Apocalypse Invasion: Survival on the Infinite Train
The six characters on the computer made Ming Chu's mouse stop. Her heart was in turmoil, and she couldn't help but look back at Xu Ruo and the others.
Sure enough, the expressions of Xu Ruo and the others were not very good either.
Seeing Ming Chu look back, Xu Ruo offered, "Should I take a look first?"
Ming Chu shook her head: "I have to see it."
She opened the file and began to project it onto the screen.
But the very first line of text was shocking.
In the 335th year of the New Calendar, after the Eden zone was designated, the human population dropped once again, falling from 80 million to only 50 million. We discussed the matter and decided that we could no longer allow humans to reproduce freely. We must intervene, increase the birth rate, and save the human population.
We divided the population into 10 groups of 5 million each, with gender and age demographics distributed almost evenly. However, some humans proved too stubborn. Since we cannot kill them, Number 7 proposed an excellent suggestion: place the rebels at the very bottom of Eden to reproduce, then have their offspring raised by us and integrated into human society.
I am Number 3, and I have taken over Eden No. 1. The humans here are from China. I am fond of their black hair and dark eyes, and I hope they can reproduce successfully to reach a population of at least 100 million. As long as every couple of childbearing age has 10 children, the next generation will reach 25 million; thus, it will only take two generations to meet my requirements.
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Skipping over a lot of data regarding the experiments, Ming Chu endured the discomfort of seeing "have 10 children" and asked Mengmeng, "Are you technological intelligent life forms this long-winded too?"
Mengmeng was anxious: "Master! Mengmeng is not like them! They are just imitating humans."
Ming Chu finally understood where this subtle sense of weirdness came from; these reports, which were not serious at all, were clearly too colloquial.
"Skip the experimental processes for me," Ming Chu said directly to Mengmeng.