Tents of all sizes were set up on the outskirts of the camp. Although they were simple, they were enough to block out the wind and rain. These tents were all brought from the Fishbone base. Before the apartments at Camp 27 were built, the residents who were forced to move to the surface could only stay here temporarily.
The rows of simple tents formed a sharp contrast with the hundred metal houses in the middle of the camp. It was like the slums and the rich area.
It was funny that they previously mocked the immigrants who came to the surface in two batches. They said that they didn't want to live a comfortable life and insisted on going to the surface to suffer. But now, the situation seemed to be reversed. The people they mocked were now the people they envied.
After passing through a few simple tents, Jiang Chen walked to a tent in the corner of the camp. A white-haired elder sat at the door as if waiting for him.
"You are Academician Qin?"
Looking at Jiang Chen standing in front of him, the old man smiled kindly and stood up.
"Yes, you must be that Jiang Chen?"
Jiang Chen nodded.
"Your body doesn't seem to be in good condition."
The old man waved his hand and said something that surprised Jiang Chen.
"It's okay, I'm a digitalized human."
Digitalized human? Does digitalized human age too?
Jiang Chen's eyes narrowed, but he quickly returned to normal.
"I heard you have something important to talk to me about. Is this it?"
"Of course not." Academician Qin shook his head. "There's just one thing I want to give you."
As he spoke, he took out a baseball-sized black sphere from his pocket.
Jiang Chen frowned as he looked at it. He felt like he had seen it somewhere before.
Suddenly, his pupils contracted.
"Golden Apple?" Jiang Chen whispered.
Academician Qin paused for a moment before he shook his head. "Is that what you call this? But I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. This is only a communication device. Based on Dr. Klein's research on the special properties of the Klein particle, it is used as a 'phone' for interstellar communication. Of course, the energy of this thing has been depleted. All it can provide you is a coordinate. "
Jiang Chen took the black sphere and carefully examined it. It looked similar to the one he picked up from the U-235 submarine, but this one was significantly lighter.
Also, this must be the real "Golden Apple", not the counterfeit "Golden Apple" that the Third Reich created. However, this thing was not used to broadcast to other timelines, but to communicate across long distances.
"This thing … can it talk to the past?"
Academician Qin smiled at Jiang Chen's question. "In theory, it's possible, but just like Schrodinger's cat, even if you shout a sentence, you can't verify if someone heard it, and you can't be sure if the person who heard it understood."
"Is that so? I heard that this thing is made from brain extract, "Jiang Chen muttered to himself.
"That's a false rumor." Academician Qin laughed. "Indeed, the activity of Klein particles can be observed in the brain extract, but how is it possible to use the human brain to do this?"
[In a parallel world, someone did it …] Jiang Chen mocked in his mind.
After a pause, Academician Qin's expression turned serious as he looked at Jiang Chen. "To be honest, this thing has lost its function. The reason why I'm giving it to you is to explain a fact to you. "
"What fact?" Jiang Chen observed the metal sphere in his hand as he asked nonchalantly.
"This is an experiment."
Jiang Chen's hand stopped as he looked at Academician Qin.
"Experiment?"
"That's right. The experiment is to study how the structure of human society will evolve under the extreme lack of resources." Academician Qin calmly stated a shocking fact.
Jiang Chen's expression was slightly shocked or in disbelief.
But soon, he noticed that something was wrong.
It was too much of a coincidence. [Is the PAC government that useless?] [This is a civil air defense project, and it was built during a period of extreme deterioration in the international situation. It shouldn't be difficult to put in some spare nuclear fusion batteries. It was set for 50 years, but it was forced to start in 20 years. As for Han Junhua, she was obviously not cut out to be a politician.
But he didn't think that the entire fallout shelter was just a lab, and everyone in the fallout shelter was a lab rat.
"In fact, from the beginning, there was not enough energy. It even included choosing the merciful Zhang Qiming as the first fallout shelter leader, and the cold Han Junhua as the second fallout shelter leader. None of them are suitable candidates to be the director, but they can be used as typical personalities for research. "
"The results of the experiment will be sent through this device to the Zhenghe Space Colonization Ship light years away."
The experiment would discuss the typical personality, eliminate the interference, and discuss the outstanding parts of the sample.
It was just that it was too cruel for such an experiment to happen on a human.
"Although it is only a small fallout shelter, don't you think this is a microcosm of society?"
"Why are you telling me this?" Jiang Chen put the metal sphere in his pocket as he smiled.
He was not from PAC, and he had nothing to do with the disbanded World Alliance Organization. He didn't have the time to worry about people light years away.
"I just want to provide you with an idea. If you are fortunate enough to face that choice, I believe you will learn something."
Idea? That choice?
"Idea?" Jiang Chen was puzzled.
"Yes, I've lived in the fallout shelter as a researcher for 20 years. Other than the project I'm responsible for, I've been thinking about another problem."
"What problem?"
"You should have heard of reproductive isolation."
This wasn't some unfathomable concept. Even the biology textbooks of the 21st century would mention it. Jiang Chen only thought about it for a moment before he nodded.
"Because of geographical isolation and other factors, different species of the same species will reproduce in different habitats. Because of the inability to communicate genes, natural selection in different environments will result in the formation of two completely different species."
Academician Qin looked at Jiang Chen and nodded approvingly.
"Although there are some flaws in the theory, that's the general idea. In the case of geographical isolation, after tens of thousands of years of evolution, the same species will evolve into two completely different species. Geographical isolation is the premise of reproductive isolation. Then have you considered another possibility? If because of some factor, it causes geographical isolation between people, what would the result be? "
"Reproductive isolation?" Jiang Chen paused for a moment.
"No, it's ideological isolation." Academician Qin shook his head and threw out a concept Jiang Chen had never heard of before.
"Have you noticed that in just 20 years, the people living underground and the people living on the surface have been separated into two different types of people? What if it's 50 years? Or even longer. "
Jiang Chen had a thoughtful expression on his face as he waited for him to explain.
"In different environments, civilization will change its carrier and environment. From a sociological point of view, it's called civilization evolution. Just like ancient people and modern people didn't have reproductive isolation, but there is an insurmountable gap in their ideology. "
"Looking at the deep space a few light years away, did the space colonization ships also create a gap with us?"
"From the moment the space colonization ships accelerated to the third cosmic speed and escaped the solar system, they were no longer earthlings. Or in other words, they gathered the elites of the entire human civilization and evolved into a higher existence. "
"So what? No matter what they evolved into, they are no longer on earth, "Jiang Chen said nonchalantly.
When he heard Jiang Chen's words, Academician Qin only smiled.
"In the 16th century, what did the European colonists bring to the American continent?"
"Slaughter?"
"No, it's civilization."
[Is there a difference?] Just as Jiang Chen wanted to ask, he suddenly paused.
[That's right, because there is no difference …]
"The rebirth of civilization will be accompanied by bloody savagery," Academician Qin said softly.
"You mean … they will come back?"
"Whether or not they will come back, it is certain that they will do something. And for us' natives', this process will be accompanied by pain. Blood? Sacrifice? However, what is truly frightening is that these actions will probably be justified in their eyes. "
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