Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

4 a.m.

Suoke woke up from his sleep. Crystal next to him was still sleeping soundly. He got up and came to the living room without turning on the light. He saw a man sitting upright in the living room. This was a new human being.

Suoke walked out of the living room, came to the balcony, and lit a cigarette. They had been living here for many days, and they could not go anywhere except the room.

Because Fite has been captured for a while, their identities are very likely to be exposed, and now all the creators are living in the homes of new humans.

They had to hide in the dark for a while, and everyone was like headless flies now that Frye was no longer here.

Sok wants to go back to the past, but he can no longer go back, because there is only one road waiting for them now, destruction.

Sok didn't think the creators could do anything now. It was only a matter of time before they found them. Once Xingke realized that some people in the city had been replaced by new humans, they would definitely find the creators.

When the time comes, the creators who are unable to resist can only wait for destruction. Sok doesn't know why he wants to get involved in such meaningless things. These days, he will think about his days on the street every day.

click

The balcony door was opened and Crystal came out.

"What's wrong? Can't you sleep?"

Suok nodded dullly, and Crystal came closer.

"Let me help you."

Thok was completely in no mood.

"Don't you like your previous life?"

"If you like it, why don't you like it?"

Crystal started chattering about some interesting things on the street.

"Do you still want to carry out the plan now?"

Crystal held his chin in his hand and said.

"Of course, of course I want to execute it and destroy this city."

Crystal chuckled.

"Why are you irrelevant?"

Suok felt a chill, and Crystal's hand pressed on Suok's neck.

"If you dare to quit, I will definitely kill you first, Sok!"

Crystal's words were chilling, and she laughed wildly, with a very loud voice.

"I wonder how the others are doing now."

As Suok said, Crystal put down his hand and looked coldly at the night sky in the distance.

"We have no choice, and the same goes for everyone else. Do you think Zhao Zhen really failed?"

Sock looked at Crystal in confusion, her expression looked much more normal.

"Soon you will see that Zhao Zhen did not fail, it was just the people who failed."

5 am

There was a loud bang, and Mansha kicked over a chair. She took a bottle of wine irritably, took a big gulp, and then shouted with red eyes.

"I'm going to kill that bitch."

Jie Lin stood up on the bed and laughed.

"What else can you do when you go out now? In the past, you were able to do a lot of things in the film and television area just because you had the bonus of star aura, but it's different now. I'm afraid you will be arrested as soon as you show up."

Mansha has had enough of this underground life. Her hatred for Chense is growing day by day. She wants to go over and strangle Chense to death now.

"No matter how angry you are, it's useless. Now we are at a disadvantage and we can only hide in a good manner."

"Is there no way at all? I have to kill Chense."

Jie Lin shook her head.

"If you like to go out and die, you can go out and scream on the street early tomorrow morning. Come on, go to bed."

Mansha was furious. She originally thought everything would go smoothly, because everything seemed so smooth.

But now that she has fallen into such a situation, Mansha can no longer bear it. This life is completely different from her previous life.

"I must"

Suddenly, Mansha felt like she was being clamped. Jielin's eyes were reddish, and red particles were floating in the air.

"You heard me clearly Mansha, this is not the past. If you continue to make trouble, or even have the idea of ​​exposing this place, I will kill you first."

Mansha nodded, stopped making noise, and fell asleep quietly. Jielin glanced at the wine on the table, stood up, walked over to get it, and took a sip. Then she turned off the light, walked to Mansha's side, and hugged her comfortingly. Holding her.

"It's okay, it will get better."

10 am

On the streets of the middle-level District 55, many people holding signs stood outside the District Office, protesting silently. People from Section 5 were already standing aside, ready to maintain order at any time.

The words "Give us back our jobs and our lives" are written all over the sign.

In the entire middle level, except for some streets that are still lively, many streets have lost their former prosperity. Everyone knows what is going on. Many companies have temporarily relocated to the bottom floor. The bottom floor is now the busiest, and every district is crowded. It was full of people.

Many companies have made exceptions and given jobs to many people at the bottom. If someone has a job, others will be unemployed. Some middle-aged and above people who have just lost their jobs find it difficult to accept this reality.

Many people's jobs have been taken away by some young people, and the two huge constructions on the ground floor have allowed businessmen to see unlimited business opportunities. Many businessmen gathered at the bottom, squeezing their heads to make a profit at the bottom. Pens, and many labor costs at the bottom level are much lower than those at the middle level.

Although the District Office has coordinated with the businessmen in various aspects and told the residents in the area that it is temporary and they will be fine after waiting for a while, many people cannot wait at all. The anxiety of losing their jobs and lives has already spread among the middle-level people. It spread.

Nowadays, most suppliers will supply materials to the bottom, because they can be sold out very quickly. After all, the consumption power of the bottom is experiencing explosive growth.

There are even gaps in some goods on the middle floor, and you can't even buy what you want in many cases. You can only take the subway to the bottom floor to buy it, and then come back.

The martial law imposed some time ago has already put a serious burden on the city's supply. Now resources can only be given priority to the lower floors that are under construction.

In particular, the western factory area, which is currently under full construction, is an important area for resource allocation, while other areas seem to have been ignored. The only areas that have not changed much are the upper levels, while the middle levels have already undergone drastic changes in just one week. .

Many people are dissatisfied with the lack of daily necessities and the depression of the entire street. Most of the shops have even closed down. Many people have taken their family resources and gone directly to the bottom to develop, because everyone wants to seize the opportunity to make money.

In the ground floor area, the streets where no one was seen all day long are already overcrowded. The rents of shops that used to cost 50 yuan a month have been increased to 1,000 yuan a month or even more. Can't rent.

This kind of madness is unpredictable for many people. Many people who have no intention of going to the ground floor to get involved have closed their shops on their own, because keeping the shops open on such deserted streets will only cause the shops to suffer losses, and many self-employed people will not be able to live well. A life of vacation.

Although many people know that this may only be temporary, because those who go to the bottom level will inevitably return to the middle level, but what makes many people feel helpless is that the Phoebus family has already obtained the The construction rights of the two expelled areas have begun to cooperate with other major families to build the two areas into low-level commercial areas because they are close to the waste treatment plant.

The quotas for investment and construction have long been filled. Some ordinary people cannot get investment quotas at all and can only watch others make money. This kind of dissatisfaction has spread among most groups in the middle class.

Although it is possible to invest in the establishment of agricultural bases in barrier areas, such risks are difficult for many people to accept. Although there have been improvements in experimental fields in cities, this is only caused by sunlight. In fact, in Many people still don’t know what the dark and lightless barrier zone is.

Several members of the district power office looked at the dark crowd outside and did not want to go out to explain anything, because it would be useless to explain.

These local residents have made too many contributions to the region over the years. However, now that the businessmen have left, it has caused great harm to them. No one wants to see their lives suddenly collapse.

Hu Youran, an economist, has long warned that it is very dangerous for businessmen in various regions to freely invest and withdraw capital, because once the capital leaves, only a piece of chicken feathers will be left.

No one expected that Hu Youran's remarks would be verified in just a few years. Capital has gone to the bottom in large quantities. This is inevitable. In the past, their middle-level legislators wanted to better serve the businessmen in the middle-level. After investing in various aspects, a bill for free business was drafted and finally passed by Congress.

Businessmen are free to invest freely in any area in the middle level, but the only thing they need to pay attention to is that they cannot engage in vicious competition with businessmen in the association.

This has brought benefits to the middle level. Under the continuous drive of businessmen, the middle-level economy has been extremely stable all year round, because businessmen will always connect the bottom level to promote an industrial chain from the bottom to the middle level, allowing the bottom-level economy to Can be transferred to the middle level.

It's a pity that all this no longer exists, and most people in Congress turn a blind eye, especially the lower-level members of Congress. Now they basically stand opposite to the middle-level members and act Ke is completely from the perspective of the bottom.

We have run out of middle-level council members. In the past day or two, people from the area have been coming every day.

The only thing that lawmakers are looking forward to now is that the waste treatment plant will be built as soon as possible and put into use as soon as possible, so that the economy will return to the middle level, because there is always a relatively mature technical soil in the middle level, and many high-end industries can only be developed in the middle level. Expand, the bottom layer cannot meet the needs of these industries.

There are also more mature various business systems and business chains in the middle level. As long as these still exist, businessmen will not be able to build another one at the bottom level. After all, it will take too much time and energy.

And businessmen have always understood that only the middle level is where their interests are most stable.

There were sounds outside the district power office. Some reporters were present. Many people in the area were talking about the difficulties they were facing. Several councilors looked at them without making a sound. At this time, an old councilor came over. His name was Gold Label, has been a member of Parliament for decades.

"I'll go out and explain."

The young congressmen nodded and followed. After Jin Biao left, reporters quickly gathered around. Outside the human wall formed by the five departments, many people talked about their current predicament.

"We are aware of everyone's plight, but please be patient for a while. It will only take a while before everything will recover. I assure you that it will definitely recover within a month at most."

It is not unfounded for Jinbiao to say this, because the ground floor is under construction on a large scale, and the construction period will not be too long. After the construction of many things is completed, the rest will not require so many workers. What is needed is For technical personnel, the flow of people from the bottom level will return to the middle level.

Jinbiao is very clear about the strategies of businessmen. Nowadays, many products at the bottom are low-end and cheap, while some mid-range products are still in the middle. When many people at the bottom have money, they will be able to consume some mid-range products. For high-end products, they will only come to the middle level to buy. This is something that merchants can see very clearly.

Finally, under Jin Biao's persuasion, the crowd gradually dispersed.

"I'll go for another run, teacher."

Jin Biao glanced at his student Zhou Yang. He was his most proud student. He became a member of parliament at a young age. Although he was still very immature, he did a lot of good work.

Watching Zhou Yang go out, some reporters followed him, but Zhou Yang declined the interview. He ran quickly and entered a company building after a while. However, Zhou Yang did not go to the company building. Entering the bathroom, a man followed behind him.

Zhou Yang quickly took out a testing instrument and looked at the man after checking it.

"It must be Mr. Zorn."

Zhou Yang asked, washed his face, and X nodded.

"I have a batch of light and shadow substances in my hand, priced at eight million."

X nodded and took out a pile of cards, a hundred in total.

"is it safe?"

Zhou Yang asked. He took a look at the balance in his wallet and card. They were all 10,000.

"This is the deposit. I will pay it in full when the transaction is completed."

When He bought a lot of it, but he did not take action. Instead, he waited for the city to conduct many black market investigations before selling it.

"How long will it take to trade? I need it urgently."

X said Zhou Yang laughed.

"It's okay now, but I can't guarantee that you will give me the money later."

Zhou Yang was carrying a bag of cards and X laughed.

"Give me a few days. These light and shadow substances are in this company's building."

Zhou Yang nodded.

"Within three days, you can bring the remaining 7 million and we can trade directly."

X hummed and walked out of the bathroom.

Zhou Yang looked at himself in the mirror and smiled.

"I don't want to be a poor teacher like you all my life!"