72 Backflow
Her past
Her mind was severely damaged, and her memories were shattered into a handful of glass fragments. The two lives were mixed together, difficult to distinguish. Yan Xunzhi could only sort out the order of her life based on her growth.
Kong Wei is a good student in the traditional sense.
Even students who are particularly good at practicing traditions, who ask fewer questions and do more, remain calm and decisive in dealing with things, are loyal to the collective and are willing to support... They have completely inherited the federal concept.
Generally speaking, people with weak emotions will not have any sense of belonging to the group.
The concept of human beings is too vague. If you don’t love individuals, how can you fall in love with such a grand false proposition as human beings?
Kong Wei happened to be the one in this paradox.
As far as Kong Wei knew, her genes were so good that the federal government went through the gene bank of that year and illegally copied her genes to raise her again.
But it didn't work.
That's how personality works; it's a combination of innate selection and nurture. Reproduction isn't cloning, and even if it were, her thinking wouldn't necessarily be hers.
A slight error can lead to a huge difference.
Kong Wei's training was based on ensuring her loyalty while allowing her maximum freedom. The Federation barely controlled her, believing that such a young talent, if allowed to grow, would undoubtedly benefit humanity. Excessive interference would only backfire.
She was originally a sentry on the surface, just like the others. Later, the sentry she initially connected with, Pu Sui, became lost on the surface, became one of the underground sergeants, and was surrounded and killed.
This incident seemed to have given her some inspiration, and her focus gradually shifted to researching body modification, and she went to classes in her free time.
Not long after, the Federation received the experimental architecture she submitted. The initial version was very naive, more like a concept written by an outsider, but the Federation approved it.
She wanted people, and the Federation gave her some.
Small efforts will not amount to much. Throughout history, countless people have worked hard on evolution. Kong Wei's experimental idea is just a branch of federal research.
A small part of the public laboratory was assigned to her. Then, under the pretext of returning to the surface, Kong Wei struggled to prepare an experimental team.
The slogan has been shouted for too many years, and countless experiments have been conducted. Researchers in this field are divided up as soon as they emerge on the market.
Her experimental competition was mediocre.
The link sentinel at the time reminded her, "At least write the difference at the top. Isn't yours quite innovative? Maybe it will attract people if you write it."
Kong Wei smiled and said, "Nothing innovative, just like that."
"You have to write it, otherwise you won't be competitive." The sentry studied her promotional notice for a long time. "I've been looking at it for a long time and I'm wondering, tsk, is this a scam? There's nothing there."
Kong Wei wrote down his identity as an S-level guide of the Central White Tower.
The experiment began to run with the participation of researchers. Kong Wei was not a researcher after all. Too much professional knowledge required years of hard study. She did not have a super brain with a photographic memory, so she could not reach the top in one step.
The early stages of the experiment happened to involve various basic and trivial tests, so she completely outsourced the experiments to the researchers and continued to work on the ground, learning research knowledge in the intervals and occasionally adjusting the direction.
Once there is progress on some new nodes, report to the federal government to obtain more funding and talent.
The list of experimental personnel was screened over and over again, and more trustworthy researchers were selected to start in-depth research.
At the same time, she contacted a superior, Sun Yesuo, the head of the headquarters communications department.
She was very interested in their research and said that she had originally thought about becoming a researcher, but unfortunately she did not have the talent, so she changed her career. Now she is willing to provide all the help she can for their experiments.
After contacting her for a while, Kong Wei asked her to transfer some core researchers to other positions away from the experiments.
Sun Yesuo asked, "How about I find someone to transfer to those empty shell experiments? If they are transferred, they will need someone to guide them every time they enter the laboratory."
"Some of it is left behind." Kong Wei politely declined her offer, "Let's transfer this part out."
With countless predecessors laying the groundwork, the experiment progressed smoothly, and the conjecture imprinted in her mind became clearer and clearer - could humans have returned to the ground long ago?
So she guessed that the Federation just hadn't noticed it yet, but there was no impenetrable wall in the world. One day, when the experimental data leaked out or there was a breakthrough in the research, they would shut down the experiment.
By then she must have sufficient financial resources and personnel to continue her research.
But when it comes to actually pushing forward, no.
It was different from what she expected. She even got a promotion.
Because of her excellent experimental results, she was absorbed into the headquarters. During the training, she showed excellent leadership ability and joined the ground command center.
This was one of the most important positions in the underground, and the pay was good, so Kong Wei quite liked it. Her experiments required a lot of funding, and even though the Federation was still looking after her, she always had to prepare for a rainy day.
This position is also the closest to the ground. She will be the first to know about all the movements on the ground, which is extremely helpful for her to control the direction of the experiment.
Things on the ground are extremely complicated, and as the window period approaches, everyone in the command center is busy.
Kong Wei turned into a spinning top and had no time to spare, so she entrusted the experiment to Sun Yesuo and Zeng An. She would occasionally check on the progress of the experiment.
At a certain point, the progress of the experiment began to slow down.
Often when she finally checked the progress of the experiment, there was no progress at all.
Kong Wei wasn't too anxious. She didn't expect to succeed suddenly after more than a hundred years of unsuccessful attempts on the ground. She felt it would be great to see the results before she died.
One hundred and seventy-nine years underground, Kong Weijin’s third year in command, was the first time he met Yan Xunzhi.
At that time, she was assigned to the Northwest District for command and had not returned to the Central White Tower for two years. Those who had been with her were dismissed before leaving, and those who came to the Northwest with her died on the ground.
Her friend asked her, "Someone owes me a favor and has brought me a group of logistics sentries to choose from. Do you want one? I'll give you one."
She had just finished a foreign body tide and came down from the ground. The sentinel died and she needed to relieve the pressure. Kong Wei did not refuse.
A friend asked, "What kind do you like?"
Her request was simple, "Just find someone pretty."
The sentries knew some basic counseling, but most of the sentries in the Logistics and Armaments Department were not very skilled, and ordinary counseling was useless to them. Kong Wei just wanted to find someone good-looking to satisfy her spirit.
They were brought in the next day. The logistics sentries stood in a row with their eyes downcast.
At Kong Wei's level, and she only liked pretty women, anyone who was chosen would have impeccable looks. Everyone was very nervous, their faces tense, not daring to look at her, not daring to show any expression.
Kong Wei had just finished get off work and was tired. He casually scanned the items and thought they were all pretty much the same. He was too lazy to choose any more. "Let's keep them all for now."
The sentries breathed a sigh of relief, but the person they led was a little embarrassed, "This..."
Kong Wei also put on that stiff expressionless face, "Go and coordinate it yourself, do you need me to teach you how to do it? Just settle them down."
After that, there were four or five consecutive days of meetings, so she was temporarily busy. The leader couldn't find a place to put them, so he wanted to take them back first and asked her. Kong Wei had reserved an empty room for them and they would be treated as normal.
When I passed by the cafeteria that day, they seemed to be gathered together chatting about some gossip, and the one in the middle was smiling brightly.
Like a happy cat.
Kong Wei took a glance and wrote down the name on her chest.
I called her over in the evening. She had beautiful eyes, a small face, a high nose, and pursed her lips, looking a little reserved.
Kong Wei said, "Don't be nervous, just smile."
She gave a standard smile.
Kong Wei frowned slightly without noticing, "Grin."
She shuddered, her gaze wandering, finally settling on her chin. She stiffly parted her lips in a fake smile.
It was not as bright as when we were chatting that day. It was as bright as a cloudy day, with only a single ray of sunlight shining on the blooming forsythia.
But the contours of her eye sockets also slowly curved with this smile, and her eye bags became slightly more prominent, piled up under her eyes, making her look very soft.
Perhaps influenced by the environment, or perhaps because of years of hunger, the underground people's facial features always appear a bit cold and sharp, with prominent bone contours. But when she smiles, the coldness disappears, like a bright-eyed cat.
"Don't be afraid, I'm easy to get along with." She was satisfied and wanted to chat for a while, but she was too lazy to find something to talk about. She was bored and asked knowingly, "What's your name?"
"Yan Xunzhi."
Yan Xunzhi stayed.
The next day, she moved into Kong Wei's residence.
She was indeed beautiful, and what added to her beauty was her soft smile. Her eyes were curved, with long lashes, full of tenderness. Having seen so many cold and twisted faces on the ground, Kong Wei felt that this at least made her feel at ease during her rest.
When going to bed, Yan Xunzhi lifted his legs a little clumsily.
Kong Wei finally noticed that she seemed to have an auxiliary bone tied to her leg, hidden in her baggy casual pants and hardly visible.
Oh, it's a cripple. She thought again, but now there is a shortage of people on the ground, and a cripple can also go to the ground.
She waved her hand, and Yan Xunzhi just stepped on it, then quickly turned around and walked up to her.
"Why did you come to the logistics department?" Kong Wei motioned her to sit down.
Yan Xunzhi sat down on the edge of the stool, a little embarrassed, "I'm injured..."
"But we're short of manpower right now." Kong Wei said, "Your injury is minor and you can walk normally with an exoskeleton. It's not serious and you shouldn't be assigned to logistics."
Yan Xunzhi was exposed by her and looked embarrassed. After a while, he said awkwardly, "Actually, I'm... scared. I'm afraid of going to the ground."
There are only two options for going to the Logistics and Armaments Department. Kong Wei got the correct answer, his gaze lingered on her for a moment, and he didn't ask any more questions.
It is normal to be afraid. Most people who are not afraid on the ground will remain on the ground forever.
Kong Wei said, "You can sleep on the bottom, it's more convenient."
Yan Xunzhi was flattered and waved his hands repeatedly, saying no. Kong Wei didn't argue, but just said, "Otherwise, if you get out of bed in the middle of the night, you'll wake me up. This way, at most I'll wake you up, and you don't have to go to the ground. Just wake up if you want."
Yan Xunzhi was stunned for two seconds and nodded.
The rest time was short. Kong Wei had not been able to enjoy the warmth for two days, and had not even had time to get familiar with the new sentry, before he was immediately called to the ground.
It was the first time she saw a conscious and thoughtful alien creature. Its mental power was extremely strong and it must have undergone a second evolution.
Kong Wei suddenly realized that he was wrong.
Not only her, the entire federation is heading in the wrong direction.
The underground can never simulate nature. Nature changes rapidly. Their samples are still insignificant compared to the entire world. They failed to hit that one in ten million probability.
The saying that man can conquer nature is just a lie. If man can conquer nature, why do the victors have to live under the weight of the losers?
If they want to live in nature, they must give up something. If they want to return to the earth, they should follow the earth instead of fighting against it.
Kong Wei made two plans: act first and report later. After returning to the underground, she would first adjust the direction of the experiment, and then report to the Federation after the overall framework was redefined. Even if the Federation raised objections, she would have already laid most of the groundwork.
But this time, the federation still fully supports it.
Because of this groundbreaking discovery, Kong Wei was promoted again and transferred back to headquarters to serve as deputy commander-in-chief.
【Author’s words】
Kong Wei: Is this still the Federation I know?
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