After a night of torrential downpours causing unimaginable flooding, the rain finally stopped.

They waited on the roof for a long time. Eight people ate compressed biscuits and drank the little fresh water left. They didn't dare to drink the water with silt in it, because no one knew what was soaked in it.

At noon, the ground below the botanical garden was finally exposed, and the water went down. The survivors cheered. They sorted out all the things they could sort out now, and decided to go down the mountain while exploring the road, trying to get back to the crowd before night.

Although I was worried about whether it would rain for a while, it was not a problem to stay here. They ran out of ammunition and food, and several people were injured, so they really couldn't last.

As the saying goes, going up the mountain is easier than going down the mountain. In fact, going down the mountain this time is much more difficult than going up the mountain. The way they came was blocked by mudslides, and there were muddy sand and boulders rolling down everywhere. Some branches and Animal carcasses, and downed trees from time to time.

Kong Xiangming helped the leader, and other injured people also supported each other. Shen Li judged the route in front. He was the most professional person among the remaining people, and he was the only one to find the way.

"How is it?" Kong Xiangming asked Shen Li.

"Continuing to go down rashly is very dangerous. The rain has just stopped for a long time, and the mudslide has not stabilized and has not been cleaned up." Shen Li looked up at the sky. The sky was very gloomy. Although it did not continue to rain, the sun did not come out either. , "If the mudslide comes again accidentally, we will all be sucked in."

Kong Xiangming sighed, "We all know this kind of thing, but we can't stay here any longer. Everyone's wounds are inflamed from the rain, and the team leader also has a fever and needs professional treatment."

They ventured down the mountain in order to get the injured to receive treatment as soon as possible.

"Try to see if you can get to the bottom." Shen Li said: "This mountain was probed by helicopter before, because there are too many trees, it has been impossible to judge the basic environment here. Sending a helicopter can find us as soon as possible."

"Our radio has been disconnected from the opposite side for a while." One of the people said, "Can we really get in touch?"

Shen Li looked at the surrounding environment, and then marked the location on the map, "Then go further down, with luck, there is a node about one kilometer below us, and we can restore wireless communication by a little bit, and it is also accurate. coordinate."

No matter how unreliable it sounds, fate is simply determined by luck.

"There's nothing we can do now, so that's fine." Kong Xiangming came out to appease everyone, "And Shen Li is a koi, he's very lucky, we can definitely restore communication."

"Ah?" Shen Li was stunned, "I think it's better not to be so full of words."

"Why, didn't you bring another koi with you?" Kong Xiangming smiled and patted Shen Li on the shoulder, "Be more confident in yourself, let's hurry over now."

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and finally became firm. Everyone began to retreat to find the node. The muddy and slippery loess made everyone wearing professional equipment slip, and they fell like this Get up again, get up and fall again, stumbling to this position.

There is indeed a node here, which they set up for preparation when they went up the mountain. This is also their pathfinding mission this time, not only to find a safe route, but also to lay a communication line around them that can communicate with the outside world.

But they were not lucky, the communicator they installed had stopped working due to water ingress.

Everyone present sighed, but none of them blamed Kong Xiangming or Shen Li. Everyone present knew how terrible the disaster was, and they would not blame anyone for no reason, let alone blame anyone for the disaster. , this is childish and sad.

The leader leaned on the stone, looked at the dejected man and smiled, and said, "Don't be so pessimistic. Although this thing has stopped working, it doesn't mean it will stop working forever?"

"Are you talking about emergency measures?" Kong Xiangming suddenly realized, "It may have shut down itself because of emergency measures?!"

In order to cope with the increasingly difficult world after the fog, it is necessary to make the communication equipment stronger, and even sacrifice a little communication speed. As long as human beings arrange enough equipment, they will not be afraid of being unable to connect, so all communication nodes are very Rugged and durable, self-shutdown protection in case of routine problems.

Kong Xiangming jumped up directly, jumped to the node with Shen Li's astonishing speed, and immediately began to dig out the half-buried equipment in the soil with his hands.

The people present were hopeful, and they also went to help Kong Xiangming dig. There were many people and strength, and they quickly dug out the instrument. Kong Xiangming began to restart the node according to the standard process.

The first time failed, everyone swallowed a mouthful of saliva, the team leader said it was because of water, and they could try again.

The second time also failed, Kong Xiangming was too nervous to press the wrong button.

For the third time, a familiar mechanical sound came from the communication equipment.

"Communication transmitter No. G23 is now turned on, and adjustments have begun."

"connected."

The people present cheered, and Kong Xiangming quickly started to contact the bureau. Before he dialed out, the communication from the other side came over immediately. answer.

"This is Kong Xiangming!" Kong Xiang yelled, "Help, the exploration team asks for help!"

"The request for help has been received, and the location of the exploration team has been located. Please do not move. There will be a helicopter rescue in half an hour. Again, please do not move except in unexpected circumstances."

The helicopter came very quickly. In order to prevent the rain from continuing, they were also worried about the branches. They flew a small plane equipped with thermal supplies and emergency doctors. Shen Li carried a can on the plane with a blanket on. Bubbles, there seems to be no discomfort.

Shen Li was relieved, he closed his eyes, tiredness finally welled up.

After a whole day of exploration and a night of escape, these people have never closed their eyes, and now they are finally safe and sleepy.

Resisting not to fall asleep, Shen Li waited until the plane landed. He staggered out with the jar in his arms. The people around him more or less noticed the jar in his hand, but Shen Li held it tightly so no one cared. After all, Shen Li is the professional person.

Just in front of the hospital building, Shen Li heard a familiar voice, he turned his head, and before he could react, he was hugged.

Lin Qiming almost burst into tears. He heard that when there were only eight people left in the exploration team, his mind was full of Shen Li. Until he saw Shen Li come back alive, he finally couldn't help it. People in their 30s cried more than anyone else. Three year olds are still funny.

"Okay, I'm fine." Shen Li comforted him, and he handed the little red fish in his arms to Lin Qiming, "Put it in my room, I'll go for an examination, and then I'll go back."

"Brother." Lin Qiming pulled his sleeve and sobbed, "Are you not injured? Are you really all right?"

In fact, the injury was a little bit, when he was pulled into the pool by the vines, he was slightly scratched, and there was a little blood, but it was not a big deal, but the examination still needed to be done, and Shen Li couldn't just say what he said.

In the end, Lin Qiming hugged Shen Li's little red fish sobbing. He watched Shen Li being taken away by the doctor, and then looked at the little red fish in the jar with red eyes.

The little red fish stared at him and spit bubbles, then turned his head and pointed his butt at him again.

"Fish?" Lin Qiming observed the fish unexpectedly, "The red koi? Brother, why did he bring back a fish? Could it be his body?"

"...No, brother is blue, it is red."

"variant?"

The colleague next to him looked at Lin Qiming speechlessly, "Let Shen Li hear it, he will really hit you."

"Is it so cruel?" Lin Qiming walked back with the fish in his arms, "But senior brother is so powerful, he can bring a fish back when encountering such a thing."

Lin Qiming is not stupid, on the contrary, he is actually quite smart. Shen Li must give him this fish before going to the hospital, and he refuses to bring this fish into the hospital at all. He immediately understands that the origin of this fish should not be so simple. At least it is very important to Shen Li.

It is very common for the biology research area to take over the research on biology. As long as he gets it, other departments will acquiesce in taking over.

Although I don't know why Shen Li would study such a fish, but since it is what Shen Li wants, of course he will help protect it.

……

Shen Li is indeed fine, he is one of the few people in this group who only suffered minor injuries, like the team leader who was seriously injured, he needs to stay in the hospital for at least half a month, Shen Li fell asleep the next day after sleeping Back at the Scientific Research Bureau, when he came to the dormitory, he pressed his temples with some headaches, and then he saw the fish tank placed on the head of his bed. Some aquatic plants were arranged in the fish tank, and the little red fish was swimming comfortably in it.

Next to the fish tank is a piece of paper with Lin Qiming's handwriting on it.

【Brother, I asked my colleagues from the water fish department to set up the fish tank, and the fish was fed, but it didn’t seem to eat much. My colleagues said that it might have been frightened, and it will be fine after getting familiar with the environment. 】

"Don't eat?" Shen Li looked down at the fish in the fish tank, "Do you not want to eat or do you not need to eat?"

The little red fish ignored Shen Li, and only cared about shaking with the aquatic plants in the fish tank.

Although they are all creatures, plants and animals are different. Plants have not evolved feet. They choose to grow all over the world to improve the purpose of reproduction. Animals are living creatures, and being able to move means it Conscious, thoughtful.

Of course, Shen Li didn't think the fish could understand what he was saying.

In the research of the director and his wife, it is very aggressive and can turn the surrounding fish into its own individual, but at the same time, what happened to Xiao Nuomi also told him that the genetic aggressiveness of this fish can even suppress genetic diseases. The spread of the virus forced Xiao Nuomi to retain her humanity before becoming a genetic mutant and become a 'mermaid'.

In this way to forcibly suppress the onset of genetic diseases, retain a little bit of humanity, and then look for other methods?

Shen Li thought about such a thing, but finally vetoed it.

Not everyone is a little glutinous rice, and not everyone is willing to become that way, not to mention that strange organizations on the Internet have been surging, trying to rationalize genetic diseases. If this matter is released, it will definitely be overwhelming.

As long as there isn't enough regulation, anomalies are a selling point, and people become pets.

This kind of thing must not happen.

One more thing... Regarding Cao Yutian, he has always emphasized that he is a human being.

Shen Li looked at himself in the mirror. With golden pupils, long blue hair, and his natural good looks, he looked like a monster no matter what. Normal people would not easily tell him that he was a human being. In this case, why does Cao Yutian keep emphasizing that he is a human being?

If you want to find the answer, you have to start with him.

Sprinkle some fish food on the little red fish, regardless of whether it eats or not, Shen Li tidied up and then went to the medical bureau. There was no Shan Yuxuan in Shan Yuxuan's office, but there was an old doctor Shen Li knew well , Professor Song looked at Shen Li unexpectedly.

"Xiao Shen?" Doctor Song stood up, "Are you looking for Xiao Yu?"

"Yes, I want to consult him about something." Shen Li hurriedly said, "Is he not here? Then I'll come back later."

"Don't go, he'll be back right away, just wait here, I just have something to tell you." Professor Song asked Shen Li to sit down, "Have you ever been to the Department of Genetics?"

Shen Li shook his head, "I just came back, I haven't gone yet, what's wrong?"

"Then do you know where Lao Zhao went on a business trip?"

Shen Li continued to shake his head.

Professor Song was silent for a moment, and finally said, "Liao Jiangfan has an accident. If you have time, you can go and see him."

"What?" Shen Li stood up, "Liao Jiangfan?"

"Yes." Professor Song nodded: "I haven't dared to tell Lao Zhao yet, I just isolated him temporarily. His condition is very strange. There is no disease or abnormality in his body, but... it is not easy to say. In short, you wait Go see him when you're done."

Shen Li began to feel restless, he sat on the spot without saying a word, and Professor Song didn't speak, and he didn't leave until Shan Yuxuan came back.

After seeing the doctor, Shan Yuxuan took off his white coat and poured Shen Li a glass of water.

"I heard." Shan Yuxuan's voice was very low, and as always he didn't like to meet people's eyes, "The exploration team only came back with eight people, it's hard work."

"Unlucky." Shen Li's voice was not loud, even lower than that of Shan Yuxuan, "Can I borrow your testing equipment?"

"Genetic testing?" Shan Yuxuan was a little strange, "What are you checking for?"

"Gene."

Shan Yuxuan: ...

Can he still not know that the test is genetic?

"I'm asking whose genes are you checking? Your own?" Shan Yuxuan finally dared to look at him while holding a teacup, "You don't suspect that you have a genetic disease when you go out this time? But your current The state is very normal, not like the incubation period of a genetic disease."

Shen Li shook his head, "It's to check other things. I have tested it with basic instruments at home and there is no problem, but I want to make sure."

"Oh." Shan Yuxuan nodded, and after a while he said again, "Do you want to leave a record?"

Shan Yuxuan has his own office and special equipment, but these instruments also need to be deployed uniformly, and records will be left when they are used. Of course, for Shan Yuxuan, he can indeed clean up the records. As long as he does not tell, no one will know.

But thinking that Shen Li is a black koi, and his worries can often come true, Shan Yuxuan felt that he had to maintain his machine.

For example, if you don't leave a record, you can pretend that nothing happened.

Shen Li smiled, he didn't say to stay or not to stay, he followed Shan Yuxuan to the operating room, Shen Li knew how to operate these machines, and Shan Yuxuan didn't do much commanding.

And what Shen Li needs to do is the test that everyone will do when they wake up: the direction of gene awakening.

He did this test as soon as he woke up. His awakening direction is: koi. Since then, he will never test again. The detection of genetic diseases is mostly the fluctuation between human and other biological genes. People's genes are greater than other organisms, so they don't get diseases.

I pricked my fingertip, a drop of blood fell on the instrument, the blood slowly escaped, and something appeared on the interface of the instrument.

White light, blue water... nothing else.

There is no koi, and no other fish. The only other biological genes that can be detected in his body are fluorescent grass and eternal tree, and these two happen to be creatures that will never erode human genes.

Shen Li turned off the machine, and the shadow of the machine was reflected in his golden pupils.

"Shen Li?" Shan Yuxuan called him outside, with curiosity in his voice, "Did you turn off the machine? What did you measure just now?"

Shen Li walked out, he shook his head, "I only measured the direction of awakening, by the way, I heard Professor Song say something happened to Liao Jiangfan?"

"Ah, Liao Jiangfan." Shan Yuxuan was immediately shifted from the topic, and he scratched his hair, "His situation is a bit complicated, and it is impossible to judge whether it is a genetic disease or genetic evolution. In short, you can go and have a look when you come back. But it's my colleague who is in charge of him, so I can't help you with that."

"It's okay, thank you, I'll go take a look now."

Sending Shen Li out, Shan Yuxuan returned to the desk, he turned on the computer in front of him, and then looked at the message left by the instrument just now, just like Shen Li said, what he tested was indeed the direction of gene awakening, Shan Yuxuan Looking at the jumping koi tilting his head, he manually deleted this usage record after a while.

... Although he didn't know why he would test the direction of awakening, Shen Li didn't seem to want to mention it.

Then keep it a secret.

Shen Li didn't leave right away, he went directly to the Special Management Office of the Medical Bureau, because Professor Song had explained in advance that after seeing Shen Li, the security immediately let him go, and Shen Li also entered very smoothly. It hasn't changed much, it's still the same as before, and every compartment is isolated with a new genetic disease.

After being guided to the innermost room, Shen Li saw Liao Jiangfan.

Even Liao Jiangfan, who was quarantined, was still reading documents. He wrote while talking, and there were a lot of documents next to him. Shen Li knocked on the glass window, and Liao Jiangfan heard it. He raised his head and looked at Shen Li when he saw He showed a smile, still familiar and gentle.

He stood up and walked in front of Shen Li.

If Shen Li hadn't realized that there was something wrong with him just now, Shen Li's eyes were almost frozen now.

Liao Jiangfan, walked in front of him?Standing face to face with him through a glass door?

"Shen Li." Liao Jiangfan looked at Shen Li and asked, "What do you think I look like now?"

Shen Li stared at him, before speaking after a long time: "...people."

"Really? Even after this, I'm still a human being in your eyes? That is to say, I'm not at the onset stage of a genetic disease yet? Genes are really amazing things." Liao Jiangfan began to analyze, "But I do have abnormalities, or There are characteristics that only living things have, so is this actually evolution?"

"What's the matter with you?" Shen Li asked with a frown.

"As you can see, I stood up." Liao Jiangfan spread his hands, "Abandoned the wheelchair, no, or it should not be said that I stood up, but should be said...how should I put it?"

I didn't understand what Liao Jiangfan meant at all, until an identical Liao Jiangfan was pushed over in a wheelchair, and the two identical Liao Jiangfan said at the same time, "It should be said: Copy."

Shen Li was really frightened this time.

"My awakening direction is aphids." Liao Jiangfan reminded Shen Li.

"Aphids?" Shen Li recalled: "I remember that aphids have a characteristic. They can reproduce themselves without males, and the children she gives birth to are actually copies of the original body. Your awakening direction is aphids. , but you're not female, I don't remember you being a woman."

"Variation is also possible, anyway, it just happened one day." Liao Jiangfan didn't feel scared, he even kept smiling as always, "Actually, ever since my leg was injured, I've been thinking: if my leg is still healthy What will happen? It’s very chic, but I can’t let it go, so what can I do? Maybe it’s this idea that prompted me to copy another self.”

Shen Li knelt down and looked at him, he said, "This is scary."

"It's not that scary, because the two of us are exactly the same, like two souls separated from one body." Liao Jiangfan said: "We think about the same things, have the same beliefs and emotions, and can even fit perfectly in the present. All the work is just that he has an extra pair of legs than me, Shen Li, I see how sad and proud he is when he moves freely."

"Of course, I also know that I am in danger now. Genetic instability means mutation and the annihilation of humanity. I will try to study myself." Liao Jiangfan said: "But don't tell Professor Zhao, Brother Cao left him already sad once , don’t let him be frightened again.”

"Keep it a secret for me."

Shen Li stared at Liao Jiangfan, before speaking after a while, "Are you sure, did you suddenly become like this? Did you not do anything else?"

"Other things?" Liao Jiangfan thought for a while, "Brother Cao's research is in the right direction. During that time, I have been searching for Brother Cao's historical research records, and I have also gone to his previous laboratory. It's messy, and there are some medicines I don't know, but I take care of them."

"What about the gas?" Shen Li said, "Are you sure you didn't inhale any strange gas?"

"Then I don't know." Liao Jiangfan shook his head, smiling helplessly, "He can't leave for five years, and he has to set up a mechanism to trick me."

Shen Li closed his eyes, he took a long breath, and he opened his mouth after a while, "Did you say one thing before, if you find a pure human being, using the genes of this pure human being may be able to overcome genetic diseases The gene of rampage and collapse?"

"That's the case in theory, but in fact we don't have a pure human right now." Liao Jiangfan said: "Also, even if we find a pure human, it will take a lot of experiments. If the aggressiveness of human genes is not as strong as other creatures, it will be useless. This can only be the best way for us.”

Have it.

Shen Li thought to himself: ... Isn't this all there?The purest human being.

He didn't know what kind of mood he left the medical bureau, and what kind of mentality he returned to the office to lie on the bed.

A red fish was still swimming on the desk, ignoring Shen Li at all.

It seems that Cao Yutian has tampered with him, at least to cover up his own genes and turn him into a "koi". In order to cover up this, Cao Yutian even designed to let Shen Li come into contact with fluorescent grass and eternal tree Superimpose weird colors on him so that everyone has no doubt about his identity.

He really succeeded. Shen Li was a 'black koi' on the Internet, but in reality he didn't look like a normal person because of his blue hair and golden eyes, so no matter how he looked at it, he was indeed biased toward koi.

Shen Li even thought that Liao Jiangfan's accident might have been arranged by Cao Yutian.

Don't let anyone know that Shen Li is human, firmly hide this matter, and passively put layers of defense on him, let him start to 'deceive' everyone from his appearance.

What is he for?

To protect him?

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