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Two guards had already opened the door and stood on both sides to greet them.
Under their respectful gazes, Yu Zhengping followed in with his guards, and Ling Shi followed in with his companions.
The lobby of Building No. 1 is very spacious, with no decorations or words on it.
There are only four high-speed elevators set up in the center, which are operating tirelessly.
A few steps down the elevator, a dozen or so administrative staff members, all dressed in navy blue suits, emerged one after another. Upon seeing Yu Zhengping, they all stopped and stood aside, greeting him respectfully while watching him leave.
Yu Zhengping and the guards entered first.
Ling Shi followed Yu Zhengping into the elevator.
Lu Tingxiao naturally followed in.
When I turned around, everyone else was standing outside the elevator, seemingly hesitating whether to enter.
Peng Gaoxuan stumbled over his words, a rare occurrence: "How about... Prime Minister Yu, you go first."
Yu Zhengping immediately smiled and waved to everyone: "Hey, don't be so reserved."
"Xiao Ling has called me uncle since he was young. You and he have been companions through thick and thin together, so you are all my nephews. Come in quickly."
After another second, Peng Gaoxuan was the first to step into the elevator. The others followed suit, trembling.
Everyone crowded into the four corners of the elevator, leaving the empty area in the middle for the four of them.
Lu Tingxiao seemed quite composed, as if he was relaxed at home.
While in the elevator, Yu Zhengping briefly told Ling Shi about the situation at the base.
This base was just completed two years ago. It was originally intended to be prepared for any eventuality, but we didn't expect it to be used so soon.
The core area of the base covers about 50 square kilometers, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and occupies one of the flattest valleys in the mountains.
Today, the population of the base is about 30 million, some of whom are national, provincial and municipal leaders, top experts in various industries, and their families who evacuated in time.
The other part is the army. The special nature of the army makes them more capable of self-preservation when facing the tide of corrupt people, and their survival rate is higher.
But these population numbers are just a drop in the bucket compared to China's total population.
Yu Zhengping was originally the country's vice premier, but now he is the highest-ranking official in the base and is responsible for the management of all affairs in the base.
Except for military affairs.
The highest-ranking military commander in the base is Lieutenant General Xiao Yang, who is only in his early 30s.
The defense and security of the entire base, both inside and outside, are under Xiao Yang's control.
When the disaster first occurred, the base was in chaos.
Under the threat of death from the corrupt crowd, many people exposed their extremely bad human nature.
Xiao Yang used severe measures to calm the situation.
Having said that, Yu Zhengping sighed.
It is obvious that this young General Xiao is not an easy person to get along with.
Ling Shi frowned as he listened and asked, "What's going on outside? Uncle Yu, do you know?"
Yu Zhengping shook his head. "There must be many still alive. The combined population of all parts of China would be even greater than the base's 30 million. But we currently have no means of rescuing them. General Xiao has tried, and with our current military strength, we can only reach the border of Qinghai City at best. Any further, and the casualties would be too great."
"We can only hope that those surviving humans can find a suitable place to hide."
"Is there no way?" Ling Shi frowned.
bite.
The elevator has arrived.
Everyone followed Yu Zhengping out and, led by the guards, came to his office.
While waiting for the guard to open the door, Yu Zhengping continued, "Of course not."
"The research institute has been diligently studying the weaknesses of the corrupted. The proportion of dragon warriors in the base is also gradually increasing, and their strength is also slowly improving."
"One day, we will be strong enough to fight against the corrupt people."
The door opened and Yu Zhengping led everyone in.
The office is spacious, with a full wall of floor-to-ceiling windows, providing ample lighting.
But the facilities inside are simple, with a desk, a wall cabinet, and a sofa.
"Dragon Warrior?" Ling Shi asked in surprise, "What is this?"
Bang--
The office door was violently pushed open.
A strong man over two meters tall rushed in.
He had deep eyebrows and eyes, wore a leather vest, had a dense dark brown crew cut, and had stubble of the same color on his chin.
He turned out to be a Westerner.
"Hey, kid." The Westerner pointed at Ling Shi rudely and said, "Are you from the First Research Institute?"
"Where are your dragon horns? Hand them over."
Ling Shi looked at him calmly without saying anything.
Yu Zhengping scolded, "Lawson, where are your manners?"
Lawson glanced at him and said, "We in Ohio only respect the strong."
He pointed at Ling Shi and said, "This young brat who doesn't even know what a dragon warrior is doesn't deserve my respect."
"Boy, let me teach you."
From Ohio?
Why are there people from Ohio in the base?
Ling Shi hadn't gotten angry yet, but Zuo Hao next to him couldn't help but say, "Hey, Fatty, where did this barbarian come from? Can you please stop farting here?"
"Haha," Lawson didn't even glance at him and continued his "teaching": "Dragon Warriors are humans who have passed the test of survival of the fittest in this disaster of corruption and have evolved genetically."
He patted his chest and said, "For example, I can kill you with one punch. Do you believe it?"
I see.
The genetically evolved humans have been named Dragon Warriors.
It's a bit tacky, but it's a good image.
After all, the first duty of evolved humans is to fight against corrupt people.
Without waiting for Ling Shi to respond, Lawson continued to show off: "My cell count is 29%, and it's about to exceed 30."
"You Chinese..." He pointed at everyone present: "None of you can compare to me. You are all trash."
Seeing Zuo Hao about to rush forward to fight, Ling Shi stopped him and asked calmly: "Showing cells?"
"Haha," Lawson sneered, "You don't even know about Dragon Warriors, so naturally you don't know about Manifest Cells."
"This is a special cell that evolved dragon warriors have more than ordinary humans. The cell index can represent the degree of evolution."
"This was discovered by the most powerful psychic in Ohio from a dragon warrior."
"A psychic?" Ling Shi continued to ask curiously, "Are they... humans who evolved in a different direction from the dragon warriors?"
Lawson choked and realized that he was being tricked.
But these are not secrets, so it doesn't matter if they are revealed.
He snorted, "A psychic is far rarer than a dragon warrior. A psychic's brainpower has evolved, far beyond the reach of mere mortals like you."
"It's a waste to keep the dragon horn here with you. Hand it over quickly."
After hearing this, Ling Shi basically understood.
He shook his head: "No."
Lawson was stunned. He hadn't expected Ling Shi to reject his request so bluntly. He turned to Yu Zhengping and said, "Hey, Prime Minister Yu, we're here to help China. It's just a natural request, and this guy is refusing it."
"Please order him to hand it over."
Yu Zhengping spread his hands and said, "Lawson, you know. I'm old, and I'm not a Dragon Warrior. How can I possibly beat that young man?"
Ling Shi chuckled.
Uncle Yu has always looked like a dignified and steady elder since he was a child, but I didn't expect that he could be so shameless.
Lawson's eyes were practically spitting fire.
He took a step forward and was about to take action to snatch it away.
"Lawson, stop." A not-so-loud voice came from outside the door.
A middle-aged man from Ohio wearing glasses walked in.
He was about 40 years old, quite tall and thin, and was wearing a white coat.
He has the elegant temperament of a scholar, which is in sharp contrast to Lawson's warrior nature.
Seeing him, Lawson's arrogance faded, and he spoke with a hint of respect: "Dr. Steven, you are here."
There were three people following Steven. Judging from their temperament and dress, one was a scholar like Steven, and the other two were dragon warriors like Lawson.
"Prime Minister Yu," Steven said, bowing slightly to Yu Zhengping. "I'm sorry, Lawson has always had a quick temper and acted a bit rashly, but he doesn't have any bad intentions."
His attitude was gentle, so Yu Zhengping didn't want to act like a rogue anymore and nodded at him.
Steven continued, "I'm glad to hear that someone from the First Research Institute survived."
He looked at Ling Shi, his expression expressing happiness, but his face remained unchanged. "For safety reasons, I cannot bring the dragon horn bone from Ohio with me when I visit China. Because of this, research on this evolution has been slow, and the assistance I can provide to the base is very limited."
Yu Zhengping waved his hand: "You have already helped a lot."
Ling Shi raised his eyebrows in surprise.
According to Yu Zhengping, people in Ohio are actually helping China?
"I've always felt guilty about the slow progress of my research," Steven said politely. "Thankfully, Jehovah has blessed us with this dragon horn from China. With this, I believe my research will soon achieve a breakthrough."
"Prime Minister Yu, this is a matter of great importance to the entire Chinese nation, and even to the entire human species. Please do not act irrationally based on personal feelings."
"Fuck!" Xiaogang cursed out loud, "After going through so much trouble, you still want our things."
This group of people originally didn't know that Ling Shi had a dragon horn on his body, let alone what a dragon horn was, but that didn't stop them from supporting Ling Shi one-sidedly.
However, what Steven said was much wiser than what Lawson, the reckless man, said.
With the big hat of the future of mankind on his shoulders, Yu Zhengping couldn't just refuse.
He thought for a moment, then glanced at Ling Shi: "Dr. Steven is right."
"The Dragon Horn is an important experimental subject related to the future of mankind, and it must be handed over to the most suitable researchers. However..."
"Dr. Steven," Ling Shi suddenly said, "The degree of evolution of a dragon warrior can be measured using the cell-forming index."
"So, what about the spiritual wise man?"
Dr. Steven was stunned. He didn't expect Ling Shi to ask this suddenly.
But he quickly and methodically replied, "It's the same. The Dragon Warriors fused the Manifest Cells, while the Psychics fused the Hidden Cells."
"We named them 'obvious' and 'hidden' because we found that obvious cells are easy to observe, exist in large numbers in muscles and blood, and are in a state of high activity and low stability."
"Cryptocytes were only recently discovered. They are much smaller than visible cells and often hide behind other cells, especially visible cells, exhibiting low activity and high stability."
"Just like the visible cells, through the hidden cell index test, we can easily distinguish the level of evolution of a spiritual being."
Ling Shi nodded: "Just as I thought."
"Since the Dragon Horn is to be given to the person most suitable for research, I guess it should be the person with the highest cryptogenic cell index, right?"
Dr. Steven nodded: "Indeed."
Ling Shi smiled and said, "That's easy. How about we have a competition?"
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