Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

January 8, 2223

9 a.m.

At the gate of a hospital, there were five long queues all the way into the hospital lobby. Many people looked solemn, and some were still coughing from time to time. This is the 101 area on the ground floor, among the 11 medical facilities in the area. , only the hospital is still operating normally, and the other 10 medical facilities have had their medical licenses revoked due to serious problems.

Some people have already come here at 5 a.m., but they can only queue up. Some people even came here last night. Several people have been waiting in line and have not yet been able to enter the hospital for treatment.

The situation is similar everywhere. It seems that just overnight, the medical system collapsed. Just a few days ago, those medical facilities were found to have various problems and their medical licenses were revoked. Starting from a few days ago, Many people have to wait in long queues every day to seek medical treatment, and even to buy medicines.

There are a total of five E-class medical facilities in Area 101, which are only allowed to sell drugs, but all of them have been found to be involved in black market drugs, selling counterfeit drugs, etc., and the relevant personnel have been arrested.

Medical congestion is a common phenomenon in cities today. Starting from the large-scale investigation by the medical department, in just a few days, the medical system in various parts of the city was overwhelmed. Most doctors basically need to work shifts 24 hours a day. Although some A large number of staff from Section 4 helped, but it was still difficult to solve. The most critical thing was the insufficient supply of drugs on the market.

From the initial voices of support, to the voices of complaints after medical congestion began, to the current scoldings, in just seven days, the city has undergone earth-shaking changes. All these voices point to one person, Alpha An. Gus.

Many media outlets have already followed up on reports on the launch of a large-scale investigation into the industry on New Year's Day. The collapse of the medical industry began after Hillman Pharmaceuticals was revoked of its medical qualifications, and the situation has intensified.

Voices of dissatisfaction fill every corner of the city every day, and the number is increasing. Many people don't understand what Congress wants to do and why it allows the executive branch to act so randomly. Most people's opinions have completely changed.

A large number of members of the medical faction were arrested. Freya, who had resigned as president of the medical association, was investigated. The medical company of the Ablon family was also revoked due to multiple black market transactions, false transactions and other issues. license.

This is a huge change that has never happened in the city in the past. Every minute, new scandals in the medical industry are published on the investigation page of the case. There are so many that people can't even look at them.

Alpha, who is at the center of public opinion, has not even given a televised speech, and has been leading the joint investigation officers dispatched by 12 departments to work every day.

"10 billion?"

Someone in the queue at the entrance of the hospital exclaimed. At this time, the originally lifeless crowd began to commotion. This was a sky-high fine issued by Congress. Hillman Pharmaceuticals was classified as a dangerous technology by Congress because of unauthorized research. Strictly controlled cloning technology, and some clinical medical experiments have been conducted, but because Hillman Pharmaceuticals is a family-owned industry and most of the employees are members of the Hillman family, they are exempt from criminal penalties.

Some TV programs have invited some well-known economic figures to start special programs. Many scholars in the economic field feel that this sky-high 10 billion fine is incredible, because this is the profit of Hillman Pharmaceuticals for 10 years, and it is not even... By the time Hillman Pharmaceuticals made more than 900 million in annual profits, this 10 billion fine will definitely have a certain impact on the entire Hillman family.

Eddie, the patriarch of the Hillman family, held a press conference a few days ago to apologize for illegal behavior within the pharmaceutical company and stated his original intention to continue researching new medical technologies. Some people also felt that Congress was too hasty. After all, Hillman Pharmaceuticals has indeed provided a large number of new medical technologies in recent years. Some people think that Congress should not impose severe penalties. At most, it will revoke its medical qualifications, and it can be regained after internal rectification.

Now that the sky-high 10 billion fine was issued, Hillman Pharmaceuticals did not hesitate, but paid the 10 billion fine quickly and honestly.

Located near the Hillman Pharmaceutical Company building, in an underground company vault, a large number of Section 7 personnel are inspecting and moving banknotes, and are taking away the reserves in the Hillman Pharmaceutical vault.

There were several people in charge of the Hillman family attending the scene, and everyone's face was livid. At the same time, the acting spokesman of the Hillman family also said that he would be responsible for the bottom 60 houses funded by the Hillman family. The factory removed all capital and technical personnel, terminated the contract with Congress, and stopped injecting capital into the factory.

In some areas on the ground floor, many workers have taken to the streets and began to protest against the local public security management office. They surrounded the door of the public security management office and kept shouting.

The directors of 60 factories have urgently closed down the factories, because without the financial support of the Hillman family, the factories would not be able to operate at all.

Everyone feels that the situation has gotten worse and worse in the past few years. No one knows what is going on, what is happening to the city, what the administrative department and the members are doing, and the Congress is simply a decoration.

Various arguments have appeared in the city. Some people have begun to criticize those without workers, saying that they do not work hard. There are too many people who do not work in the city, which has led to the current situation. Although such arguments are sufficient It is supported by factual data, but it is difficult to hold up.

Some people angrily criticized this comment. In recent years, the city's economic environment has been depressed, and many people have lost their jobs, making it difficult to find a job.

Chaos began to appear in every corner of the city like wildly growing weeds.

At the service vehicle delivery stations located in the east, west and southeast, people are constantly buying tickets and getting on the bus. Just a few days ago, Section 11 released a recruitment information. The construction of the new prison requires a large number of workers, with a monthly salary of 600. Food and accommodation were provided, and the upper limit of recruitment was 300,000. A large number of people packed their luggage and went directly.

It is not easy to find a long-term and stable job these days. Some people plan to go to the agricultural department. The 12th department also released a job recruitment information, because the dust pollution caused by urban construction in recent years has eroded the area near the east. Large-area planting fields in the middle layer now require a large number of workers to use some equipment for dust cleaning, which is required every day.

Standing in the long eastern agricultural base near the middle-level protective wall, after construction started on the upper level, dust pollution returned again, and the people in the eastern middle-level were even more miserable. Therefore, this dust cleaning job is not only Farmland, if you clean the streets, the salary is lower, 600 a month for food and accommodation, if you clean the farmland, the salary is 900 a month.

Some people were wondering why Sections 11 and 12 were suddenly recruiting a large number of workers. It was only after Congress announced the 10 billion-dollar fine on the Hillman family just at 10 o'clock that everyone understood why.

One after another, helicopters from Section 7 flew to the prison and the headquarters of the Agricultural Section. After the helicopters loaded with cash arrived, people from Section 11 and Section 12 began to be responsible for counting and collecting banknotes. The punishment of 10 billion Half of the sexual fine was allocated to Section 12 and half was allocated to Section 11.

In recent years, the two departments have basically not enjoyed funding from Congress, but now serious problems have arisen within the jurisdiction of the two departments, and a large number of workers must be recruited.

In the square outside the headquarters of Section 12, a large number of light and shadow equipment generation machines are placed one after another. These machines can generate a dust processor and a dust protective mask every minute.

Workers are constantly waiting in line here. After getting the equipment, they complete the recording. After putting on their work calculators, they get in the car and clean it up. Looking from a distance, you can see a large area of ​​dust covering the eastern sky. Among them, these dusts from construction are extremely harmful to the planting soil of agricultural bases.

This shoulder-type dust processor has a retractable metal tube with a maximum extension distance of 10 meters. At the top is a dust absorber. Each backpack can hold 100 to 120KG of dust. Once the storage is full You can then go to the nearby lift to replace the emptied storage backpack.

Each worker needs to complete a daily quota to receive a full monthly salary. Some workers who cannot carry so much dust can be quickly replaced.

In the northwest, a large number of dust condensation processing machines have been prepared. All dust storage bags are generated with light and shadow materials. They only need to be put into the dust condensation processor. After recovering Mimic Object The dust can be directly condensed and poured into the gully, and the processing speed is quite fast.

Division 3's lifters are constantly receiving backpacks near the dust storage bag maker near the headquarters of Division 12. Once full, they will fly directly to the vicinity of the eastern separation wall.

There are already a large number of workers braving the scorching sun, holding dust cleaners near the farmland to clean up the dust visible to the naked eye under the light. There are many 3rd Section members wearing protective masks nearby to maintain the dust. Maintain order on site and direct workers.

All these tasks could have been done by dispatching people from Section 3, but in the end, under Ye Chunwang's decision, we decided to recruit workers from outside, so that Sections 11 and 12 could stably provide at least 600,000 jobs before the completion of construction.

Next to the prison, a large pit stretching for two kilometers is still being excavated. Thousands of people are digging with equipment and tools. There are only less than 10,000 prisoners left. Long-term and high-intensity work has left many prisoners All have fallen ill, and some even have physical problems of varying degrees.

Many workers who came over felt incredible when they saw this scene. It was possible to dig such a large pit with human power, and the depth was also surprising.

Some workers have built work sheds near the big pit, and many of them seem happy. After all, it is rare to find such a stable job in the city.

"What's going on?"

On a street in District 22 near the upper floors, many shop owners looked at the large number of workers pouring out of the construction site in front of them. They were talking and laughing about something. Many of them seemed to be smiling. , because the workers have just settled their wages, some have received tens of thousands, and some have received more than 4,000.

After asking about it, I found out that Angus Construction was temporarily suspended. Most of the workers did not plan to eat here, but planned to rush to the eastern agricultural base without stopping.

The wallet management office was overcrowded, and most of the workers immediately went to save money. Because the additional taxes have been deducted when paying wages, the workers did not worry about depositing the money in Section 7. It was safer this way, even if it cost money. It is very convenient. You only need to register a mobile payment account and you can pay with the mobile phone you carry with you.

Just when many local people were feeling gloomy, a lift suddenly stopped at the large square construction site in front of them. Some people saw Mr. and Mrs. Angus coming down with a bunch of people, as well as many people doing business. There are people from the Department, including Akimi, the chief of Section 4, and Marcus, the secretary.

Many public security management vehicles drove over. After a large number of Section 5 personnel got out of the car, they began to evacuate the people who gathered outside. No one knew what was going on here.

"Mr. Angus, Mrs. Angus, I'm really sorry. I can only ask you for help at this time."

More and more lifts have landed in this former large gathering square. The large amount of building materials originally accumulated has been exhausted. Several underground construction entrances have been blocked. As the last group of workers left, Entering the square, many engineers from Angus Construction came over.

"As long as we have raw materials, we can start work today, and some medicines can be shipped out of the warehouse at 0 o'clock tonight."

Avano said confidently, and Akimi breathed a sigh of relief. Just now, the Angus family has passed the review of Congress and obtained a license to produce medical supplies. It only requires the guidance and supervision of people from the 4th department on site. However, the Angus family's engineering team was urgently mobilized. Nearly 1,000 technical engineers in various fields quickly established some large-scale drug production machines after receiving some drawings of drug production machines from Section 10. According to the construction method of the machine, it takes up to three hours for the machine to be built on the template of the light and shadow artifact generator.

The Angus family also signed a cooperation document with Congress to urgently respond to the shortage of medical supplies in the city. Only the Angus family in the entire city has the technology and space to support such an emergency.

Hundreds of drugs that are in short supply in the city are in urgent need and need to be put into production as soon as possible. Many medical companies are still resisting during the review. They also want to use the medical market as a threat in an attempt to force Congress to stop the review. Most medical companies The giants have joined forces.

Some lifts loaded with Mimic Object The film-making machine has been generated in the center of the square, and a large number of 10 small air purification robots and dust cleaning robots have begun to work.

At this time, a large number of media reporters had arrived. Some reporters entered the square after being reviewed by the entrance office and went straight to the Angus couple.

"Mrs. Angus, do you really plan to transition into the medical industry?"

Violet smiled and shook her head.

"This is only temporary because there is a shortage of medical supplies in the city. Our Angus family wants to relieve the current pressure in the city. We, the Angus family, will withdraw when the city's medical market recovers."

What reporters are most concerned about is the issue of medical prices, Avano said.

"All the items produced by Angus Medical will be supplied to the entire city at the lowest market price. If the price cannot be met, we will open a second or third temporary factory."

In a large room, many businessmen in the medical industry gathered together. The medical stock price has plummeted recently. Most of the businessmen are about to go bankrupt because of this review, but everyone is still holding on. In just seven days, some people Unbearable.

Eddie was holding a glass of wine and looked around. No one said anything. Everyone was watching the latest news and looking at the Angus couple who were still speaking with fear.

"No, how about we resume production quickly? What do you think, Mr. Eddie?"

One boss said, and some other bosses also agreed, but there were still voices of disapproval.

"If we resume production now, we will have to sign an agreement with Congress. It will be very detrimental to the development of our medical industry in the future. Don't be fooled by the small profits in front of you. The Angus family still has to worry about construction. They simply don’t have the capacity to meet the entire city’s medical needs.”

An old businessman said, and everyone's mood relaxed for a while. Congress had convened all the businessmen in the medical industry for a brief meeting on this issue. At the meeting, Congress came up with a An agreement to regulate the medical industry, but businessmen are obviously unwilling to sign this agreement.

The content of the agreement is very simple. No matter which medical company they belong to, the people in charge of medical facilities in various places are people from Section 4. People in their company do not need to manage these medical facilities, they only need to be responsible for the normal operation of the medical industry, which is equivalent to Every day, all the conditions of each medical facility are directly transmitted to the 4th department, and then the 6th department records statistics. This is equivalent to restricting the hands and feet of the medical industry.

No businessmen in the medical industry agreed, and the meeting ended in a huge dispute. Businessmen and congressmen in the medical industry all united. No matter whether they were families or ordinary businessmen, everyone gathered at Hillman. In the pharmaceutical company, countermeasures are being discussed. Today is the third time that everyone has gathered.

There were more businessmen waiting in other rooms, and everyone couldn't sit still. There were more than 100 businessmen in the medical industry in the large room where Eddie was.

The review is still going on. Basically 80% of the medical facilities here have had their medical qualifications revoked. When the medical pressure increased sharply in the past few days, Congress hopes that they can start operations and maintain the medical industry normally while accepting review. , but the businessmen immediately closed all medical facilities collectively, and only S-level facilities such as hospitals were operating normally.

Because hospitals were authorized by Congress to operate by some businessmen in the past, many hospitals that have not been closed are not the assets of the businessmen, and those hospitals that have been closed will violate the law if they are forced to close without any problems, and There is no closure. All the medical facilities under review under the businessmen have been completely closed.

Eddie seems a little absent-minded. No matter what others say to him, he always just smiles and shakes his head, drinking alone. In the past few days, he has been so angry that he can't eat or sleep. But now Eddie is very relaxed. The Angus family It can indeed fill the needs of the medical industry in a short period of time, but it cannot be filled in the long term. Raw materials are absolutely not enough, but now the raw materials are in the hands of major medical companies.

Eddie knew that the current raw materials were released from the Congressional Medical Raw Materials Reserve, but they were far from enough for the city's daily needs.

"Everyone!"

Eddie finally stood up, and everyone stopped discussing. He glanced at the Angus couple who were still answering reporters' questions on the light and shadow screen, and said with a sneer.

"If we unite, we will definitely be able to calm everything down. But if any of us agrees to Congress's conditions first, it will be the most serious impact on our future. The medical industry will have no future at all."

Everyone nodded in agreement, and those who were previously afraid that the Angus family would seize the medical market also figured out that it was only for the short term.

Eddie said as he began to ask people to prepare today's lunch. He exchanged greetings with some people and then turned and left. Surrounded by bodyguards, Eddie walked to the bottom of the corridor, his private room.

Eddie knew very well that this invisible war was about to begin. This was a protracted war in which no one could survive alone. Prometheus, the future of the city, had already met, and the countdown to destruction had officially begun.

"If anyone agrees to Congress's conditions"

Eddie said something, and a bodyguard behind him immediately bowed slightly.

"Don't worry, Mr. Eddie, we are already ready."

Eddie nodded with satisfaction and showed a cold smile.

After answering the room, Eddie snapped his fingers, and a black flame rose from the ground.

"How's the situation?"

"Please rest assured, Mr. Eddie, everything is ready. The personality implantation technology has made breakthrough progress, and it will be done in less than 5 years at most."

Eddie laughed heartily. The more chaotic the city, the better for him. Eddie didn't care how much money the Hillman family lost. After all, as long as there was large-scale chaos in the city, everything would become extremely clear.

"In the end, it was not human beings who overthrew the divine authority, but their own stupid decisions!"

Eddie smiled and looked to the other side, Ran Zhi nodded with a smile on his face.

"I will go to the barrier area again today. Currently, Alatan Ulla's combat ability is good. After all, in such a difficult environment, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers trained is not weak."

Eddie snapped his fingers and Prometheus disappeared into the air.

"I think it is necessary to continue to provide them with some weapons."

Eddie nodded.

"As you wish, wise man, once the voices against the gods gather together, everything we have will succeed, and after we succeed, you can enjoy your old age with your wife."

Ran Zhi nodded, and then he confirmed again.

"You should be able to do what I said, right?"

"Don't worry, wise man. What I have promised may not necessarily be fulfilled by others, but you are different!"

Ran Zhi nodded and turned around and walked into the elevator behind him. Eddie smiled softly. Many times, to accomplish something, you only need to grasp a little bit of expectations in other people's hearts.

Prometheus has calculated that now the gods want to solve the high unemployment problem in the city. This is the problem that the gods must definitely solve in the next few years. Taking action on medical companies is only the first problem. One step, the actions of Section 11 and Section 12 are enough to explain everything.

According to a lot of data provided by Prometheus, the probability of operating on mutants in the next step is as high as 29%, and some members of Congress who can enter Congress have also vaguely revealed something. This success rate has increased with this year. At the beginning, it continued to rise with the accumulation of big data.

The medicine that causes mutants to go berserk has entered higher fields of research. Even high-level mutants can make them go berserk. This is what Eddie hopes for most. The top management of the acting department is indeed powerful, but it only takes a moment. , they will become the promoters of their own plans.

Some of the secret weapon manufacturing factories of the Hillman family are located in many places in the city, producing weapons every day. A large number of these weapons are now transported to the barrier area, and some are stored in various parts of the city. Once the city begins When it collapses and the gods show up, that's when these weapons come in handy.

Eddie had imagined countless times what the last moment would be like. Gradually Eddie showed an excited smile and let out a slightly crazy laugh.

"I am the one who can truly save Brilliant City!"

12 o'clock sharp

Located on the edge of a huge pit near the prison, prisoners lined up in a long line waiting to eat. Among them was a figure like a hill, wearing a collar around his neck, with collars on his hands and feet. He looked extremely huge. He knew Cassie well. The prisoners in Modo all know that this man is usually taciturn and never complains or talks to anyone.

Everything Quasimodo did was widely spread among the prisoners, but everyone was more afraid of this hill-like man.

"This is your share Quasimodo."

When it was Quasimodo's turn, a pot as big as a basin was placed aside. Quasimodo picked up his lunch. The workload he worked every day was equivalent to more than 100 people, and he was in prison. Since then, he has never caused trouble, communicated with others, or had any disputes with others. Facing Quasimodo, the prisoners felt a sense of fear in their hearts.

The prisoners were looking for a place to eat. Quasimodo took his own food and walked around the prison wall. At this time, there was a noise. Quasimodo looked over and saw a young child being knocked down. The food in his hands was also snatched away.

"What kind of eyes do you have, you have to follow the rules here if you want to live here!"