Fu Wenduo pressed his ear against the metal wall of the safe.
One hand gently tapped the side of the box.
The other hand kept moving the password lock, listening to the sounds inside. Tang Mo used a flashlight to illuminate the room. The three people held their breaths as they heard the sound of the lock turning in the room.
They weren't afraid of anything.
Just in case.
It stood to reason that the black tower institute was hidden underground.
The appearance of a robot laboratory was used as a cover and the security was very high. Such an inconspicuous black safe placed in the corner shouldn't have any extra protection measures. It could be directly opened by force. However, Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo decided to try it carefully.
The password of the safe had a total of eight digits.
One hour later.
Fu Wenduo tried four numbers.
The three people were very patient. After another half an hour, there was a clear sound and Fu Wenduo looked up at Tang Mo. The two people nodded.
Fu Wenduo straightened his body and opened the heavy safe.
The flashlight shone in and there were no measures to prevent violent demolition. Tang Mo took out a thick stack of information and saw dense English words.
Texas Marine Biological Research Institute
Experimental time: November 15th, 2017
Experimental subject: XX jellyfish
… …
Grade A reaction: 141 experimental samples died …
Tang Mo spread out the thick information on the table.
It was for the three people to read together. There were too many exclusive terms in this information. It was normal for Fu Wensheng to not understand because Tang Mo's English wasn't bad at university.
He only understood a general idea. He tried to read all the information.
But he was still bewildered by such a sloppy reading of the book.
Tang Mo turned the information back to the first page.
He looked at the line above.
"… Is it a jellyfish?"
Fu Wenduo's low voice was heard. "It is the lighthouse jellyfish."
Tang Mo turned to look at him.
Fu Wenduo explained, "This experiment is to study the lighthouse jellyfish. This jellyfish generally inhabit the waters of Central America.
Recently, a large number of them died. The black tower institute in the United States found this abnormality and brought the samples to China. The two countries discussed it together. The experimental abnormality happened on November 15th and the American researchers came on the 17th. The two sides didn't have time to study it carefully before the earth went online. "
Tang Mo said, "I seem to have heard of the lighthouse jellyfish."
Fu Wenduo didn't know this. What was written on the document was not something that could be understood just by having a good command of English. It required a certain amount of knowledge. This wasn't their specialty. Perhaps Luo Fengcheng could understand, but he was far away in Shanghai.
Since there was no other way, the three of them carefully inspected the laboratory again. After confirming that there were no other abnormalities, they took the information and the blue glassware on the safe. The water in this vessel had been left for five months and was already muddy. Tang Mo guessed that the original thing inside was probably the lighthouse jellyfish. It was only when the Earth went online that all the animals in the world disappeared and only humans were left. That was why this vessel was empty.
The three of them took the documents and quietly left the research institute in the dark of the night.
Tang Mo found a Xinhua bookstore. With his experience as a librarian, he easily found a thick set of marine biology English dictionaries. The three of them looked at this book that was thicker than a dictionary. After flipping through it for a day and a night, they finally figured out the content of this document.
The lighthouse jellyfish inhabits the Caribbean, and in recent years, it has spread to the waters of Spain and Japan.
It was a small jellyfish with a transparent body and a red digestive system on its head. The whole body was about 5 mm long and was only the size of a human fingernail. Jellyfish were generally very sensitive to various reactions in nature. Just like dragonflies would fly low and earthworms would crawl out of the mud before a rainy day, jellyfish were much more sensitive to nature than humans. Thus, after the black tower went online, the Texas Marine Biological Research Institute collected more than 200 kinds of jellyfish around the world for research, including the lighthouse jellyfish.
"The lighthouse jellyfish is the only known organism in the world that can change from an adult to a juvenile …"
Tang Mo was shocked when he saw this introduction.
From an adult back to a juvenile … this meant that this organism could achieve rejuvenation. Tang Mo had a guess in his heart. He looked down and sure enough, the lighthouse jellyfish was immortal!
Once the lighthouse jellyfish reached the sexual maturity stage, it would change back to a juvenile body and then grow from a juvenile body to a sexually mature body. There was no limit to the number of times this change process could occur. In other words, if there was no external force to kill these jellyfish, they could reproduce again and again, turning into a juvenile body and growing into a sexually mature body.
Tang Mo looked at the empty blue vessel. The lighthouse jellyfish were originally placed here but they were bound to disappear when the earth went online. And before disappearing … they actually died.
The three people had read all the information. The reason why the Black Tower Research Institute deliberately crossed the Pacific Ocean to China to discuss the experiment with the lighthouse jellyfish was that these lighthouse jellyfish died in a safe environment. There were 201 experimental samples and 141 died, nearly two-thirds of them.
Tang Mo thought about it. "The information says that these lighthouse jellyfish didn't die from external forces but from self-reproduction. Every time they reproduce asexually, they should change back to a polypus hydroid form. However, on November 15th, two-thirds of this batch of lighthouse jellyfish didn't change back to a polypus hydroid form after reproducing. Like other jellyfish, they died directly. "
Fu Wensheng said, "November 15th was the day the black tower first made a statement. Three days later, the earth went online. The death of these jellyfish must be related to the black tower. Jellyfish are more aware of changes in nature than humans. Did they sense something and die? "
This made sense.
November 15th was a special day and it was hard not to think of the black tower. In addition, jellyfish were very sensitive animals. These lighthouse jellyfish were most likely aware of some changes and died. However, it still didn't make sense.
"These 141 lighthouse jellyfish should have changed back to a juvenile form after asexual reproduction. However, they didn't change and died." Tang Mo frowned and his brain worked quickly. After a long time, he suddenly looked up at Fu Wenduo and thought of a word. "This isn't suicide, right?"
Fu Wenduo's imagination had always been bigger than Tang Mo's but he was slightly stunned when he heard Tang Mo's words.
Fu Wenduo thought for a moment. "It wasn't affected by external forces. It really is suicide."
A light flashed in Tang Mo's mind.
He seemed to have seen a creature similar to the lighthouse jellyfish. It wasn't immortal but it was very similar. He recalled for a long time and finally found the thing in the memory fragments. Tang Mo immediately said, "I saw a lobster before. It is the product of a genetic mutation. Lobsters are sexually reproducing creatures but that lobster can reproduce asexually. In other words, it can constantly clone itself and all its offspring will have the same genes. It is considered immortal and is a bit similar to the lighthouse jellyfish. "
Fu Wenduo gradually understood Tang Mo's meaning. "You mean, asexual reproduction, constant cloning and the genes don't change …"
Tang Mo suddenly grasped the light. "The genes never change, that is to say, there will be no evolution."
Fu Wenduo's eyes narrowed and he grasped the keyword. "… Evolution."
Yes, it was evolution.
Tang Mo turned the information to the last 10 pages. In the lighthouse jellyfish's death experiment, the researchers gave 11 possibilities of death. There were three possibilities that were the most likely. The first was the influence of external forces. Even if the researchers were certain that they had accurately controlled the external factors of the experiment, they weren't 100% sure that these jellyfish could reproduce in a completely safe state. The second was that the lighthouse jellyfish had a special way of dying that humans hadn't discovered yet. The third was species evolution.
Asexual reproduction was a low form of reproduction. The stability of genes made it difficult for asexual species, such as paramecia and jellyfish, to evolve. Sexual reproduction was the mainstream of evolution.
The American researchers didn't think that these lighthouse jellyfish would suddenly evolve overnight because it didn't conform to biological theory. However, they probably never knew that three days later, humans around the world would be forced to enter the black tower game. Compared with the black tower, it was normal for organisms to suddenly evolve.
"They guessed that it was related to the black tower but they didn't guess that the black tower would end up like this."
The American researchers came across the ocean and couldn't come to a conclusion before disappearing. However, they passed a guess to Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo five months later.
Everything the black tower did was for the evolution of humans.
No one could prove whether this conjecture was correct or not. Right now, there was no lighthouse jellyfish on Earth to support this theory. Tang Mo's heart beat quickly. After a long time, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath to calm himself down.
In the end, this was just a guess.
Tang Mo read all the information again and remembered it in his mind. To be safe, Fu Wenduo and Fu Wensheng also read it. Then Tang Mo burned the information. This included the lighthouse jellyfish that disappeared into the blue container. He also threw the blue glass container into the fire.
After doing all this, Tang Mo looked up and found that Fu Wenduo was looking at him.
The two of them stared at each other quietly.
After a long time, Tang Mo smiled and asked, "It doesn't seem so strange. If the black tower is really forcing people to evolve, then it is reasonable to use it as a catalyst to stimulate human abilities. But why humans? "
The lighthouse jellyfish had evolved but after three days, they all disappeared. In the end, only humans were left on Earth.
In the quiet bookstore, Fu Wenduo asked, "What is the smartest creature in the world?"
Tang Mo didn't understand why he was asking this question. He remembered a movie. It was rare for him to make a joke and Tang Mo said seriously, "Mice."
Fu Wenduo, "…"
Fu Wenduo had actually seen the movie and said, "It is the black tower's choice."
Yes, everything was the black tower's choice.
Tang Mo didn't know why the black tower chose humans or if its purpose was to force humans to evolve. However, there was no doubt that if this game really continued and humans attacked the seventh floor, they would definitely evolve. Now, the worst human players were smarter and physically stronger than they were six months ago.
The materials taken from the laboratory were all burned. The sky was about to turn dark and the three people planned to rest in Xinhua Bookstore.
Suddenly, Fu Wenduo's eyes became cold. He quickly got up and ran outside the bookstore at a very fast speed. Tang Mo was startled and pressed his hand on the small parasol. He saw Fu Wenduo's figure flash outside the door. Tang Mo waited for 10 seconds and didn't wait for the other person to come back.
Fu Wensheng said, "Big Brother should have found something but it isn't dangerous."
Tang Mo looked at the child. Indeed, with Fu Wenduo's cautiousness, it was impossible for him to leave casually. Something must have happened for him to suddenly go out but it wasn't an enemy attack. Otherwise, he would definitely tell Tang Mo.
Tang Mo thought about it and went out with Fu Wensheng.
The two of them walked around the intersection and saw Fu Wenduo. Fu Wenduo also turned at this moment and seemed to want to call Tang Mo over. He stopped when he saw Tang Mo. Tang Mo's expression gradually sank as he saw the body lying behind Fu Wenduo.
Blood was flowing from the other person's chest.
It was a young girl. She was lying on the ground, looking at the sky, her eyes wide with unwillingness. Half of her heart had been dug out and the flesh and blood fell to the side of her body. It could be said that she was killed in one blow. The blood hadn't completely coagulated and the thick blood flowed to Fu Wenduo's feet, wetting the soles of his shoes.
According to the time, the girl should have just died when Fu Wenduo came out. If someone else saw this scene, they would naturally think that Fu Wenduo killed her. Fu Wenduo's hands were still stained with blood. However, Tang Mo calmly walked over and asked, "Did you see the murderer?"
Fu Wenduo replied, "No. When I arrived, her body hadn't fallen and she was still standing here. However, her chest had been broken and half of her heart and ribs fell to the ground. I couldn't save her. I used mineral water to treat her but she still died. The injury was too heavy and her physique wasn't good enough. "
This should be a low-strength reserve. Fu Wenduo couldn't save her even if he used his fastest speed.
Fu Wenduo's physical fitness was better than Tang Mo's. He should have suddenly heard the sound of the girl being attacked in the bookstore. It was also possible that he was more sensitive to this kind of thing and noticed that someone was killing the girl. Thus, he didn't have time to say hello to Tang Mo and directly ran over, wanting to rush over as fast as possible. Unfortunately, he was a step too late. He didn't see the murderer and couldn't save the girl.
Tang Mo reached out and closed the eyes of the girl who died with a grievance.
"Last time, I could still consider whether or not that person was thrown out of a dungeon. This time, it's even stranger." Tang Mo's expression was cold as he analyzed rationally. "First of all, they must have been killed by a human and the method was cruel. This is the similarity. There is another similarity. We didn't see the person who killed them. "
Fu Wenduo knew that Tang Mo was talking about the body they suddenly saw on the road three days ago. Like this time, it seemed to have been killed by an invisible person. The two people died in different ways but the murderer couldn't be found. Last time, it could be said that it was related to the black tower instance. This time, Fu Wenduo saw the girl fall but he still couldn't see the murderer.
This wasn't like the style of a black tower game.
The night gradually fell. Without electricity, the street lights on both sides of the road wouldn't light up on time and the world fell into darkness. The three people stood next to the cold body. The cold wind penetrated Tang Mo's sleeves and the wind seemed to be whimpering. The girl's blood slowly solidified, turning dark brown as it branded the ground.
Tang Mo said, "It is dark. Let's find a place to take her and take a closer look at the situation."
The three people were ready to leave.
Suddenly, a cheerful tune rang out. Lively and cheerful music rang over the world. Tang Mo quickly turned to look at the black tower and saw white lines rolling from the bottom to the top of the black tower. The white light kept flashing and the black tower's music didn't end.
When it was six o 'clock, the music came to an abrupt end, and the bright lines also froze in the middle.
Players all over the world stopped their movements and looked at the black tower. Ninety percent of the players had expressions of fear on their faces as they trembled in fear. Some people cried on their knees, begging God to save them. However, they didn't wait for God but the black tower's excited voice.
"Ding dong! On March 31st, 2018, the first forced tower attack game will open. "
Buzz!
There was a dull sound and Tang Mo saw the line of white light slowly change, finally turning into an eight-digit number.
He seemed to suddenly understand something and turned to look at Fu Wenduo.
They were about to carry away the girl's body when the number on the black tower changed.
Tang Mo's eyes widened.
… It had only been 10 seconds!
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