"Name?"
"Danny Brolin..."
"Age."
"... I'm probably... In my fifties."
"Why do you say that? Don't you know your age?"
"Hehehe... I only remember that when Resident Evil broke out, I was twenty years old. Now at least thirty years have passed, but does time still mean anything to us survivors?"
"Where are you from?"
"I'm Scottish. My hometown is Linlithgow, Scotland..."
"What's your relationship with the other four people?"
"Jennifer and the others? They're all my wives. We originally wanted to have a few children, but after one of my wives got pregnant, the baby was infected with the ubiquitous T-virus in the womb. In the end, the baby tore open her belly... From then on, we didn't plan to have children. Even if we did get pregnant, we'd quickly abort it... "
"I heard from your wife, Jennifer, that she once had a husband, but you killed him?"
"Yes, all men were protecting themselves. In order to prevent him from killing me, I killed him first..."
"Then you took his wife by force?"
"She did it willingly because without me, she wouldn't survive more than three months in the outside world."
"Did the other wives come to you the same way?"
"No, there's one who was my original wife..."
"You mentioned the T-virus before, what's that?"
"It's that group of things in the outside world that are neither human nor ghost. We call them zombies. Human civilization was destroyed by them and the T-virus caused most humans to turn into those kinds of zombies. Only a few survived and were then hunted down by those zombies..."
"There don't seem to be many of them?"
"Hehe... After so many years, most of the wounded zombies have basically decayed, but humans are about to completely disappear, right?"
"Where did the T-virus you mentioned come from?"
"Umbrella, of course, it came from that damn bastard company Umbrella. Before the zombie virus spread, the news had been reported on TV, so everyone knew that the T-virus came from there..."
...
A day later, Chen Chen sat in his office on the top floor of the Blacklight Building in Eco Science City and received the first-hand interrogation video sent by the Blacklight Foundation.
In the video, in an empty and sealed interrogation room, a researcher in a white coat was sitting in front of a desk, and opposite him was a white man with a full beard, an old face, but a pair of fierce eyes.
The two of them engaged in a lengthy conversation that lasted for more than three hours. They basically asked each other about their past and present lives, as well as trivial matters.
Then, it was the remaining four women. From the interrogation of these women, they learned that the man named Brolin had already killed at least eight survivors, all of whom were men. He seemed to have consciously killed the same sex in order to prevent the other party from competing with him for female resources.
Chen Chen only skimmed through it casually and dragged the video to the end.
By now, the four major continents had confirmed that the true identity of this dimension was the dimension from the movie Resident Evil and they had also obtained the T-virus.
Chen Chen did not have any objection to this because the T-virus had long been a common thing for Chen Chen. At most, it was used to create organic biological weapons because the T-virus could only be used on life embryos. If it was used on adult life, the other party would only have to become zombies.
If one wanted to customize a T-virus that matched one's genes like Chen Chen did, one would need a huge amount of money, two would need superb biotechnology, and three would need a super artificial intelligence to analyze the virus protein.
These three conditions were like three mountains, nailing down the possibility of humans developing the T-virus. At present, there was no biological laboratory in the world that had these three capabilities at the same time.
Therefore, for at least 30 years, Chen Chen was not worried about the four major continents using the T-virus to cause any trouble. After 30 years, Chen Chen would inevitably develop even stronger. At that time, he would not have to worry about the T-virus being controlled by the Earth Federation.
Next, what the four major continents had to do was naturally to start developing the Resident Evil dimension. Although more than 30 years had passed in that world and most of the fragments of human civilization had decayed, there were still many things that could be obtained.
In particular, the land and mineral resources of that world. It was like an ordinary person suddenly obtaining a large amount of inheritance left by a predecessor. After the four major continents obtained a parallel world, they were like old farmers who had harvested the harvest of the autumn harvest.
Still, as a member of the Blacklight Foundation, Chen Chen naturally had a share in this.
Chen Chen did not care much about this. He was not like any other government that needed resources to feed their people and increase their GDP. If the four major continents were four large families, then Blacklight Biotechnology was a loner who only had one person to feed and the rest of the family to feed.
The only things that Chen Chen cared about were humanity itself and himself. This was not because Chen Chen was righteous but because the existence of Blacklight Biotechnology depended on human civilization. If human civilization was gone, then Blacklight Biotechnology would also lose its purpose of existence.
Chen Chen's goal had always been clear, which was to live forever. However, living forever alone was also meaningless. This was not the reality. In this world, there was no such thing as a martial artist, a person suppressing an entire world, and so on. Humans were social animals, so Chen Chen hoped that his parents and relatives could accompany him for a long time.
They represented the meaning of Chen Chen's longevity.
Although it was likely that a series of changes in the moral cognitive system would occur after human beings gained a long lifespan, this was also a manifestation of the diversity of human civilization.
Just like in ancient times, everyone was born unequal and only the Emperor was the highest ruling class, but people did not think there was anything wrong with this. However, if anyone dared to voice this opinion in today's world, they would inevitably be drowned in the spit of others.
Another example was that people often said that there were three ways to be unfilial, and the worst was to have no descendants. This was also in line with the social conditions of ancient times because the lifespan of the ancients was relatively short. Only by increasing the fertility rate could the continuation of civilization be guaranteed.
However, in modern times, due to the changes in social civilization, there were now examples of DINK, unmarried, and even same-sex unions. In addition, with the popularization of the age-reversal treatment program, human life expectancy had increased dramatically, and descendants were no longer the most important thing for humans. This was also in line with the national conditions of modern society.
Another example was if Chen Chen developed a virtual world that was comparable to the real world, where humans could do whatever they wanted in that world. Once a large number of humans entered, it would inevitably lead to a loss of benefits in the real world. There would also be a group of objections and boycotts, criticizing this virtual world game and those who played the game for having too much fun. There might even be cases like "Yuzhang Normal University" and so on.
This was a normal phenomenon in itself, but if the virtual world was more complete and could be linked to the real monetary system, and at the same time, after the consciousness entered, the body in the real world could be better protected and life expectancy extended. Then, gradually, the virtual world would naturally change from being reviled by thousands of people to becoming one of the new social rules.
In the future, humans might even be divided into two camps by default. One group would develop in the real world, and the other group would develop in the virtual world. There would be no advantage or disadvantage between the two sides. It was just like how some people chose liberal arts when they went to school, while others chose science; some graduated and chose scientific research, while others chose to develop in the entertainment industry.
And this was yet another change in the system of moral cognition.
There was an old saying: "The way of the saints, change with the world, never tire in the face of love."
A long time ago, Chen Chen had proposed three major strategies for the development of Blacklight Biotechnology, namely — biomedicine, aerospace, and the Internet. Among them, biomedicine represented the continuation of human civilization, but also the path of human evolution. Controlling this path meant controlling the present of mankind.
In addition, the aerospace industry represented the future of mankind. This future was not a future in a few years or a decade, but a future hundreds or thousands of years in the future!
The Internet corresponded to the real world, representing the spiritual world of mankind. It could even be a necessary path to shift class conflicts in the real world, stabilize the social order, and create an alternative social system!
At this time, in the aerospace industry and biomedicine, Blacklight Biotechnology was at the forefront of the Earth Federation, becoming a leading presence. As for the Internet, Chen Chen proposed four sub-era plans —
The first of which was the VR sub-era, and this sub-era was brought about by the release of the "V.1 haptic shock chair" back then. In the following few years, the haptic shock chair had reached the V.2 generation, and the brain-control technology and display technology carried on it were also more developed, closer to reality.
The second era was the era of artificial intelligence entering the civilian sector. Chen Chen had just launched this plan this year, and it was the kind of robot private butler named "Xiao Ai" that entered thousands of households.
It could be said that after the release of this "Xiao Ai", the babysitting market and some simple labor markets had suffered heavy losses. Public opinion was also mixed on the robot private butler. Some people thought that these robots would cause the uncanny valley phenomenon, some people worried about the possible intelligent machine crisis in a hundred years, and some people were related to the interests, protesting all day long, trying in vain to force Blacklight Biotechnology to cancel the research and development of the robot technology.
In this regard, Chen Chen was naturally dismissive. Human science and technology would always progress, and the progress of science and technology would definitely lead to the elimination of old industries. This was an irreversible fact, just like the wheel of history rolling forward. These opposing behaviors were like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, and they would inevitably end up in pieces.
According to the ancient saying, this was called the general trend.
As for the third and fourth eras of the Four Eras Plan, they would have to wait for a few decades. At the very least, they would have to wait until the second eras were completely stabilized and popularized.
These thoughts were a mess and flashed through Chen Chen's mind, but just as Chen Chen was secretly thinking about the future plan, the elevator door opened again, and at the same time, Little X walked into Chen Chen's office.
"Sir Godfather, Zurama has secretly come to the lobby at the entrance. He wants to see you now."
"Zurama?"
Chen Chen raised his eyebrows, then sneered. "Let him in."
With that, Chen Chen leaned directly on the leather chair behind him, silently waiting for the other party's arrival.
Little X nodded and returned to the elevator again.
Two minutes later, a middle-aged black man who looked like he was in his forties appeared in Chen Chen's office with a radiant face.
Zurama used to look like Morgan Freeman, the old man in the movie Lucy who finally obtained the Lucy USB flash drive. Now, although he had become younger after recuperation, he looked more and more like Morgan Freeman.
Seeing the arrival of the other party, Chen Chen did not even stand up. He just asked lazily, "Mr. President, what brings you here?"
"Well, it's been so many years, you don't have to pretend to be polite with me."
Zurama smiled helplessly. He directly sat in the chair opposite Chen Chen's desk as if he was very familiar with him. Little X immediately brought a set of teacups and poured some brewed tea into it.
Smelling this refreshing tea fragrance, Zurama could not help but close his eyes, a little intoxicated. Since it was placed in Chen Chen's office, it naturally could not be some unknown tea.
As he came to Chen Chen's office more often, Zurama gradually fell in love with the tea culture of Mainland China.
Next, it was Zurama's tea tasting time.
Chen Chen did not disturb him. He just quietly drank his own tea, waiting for Zurama to make his request.
Yes, with Chen Chen's support, Zurama was elected as the fourth president of Namibia at the end of 2025 without any suspense.
The president of Namibia was the head of state, head of government, and commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the Republic of Namibia. Each term of office was five years and could not exceed two terms. This was only Zurama's first term.
After Zurama, who was single-handedly supported by Blacklight Biotechnology, was elected as president, it could be said that the relationship between Namibia and Blacklight Biotechnology had become closer, almost ushering in a second honeymoon period.
Not only that, but Blacklight Biotechnology had also brought unprecedented prosperity to Namibia. Whether it was economy or culture, it had surpassed the Rainbow Nation and reached the top of Africa. In particular, Blacklight Biotechnology's poverty alleviation activities had lifted millions of Namibians out of poverty and into a well-off society.
The only problem was that the current Namibian regime had long been a figurehead by Blacklight Biotechnology...
However, Chen Chen had no ambitions for politics. Strictly speaking, he did not even care for Namibia. Controlling this country was only for the better development of Blacklight Biotechnology. Therefore, Chen Chen and Namibia were basically in a strange state of balance, and no one was willing to break this balance.
About ten minutes later, Zurama finished the tea in his cup, then sighed and said, "Chen Chen, I came this time to bring a request from the Congress. As you know, with the development of Namibia in recent years, our national strength has been growing day by day. Whether it's industry or tourism, they have repeatedly reached new highs, and more people have chosen to become Namibian citizens...
"We know that this is all thanks to your Blacklight Biotechnology, but with the development of the country, our power system has gradually been unable to make ends meet, so..."
At this point, Zurama could not help but pause, a little dazzling. "We want to ask Blacklight Biotechnology to invest in several nuclear power plants to help alleviate the aging problem of our country's power system..."
Hearing the other party's request, Chen Chen frowned because he naturally understood that the nuclear power plant mentioned by Zurama was not the traditional nuclear fission substation like before, but the recently announced "CUERB Project", which was the nuclear fusion reactor project.
If it was not for the nuclear fusion reactor, Zurama would not have coincidentally come at this time to make a request to build a nuclear power plant.
This old thing, how dare he ask...
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