Chapter 473 The future of the brain ape
According to the design capabilities of the DF-41, it can carry 10 nuclear warheads, with a maximum announced range of 14,000 kilometers. When launched in Asia, it can reach the sky above London in 16 minutes at the fastest and the sky above Washington in 21 minutes.
As for New Delhi, Mumbai and other areas that are relatively close, it will naturally be faster, and it will definitely take more than ten minutes.
Therefore, according to Shen Feng's estimation, the results of these missile launches will be known in about half an hour.
Shen Feng sat on the tire and drank water, while several ape cavalrymen with admiring faces on the side handed over a few apples and other fruits, which were the rations of the ape cavalrymen.
Without human consumption, the world where the stone statues are located in the last days is extremely rich in products. Just those cans that can be preserved for a long time are enough for the consumption of more than two thousand brain apes. For them, it is simply a world like paradise.
Because of this, the life of the Brain Apes is quite prosperous. At least there is an open supply of fresh fruits. They even built several orchards in the center of the ruins of the city under the leadership of Kuafu.
Shen Feng was not polite, picked up an apple, wiped it on his clothes casually, put it to his mouth and took a big bite.
The sweet and slightly sour juice exploded in his mouth and flowed down the corners of his mouth.
Shen Feng didn't bother to wipe his mouth, and took another big bite, almost half an apple in two bites. He chewed with a bulging mouth and stared at the gray tide in the distance that was constantly devouring the stone statue.
At this time, Kuafu also sat down next to Shen Feng, handed over a cigarette and said:
"Want one?"
Shen Feng shook his head:
"My lungs are diseased and I dare not smoke."
Kuafu was stunned. Although he didn't know what the lesion Shen Feng meant, it was probably not a good thing.
Then he struck a match, lit a cigarette for himself, took a long puff, closed his eyes with satisfaction, exhaled a puff of smoke, and said:
"Human beings are really fascinating creatures. Cigarettes alone are far behind us apes. Who would have thought that when we were in the forest, we could even light the leaves of leaves and stuff them into our mouths? What do you think of ordinary people?" How many years did it take for a species to evolve from seeing a forest fire to learning to smoke?"
Shen Feng smiled and said:
"The first people to start smoking were the Indians. It was not until the 16th century that it spread to Europe. Then when the Indians were gradually slaughtered and went extinct, tobacco also spread throughout the world. Strictly speaking, the history of human smoking is only a few hundred years. Years are still very short.”
Kuafu nodded slightly and sighed:
"It's indeed much shorter than I thought...but I should be the first one of the brain monkey clan to smoke."
Shen Feng turned his head and looked at the brain-monkey wearing an eyepatch, understanding that the other person suddenly said these things just to get an answer.
Then he turned to look at the gray tide in the distance and said:
"I know what you want to ask... The problem of reproductive isolation is still unresolved, because the evolution of brain apes is a strong mutation. Not only has the brain structure itself changed, but it is also in a direct transition from carbon-based to silicon-based. A process of transformation. In fact, we are all the same. To a certain extent, this transformation is like a malignant tumor. It is a disease, so this trait cannot be inherited... In other words, although you can be like ordinary people, Apes give birth to offspring, but there is a natural intellectual isolation... This is actually a type of reproductive isolation."
Hearing Shen Feng's words, Kuafu's eyes quickly dimmed.
He was also prepared for this outcome.
During the days when Shen Feng left, Kuafu had been frantically searching for various books on biology and genetics in the library, and even started studying from scratch, trying to figure out how the Brain Ape family would pass on their wisdom. Go down.
But the answers he got were all straightforward and cruel.
The intellectual mutation of the Brain Ape family cannot be passed on at all, because this in itself is a transformation similar to a disease.
If you want other apes to have superb intelligence, there is only one way, and that is time.
After the current enlightenment, it will take hundreds of thousands or even millions of years to re-walk the evolutionary path that Homo sapiens once took until he becomes a brand new Homo sapiens.
It's just that the time span of millions of years is too long. For the Brain Ape family, this is actually a kind of extinction.
He also understood the facts mentioned by Shen Feng, and also knew that if the other party really had a way to help them pass on their wisdom, they would not stand idly by.
Just hearing these words from the savior with his own ears, Kuafu himself was already mentally prepared. At this time, the hand holding the cigarette was still shaking, and he could only forcefully control the despair and sadness in his heart.
After taking a few deep breaths, Kuafu turned to Shen Feng and said with a strong smile:
"Mr. Shen, thank you. I know you should do your best, but there are things in this world that humans cannot do...but please keep this secret secret from me and not let other apes know. Otherwise I'm afraid they will go crazy with despair."
No matter how high the IQ these brain apes have after getting semi-silicon-based brains, no one can bear it when they know that their group cannot continue and everything will eventually turn into dust.
The meaning of their existence has also been obliterated.
Then Kuafu took a long drag on the cigarette in his hand, sucked up the remaining half, took out another cigarette and lit it, and said with a smile:
"At least this way, I can smoke openly and maybe drink some good wine."
Shen Feng looked at the brain ape in front of him with sadness flashing in his eyes and asked:
"Sorry, the problem of reproductive isolation is completely unsolved now... What are your plans next?"
Kuafu had already recovered from his despair and sadness, at least on the surface. He grinned and looked into the distance and said:
"In this case, before everything is completely destroyed, I plan to go to the end of the world to see the relics of the once glorious human civilization, the past submerged in the dust and time... I heard that things like Uganda There is also a community of mountain gorillas in this place. I can also visit these former comrades and become a truly primitive ape..."
At this time, he was lazily leaning on the wreckage of the vehicle nearby, but he felt a sense of relief.
As the wise man of the Brain Ape clan, he himself was responsible for the future and hope of the entire clan. At this moment, he realized that hope did not exist at all, as if his bones had been ripped out in an instant.
Shen Feng raised the corner of his mouth and said:
"It's not completely impossible. The problem of reproductive isolation cannot be solved, but your descendants can still have wisdom. PNB will always exist. I just don't know if you can accept it."
Hearing this, Kuafu, who had almost collapsed just now, suddenly sat upright, looked at Shen Feng with round eyes, and said in a trembling voice:
"Mr. Shen, savior, please speak! If it is really possible...if it is really possible...I am willing to do anything you ask me to do!"
Looking at the solemn-looking wise man from the ape tribe in front of him, Shen Feng stopped showing off and said with the same solemn expression:
"Let me ask you a question first. This question is, what is a brain ape? Is it an ape or a human?"
Kuafu replied without hesitation:
"of course……"
But before he could finish his sentence, he suddenly paused.
This question, if you think about it carefully, is really difficult to answer.
What is Brain Ape?
From the perspective of intelligence and habits, brain apes have long since broken away from ordinary wild beast apes and evolved into creatures with high intelligence.
What they possess is the thinking model and intelligent civilization inherited from mankind.
It's just that if the brain apes are human beings, they are completely different from humans in appearance, and in terms of self-perception, they still have the cognition of apes, but they are not their beast-like kin, but more advanced brain apes. .
In other words, brain apes are brain apes, and brain apes are the consciousness carried in their semi-silicon-based brains!
Seeing Kuafu's expression of embarrassment, this extremely intelligent ape wise man was now trapped in the logical maze of philosophy, Shen Feng couldn't help but smile.
Then he no longer dwelled on this issue, but looked solemn and said to Kuafu:
"The plan is difficult to say, but simple to say. Since the silicon-based brain traits of the Brain Ape family cannot be inherited and cannot breed offspring with high intelligence, then you only need to replace the body with one that can breed intelligent offspring. Reproduction Isolation technology cannot break through, but organ replacement technology is much more mature, and rejection is also not a problem."
Kuafu's whole body was shocked. Although he had expected the horror of this plan, he was still so shocked that he didn't even notice that the cigarette in his hand had burned his fingers. He said in a trembling voice:
Chapter completed!