Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

History will always inadvertently tie everything together and twist it into a ball. When people come to their senses, these messy footprints become clearly visible again.

1 o'clock late at night

On the snowy night of January 1, 2188, the city was warm during the day due to the rays of the artificial sun, but it cooled down sharply amidst the falling snowflakes at night.

Noisy noises can still be heard from everywhere on the streets. With the new year approaching, carnival activities are being held everywhere.

Werther sat quietly in a research room in the upper-level family college. There were a large number of jars surrounding him. There were many things soaked in them, including the limbs and trunks of various animals, among which rats were the most numerous.

A sound of footsteps interrupted Werther, who was leaning over the table. He turned on the light at the door of the laboratory, and there was a sound, as if he had been hit.

The door handle was turned and the door of the room opened. Lolita took off her thick fur coat, rubbed her hands and breathed in the hot air.

"Why are you back? Aren't you supposed to go to the carnival with others, Lolita?"

Lolita, who had beautiful features and was young and beautiful, came over with a smile.

"Mr. Witte, let's continue doing research!"

Werther shook his head.

"The research may have to be temporarily suspended. This life-span vaccine is not stable. There have been many cases of physical deformities caused by injection of the life-span vaccine."

Lolita raised her arms.

"I'm okay!"

For a moment, Werther's face was filled with anger. He looked at Lolita's white right arm, which had a round injection needle hole, with a total of seven rainbow-colored holes.

"Do you know what you are doing, Lolita?"

"Don't be so nervous, Mr. Witte. I have recorded in detail the changes in the body's genetic tissue in the past few months. Directly using your God's cells and the new life-span vaccine synthesized by those life crystals is better than directly using life crystals." The life-extending vaccine manufactured is much more stable.”

Werther didn't answer and looked at Lolita blankly.

"I think the city has no future if this continues. Soon the young people who built the city together more than 30 years ago will grow old. Now everyone is enjoying the stability and convenience brought by the city, and few people are willing to do these boring things. According to scientific research, the new generation has been injected with longevity vaccines more than 20 years ago, but the effect of this alienated genome is to extend their lifespan by 30 years at most, which is far from enough. The time required for us to cross this era of disaster is completely insufficient. ."

Witte knew what Lolita wanted to say, to conduct large-scale human experiments and conduct research on a more stable life-span vaccine. Although this kind of life-span vaccine is currently popular, it is only popularized for large-scale sampling. Although it can It prolongs life, but also sows the seeds for the birth of the next generation with deformities.

These life-extending crystal substances will increase the number of human chromosomes, thereby extending the alienated genome and increasing the length of NDA, thereby increasing human lifespan.

"Go back, Lolita, and go back to your students."

Lolita pursed her lips and gave Werther a resentful look, then stood beside Werther and pulled his arm.

"What do you think these children in the family can accomplish? For many students in our class, only a few can pass every exam in the biology course. Most of them come here not for knowledge. , but we need a platform that can provide a social platform for family members so that these families can become blood relatives!"

Witte sighed. When the city was first established, they established such schools because they wanted to cultivate the next generation for the city. However, education failed across the board. The children of these families aspired to be in the upper class. Luxury and prosperity.

In these years, most of the family's children did not continue their research or return to school to teach after going out, but instead inherited their own family business and got married to other families who were also in the school.

"Many college teachers have begun to favor the children of these families, because in a comfortable environment, what people need most is enjoyment."

Lolita was delivered by Werther, who took her away from her dead mother. After that, he adopted a large number of such babies and taught them everything he knew from an early age. But now, more than 30 years have passed, and only The Lolita in front of her is still carrying out research work as usual, while most of the other children have withdrawn. This is the sixth batch of Werther's students.

"You are completely tied here, Teacher Witte."

Werther closed what he was writing. He knew clearly that what Lolita said was true. In name, they were the supreme rulers, gods! But in fact, they are unable to direct things in most places, because most places are under the control of large and small families.

A management committee in the city is also in name only. Most of the committee's top management are a bunch of idiots who don't understand anything. Apart from eating, drinking and having fun every day, they just symbolically report some situations in the city to them, even if they issue a Order, when this order is actually executed, it may be half a year or even a year later.

In addition to the consistent unification of the upper levels, the construction in other places in the city often stagnates. Obviously a construction only requires the signature of the local management officer, but if the material cannot be met, this signature cannot be signed.

Although they will go to those districts, the local management officials will soon come up with reasons and reasons why they did not sign. Some of the reasons are even irrefutable. The management of the entire city is in a mess.

On the surface, although the families have handed over a large amount of weapons and equipment, in fact they still control many things and have their own private legions.

The reason why they are called gods is because they have done things that a large number of people cannot do. However, for the entire city, this title is just a position-like existence. The only thing that most people in the city know That is, the upper-class families are the actual managers of the city, the royal family.

What more people know is that the seven of them are just a group of scientists who have mastered high-end science and technology.

"Why do many creatures in history fail to survive disasters and become completely extinct? What do you think is the reason, Mr. Witte?"

Werther naturally knew what Lolita was going to say and nodded.

"The length of life. Because of their short life, many organisms have become extinct before the disaster disappears. The only thing we can do is to use human experiments to develop a real life-span vaccine. You can use my body!"

Lolita put one hand on her chest, and Werther looked at her blankly.

"Why do you insist on this Lolita, obviously."

"There are many things that teachers want to do, but they are bound by human social moral concepts and the conscience that humans have, so they cannot take this step. But now the only form of life is us, and animals have become extinct. , Becoming a pioneer requires paying a price, I heard Teacher Tang Rao tell you about Lady Ellie, and I also want to be a pioneer like her."

Werther just smiled and nodded.

"Go find your students. I'm afraid they will cause trouble tonight. After all, they listen to you, a beautiful teacher."

Seeing Lolita leaving a little disappointed, Werther raised his head and smiled bitterly.

"Sorry Lolita, I feel very tired. I don't even want to think about these issues. What do humans want to do? Maybe for us, it is actually dispensable!"

When he thought of everything in the city, Witte pressed his forehead. The problems that could be solved by force had almost been solved, and the remaining problems were the beginning of trouble.

3 a.m.

A car slowly drove into the Phoebes' manor. The owner of the house, who was carried out of the car by the servants, looked a little tired. His teenage son Locke asked a question.

"How about we tell Master Li Chu all this, father."

The head of the household in the wheelchair shook his head. At this time, on the cold lawn covered with snowflakes, Li Chu walked slowly over.

After a while, Li Chu leaned against the car door and looked quietly at his old friend, who was nearly 50 years old in a wheelchair. One of his legs was blown off to help them.

"I'm sorry, you don't need to say anything, you don't need to respond to anything, just listen to me."

The man in the wheelchair nodded.

"I know your position, so you don't need to tell me the contents of the meeting of your eight major families. We plan to close the family college and reopen a divine college to train the next generation for the city, regardless of class, age, or gender. , useful people can be qualified to enter the academy, so I am here to borrow money from you, I hope you can temporarily lend me 100 million, and I will pay back seven in return."

The man in the wheelchair smiled. He didn't say anything. Soon the housekeeper and his son Zhang Yang came over.

"Master Li Chu, follow them to the treasury to get the money. I just hope that you adults can come up with a reasonable plan to solve the problem of chaotic management in the city, because if this continues, in less than 30 years, there will be another problem here. Become a gladiator.”

Then Li Chu and the housekeeper left the territory of the Phoebus family. On the cold No. 1 Street, Tang Rao yawned and sat next to a little boy wrapped in a coat. He looked to be only seven or eight years old.

"How long are you going to be a nanny and pick this child up from the trash without permission?"

Li Chu stared at the coquettish Tang Rao angrily. On such a cold night, he was still dressed seductively and applying lipstick.

"It's none of my business, Li Chu, have you borrowed the money?"

Li Chu just nodded and looked at the beautiful little boy with a clean face, blond hair and blue eyes wrapped in a coat. His name was Gil. He was a survivor of a riot that happened a few years ago. Tang Rao went over to deal with it at that time and put him there. He picked it up and has been carrying it with him ever since.

"Help me carry it, I don't want to mess up my hair."

"You think I am Jean, I am"

At this time, the housekeeper of the Phoebus family behind Li Chu walked over and carried the sleeping Jill on his back.

"Where are the Guyi and Deguna people?"

Li Chu asked and Tang Rao smiled.

"They went downstairs."

"How can I move back with so much money?"

Seeing that Tang Rao was planning to go back, Li Chu also knew that he would have to move back tomorrow morning to move the money back.

4 a.m.

Deguna and Gu Yi walked slowly on the deserted streets. Their destination was a small town. Deguna stared at Gu Yi next to her with some discomfort.

"If you dare to lie to me, you can go to class tomorrow by yourself. I'm going to build a paradise."

Gu Yi smiled and nodded, and the two of them arrived outside a dilapidated wooden house in the corner of the town. Gu Yi tapped on the window, tapping very rhythmically, which was Morse code.

After a while, a little boy about ten years old opened the door. He was shivering. Deguna took a look. Guyi said that this child was very smart. At this age, he could already calculate a simple photon decay sequence.

The room exuded a musty smell. As soon as Deguna walked in, the lights turned on. There were a large number of shabby books stacked in the room. Deguna was a little amazed by these books. Most of them were about physics, chemistry, and mathematics. But it is indeed amazing that this child was able to learn all the knowledge from the book from this pair of broken books.

Immediately afterwards, Deguna asked a question: What is the specific deceleration value of light when it is decelerated after passing through the Bose Einstein condensate? Soon the child was lying on the ground and writing on a board. down.

In less than 5 minutes, several variables with numerical ranges were calculated. Gu Yi looked at the boy in front of him excitedly.

"Noah, as agreed, we will bear the burden of your family's life. You can move to the upper floor early tomorrow morning."

The little boy in front of her nodded happily. Deguna took a casual look. As a purple particle floated by, she knew that this was a family of five. Looking at this silent little boy, he was very beautiful. A little boy, with the appearance and characteristics of more than 6 countries in the past, is a little boy of mixed race from 6 countries.

Some studies on the IQ of mixed-race children have been conducted in the past, showing that the general IQ is not very high, or even low, but there will be exceptions, and some gifted children will be born.

"Wake up your parents and brother. There is a car outside the town. You don't need to bring anything else."

The reason why I came here at night was to hide from others, because this child named Noah had already been targeted by some members of the family. On weekdays, his parents took him to the homes of some merchants to help them calculate their losses and profits. , and other things to earn a little hard money.

When Gu Yicai heard about this, he came to see it in person and found that the child was extremely smart, so they took advantage of this night to take him away and make him disappear directly, so that some people who were staring at their home would The family will also feel that it was done by other families.

Soon, a family of five got into the car quietly in the cold night. Noah's expression was a little serious.

"Use your intelligence and wisdom in exchange for everything. This is what you need to do in the future."

Deguna said and Noah nodded.

The light of dawn soon began to heat up the cold city. The streets were filled with empty wine bottles and some scattered garbage. During last night's carnival, someone froze to death, and managers in some areas were disposing of the bodies.

Gene was walking in a small town, taking a bunch of managers with him and arranging some work for them nearby. A bunch of people followed Gene casually, nodding and bowing to express that they would complete it as soon as possible.

Gene stared at this group of people sideways, knowing very well that they promised, but actually doing something was another matter.

After arranging everything, Gene went around to the largest grocery store near the town. As he walked over, he saw a fat man over 20 years old munching on oatmeal bars.

"You are only allowed to take what is in the basket, and you are not allowed to touch anything else!"

There were three baskets at the door, containing some rough and black grain. Many women and children nearby were waiting. No one was holding a small bag, but they only took a little bit.

"Little Fatty, you're eating secretly again. Aren't you afraid that your dad will beat you?"

Locke was so frightened that he quickly stuffed the remaining half of the oatmeal bar into his mouth, and then wiped his mouth. Many children laughed and pointed at the fat man in front of him with round cheeks and body to eat.

"Mr. Jean, I haven't seen you for a while. Do you want to come over today?"

The fat man in front of him is named Locke. His family used to make a living in a mining town. His parents seized the opportunity 10 years ago and decisively came to the town under construction near the upper level to run a grocery store. Now Life was very comfortable.

"To Mr. Jean!"

Locke took out some cigarettes, many of which were crumpled, but they were carefully placed in a small box.

"Did your family grow it?"

Locke laughed heartily.

"It's not easy. I go to some banquets with my dad from time to time. At banquets, when someone offers me a cigarette, I will take it, even though I don't smoke."

The main purpose of Jean's visit today is to see Locke, this kind-hearted kid who always complained that he had not enough to eat. He is the child king of Mining Town. No matter who he is, he will treat him equally and will give him gifts from time to time. With some kindness to these children, even now that they have grown up, this habit has not changed. They will pick out some grains of poor quality and put them at the door for some people nearby to pick up.

"By the way, Fatty, I may need to find a place to build a school soon. Can you come over and help me?"

Locke was a little surprised.

"Mr. Jean, you are always like this. Nothing good will happen when you come here. Well, wait until you find a place. I will go there in a few days. I can still help you with the work."

At this time, a pale but pretty woman with a child came over. Locke hurriedly looked around, took a small palm-sized piece of flour from the grocery store, walked over and quietly talked with the woman. The pretty little girl winked and gave her the flour.

"Thank you Xiao Luo, I can go to work in the factory next month, I"

Locke shyly smiled awkwardly in front of the woman, saying that they did not need to pay back the money, and also asked them to pay attention to the recent weather changes.

"There will be no results between you and her."

"Mr. Jean, you are mistaken. I mainly see the pity of the little girl, not the beauty of her mother. That little girl Wanrou is really cute, isn't she?"

Gene looked at Locke jokingly.

"This idea of ​​yours is very dangerous, little fat. The little loli is indeed cute, but"

Locke immediately got angry and took the cigarette from Gene's pocket, and Gene laughed.

"To be honest, Mr. Jean, the family school you opened is really not that good. I think it would be better to open more schools at the bottom."

"The nature of the school we are opening this time is different. Do you want to wait until you finish your work as a supervisor and join the school?"

Locke blinked.

"Is this okay for me?"

"I'm the principal, so I say yes."