Interlude Reality 01: Above the Moon Chapter 20: A Short Journey to the Space City (Part 2)
"Eh? Me?"
The girl shuddered all over and pointed at herself as if she was flattered.
After getting a positive answer, he turned his head away as if embarrassed, revealing a slightly shy expression.
"Actually, I was planning to go to the Darwin Mine for a field survey. The ecological circulation system there is damaged and disordered, but there should be a lot of ecological samples left inside. And I looked up some relevant information and found that there are paid infiltration shooting activities there, and you can take away prey, so I want to give it a try."
"Paid sneak shooting? What's that?"
"Don't you know?"
Zhang Lingmeng looked at Li Lin with a confused expression.
It looked as if he was certain that Li Lin would go there when he went to Ningjing Sea, but he was shocked to find that the two of them had completely different thoughts.
Faced with such a subtle expression, Li Lin could only turn his head away subconsciously, not daring to express his confusion and unfamiliarity with the new ecological food. However, the considerate girl seemed to understand something when she saw Li Lin's expression, and she smiled and explained calmly:
"Although there have been ecological disasters and cyclic explosions, the internal ecological network has actually survived. And because the AI is constantly repairing itself, the creatures that have been baptized by space radiation and explosions often show abnormal gene chains and distortions. The creatures inside often show abnormal fertility and attack power, and it is very time-consuming and laborious to clear them out. But they can't break through the protection of the ecosphere. After all, the outside is the real surface of the moon, or the interior of the planet. They can't survive, so they are used by the local government as an entertainment project."
"Everyone can spend a sum of money to drive a special model of sweeping robot from several mine pipes to the interior of these buildings to carry out clearing work. Because all nerves are migrated to reality, the visual effect and feel are the same as reality. Many people like this kind of activity, so this is also a tourist attraction of moderate size. You can also use money to buy the corpses inside as trophies, which is a very popular entertainment project."
“After all, everyone’s mental state is very empty now, so they need this kind of violent game or state to relieve it. The death of a creature can make the anesthetized brain empathize and bring it into a state similar to restarting. This is a very good game for mental release.”
“…Sounds amazing.”
Although I didn't understand .
Seeing a girl who was almost half his age talking confidently in front of him, Li Lin felt ashamed from the bottom of his heart. After all, he was an uneducated person who dropped out of school to play online games. He had an inexplicable sense of inferiority when facing this kind of academic tyrant.
However, the girl didn't seem to want to let Li Lin go so easily. She seemed to think that Li Lin was very interested in this aspect. She held Li Lin's hand with stars in her eyes, as if waiting for Li Lin's next question. However, the player, who had an empty stomach, didn't have any shitty ink and ideas. Facing the little girl's face full of desire to express herself, he could only ponder for a while, then coughed and asked in a low voice:
"But I feel like you don't want to go out and have fun, right? Is the field trip going to be about something big?"
"Yeah! I'm going to do some research!"
“…”
That’s why I don’t want to ask, whether you are doing research and contributing to humanity at such a young age.
Looking at the girl who was proudly patting her chest, as if she was proud and complacent about her own ideas, Li Lin really wanted to just walk away. However, it was too rude, so he gave up.
"Because the explosion inside the mine at that time involved radioactive minerals, all the creatures inside suffered a very serious radiation burst. This caused the gene chains in their bodies to begin to divide and reproduce wildly and disorderly, causing their appearance and behavior patterns to change. Although most of the chains are harmful and have no value worth passing on, I think they can provide relevant reference data."
"Humanity still has no theory on application in this area. I plan to build a small biological laboratory around the Darwin Mine, and then hire some AI assistants to help me with catalysis and management. If possible, I will also purchase the bodies left by those who come there to play. Although no one has studied this, AI believes that the research and investigation here overlaps with other projects, so not much funding is allocated. Most of them are harmful aberrations, and the related gene chains that can be extracted are more like gambling than scientific research."
"But I think that there must be some unrelated aspects between naturally occurring gene chains and targeted gene chains. Perhaps it is feasible to extract certain key chains from the perspective of the laboratory, but I think it is safer to look at the biological whole. We cannot deny that the entire gene chain is wrong just because one distortion is wrong. Humans themselves still have 20% of gene chains to the outside world. After being exposed to the sun, the information that their broken gene chains and related mitochondria can carry will inevitably tend to be chaotic. However, in this chaos, relevant data can be extracted. In other words, reverse deduction is done from what angle and what state such distortion can occur, and simulation and restoration and re-creation are performed, so that the opposite favorable chain may be created in a targeted manner. This is the real reason why I went to the Sea of Tranquility."
The young and promising person with Class B authority said this with pride, while the person with stolen Class A authority looked at the top student girl clapping expressionlessly, wondering if he had lived in vain for the past thirty years.
And didn't you say you were going on a trip? Why did it become scientific research now? How badly do you want to humiliate me, a poor student?
My stomach will hurt if I stay any longer, so I'd better leave.
Modern people can't even afford to offend a primary school student. The evolution of the world is really scary.
"I think the time may be almost up, so I will go back for the time being. You can take your time ."
Li Lin thought for a moment and whispered, then stood up.
"Eh? Are you leaving so soon? We should be on the same ship, right? In that case, we still have some time left, so why don't we chat a little longer..."
"No, I don't think your spaceship is the same as mine. I'll leave first."
Ignoring the girl's request, the sweaty poor student hurriedly bowed to the girl and decided to leave.
"……Wait a moment!"
Then the girl used her cyborg's great strength to grab his arm and forced him to stay where he was.
"Leave your ID code and we'll hang out together when we get to the Sea of Tranquility. I think you're a good person, right?"
“…”
"Did I cause you trouble?"
yes!
But in the end that wasn't the case.
Seeing the girl showing the personal terminal on her wrist with an aggrieved look on her face, Li Lin, sweating profusely, could only exchange the ID code and reveal his existence to this 14-year-old genius girl.
