Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

Under the dazzling sunshine, bursts of laughter

Guru

Tian Hen covered his already hungry stomach and watched his food being divided by several prisoners. He stared at each other angrily, but his body was trembling and he had no strength at all.

Situations like this happen all the time in prison. I have been in prison for several months. In a room with 16 people, I basically have to run errands for the prisoners inside and obey their orders every day, because if they are disobedient, they will Got beaten up.

Tian Hen is used to being bullied by some prisoners every day when he works outside. At this time, several members of Section 11 on patrol came over. Tian Hen felt hot and wanted to say something, but was bullied by several prisoners. Staring fiercely, Tianhen shut up. Although he could get food to fill his stomach, he would not have a good life after returning to prison.

"What’s wrong with you?"

A clerk asked, and Tianhen got up and patted the dust on his pants.

"I fell."

As Tianhen said, he lowered his head and walked to an uninhabited wall. He leaned against the wall and rested with his head raised. A pale and weak smile hung on his face. All this was not what Tianhen wanted at all. No one Sympathizing with his situation, his father and sister came to see him. His sister was in good condition, always smiling, but still unable to speak.

His father, Tianming, said that he would always keep his sister by his side. He had found a suitable job and could support his sister at least. However, because the civil compensation after the murder exceeded 100,000, the family's economy had hit rock bottom.

Tears slipped out unknowingly, and Tianhen wiped them away immediately.

A smell came, and Tian Hen hurriedly wiped his eyes. When he looked over, he saw a big pot filled with food in front of him.

“I don’t mind eating it!”

Quasimodo stuttered. Tian Hen was already very hungry. Tian Hen had heard the rumors about the man wearing a linen hood as soon as he came in. He was able to fight Alpha, the chief of Section 5, and destroyed the It took half the district to finally subdue him, and everyone in the prison was a little afraid of this man.

"You'd better not have any contact with him, boy!"

Another bowl of food was brought over. Hydra walked over with a smile and handed the food into Tianhen's hand. Quasimodo seemed a little embarrassed, and he turned and left.

"Thanks"

"Before eating, wipe off the dirt on your mouth. We are human beings. Even if we are prisoners, we are still human beings, right?"

Tian Hen gratefully wiped the dust from his mouth and started to eat hungrily. He looked at the man named Hydra from time to time. He was the freest person in the entire prison. Everyone said so about him, and he was the same as 11 Co's relationship with people is also very good. He doesn't need to wear a collar no matter where he goes. He can work or not work if he wants. He is completely free. And he is also the murderer of the famous Hydera case.

"I just said that not because Quasimodo is a villain, so I told you not to have contact with him, but over there."

Tianhen took a look and saw that some prisoners were already looking here, with strange eyes. He looked at Hydera incomprehensibly, his stomach already full.

"On the contrary, Quasimodo is the kindest person I have ever met. He is kind in the true sense. I will never meet such a person in my life. But everyone does not know it and cannot understand it. After all, Quasimodo Duo is also an extremely introverted person. This is something that everyone doesn’t know. People are always biased against things they don’t understand, and people like Quasimodo who have committed the most serious crimes in the history of the city are no longer interested. Much more, but the miracle is that in the cases he committed, no one died except for injuries.”

Tianhen swallowed. This case was a sensation in the city at the time. Many senior executives of the business department were injured. Half of District 8 was destroyed, but there were no deaths. This was something that no one could imagine.

"And if you come into contact with him, you will naturally be listed as the object of fear. You are not the fear itself like Quasimodo, but the person who comes into contact with fear. Once you are labeled as contaminated with fear, you will Life is not easy."

Tianhen nodded in understanding, and Hydera stood up with a smile.

"Do you want to talk to me? Boy, I've heard about you."

Tianhen was a little surprised, but still nodded.

"Follow me boy."

Tianhen followed Hydra step by step. Hydra took Tianhen directly to the management department of Section 11. After saying hello to a section officer, Tianhen's eyes widened because he didn't need to do it today. Work.

After a while, Hou Tianhen's eyes widened even more as he watched Hydera start a transport vehicle from Section 11.

"Come on up, I'll take you for a ride boy."

All this seems unbelievable in Tianhen. It is true that Hydera is the freest person in this prison.

The breeze drifted in along the window, and Tianhen felt instantly cool. The car was driving automatically. Hydra took out two bottles of cold beer from a small cabinet. Tianhen was even more surprised. Hydra opened it and handed it over. A bottle of Tianhen.

"Thanks."

The cold feeling passed through his fingertips, instantly calming down the heat inside Tianhen. He swallowed and opened the beer. After taking a small sip, he seemed to be alive, with hops overflowing and the cold and soft hops touching the surface. On Tianhen's lips, he stretched out his tongue and licked it, with a bitter and slightly sweet aroma.

"How about it!"

"It shouldn't be from industrial fermentation, is that okay? This belongs to the staff."

Hydra smiled and nodded.

"If you're scared, no problem."

Saying that, Hydera took out 100 yuan and put it in the freezer just now. Tianhen looked at all this in surprise.

"Young man, that's not what I was referring to just now."

"taste good!"

Hydera smiled with satisfaction.

"The feeling of being alive is great!"

Tianhen's eyes widened, and for a moment he felt an electric current rushing from the soles of his feet to his forehead. He stared blankly at the can of hops still bubbling in his hand, and couldn't help but shed tears. He took another sip, and put it in his mouth. In addition to the sweet aftertaste of beer, there is also the salty taste of tears.

"I'll teach you, young man!"

Tianhen kept wiping tears and nodding. Hydera had already noticed that this boy could not read. This beer is the most famous beer in the city. It is fermented with pure malt and does not use any industrial fermentation agent. One bottle This kind of 550ml beer costs 10 yuan. Compared with those beers that only cost a few cents for a large bottle, this kind of beer is considered a luxury product in the city, but it is very common in the upper class.

Hydera sat on the seat opposite Tianhen with the beer in his hand. The car was still driving slowly and at a steady speed around the established route. In just a moment, Tianhen felt that everything that had been accumulated in his heart for many years was gone. After releasing it, Hydera on the other side nodded and said.

"As humans, if we cannot realize that we are still alive, we will have no future. Your name is Tianhen, right?"

Tianhen snorted, and Hydera laughed happily after taking a sip of wine.

"In fact, many times, many people have forgotten that they are still alive. Living is the greatest luck as a human being. However, most people choose to ignore this luck and are busy every day. In order to satisfy everything they want, they are exhausted every day. And living numbly, even many people cannot feel the joy of being alive. As time goes by, they will only become more and more numb. Remember Tianhen, this is what life should be like! No matter where you are, no matter you No matter what you will face next, as long as you still remember that you are alive, remember the happiness brought by being alive and feel joy."

"Mr. Hydera, thank you, thank you!"

Tian Hen choked with sobs. No one has ever said these words to himself. Tian Hen has faced life countless times and wanted to get help from someone and wanted to get a little bit of joy, but he has never had it. Over the years, Because of the heavy burden of family life, Tianhen never felt relaxed one day, or as Hydera said, he never felt alive.

"After drinking, have a good sleep. I will teach you how to read when I have time tomorrow."

Tianhen looked at Hydera in shock. He raised his head, drank beer, and always looked into the distance. It seemed that he could not see any difficulties in his body. He was free and open-minded. This made Tianhen feel very shocked. , this is not what a person who has been in prison for more than 18 years should look like.

"Mr. Hydera, you have more than 11 years left before you can be released from prison."

Hydra hummed.

"Relax Tianhen, as long as you don't want to be bound, then nothing in this world can restrain you, just enjoy everything in front of you."

Tian Hen leaned back with peace of mind, drinking wine, a burst of fatigue came over him, and he closed his eyes with peace of mind.

Hydera nodded with satisfaction. He looked at the boy who had fallen asleep in just a few seconds. The empty wine jar in his hand was about to fall to the ground. He hurriedly squatted over and caught the fallen wine jar.

Facing every day with an open-minded and optimistic attitude is the most useful method that Hydera learned from the book. No matter in any era or in any depth, this may be the luckiest posture for human beings.

Looking at the books in her arms that had worn covers and the large gilded characters on them had faded, Hydera recalled everything that had happened in the past 18 years.

Hydera has seen many criminals. They have been bound by the word prison from the moment they stepped into prison. They have never thought about how lucky they are to be alive. Looking at this book in their hands, they are completely Complete with the words of the Destroyer of Worlds, this book was given to me by my parole officer, a man named Jean, a long time ago. Now that officer is the chief of Section 13.

In Hydera's memory, he only saw Jean twice. The first time was during the bloody prison riot suppression, and the second time many years ago, when he was about to go crazy, he came to see her. After that conversation, , Hydra took the book from his hand.

In Hydera's eyes, Jean is like a warm breeze, but sometimes he is like a cold wind. He doesn't look like a human being. Hydera can't see anything in him, neither under the sun nor in the dark. Rather, he is somewhere in between, watching everything as an observer.

Hydra has been thinking about one thing over the years. He glanced at the city above the agricultural base and decided on one thing.

"There are still 12 years, it will be very soon!"

Hydera smiled slightly. He had already made up his mind, or he had already figured it out. There has been no change in the development of the city so far. There is only one reason for this. This is an era where there are many blind followers. If he is released from prison, If the city is still like this, Hydera plans to give its own gifts to all the blind followers.

A cold smile appeared on Hydera's face, and the car drove slowly into the distance.

12:39

"Master Wanrou, you are here."

Several female staff members from the General Affairs Department looked at Yu Wanrou who was carrying a lunch box and hurriedly came over. A group of female staff members were chattering about some things that Locke had been doing in the General Affairs Department these days. Yu Wanrou listened with a smile. With.

"Okay, you guys go and have a rest. Your manager is probably starving to death."

Yu Wanrou said and took the elevator upstairs. As soon as she got out of the elevator door, she saw Yin Xianglin squatting in the corner of the wall, looking tired.

"Sister Wanrou, you are here."

Yu Wanrou walked over.

"Xiang Rin, are you okay?"

Yin Xianglin hummed, pursed his lips and ran with a smile.

"Sister Wanrou, I'm going to eat."

Yu Wanrou is wearing casual clothes. She is currently completing her scientific research alone in the basement of her home. She can travel at will because she has received a special order from the gods and she still belongs to subject 10. A scientific research team leader basically only needs to go to Section 10 once or twice a month. Recently, because of a research project on biomechanical technology, she has not been to the General Affairs Section for many days. On weekdays, she basically visits the General Affairs Section every day. All will come.

"Husband, it's time to eat!"

As soon as Yu Wanrou walked in, she smelled an aroma. Locke was holding a chicken drumstick in his hand, moving one hand on the light and shadow screen, a table of bones, and other meats.

"Oh, here you go, wife."

Locke put down the chicken drumstick in his hand with a smile.

"I'm really too hungry, so..."

A lunch box was thrown directly over, and Locke hurriedly caught it with both hands. Yu Wanrou walked over and grabbed Locke's ears.

"Okay, I've only been here a few days, and I asked you not to eat such high-calorie food, but you turned a deaf ear to my words."

Locke immediately smiled and nodded and said some kind words. At this time, there was bursts of laughter at the door, and several council officers hurriedly closed the door first.

After a while, with Yu Wanrou's permission, Locke continued to eat meat and the low-calorie healthy lunch box she sent, while Yu Wanrou pressed her forehead.

"Really, how about you listen to what I say."

Locke sighed.

"There seems to be something wrong with that kid Xiang Rin."

Locke hummed, and the smile on his face disappeared immediately. Of course Locke knew the reason, and soon a bill to solve most employment problems would begin to be promoted.

This is an enhanced plan drawn up directly by the gods after the mutant level assessment system planned in detail by Alpha last year. The purpose is to reduce the wages of mutants and force some companies to recruit more ordinary people, and it has strict regulations. How many mutants each company can recruit is equivalent to forcing the company to free up jobs for ordinary people.

Nowadays, the 11th and 12th departments have solved the problem of 600,000 employment positions. If mutants are allowed to free up another 1 million employment positions, the city's burden will be much easier in an instant, and the tax revenue will also be reduced. Improved.

Alpha's original intention was to control mutants to a certain extent through the mutant promotion examination, but when this plan was proposed, the gods immediately agreed and improved the plan, appointing Secretary Gill of Section 5 to be in charge. The person in the General Affairs Section who handed over this bill was Yin Xianglin.

Yin Xianglin is extremely unwilling. This method is to forcibly reduce the income of mutants. Now the average salary of mutants has basically reached 5,000, and many of them strictly abide by the mutant law. The minimum income of mutants is 4,000.

Usually low-level mutants work at some construction sites, and one person gets the salary of five or six people, while a high-level mutant works as a bodyguard for some wealthy businessmen, and as a security guard for some companies, and some mutants with rich practical experience People will open some combat training halls, and some companies will recruit mutants. Because they are more energetic and stronger than ordinary people, and have very good physical fitness, mutants can be found in all walks of life. .

"Hey! I always feel that everyone is having such a difficult time. The situation this time should be very serious."

Locke sighed. Currently, the mutant teams from Sections 3 and 5 have begun to station in various districts. Other departments have also removed some directors, including mutants with strong combat capabilities, to form special joint teams in order to reduce the number of people. When mutants are paid, some mutants may cause riots.

"This is the only way. There is nothing we can do about it. For the sake of the majority of people, we can only sacrifice the interests of a few mutants."

Yu Wanrou said with a smile, Locke frowned slightly.

"Then what do you think you can do, my dear wife!"

Yu Wanrou smiled and lay on Locke Jiahui's shoulder.

"You should find a way, after all, you are the manager."

Locke smiled with a slightly helpless expression.

"What can I do? I'm exhausted every day."

1:09 pm

"Have you really worked at a construction site? Look at your smooth and oily look. Look at your skin. It's better than this woman's."

Snapped

Jewell opened Niya's hand on his arm with a fierce slap.

"Go away, what's your name, woman? It's been so many years, and you're even more rude than before, you idiot."

"Oh, if you dare to talk to me like this, believe it or not, I will beat you up."

Jewell shook his head with a smile.

"Today is different from the past. I am no longer the little kid who was often bullied by you before."

Li Ang sighed and stared at the two people with his head dazed.

"I advise you to say less."

A few minutes later, Niya pushed Jewell to the ground and held Jewell's head between her hands.

"Stop it, stop it!"

Jewell's face turned red in pain, and Niya let go of her hand.

"You're still as strong as ever, you really are."

Li Ang laughed, and after Niya sat down, she hit her with an elbow, and Li Ang quickly dodged away.

"Stop making trouble Niya, it's a rare reunion of three classmates. We are going to have a drink tonight. I brought good wine."

Li Ang said and pointed to the 20-year-old cellar over there. Niya and Jewell both looked at it with some envy.

"Save it for tonight. Just drink something normal today."

"What are you doing, Li Ang? You invited us. Why did you bring one bottle? You should bring at least ten bottles."

Li Ang sideways glanced at Niya. At this time, the food was being served. Several female waiters looked at Jewell from time to time. Niya hugged Jewell's neck and asked with a smile.

"Why, are you still sleeping with that old woman?"

Jewell pinched Niya's cheek angrily.

"Enough with you two idiots, stop making jokes like this Niya."

"I plan to marry Wu Qian."

The two of them were so shocked that their jaws almost dropped.

"real or fake?"

Li Ang swallowed, and Niya slapped Jewell on the back, rolled up her sleeves, raised her arms and clenched her fists.

"If you want to buy a house, I will personally help you build it. My skills are top-notch in the industry."

"But can you afford a house?"

Li Ang asked and then said.

"How about I lend you hundreds of thousands first, and you pay me back slowly."

"That's really helpful. Don't regret it."

Li Ang took out his mobile phone from his pocket.

"What's the card number? I'll transfer it to you immediately."

Niya opened a bottle of wine, clapped her hands and said.

"As expected of a winery boss, he is so heroic."

Jewell smiled awkwardly.

"I'm kidding, how can I borrow hundreds of thousands from you? I plan to work as a model for a men's underwear company."

Nia looked at Jewel up and down.

"Would anyone like a girly figure?"

Li Ang nodded and laughed loudly. Jewell argued with Niya angrily again, saying that Niya was more of a man than a man now. The two started talking to each other, while Li Ang slowly poured wine aside. , no matter when we get together, everyone is always noisy. This friendship that has existed since elementary school has not changed at all, and Li Ang also understands that this is all thanks to Niya.

Now in the construction industry, there is a small-scale Lightning Construction Company, but all of them are mutants. It is very famous. The construction speed is as fast as lightning, and the charges are not expensive. Many projects may take one or two months to complete, but It only takes a week to complete the work if left to them, and the quality is guaranteed.

"By the way, Niya, are you really not planning to go back? Now your family is..."

"Don't mention our family."

Niya took the wine from Leon's hand, and Jewel sighed.

"I have never seen a child who is still rebellious at that age."

Niya snorted coldly.

"Mom, I'm living a good life now. I eat meat, drink and sing every day. Why do I go back? Do I go back and be a fool to those idiots? It's better if I don't go back. My parents will be less stressed. Once I go back, those people in the family circle will Idiots must be saying this and that every day.”

Li Ang sighed helplessly.

"By the way, Xiao Wu and the others also hope that you can go back and get together with us when you have time. I'm not as ruthless as you two. I will have dinner with my classmates from time to time. In the past, everyone in our group also wanted me to inform you. You two, let’s get together when you have time.”

"Those idiots must have become just like their parents."

Jewell also nodded, and Li Ang smiled and shook his head.

"Especially at the end of the season, he hopes you can have a meal together when you are free."

"I'm busy!"

Niya said, and Jewel nodded.

"I'm going to that underwear company tomorrow. I have to make some money and buy a house."

Li Ang sighed.

"I said, why do you two have to worry? As long as you lower your heads a little, your family status is one of the best in the city."

The two of them said in unison while holding wine glasses.

"drink wine."

Li Ang smiled helplessly, and the three of them talked and laughed happily after eating. They were all a little drunk. They talked about some past events. Everyone was very happy. Scenes from the past kept emerging, and the three of them also Decided to have a great time drinking today.

"Come on, let's find a place to rest, and then we can continue drinking in the afternoon. After drinking, we can go shopping, and then we can continue drinking in the evening."

Niya stood up. The three of them were a little drunk and helped each other to leave the restaurant. Niya hugged the two of them happily. People passing by looked at her strangely, but Niya didn't care about anyone. In the past, you might have cared a little about your eyes, but now you don't care at all. No matter how others view you, as long as those who know you well know who you are.

The sunshine on the street was a bit dazzling. The three of them hummed songs taught by their teachers in the school before, and staggered down the street, walking forward on the warm street filled with sunshine.

"Idiot, I have been storing it for twenty years."

Li Ang suddenly remembered something, pushed the two of them away, turned around and ran away. The bottle of wine was not a fake that had been stored in the cellar for 20 years, but was real. The three of them chased each other and ran wildly on the street.

At this moment, just after 2 o'clock, a message was posted on the Congress page. Many people saw the message and started discussing it.

It states the specific implementation rules for the rating of mutants, which will be officially announced on February 1. At that time, the administrative department will strictly set up a series of related matters for the rating of mutants. Mutants must take the rating examination to obtain the results. to the corresponding mutant level.

Many people have speculated about what Congress is going to do. Everyone is accustomed to seeing the measurement badges worn by mutants issued by some organizations to identify the level of mutants.

"What is this business planning to do?"

"Yeah, I really don't stop all day long."

Just a few minutes later, another piece of news circulated on the Internet, and it quickly spread. The content of this news was the determination of the mutant's level, and what the mutant could do after being hired. linked to the maximum salary earned.

In just a few minutes, major media outlets began to report on the guild's announcement of the mutant level determination, and the news that suddenly spread. Some reporters had already begun to confirm with the business department whether it was true, but The answer is based on the information published on the Congress page.