Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

The light of the artificial sun extinguished little by little, and the whole city was like a red ocean. The halo spread toward the periphery. In just a blink of an eye, the city fell into darkness, and the whole world lost its light.

The lights suddenly turned on, and Ye Chunwang got up from the mud. He wiped his sweat, turned around tiredly, and looked at the brilliant city behind him. Many members of the department had already gone to eat and rest. The entire experimental field was full of people. There are only Ye Chunwang and one director.

"Old man Ye, forget it, nothing can be grown here."

Ye Chun rolled his eyes at the director named Lu Song.

"You used to be very patient in class, why are you so impatient now."

Lu Song sighed and squatted on the ground, trying to take out a cigarette and light it, but Ye Chunwang grabbed his wrist.

"Go outside and be careful not to step in the dirt."

The two carefully walked out of the experimental field and came to the other side of the wall. Lu Song squatted on the ground and lit a cigarette. The wind was very light now because the temperature in the city had dropped. The wind had stopped in many places. Some lights could be seen in the town, and nearly 500 people stayed and did not leave. This was something Lu Song did not expect. Originally, he thought all the workers would leave.

"It's not going to be easy tonight, Old Man Ye, what are you going to tell the people in the city?"

Lu Song asked, and Ye Chunwang smiled and shook his head.

"There will always be a way."

The two of them did not go directly to a nearby camp equipped with windproof nets. Instead, they waited quietly outside the experimental field. A lift would soon come to take them back. Lu Song needed to go to Section 12. Go there, and Ye Chunwang will go directly to the General Affairs Department.

"To be honest, Mr. Ye, it's not that we don't do anything or that we don't work hard, but really."

"Don't say such things, kid. I know that if you really didn't do anything, the city would have stopped functioning or there would be bigger problems. But just because you know that, I want to remind you, no matter what time, don't Forgot your roots.”

Lu Song hummed, and Ye Chunwang squatted beside him. At this time, a red dot in the distance quickly approached.

"It's okay. Just try harder and you'll be able to do it."

Lu Song smiled helplessly. His life was torn apart by work day by day, and he didn't even have his own life. Every day when he opened his eyes, he saw a lot of data that needed to be verified, especially when Lu Song was in charge of the inventory department, and Several other students need to conduct a large number of personal reviews and warehousing every day.

Detailed and accurate records of the daily amount of grain shipped out and the daily amount of grain imported into the warehouse, as well as the records of these grain types, even with AI assistance, require more than 5 directors to review it every day, because how much each person reviews There will be errors, so there won't be big problems with food variables.

"I also know that it's possible, Old Man Ye. As everyone knows, when I was a child, I couldn't even eat enough, but now I can go to Qinglong Street to spend money from time to time, and there will always be someone to help me pay the bill. This is what I used to do before. I never dare to think that during the years I entered the Academy of God, my destiny was completely changed."

As Lu Song said, the elevator hovered in front of the two of them. They walked in and the elevator quickly rose. Ye Chunwang rolled up his sleeves and looked tiredly at the calloused skin. His hands and body were covered with a lot of mud, and Lu Song was almost the same.

"The fate that was obviously rewritten turned into a determined fate in the end."

Lu Song said, leaning against the window tiredly. He has become more and more tired recently, and has already felt desperate for such days, especially during the recent period. Lu Song has not been back to the city for three months. He must Someone needs to take the lead in the work here. Except for Ye Chunwang, Lu Song and a director officer from Section 3 are responsible for everything in the base.

"We are humans too, Old Man Ye. We are not just machines that need to work. If we were, it would be easier."

Ye Chunwang nodded understandingly. You may not necessarily be praised if you do well, but if you do anything poorly, you will definitely be criticized. That's what power is all about, because no one will put themselves in someone's shoes, and Because I don’t understand.

"This is what everyone deserves."

Ye Chunwang said jokingly, and Lu Song could only shake his head helplessly. The helicopter had quickly passed over large tracts of farmland. Both of them were looking at the farmland with lights outside the window, and they quickly took off and landed. The plane arrived at the top floor of the 12 o'clock headquarters, Lu Song said after getting off.

"Be careful yourself, Old Man Ye. After all, if you stand on the stage and speak, something might happen."

"It's 100 years too early for you to teach me how to speak, brat."

The helicopter took off again and flew quickly towards the Congress Hall. Ye Chunwang was a little hungry, but now he was still thinking about what to do. If he directly announced that the plan had failed, it would be such a cruel approach. , will lead to many problems in various aspects.

But people are now eager to know the truth. Should such a truth really be made public? A truth that will cause many people to fall into big problems. Is the truth really necessary all the time?

As the light outside the window became brighter and brighter, Ye Chunwang's face remained uncertain. Scenes of the past kept passing through his mind. He didn't know what to do, but the only thing he knew was that the current management The dilemma is that too many lies have been accumulated, so just a slight disturbance will cause some disturbances, and these disturbances will affect many people and things.

Obviously the simplest approach is enough. Just tell the people what happened and what problems occurred. But in fact, the price of blood and lessons learned time and time again made it so simple to tell the truth. You have to think carefully and move your whole body. Everyone knows this, but few people know what it is exactly.

The speed of the takeoff and landing began to slow down. Ye Chunwang pressed his nose and his stomach growled.

"Old man Ye, be careful yourself."

In the cockpit of the takeoff, Natasha stuck out her head. Ye Chunwang didn't expect that it would be Natasha who came to see him off. He was a little surprised.

"I heard about the incident at the Eastern Guard Station today. Why are you deducting some equipment loss fees?"

Natasha shook her head.

"There's nothing I can do about it. So many people's money is not a small amount. Old man Ye, you are still too kind. There is really no need to treat those people like this. I have thought about it clearly. Maybe Clark's words are Yes, we have done so much over the years and lived in such intense suffering every day, but in the end we got nothing but scoldings."

Ye Chunwang looked at Natasha with a somewhat disappointed expression, and the lift slowly took off. At this time, at the passage going down to the General Affairs Department, a man was leaning on the edge of the passage. Ye Chunwang walked over, but Hawke was still as before, There is no sign of aging at all. This is the result of the power of the yellow god. His lifespan will be far longer than that of many mutants.

"Why are you here?"

"Can I not come for such a big event?"

Hawke said, looking at Ye Chunwang with a serious expression, and Ye Chunwang seemed to know why Hawke came. From the past to the present, Ye Chunwang and Hawke always had disagreements, every time.

"Go home and be with your wife Hawke. You don't need to worry about me."

Hawke shook his head.

"No matter what method you use, the orchard plan has not failed. This is necessary and necessary. Compared with those little devils, how long have you lived? Don't you know what it means if this plan fails?"

Ye Chunwang hummed and took a step forward, but was held down by Hawke on the shoulder.

"Ye Chunwang!"

"Hawk!"

boom

Following a violent sound, Ye Chunwang slid backwards with his hands crossed. Two long dents were torn out of the metal floor in an instant. Ye Chunwang stopped more than ten meters away from Hawke. Hawke raised his hand and with fists.

"This was the case in our era before. If we disagreed, we could only resolve it with our fists. Ye Chunwang, if you can't change the stupid thoughts in your head, I won't let you go down, no matter if it's one day or two days. , whoever falls first has the right to decide."

Hawke said as he tore off his coat and threw it aside. After so many years, no matter when Hawke encountered something that needed to be dealt with, he would only wear a black sports vest and twist his thick arms. , crunching step by step towards Ye Chunwang.

At this time, Locke was on the floor below the entrance, quietly waiting for the result. Ye Chunwang did something incomprehensible again. After all, so many protests in the city today are due to the large number of people returning from the barrier area. Demonstrations started by workers, and demonstrations have already started on some streets, saying that the orchard plan of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is deceiving the whole city.

Not only ordinary people protesting, but also social figures, including some businessmen, have joined in, because they have gradually invested a lot of money at the bottom. Now if the orchard plan fails, the interests of the businessmen will also follow. damaged.

Locke seemed to gradually understand what the gods were doing. This approach was too much, and the bottom layer, which was about to be unable to support itself. The economy was collapsing. The only way to get many people to pay attention to investment in a short period of time was to draw a big pie. As expected, the result was As expected by the gods, the situation at the bottom level has been very good during this period, especially consumption has increased so much and has exploded, while the middle and upper levels are still stable.

However, the money invested by the businessmen at the bottom may be wasted. If this time the orchard plan does not have any signs of success, it will definitely affect most people in the city. As of tonight, the executive branch has not made any TV speech. No section chief spoke up.

Now a large number of reporters are waiting at the General Affairs Section. Now the Congress page has temporarily closed the protest channel, because more than 1 million people have issued protest statements in just one day.

Locke knew very well what consequences this would have if this continued. Yin Xianglin next to him wanted to go up, but Locke held him back.

"Don't go up to Xiang Rin. We can just wait for the results here."

Locke was a little annoyed at this time. He didn't know what to do. Locke had asked Jean in the past that if he wanted to control it, he would control it comprehensively. Why would he spend so much time and energy building a legal system, order, and giving? Freedom within the order of the majority, and the right to speak out.

Gene just told Locke that there was no way around it, and that it was inevitable if he wanted to develop.

Only now did Locke realize that if we control everyone's thoughts and control everything, it will be difficult for people who lose their freedom to have high-end technical talents. But now the gap of high-end technical talents in Bright City has been blocked. Competition among technical talents is also extremely fierce.

Under such a social system, things are different from the past. In the past, those who followed the trend and those who could hold high positions without ability are no longer visible. The group of parliamentarians and the group of executives are the same. It is impossible for people without ability to rely on He came to power with money.

Especially in the executive branch, this kind of thing is absolutely not allowed to happen. Those with ability will go up, and those without ability will stay down. This is the inevitable result of today's elitist society.

The rapid progress of all walks of life over the years is also inseparable from these high-end technical talents who are constantly competing for each other. This is true for all walks of life.

This kind of system may not be bad. In Locke's view, he has enough to eat and some capital to live on, but it is extremely difficult to climb up. No one can get to the top by luck, but this is also a problem in the city. Nowadays, it is so depressing and the work intensity is getting higher and higher, which makes many people breathless, because if you don't move forward, you are likely to be pulled down.

Locke once thought that there might be some way to break the current system, but after many years in this position, Locke gave up. It was impossible to break it.

boom

Accompanied by a violent collision, Yin Xianglin was frightened and took a few steps back for a moment. The metal channel coming down in front of him melted completely, sealing the entrance directly like a liquid.

"here we go!"

Ye Chunwang stood quietly in front of Hawke. Hawke's cheek was clear. He didn't want to get entangled with Hawke at first, but he still slowed down a little and let Hawke use the power of the yellow god to directly seal the passage down. , At this time, Hawke's hands seemed to be stuck in the mud, the floor dented little by little, and a large number of yellow particles were floating in the air.

Gradually, the entire top floor of the General Affairs Department became like a gladiatorial arena. The original edge of the outer periphery was raised, and the center part where Hawke was located was lowered, just like a bowl.

The metal thickness on the top floor of the General Affairs Department reached more than 5 meters. Hawke pulled out his hands from the ground. The metal particles fell to the ground like liquids and solidified instantly. Hawke quietly Staring at Ye Chunwang.

“We haven’t been here in years, haven’t we!”

The moment he spoke, Hawke suddenly moved forward. A large number of yellow particles instantly arrived in front of Ye Chunwang's eyes. A thick arm pushed directly towards Ye Chunwang's neck. An extremely violent sound broke through the air. Ye Chunwang moved down smartly. Shrunk but quickly jumped out to the left.

With a loud bang, Hawke stopped where Ye Chunwang was standing just now. A hole had been torn out in the ground, and where Ye Chunwang was, there seemed to be some object in the air that was constantly expanding.

Ye Chunwang squatted on the ground, green particles floating around his body.

"It's so boring. You can still see through everything about me as always."

Ye Chunwang smiled and suddenly his eyes changed and became sharp. Hawke immediately hugged his body with his hands and curled up into a ball with a large number of yellow particles around his body.

Boom boom

Along with the sounds of blows coming together, there seemed to be an invisible wall of air around Hawke's body, and the outer area seemed to have been hit by countless fists. At this time, Hawke seemed to be in a... In an inflated yellow rubber ball.

Whizzing

Ye Chunwang continued to dodge the metal spikes that suddenly shot up from the ground. After dodging a round of Hawk's attacks, he quickly ejected over.

Hawke laughed loudly, opened his arms, and spread the ten fingers of his hands as if he was pulling something.

boom

The moment Ye Chunwang rushed in front of the tall Hawke, he stopped and kicked upwards sideways. He did not kick Hawke's chin, but hit Hawke's left hand raised high in the air.

There was a loud buzzing sound, and yellow particles were beating violently in the air. Hawke's expression tightened, and the other raised right hand was clasped by Ye Chunwang's hands. Ye Chunwang seemed to be swinging on Hawke's raised arm. Generally, he quickly turned to Hawke's side.

Along with a burst of fierce and dazzling blue light, Hawke's ribs were dented in an instant. Hawke turned around with a grin and hit him with a heavy knee strike. Ye Chunwang just wanted to cross his arms to defend himself, but his speed was too fast. It was impossible to resist, so he raised his right fist and struck it.

There was a loud bang, and Ye Chunwang leaned back, with a hint of something bad in his eyes. Hawke had already grabbed Ye Chunwang's arm, and furiously smashed Ye Chunwang to the ground.

There was a loud boom, and for a moment violent yellow and cyan particles echoed each other. The metal ground cracked directly, and Ye Chunwang's whole body sank in. Hawke continued to increase the pressure of telekinesis.

The metal ground near Ye Chunwang was flattened little by little, and with a loud bang, the two began to fall. However, the next second, Hawke felt something strange, and the arm holding Ye Chunwang's head became inoperable.

"Everyone stop it!"

Whizzing

The two of them felt something strange at the same time. They were two orange glowing chains, made up of orange particles, that directly grabbed their hands.

"That's enough, you two! It will be very troublesome to clean up later."

Locke said and stood in front of the two of them and bowed solemnly. Hawke let go of his hand. Ye Chunwang looked at the tattered shirt and the sore spot on his forehead.

"There is no need for Ye Chunwang to do this. Why don't you take action? Aren't you just waiting for the opportunity?"

Hawke raised his right hand that had just pinched Ye Chunwang's head. If Ye Chunwang had been intentional at that moment, Hawke's right hand would have been directly destroyed from the inside. Such damage would be huge and the effect would be significant. Even if Hawke could use He could do something with his own strength, but Ye Chunwang took advantage of it.

"We are just competing, not killing Hawke. Isn't that the same for you!"

Ye Chunwang pointed at Hawke's knee as he spoke. If the impact just now had been stronger, Ye Chunwang's hand might have been broken. Hawke's telekinesis was stronger than his own.

Yin Xianglin jumped to the rooftop of the General Affairs Department and looked at everything around her quietly. She was shocked. Apart from gods, this was the first time she had seen such a powerful mutant.

"Eat quickly and talk to Ye Chunwang after eating."

Hawke folded his hands and leaned against the wine cabinet in Locke's private lounge. He had opened a bottle of wine and was drinking. Ye Chunwang put on a new shirt and sat on the edge of the sofa eating.

"Hoke, you have to go up and restore the roof of the General Affairs Department later."

Locke said, Hawke nodded and looked at Ye Chunwang who was still chewing slowly. He just couldn't stand Ye Chunwang. He did everything tamely and always said he would do it step by step. Many things were already imminent for him. But he was not in a hurry.

This is the situation now. Hawke has set up a light and shadow screen, and a large number of news channels have invited some workers who have been in the barrier zone for three months to appear on the program to answer some questions from the program hosts.

Things have begun to develop in an increasingly uncontrolled direction. It is just after 7 o'clock. If it ferments for a few more hours, the situation will not be good. Some businessmen have already gone to Section 9 overnight to complain. Because they have invested in something at the bottom, many businessmen are afraid that their money will go down the drain.

Everything now depends on what Ye Chunwang, the leading agricultural expert in Brilliant City, will say. His words may calm down the riot, or they may escalate it.

"Can you eat faster?"

Ye Chunwang still ignored Hawke and just ate by himself. Locke sat next to the desk, processing some documents, and looked at the two of them from time to time. The two of them had already paid too much blood and sweat for this city. Nowadays, whenever we encounter major problems, the two of them will come over and come in unison.

Locke did not tell Hawke what happened, but Hawke came over when the matter started to ferment. At noon, after reporting some measures taken by the administrative department to terminate the workers, Hawke insisted that it was Ye Chunwang who made Section 12 do this. It turned out to be exactly what Ye Chunwang did.

It may be a good thing to be able to calm down a possible conflict at the moment, but what we have to face next is a larger-scale conflict. The question of whether it is a minority or a majority is once again on the table, and this time The gods said nothing and left all the power to Locke. This is why Locke felt scared.

It had been many years since there had been such a tangled matter. Locke stood up and walked to Ye Chunwang's side.

"Can't you tone it down a little more?"

Locke asked, and Hawke came over angrily.

"What you did will only make things worse, Ye Chunwang. You already knew that when you let those workers back, why did you let them back?"

Ye Chunwang was speechless. Of course he knew what problems would arise, but he did avoid a bloody conflict.

"I've eaten, little fat. I'll lend you your place to take a bath."

Hawke pressed his forehead anxiously, and Ye Chunwang glanced at him with a smile.

"Why are you anxious? This matter has nothing to do with you Hawke. Besides, you are already retired."

Hawke's expression softened.

"Yes, I have retired. What about you? You have retired a long time ago, but now you are still working on the farm every day. What does this mean? You might as well work all your life."

Ye Chunwang shook his head and entered the bathroom.

7:37

A large number of businessmen gathered outside Section 9 and held signs to protest. Everyone did not want their money to be wasted, because the commercial activities they applied for at the bottom level have been reviewed and signed. This is also the system of Bright City. , once the business activities pass the review, the money needed to be spent on the business activities needs to be advanced into a special 7-section business activity fund. This money cannot be tampered with by the merchants, and the money advanced can only Reduce and don’t overspend.

Most businessmen think about the next few months or even one or two years before deciding how large-scale commercial activities they will do, but now that the orchard plan may have failed, the money invested has already begun to carry out commercial activities. , it is not too late to withdraw now. If it is later, the losses will only be greater. If businessmen suffer losses, they can apply to stop such business activities.

No one wants to see their money being wasted day by day on the ground floor, building something for the ground floor, only to see nothing in the end, or even lose money. This is unacceptable to businessmen, but now Nowadays, the lights in the headquarters of Section 9 are dim. Only people from Section 5 are maintaining law and order nearby, and no one from Section 9 can be seen at all.

The situation in the city is getting more and more chaotic. 8:31

Freya sat quietly in her living room, watching all kinds of news in the city today. Wu Qun was sitting aside, and the other 6 guys didn't come over.

"This time things are dangerous. It depends on what the business department plans to do. After digging such a big hole, how to fill it is the big problem."

"There will always be a way."

Freya said, Wu Qun smiled and shook his head.

"Now you should stop looking at the city's problems. Because of the emergence of this problem, your affairs have been selectively skipped for the time being. It is really a good thing."

Freya smiled bitterly and shook her head. At this time, Michelle came in with tea and placed it respectfully on the small table. Wu Qun glanced at Michelle, and she put down her things and left obediently.

"That's great. Your daughter should take over your position one day."