Blue Star's past is a thick war history book filled with cruelty.
Ever since humans first appeared on the continent in primitive times, the smoke of gunpowder on this planet has never stopped for a moment.
However, it is precisely this endless competition that causes them to move very quickly on the road of technological development.
Around 1,800 years ago, it reached the level before humans crossed over on earth.
As the three pillars of Blue Star.
Corporations, foundations, colleges.
Before time travel, even after experiencing a nuclear war covering the entire planet, they still retained the same strength as they did in their heyday.
If it weren't for this time-travel explosion, according to Sumo's optimistic estimate.
In a hundred years at most, they will be able to completely break through the shackles and touch the edge of interstellar humanity.
Of course, this is just an 'optimistic' estimate.
The development of controllable nuclear fusion is not the end of first-level civilization. The inexhaustible supply of energy only allows humans to no longer have to worry about survival.
If you really want to sail among the stars and advance to a second-level civilization, what is more important is how to use energy.
Just like the special ore fragment derived from the energy stone, it can increase ordinary energy by a thousand times.
Only when this stage is reached can we talk about the advancement of civilization.
Therefore, towards the mysterious and powerful academy, Somo did not have the slightest fear or awe that the Blue Star people had when they mentioned it.
In his eyes, the other party is actually a treasure.
A treasure trove of knowledge that is enough for humans on earth to dig out for a long time!
Soon, the off-road motorcycle crossed the border of the territory and continued to drive towards the southern bunker.
Unlike a car that would take a detour for safety reasons, Somo basically moved along the edge of the southern suburbs of Qinggang City.
It only took about two and a half hours to reach the Pumpkin Bunker, which used to take five hours to reach.
After a day of repairs and construction, the Western Suburban Alliance's simple camp has taken preliminary shape.
In the open space directly opposite the orchard, the ingenious bunker residents have built two neat rows of wooden barracks, totaling fifteen.
There is also a two-story building, which should be used as a conference room for the alliance.
A curl of cooking smoke floated into the sky from a barracks at the front of the row, and the smell of rice was blown away by the wind.
On the edge of the camp, there are many bunker dwellers operating concrete machines to build the first defense facility here.
In front of the camp, Sudeben, who had changed into bunker-specific clothing, was standing at the door and looking into the distance.
I only heard the roar of an engine coming from far away, and I saw Somo's figure already appearing at the end of my field of vision.
“The progress here is very fast!”
Before the motorcycle stopped, Sumo's praises came over.
"You didn't meet those college guards when you came here, did you?"
"No, they have probably gone to the city."
After handing the car over to the security guard who came over to park it, Somo took off his helmet, revealing his handsome face whose forehead was wet with hot sweat.
To be honest, when he chose this path, he did have the intention of running into the group of college guards.
But the other party seemed to have disappeared along the way, leaving no trace behind.
This has something to do with the group of people flying in the air, but it's more.
Su Mo guessed that the other party deliberately concealed his whereabouts. After all, this arrest mission did not conform to the style of the academy.
"I'll have to trouble you to take charge of the overall situation here."
"It's not troublesome. The two captains are quite easy to talk to, and they are all Blue Star people here. It feels like going home to communicate with them." Su Deben said with a smile.
Sumo also smiled.
The Western Suburbs Alliance seems to have the weakest strength among the three shelters, but Tianyuan Shelter is vaguely ranked first in terms of status.
This is related to the fact that the hunting tiger has passed the age of fighting for power, and it is also related to the fact that the location of the shelter in the giant city is the worst.
Both of them have various concerns, which makes Tianyuan Shelter become the "big brother" among the three.
"I have made an appointment for you to talk to the bunker owner, but I find it difficult to get information from her."
"How to say?"
"When people are highly nervous, they will always subconsciously avoid some questions." Su Deben said with a trace of doubt in his eyes: "I had already tested her when I received the news of the arrival of the college guard yesterday, but it made me feel
It's a bit strange that when she mentioned the academy, she didn't show the excitement and sense of belonging that I expected."
It's like a person fell into a deserted pit, and he will be excited when he hears someone passing by outside.
The excitement in my bones cannot be hidden.
It was mentioned that a branch base guard of an academy may have passed through here recently, heading to another place to perform a mission.
Although the bunker owner behind the screen looked surprised, Sudeben didn't feel much excitement.
This is not at all like the normal reaction of a person who has been forced into a safe house that cannot be opened and is waiting for rescue.
"Perhaps what she wants to go to is not the academy's branch base."
Sumo nodded slightly: "But this is a good thing for us. We can get more information."
In front of an unattractive residence.
Nat, the bunker's guard captain, walked in front and respectfully opened the door to give way.
"Dear Tianyuan Manager, please forgive me for not being able to have a face-to-face conversation with you."
"It's okay, go and do your work."
After casually signaling that Nat didn't need to accompany him, Somo walked into the house and immediately saw a screen about thirty inches in the center of the empty room, as well as the bunker owner waiting behind the screen.
Similar to the information I got before, she looks like a Western woman in her forties.
But perhaps considering that she was going to meet with one of the managers of the Western Suburbs Alliance today, she also deliberately put on a formal dress and put on light makeup on her face.
His eyes fell on the other party's slightly worried face. After the two looked at each other for a while, Sumo did not choose to go straight to the point. Instead, he asked an irrelevant question.
"Ma'am, you look very young, I'd guess thirty-five at most?"
Catalina behind the screen was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't expect that Somo would ask this question.
However, when she heard someone say that she was only thirty-five years old, she felt a little happy and said happily:
"Of course it's more than that. In fact, if calculated according to standard years and years, I am already a hundred and thirty years old."
"One hundred and thirty years old?"
"Yes, because of the academy's sleeping technology, most people's ages sound exaggerated." The woman took a deep breath and said slowly: "Please allow me to introduce myself first, Catalina, Level 2 of the academy.
Researcher, my main focus is biotechnology. As for this pumpkin bunker, it is the manor I bought near the holy city of Buckloo."
Sumo noticed that the other party emphasized the pronunciation of the five words "second-level researcher".
Apparently Sudben's previous temptations made her realize something.
However, Sumo's eyes lit up after hearing the other party's research direction.
It seems that the research base affiliated to that college is also in the direction of biotechnology?
If they were all in the same field, maybe Catalina would know more information than imagined?
"Suma, the manager of Tianyuan Shelter and a member of the Western Suburbs Alliance."
After briefly introducing his identity, Sumo didn't hide too much. He looked at her and said directly:
"I heard the news you sent before, that you are looking for the college guards. If that is the case, then I can tell you clearly that we found traces of the college guards just yesterday. Do you want to contact them to inform them?"
"Is it the guard team attached to the base?"
Catalina showed an expected expression, and there was not much surprise in her tone.
"Unfortunately, I need to return to the Holy City and the academy instead of going to a professor's private estate."
"Oh? But they said they are the guards of the Kyushu Great Rift Valley Base."
"The Great Rift Valley of Kyushu? That's one of Professor Ernest's research bases. It can be regarded as half of the academy's sub-base."
Not seeing the smile hidden in the corner of Sumo's mouth, Catalina explained to herself:
"The model of the college is somewhat different from that of foundations and companies. It does not set up a branch base in every place to maintain its prestige. In fact, there is only one college, and that is the college in the holy city of Burke."
"It's just that if every professor in the college wants to build a research base outside the Holy City, the college will provide certain support, either technical support or manpower support. Professor Ernest's research
The direction is the direction of biological evolution, and the scale in Kyushu seems to be quite large. It is no problem to say that it is half a branch base of the academy."
Maybe it's because I haven't talked to anyone for a long time, or maybe it's because I want to explain clearly the relationship between the college and the college's branch base.
Facing this handsome and young oriental face behind the screen, Catalina sat on the sofa and talked.
The geographical location of Kyushu in Blue Star is almost the same as Antarctica on Earth. It is a deserted place, far away from the prosperous world.
Of course, it is also far away from the turbulent wars.
Many professors in the college are willing to build their research bases there to carry out escapist scientific research tasks.
But having said that, the professor himself would not go to a place like this to live an ascetic life with the researchers.
They still stay in the Holy City and will only monitor the progress of the mission and receive the final research results through remote conference calls.
This is no different from the behavior of professors who "steal" researchers' research results.
It's just that the former takes it directly without reason, while the latter uses the research funds provided by the college in exchange for results.
In essence, they have nothing to contribute and are just a transfer station for research results.
"The guards at the college branch base are not regular troops. Most of them are mercenaries hired by professors or people who have retired from the college guards. For me to go there and be exploited as research labor, it is better to continue to stay in the underground safe house.
Comfortable."
Hearing Katarina's unabashed disdain, Sumo couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
It seems that the academy is not monolithic.
Although it has not established strongholds around the world like the Foundation, there seem to be many factions within it.
"So. If these branch bases are attacked, will the academy track down the murderer?"
"of course!"
Catalina showed an unexpected look: "Professors in the college are not ordinary researchers. They only enjoy benefits and have no rights. To a certain extent, professors are already senior leaders within the college and can command the guards."
"And no one will attack the college's research base. What can you get, a bunch of instruments encrypted by the college? Some research papers with no practical application? Or some nerdy researchers who are willing to be squeezed by professors?"
"If it's just for the living supplies and some research stored inside, believe me, if the invaders can defeat the defending guards, there will be no shortage of those things that can be seen everywhere."
All right.
If you think so, no one would target the academy's branch base.
The forces that are capable of advancing research do not dare to offend the academy, and the forces that are unable to do research do not need these research materials at all.
Sumo had some concerns in his mind and immediately said:
"Can you tell me about the academy? To be honest, even though I am a shelter manager, in fact I am also very interested in scientific research."
"Are you doing scientific research?"
Catalina's face looked a little unnatural, and she obviously didn't believe that such a young face had anything to do with scientific research.
Unless the other party is also an old man who has been lying in a sleeping warehouse for dozens or hundreds of years.
But just as she was hesitating how to refuse, a voice came from the speaker behind the screen:
"Yes, I am currently studying how to strongly stimulate the sleeping junk gene, so that the organism can achieve a rapid increase in ability in a short period of time."
"Hey, do you still know about genetic awakening?"
Mentioning her area of expertise, Catalina's pale face suddenly turned rosy.
"Let me guess, are you stuck at the step of observing the fission of receptor amino acid macromolecules?"
Gene awakening is a long-standing project in the college, and it is something that almost every researcher in the Department of Biological Sciences will try.
As early as hundreds of years ago, when Blue Star humans realized that external ability expression was related to their own genetic levels, this research was put on the agenda.
According to many research results, the stronger the gene expression ability, the stronger the multi-dimensional attributes such as physical fitness, intelligence, strength, etc. that humans can display.
However, due to some special reasons, even the best athletes only have less than one-fifth of the transcript expression related to sports in their genes.
In other words, with the current level of human evolution, it is impossible to stimulate the remaining four-fifths of genes to release their potential.
This phenomenon was suddenly discovered, and a wave of genetic liberation instantly set off in the Blue Star biological world at that time.
Similar to the "gene lock" in the novel.
The more locks you open, the stronger abilities the external gene host can gain.
It is even possible to screen and delete bad genes to achieve more perfect evolution.
It just involves the evolution of the human body, so how can the advancement of this research go smoothly?
Just observing the fission of receptor amino acid macromolecules has blocked Blue Star researchers for nearly fifty years!
"Of course not. Using large amino acid molecules to stimulate gene expression can only randomly release gene transcription and drive the evolution of the human body. However, the uncontrollable randomness will increase the risk of genetic disorders and eventually lead to fatal effects such as chain breakage.
"What we study is directional stimulation. You should understand that we use special molecules to construct a gene evolution environment, so that genes can be stably expressed and released under induction, and drive the evolution of the body."
"What?"
Catalina was shocked, with a surprised expression on her face.
It's not because of the special way Su Mo said it, but because the other party seems to really understand something?