Sixteen days have passed since that first snowfall.
The problems that Lu Qiuying was worried about still occurred: the roads were completely blocked, and the walls of the buildings in the old city had cracked open, turning them into dangerous buildings. People were urgently organized to move to air-raid shelters for resettlement.
The difficulties brought about by the snow disaster to production and daily life are increasing in risk as the Spring Festival approaches.
According to feedback from a survey of residents' grain reserves, each family can last another half a month on average with their doors and windows closed. However, everyone is busy, taking turns shoveling snow in the community. The snow piled up is almost as tall as the building.
People working within the system, regardless of their position, take turns shoveling snow on the roads every day. After several days, this has helped many people resolve their lumbar spine problems.
During this time, Jiang Shuyin took a day off and laid a bright red egg.
This confirmed her suspicions. Her special ability was quite strange; it could change the properties of the egg based on what she was thinking. For example, if she was thinking about the melting of ice and snow before giving birth, the egg would be red.
It's highly likely that the kid has fire-type abilities.
The problem is, who can she find to incubate her now? Everyone is stuck at home and can't come out.
With the addition of the newborn red egg, she now has three egg chicks in her possession.
The "Poke" system says: "Check if there are any suitable people nearby to incubate the eggs."
"Received, probing in progress..."
The screen on the phone looked like a virus scan icon, with small red, green, blue, and yellow dots popping up. It seemed that someone had selected the target, and the area had already expanded to more than 5 kilometers away. Jiang Shuyin quickly called a halt: "It's too far, we can't walk there. Let's stop here."
The system displayed the information of these individuals to her one by one. A black blob popped up on the screen, and Jiang Shuyin's brow furrowed: "What is this...?"
"A mutated giant rat, the most outstanding leader among rats, with a nascent consciousness at the level of a seven-year-old human, possessing abilities such as leaping abilities and contamination..."
"That's enough." Jiang Shuyin's head was throbbing.
She said that there were so many people talking nearby, so why hadn't she noticed them before?
I thought it was him, but it turned out to be a mouse...
“I don’t like mice,” she explained.
The system immediately responded: "Okay, permanently delete the mouse matching information."
After finishing the system settings, Jiang Shuyin asked, "Are the animals starting to mutate now because of the snow disaster?"
"No, animals were also infected with the virus at the same time as humans, but their genes reacted more slowly than humans, and the mutations have only occurred now. Even without this snow disaster, they would probably have encountered an infestation of mosquitoes, snakes, and rats."
Jiang Shuyin frowned. She understood what the system meant: the snow disaster had actually slowed down the evolutionary process of animals. So when the snow and ice melted and people cheered, those species that had been lying dormant underground would be awakened.
For a moment, I felt even more confused.
Where exactly does the future lie?
......
"The fourth one is the last one. If you don't listen now, there won't be anyone left to choose from."
The system deliberately highlighted the information box for candidate number four in red, flashing it every second, making it hard to miss.
Jiang Shuyin sighed and said, "Go ahead and tell me, I'm listening."
The system said cheekily, "Are you sure you don't want to watch? I think this fits your human aesthetic standards, it's pretty cool."
Jiang Shuyin remained unmoved.
Name: Xing Zhengfei, Male, Biological Age: 27, Height: 1.93 meters...
Jiang Shuyin couldn't help but look up, and this time it was finally a person.
Take a look—
Are you sure it's an individual? And what country is this person from?
The man in the photo has phoenix eyes, a trait unique to the East, with slightly upturned, narrow corners. Jiang Shuyin never uses the words "alluring and seductive" to describe a man in her novels, but this man is indeed very suitable.
Her eyes, like wine-red gemstones, held a captivating brilliance within a deep pool. Her skin was sickly pale, making her lips appear as if they had just drunk blood—a gaudy, almost sensual color.
Women were silent after reading it, while men wept.
"...Mutant human race, with superpowers including transformation, devouring, flight, and mind control. Genetic matching rate of 59.455%, which is roughly passing." After a long list of physical attributes, the system finally introduced the key information.
The first three were all failing grades and were just there to make up the numbers.
It's also a little trick of the system. After seeing three ugly creatures, the final choice has to be amazing to the host. Once all three eggs are hatched, the host can level up!
Once the host has ten offspring, the system can be upgraded to the intermediate level, unlocking a large number of highly practical functions.
The memories of the last system that was upgraded to the intermediate level are too distant; I don't remember the specific functions. I only remember the most important one: the system can move freely within a certain range without being attached to the host.
"Hurry up and choose, hurry up and choose!" The system couldn't wait any longer, becoming more and more excited.
Jiang Shuyin picked up the red egg, about to hand it over to the system to handle the matter, but hesitated for a moment.
The system wouldn't let her back out: "Give me all three eggs, wouldn't it be better to do it all at once?"
Jiang Shuyin was even less willing to give it to it: "These are babies, not mass-produced products. I will be responsible for them for the rest of my life. If I don't like the donor of their other half of the genes, I might not be able to control myself from hating them."
This is unfair to the child.
The system doesn't understand. Isn't it just hatching eggs? Why make such a fuss? No wonder the human population is decreasing year by year; it's all because of our own meddling.
Clones didn't like it, cyborgs didn't like it, robots didn't like it, and later even artificially bred babies didn't like it. The mainframe almost overturned the table.
Those humans say they only love children conceived with their loved ones, and that children raised in other ways are like thieves stealing their genes.
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