The night deepened.

Su Ziyu leaned against the bed, flipping through the information in his hand, which contained a lot of intelligence about the Academy.

The Academy is an organization that has existed since the time of the Old World, although it was not as powerful then as it is now. It grew rapidly after the outbreak of the Great Catastrophe. They built massive underground research labs and lived below ground for over a hundred years, conducting various studies. The Academy's initial goal was noble: their aim was to seclude themselves, practice and research technology until they could resolve the radiation pollution of the Wasteland World, and then emerge to save the world.

Unfortunately, the idea was beautiful, but reality was cruel.

Part of the Academy began to quietly enter the Wasteland World, due to differing research ideologies. They once captured living people for experiments and sometimes returned failed modifications to the Wasteland for observation.

Ultimately, the Academy's existence was directly exposed, and obvious internal discord emerged.

The biggest divergence was whether humans should choose the path of Bionic Transformation or Genetic Enhancement?

Bionics School advocates for the coexistence of machinery and intelligence, proposing artificial reproduction through preservation of human sperm and eggs to increase population in the future. However, this behavior would strongly impact human society's ethics and morals, gradually eradicating the historical concept of family.

Because after Bionic Transformation, sexual needs become superfluous, marriage becomes insignificant for humans, as all they need is the combination of sperm and eggs, leading to the gradual dilution of the family concept.

The impact of humanity entering the era of bionic mechanics is certainly not just this.

More are concerned that humans may become like hatchery products in the future, as artificial reproduction could create a large number of babies, who do not need parents or a family. They only need to be raised to adulthood to undergo Bionic Transformation, during which they would be imbued with vast amounts of knowledge.

Rumor has it that the Academy already possesses machines that assist in learning knowledge, and their effect is reportedly good, although there are still some side effects.

The problems of the Bionics School are considerable.

However, the problems of the Genetics Faction are even bigger. The issue of population disappearance in the Wasteland World has always been linked to them. These individuals hold the secret of the Old World's super genetic enhancement project, initially established by military researchers from the Old World. Many mutants are failed products of their genetic modification, while mutants and super mutants were created by them.

This faction possesses considerable military power!

Inside the Academy, it is said the Genetics Faction has released super mutants into the outside world; they can control some monsters while secretly conducting many unknown genetic modification experiments.

The doctrine of the Genetics Faction is to evolve humanity, adapting to the current wasteland environment through millions of years of genetic mutation.

Eventually, a new humanity will gradually be born.

The research projects on super mutants aim to adapt to the wasteland environment because super mutants are almost entirely immune to radiation pollution. However, the cost is severely reduced intelligence and a bloodthirsty frenzy, a problem the Genetics Faction is currently trying to solve.

For a long time.

The two factions within the Academy have been at peace, simply growing their influence.

The Genetics Faction is an old organization, inheriting some legacy from the Old World and thus possessing formidable strength. However, the Bionics School has grown at an astonishing pace, especially as the production capabilities of the Wasteland World progressively recover. They have secretly allied with the Financial Tycoons' Influence, concentrating vast resources on creating bionic humans and mechanically enhanced warriors.

In the past decade, the Bionics School has made breakthroughs in their research, and their strength quickly surpassed the Genetics Faction.

Then.

The internal war within the Academy directly erupted.

No one currently knows the reason for the war's outbreak, but super mutants and bionic humans have already engaged in a wave of frontal battles. Reportedly, more than half of the Academy's ruins have been bombed into rubble, and many members of the Academy have moved out. The Genetics Faction, being at a disadvantage, has retreated; some key personnel have temporarily disappeared from the public view.

Solomon is one of the leaders of the Genetics Faction.

Within the Academy, there are also rumors that he possesses some supernatural Ability, the ultimate result of human gene mutation research.

"Is this the path forward?"

"Won't it be another world of Mechanical Ascension?" Su Ziyu mumbled, rubbing his forehead.

Both factions have issues.

But the current situation is that there's no better solution without following these paths; the Academy's interior has completely split, with different ideologies leading to intense conflicts.

The Financial Group and secular powers are currently observing.

The Brotherhood internally leans towards the bionic faction, as there are many among them who have undergone Bionic Transformation. However, some believe the bionic faction will severely impact human societal systems. They hope to save the wasteland without transforming into mechanical humans.

This ideological gap is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon.

Squeak.

The door opened gently, and then Pasha, having just bathed and wearing a light blue nightgown, walked in, drying her hair.

"Is the little girl asleep?" Su Ziyu casually put down the documents in his hand and asked.

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.