Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

2pm.

The barrier area is located in a gathering place south of the southern guard station. Many people are building temporary shelters with materials that are constantly being transported from the city.

Some people from the armed forces in the past were responsible for helping to build it. The whole camp was filled with the sound of joy and many people were busy. This temporary settlement was built on a former ruined city. It grew from a small one. The area is now almost endless as far as the eye can see.

All temporary houses are assembled wooden houses. They are very simple to build and just require constant assembly. They are much better than the places where most people lived before.

Although this kind of wooden house is very fragile in the wind and sand, when connected together, it is extremely strong and can keep the wind and sand out. There is also a relatively spacious field in the middle, where many children are having fun, holding many bags from the bright city. Toys bought from a small marginal market.

Many people have gone to the outskirts of Bright City to help. After a period of time, they will come back and let other people who are waiting to come over take over. In this way, many people will get active again. When they get used to it, they will go to work in the city.

Moreover, the city has already planned to allow people from the barrier zone to enter the city. Many people are looking forward to entering the city so that they will not face sandstorms in the future.

Some people are waiting in the wind and sand for those who come back today. They have just received physical examination and treatment and are ready to work. There are many young people among them. Many of them grew up in the barrier area. I have never seen many of the things in the city that the old people talk about.

Although the temperature is now low, many people cannot restrain their excitement. Even if they are shivering in the cold wind, they hope to see the returning car as soon as possible so that they can go to the agricultural experimental base.

At this moment, a large take-off and landing plane came over here. Many people looked at it in confusion. After the take-off and landing plane landed, a large number of people gathered around. A local leader in charge led people there. , a director got off the lift.

"Director Zhao, why did you come here suddenly?"

The leader asked. After the director explained the situation, the leader asked people to help move the food sent here from the agricultural experimental base above. Then he started to spread the word to find a woman named Ding Ziqi.

Some people from Section 12 also took the initiative to help convey the message, and soon the crowd became commotion. Many people came out of the house to help carry food. Some of the food was liquid food, and some was processed food harvested in the farmland. crop.

Many people said they didn't know who Ding Ziqi was. Many people started running around, and many people were asking about Ding Ziqi.

Although I don't know why the business department is looking for this woman, many people are running hard, and some who have not come out of the house have their doors knocked on.

At this time, many people in the small square shouted, does anyone know a woman named Ding Ziqi?

"I know, I know Ding Ziqi."

A little girl about ten years old shouted. Some people looked at her doubtfully. Some adults came over. After a while, the director hurried over. He looked at the girl and asked.

"Little sister, do you know Ding Ziqi?"

The girl nodded.

"I met a sister before. She was very kind and gave me some food. I asked her what her name was, and she said her name was Ding Ziqi."

The director nodded happily and took out a bag of candies from his pocket and handed it to the little girl gratefully. The little girl talked about something. That was more than a year ago. The little girl lived not far from here. She met him at a gathering place when she came to receive food with her mother.

The little girl described a woman named Ding Ziqi. She had many tattoos on her body. The little girl still remembered what they looked like. It was a snake tattoo that covered her arms.

Moreover, Ding Ziqi was holding a weapon at the time. After listening to the little girl's explanation, the director immediately thought that Ding Ziqi should be a member of a small gang.

"Why are you looking for her? Has she committed any serious crime?"

The little girl asked, and the director looked at the doubtful eyes around him and said.

"It's Mr. Le Xiao, the secretary of Section 13, who is looking for her. I'm not sure what the specific matter is."

Many people exclaimed. If they are approached by the secretary of Section 13, they will definitely have good luck. This is what many people in the barrier area are saying now.

Then the local leader called all the little leaders over, and quickly determined that there used to be a small armed force there with about 200 people, but later during the march in the 3rd Section Barrier Zone a year ago , was broken up by 3 subjects.

The clues that were finally found were broken. There is no one there now. The director still planned to take people there to confirm it in person. The leader asked someone to drive a car and take the little girl and some people directly to that place. .

Some people can be seen along the way, many of them carrying large and small bags. There are now a large number of gathering places outside the city near the guard station, and many people are moving closer to the city.

The car bumped in the wind and sand, and the leader asked why he wanted to find Ding Ziqi. The director also looked a little helpless and briefly explained the situation of the order that had been passed on.

"That's right. Master Le Xiao is really kind-hearted. It's really remarkable that such a large-scale mobilization was carried out for such a small matter."

The director smiled helplessly.

"Yeah, it's such a small thing, but the higher-ups attach great importance to it, so I came here in person. After all, many people in the city are paying attention to this matter now."

The leader smiled helplessly, lit a cigarette and said.

"In the past, there were many people who left the barrier without knowing it. Many of them did not want to deliberately commit crimes, but because they could no longer survive. Of course, those blood-sucking gangs entrenched at the bottom were the main reason."

The leader escaped from the city back then. Thirty years ago, because his subordinates did bad things, Niya directly pursued them. Of course, the leader knew that if he was caught, he would never be able to get out of prison.

So the leader ran away and came to the barrier area. With his rich family background and a strong team of mutants, he took root in the barrier area well.

"My parents are workers. When I was a child, my family was very poor. I used to wonder when I was a child, why are we still so poor when there are so many people and so many things in the city? My parents got up at 4 o'clock in the morning. I worked until 12 o'clock at night and was still very poor. I couldn't even go to school, so I lived on the streets in my teens."

The director pressed his hat. Of course he knew the reason, and most people knew that if it weren't for Le Xiao, nothing would have changed.

"Then I learned that the reason why we are poor is not because we don't work hard, but because the people above us decide everything about us."

The director laughed helplessly and said.

"Sorry, I have been a trustee for more than thirty years. We can't do anything about the problems in the past, or many of us are afraid."

The leader smiled helplessly.

"Yes, you are afraid that if those capital cakes are touched, the city will collapse because of them. More people will starve to death, and bloody conflicts will continue to break out. But in fact, nothing happened, right?"

The director nodded. What Le Xiao has done has completely subverted the concepts of all the senior management of the business department. Treating every citizen sincerely is much better than strict systems or perfect laws.

The Barrier Zone was once considered the greatest threat to the city by the Executive Branch, but now it is the city's greatest hope gathering place.

"I had a daughter before."

The leader said, and the director asked.

"Is she okay now?"

The leader shook his head.

"She has been gone for many years. When I left the barrier zone, I did not take my wife and her away. I let them leave me. Ten years ago, when I heard the news that my daughter had died of illness, I was thinking about my own life. Where exactly did the deviation occur?”

The director pressed his hat and said helplessly.

"yes."

The leader sniffed and smiled.

"At least I can go back to the city in the future and visit my daughter's cemetery."

Some dilapidated building shadows have appeared in front of them. They will arrive soon. The director knows that there is no problem with their road, because the city has not given them any chance, and their efforts are useless.

Capital has monopolized everything, determined the rules, and allowed money to not only roll around the city, but eventually return to the hands of capital. This terrible monster is making money day and night. It cannot hear the wailing, and cannot see the sadness.

What the upper echelons of Brilliant City were afraid of was an illusion created by capital. As a result, nothing happened after the dark night. The people were not as irrational and easily incited as many people said.

The people at the bottom experienced a series of major events in the city during this period without any problems, while the people in the barrier area were full of hope, put down their weapons, and no longer wanted to argue.

The motorcade stopped, and after the director got off the car, the little girl started running with them. She looked very familiar with this place. This was a dilapidated small city. The little girl said that she had lived here with her mother for two years, so she was very familiar with it. Get familiar with everything here.

Many people still live here, because the wooden houses there have not been completely built, and they have to wait until more wooden houses are built before they can go there.

Many people came out. After hearing the situation, many people began to come out and shout everywhere.

The little girl led a group of people to the back of a dilapidated small house, in front of a collapsed house. She pointed here and said that she went out to look for something because she was so hungry that she fainted from hunger. This is Ding Ziqi. Gave her food and took care of her for a day.

Soon several old men came over and said they knew Ding Ziqi. That woman was quite nice. She used to be in that gang and would give food to people nearby from time to time. Many people knew her.

"So is she still alive now?"

The director asked, and an old man said.

"She's still alive. I saw her a few days ago. She went to the base to the east."

After hearing the news, the group set off immediately. There was a gathering place being built over there. Within an hour, the car stopped, and soon the director explained the purpose of their visit.

"She works over there."

Someone said that the director hurriedly ran over with the little girl. After a while, many people started shouting. In a windy sand, several people were holding the materials of the wooden house and piecing them together. A woman wrapped in tattered clothes, She is carrying things hard, she is a mutant.

"Is something wrong? Sir."

The woman was sallow and thin, looking a little tired, her cheekbones were exposed, and she looked malnourished.

"Are you Miss Ding Ziqi?" the director asked, and the woman nodded.

"Your father's name is Ding Mao, and your mother's name is Sili, right?"

Ding Ziqi nodded, with confusion in his eyes, and the director laughed excitedly.

"Found it, found it."

Then the director asked how Ding Ziqi was expelled. Ding Ziqi was a little surprised. She had kept these things in her heart for many years, she said.

"I may not remember."

The director took out a light and shadow screen and then called up the case records of that year. Ding Ziqi looked at it with some surprise.

"I did it. Is it involved in some major case? You want me to go back and assist in the investigation."

Ding Ziqi looked a little scared, the director said.

"No, the case back then was not entirely your problem."

Ding Ziqi hummed, looking a little at a loss. The director immediately took out the phone and asked for a helicopter to come over.

"Our secretary in Section 13, Mr. Le Xiao, wants to see you. I hope you can come with us to the city."

Many people cheered with envy. Ding Ziqi was very surprised. She had no idea what was happening. Within a few minutes, a Section 3 takeoff and landing aircraft came over.

The leader looked at Ding Ziqi, smiled and pushed her back and said.

"You'll be in good luck."

Ding Ziqi sat in, and the helicopter took off quickly. The director happily said goodbye to the leader, and the two shook hands.

"In the future, this land will be filled with crops, and the sun will definitely shine down, I promise."

The leader hummed, and the director whispered.

"We have made breakthrough progress in our 12 subjects, so don't worry."

The leader laughed happily.

Soon Ding Ziqi saw the helicopter flying directly over the southern guard station. She stood up and looked at the city in front of her in astonishment. She had not seen such a scene in countless years, the director said with a smile.

"Don't worry, it's okay."

Ding Ziqi hummed, her mind was a little blank. When she came to her senses, the lift slowly landed in an area. As soon as Ding Ziqi walked out, she looked towards an alley. This was the place where she was born. The appearance has not changed so far, there are people all around.

Ding Ziqi looked over and saw Le Xiao, the secretary of Section 13, running towards her.

"finally found you."

Le Xiao hugged Ding Ziqi happily. She was a little stunned, and there were cheers all around.