Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

The afternoon sun was a bit scorching, and the people working on the farm had just had lunch, and most of them were enjoying the shade of some trucks near the Middle Boundary Tower.

Some tired people put their coats under the car on the spot and were taking a nap. Some prisoners sitting on the huge tires were talking and laughing.

Rows of unloaded trucks were parked beside various farmlands. There were 30 groups of prisoners on this straight road, all of them light-duty offenders.

Hydera leaned quietly against the front wheel of a truck in the middle. One foot was stretched out comfortably, bathing in the sun. The other foot was bent as a holder for the book. He held a black book in his hand. A pamphlet with the words "Destroyer of Worlds" written on it.

This pamphlet was accidentally obtained from a man who was released from prison. It only contains a very brief paragraph.

please remember! Freedom of the mind is far more important than freedom of the body.

I am not a prophet. I have no way of knowing what is waiting for us humans in the future!

But it shouldn’t be too easy. I often think about what freedom is!

More and more convenient life, more and more digital life, and more and more stratified life will be infinitely magnified in the future, especially when disaster strikes, the useful ones are far more valuable than the useless ones!

Unfortunately! This is the tragedy that existed at the beginning of the birth of human beings, or in other words, the beginning of the birth of living things! Under the law of survival of the fittest, every life needs to experience the baptism of nature.

This is very sad, but also respectable, an established fact that often only sighs like the long river of history!

But remember, we are human!

People who have long been separated from the law of the jungle have established a law called the human world. The useful ones become the beneficiaries of the established rules, and the useless people become the cornerstone of this law!

Rationality, logic, morality, right and wrong! It's hard to measure all of this.

It is a pity that all this has been full of tragedy and helplessness since the beginning. Everything is a choice for survival!

Everything that becomes increasingly burdensome will deprive mankind of its last bit of freedom! Everything about you will be controlled by the products derived from the times, and neither your mind nor your body will be spared.

Perhaps the most valuable thing as a human being is the spirit. To put it more beautifully, it is called the soul! The body gives birth to thoughts, thoughts determine the spirit, and the sublimation of the spirit turns into the soul!

Dear future friends! When one day everything about you is bound, only your thoughts will be unbound!

The thing of freedom is never easy to come by, and it is never liberated just because you want to break free!

Don't stop thinking, don't give up thinking, go back to the root of thinking! This is the only way to be free!

BY——Destroyer of Worlds

Hydera closed the booklet and put it in his pocket. His eyes drifted to the farmland under the diffuse sunlight, and to a sturdy child on the side of the farmland who stared at him from time to time.

Hydra looked over with a smile, and with the exchange of eyes, the boy walked over step by step.

"Is there anything you want to ask, kid?"

Li Ang looked at Hydra quietly. This person looked very friendly. Li Ang had wanted to talk to him before, but finally gave up. He looked at Hydra's outstretched hand and made a gesture of invitation.

Li Ang sat next to Hydera.

"Mr. Hydra!"

"And you!"

Li Ang said with a hum.

"My name is Li Ang. I came here because of economic crimes. I am serving a 10-year sentence. I am now in the fourth year."

Looking at this shy child with extremely sharp eyes, Hydera smiled and took out a cool mint candy from her pocket and handed it over.

Li Ang said thank you and took it in his hand. Hydra pointed to his mouth and put a piece in. Li Ang nodded awkwardly and put the mint candy into his mouth. The cool and sweet feeling instantly made Li Ang feel The heat gradually subsides.

"Do you want to ask a question about whether I have to or not!"

Li Ang was a little surprised, Hydra explained.

"Only people with similar experiences will notice me. You are the 1394th person."

Li Ang was a little surprised.

"Mr. Hydera, I don't want to ask whether it's worth it, but I want to ask you whether what I did is right or wrong."

"Don't you already have the answer?"

Li Ang smiled helplessly.

"From a legal, social and moral perspective, everything I did was wrong, but from a family perspective, what I did was right."

Hydera was a little surprised, looking at the 10-year-old boy next to him, who was already thinking about these things.

"Li Ang, I can't judge whether everything you do is right or wrong. Right and wrong are dual or multiple on the level of yourself and the outside world. Are your relatives living a happy life?"

Li Ang nodded, seeming to understand what Hydera wanted to say.

"My parents come to see me every time. Although I am a little older and have some ailments, I am generally doing well."

"That's enough. There is no need to lay out and analyze many things layer by layer. Maybe these things will bother you for a while and even affect your future, but..."

Hydra said as she stood up, tilting her head up with a smile, her cheeks bathed in the sunlight.

"Fate is such a trick on people, what do you think of me? Is it right or wrong?"

Li Ang shook his head. The Hydera case had become a paradox. There had been debates when he was still in school, but there was no answer or result.

"Leon, I have asked myself countless times whether I am right or wrong, whether I am guilty or not guilty, but all this is my destiny. The year 2234 is the day I will be released from prison, and it will also be my miserable 30 years. Years in prison are the end of your destiny!”

Li Ang was a little surprised. There was no trace of anger, hatred or sadness in Hydra's body.

"I chose to reconcile with fate! When you refused to bow your head, you shed blood again and again, and your body and mind withered and froze in exhaustion and sorrow. Unfortunately, I am not the kind of tenacious person who wants to break through all obstacles and break through my own destiny. A strong-willed person, I can’t do it!”

Li Ang looked at Hydera blankly. He lowered his head and looked at Li Ang, who had a confused face at this moment.

"If you can't let go and want to find your own answer, just become a determined person. Nothing is right or wrong. No matter you choose to continue to defy fate or choose to make peace with fate, you may not get what you want. It’s not necessarily the same thing!”

Hydera said and walked slowly. He looked very relaxed. Li Ang had also heard people mention Hydera in the past. He was very heavy, very gloomy, and even autistic for a time, but now Hydera Li Ang felt very happy. This kind of joy from the bottom of his heart is something that Li Ang does not have now.

In addition to working every day, he also exercises and studies. The freshness at the beginning is alienating him. Li Ang feels the boringness of prison life. Li Ang is particularly prone to getting emotional when it comes to some annoying issues.

Gradually, Li Ang also felt that it was extremely difficult to find goals and hope for himself. Everything Li Ang did now was just a personal behavior to numb his sensitive and delicate heart.

"Remember Li Ang! You are just a teenager. Even if you have seen a lot, even if you have learned a lot, even if you are smarter than others, even if you are already very sensible! But you are still just a child Li Ang."

Hydera picked up a straw, held it in her hand and waved it gently, and walked towards the farmland.

"Hydra, you don't have to work in such a hurry, would you like to come over for a drink?"

A member of Section 12 on the Middle Realm Tower shouted. Hydra smiled and shook his head, then jumped into the farmland and started working.

Li Ang lowered his head quietly, and he vaguely understood what Hydera said. He missed everything on campus all the time, missed the days of playing with Niya and the others, and missed the delicious food.

A wave of soreness rushed up to his nose, and Li Ang wiped his tears. He wanted to say something to his parents countless times, but he almost couldn't stand it anymore. This was only his fourth year.

Unchanging is the life here every day. Li Ang looked at the city in the distance quietly. Today, there was a sudden commotion in the city. Many people were discussing the commotion in the morning. Although it calmed down afterwards, most people The discussions were all about battles between mutants that he had never seen before, and Li Ang was not interested at all.

There were no more mints in his mouth, and the heat began to creep in slowly again. Li Ang lay on the cold ground, looking at the dark sky. The sun was always like a huge bright light in the dark night.

1 o'clock in the afternoon

King Xue stood respectfully at the gate of All Domain Academy, and Deguna and Tang Rao walked in together.

"You take care of such a big school very well, Xiao Xue."

Deguna said, looking at the clean and tidy campus. Tang Rao next to her looked at the campus built of stone and wood with some nostalgia.

At first glance, it is a large retro-Victorian building, with clean and smooth lawns on both sides. The trees and flowers on both sides of the white avenue in the middle are well taken care of.

This school was established when they first established Brilliant City to train talents. After the first batch of students were successfully trained, most of them were the children of the family. Now most of the patriarchs of the family And some important figures came out of this school.

Now there was only King Xue in the whole school, Tang Rao sighed.

"Where's that boy Billy?"

King Xue shook his head.

"He went out to investigate something and hasn't come back yet."

The two walked towards the teaching building, with King Xue following behind.

"Two teachers, I must be here today to discuss the next batch of talents."

"You are the only one who makes me worry-free."

Deguna nodded, and Tang Rao turned around and looked at King Xue.

"You provided the method for handling this case."

King Xue smiled and nodded.

"I just hope to do my best for my classmates."

"I won't say anything unnecessary, King Xue. You did a good job this time. You are much smarter than Duan Kong. What on earth is the 1st City Management Section!"

Deguna stopped as she spoke and sat directly on a bench under a tree beside the road. King Xue stood in front of the two of them, standing upright respectfully.

"You have to find a way, King Xue, to open an additional medical school."

As soon as Tang Rao finished speaking, King Xue nodded understandingly.

"I recommend someone, Huashen!"

Deguna waved her hands and then said.

"No, that kid is too self-righteous, or he doesn't want to be manipulated and exploited by the system, and wants to be free."

King Xue nodded. Huashen is indeed such a person. As a free doctor, this is related to the fact that he has been a traveling doctor since he was very young.

"That kid should be a better teacher. You have to think of a way. Now because of the last heavy metal poisoning incident in Department 4 and the wanton behavior of that kid Akimi, the progress of Department 4's construction of the medical school has been disrupted. "

King Xue scratched his head.

"It's a pity that I don't know how to do alchemy."

"Don't follow us, Xiao Xue. How does everything in this school work if you don't know alchemy?"

King Xue smiled and nodded.

"This matter is a bit difficult to deal with. Let's just print some money."

King Xue said jokingly, but after noticing Deguna's serious expression, he immediately put away his smile.

"I know the two teachers, I will find a way, address"

"It has been selected. It is near the headquarters of Section 4, southwest. Li Chu has used money to temporarily buy it. It is an old neighborhood."

Tang Rao said and King Xue nodded understandingly.

"That boy Duan Kong will handle the matters on the surface, and you will handle the matters behind the scenes. Julia has already told us."

Deguna said as she stood up and continued walking slowly.

King Xue is very clear that it is very necessary to continue to cultivate a large number of medical talents. The current reserve of medical talents cannot support the future mechanization era.

Transforming people into machines requires a large number of medical talents, as well as the current direction of medical care. These are necessary preparations before the next era begins.

King Xue was impressed by the foresight of the gods. It was clear that the era of materialization of light and shadow had just begun, but the gods were already planning to prepare for the next era of mechanization.

The era of materialization of light and shadow is just to solve many problems in mechanized technology and to accumulate capital for the mechanized era.

"But there is no need to rush this matter. You can take your time, Xiaoxue. Now this college must shoulder the important task of continuously supplying talents to the Department of Acting. How are the new batch of students doing?"

"There are already 345 people! In three to five years at most, I plan to send 3,000 elites to the business department."

Tang Rao nodded and reminded.

"Don't tell Jean about this, you hear me?"

King Xue smiled gently.

"Of course, I won't tell the principal about this matter. After all, the principal will always do something unexpected, which is often unpredictable. I plan to go to Huashen to have a good talk in a few days."

"Anyway, I'll leave this to you, Xiao Xue. The medical school must be established within 10 years."

1:45pm

Ran Zhi was sitting quietly on the balcony of his home, while his wife was drying the quilt. This kind of quilt made of real raw materials can give people a sense of solidity when covered with it.

The construction of the southern part has not yet been completed, and there is no access point for light and shadow materials. Ran Zhi used to cover the quilt with light and shadow materialization on the upper floor. It is very light and warm, and the breathability or warmth can be adjusted at any time, but Ran Zhi doesn't like it very much. .

Looking at the smile on his wife's face, Ran Zhi felt that this period was the happiest. The streets below were still dilapidated, but people could be seen talking and laughing all around. Most of the people here were not suffering from poverty or difficulties. And look sad all day long.

It's not like what the reports said. People are impoverished because of poverty. Ran Zhi looked at the quilt on the drying pole and smiled slightly. He felt that the quilt should be like this, with a thick feeling. It will be cold at first, but will gradually warm up.

Although light and shadow utensils are now popular, except for some younger generations who want to be fashionable and use them, most people at the bottom still keep the original utensils.

At this time, the doorbell of the room downstairs rang, and my wife hurriedly opened the door. After a while, more than ten people came upstairs, and they sat respectfully in the living room on the second floor.

"Master Wise, please help us."

Ran Zhi walked over with a smile and saw that these people were all nearby neighbors. Recently, people often came over to ask Ran Zhi for help in making suggestions and solving some problems, among which financial problems were particularly serious.

"Tax will be paid on the 1st of next month. Please show me your financial list. You can break down the excess tax under other headings, so that you can avoid taxes."

As long as you don't pay taxes for a quarter, people from Section 7 will come to check your taxes. Once you are caught, you will have to bear a penalty of three times the tax.

Many people are unwilling to pay taxes. This is a common phenomenon among many people at the bottom, because taxes need to be paid from birth to death and are unavoidable.

The 10 councilors in the most taboo area were promoting all kinds of new things and wanted to promote construction reforms in the area to keep up with the middle class. Many people were full of lavish and beautiful things at the time. A beautiful vision, but when they came back to their senses, many people woke up when they looked at the black mud at their feet.

Once the light and shadow access points enter several households on the ground floor, the monthly utensils may seem cheap, but they will always have to pay taxes. The one-time and permanent light and shadow utensils purchased will wear out over time, and there will be wear and tear. It costs a lot of money to repair.

Ran Zhi looked at some tea cups that his wife brought to everyone. Many of them were artifacts from the old era. Many were damaged and had chips, but they could be used forever. Some could only be repaired with adhesive glue before use. .

Most of the utensils in Ran Zhi's home are old. These things are still usable, but they have begun to fade and decay under the light of the new era.

The new era established by the tax office is not suitable for most people at the bottom. Their lives are completely different from those of the middle and upper classes. People at the bottom cannot catch up with the new era, nor can they enjoy the dawn of the new era, but because of the so-called Exhausted from the new era.

After looking at everyone's financial situation, Ran Zhi began to give everyone some suggestions on how to avoid scrutiny if taxes could be effectively avoided. Everyone listened with conviction, because this man named Wise Man, who retired from the middle level, was Many local people provided suggestions.

Life at the bottom couldn't be simpler for Ran Zhi. All he needs is food to eat when he's hungry, water to drink when he's thirsty, somewhere to sleep when he's sleepy, and clothes to wear when he's cold. In his free time, three or five friends gather together and talk freely. Some vulgar and substandard things, drinking a glass of wine, occasionally watching movies and TV shows, playing games, and neighbors helping each other when they encounter difficulties, such simple and simple happiness is enough.

Although borrowing money is normal for people at the bottom, it is even more normal to borrow rice and noodles, or even borrow some clothes. This is correct for people at the bottom. This is the era that belongs to the people at the bottom.

We use the efforts of the people at the bottom to build the so-called new era, but this new era does not belong to the people at the bottom. The people at the bottom were tied to this high-speed train. As a result, before they could even sit firmly, they were thrown off and shattered to pieces. .

Ran Zhi smiled and continued to explain in detail how to reasonably avoid some policies and regulations and how to effectively deal with money issues.

Ran Zhi went to listen to the speeches of the district power councilors several times. The words "beautiful vision" can sum up everything. Ran Zhi has never been there again, although for this group of young people who are full of fighting spirit, enthusiasm and ideals , Ran Zhi doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with their approach. They really want to let the people in the area live a good life.

But in the end, these things are just empty bubbles. They look colorful in the sun, but as they gradually rise into the sky, these colorful bubbles will burst.

Ran Zhi once thought about a question. If people are divided according to intelligence, stupid people account for about 40%, smart people account for 30%, 20% are relatively smart, and the remaining less than 10% are less than 10%. They are elites, and above that there are only a few geniuses like Alpha.

The bottom group contains 70% of the dumber and smarter people, more than 14 million people. They obviously make up the majority, but they have to serve the remaining less than 10% of the elite geniuses.

They have never asked every person at the bottom what kind of era they need, what kind of life they need, and what they do every day determines how the times should proceed and where mankind should go.

Ran Zhi felt sad and ridiculous. This was obviously not the life that the people at the bottom wanted, but it was forcefully imposed on them.

Many people have been exhausted all their lives, struggling to bask in the light of the new era, but in the end they still die in the darkness of the old era.

"Okay everyone, that's it for today. We will come back in a few days. Please feel at ease. If you have any difficulties, you can come to me at any time."

After everyone left, his wife began to pack up. Ran Zhi stood on the balcony with a smile, smelling the smell of sunshine emanating from the quilt.

How the bottom is built is not decided by a few people at the top, but the people at the bottom should have the right to make free choices. There may be extremely smart geniuses who are aware of this problem, but in the system that has long been solidified, everyone is powerless. of.

"Come on, let's go for a walk on the street."

The wife walked over with a smile and gentleness. Ran Zhi nodded and was taken out by his wife on his arm. His wife was still chatting in Ran Zhi's ear about things on the street. Although today everyone was talking about what happened at the upper level, As well as the battle between mutants, but such a new thing quickly calmed down at the bottom and did not cause much fluctuation.

These things are too far away from the people at the bottom. What happened at the top, why half the block was destroyed, and why the mutant named Quasimodo did such a thing are all irrelevant. .

The most important thing for people at the bottom today is that on such a special day, some supermarket stores have launched some activities. This is what everyone is most concerned about. How much cheaper can an egg be, where to buy it, and what method to use. Buy the cheapest.

The difference of a few cents is what the people at the bottom are most concerned about, as well as what they will eat tonight and where they can find work tomorrow.

Some urban issues that are considered very important by most people in power at the top are rarely discussed here because they have nothing to do with most people. Even if they discuss them, the established facts have already been formed in the minds of the managers.

At the entrance of a restaurant, a mountain worker wiped his sweat. He was so happy that the boss took out the money and bought a large glass of beer and drank it happily.

A barber in a barber shop had just finished trimming a customer's hair, but the customer was obviously not satisfied. Although the barber was helpless, he only took half of the money. The customer left with satisfaction, and the barber didn't care. He casually stuffed the money into his pocket and continued to attract customers.

Next to a street food stall, some workers who had just come off work from the construction site were sitting. They were devouring their meals. One worker said that the rice was not enough. The owner of the stall smiled and let them eat as much as they wanted. , but the food costs money, and the workers happily joined in. Although there is only white rice and free soup, for many people, today is a day worth being happy about.

A car repairman was repairing a truck under the bright sun, but he seemed to have encountered a problem. The owner of the car was a little anxious. The repairman also said that he would call a friend and he would not charge extra money. The owner was relieved at this time. After he calmed down, his impatience disappeared.

Several children kept walking through the alley with wooden toys in their hands. They all looked dirty. Some adults passing by would remind them from time to time not to play on the road. They seemed to be having a lot of fun. .

Ran Zhi smiled and walked with his wife talking and laughing on the muddy and dilapidated streets. There was no need to pay attention to some common sense and etiquette here, and one could live casually. Two men were fighting on the street. Four men were fighting. People around were watching, but the situation soon calmed down after people from Section 5 intervened. Neither of them planned to go to the Public Security Management Office for investigation. After being given a verbal warning, they left separately.

"That store has a discount, let's go check it out."

Ding Manman looked at a clothing store with a smile. Ran Zhi nodded and looked up at the sun. He stretched out a hand to cover the top of his head, and the reddish sunlight filtered through his fingers.

"You can't imagine it at all. Even though you all know it, you still refuse to do anything or admit anything! How ridiculous! God?"