Darkness is Coming: Chapter 438 Windfall Part 1

  The seemingly simple question of Ouyang actually raises another question in a veiled way.

After Tan Zong woke up, he immediately tried to communicate with Luo Yingnan and others. After the language barrier failed to communicate, Tan Zong began to feel nervous and managed to escape from the sterile room. Feeling fearful, these are normal and legitimate emotions.

   But why did Tan Zong have such a big mood swing after seeing the cockscomb? Where does this perverse mood swing come from?

   is nothing more than two possibilities. First, Tan Zong and Jiguan have met before, and there is a blood feud between the two. Second, in another world, humans and quadrupeds are in a state of hostility. The possibility of the former is too small, and the latter will bring a new question, which is what Ouyang really wants to ask.

   Why do two races that hate each other speak the same language?

   There must be deep roots and interesting stories among them. For Ou Yang, these are the most important things and the most attractive feature of this job.

   "You want to ask, why do two races that hate each other speak the same language?" Yang Xiaoqian helped Ouyang to ask this question.

   Qi Lie pouted and said, "What's so strange about this, don't we have the same situation? The north and south sticks have been pinching each other for decades. There are so many similar examples, I can't count them!"

Hearing his uncle's "High Theory", Qi Xinwu smiled bitterly and whispered: "The example you mentioned is very different from this. The birth of a language requires a long period of accumulation, and the formation of a language system takes several generations. People, even dozens of generations and hundreds of generations, continue to inherit and precipitate. Therefore, let alone between countries, even between different regions in the same country, the languages ​​used are not completely consistent. In the world behind the crack, are quadrupeds and humans two species, or two species that hate each other, how can they speak the same language? And the vocabulary overlap rate is so high?"

Qi Xinwu's words made Qi Lie ponder, Ou Yang cleared his throat, and continued: "I will add that after dissecting the corpse of the quadruped demihuman, we found that the vocal organs of quadruped demihumans are somewhat different from those of humans. It's certainly no coincidence that two species with different vocal organs speak the same language."

   Qi Lie's mind flashed, thinking of a possibility, and asked Ouyang: "Is it possible that quadruped demihumans and humans evolved from the same ancestor?"

Ou Yang shook his head and said bluntly: "We did a genetic test, but it doesn't make much sense. Many low-level animals on the earth are genetically similar to humans. This still doesn't explain our problem. The evolution of species takes a long time. , this period of time is enough for the reproductive isolation of the same species in different regions. It makes no sense for the language to remain the same? You see, we humans still have the same ancestors, what about now? How many languages ​​are there on the earth? ?"

Noticing Qi Xinwu frowning unhappily, Yang Xiaoqian immediately interrupted Ou Yang's words: "Don't focus on meaningless questions. When the language expert can communicate with Tan Zong, he will give us the answer. There is no reason to make these guesses now. Practically speaking, since I can't communicate with Tan Zong for the time being, let's take a look at the items he carries with him, and there may be unexpected gains."

   At the end, Yang Xiaoqian sighed: "It's a pity that there are no awakeners with the ability to read minds."

   "There is an awakened person who can see other people's dreams, but the dreams are weird and uninhibited, there is not much reference value, and it may disturb our thinking direction." Yu Qian said, "If necessary, I will send someone to bring her."

   "No." Yang Xiaoqian and Qi Xinwu said in unison that this matter is of great importance, and only Chairman Wen and Liu Yuanzhou have the power to authorize others to participate.

   "If it is really necessary, Bureau Liu has already sent someone." What Qi Xin said, you can think of it, Bureau Liu must have already thought of it, so you don't have to bother.

   is unpleasant, but it is true.

   "Let's take a look at the items he carries with him first." Yang Xiaoqian repeated again, and Colonel Ge and Director Guan acted only then.

Tan Zong didn't carry many items, only a silver ring on his left ankle, a pair of membranes on the soles of his feet, and a black-gray clothes that were made of cloth-like leather - from the perspective of appearance, it was difficult to call them It can be used as clothes, but from a functional point of view, it should be the clothes that keep the body warm.

  The clothes have been fully disinfected, but the inspector carefully put on the biochemical suit before picking up the clothes. The two inspectors were holding Tan Zong's "clothes" to and fro, but they couldn't see the name.

  The officers outside quickly lost their patience, and the two inspectors were ordered to put down the long black-gray strips like rags in their hands and walked to Tan Zong.

  Tan Zong had fallen into a drowsiness under the action of a powerful tranquilizer and remained motionless. The two inspectors carefully peeled off the film on the soles of his feet, put them in a sealed bag, and handed them out to the sterile room.

"what is this?"

The film has aroused strong curiosity. The shape of these two films is not like a natural formation, just enough to cover the soles of Tan Zong's feet. The weight is very light, but it is very flexible. It will slowly return to its original shape. The inner side is sticky, the outer side has slight scratches, and the material is wear-resistant.

   "Does it look like a shoe?" Ou Yang's imagination immediately came into play, "Could this be Tan Zong's shoe?"

"It's possible." Director Guan was the first to nod, and academics will not oppose it like politicians do, "Tan Zong's running speed into the defense line has exceeded the physical limit of normal human beings, but his body is not abnormal, and Not the Awakened, could it be the effect of these 'shoes' that increased Tan Zong's running speed?"

   What is the answer, just try it. A soldier with the right shoe size volunteered, took off his shoes and socks, "put on" the foot-shaped film, walked out of the tent and ran for a few laps, and quickly came to the conclusion that the film can only avoid the friction between the soles of the feet and the ground, and has no effect on the running speed. Any improvement is not as good as a pair of well-crafted running shoes.

"Interesting." Yu Qian looked at the foot-shaped film that was put back in the airtight bag, "I have never seen this thing. If it wasn't for its function, why is the black man in it running so fast? Is there something special about this thing? how to use it?"

   A simple elimination method can get the answer, Yang Xiaoqian and others' eyes fell on the silver ring of Tan Zong's left ankle at the same time.

"Is that ring made of silver?" Yang Xiaoqian asked aloud, looking down at the rune bracelet with three empty grooves on his wrist. Now he uses one less for the brain core. In order to avoid unnecessary consumption, Brain cores will not be loaded into the grooves when not in combat.

   "It should be silver." Yu Qian saw Yang Xiaoqian's movements, guessed what Yang Xiaoqian was thinking, and asked doubtfully, "Do you think it is a rune tool? But there are no runes on the surface?"