Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

12 o'clock in the morning

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The door of the Congress Hall opened, and Jean slowly walked out of the Congress Hall. Locke behind him pressed the double doors with both hands and looked at Jean with a solemn expression.

"The situation may be more complicated than you think."

Gene nodded.

"The situation has inevitably gotten worse. I'll leave it to you, Fatty, to deal with it."

Locke grunted, nodded, and looked at Jean, who was holding up his uniform and walking slowly towards the steps. Locke closed the door. The action strategy of Section 3 has changed. After today's last large-scale operation, Congress will enter the response department. Let’s discuss the situation.

Some casualty figures have been reported, but Locke knew that the situation was far worse than the figures.

The Orchard Plan has been put on the agenda. After discussing the response measures after this barrier zone operation, further discussions on the Orchard Plan will be carried out. This is what the gods ask for. Locke also knows that this is to slow down the three sciences. The impact of Operation Barrier Zone on society must be announced. Even if this plan is currently just a castle in the air and cannot be started, it is still necessary.

Jean stood at the stairs, looking at the dazzling sun in the sky, overlooking everything in the city. He was going to the barrier area now. Although he might not be able to solve anything, he could do something at the right time. The students were excellent, but At the same time, he is too young and is too limited when dealing with some problems. The problems that have arisen in the barrier areas today are not so easy to solve.

Jean looked to the west on the right and to the north behind the Congress. As long as these two areas did not have bottomless ravines like the east and south, criminals could pass through. There must be loopholes. , At present, the sensing function of the dark film is still being added, and it cannot be completed in a short time.

Once completed, the Nether Film will cover the city like a huge transparent cover, and everything entering and exiting the city, as small as a water molecule or as large as a person, will be recorded.

More accurate data is needed to ensure the future. Jean glanced at the faint blue light flashing next to him. Under the strong sunlight, the blue light was so weak that it was almost invisible. He looked at the pillar. Many parts of the pattern look like snowflakes. Jean doesn’t know why he chose the snowflake pattern.

"Snow?"

Jean took out a cigarette. He hadn't seen snowflakes in countless years. Looking at the snowflake carvings on the pillars, Jean felt a throbbing feeling. A girl's name always appeared in his mind, Ta. Thea.

"Who the hell are you? Tasia!"

When Jean went to look for mimics for the first time in the past, his locator was damaged and he lost his way. All he could remember was the snowflakes in the sky, and he couldn't remember anything after that. This matter was very important to Jean. of.

But no matter how much Jean tried to think about it, he still couldn't remember anything. In his memory, when he woke up, he was in a mountain range, but in the end he reached the highest point of the Himalayas and saw a glimmer of light in the dark night. , determined the location of Brilliant City, and finally Jean returned to Brilliant City. It's just that I can't remember that memory no matter what.

Jean walked down the stairs in one step. The light blue light on the pillar on the right stopped flashing. A strong wind came towards him, ruffling the corner of the uniform in Jean's hand. Jean looked at the city in front of him in a daze.

For Jean, the most important thing in his life is the agreement with others. The reason why he is so concerned about him is that there is only one possibility. What agreement he made with this woman named Tasia is extremely important. thing, but I forgot about it.

Gene walked down the steps step by step. The wind was getting stronger and stronger. He had to go to the barrier area now. Although he might not be able to do anything, he could do something.

After stepping down the last step, Gene saw Mo Xiaolan sitting by the flower bed on the side of the General Affairs Department Building, holding his chin in his hands. Gene smiled at her, and Mo Xiaolan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Is it okay?"

After Jean nodded, he squatted on the ground. Mo Xiaolan sighed, stood up, and directly took out a thick coat and laid it on Jean's back.

"Sit tight, we'll be there in about 20 minutes!"

Mo Xiaolan nodded and urged.

"Come on, it's hot."

Jean smiled and ejected with a whoosh, and in an instant he had reached the edge of the General Affairs Section Square. He only saw some faint blue particles falling in the sky under the sunlight.

1 p.m. sharp

In the stormy barrier area, a long team was moving. Ling Hong was still walking at the end of the team. The team did not encounter any problems during the movement. Instead, the speed of movement accelerated because today's battle is over. After that, most of the team can continue the easy march, and only some of them will stay to accurately draw the map of the barrier area.

This march only has the final battle of Jizhigrad, which will be over as soon as it is won. In just over a day, many people can no longer stand it. In such an environment, for many people Call it suffering.

The mountains with only black outlines in the distance are getting closer and closer. The march takes intermittent breaks. The march takes an hour and rests for 20 minutes, and then starts again. The journey of more than 50 kilometers is already more than halfway.

Even in such wind and sand, the team can still move quickly, and many members have begun to adapt. Because they have conducted a year-long training in the barrier area in the past, it is normal to be uneasy, anxious and irritable, but in this After the first day, the experience of previous training came in handy.

Ling Hong glanced at the time and saw that it should be an hour earlier than the scheduled time. In this way, the team could move in groups and ignore the threat of sandstorms to a large extent.

It was obviously easy to use transport vehicles to arrive quickly, but this would lose the meaning of the march. The psychological significance of this march was far more important than Ling Hong imagined.

Although some people will sleep here forever because of this, and will be left with lifelong pain, most people have begun to face up to the significance of this march. In many cases, not all problems can be solved with excellent weapons. In combat, The training of on-the-spot reaction ability during the process is also essential. Mechanical weapons can only improve the success rate of combat plans, and many things are not foolproof.

Ling Hong looked at the mountainside in the distance, and saw a slight change. The terrain here was higher, and the blurry outline of the city could already be seen. Under the gray-black sky, a large area of ​​the city with no end at a glance could be clearly seen. You can see it.

The team members who were still talking on the road no longer said anything at this time, and the overall atmosphere became heavier. At this time, the grayscale of the sky was relatively clear, and the entire barrier area was gray, as if Like the hazy sky after the smoke.

Some of the teams in front had stopped and started to rest. Ling Hong quickly walked to the middle of the teams in front and summoned the captains of more than 30 teams.

On a light and shadow screen, the headquarters' map mapping has been updated. On the map is the general outline of Jirigele. It was a rough map that took many detectors to survey and map.

Ling Hong and the others are now located due east, less than 20 kilometers away from Jirigrad. Some teams have already traveled within 10 kilometers and are already waiting for the lifters to transport some heavy firepower weapons. Some new war weapons are also arriving. Will be shipped.

The entire Jizhigrad is very large. There used to be nearly 9 million people living here. It was the second largest city in this land after Jizhigrad. In the past, it also briefly had civilization and order. At that time, it really The sun has not been obscured.

As the sun's rays became weaker and weaker, crops could no longer grow in nearby farmland, food began to be scarce, and chaos arose. Finally, when the sun's rays were completely unable to penetrate the objects wrapped around the planet, everyone A century-long war began for survival.

There are still traces of the war years in many places in the city, which have long since become dilapidated. Some photos have also been arranged in an orderly manner. Now the team leaders need to be familiar with these pictures. After arriving at the target location, they will have 3 hours. Arrange combat plans for members of the team.

After the first round of bombing is over, they will start to break in directly. They can only adopt carpet-like clearance operations, break in from different places, and sweep the entire Jizhigrad.

More floaters will be used in this battle. In order to ensure that the enemy can be discovered as soon as possible, the floaters will be densely arranged around the team members, coupled with the fire blockade of the aerial fortress.

Teams at each combat assault location will be like sharp knives thrusting straight into Jizriggrad. After the bombing is over and the battlefield is divided, assault operations will begin.

A new batch of combat equipment has begun to be sent to the front line. All team members need to wear protective combat armor weighing more than 8KG, which can effectively withstand sniper rifle attacks and some close-range blasting impacts.

Now that the weapons held by the enemy have been basically determined, Section 10 will take the lead in using an automatic shooting tower this time, which can identify surrounding signals and use the signals transmitted by the float to launch attacks on surrounding points with abnormal movements. .

This 1,200-round-per-second Vulcan A6 automatic shooting tower will be placed in some important locations. It only takes 1 second to destroy many things. These fragile walls cannot withstand the Vulcan A6's shooting.

While thinking about it, it was time to rest. Ling Hong gave the order again, asking the team leaders to take their respective team members and march directly to a place 5 kilometers away from the target location before resting.

Over the years, Osman has been very strict with the physical training of the members of the 3rd Division and never slacked off. This group of more than 10,000 members of the 3rd Division are the leaders with excellent endurance and endurance.

Such a long-distance march is nothing to them, and their physical fitness can fully keep up. Ling Hong plans to arrive at the target location first, and then summon the captains of the east-attack team to issue combat orders and hold a simple combat meeting.

Ling Hong moved quickly and arrived at the designated location in less than 10 minutes. At this time, a large number of large lifts and landings had already transported weapons and equipment. Ling Hong finally saw clearly a part of Jirigrad in front of her. On the right Stretching all the way to the Alataura Mountains, you can barely see the end on the left side. This once giant city of mankind has long been in dilapidated condition.

At this time, there was no sign of human activity in the entire city. From a distance, nothing could be seen. Red particles began to dissipate near Ling Hong's eyes. She walked into the prepared combat headquarters. Many team leaders are already looking at the specific information sent.

As soon as Ling Hong entered, more than 20 squad leaders stood up. Ling Hong waved her hand and motioned for them to sit down. A total of 100 squads and more than 3,000 troops would be gathered in the east.

Ling Hong took the hot tea handed over by a female team leader, took a sip, and leaned back comfortably on the chair. She planned to rest for half an hour. Everyone looked a little nervous, and there was a sense of oppression from the impending storm. , making the atmosphere in the entire Eastern Combat Command a bit serious.

1 p.m. sharp

Lao Cheng took out a cigarette, lit it and took two puffs. Scarlet sparks floated in the breeze, and the smoke shook violently in the airflow. The surroundings were piled with weapons and ammunition, as well as some controllable weapons. Equipment for small missile launchers at the perimeter of the eastern edge bunker.

Through the telescope, Lao Cheng could already see the assembled businessmen from the gaps in the bunker. He smiled and never thought about going to the city to engage in a tug-of-war. Most of the people who stayed behind were fighting on their own. He had chosen his burial place and was waiting after the carnival this morning.

The weapons and ammunition in the bunkers are all ready-made. These bunkers are located on the edge of Jizhigrad, under many scattered buildings. They are very secret. The city leaders have led people to complete the layout over the years, but this This time was different from the past. Most people fled, knowing that there was no chance of winning.

Those who stayed have never thought about a way out, nor have they thought about the meaning of continuing to live. Everyone is a criminal, and there is no need to pray for mercy or repent, because no matter what, the sin has been marked here for life. They have nothing to fear, no family, no friends, no relatives.

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Lao Cheng loaded a sniper rifle, and then began to load bullets into the empty magazine of the sniper rifle. He hummed a ditty in his mouth. This was a tune from his childhood in his memory. The melody was very nice.

"I have done bad things, and I am extremely bad. I deserve to die, but I will not sit still and wait for death!"

After Lao Cheng finished speaking, he smiled self-deprecatingly, but at this time his eyes trembled slightly, and the cigarette was already half-burned. He took a puff, with a complicated expression on his face. Lao Cheng thought of those children.

"They don't know anything. How many of those little devils who don't know anything can survive today?"

The smile on Lao Cheng's face gradually froze, and then quickly returned to his smile, but this smile looked a little sad.

"It's none of my business. They are not my children. Anyway, even if these brats return to the city, there will only be a tragic fate waiting for them."

Lao Cheng picked up the wine bottle next to him, took a sip, blew out a puff of smoke, and threw away the cigarette butt. But in his mind, he saw the little boy this morning and the baby girl he was carrying curled up in the corner. The scene still lingered, and Lao Cheng took another sip of wine.

At this time, in a small room near the bunker where Lao Cheng was, a man and a woman had just separated. After a passionate kiss, the two looked at each other and smiled. They each put on their clothes and picked up their weapons.

"The last time was really wonderful!"

The woman smiled and lit a cigarette, and the man laughed.

"It's death anyway. I hope you can live now."

The woman scoffed and laughed.

"You, a habitual fraudster, why have you awakened your conscience now?"

The man hugged the woman from behind and shook his head.

"I don't know why, but I always feel that you don't deserve to die here. Why don't you take your child and leave?"

The woman shook her head.

"That brat"

The woman was a little dazed for a moment. After exhaling a puff of smoke, she laughed.

"Where can you escape? That kid has been living in this cursed world since the day he was born. Damn this shit."

The woman walked to the door of the room with the weapon on her back, and the man behind her shouted.

"I remember your son's name is Owen, and you also have a baby girl named Xima."

The woman waved her hand and walked out of the room with a smile. At this moment, the woman felt powerless as a mother. She could not give her son a bright world, so she had no choice but to take her son with her to hell. She was originally determined. She wanted to leave, but the woman finally turned back, but she didn't go to Owen because she knew very well that she couldn't give Owen anything, and she couldn't guarantee anything for him.

"Why did you come back? Go to your child's side. Maybe go out and surrender now."

"The reason why I came back is because I don't want to live anymore, that's all. As for the kid I gave birth to, I can only say sorry to him!"

The woman's hesitant expression changed. She quickly left the room, and her expression began to become indifferent. In the past, the woman had thought that all that she had suffered might be retribution, but now the woman did not think so. Since taking a bath At the dawn of a new era, everything changed, and families that were originally relatively wealthy began to become more and more unhappy.

Everyone is looking forward to a new era. Life should be better, but it is getting worse.

Walking on the dilapidated streets, the woman glanced at the dazzling city in the distance and smiled contemptuously.

"We have long been abandoned by that city."

The temperature of the air was quite mild at this time. Owen held Xima and kept patting her red face. Owen yawned and looked at everything outside. The adults' noise was over, but Owen didn't know before. What was streaking across the sky? It was something that Owen had never seen before, and there seemed to be something in the distance. He couldn't see it clearly. It seemed to be a person, but it didn't seem to be it.

"Xima, you really love to sleep and eat so much."

Owen said, looking at Xima's bulging belly, he laughed. Now that Xima was asleep and no longer crying, he felt a lot more relaxed.

Someone brought food to them, but Xima seemed to be too full this morning. No matter how Owen called Xima, she would not wake up. The adults who came before told Owen to take good care of Xima. Owen remembered that when he left, He looked a little sad, but he just put down some food, drinks and warm things and left.

Owen took out another piece of candy from his pocket. In the past, his mother would often be eaten by Owen, but it took a long, long time before she could eat it. This time Owen got something that would make him feel extremely happy as long as he held it in his mouth. , I always feel that I am very lucky today.

Owen called Xima a few more times, but she still didn't wake up, so Owen carried Xima on his back, lying on the window edge with his hands on his chin, looking at the quiet city, feeling sweet in his heart.

"When will mom come back?"

There were bursts of noises. Located 5 kilometers outside Jizhigrad, a large number of members of Section 3 were receiving combat equipment. This kind of combat armor was somewhat heavy on the body and a bit bulky, but many people felt it at this moment. To feel at ease.

The expressions of many people seemed to be much better than yesterday. This battle included large-scale bombing, which at least made the battle easier.

Some people even saw a crawler-type cruising escort robot. People from Section 10 were debugging the robot. It was nearly 2 meters long and had various weapons on it, just like a mini tank.

Many members of Section 3 who have experienced the battle in the barrier area feel a lot more at ease. The reason why they choose to fight at night is because the wind and sand are the smallest at night. This can solve a lot of troubles and the signal is smoother than during the day. Much more.

The Raider tanks have been prepared. The battle will start at 7pm. It is just 1:31 now. There is still a lot of time to rest. Most of the staff put on the combat armor and found some comfortable sofas. rest.

"What kind of weapon did you say last night?"

Someone asked, and a squad leader smiled and shook his head.

"It would be great if weapons like that were deployed directly, then we would be able to"

A clerk was about to say something, but his face darkened. There was a combat helmet next to him, with only a small gap exposed. The internal structure was very delicate. Wearing this heavy 1KG helmet was a little uncomfortable at first. , but their group of officers had been training in the barrier area wearing these heavy equipment for several months, and now they don’t feel unfamiliar, just a little uncomfortable.

Some people wore helmets and lay down on the ground to sleep. Wanting to eliminate this diaphragmatic sensation as soon as possible, the takeoff and landing aircraft continued to take off and land, and more and more staff gathered.

At 2 o'clock, nearly 100 squads had gathered due east of Jirigrad. The squad leaders were all in the combat conference room. Listening to Ling Hong explaining the combat operations, Ling Hong continued to explain every detail. All are taken out and analyzed, and the team leaders need to strictly follow the combat plan. This is necessary, and the integrity of the combat must be unified.

At this time, in the mountains north of Jirigrad, a large number of people gathered at the foothills in the middle of the mountains, more than 1,000 meters away from the mountain. Behind them was a cave leading into the mountains. There used to be a mine here with nearly 3,000 people. When people came here, many of them were already exhausted and had already rested. A few leaders stared quietly at the lights in the distance, looking worriedly at everything in the city below the mountain. They had been living here peacefully for seven or eight years. , but now everything is broken, and the place in front of you will soon become a battlefield.

"Those bastards just won't listen."

A younger leader muttered, and the other older leader laughed.

"It's not that they don't listen to advice, they can't escape anymore. Didn't we discuss it from the beginning? This land should be free, at least freer than in the city. They at least have the right to choose their own burial place."

A female leader next to her squatted on the ground, leaning against a hard stone behind her.

"The remaining kids don't know."

The female leader didn't finish speaking, everyone's expressions changed a little, and the older leader sighed.

"I'm going back to sleep. If you like, continue watching. If it's not destroyed over there, we can go back after a while. If it's destroyed there, we won't be able to go back. We can only live there for the rest of our lives. In the mountains.”

Some people have difficulty adapting to the sudden increase in height and have physical problems. Everyone who comes here wants to survive.

The woman stared fiercely at the bright city in the distance, under the light, and laughed contemptuously.

"One day I will go back and I will make those guys in the city pay."

After the woman said something hateful, the leaders next to her laughed.

"Don't think about it, go back? Where can you go back?"

Some people have already crossed the mountains and came directly to some of the past human facilities near the barrier. The situation here is much worse. There are more harmful particles in the air. Many people got sick just after arriving here. , there were very few medicines, and there were no good relief methods, so we had to resign ourselves to fate. Some parents still brought their children over instead of leaving them in Jizhigrad.

In the distant sky, dense white light continued to flash across. It seemed that this time the business was serious, and a large-scale take-off and landing aircraft had been dispatched.

"Move quickly."

As Mo Xiaolan said, Gene still didn't move, just quietly watching the white light streaking across the sky in the distance.

"Can you convince her?"

Mo Xiaolan nodded.

"It's necessary. I always feel that this war is inexplicable. Really Jean, I always feel that this war, Section 3, got off to a bad start and will continue this bad situation. There is no need to be like this. made."

Gene smiled and nodded.

"So do you have any idea?"

Mo Xiaolan was stunned for a few seconds and then shook his head.

"Sealing off the west and north to prevent any criminals from flowing to the barrier area is currently the safest approach."

"Cities now don't have that much ability to do these things."

Mo Xiaolan pouted.

"Then you have to move faster."