Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

"Where are you going?"

In the dark night, Alpha woke up from a deep sleep and glanced at the time on his bedside, which was 9:44.

There was an extremely important meeting tonight. Alpha quickly got up and walked to the bathroom. After setting the water temperature, the warm water of more than 30 degrees was quickly poured down.

Alpha's expression was a little dull. She had just had a dream. After eating in the afternoon, she worked until 7:30 and then went back to her dormitory to take a nap. Although there are many things in the New Year, nowadays everywhere The public security situation is relatively good, and today's matters have been settled.

Didi didi

After a while of contact, Alpha raised his hand and used the tidyer to bring up a call panel.

"What's wrong Jill?"

"President, what are you doing now?"

Alpha felt sensitively that Jill seemed to want to tell him something.

"Tell me what's going on."

"It's nothing. Do you want to have a drink together tonight?"

Alpha smiled helplessly.

"I'm going to attend an important meeting later. I need someone to prepare a takeoff and landing for me. I'm going to travel soon. Do you really have nothing to tell me?"

"No, I just made an appointment with some classmates and planned to have a drink tonight."

Alpha said despite his doubts.

"Have fun, and if you have any emergency, please contact me directly."

After hanging up the phone, Alpha quickly changed into his uniform. However, the hazy dream in her mind made Alpha feel a little cold. Alpha didn’t remember exactly what it was. She only remembered that Jean seemed to be arriving very soon. Going far away, and going to a place where she would never come back, the only thing Alpha remembered was that she felt a little sad in the dream. She couldn't help but ask Jean where she was going, but Jean didn't answer.

Alpha soon regained her composure, lit a cigarette, and took a look at the 10 minutes left. She lay down by the window. This informal meeting tonight will definitely involve a lot of things, but these things For Alpha, it is a problem that must be solved.

This informal meeting was against the rules. Such private contact between congressmen and people from the administrative department would be a very serious problem if it was discovered, but that is all that can be done now.

In the course of these years, the practices of the councilors and the practices of the executive branch have become increasingly antagonistic. The two sides have had many off-the-table frictions. On the issue of urban construction, the two sides have fought countless times.

However, no bigger problems have arisen due to political disagreements. Rather, it is precisely because of these discordant opinions that better opinions can eventually be fostered, and ultimately better and more reasonable bills are born.

There are a lot of problems within the business department now. There are many problems that Alpha cannot say or even do. The only thing she can do is to do everything as well as possible within the scope of her functions.

After extinguishing the cigarette butt, Alpha turned around and walked out of the room quickly.

10:09

Jill put down the phone, and Noah looked at him anxiously next to him.

"What did she say?"

"She said there was an important meeting. She didn't pay attention to the situation here for the time being. I have asked the regional officers who sent personnel not to report it. I will be directly responsible for it, no matter what is discovered."

Noah snorted. This matter is extremely serious. Anna has killed 7 people, and now Anna is missing. She has self-shielded the signal source, or her own signal source has been Tampered.

The first thing now is to find Anna. Where did it go? The main program of AI12 has been used to query the source of Anna's signal, but nothing has been found. The last connection was before the murder. Anna lost contact with AI12 about the time. Less than 2 seconds later, AI12 tried to connect to Anna's signal source, but was unable to connect.

The search is still going on, and Noah feels frightened. If this matter is exposed, it will cause a lot of problems, so the action of Section 5 cannot be too big. Jill has distributed all Anna's signal anthropomorphic NDA data. Now on the streets People from Section 5 are investigating one by one, and the scope has been expanded to 10 districts. At the intersections of many regional highways, people from Section 3 have gone to blockades, but the blockade has not yet been completed. The dispatch of the entire operation department is too much. Too slow.

In such a New Year's festival, especially at this time, the flow of people is quite large. Noah was very anxious and Jill sighed.

"Isn't it too early, experiment with anthropomorphic robots?"

"There's no way around it. We have to start experiments steadily now so that we won't be in a hurry when the next era really starts."

Gil hummed and subconsciously took out a cigarette. He had just started smoking recently. The daily work pressure was a bit high and he was almost out of breath.

"Why don't you talk to Alpha, she might"

Jill shook her head.

"Some things are useless no matter how much I say. She is so awesome at the conference. She takes care of most of the things in the department by herself, even things from other departments. Many times I can complete the work easily, too. Thanks to her connections.”

Noah nodded understandingly, but he was a little confused about the meeting that Alpha was going to attend tonight, because his secretary Noah would also be going, so he pushed it to Noah because he didn’t have time to go. King Xue invited everyone to come Go to all-field colleges.

"I'm going to have to work hard for you tonight."

Jill shook her head.

"I always feel that things are really bad now, for us students of the Academy of God."

Noah nodded.

"It will get better, for sure!"

10:23

On a street at the junction of District 21 near the upper level of the college area, R quietly stared at the members of Section 2 around him, who were assigning tasks. Soon, batches of people from Section 2 dispersed, and they were all wearing Casual clothes, across the street is the All-Field Academy. Now King Xue is the only one in the academy, and the students have gone home for the holidays.

From time to time, helicopters landed in the college in the night sky. In the canteen behind the main teaching building, the lights were turned on. Wu Qun was busy in the food-making kitchen, making food for 21 people alone.

Alpha and Latis were carrying out some old wooden tables and chairs, while Heathcote and Brandon were taking out some wine. Freya was chatting with several section chiefs.

Except for Locke Jiahui who was not present, the chiefs of the other 11 departments, plus Noah, the secretary of the 10th department, were present, as well as Wu Qun and the leaders of the eight major factions, plus King Xue, a total of 21 people.

Obviously, a night like this should be spent happily on the first day of the new year at a dinner party, but now there are too many problems that cannot be put on the table, and they must be solved.

The aroma of food filled the air. At this time, everyone began to enter the kitchen to help carry the food and take out some seasonings. Although Wu Qun only cooked some simple dishes, they were full of color, fragrance and taste. All the food Wu Qun directly asked Chen Qiao to have people from their company deliver it.

"Without any further delay, let's get started while eating."

As Freya said, everyone began to gather together. The simple and quick dishes were served. Everyone had a steak. King Xue sat at the lowest end of the long table that was spliced ​​together. He took a bite first and immediately praised it. said.

"It tastes really good, Councilor Wu Qun."

Wu Qun wiped his hands, sat down and raised his wine glass. Everyone took a sip from the wine glass in their hands.

"Start with the three most important questions first!"

As soon as Freya finished speaking, the smile on Osman's face, which had been smiling just now, froze. He nodded. Everyone knew that tonight, many issues would be put directly on the table.

"What is the current funding gap for pension funds!"

"No need, I just need to be patient for a few more months."

Freya glanced over with sharp eyes. Osman opposite him lowered his head and swallowed a piece of steak without saying a word.

"Just because you can be patient doesn't mean that the families of the deceased and the injured can be patient. This is a very cruel approach, Chief Osman."

The atmosphere was very solemn now. King Xue gently put down the wine glass in his hand, wiped the sauce from his lips, and added with a gentle smile.

"The polls of Section 3 have now hit rock bottom. If we don't continue to do something, Section 3 will have more troubles in the future. Chief Osman, what is the funding gap?"

"The total pension is 1.55928 billion, which is basically based on the degree of death and injury, etc., with a minimum pension of no less than 300,000."

Wu Qun pressed his forehead, and Wang Ying slapped her palm on the table.

"We can spend 300 million here."

Osman was a little moved and whispered thank you.

"The current pension gap is a little over 1 billion."

Lin Xiao held the wine glass and took a sip.

"This is a very serious problem. If problems continue to occur in Section 3 in the future, it will be detrimental to the city as a whole. But most people can only see what is in front of them, because many people only need to live in the present. , the more such people there are, the more difficult management will be. Our industrial association can only spend 100 million at most."

Noah laughed, and everyone looked at him.

"How about this, open some technical permissions to technology companies in advance and charge a fee directly. 1 billion is just a small problem. For a technology, they must pay at least 100 million in advance. There are currently 138 technology-based scientific research companies in the city. They should be happy to pay for it.”

"What kind of technology can you tell me, Secretary Noah?"

Baozhen asked, this is something that everyone is extremely concerned about.

"Household robot technology has three types: service type, guard type, and functional type."

Noah said as he called up a rough-looking template with many types of robots marked with various functions.

"Our robot technology can already reach the level of being completely as flexible as humans, but the cost cannot be reduced at present. These things need to be solved by enterprises, and we are only responsible for providing technology."

"no!"

Wu Qun said directly. There was only a little bit left on the large piece of fried pork chop on the plate.

"Now is not the time!"

Noah waved his hand, not planning to say anything more.

"I will find a way to help you get 300 million, Section Chief Osman."

Baozhen said, everyone was a little surprised.

"Will that guy Su Li really give you this money?"

Alpha asked doubtfully. Alpha has always had a bad impression of Su Li. Her profit-seeking practices and control of the clothing industry over the years, including some things in the family circle, have made Alpha have a bad impression of Su Li. It's not very good, but Su Li has a very good relationship with her sister Nia.

"It's not just Sully, Alpha."

Baozhen said, and Lin Xiao opened his mouth.

"It's really gratifying to get 700 million so quickly."

Noah smiled and muttered again. After feeling everyone's gaze, he closed his mouth and drank wine and ate steak quietly.

"We can handle the remaining 300 million."

Wu Qun said, everyone nodded, Osman stood up and bowed deeply.

"thanks, thanks!"

Freya and the others know better than anyone the dangers of watching a fire from afar. There are too many places where 3 subjects will be needed in the future, among which 3 subjects are indispensable for urban stability. In some emergencies, although 5 subjects can Large-scale and rapid mobilization, but if only 5 departments are responsible, it will be overwhelmed. Only with the assistance of 3 departments can we deal with some major problems in the city.

What makes Freya feel most uneasy now is the situation in the barrier area. Although Section 3 destroyed Jiriggrad, the largest gathering place for criminals, last year, a large number of criminals are still wandering in the barrier area. Sneak into the city from time to time and cause some problems. Just yesterday morning, a vicious incident occurred. The criminals who fled back from the barrier area created a case. Although they have been arrested, the damage caused is incalculable. made up for.

Last year's tragic defeat has alerted everyone. The problem in the barrier area is bound to become more serious in the future. As long as you can obtain seeds, building a small farm underground and using fluorescent lamps to cultivate plants is a feasible method. Although planting The yield of the crops is not very good, and even the quality is very poor, but relying on these crops, the people in the barrier area can be satisfied.

Including the acquisition of water resources, it is not difficult. You can find ice cubes in some places close to the mountains, and the method of extracting water molecules is also extremely simple. The most important thing is that the solid water smuggled out from the city only needs one. Once or twice a year is enough for many people to survive.

These are real problems. Although social security is now very good, there are still some criminals who are active secretly. Once they are investigated, they will immediately go to the barrier area to take refuge.

"The orchard plan cannot be carried out."

At this time Wu Qun spoke, everyone was picking up other dishes. Everyone stopped for a while, and Clark laughed.

"There is no way. The current polls are very concerned about this plan. They only care about when the plan will start. They don't care at all about the extremely difficult land recovery process before the start of the plan, and the investment in the security plan before the land recovery. , these things have not started yet, we have only found some land locations in the east that may be revived, and are conducting experiments, but the three most critical subjects are now unable to move."

Everyone present knows that this orchard plan is the next large-scale construction of the city ordered by the gods. In order to allow Brilliant City to have a more stable climate circle, it is very necessary to build green plants on the periphery, but it is obvious that in a short time it will Unable to complete.

"That's good, everyone!"

King Xue stood up, smiled, pressed his eyes, bowed slightly and said.

“How about hands-on volunteering?”

Freya frowned slightly. She immediately understood what King Xue meant, and Alpha also understood. At this time, everyone present looked at King Xue in surprise.

"This is the most effective method at present. If machinery is used, the construction of this plan will be out of reach for most people. If workers are used to participate in the reclamation, it will inevitably plunge the city into a greater economic winter. 12 Sections are currently in Stock up on food."

“Would anyone really do it if they didn’t have money?”

Wu Qun muttered, and King Xue shook his head with a smile.

"Obviously it's impossible. Everyone should have studied history. There were pioneers in many eras. Everyone should know what their purpose was."

"I see."

Duan Kong laughed, this method is indeed feasible.

King Xue's intention is already very obvious. He will only provide food, water and shelter to those who participate in the reclamation, including the tools used for reclamation. The reclaimed land will be owned by the pioneers. Things grown on the land in the future will naturally be classified as reclaimed land. This is a fair approach. Such a vast land in the barrier zone is an endless wealth. Those who can work hard can not only solve the problem of labor force, but also calm the dissatisfaction of the people at the bottom with the status quo.

This method of killing two birds with one stone is indeed feasible and can solve the problem of the current unemployment wave in the city, but it is limited to people at the bottom. This can make the working position at the bottom more relaxed, as long as some land can be really revived. If the land is cleared and fruit trees are planted, a large number of pioneers will participate.

"We can limit an amount. A pioneer can own up to 1,000 square meters of land. What do you think?"

"That's all we can do."

Freya sighed helplessly. This gave many pioneers peace of mind. Moreover, if one person wants to complete the reclamation of 1,000 square meters, it should be possible in two or three years. If the land belongs to the cultivator, the reclamation People will definitely treat the place they cultivate with care, and when it comes to their own affairs, people tend to be more focused, more careful, and learn something faster.

King Xue sat down with a smile, holding the wine glass. At this time, the faces of everyone present also relaxed a little.

"I think this matter can be raised at the city meeting in a few days. The question is where to raise it."

Pullman spoke.

"Just ask Section 1."

King Xue said, and everyone nodded. This matter will eventually need to be reviewed by Section 1. Because it is a city issue, Freya and several others plan to start arranging the work of mobilizing the grassroots in advance after returning.

"But you really helped us a lot if you came up with this method."

Clark said, and King Xue shook his head with a smile. All this was what King Xue saw in the past when he was wandering. The city was just established in the past. In the era of urban development, the land was owned by the state, and merchants had to It is understandable to buy land with Congress and then hire workers to carry out reclamation planning.

All this was to boost the city's economy. At that time, King Xue once thought about why the land he cultivated with his own physical strength was not his own, and he could only get low wages. At that time, King Xue didn't quite understand this. But now he understands the relationship, but in this construction proposal, it is completely reasonable to adopt this method. It can not only create a large employment space for the bottom, but also relieve the pressure on the bottom, and can also make the bottom People see some hope.

"I will draw up a detailed and specific plan. What do you think? I will separate the reclamation area and the housing area, while the housing area will be reserved land."

"What a genius."

Wu Qun laughed. He had understood that although the reclaimed planting land belonged to the cultivators, nationalizing the housing land was the most effective means of control. If some houses near the planting lands were built at that time, At that time, middle-level businessmen can participate in the construction, and the middle-level economy can be stimulated.

At this time, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief, and Alpha also showed a rare smile. This method is indeed feasible and can solve most of the problems in an instant. Building a pioneering site in the barrier area is not difficult in itself, because in the past There are many remaining human towns in the barrier area. It only needs to be based on these dilapidated towns and repair these buildings. The resources required are not very large. The only thing needed is the climate problem in the barrier area.

Once this bill is launched, it will directly drive the industrial development in the city. Now the automobile industry has fallen into a dilemma of slow sales, but after the bill is started, the city will usher in a new round of dawn, and it will not affect Ange. Sri Lanka construction.

"I'm going to get some more food. This core problem is solved. I think we can have a good drink tonight."

Wu Qun said, and several section chiefs also stood up to help. Everyone raised their glasses and clinked glasses with each other. The tense atmosphere was completely relieved, all thanks to King Xue.

"It's not like it was improvised."

Alpha muttered, and King Xue shook his head with a smile, but at this time everyone noticed Duan Kong's embarrassed expression.

"After the orchard plan was announced, I started looking up some past data. One day it suddenly occurred to me that I could help everyone solve a big problem. I feel extremely honored!"

11:01

"Damn, what are you doing!"

Located in the base of the Ala Tan Ula Mountains, a gang criminal raised a gun in his hand and looked at several extremely angry people behind him. A sobbing woman sobbed.

"Get out, believe it or not, I will kill you."

This man was a member of a criminal gang from Jizhigrad. It was just a short day. This was not the first time that something like this had happened. Although the men and women at the door were angry, they could only turn around and leave.

In another cave, several criminals armed with weapons entered and began to plunder all available supplies. The people living in the cave looked extremely angry at this time, but they could only watch helplessly. Watching the food, water, and some clothes and bedding that were allocated to me being taken away.

Some people from the original base were kicked out of the original caves and asked to rest in another cave that was still being developed. The criminals who came over all found their own places to live. The only ones in the research tower were members of these gangs. The core members and several leaders are eligible to live in, a large amount of food has been moved in, and some past researchers are repairing the broken door.

The entrance to the base is still being repaired in full swing. Several leaders are commanding a group of people. In the farmland in front of the research tower, some people have begun to work, surrounded by criminals guarding with guns.

Many criminals who had been reduced to experimental subjects here thought they had briefly seen hope and finally escaped the control of others. However, this group of greedy and cruel criminals came again. They were completely reduced to slaves and could only Listen to others every day.

At this time, accompanied by bursts of screams, several women were taken out of the tower. Some criminals laughed and grabbed these women and walked towards the stone wall cave next to them.

Agata took a nice bath and just got up after resting for a few hours. She walked to the window and looked at the situation below. She didn't think there was any problem. This was their trophy. She had already been with several The leader has agreed that those worthless people will be executed after a few days. After all, this place is now enough for them to live comfortably. This is enough. Those who are still stranded in the mines at the foothills of Jirigele, Aga The tower only plans to send people to pick up useful people when the time comes.

It has been discussed with other leaders that the useful people are young and strong people and women, including some children who can feed themselves. These are the future force of the base. Men can work every day to cultivate land, while women can care for men and children. Relatively easy to control.

In the past, it was only possible to get along well with the exiles in the barrier area and establish a certain degree of order when there was no other way. But it is different now. Agata knows very well that this place cannot bring hope to people. , can't bring warmth to people. Xingke has more powerful weapons. If you want to survive in a long-term and stable way, slowly building a huge underground mountain country is the best strategy.

"Now we just need to pay attention to the trends in the business department."

Agata smiled, but at this moment the image of Lao Cheng flashed in Agata's mind, and she quickly shook her head.

"I will never do anything for anyone! It's good to be able to survive in this era. What an idiot."