"Every individual has the wisdom no less than that of a brain mutant..." Hearing this sentence, No. 17's eyes froze for a moment—he had only had this expression twice in his life—the first time was when When he knew the existence of the big willow tree, the second time was now.
Because only when he feels powerless and completely unable to contend, can he unnaturally produce this almost jaw-dropping expression. In this expression, there are fear, panic, and admiration... a whole is composed of brain mutants How terrible is a high-fertility race? This kind of thing goes without saying—one million Li Qingshui, ten million Li Qingshui, they landed together, then smiled at the people of North America and said, "Hey, dear Darling, here we come .”
Then North America collapsed.
This situation is easy to imagine, the only advantage of human beings facing this kind of race is the accumulation of thousands of years of knowledge, and they can solve this advantage in three days - just imagine Li Qingshui's learning ability.
What is the concept of tens of millions of brain mutants? When smart people and smart people are together, they can have a very strong chemical reaction. This is the same as why those people in the research institute gathered together, and why the seventeen brothers from No. 17 and No. 1 gathered together—things like wisdom can complement each other. And those 10 million sea people might be more terrifying than 10 million Li Qingshui - because 10 million Li Qingshui might not be able to produce such a violent chemical reaction because of their similar personalities and thinking.
And if those sea people gather together and a few more senior leaders appear, it will be impossible for North America not to collapse.
Therefore, it is not surprising that North America collapsed on the 17th. What he wonders is why North America can still send out signals after the collapse, because according to general principles, according to the absolute competitiveness of the sea people, they should have been extinct long ago. Yes—extinct, extinct!
"Why haven't North Americans died out?" No. 17 felt incredible about this. "According to general logic, it's impossible for North Americans to survive because of nuclear weapons?"
"No, it's because the people in the sea told them about human rights!"
"ah??"
"Human rights are human rights!" The old man smiled, "You heard me right."
"Don't talk to me, it's useless. Human rights are a social vocabulary, not a racial vocabulary, and not a biological vocabulary. In this big world, when a newly emerged intelligent life forcefully lands, at least, at this moment , this term should not appear.”
"Then it happened to appear!"
"That's how someone made it appear."
"The only people who can make it appear are themselves." The old man smiled: "That means the people in the sea also feel the crisis."
"Do you feel a crisis?" Number Seventeen asked, "I've been feeling a little bad lately, but I can't figure out what it is. With your computing power, can you tell me what's going to happen this winter? "
"Dead Night." The old man nodded, "That's the name I gave it."
"Dead night?" Seventeenth asked again: "How to die?"
"It's the way that most races will be exterminated." Liu Xinmin let out a long breath, not a sigh, but a feeling of relief—this made No. 17 very puzzled, since such a horrible event happened Name, he can easily imagine that the next winter will be very sad, but he can't figure out why the old man in front of him should breathe a sigh of relief. So, he asked out—
"Why?"
"Because it feels light."
"Why is it easy? Is the dead night good for humans?"
"Half and half, at least human beings don't have to stand on the cusp of the storm. After all, human beings are no longer the invincible race on the throne of the food chain."
"What does this have to do with Dead Night?" Seventeenth was a little anxious, "Don't play charades, I hate talking like that, tell me everything you know, let us be prepared."
"Well, this is what I concluded based on the current biological conditions on the earth, the daily weather conditions, and the last Cambrian biological explosion." The old man nodded, "The biological explosion known to us, plus Now this time there are only two times in total. Therefore, the last biological explosion has a strong reference value, and I also studied the last big outbreak over and over again, and finally concluded some very strange things."
"What's strange?" Number Seventeen asked again—he really didn't like the old man's way of talking, leaving half of what he said and letting others ask half of it, because it made him feel that the other party was very stupid.
"Don't feel like I'm a dick, I just feel like two people are talking, if I'm talking by myself, it's boring." The old man's character is as lonely as snow, "So, you have to understand a person who lives in seclusion all year round. The empty and lonely heart of the old man here."
"I understand." Number Seventeen twitched his brows unnaturally, suppressed his anger and said, "You continue."
"Well, speaking of the last biological explosion - the Cambrian period, how long did it last?" was the old man's first question.
"Two million years." This question was of course nonsense to Number Seventeen.
"Well, how many new species have been produced in the past two million years?" The old man asked the second question.
"How do I know? There should be no fewer than tens of thousands of species. Apart from the fact that the ancestors of all living things were formed in that period, there are more that were eliminated."
"However, not all those who were eliminated were weak and weak." The old man said in a rambling voice: "Did you know that in the geological layer 540 million years ago, there were many animal fossils that were obviously superior to those of other species at the same time?" , but these pioneers were eliminated, don’t you think this is unscientific at all?”
"The best and inferior products are all eliminated, leaving only a balanced middle. This is what you want to express." Seventeenth asked: "Then what does this have to do with the dead night you mentioned?"
"This is my speculation. During the last biological explosion, there were many times when excellent creatures were eliminated, and this phenomenon is naturally abnormal. The reason why this phenomenon can be produced can only be Explain one reason—there is external intervention, and since this kind of intervention comes from the outside and can exterminate the best race, it is naturally very, very intense, and it can be said to be bloody." The old man spoke and raised his head, "And Based on what's going on right now, I'm guessing the intervention comes from weather and climate, so I'm calling it dead night."