Strong light, electric shock, burning and low temperature took turns to destroy the pool of liquid that seemed to have no life, but soon it actually reacted.
As if awakened from a deep sleep by external stimuli, the pool of white liquid began to move slightly.
The extremely precise camera cleverly captured this and immediately reported it to the researchers who were surrounding it and constantly recording and conducting experimental observations.
After a brief silence, low cheers came from the crowd.
They finally saw the alien creatures face to face for the first time.
Even if we look at the entire history of mankind, this day will surely be remembered.
The cheers gradually faded, and Hines, expressionless, shouted to stop the crowd:
“Start the experiment as planned. We need the experimental results to convince the captain and others.
"You must be careful when handling samples. There must be absolutely no contact or infection."
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As time passed, research reports on alien life were handed to the captain one by one.
As all-rounders from the human home planet, the captain and the deputy captain have some knowledge in many aspects and can generally understand the contents of the report without any assistance.
Looking at the alien creature that was becoming more and more active, the captain's inner balance inevitably began to shift towards Hines' position.
In the captain's room, there was only one person sitting directly opposite the captain.
"This is roughly the current situation. Tell me what you think, Zhong Ding."
"I don't think you need to worry about the humans who haven't been put into production yet."
The man named Zhong Ding was wearing fancy clothes brought from his home planet, as if this was just a real amusement park disguised as a captain's room.
“Let me be honest, the reason you feel guilty about this is because you always treated those embryos as human beings with full human rights.
"And I think it makes no sense to go through all that red tape at a time like this."
“It’s part of human rights!”
The captain's face turned ugly and he stared at the man in front of him. The other party was also a senior crew member, and he was responsible for the laws of the Human Alliance. This identity was also the fundamental reason for the start of this conversation.
"You seem to have some misunderstandings about the Dandelion Project."
Zhong Ding spread his hands, as if to say that he was playing the lute to a cow.
"How do you know?"
The captain's tone seemed to be one of forcing down his anger.
Zhong Ding, who had a well-groomed mustache, stretched out his right hand and raised three fingers:
“I hope you can answer my next three questions.”
"Ask, and then get out of the captain's room."
The captain no longer concealed his dissatisfaction with Zhong Ding. He felt that the man in front of him had a genuine contempt for the laws of the Human Alliance.
And Zhong Ding's face also showed a look of contempt, as if he was looking at a stubborn stone statue.
“Question 1: You said that the Alliance’s laws respect human rights, so why is the continuation of the flame ranked before human rights?
"Question 2: Do you know why Instrument 'No. 1' was given the ability to erase the memories of everyone except those with authority?
“Question three: If the Alliance really absolutely disagrees with our views, why did the spacecraft carry two different nutrient solutions for long-term and short-term use?
"You already have the answers to the above three questions in your mind, right?"
The captain sat in his chair, his fists clenched tightly and he was unable to speak.
Zhong Ding put down his crossed legs, stood up calmly and walked behind the captain.
He gently placed his hand on the captain's shoulder:
"This is the hint the alliance is giving us. As long as we survive, it doesn't matter if we go backwards or become ignorant again. The so-called survival is the continuation of genes and race. For this purpose, many things can be abandoned.
“They even prepared the tools for us, which shows that the top leaders of the plan had anticipated the current situation.
"It's not that you don't understand, you just don't want to take responsibility."
Zhong Ding left this sentence and turned to leave the captain's room.
Walking in the corridor of the spaceship, Zhong Ding stretched out his hand and pressed a few buttons on the portable terminal, sending a message:
[Negotiation failed]
Zhong Ding sighed.
The indecisive captain no longer needs to make a choice, as someone will help him decide everything.
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In the ninth month after landing on the target planet, Wen Cheng found the twenty-second large secondary fragment.
The good news is that after the exploration over the past few months, they have recovered a large amount of materials from the secondary body. Every material will come in handy when building a new home, as evidenced by the gradually expanding camp near the spacecraft.
The bad news is that although they found some of the sections that should have been used to carry the sleepers, they could no longer find a large number of the sleeper pods.
Those things seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, and it seemed as if they had never really existed. Sometimes Wen Cheng wondered, could it be that those hibernators had awakened and established other camps on the ground?
He had no idea about this at all, and another thing is also very noteworthy.
Since the last time they captured some samples of alien creatures, Wencheng and his team have seen those creatures less and less frequently.
At the beginning, there was one or several such black and white creatures in every piece of spacecraft wreckage.
A month ago, those creatures had completely transformed into milky white or grayish white, and would begin to retreat into the distance as soon as they saw humans, or even as soon as they sensed humans, looking quite cowardly.
Wencheng had no way to deal with this - humans had the ability to capture those creatures, but they would run away when they saw humans, and they would start running from half a kilometer away, so the prepared tools were completely useless.
After completing the disinfection and airtightness test as usual, Wencheng and his team arrived at the isolation area.
Twelve hours later, they would be free again. This forced habit was beyond comprehension.
midnight.
The alarm suddenly sounded in the dark cabin, and the red warning light flickered, illuminating everyone's frightened faces.
Wencheng's heart suddenly tightened and he quickly woke up from his deep sleep.
"Alarm, alarm! The experimental subject is out of control, the airlock has been opened, all personnel are not allowed to leave the current room, the entire ship is on level one alert. Repeat..."
After the alarm was announced, Hines' voice came over the loudspeaker:
"Wencheng, your team's quarantine is now lifted. Put on your equipment and start screening for infected people."
Vladimir's voice was heard afterwards:
"If you find someone suspected of being infected, you don't need to identify them, just shoot them immediately."
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