Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

June 19, 2223

"Sorry!"

Just after noon, Li Ang looked at the six mutant employees in front of him. Today was the day they officially left here. Li Ang had taken advantage of the loophole before and was discovered. The Business Department has ordered Li Ang to comply with the regulations issued by Congress. He must comply with the regulations before the 20th. regulations, otherwise the business qualification of Li Ang's brewery will be revoked.

"This is your salary."

Li Ang said and handed the thick money bags to the six people respectively, and the six people were a little surprised.

"The boss doesn't have to give that much, no."

"Take it, it's okay. I'll think of another way to see if I can find some loopholes. If that's all, I'll open a store."

Before Li Ang finished speaking, several mutants bowed deeply, and the six of them turned around and walked away. Li Ang also knew the current situation in the city. The voices against mutants were getting stronger and stronger, and this Perhaps this is the reason why a large number of mutants went berserk.

All walks of life have been very prosperous recently, but the life of the mutant group is relatively poor. There are even incidents of mutant robberies happening in society.

Although Congress repeatedly issued orders that if rumors about mutants continued to be spread, they would be arrested, and some people were indeed arrested. However, such voices did not stop at all. Instead, they became more and more intense with the frequent occurrence of mutant rampage incidents. .

Recently, the medical industry has returned to normal, and Li Ang is also a little relieved. In order to provide his parents with good medical conditions a while ago, Li Ang could only build a medical room in his home and let doctors take care of his parents 24 hours a day. It was getting worse and worse, and Li Ang also knew that his parents wanted to see him get married, but Li Ang never thought about it because the right candidate could never be found.

The profit of the winery is now much lower than in the past. Because of the recruitment of many new employees, the original size of the winery can be maintained. However, the number of employees is too many. If the number of employees is reduced, the production capacity cannot keep up. In the past, it was not possible. Young and old customers will definitely not be happy, and this is the reason why we have been able to develop steadily over the years.

In the past, due to adjustments, the winery lost some customers because its production capacity could not keep up, and its business was taken away. In the past few months, due to the problem of mutant employees, Appeared many times.

And Li Ang also fulfilled his previous promise to those mutant employees and did not abandon them. However, the administrative department in the region is now particularly strict about mutant employees. Li Ang finally couldn't hide it any more. Now he can only fire these few. An old employee, there is now only one mutant left in the entire winery.

Many of the newly recruited employees are not familiar with everything in the winery, and the production capacity is now less than two-thirds of what it used to be. Li Ang can only take his time.

Li Ang originally wanted to invest in building a winery on the ground floor, but at this juncture, Li Ang finally gave up the investment. Looking at the pedestrians walking on the street, Li Ang felt helpless.

It was time to eat, and the six mutants who had received their wages also started to eat. As expected, the restaurant across the street refused them entry. This is also a situation that occurs in the city today. Ordinary people are ostracizing mutants. And it is blind exclusion.

This is inconceivable and incomprehensible to Li Ang. Congress's approach to increasing employment positions is too simple and crude. This approach of taking away some employment positions from mutants has actually caused a gap between ordinary people and mutants. Huge crack.

Now many mutants have to compromise and join the Acting Section. Currently, according to the figures released by the Acting Section, nearly 5,000 mutants have become specially recruited members of the Acting Section.

These mutants are low-level mutants who really can't find a job and have families. Li Ang understands what the business department is doing, but doing special recruitment like this is a big problem. He wants to get the basic salary and benefits of the business department. , you must study to pass the examination in the business department, which is extremely difficult for most mutants.

Because most of the mutants have been workers for a long time by virtue of their strength, and many of them are even illiterate and have long passed the age where they can learn. To recruit mutants for professional skills, not all comers are accepted, but based on age. , some older mutants have no chance at all.

boom

Li Ang slapped his hand on the window sill and looked at several old mutant employees in the distance. They had been refused entry to the store for the third time. They seemed to be planning to wait for the food to be prepared in the store and then take them to a secluded place. place to eat.

Many things in the current affairs department are extremely unreasonable to Li Ang, especially the current 7th department. The financial system has become so chaotic that it is difficult to clean up. The stock market has become a tool for many people to speculate and make big money. This is the 7th department. This is because they have an imperfect censorship system. Li Ang has proposed many systems and hopes that Section 7 can be modified. But every time the reply I get is thank you for your enthusiastic suggestions. They will accept them later and let Li Ang wait for notification. .

Many of these suggestions and opinions have been for more than three months. Li Ang has not received any reply. Now the people in Section 7 are busy with the medical industry and should not have time to pay attention to the opinions submitted by ordinary citizens. Li Ang can't help but feel bitter. laughed.

“I really don’t understand more and more what the business department is doing.”

The funniest thing about Li Ang is what happened a while ago, just half a month ago, because most people in the city were questioning a rumor. It was rumored that the manipulator behind the criminals who had previously threatened the business department in the barrier area was Angus's house, this is the funniest thing Li Ang has ever heard.

Others, Li Ang, may not be able to guarantee it, but in Li Ang's view, what the Angus family has been doing is for the future of the city. Li Ang has also been to Angus's house countless times, and he can confirm it without using his eyes. You don’t even need to listen to anyone, but most of the judgment is always in an abnormal state for some reason.

A few days ago, while Li Ang was eating, he heard several people in the employee canteen discussing the Angus family.

"One day, the industry will have to suffer the consequences."

In order to convince people in the city, Xingke decisively released all the records of the investigation into the Angus family immediately after receiving such news. This made it clear that even Xingke themselves knew that it was impossible. It was the Angus family, but they still investigated the Angus family, just for the sake of a formal investigation, which only increased the suspicion of the rumor.

Li Ang also knows what the purpose of the business department is to do this. It is just for stability, for the stability of the current city, because the economy in the city has obviously improved, but this is the result of snatching millions of employment positions from the mutants. , such dividends will not last long.

If a city wants to satisfy everyone, it can only continue to develop new industries to increase the number of jobs in the city. However, the city is still maintaining its status quo after so many years. This is difficult for Li Ang to understand. , coupled with the questions raised by the council members, the whole city now really seems like a smoking cauldron.

"It's better to call it a furnace than a cauldron!"

Behind all this, many rigid rules originate from the gods. Many things are set by the gods. However, although most people do not understand God, they always have an inexplicable sense of awe. This is This is what Li Ang has seen over the years.

Many people may criticize Congress, but they will never criticize God. This is a strange phenomenon. No matter what decision the gods make, if it is done well, it should be respected by everyone, but if it is not done well, , should that be criticized? But if God can’t do it well, how can he be called God?

Li Ang thought about this problem countless times, but finally gave up.

"All this is too far away from me. Hey, I'd better find a way to mobilize the enthusiasm of employees."

In the past, when the winery had a large number of mutant employees, all the employees worked very hard because their wages were good. But now the number of employees has increased. If the salary is increased, the profit of the winery will only be lower. .

When profits are too low to maintain the operation of the winery, production capacity can only be reduced, and reducing production capacity means someone will be fired. Everyone knows this simple truth, but many workers hope to get a slight increase in wages in the near future. Because everyone can only see a bunch of numbers, the winery’s sales are still high, but they can’t see what’s behind the numbers.

Li Ang did not want to reduce production capacity with the existing number of employees and thus lay off employees. Then he would have to bear the infamy of a sinister boss. Just raising his salary a little may be happy for the individual, but for the whole kind of burden.

No matter when, there will always be problems between workers and bosses. The bosses only want higher profits, while the workers only want higher wages. But the bosses know how their industrial production capacity is, while the workers only know that their wages are not high, and they are tired every day. tired.

If you want a city to have a larger market, the city's population must increase, but an increase in population also means an increase in risks. Although the administrative department is still curbing and controlling the population to a certain extent, it has not controlled it to a very extreme level. To the point of severity, this is also extremely dangerous in Li Ang's opinion.

Just as Li Ang was thinking, there was a sudden loud bang. For a moment, Li Ang looked over. There was a street behind this street. The street was crowded with people. He didn't know what was going on. However, the next second, the light and shadow pole The emergency evacuation broadcast started playing inside, and mutants were running rampant.

Li Ang's eyes widened in shock. He thought of the six mutant employees. He immediately turned around and went downstairs. Then he left the winery. A large number of people who wanted to take refuge rushed in. Li Ang was quickly squeezed by the crowd. On the side, he still ran to the street, and the noise on the other side became louder and louder.

With a loud bang, Li Ang saw a telegraph pole collapsed on the street opposite, and a shop not far away was filled with panicked people. He ran along the street. Although he didn't know why, Li Ang Still want to confirm.

Li Ang quickly walked around and soon saw people from the special management team running over from the top of some houses.

Gradually, the noise became more and more intense, and Li Ang heard the roar. The next second he poked his head out of the backstreet alley, and instantly saw a huge car crashing into a place not far in front of him. Li Ang was frightened. Jumping, the next second he saw the violent mutant pinching the neck of a department member and slamming it to the ground instantly.

"What on earth is that!"

This was the first time for Li Ang to see a violent mutant at such a close distance. He looked like a monster. This mutant was obviously very powerful, and the restraint gun obviously had no effect on him. The 10 special team members had already He got entangled with this mutant, but he could only get entangled, and attacks had little effect on this violent mutant.

The street in front of him was too tragic, and there were still dead people. Li Ang looked at everything in front of him in horror. He couldn't look away and couldn't move his feet.

With a loud bang, Li Ang watched as two members of the special management team were instantly knocked away by the violent mutant and crashed into a house. The violent mutant followed him like a bomb. After smashing into the house where dust was rising, Li Ang saw the despair on the faces of other special team members. They did not chase after them, but called for support.

Li Ang watched the entire house collapse to the ground. He sat down on the ground, without any strength in his body. He had finally acquired a little bit of alienated genes before, but this alienated gene had not fully awakened. Over the years, it seems that As if asleep, Li Ang's first reaction at this time was to be glad that he had not become a mutant, otherwise he might become such a monster one day.

With a loud bang, the violent mutant rushed out from another house. He was destroying everything he saw. The black particles were like violent artillery fire. In just an instant, everything around him was shattered. Li Ang swallowed After taking a sip, I couldn't stand up at all.

No one from the remaining eight special teams dared to step forward. The nearby 5th Section personnel were also watching from a distance, and could only let this crazy mutant destroy everything on the street.

Bah

Following a burst of intense red lightning, Li Chu watched in shock as a woman fell from the sky. He kicked the violent mutant away in an instant, and the woman pursued him without hesitation at an extremely fast speed.

Li Ang had never seen this scene before. Red thunder and lightning crackled. The director of the executive branch dodged around the violent mutant. Suddenly, a shocking red lightning pierced the violent mutant. The human body, he stood motionless on the spot, and after letting out a whimper, the body began to break, like a stone rotted by the wind, breaking bit by bit.

A sense of fear instantly enveloped Li Ang's body. At this moment, he somewhat understood why ordinary people were so afraid of mutants and began to exclude mutants, because they were indeed monsters.

At this time, a large number of people from Section 5 came over and started running towards those lying on the ground.

"Sir, are you okay?"

Li Ang swallowed and shook his head.

"I'm fine, I'm fine!"

Li Ang was picked up by a person from Section 5. As soon as he walked to the street, Li Ang saw the solemn expressions of countless people with fear. Any normal person would be afraid of this kind of thing. These things were lurking around him like bombs. If a mutant suddenly goes berserk one day, his life will be in great danger.

The good images of mutants in my mind in the past began to disappear, and even thinking from the perspective of a observer, the ordinary people in the city treated mutants badly, and such thoughts began to be torn apart.

Li Ang began to be afraid, because currently no medicine can suppress the violent transformation of mutants. Hua Shen, the leading doctor in the city, has already said this.

Li Ang hugged his body and stood on the street with a pale face. He felt something strange in his body at this time. White particles overflowed from his body uncontrollably. The soft and white particles made Li Ang startled. At this time, the people around him looked at him with horror. Li Ang stretched out his hands and wanted to say something, but the people around him had already dispersed, and several people in the business department also looked at Li Ang with some fear.

"No, I'm just ordinary."

"Sir, please calm down, calm down!"

Li Ang felt his head was dizzy, and he didn't know what was going on. His physical condition had been very bad recently, and he would feel dizzy from time to time. The next second, Li Ang looked at the black little ones growing on the back of his hands in horror. Damn, he screamed like crazy, and at this time, the people from Section 5 immediately withdrew from the range and took out the guns used to deal with mutants, as well as ordinary guns.

"I'm still normal, I'm still awake, I."

Li Ang wanted to raise his hands, but there was a buzzing in his head. He felt that the sight in front of him was distorting, and there was a huge feeling of dissatisfaction and disgust with everything around him in his heart. These feelings of disgust gradually began It turned into hatred and anger. Li Ang didn't know what happened to him, but looking at the dense bumps on the back of his hand, Li Ang held down his right hand with his left hand that had not yet had any problems.

"Shoot him first!"

Li Ang's eyes widened, and he heard the voice of someone shouting in his ears. He froze, and his excitement became more and more difficult to control. Li Ang wanted to rush over and crush him instantly. The neck of the person opposite.

"Put down your weapons and let me handle it!"

Li Ang looked over and saw that it was the female director who had just killed the powerful violent mutant. He looked at the female director who walked over step by step in horror. He could not make any sound in his throat and his whole body was very hot. , and the most important thing is that I really want to do something, and the vision in front of me is distorted for a while and normal for a while.

"I'm fine, I won't, I"

Li Ang began to become incoherent. He didn't know what he wanted to say, or he couldn't remember what he wanted to say. However, Li Ang was still half conscious at this time, and he didn't want to become that kind of monster.

Looking at the female director who was getting closer and closer, Li Ang exclaimed in despair, but this despair came out of his throat and turned into a roar and a roar.

The surrounding members of the executive branch had retreated far away, and at this time everyone saw the amazing changes in Li Ang's body. The right arm was thickened by a full circle, with many small black bumps on it, and some black particles were floating in the air. floating in it.

Li Ang knelt on the ground in agony. He didn't want to become a monster, nor did he want to die. Li Ang was pressing his abdomen with one hand and was almost out of breath. He was still supporting him at this moment.

"Idiot, there are times when everyone can't hold on. The harder it is, the more we have to move forward, because I will never let anyone look down on me."

Suddenly Li Ang became more awake. He still remembered that in the previous physical education class, when everyone was too tired to move, Niya continued to exercise. It was everyone's first physical education class, and only Niya completed it. for the day’s physical training.

"Listen young man."

The strong voice of the female director in front of him reached Li Ang's ears. He raised his head slightly. At this time, black marks like tears began to appear on Li Ang's right cheek. He was still struggling fiercely. With.

"If you don't want to die, do everything you can to maintain your will, instead of being deprived of everything by anger. Listen carefully, if I see that you are unconscious, I will kill you immediately."

Li Ang didn't hear it very clearly, but he understood the general meaning. He nodded slightly, and his body seemed to be pricked by thousands of fine needles. He kept roaring, but at this time Li Ang felt deep in his heart. There is a little more hope, because as long as I keep suppressing all this, I can survive.

Ling Hong looked at the young man in front of her and confirmed his identity. He turned out to be Niya's classmate, which surprised Ling Hong. He was also a little cousin of Li Xin.

It's just that this is the first time Ling Hong has seen such a situation. Most mutants are unable to suppress their rage and will explode in an instant. Ling Hong also heard what happened at the beginning from several members of Section 5. , this mutant is a low-level mutant, and white particles are seen coming out of his body.

Ling Hong stood up and stood in front of Li Ang. She lit a cigarette and was still waiting for the result.

"Inform Huashen to come over immediately."

Ling Hong looked at this low-level mutant. High-level mutants have higher quality mutated cells and stronger bodies. The most important thing is that high-level mutants live a good life most of the time. Even if their bodies will Black alienated particles appear, but soon these black alienated particles, which look like cancer cells, can be destroyed by the normal alienated particles of high-level mutants. There is no problem at all.

Nowadays, violent incidents of high-level mutants have never happened in the city.

Didi didi

Ling Hong answered Huashen's video call.

"let me see."

After Ling Hong adjusted, Huashen could see Li Ang curled up on the ground, clutching his abdomen in pain and struggling.

"We are trying to stabilize his emotions. This may be an opportunity. We can know what happened before the mutants went berserk. This is what I have always wanted to know. If we don't know this, we can't find the root cause."

Ling Hong scratched her head.

"How stable?"

"Tell him something happy."

L

With a sizzling sound, the liquid dripping from Li Ang's right eye instantly left a small black hole on the ground and then evaporated.

"By the way, you are Niya's classmate. In the past, we often followed Niya's sister to Angus' house."

As soon as Ling Hong finished speaking, she noticed that Li Ang's body had a slight reaction. The left half of his body had not changed at all, and his skin was still fair. The black liquid flowing out of his right eye also began to solidify and stopped flowing out.

A helicopter hovered in the sky for an instant. Huashen jumped off the helicopter. Ling Hong immediately stood aside. Huashen landed on the roof and jumped down immediately. The moment he saw Li Ang, he He laughed in surprise.

"It's okay, you'll be fine, just keep on going. Although it's a little painful, you can suppress the violent cells, just keep on going."

Huashen was comforting him. At this time, everyone in the distance didn't know what was going on. Some people in the crowd questioned why they didn't shoot the monster. The members of the administrative department who maintained order at the scene didn't know what to do. That's fine to say, but now that a director is here, many department members feel more at ease.

Ling Hong directly gave the order and asked the people from Section 5 to drive away the nearby onlookers. Hua Shen was still talking patiently to Li Ang. He had already opened a medical box and started to prepare some medicines.

The situation is still not optimistic, but it is starting to get better. The black bumps on Li Ang's right arm have begun to diminish, but he is so exhausted that he is about to faint. Hua Shen is still thinking about countermeasures, and his hands are He kept moving and looked at Li Ang who kept talking to him.

The black pimples that had begun to disappear began to appear again. Huashen knew that his mental power had reached its limit and he had to find a way.

"By the way, Ling Hong, if it were Jean, what do you think he would do?"

Ling Hong frowned for a moment.

"I think if it were the principal, he would have dealt with it without hesitation. Perhaps, when he had completely turned into a monster."

Huashen nodded, smiled and put a hand on Li Ang's body.

"Although it's a bit painful, you have to endure it. Then there may be problems with the right half of your body, but do you want to live?"

Huashen asked, and Li Ang raised his head with difficulty, then dropped it heavily.

Huashen immediately poured the prepared medicine into Li Ang's mouth, and green particles began to appear. Ling Hong waited and waited.

"Trust me, I'm a doctor!"

For a moment, Li Ang screamed in pain.

"Hold him down Ling Hong."

Large red particles fell on the surface of Li Ang's body. He was pressed to the ground, unable to move at all, but the ground was denting little by little. Sweat continued to seep from Huashen's forehead, and the green inside It was still entering Li Ang's body, all of which seemed unbelievable to Ling Hong, because if he did this, if he did not control it properly, he would kill the young man in an instant.