Author: Cang Shanyue

2049

Huining Mansion.

High School Affiliated to the Institute of Genetics, Class 2 and 3.

Before school, class teacher Ye Zhiheng banged the blackboard loudly in an attempt to suppress the noise in the classroom.

"Review "History of Interstellar Civilization" and "Introduction to Nervous System Strengthening" carefully. I will take the test tomorrow."

Ye Zhiheng usually has a kind face and kind eyes, but today he is extremely serious.

"In addition, Chen Xiaoze in our class is infected with the K2 virus."

The whole class was stunned for a moment.

Ye Zhiheng continued: "Don't worry, everyone, we have already reported to school and the transfer notice will be issued soon."

"Here we want to remind students that although K2 is not contagious, it is better to reduce contact with infected people for the sake of your own future."

Glancing at a young man in the front row, he said, "Classmate Chen Xiaoze, you won't come to class tomorrow. The transfer certificate will be mailed to your home."

"Here I wish you my best wishes as a teacher. Even if you cannot become a genetic evolver, I hope you will achieve good results in the new school."

"Okay, school is over!"

After saying that, the head teacher took big steps and left without looking back.

In the past, students who had to play and procrastinate after school packed up their things in a few seconds and squeezed out of the classroom with no one to speak.

In fact, there is no need to remind the class teacher that the high school attached to the institute is a specialized middle school. The students here have only one purpose, to become genetically evolved new humans.

The most fearful thing is the K2 virus that blocks genetic evolution. It’s too late to hide! When passing by Chen Xiaoze, everyone silently stepped aside, for fear that they would get closer and the virus would find him.

And the boy who was named sat alone, looking at his former kind class teacher, whose enthusiastic classmates were avoiding him like the plague, with mixed emotions on his innocent face.

In the end, he was the only one sitting alone in the classroom, still smiling thoughtfully and silently blessing everyone:

"Hetui!!"

"I wish you all will be haunted by K2! Your evolution will fail!"

So sad.

Although Chen Xiaoze had long been mentally prepared, if he was infected with the K2 virus, he would be forced to drop out of school. This was an iron rule of the high school affiliated to the Institute of Genetics.

Although the academic atmosphere here is strong and Huining Mansion is the best, the people are cold and cold-blooded.

In the words of the principal, "The school is not for you to experience the beauty of youth, let alone make friends. The only goal here is to cultivate new humans and protect you in winning the war with the Silver Alliance."

Having said that, the reality is much crueler than the slogan. It feels a bit unpleasant to be reduced from a classmate and mentor to a passerby in an instant.

…

24 years ago, alien civilization invaded the earth. It failed to bring about doomsday destruction, but instead promoted the rapid development of civilization.

Genetic evolution technology is a product of this era.

Through drugs combined with physical function training, we subvert the laws of natural evolution, rewrite human genetic information, and create new humans!

The new humans, whether in physical strength or mental strength, in deep space battlefields or in the field of scientific research, are far superior to ordinary people, leading human civilization to advance to a higher level of civilization.

They are hailed as the light of mankind and the darlings of the times.

As for the young people who are in adolescence, which one doesn’t want to become a Star Wars hero galloping on the battlefield? Which one doesn’t want to achieve extraordinary things and be admired by thousands of people and worshiped by young girls?

Chen Xiaoze also wanted to die.

But fate is unfair!

"Damn it, K2, why did it fall on me?"

Although the [K2 virus] is not lethal, no one has ever died due to K2 infection since the emergence of the virus.

But not causing death does not mean that it is not harmful. Among the people, it also has a name - [Nightmare Virus].

The nightmare of genetic evolution!

And as the name suggests, the most obvious symptom of infected people is nightmares.

Whenever I fall asleep, I'm haunted by nightmares, and it's the same nightmare.

What’s more, all infected people have the same nightmare!!

As for why?

Experts’ reliable explanation is that the K2 virus releases a pheromone that causes people to have the same subconscious projection, eventually forming a dream.

Of course, it is a trivial matter to affect the brain's thinking and produce dreams. What is really known as the nightmare of genetic evolution is that the pheromones released by the virus can inhibit the growth of the nervous system, causing it to stagnate and become sluggish.

The first stage of genetic evolution is the enhancement of the nervous system and secondary growth. The virus just cuts off the key node of genetic evolution.

Take Chen Xiaoze as an example. His current [neural activity level] is beyond the scope of ordinary people. He is also in the middle and upper reaches among genetic evolution students, and he is very promising to become a genetic evolutionist.

But if infected with K2, his nervous system will no longer grow, he will never meet the minimum requirements for genetic evolution, and his future will be completely ruined.

Chen Xiaoze stayed in the classroom and refused to leave. So many years of hard work were in vain, and he would not be reconciled to anyone else.

After a while, I went to the podium to tinker with the physical fitness tester:

【Chen Xiaoze】

Neural activity: 1.71

Physique:1.64

Brain development degree: 1.55

Staring at the [neural activity] attribute and gritting his teeth, as long as it reaches the critical value of 2.0, he can apply for injection of first-order genetic medicine.

Only 0.29 difference!

Give him another three to five years, and maybe he can become a new human being and become a member of the human elite before graduating from college.

After a while, he was drooling around the photos of new human models hanging on the wall.

[Qi Lei] - Humanity's first genetic evolver, awakened the longevity gene, and is still so young at almost seventy years old. He owns the world's top consortium and has billions of wealth.

Yeah! My wives are beautiful too.

[Ronnie Paulson]——The youngest captain of the human flagship [Eternal Guardian] who evolved super telekinesis.

Married to an Asian movie queen.

[Ye Lingling] - the founder of the combination of ancient martial arts and genetic evolution. Her strong internal power can penetrate alien mechas with one punch.

The first female war goddess in deep space!!

unmarried

These are Chen Xiaoze’s idols and goals in the past!

"Give me twenty years, and I can hang it on the wall!"

If you don't do it yourself, you should do it together with Ye Lingling.

The more I think about it, the less willing I am to give up, "Is there really nothing we can do about viral infection? Maybe it can still evolve?"

He simply took out his mobile phone and wanted to search for some useful information about the K2 virus on the Internet, even though he had browsed it many times in the past two days.

There is very little information about K2 on the Internet. After all, this virus is not considered an epidemic, not many people are infected, and the affected groups are mainly concentrated among genetic evolution students. Ordinary people are safer.

Because of this, there is even less information about whether genetic evolution can continue after infection with K2.

I searched for a long time and found nothing.

There are quite a few posts about viral dreams.

Those infected may be enjoying their misery, because after all, there is nothing anyone can do about contracting the virus.

Many people who have been infected with the virus will post the details of their dreams online, and slowly it has become a guide for newly infected people.

"K2 Nightmare Complete Guide"

"The Best Route to Pass Nightmare"

"Analysis of Clues in Dream Scenes"

Etc., etc

Chen Xiaoze even saw infected people with pain in their balls forming a discussion group to compete with each other to see who could travel farther in the dream.

Clicking in, all kinds of great people gathered together, some walked 300 meters, 500 meters, and more than one kilometer.

Chen Xiaoze scorned, "That's ridiculous! Why did I just get up?"

Well, that dream is a seemingly simple infinite space, and the only thing an infected person can do in the dream is to explore.

But if you think of dreams as a game, then it is a horror game, and the initial conditions are outrageously harsh.

Anyway, Chen Xiaoze didn’t go that far.

However, I did find some interesting information. A post called "Dream Scene Speculation" caught Chen Xiaoze's attention.
To be continued...