you two will help us. We have to dismantle the external power generation panels. Many power generation panels are already damaged. If we continue, these things will be broken, and the power generation capacity will still be so small."

Jean, who walked to the kitchen at this time, looked at Ellie who was writing notes and chewing potatoes.

"Why do you eat so easily?"

Ellie was startled.

"I hate it. I didn't even say a word when I came back."

Gene walked over and gently put his arm around Ellie's shoulders.

"I'll cook you a delicious meal."

Ellie nodded happily and put down the potatoes. Gene turned and walked towards the refrigerator. Ellie stood up at this time.

"I thought about it. I have to go back to the laboratory first. Jean, please bring me the things."

Elle Jean looked a little helpless as she left.

"What is the final meaning of the length of our lives!"