Chapter 15 Section Fourteen

The downpour of rain fell from the sky like a flood from heaven.Big raindrops kept beating on the canopy of the trees, and the whole forest roared like the earth was shaking. For Congo, which is in the dry season, this kind of severe weather is very rare, but for Jaeger and others who are close to the target of the attack, this is a great opportunity.When it rains, the Mbuti people generally do not go out to hunt, but stay in the camp.Jaeger and the others don't have to worry about meeting them unexpectedly or hearing their footsteps, they can boldly search for their place of residence with confidence.

The Kanga group of about forty Pygmies migrated between settlement camps along the main road and eight hunting camps deep in the forest.The eight hunting camps have a total length of 35 kilometers from east to west.Jaeger and others are approaching the deepest camp. One kilometer away from the camp, Jaeger and others spread out waterproof pads in densely wooded areas, put up rain cloths, put on a full set of equipment such as rainforest camouflage combat uniforms and tactical vests, and filled the tactical vests with reserve magazines.Then they advanced about 600 meters and put down their backpacks in the gaps of the dense grass as a meeting place.Since you will lose your sense of direction if you advance ten meters in the rainforest, all team members use GPS devices to record their current positions.

"Approach the target from the north and the south." Jaeger called the team and simply conveyed the instructions.All faces were painted in dark camouflage, only the whites of the eyes were shining. "Garrett and Mick approached from the north, and Miles and I approached from the south to confirm that Nigel Pierce was in the camp and to get an accurate count of the number." Seeing that the other three nodded seriously, Jaeger was very satisfied.Since Mick shot and killed two apes, the atmosphere in the team has subtly changed, from harmony to taciturn, just focused on completing the task.So far, Jaeger is only worried about one thing, and that is whether the players will openly fight against each other, but this may be just an unfounded worry.As a professional combatant, everyone should be very clear that internal strife will only bring them into a desperate situation.If you act emotionally, you are likely to kill yourself.Jaeger deeply buried his antipathy towards the Japanese.

"I must remind everyone in advance." Garrett said, "The radio communications of militants in this area are monitored by the UN peacekeeping force. In order not to be detected by the monitoring network, the output power of our radio communicators should not be too high. The maximum The communication distance can only be two hundred meters. Moreover, we must try to avoid radio communication. If you hear me press the call button five times, return to the assembly point." Finally, Jaeger mentioned the puzzling order: "There is also about the 'never seen creature'. If you encounter an unknown creature, kill it as soon as possible and recover the body."

The three nodded, wry smiles appeared on their faces, and Jaeger also smiled faintly. The executors of the guardian plan divided into two groups and set off carefully along their respective routes.Jaeger did not dare to underestimate the Mbuti people.They are the children of the forest, have lived in the rainforest for tens of thousands of years, and are extremely adapted to the environment here.Even experienced special forces members, in this deep forest, can't fight against them, right? After advancing for about ten minutes, an open field appeared behind the forest. The latitude and longitude on the GPS coincided with the values ​​announced at the Zeta Security Company meeting.Jaeger and Miles hid in the shade of a large tree, pulled out their binoculars, and observed the hunter-gatherer camp.

The square that suddenly appeared between the trees was much smaller than the field during the storming training, with a side length of about twenty meters, a wooden bench in the center, and hemispherical huts lined up around it.However, there was no one to be seen in the camp in the heavy rain, and half the huts were crumbling. Jaeger and Miles held Glock pistols equipped with silencers, stepped hard on the muddy road, and slowly entered the square.They exchanged gestures, identified their respective huts, and proceeded. Jaeger started from the first hut in the row ahead of him.The structure of the hut with a diameter of about two meters is clear at a glance. Several long branches are bent into a semicircle, and both ends are pierced into the ground to form a skeleton. It is only covered with a layer of large leaves, and the structure is quite primitive.

Jaeger inspects the huts one by one, keeping an eye out for anything other than humans.Maybe "creatures that have never been seen before" are lurking in the corners of uninhabited huts.But all he could see were bugs. Not long after, they confirmed that there was no one in the camp, so Jaeger signaled to Garrett and Mick, who were in charge of monitoring in the forest, and ordered to gather. "There are traces of a bonfire here," Miles reported in a low voice. "It's relatively new, and it is estimated that there were people here not long ago. Most of the forty people we are looking for have already moved to the next camp."

Jaeger nodded, and an eerie silence surrounded him.The gloomy camp suddenly burst into light. The two looked up at the sky.The rain that had been falling since morning finally stopped, and the dark clouds quickly dispersed.After entering the rainforest, it was the first time for them to see the complete sky, as if floating from the deep sea and finally poking their heads out of the water. Garrett and Mick emerge quietly from the shadows of the cabin.Jaeger gave instructions to the team: "Go to the next camp. Five kilometers to the east." It's two o'clock in the afternoon, so we should be there before dark.

The four returned to the place where they put their backpacks and started marching again.They have entered the territory of Kanga tour group.The sound of the rain is gone, so great care must be taken not to make a sound. About an hour later, perhaps because the sun was shining directly on the ground and the rain began to evaporate, there was a strong forest smell in the air.The stench of trees, rotting leaves, and soil mixed together, and even the surrounding air became heavy. After wading through several swollen rivers, Jaeger faintly heard the voice of a person.At first he thought it was a hallucination, but after listening carefully, he was sure that it was not the sound of birds or beasts, but the cry of people.Jaeger immediately confirmed the location with a GPS device, about one kilometer away from the next camp of the Kanga tour group.

Mick, who was walking in front, also noticed something, turned around, and gestured for a stop.The team members lined up in a column knelt on one knee on the spot to check whether there was any abnormality in the front, back, left, and right.They heard a man's cry.That didn't seem like a meaningless cry.Although vague, it has the characteristic cadence of language. Suddenly, the shouting stopped abruptly.The four mercenaries observed the surrounding situation for a few minutes, confirmed that there was no threat, and then gathered around Jaeger. Miles murmured, "Does anyone recognize what that man is calling?"

"It sounds like English to me," Garrett replied, "but I can't make out the specifics." Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.The Mbuti people speak the language of the local farming people - vernacular, as well as Swahili and French, without English.The worst that the four of them predicted was that the anti-government forces were attacking the Kanga tour group.English should be the lingua franca of the Ugandan and Rwandan armed forces that invaded eastern Congo. "It's calling for help," Miles said. "No, the sound was made by a person, and it didn't sound like a scream," Jaeger said, "so there shouldn't be an assault." "Who's that calling? Could it be that anthropologist named Nigel Pierce?" It was useless to talk any further, and Jaeger decided to take action. "Everyone put down their equipment and set this as the meeting point. Mick, bring the grenade launcher." Jaeger and Mick took out the HK69 grenade launcher stuffed in their backpacks, put the prepared 40mm grenade into the ammunition bag, and then sent five grenades to Garrett and Miles respectively. After the equipment was prepared, as before, the four people were divided into two groups and approached the camp one kilometer away from the north and south directions. Jaeger, who had received training in searching for enemies in the rainforest, found the trail within a few steps.Among the lush grass, there are faint traces of the grass being pushed aside.This is the path used by the Mbuti people for hunting.He observed the ground and found no traces of militants marching. After walking for about half an hour, rooster crowing and people's voices came from behind the trees.It's from Mbuti.There was a harmonious atmosphere in the tone, and it was clear that they had no signs of military threats. Jaeger approached the edge of the camp, picked an old tree nearby, and climbed up lightly.Miles remained on the ground and took charge of the security. Jaeger propped his arms on a tree branch about three meters above the ground, poked his head out from the branches and leaves, held binoculars, and observed the Pygmies with his own eyes for the first time. Despite the distance, it is still clear that they are small in stature.By Caucasian standards, they are a group of elementary school students.They were all muscular, but for some reason, many had bulging lower bellies.Perhaps because of living in the rainforest with insufficient sunlight, none of their skins are dark.The men wore battered shorts, the women wrapped in colorful fabrics.Jaeger also saw topless women, but their breasts hung like tassels to the ground, not arousing the slightest eroticism, more like displaying living specimens of human beings. If it weren't for the little clothes they wore, as well as the cooking pots and knives, their lives would still be exactly the same as they were tens of thousands of years ago.Although they are far away from civilized society, they can still find all the expressions of modern people-simple, steady, intelligent, frivolous, prudent, etc., when they look at the faces of those men, women, and children one by one. There was still some time before it got dark, and the sunlight entering the square had already been blocked by the forest, and the surroundings were almost shrouded in darkness.Jaeger set about gathering the intelligence necessary to carry out his plan. Eleven huts are distributed in the camp, a few meters apart from each other, arranged in a "U" shape.Because Jaeger was observing from the side, he couldn't see how many people were behind the row of huts near him.Meek and the others who are in charge of reconnaissance on the opposite side should be able to observe the blind spot. Adult males are almost all in the center of the square, in an open space that looks like an assembly hall, and there are fifteen of them.They sat on wooden benches, smoking paper cigarettes and chatting enthusiastically.Women prepare food outside their huts, build fires, and then sit on the ground and cook sweet potato-shaped fruits.Five women could be seen from Jaeger's position, along with children.Five boys are kicking footballs woven from vines, and six girls are wearing flower headdresses. Some are taking care of babies, and some are helping their mothers with cooking. Jaeger continued to observe the people he was about to kill, trying to find signs of their illness.As long as you are sure that they are indeed infected with a deadly virus, you can do it without feeling guilty, and you can tell yourself with dignity that sending a bullet to their head is just a means of euthanasia, so that they do not die in a more horrific way.However, contrary to expectations, their demeanor indicated that they were very healthy. At this time, a special person appeared in the narrow field of view of the telescope.A tall, fair-skinned, middle-aged man.A long beard covers the lower half of his face.Definitely the anthropologist Nigel Pierce.He emerged from the furthest hut, dressed exactly like the Mbuti people, a faded shirt and shorts.He stood among the Mbuti people like a giant. There is no doubt that the camp of Kangga tour group is right in front of us.The reason why they have no signs of illness is mostly because the virus is still in the incubation period.Jaeger ignored the weight of his heart and began to think about whether he should attack tonight.Kill them all, and you can eliminate the virus that can exterminate human beings.Pierce had a lean dog at his feet, and if it was a watchdog, it had to be dealt with first. Pierce, who was playing with the dog, suddenly stood up and looked around the forest.If you move around, it will be exposed, so Jaeger decided to keep his posture and continue to monitor. Pierce leaned back, took a deep breath, and suddenly shouted in English: "Please listen! Can you all hear my voice? I know you are nearby!" Miles, who was standing below Jaeger, heard the English shout, turned around in surprise, and stared in the direction of the camp. Judging from the sound quality and pitch, this call and the call heard just now should be made by the same person.But who exactly are anthropologists shouting at?Jaeger checked the situation in the camp. The pygmies ignored the shouts and continued to do their work. "I'm talking to you! Jonathan Jaeger, Warren Garrett, Scott Myers, and Mikihiro Kashiwahara! The four executors of the Guardian Project!" Garrett's voice came from Jaeger's radio: "This is G2. The plan has been leaked." Jaeger pressed the call button to acknowledge, and continued to watch the anthropologist through the binoculars. "There are no virus-infected people here. The Guardian Project is a scam! You will be killed! With the order of the US Presidential Palace, you will all be killed!" Shocked, Miles looked up at Jaeger from under the tree. "Garrett, you should have a hunch! Your breach of trust has been exposed! You have nowhere to run!" What is Nigel Pierce talking about?What happened to Garrett's breach of trust?Jaeger tried to sort out his confused mind, but his own name wafted into his ears. "And Jaeger, listen to me! Your child can be saved! There is a cure for that disease! I have already prepared the way to save Justin!" Jaeger was dizzy.Pierce's words could not be more clear, he said he can save Justin. The unexpected situation made Jaeger uneasy. He waited quietly for a while, but he didn't hear the anthropologist's voice again.Nigel Pierce looked around the surrounding forest just as he had appeared before returning to the hut that was only as high as his chest. Neither Jaeger nor Miles moved.After almost an hour, the camp was completely engulfed in darkness.Jaeger pressed the talk button on the radio five times, giving the order to retreat. Garrett and Mick are already at the rendezvous location.After Jaeger and Miles returned, Mick whispered, "There is nothing unusual around." The three of them pointed the night vision goggles covering the upper half of their faces at Jaeger, and remained silent, waiting for the captain to speak. Jaeger wondered if he should order Garrett, who was in charge of communications, to consult his employer, Zeta Security.However, if Nigel Pierce's words are true, he has fallen into the trap of the White House.Moreover, his son was saved. The long silence made Mick couldn't help but speak, and his voice was full of anger: "Who leaked the plan?" "It's hard to say," Miles said. "We're at the bottom of the plan, and there are countless people involved in the plan." "Pierce made it very clear that Garrett committed a breach of trust." Garrett turned to Mick: "You said I was the one who leaked the plan?" "That's right." Garrett snorted and said with a smile, "Imagination is really rich." "Stop pretending. I know you're not a Marine. What are you hiding?" "Wait!" Jaeger chimed in. "Everyone put down their guns!" Seeing that the three were unwilling to obey the order, Jaeger took the initiative to put the assault rifle on the ground.Miles followed closely behind.The two arguing also reluctantly lowered their rifles. "Let's sort out the situation," Jaeger said. "Nigel Pierce knows our battle plan and claims that the Guardian program is a hoax. Not only does the virus infection not exist, but all of us will be killed." "He's the one who lied," Mick said. "He wanted to mess with our minds so we couldn't act, because he'd die if he didn't." "But the information he has is correct. He knows our real names, not aliases. And..." Jaeger hesitated for a moment, then added, "He also knows that I have a sick child." "So what? Do you believe that guy? Are you planning to give up the plan?" "Mick, calm down!" Miles advised, "If we are careless, we will all risk our lives." Jaeger was momentarily agitated.Nigel Pierce says he has a way to save Justin.This meant that Justin was his hostage. At this time, Garrett suddenly interjected: "I think what Pierce said is probably true." The other three looked at Garrett together. "At least I did have a reason for being framed." "Who's trying to frame you?" Jaeger asked. "The White House." Garrett said, raised his hand to stop Mick who wanted to ask questions, and begged Jaeger, "I want to talk to you alone." "it is good." "Wait, we also have the right to listen in." Mick pressed forward. Miles grabbed Mick's shoulder, "This is a military operation, and you must obey the command of your superior." Mick wanted to refute, but seeing Miles' right hand resting on the pistol in the holster on his leg, he said softly, "Okay." Jaeger picked up his rifle and walked into the depths of the rainforest with Garrett. After a long distance from the other two, Garrett said, "As you may have figured out, I'm not a Marine, but an active duty 'Blue Badger.'" "Blue Badger" is the code name for a CIA agent. "Are you from the intelligence agency?" "That's right, and I'm doing something shady." "Shameful deeds?" "The transfer plan of Islamic radicals. Arrest people who are suspected of being terrorists and send them to secret prisons overseas. Not long ago, I suddenly received a new mission and sent me to participate in the Guardian project. The mission given to me by the intelligence agency is the surveillance project. execution." "Are you an eyeliner for the CIA?" "That's right, I've been keeping it from you, I'm very sorry." "Is this the so-called 'breach of trust'?" Garrett hesitated for a moment, then said: "No, Pierce is talking about the secret transfer plan. The Vance government tortured, watered, and sexually abused Islamic militants, and secretly handed over Islamic militants to third countries such as Syria. It performed more brutal torture. No one came back alive. Do you believe that there are still people on the earth today who are tied to a steel folding bed, and their bodies are broken in two to die." The man was rarely excited , continued, "This practice obviously violated the war crimes clause in international law. So I privately contacted a non-governmental organization that defended human rights, volunteered to serve as a spy, and collected evidence of torture for the purpose of Bring Gregory Vance to international court as a war criminal." "President of the United States?" Jaeger asked in surprise, "How is that possible?" "Yes, obviously impossible. But this can at least pose a threat to Vance. As long as the International Criminal Court accepts the prosecution, at least the US-led torture will not continue." Garrett regained his calm tone, helplessly Said, "So, I am a traitor who sullies the honor of the country and is destined to be killed by the Vance government." Jaeger lowered his head, thinking about how credible Garrett's words were. "But how did Nigel Pierce know that?" "I have no idea." "If it's just to kill you alone, why bother to set up a deception so much?" "I guess the guardian plan has existed for a long time, and the executor of this plan must die in the end, so they added me to the list of executors." "Then why kill us all?" "For the sake of silence, after all, we have to kill the innocent Pygmies." "That doesn't make sense either. If Pierce is to be believed, the deadly virus doesn't exist. So there's no reason to kill the Mbuti people." The two looked at each other. "The only possibility is the primary target of the Guardian's plan..." Garrett said, "'a creature that has never been seen before'." The unknown creature that had been treated as a joke before suddenly turned into a huge shadow, covering Jaeger's heart. "Do you have any clues about this creature?" "Not at all." Garrett shook his head, staring at Jaeger and said, "I've told you everything I know, believe it or not, it's up to you." Jaeger pondered for a moment and made a decision. "Okay, we're going to change part of the plan. Come with me." The two returned to their original place, and Mick asked impatiently, "Have you reached a conclusion?" "Yeah. Tonight's assault on the Kanga tour group, but not to exterminate the Mbuti, but to kidnap and interrogate Nigel Pierce. Just ask him what he wants to do. Does anyone disapprove of this plan?" Miles and Mick shook their heads one after another.This is a convincing decision. "Do you still want to contact Z?" Garrett, who was in charge of the communication, asked. "Z" is the abbreviation of "Zeta Security Company". "Do you want to tell them that we are about to launch a storm?" "Leave them alone." "What if we're ambushed?" Mick asked. "Those guys know we're around." "Then fight. But try not to kill people. Shoot them to scare them and they should retreat. Then immediately bring Pierce out for interrogation. Be ready in fifteen minutes and start the operation, understand?" The team members nodded and picked up the AK47 assault rifles placed under their feet. A magazine library stands alone in a residential area in Seta Koku.This two-story steel and concrete building looks small, and it is hard to believe that there are 700,000 magazines stored here. Before nine o'clock in the morning, when the researcher arrived at the library, there were already five people waiting at the door to open the library.It is said on the Internet that most of the people who patronize here are media practitioners, and these people should be the same. A staff member appeared behind the glass door and opened the library door on time.Yanren followed everyone to the service desk and went through the entry procedures. "Please write your name and contact address here." The librarian handed the researcher a registration card for admission. The researcher was confused for a moment, and then filled in the card with the pseudonym "Daisuke Tamura" and a made-up address.Maybe it's a crime. After paying the admission fee of 500 yen, the researcher came to the search area.As long as you type keywords in the dedicated terminal, the search results will be displayed in a list.The researcher sat in the empty seat, typed in "Heisman report", and pressed the search button. Twenty-five magazines were displayed on the screen.Looking at the release date, it is basically concentrated in 1977.What Sugai said is not bad, it was reported about thirty years ago. The researcher couldn't help being a little disappointed that the "Heisman Report" was found so easily.He came to the service desk and asked to read the magazines. "Please go to the second floor to pick up the magazine." Researcher walked along the stairs to the reading room.It is equipped with glass windows, which is full of light, and large tables for reading are lined up.When the library opened, all the readers who entered the library sat in their seats and flipped through the magazines. "Mr. Tamura, please come to the borrowing counter." Hearing someone calling himself, Yanren hurriedly went to pick up the magazine. Twenty-five magazines are surprisingly heavy.The researcher moved the magazine back to his seat twice, thinking about which one to start with.There are serious political magazines and youth magazines that publish pornographic photos, which can be described as varied and all-encompassing.The researcher decided to read something less exhausting first, so he picked up a magazine called Ordinary Crisis. In pornographic photos from thirty years ago, the model's lower body was mosaiced.Yanren couldn't help sniggering, and suddenly thought of the people around him, so he told himself to be serious.Look up the catalog for articles on the Heisman Report and you'll have your answer in no time. Top Secret US Government Documents! "Human Extinction Research" reveals the horror of a comprehensive nuclear war! This is a five-page in-depth reporting feature.The researcher carefully read every word. The article examines the aftermath of the outbreak of nuclear war on the world.The combined nuclear weapons possessed by the United States and the Soviet Union are enough to wipe out all human beings more than twenty times.Fifty thousand nuclear missiles aimed at 15,000 attack points in countries all over the world, and there is nowhere for everyone to escape.By the way, the explosive power of a standard strategic nuclear missile is equivalent to two million tons of TNT explosives, which is about the same as the total amount of ordinary bombs used in the indiscriminate bombing of World War II.Moreover, because only nuclear missile launch bases can resist nuclear strikes, even though humans are extinct at the beginning of the nuclear war, the automatic revenge device will still operate, so there will be tens of thousands of nuclear missiles flying randomly in the air on the uninhabited earth.Even if someone survived in the bunker, they would die due to lack of food.At that time, all the soil on the earth will be nuclear-contaminated, and almost no animals or plants will survive.The remaining creatures will also mutate into monsters due to exposure to nuclear radiation. What the report criticizes is the extreme madness exposed by human beings.The researchers couldn't help but marvel at how stupid a creature like a human could be.No, it's not everyone who is stupid, but only people from nuclear countries.What is mentioned in the article is the number of nuclear warheads 30 years ago. Now the number of nuclear warheads of nuclear powers should be too many to count. While this in-depth report is an interesting read, it has nothing to do with the research my father commissioned himself. The "Heisman Report" records several reasons that may lead to the extinction of human beings, but the report only selects the horrible nuclear war, and the other reasons are silent. The researcher picked up the second magazine - "GORON" No. 6 in 1977. Will Nuclear Winter Come?The secret report of the United States issued a shocking warning! It's also about nuclear warfare.As Sugai said, in the second half of the last century, nuclear weapons could lead to the extinction of human beings, which was a hot topic of discussion.However, researchers have long known these things.He turned his gaze to the hill of magazines. It seems that it will take a lot of work to find useful information from it. After returning to the location where the Kangga tour group was monitored, more than six hours passed.Jaeger and others have been waiting for the opportunity to carry out the kidnapping. The pygmies' hunting camp was enveloped in darkness.There are firewood burning at the door of every household, and the flames flicker, reflecting the profiles of passers-by, appearing and disappearing from time to time. The flames in the dark forest are incredible in themselves.Wild animals certainly don't go near the flames, Jaeger thought.Fire is a symbol of human civilization, but humans are not really divorced from nature.For Jaeger, this leaping flame is a warm image that evokes love and nostalgia. After dinner, the Mbuti people took out handmade musical instruments and began to sing and dance.Their musical talent is amazing.The music of flutes, drums, and harps is accompanied by singing.Homely tunes linger and evolve into brilliant harmonies.They seem to be announcing with joyful and high-pitched voices that here, in this wild dark rain forest, there are indeed creatures like humans. Jaeger carefully observed whether they were on alert, but the little people were just singing and dancing happily, showing no signs of preparing for battle.Halfway through, the children who participated in the dance pointed to the sky and began to chant something.Jaeger followed their line of sight and saw that one of the stars in the sky was moving at high speed from south to north.In their eyes, what does an artificial satellite in low earth orbit look like? Kidnapping target Nigel Pierce returned to his cabin and was never seen again.I used an infrared imaging device to observe the interior of the hut, but the sight was blocked by the piled goods, so I couldn't see Pierce. After eleven o'clock, the lively banquet finally came to an end. The women and children returned to their respective huts, leaving only eight men staying in the meeting place in the middle of the square, chatting. It was shortly past midnight.At two o'clock in the morning, everyone was asleep.The mercenaries waited another hour to make sure that all forty members of the Kanga group were asleep. Before acting, Jaeger made one last check.If fighting in the dark, the side with the night vision goggles will be in an overwhelming advantage.He inspected the sleeping quarters of two dogs, too emaciated to function as watchdogs. Jaeger, who was entangled in the tree, landed lightly on the ground, nodded to Miles, who was in charge of the surrounding security, and pressed the call button of the radio communicator twice, sending a signal to the other two to start action. Jaeger and Miles circled from the south side of the plaza to the east side and entered the camp.They stopped halfway and took off their communication earphones. In the huts arranged in a "U" shape, one after another snoring sounds came out.No problem, most people are fast asleep.Putting on his night vision goggles, Jaeger looked towards the cabin where Nigel Pierce lived, while Garrett and Mick were approaching from the rear of the cabin. Jaeger gently put down the AK47, hung it on his shoulder with a shoulder strap, and took out a Glock pistol equipped with a silencer.The towel stuffed in his mouth to avoid making a sound was already in the front pocket of his tactical vest. Jaeger gestured to designate their positions, and the other three moved slowly, with their backs facing the hut to form a defensive circle.The sleeping dog on the opposite side of the square did not move at all.It's time to get moving. Jaeger slowly took steps and reached the side of the hut.He pricked up his ears, but heard no snoring.Pierce might not be asleep, but that's what he expected.As long as the gun is pointed at him, he has no way to resist. Jaeger bent slightly, gripped the pistol tightly, and walked around to the hut.The entrance is not covered.The electronic image of the night vision device reflects the situation inside the house.No need to search, the target of kidnapping is right in front of you.The face of the bearded Nigel Pierce was facing the doorway.He sat on the ground, watching Jaeger.But Jaeger was not timid. He aimed his gun at the brow of the opponent and ordered in a low voice: "Don't move." He was about to get into the hut, but he froze immediately. The night vision picked up something strange.Jaeger's hair stood on end, trembling.Pierce held in his arms a creature he had never seen before. The biggest feature of this creature is that it can be seen at a glance that he is an unknown creature. The unknown creature also stared straight at Jaeger.No body hair, short hands and feet, resembling a human-like toddler.However, his head is distinctly different. At that moment, your brain may be confused, but don't think too much about it. Creatures similar to human infants have a huge head, with a rounded and protruding forehead, and from the forehead to the chin, the facial contour narrows suddenly, forming an inverted triangle.The body is only about the size of a three-year-old child, but the facial features are more immature, like a newborn whose skull has not grown hard, as if only the head is growing. Don't ask questions, such as what kind of creature this is. But that face is very different from that of a human baby. The eyes are as big as copper bells, and the corners of the eyes are raised.He rolled his eyes at Jaeger.From his line of sight, one can feel clear consciousness and wisdom.What did that sharp look indicate?alert?curious?crazy?evil?The incomprehensible existence in front of him made Jaeger terrified.He's like a human, but he's not human. Kill it as soon as you find it. Jaeger came back to his senses, pointed his gun at the creature he had never seen before, and said, "What is this?" The researcher resisted the beauties posing in pornographic photos, and finally found the report he was looking for in the eighteenth magazine. Summer 1977 issue of Modern Politics Quarterly magazine.Magazines are small, the equivalent of a booklet.At the front of the magazine, you can see that this issue of the magazine is a special series called "Research on American Think Tanks". The researchers found an article in the special, which reads, "The following is the full text of the "Heisman Report" submitted by the Schneider Institute to the White House."He couldn't help but sat up straight on the folding chair in the library, and read on with full expectation. Soon, the title of the article "Research on the Causes of Human Extinction and Countermeasures and Suggestions" came into view.This is the official title of the Heisman Report, and the author is "Schneider Institute Principal Investigator Dr. Joseph R. Heisman." The purpose of the report and exceptions are written in a short preamble. This report does not address causes of extinctions after astronomical or geological units of time.For example, after five billion years, the sun will burn out, and the earth will also be destroyed; after hundreds of thousands of years, the Y chromosome of human beings will disappear, making them unable to reproduce; and so on. That's it, the researcher nodded and entered the text. 1. A disaster on a cosmic scale The report begins with the impact of an asteroid on Earth, and the subsequent secondary disasters.To the researchers' surprise, thirty years ago, this issue should have been between science and science fiction, but Dr. Heisman has called on the authorities to pay attention to this "problem that may occur in the near future and cannot be ignored." Other celestial bodies are hitting Earth much more frequently than previously thought, according to this year's geological survey. Dr. Heisman was truly prescient.Now, all countries in the world are monitoring celestial bodies near the earth, and asteroids that can destroy large cities have passed the earth several times. 2. Environmental changes on a global scale The report went on to discuss a possibility unknown to researchers: "the phenomenon of the north-south reversal of the earth's magnetic field."There is evidence that Earth has alternated north and south poles many times in the past, and it has even been hypothesized that this led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.At first glance, this seems to be a problem in the distant future, which should be classified as "the cause of extinction after geological time units", but the "Heisman Report" warns thus- Over the past two hundred years, the earth's magnetic field has declined sharply, and it may disappear completely after a thousand years, and then the earth's magnetic field will reverse.But before the reversal of the magnetic field, that is, the period when the earth’s magnetic field gradually disappears, the earth without the protection of the magnetic field will be attacked by harmful cosmic rays including the solar wind. Not only humans, but all other species may become extinct. Do people living on the earth in the 30th century have the technology to deal with this crisis?come on!The researcher loudly encourages the descendants of the millennium in his heart. 3. Nuclear War This is the part that gets the most ink in the report.The report warns that limited nuclear wars, full-scale nuclear wars, and occasional nuclear wars caused by misfired nuclear missiles may all lead to the extinction of mankind. Once a nuclear attack occurs, the balance maintained by all parties based on restraint will be broken, and chain retaliatory attacks will inevitably be out of control. Even if nuclear force is used sparingly, the deadly dust that covers the entire planet will destroy the ecosystem; or the concentration of nitric oxide will rise, destroy the ozone layer, and threaten the survival of all human beings.In addition, the devastation of food resources would lead to a great famine, which would obviously be an incentive for new wars.届时，第三次世界大战将无法避免，而这也将成为人类的最后一场战争。 约瑟夫·海斯曼极力倡导避免核战，多半是为了弥补科学家造出核武器的过失吧。 4.疫病：病毒威胁及生物武器 突然出现了父亲的专业领域，研人不禁感到意外。父亲关心的是《海斯曼报告》的第五节，研人原本以为到下一节才会论述病毒问题。 可以说，自然界中流行的疾病，通常不会导致人类灭绝。黑死病也好，西班牙流感也好，尽管对人类社会造成了莫大的破坏，但并没有发展到将我们灭绝的地步。人类这一物种是怎样凭有限的基因，对抗无数的抗原的，这还不得而知，但可以确定的是，人类抗体的多样性，使人们可以抵抗病原体。 研人想起，解开这个秘密的日本科学家好像得过诺贝尔奖。 无论感染多么危险的疾病，人体的免疫系统都会产生有效抗体，战胜这种疾病。现在我们还健康地活在地球上，证明过去二十万年间没出现过灭绝人类的疾病。 然而，如今唯一值得担心的是，出现直接攻击人类免疫系统的病毒。 研人专注地趴到杂志上。这种病毒已经出现，那就是导致后天性免疫缺陷综合征，即艾滋病的HIV病毒。 1969年6月，国防部高级研究计划局副局长在议会上证实：“五到十年内，就能创造出免疫系统无法战胜的病原性微生物。”而如果将这种生物武器投入战争地区，或者从实验设施中泄露，导致感染范围扩大，那就会危及人类这一物种。 研人惊呆了，努力搜索大脑中存储的有关艾滋病的知识。这种疾病是1980年代前期在美国最先发现的。倘若美国国防部按部就班地推动计划，七十年代就能创造出“免疫系统无法战胜的病原性微生物”。考虑到病毒潜伏期，出现生物武器的时间同发现艾滋病的时间几乎完全吻合。 难道艾滋病病毒是美国开发的生物武器？ 研人之所以会冒出这种想法，还有另一个理由。大概十年前，父亲诚治曾去过艾滋病肆虐的非洲扎伊尔，从事由文部省预算资助的流行病研究，目的是调查俾格米人中是否有人感染HIV病毒。然而，父亲进入扎伊尔后不久，那里就爆发了内战，父亲侥幸活下来，得以返回日本。 研究病毒学的父亲、《海斯曼报告》、联邦调查局的搜查……将这些线索串在一起，就可以推出一个结论：父亲掌握了HIV病毒是生物武器的证据，所以美国政府展开秘密行动，要将他杀掉灭口。 wait!研人将身体靠在椅背上，凝望天花板，重新思考。把一切都归咎于美国的阴谋似乎说不过去。专家已对HIV病毒展开了许多研究，并得到强有力的证据支持这种病毒的非洲起源说。而且，前往扎伊尔——政变后改名为刚果——做现场调查的父亲并非空手而归。他采集了俾格米人的一种——姆布提人的血液样本，结果证实他们不仅没有感染HIV病毒，而且没有感染任何病毒。就算父亲掌握了生物武器的证据，也没发现关键的病毒。 这个假说乍看很正确，但仔细一想又不得不放弃。研人从口袋里掏出皱巴巴的手巾，擦拭眼镜。 终于看到了第五种可能。如果这次也一无所获，那所有的线索就全断了，与联邦调查局为敌的大冒险也将结束。想到去警察局自首时自己那副可怜样，研人就郁闷不已。研人的视线重新落在《现代政治季刊》杂志上，他要看到的部分就在左侧的页面上。 5.人类进化 生物进化只能通过基因位点突变，这条理论现在受到了挑战。观察化石资料可知，生物进化既是渐进的，也是断续的。在进化这一现象中，隐藏着一种未知的规律，即生物是通过渐进和断续两种方式新陈交替的。生物花费漫长的时间积累细微的变化，然后在某个时刻，性状突然发生巨大的改变——这种观点在我们灵长类生物身上也适用。 巴黎大学教授乔治·奥利弗在其著作《人与进化》中，从生物人类学的角度论述了人类的进化。他说，“未来的人类将在不久后突然出现。”实际上，大约六百万年前，我们与黑猩猩有着相同的祖先，但那之后，我们便同黑猩猩分道扬镳，经过猿人、直立人、旧人、新人等阶段，进化至今，进化的速度明显加快。人类或许在旦夕之间便会产生飞跃式的进化。 由现代人进化而成的新人类，大脑新皮层会更发达，智力水平将远远凌驾于我们之上，奥利弗是如此描绘那种智力的：“能理解四维空间，迅速掌握复杂的情况，拥有第六感以及无限发达的道德意识，拥有凭我们悟性所无法体会的精神特质。” 这种新人类出现的地方，更可能是偏僻蛮荒、与世隔绝之地，而不是文明国度。因为在那些地方，人群基数小，个体层面的基因变异更容易在人群间固定。 那么，新诞生的人类会如何行动呢？可以肯定的是，他们会消灭我们。现代人和新人类，这两个物种占据着完全一致的生态位。只有将我们除掉，他们才能获得生存空间。在他们眼中，现代人沉溺于互相残杀，而且拥有破坏地球环境的科学技术，是极度危险的低等动物。无论是智力水平还是道德水平都十分低下的生物，势必要被更高级的智慧生物所取代。 人类进化一旦发生，我们就将从地球上消失。北京猿人和尼安德特人的命运，将在我们身上重演……