When Mr. Lan was growing up, many children became orphans.

Many children lose their parents' care at an early age.

Some children died because of the death of elderly relatives. Others were abandoned by desperate guardians. There are normal children, there are sick children, there are mentally ill children who look normal, and there are also normal children who are weak.

As long as the child is physically and mentally healthy, parents and schools can breathe a sigh of relief. If the child has a cheerful personality, is friendly and sunny, active in activities, and studies diligently, it will be a bonus. But since it is a bonus, there is the so-called basic score. This

The world's exams are based on ability. And ability requires intelligence to master.

Back then, the old man was a scumbag whose "basic scores" were a mess, but he was full of bright spots.

What's the point of being stupid? It may not matter to other species. Human beings are animals whose species characteristic is intelligence. Being stupid has a huge impact. Lan Ze felt that when he was a child, he couldn't keep up with the thinking rhythm of his peers, so he was miserable.

Fortunately, Mr. Lan was already in his teens when he entered the orphanage. Although he was just a scumbag, he no longer needed childcare and care. Generally speaking, he could take care of himself.

Welfare homes took on more and more children whose parents had died, children with illnesses, and later on more and more newborns who were abandoned in nurseries. The social welfare homes of that era could, to a certain extent,

It is said to be the predecessor of the social care system.

After their generation came of age, the nursery system gradually became part of the national welfare. Since human reproduction no longer relies on a woman's womb, a large number of single fathers appeared, which promoted the formal establishment of the social care system.

When they are young, young people are treasures. When they are old, the world is full of young people. Young people are no longer rare.

LLL quickly came back with tea.

She sat down and they chatted for a while.

Lan Ze felt that many problems had not been solved during this visit to the institute. For example, the risk level limit for finding a job was nonsense.

The chef's occupational risk level is one and a half stars. The seven brothers and sisters who carry the mutation cannot even be chefs. However, who can't use a knife to cut vegetables at home?

However, there are only seven brothers and sisters in the country who are subject to such severe restrictions.

The old man himself has never been subject to any restrictions because he is fifty years older than the normal childbearing age. The various human mutations carried by others are not so significant and rare.

In order to satisfy Lanze's curiosity, LLL used the wall-mounted projector in the small living room to show him some general information. The model of the machine was very old, but the display quality was very fine.

First, let’s talk about some physical mutations that originated in North Asia. They all look very powerful. The Xiongnu, Shiwei, Donghu, and even the Inuit all belong to the North Asian race. The ethnic groups in North Asia live in harsh climate environments.

, compared to populations in other regions, physical mutations are very dense.

For example, strength, durability, explosive power, the Inuit's ability to synthesize vitamin C themselves; and relatively speaking, the more common cold resistance. These all have certain value, but they are not significant.

Only the mutations related to the speed of neural response are marked with the word "major". Looking carefully, human mutations that improve the speed of neural response have independently evolved more than once among the hunting peoples of Africa and North Asia. This is a

A group of different mutations located at different chromosomal sites. However, the final effect is the same, and it is a pity that there is no additive effect.

Lan Ze pays attention to this because he has always believed that his nervous reaction speed is super fast since he was a child.

"I seem to have this." Lanze pointed at the mutation.

"Well, then you are amazing." LLL said perfunctorily.

"Can it be tested in the institute?"

"What's there to test? Many people have it." LLL swiped the page, and the content outside the screen was immediately displayed. "You see, there are hundreds of thousands to hundreds of thousands of carriers. They give birth to a newborn every few years.

Just do random checks.”

"But this one has a big price tag."

"That's because it's useful for interstellar navigation."

“Can the human body’s response replace the autonomous driving of an airship?”

"I think you are thinking wrongly. Nervous reaction speed is a factor that affects intellectual performance. Making reasonable judgments and emergency decisions quickly is the meaning of neurological reaction speed, right?"

"Are you speculating?"

"I don't have anything like this."

"I have it!"

"..." LLL was a little curious, "In ordinary life on the ground, it's not actually used, right?"

"Well, when you play ball and games, you can torture your opponents to death. It's so useful!"

Lan Ze was in the university town and got pretty good results when playing the navigation simulator. He carefully recalled it and felt that LLL's guess was reliable. Autopilot and human operation cannot replace each other.

Lan Ze jumped from North Asia to Africa and took a look twice. There are many kinds of mutations in Africa, and there are all types. The number of carriers is not large, thousands or tens of thousands of people are common. However, they are all better than his own mutations.

There are many people.

The restrictions or protections their brothers and sisters receive are actually related to the small number of people. If the number of adult carriers can reach 100, the protection can be downgraded. However, there are currently only eight adult carriers. The next generation will all

Still a kid, the total number is over a hundred, but there are only a few dozen mutation carriers among them.

If it can reach a scale of 100,000 people, then daily life should be no different from that of ordinary people. Even because of the personal advantages brought by mutations, there is an opportunity to enter certain work fields preferentially, such as the desolate and distant space. Just like nerves

Like a "major" sudden change in reaction speed.

At that time, the only impact that a major valuable change will have on an individual will be the birth tax. If others give birth to two children, the birth tax will be waived, but you have to have three. But with the help of a nursery, this is not an embarrassment.

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The only obstacle right now is the number of people.

"It turns out that when you talk about big things, you mean the interstellar world." Lan Ze slowly thought about it.

"That's right." The old director appeared. "We screen mutations based on interstellar needs."

Lan Ze knew that the elderly were prone to accidents when going to the toilet. Even straining to defecate might cause a heart attack. After waiting for the elderly for so long, he was already a little uneasy.

There were security guards in the research institute, but he didn't see them and didn't know where they were. He and Xiao Jiang seemed to be the only reliable young and middle-aged men.

Looking now, the old director has completed his private mission and looks quite good.
Chapter completed!