Chapter 903
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This was a natural cave that was several kilometers underground. It was a place that young Reed had found during one of his expeditions into the wilderness. He named it New Eden.
"There's no natural light here, but there are self-illuminating plants." Reed pointed at the glowing lights hanging upside down on the ceiling of the cave. Susan and Dum both thought that it was an artificial light source installed by Reed.
"These lights look like stars, but they actually come from a type of fungus. They can emit a weak light source, but when they light up together, they provide basic photosynthesis, just like the artificial light source we created in the laboratory. "
"This provides the most basic light source for this ecological park. Because of this light, the underground fungus can grow. In fact, the main living things in the underground environment are these fungus. " Reid introduced the creatures and plants in the cave as if he was familiar with his family's treasures. It was as easy as knowing where his palm prints went.
"There's also an underground river flowing through here. There are some special aquatic arthropods and some strange spores." Young Reed spread his hands and said proudly, "This is a complete ecological park! They've achieved self-circulation! Do you understand what all this means? As long as they're given enough time, they can give birth to another form of civilization. Even intelligent life! "
Reed said with a hint of fantasy, "This is the best research topic. We should intervene in this biological evolution. In fact, I've been doing this for a few years. "
"Look at these arrangements." Reed pointed at some obvious man-made traces in the wide underground cave. He said excitedly, "I've made some improvements to this place. For example, I've increased the oxygen content and added some suitable growth stimulants. I'm accelerating the progress of an ecological civilization. Moreover, these underground spore lifeforms were evolving much faster than I had expected. A few years ago, they were only single-celled creatures, but now there are arthropods in the water. "
"I've mastered a few drugs that can accelerate their biological evolution process. By emitting gas here, their evolution process can be accelerated. As long as they continue to evolve at this speed, we can have a brand new ecological civilization in a decade or so!" Reed had already thought of the best ending. After that, he won the Nobel Prize in Biology and became the CEO. He won the Ms. Perfect (Susan) and reached the peak of his life.
But just as he was praising his future, the taciturn Dum poured a bucket of cold water on him.
"You want to build another ecosystem and then control it yourself? You're even accelerating the evolution of these creatures? Then let them break out from the ground and destroy human civilization? "Dum looked at the fanatical Reid coldly.
"Don't you know how fragile Earth's ecosystem is? How do these fungi and the aquatic arthropods spread so quickly? " Dum frowned as he looked at the arthropods in the underground pond. They looked like miniature versions of the alien facehuggers in Hollywood movies, disgusting to look at.
Dum really couldn't figure out what Reid was trying to do with these things. Was he trying to create a mutant? Could it be that Reid was actually a descendant of the Predators?
They can only live underground for now. I'm trying to improve their adaptability, "Dr. Reed said.
Dum said in an incomprehensible tone, "Are you crazy? Improving the adaptability of a group of new creatures that don't know the situation? It's like creating a super antibody for a super virus so that the virus can't be killed by any antibiotics! "
"You're too pessimistic, Dum. Of course I can't let these things go to the surface. I'll control the range. This place is of great significance to human scientific research. Their life forms are very special. I've done a lot of research and found a few catalysts. As long as we control it, we can use ten years to observe the evolution of a group of spores or fungi over thousands or even tens of thousands of years! Do you understand the significance of this? We can create a civilization! "Reid didn't like Dum because he couldn't show off in front of Susan anymore.
Dum didn't give in to Reid's argument. "Do you know what you're doing? You think you can control everything, but can you control everything? Do you think you're an omniscient and omnipotent god? This place must be destroyed! "
Dum had already made up his mind. This place couldn't be left on Earth. (Tony: Well done, Dum. You're right. Otherwise, if the young Reid really did this, we might have to carry Head & Shoulders shampoo to kill those mutant monsters.)
"Impossible! You're destroying my painstaking efforts. This is the birthplace of my future Nobel Prize! "Reid didn't give in either.
Just when the two were about to explode, Susan interrupted and played a moderating role. "Okay, okay, gentlemen. Let's not quarrel, okay? Especially you, Dum. Take your hands off your hips. I know you've brought something alive. Unless you want to kill Reid now, you'd better take it back! "
Susan's words made Dum's face twitch. He slowly withdrew his hand. Reid was also shocked by Susan's words. He asked Susan, "What did you say Dum brought? A pistol? "
Susan glanced at Reid. "It's even worse than that. It's a gadget Dum developed himself. He showed me a high-temperature molten gun. It can shoot a heat ray of 11,500 degrees at its highest power. With one shot, you'll disappear from this world completely and return to the state of particles. "
"Hmph." Dum snorted coldly at Reid, but didn't refute Susan's words. Reid also temporarily stopped firing because of Dum's attitude, especially his molten gun.
The three of them exited the cave in an awkward atmosphere. They camped outside for the night, and Dum and Reid were still arguing about whether they should destroy this place.
While the two of them were arguing, a group of uninvited guests suddenly visited this inconspicuous wilderness. First, a dark light flashed. Then, a group of humanoid creatures appeared on the ground after the light faded.
They looked like the green goblins in the fairy tales, but they were much stronger. They were creatures between the orcs and goblins in human legends.
They looked like they were heavily injured, lying on the ground in a daze for a long time. When the first strong goblin stood up, he looked around at the wilderness and the only place with light in the wilderness — Reid's camp.
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