Homo sapiens

Li Qingye was immersed in scientific research in the Pangu Realm, but he was still very clear about the situation on the earth at this time.

In his annual work report some time ago, he gave an instruction to the Science Division to prepare a new plan.

At this time, Jiang Mingxuan, the head of the Science Division, led a dozen ecological and environmental researchers to select suitable areas around the world to implement Li Qingye's instructions.

This plan is called "Specimen Project".

As the name suggests, it is to collect all living things on earth and create specimens.

This specimen can be alive, in genetic form, or in seed form.

Therefore, Jiang Mingxuan plans to break down the specimen plan into three parts. The first is the Earth's biological gene database; the second is the frozen seed and reproductive cell bank; and the third is the small ecological circle.

At present, Jiang Mingxuan has inspected three areas, namely the Central Pacific Ocean, the Amazon Rainforest, and the Sahara Desert.

Originally, these areas had little economic benefit. Apart from tourism and mining, there were basically no other industries.

Therefore, Jiang Mingxuan directly circled many areas for the construction of artificial ecosystems, including 5 small islands in the South Pacific, 5,000 square kilometers of Amazon rainforest, and 5,000 square kilometers of the Sahara Desert.

In addition, he also asked branches in various places to establish artificial ecosystems and seed banks based on the ecology and topography of the region.

He is actually not too worried about the ecology of the tropics.

After all, during the peak of the Ice Age, the ice caps did not reach the tropics. The tropics were the safest areas during the Ice Age.

What really attracts Jiang Mingxuan's attention is the subtropical, temperate and subarctic zones, as well as the high mountain and plateau areas.

He was currently on a passenger airship, over the Arctic Ocean.

In January, the Arctic Ocean has no other color except white. The ice surface reflects most of the sunlight, and the heat radiated by the sun does not remain much, which makes the ice area very cold.

The short daylight quickly slipped away, and the long polar night fell.

Last year was an active period for sunspots, and this year's solar activity is also relatively active.

This can be seen from the colorful aurora outside the window.

"Minister, we will arrive at White Bear Station in 20 minutes."

"knew."

Twenty minutes later, the passenger airship slowly landed on the ice in the fierce cold wind.

The White Bear Station is located in the northwest of the Barents Sea and southeast of the Svalbard Islands. It is not on an island, but on a continental shelf, using a design similar to an offshore drilling platform.

Of course, the scale of the offshore scientific research platform built by the wealthy Homo sapiens company must be very large.

The entire Baixiong Station has a radius of 2.1 kilometers and a sea surface height of 320 meters. It does not look like a scientific research station, but like a fortress.

Of course, there is no problem in calling it a fortress. After all, White Bear Station is equipped with a large number of self-defense weapons, including death ray cannons and intercontinental ballistic missiles.

The 17 scientific research stations deployed by the Homo sapiens company in the Arctic Ocean are all fortress-type bases.

The passenger airship happened to be parked on the dome platform of White Bear Station.

The passenger cabin of the airship is parked just above the special elevator. The elevator is raised as a whole and connected to the bottom of the passenger cabin. People can take the elevator directly down to the interior of White Bear Station.

The management of this kind of scientific research station is dualistic. Scientific research business belongs to the Science Division, and security business belongs to the External Security Division.

Dr. Lang Ning, the captain of the White Bear Station scientific expedition team, happened to be at the base today, so Jiang Mingxuan went directly to his office.

The base is filled with birds and flowers, simulating the autumn weather in the northern temperate zone.

There are many scientific researchers, supporting service personnel, and security personnel living here, with a total number of 13,000.

Inside Dr. Ronning's office.

"Why did Mr. Minister come to the North Pole?" Lang Ning asked curiously while pouring hot coffee.

Jiang Mingxuan took the hot coffee and did not hesitate: "The chairman has assigned a new task to our science department, called the Specimen Project."

"Specimen plan? Is it to collect Arctic Ocean creatures? There are more than 20 polar bears in our station."

Jiang Mingxuan shook his head: "If it is just to collect specimens, there is no need for me to come here in person. The chairman wants us to build some artificial ecosystems in various regions based on climate types around the world, and then preserve local species as much as possible. "

Dr. Langning put down the hot coffee with a surprised expression on his face: "Artificial ecosphere? This is a big project!"

After all, the White Bear Station is composed of more than a dozen small ecological circles.

But this kind of ecosystem is obviously not enough.

The scale must be expanded at least 100 times to maintain a relatively stable ecosystem. This requires frequent manual intervention to ensure stable operation.

Jiang Mingxuan does not think this project is difficult. With the productivity of Homo sapiens Company at this time, it is not too stressful to build a batch of man-made ecosystems with a radius of about 30 kilometers as long as he arranges the plan well.

"Actually, we don't need to be too anxious. After all, the company has already collected most of the genetic samples of animals and plants. Now we are just adding an extra layer of insurance."

Dr. Ronning asked: "The minister's idea is to build an artificial ecosystem at White Bear Station?"

"It depends on the situation! The evaluation team and I have not made a final decision yet."

"What do you need me to do?"

"The doctor only needs to cooperate with us in geological and environmental surveys."

"no problem."

Jiang Mingxuan and his party had dinner at Baixiong Station and got busy the next day.

They need detailed local hydrological data, stratigraphic data, and most importantly, species data.

The Science Division is very serious about building this kind of super-large artificial ecosystem, because this thing is not only used by natural creatures, but can also be transformed into a refuge for new humans when necessary.

Therefore, various protections and facilities must be sufficient and complete.

Jiang Mingxuan cannot guarantee 100% about the future.

Even if the free world does not harm the earth, it does not mean that there are no natural disasters.

Such as the sudden eruption of the Yellowstone volcano, the eruption of the African mantle plume, and the impact of a large asteroid on the earth.

Or a supernova explosion occurs in the surrounding galaxy, emitting gamma ray bursts towards the earth.

Or this time the ice age breaks through the norm and the earth enters snowball mode.

In short, various dangers may arise.

Some people may think this is unfounded worry.

However, many people did not realize that the Homo sapiens company was approaching the first-level civilization at this time.

In this case, the issue that Homo sapiens companies need to consider is no longer the weather changes on the earth, but natural disasters of a higher level.

In the face of disasters such as global climate change, super volcanic eruptions, gamma ray bursts, and asteroid impacts, natural man is powerless, but Homo sapiens companies have the power to resist.

Since you have the power to resist, why should you sit back and wait for death?

Therefore, the Homo sapiens companies are currently engaging in space exploration, building extraterrestrial bases, and building super-large artificial ecosystems to prepare for a rainy day.

This is not unfounded worry, but rather, you can do whatever you want to do if you have the confidence to do so.

The so-called doomsday is a relative concept.

If this ice age had occurred in ancient times, humans at mid- and high-latitudes would have received box lunches long ago.

But now the major forces can still persevere tenaciously. This is the confidence brought by power and technology.

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