The Secret History of Mars

"Miss Xingmeng, are you feeling better? Do you still want to hear the truth about Empress Nuwa's five-color stone patching the sky?" Ye Qinghe turned around and asked Cui Xingmeng, who was sitting between the two floors.

Shui Zaitian led the keeper of seed No. 6457 downstairs. When he passed by Cui Xingmeng, Cui Xingmeng had roughly guessed the truth about the immortal tree. At this time, he had calmed down and replied, "Of course I have to listen."

"Then do you want to sit here and listen, or go upstairs to listen?" Ye Qinghe asked.

"What's upstairs?" Cui Xingmeng was a little alert, but it would be better to ask and be mentally prepared.

"It is the seed bank of Mars and the origin of all these stories." Ye Qinghe saw her thoughts and said with a smile, "It won't be as ugly as the immortal tree, don't worry Miss Xingmeng."

After hearing what Ye Qinghe said, Cui Xingmeng walked up with the support of Yuan Yizhou, trying to avoid looking at the densely packed human cloning carriers on the fourth floor, "Okay, please lead the way, Mr. Ye!"

Yuan Yizhou and Cui Xingmeng followed Ye Qinghe to the fifth floor of the Hanging Hu Tower, which is also the top floor of the building. From the outside, it looks like the umbrella-shaped crown of a banyan tree.

Sure enough, as Ye Qinghe said, as soon as he entered this floor, his eyes suddenly opened up. The hemispherical dome is decorated with exquisite medieval-style murals. The light shines in from the central dome, giving people a sense of solemnity.

Directly under the dome, rows of transparent crystal bars are stacked on top of each other. From a distance, they look like stairs leading to heaven. Along the circular inner wall, similar crystal strips are neatly arranged, making the entire space more ethereal and transparent.

Cui Xingmeng swept away the gloomy mood just now and admired the scenery in front of her with admiration, "This is the seed bank of Mars?! It's so beautiful! It's like heaven, I feel like my soul is being purified."

"Miss Xingmeng's feeling is very accurate. The energy field here can indeed purify cells and ensure the health of all kinds of seeds." Ye Qinghe responded, "This seed bank contains the genetic information of all Martian creatures before the star core cooled down. Each energy crystal is set with the optimal energy and storage conditions based on the type of seed being sealed. Over the past few million years, each seed has been kept in the best state to sleep."

"Sleeping in the best state?" Cui Xingmeng strolled among these colorful animals and plants of different shapes, preserved in energy crystals, "Then when do they need to wake up?"

"Theoretically, they don't need to wake up. We only need to use energy crystals to translate and extract the genetic information of the required seeds. With carbon-based or silicon-based cells, we can synthesize a carrier carrying the genetic information of the seeds." Ye Qinghe Explained, "That's how the immortal tree downstairs was made."

"Eternal sleep without needing to wake up?" Yuan Yizhou murmured.

"This is the location of all life and the No. 0 seed of each of our species." Ye Qinghe continued.

"What do you mean when you say Xing Meng is your No. 1 seed? What does it have to do with the No. 0 seed here?" Yuan Yizhou suddenly remembered the question that had puzzled him these past few days. " Jia Liang said that Lin Die voluntarily participated in the earth experiment. What does the No. 1 backup seed mean? Why is Lin Die not a No. 2 or other numbered seed? "

"That's because, Mr. Yizhou, you can be the catalyst shared by the two of them." Ye Qinghe said teasingly, "Come with me to see the energy crystal here. What is sealed here is the original gene of Elder Cang Xi. , is also the original genetic template of Miss Xingmeng’s No. 0 seed.”

The two of them followed Ye Qinghe to the row of energy crystals under the central dome that looked like stairs to heaven. At the top of this row of stairs, there was a huge energy crystal bar. Through its cross-section and the sunlight shining from the dome, Cui Xingmeng saw a face exactly like his own, sleeping peacefully and peacefully. She tilted her head slightly, trying to see if the body of this No. 0 seed was also in the same human form as her own. It turned out that behind the whole face, there was no body, but the same faces arranged neatly one after another! The entire energy crystal bar seems to store countless long transparent coffins with the heads of Elder Cangxi in order!

After Cui Xingmeng saw this clearly, her legs softened and she fell into the arms of Yuan Yizhou behind him.

"Why are there only heads, and there are so many of them? Are you sure they are not overlapping images of holographic projections?" Cui Xingmeng was greatly frightened, but his weak voice still conveyed the clear logic of his brain.

"The genetic information carried by the brain is similar to that of other organs, but the expression of its genes can affect the behavior and cognitive process of the organism." Ye Qinghe explained, "So, as long as the genetic information of the brain is kept intact, no matter what kind of The types of vehicles, behaviors and cognitive processes are all similar."

"And since it's a seed bank, naturally you can't have only one seed for each species. The risk is too high. What's wrong with having more backups?" Ye Qinghe felt a little strange about Cui Xingmeng's reaction.

"Then you said I was the catalyst, so what's the matter?" Yuan Yizhou saw that Cui Xingmeng was really not used to such a scene, so he brought the topic to himself.

"Mr. Yuan should have guessed that you are actually the No. 1 seed. Elder Bao Xi's original gene is your No. 0 seed template." Ye Qinghe raised his finger and pointed to an energy crystal under Elder Cang Xi's energy crystal strip. , because they are placed staggered with the former, from the angle where they stand, the face of Elder Bao Xi cannot be seen. "But in addition to carrying the genes of seed No. 0 and evolving in the earth's environment, you have an additional task."

"Become the lover of Xingmeng?" Yuan Yizhou remembered Jia Liang mentioning it.

"Yes, in order to ensure that people on earth will not repeat the mistakes of Martians and eventually evolve to asexual reproduction, in addition to carrying the core genes of the two elders, the original genes of you and Miss Xingmeng, the Y chromosome of your gender genome , is preset with an emotional response to Miss Star Dream’s genome. This emotional response can only be stimulated by you, so you are the catalyst for Miss Star Dream.”

"In other words, the love at first sight between you two is a destiny written in your genes!"

"Then why did I become Lin Die's catalyst? That was also preset?" Yuan Yizhou was obviously not comfortable with this straightforward statement.

"That's not true. You and Miss Xingmeng are the direct descendants of the No. 0 seed. After so many years of sexual evolution, there will naturally be many other gene permutations and combinations scattered in various branches." Ye Qinghe continued, "Miss Lin Die It is very likely that you have inherited some fragments of the emotional response genome, but because these fragments are incomplete, there is no way to stimulate your response, but you have the function of catalyzing her."