In New Calendar Year 1961, July, the Star Sea Conquest Plan was urgently halted.
The official explanation was that the cosmic environment was too harsh, and the damage caused by radiation was completely unbearable for their gene intensity.
Gene damage caused by cosmic radiation would cause Dalerossians to mutate rapidly within 1 month, eventually turning into pus and blood as their gene chains completely broke.
With current medical technology, once gene mutation begins, it cannot be stopped.
Seeing this, Zhao Feng couldn't help but sigh, letting those who do scientific research rule the people, they truly don't hide anything at all~
It must be tough for these Dalerossians living in the real world.
In New Calendar Year 1968, August, a new world president took office, and the first decree issued was to increase efforts to find the ruins left by the "Ancients" and apply the technology discovered within to basic fields.
At the same time, the acceleration track power was reduced, changing to a trans-continental transportation line.
The blind exploration of the starry sky came to a complete stop on this day.
Seeing this, Zhao Feng raised his eyebrows.
'Finally regained their senses? Are they going to start developing the basics?'
As the Civilization Record continued to play, for some unknown reason, the equipment began to stutter and skip frames.
Soon, the records from New Calendar Year 1968-2400 were skipped over in large chunks.
Much of the content only had sound, but no visuals.
Only from the occasionally popping up fragments could one understand a part of the content.
During these over 400 years, they turned to developing their own planet.
No longer wasting resources on exploring outer space.
Hundreds of years of focused development, coupled with the discovery and exploitation of countless ruins, caused their civilization to undergo a qualitative leap.
Furthermore, with war, disease, and famine being completely eradicated, the Dalerossians, free from illness and disaster, besides researching their favorite subjects, had only one hobby: making babies.
The world's population continued to grow, with the total population exceeding 90 billion, an average lifespan reaching 150 years, and an urbanized system covering the entire globe.
Then, the Civilization Record 《》 returned to normal.
After resuming normal playback, the initial content was very interesting.
On this day in New Calendar Year 2400, September, the Dalerossian scientist alliance split into two factions and engaged in heated discussions.
Scholars of the reformist faction believed that the city model derivation had significant problems.
99% of the population was concentrated in large cities, and the most populous cities housed over 400 million people.
The irrational influx of citizens into cities would lead to a decrease in crisis tolerance.
Once a natural disaster occurred, due to the cumulative effects of land fallowing and farmland desertification, it would ultimately affect food output.
The conservative faction, however, believed this was pure nonsense, and everything was under scientific and rational control.
Intelligent machines and equipment could completely replace inefficient labor, and more efficient systems could detect disasters like earthquakes early on.
In such an efficient and safe social system, it was the leadership's duty to direct the citizens to where they were most needed.
At the same time, the conservative faction emphasized that a century of development had led to an extremely advanced industrial system, capable of supporting such a large population.
Especially with the rapid progress in applied science, it brought unparalleled enjoyment to the residents of large cities.
Bringing a pleasant living environment to the people, was that not right?
Zhao Feng felt that the conservative faction's argument was flawless.
But the reformist faction's sense of crisis was more commendable.
'But why didn't this race choose to do both?'
'From 1935 until now, why has this race never learned its lesson, only able to go down one path to the end?'
'It's just strange.'
Then came New Calendar Year 2410, April, and the moment of truth arrived!
A solar wind swept across the globe, causing almost all electronic equipment to paralyze.
Grain production decreased, and food inventory was rapidly consumed.
The Daleross Civilization, which had grown to a population scale of 100 billion, experienced famine for the first time.
Then, in September of the same year, the world government announced that it could no longer provide essential goods for its citizens, and food and energy shortages would become severe disasters.
In New Calendar Year 2411, a staggering 5 billion people died, riots broke out in some areas, and even instances of cannibalism occurred.
In New Calendar Year 2413, January, during an exploration of an ancient civilization ruin, the conservative faction discovered an extremely crucial technology.
This technology might save countless lives.
In November of the same year, a controversial policy was implemented.
The policy stated that through the exploration of "Ancient" ruins, an instrument called a 【Active Protein Processing Device】 was invented.
With this machine, by simply throwing in the corpse of a recently deceased creature, it could produce high-quality synthetic protein in large quantities.
Most importantly, this protein was safe and edible.
Shortly after the policy was issued, countless processing plants were established all over the world.
And the first generation Active Protein Processing Device, the db1000, was promoted in all aspects for its marvels.
The world government claimed that this would solve the famine problem that had plagued the masses for three years.
Although this measure might have been somewhat questionable, because it was knowledge left behind in the ruins, the people miraculously accepted it.
Seeing this, Zhao Feng couldn't help but click his tongue.
"Corpses... whose corpses? Not even of their own race? 5 billion dead to feed over 95 billion living? Aren't they afraid of prions? These people are too superstitious about the technology in the ruins!"
Shaking his head, Zhao Feng continued to read.
In New Calendar Year 2420, February, the Ministry of Environmental, Food, and Rural Development issued a statement claiming that 70% of the current food supply came from the latest model, the db3000.
Society's reliance on agriculture was greatly reduced, making life in large cities more comfortable.
Moreover, the high-quality food it produced was rich in essential elements.
Consuming this food regularly could cure illnesses and prevent them if one was healthy, truly the greatest scientific advancement in history.
"Were these people involved in pyramid schemes before?... This sounds like they're courting death."
In New Calendar Year 2432, March, the World Health Assembly was convened in the world capital, Kalman.
The assembly pointed out that in recent years, mental illnesses such as amnesia, mental disorder, and schizophrenia had increased by 179%.
This might be related to the food people were frequently eating; the protein within might have harmful interactions with the human brain.
"Well, I think I already know how they courted their own demise..."
In New Calendar Year 2445, June, a new virus was spreading, with symptoms similar to those of a manic patient.
These individuals exhibited extreme aggression, and those injured had a high chance of being infected.
Currently, 75 million people are known to be infected, with the illness traceable back more than 10 years.
After multiple experiments, Doctor Morse confirmed that infected individuals experienced a rapid worsening of their condition when experiencing strong emotions, mental instability, anger, and fatigue.
Within hours or even minutes, they would lose all sense of pain and basic perception.
Only a craving for food remained, specifically, a craving for fresh meat.
Seeing this, Zhao Feng understood; at least the origin of the zombies was clear.
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