Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

January 1, 2128

Monica stepped into the noisy Angus family territory. As soon as she entered, many people came over and greeted her.

Today is the New Year. It was decided before Jed passed away that every January 1st to 7th, everyone has a holiday.

Monica bought a bouquet of flowers from a flower shop and then walked to the mayor's courtyard. Some security guards did not stop Monica when they saw her. Monica comes here every year to see Jade's grave. , and then presented him with a bouquet of flowers.

Monica had just taken a few steps when she saw Rudy coming towards her, and he happily extended his hand.

"What are you doing? Did something good happen?"

Monica blocked Rudy's hand, and Rudy handed over a cigarette. Monica took it and lit it, and Rudy said happily.

"How about a drink tonight? Our family is having a big party."

Monica shook her head.

"I just came here to see your father, and then I'll go back."

Rudy didn't say anything more and watched Monica leave respectfully. The place she went to was behind the mayor's courtyard, where the Angus family cemetery was, where her father Jed lay.

In the last few years of Jed's life, Monica would come over from time to time, and she and her father became a lifelong friend who talked about everything.

Rudy didn't know why the two people with such a huge age difference had so much to talk about. Jed liked Monica very much, and even though he was in poor health, he would still chat with Monica until late at night.

After a while, Monica came to Angus's cemetery. She saw a grave with flowers in the distance. She walked over and put down the bouquet in her hand, and then sat in front of the tombstone.

"Hey, another year has passed, long time no see."

Monica shouted, with a trace of sadness in her eyes. She had longed to talk to Jed again for so many years, but unfortunately Jed has passed away.

Over the years, everything has been developing towards what Allen once said, and Jade has already anticipated what kind of era the future will be like. Monica once wanted to establish an institution that could restrict the family, but it was obvious that she The best opportunity was missed.

Monica regrets it now because she didn't listen to Jed back then. If she had listened to Jed back then, the family would have been unable to refute it if the iron was hot.

But now that the family is tied to everyone, it is extremely difficult to implement some measures to restrict the family.

Stability is of course the best choice, but such stability makes Monica feel more and more uneasy. Now she is alone in the Special Investigation Bureau.

Relying on the power in its hands, the Special Investigation Bureau has begun to corrupt under the influence of the family, and Kramer, who was once relatively upright, is even more so. He now has multiple lovers, and also has many properties, many of which are It was a gift from the family.

Kramer usually turns a blind eye to some family matters. As long as the family's interests are not touched, everyone will be fine.

Monica is already in her 30s, and in the blink of an eye, the world has become like this. Monica once talked to Gene about these things, but it was obvious that Gene and the others knew early on that small gangs were , will gradually transform into a family.

The family will ultimately control everything. The family represents a collective interest and is the most primitive form of capital.

Gene said that he has seen this situation countless times, and it has been like this since ancient times in human history. He has no answer, and he can't answer Monica's confusion.

Li Chu once said that the greatest failure of mankind is not remembering the lessons of the past. Listening to the noisy sounds outside, Monica smiled helplessly.

"Jade, as expected everyone has forgotten that this is the end of the world."

Everything about the end of the world seems to have ceased to exist, and few people mention the past. More than 40 years have passed, and many of the people who first started working on this grassland have been buried.

The attitude towards the elderly in different places is also different. Basically, it is to maintain their minimum living security, as long as they have food to eat. Although there is free medical treatment when they are sick, most of the time, these medical treatments are difficult to have an effect.

Such an era seems sad to Monica. In the distance are the towering mountains, where the gods' base is, and they can be seen clearly now.

The mountains and forests have been almost hollowed out, all resources have been used for construction, and small towns are still popping up.

The already powerful families began to suppress some new people who wanted to imitate the family's success, resulting in the town they worked hard to build, which could only be reduced to a subsidiary town of the family.

There are now 300 small towns on the entire grassland, many of which are connected together. A large family like Angus has 8 to 10 small towns under its control.

Many things have become saturated, and the population is still expanding. In less than half a century, the population has approached 20 million, and it is still growing at an unstoppable rate every year.

Monica didn't know what would happen in the next few decades. She took out a cigarette again and lit it, and then said.

"Unfortunately, Jade, you and Allen have been right. If this era continues, when problems break out in one go, human society will collapse again."

There will always be a day when resources are exhausted. People greedily dig out all available resources, and many people have even begun to reach out to some cities below. This is the case with the Phoebes family, which has a developed automobile industry.

Every day you can see the Phoebus family's transportation team coming up from the mountain road below, constantly looking for all usable materials from the cities of humankind's past, dismantling them and bringing them back.

The Su family started a clothing business. In addition to supplying the people in the Su family's town, the crops produced in their farmland were all grown in high-fiber plants.

Now the Su family has almost monopolized the clothing market. Unlike the Angus family, which relies on land business, the Su family can now make a large amount of money just by relying on the income from clothing.

The Wang family in the east has already monopolized the housing transaction market in many towns and has become a real estate tycoon. Its outstanding technology in the construction industry has made the Wang family prosperous.

There is also the Huosen family to the east. They are close to some mineral veins and have become leaders in industrial production. Almost all the heavy industrial products in the grassland have been taken over by the Huoson family.

To the east is the Eberon family, which mainly produces light industrial products and has fully covered everything on the grassland.

Relying on their extremely shrewd business acumen, the Abelon family has opened their family stores in more than 200 towns, occupying at least 60% of the market share of industrial products, and they are still expanding.

Next to the Ai Bolun family is the Chen family. They have firmly controlled the food in the west and have fought many good battles in several food price wars.

The Chen family has suddenly become a large food household. This is a very dangerous signal, so the Special Investigation Bureau began to balance the situation and the Chen family did not continue to expand.

There are seven such giant families, Angus, Huosen, Phoebus, Ablon, Chen, Wang, and Su.

The seven families have almost achieved complete monopoly in many industries across the grassland, and there are also some large and small medium-sized families and low-level families. 99% of the wealth of the entire grassland is in the hands of the family, and the total population of the family is even 1 Less than %.

This reality makes Monica feel desperate, and what makes Monica feel even more desperate is that the Hillman family has officially entered the financial system and established a town of its own.

Monica went to see it, and there was nothing special. But what made Monica feel something was wrong was that many small families were moving closer to the Hillman family, and with the advice of the Hillman family, these The small family has made very good profits in the business.

Now that the Hillman family has become legal, it has not caused any disputes, but Monica knows very well that they will definitely cause big problems at some point in time.

Monica warned Alan many times to ask him to be more honest, but Alan has been honest in the past two years.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps, and Monica looked over.

"What a coincidence."

Alan held a bouquet of flowers in his hand, the same ones that Monica bought. He walked to Jade's grave, put down the flowers and closed his eyes in silence. After a few minutes of silence, he came to sit next to Monica. .

"I heard you come every year."

Alan said, Monica stared at Alan sideways, then smiled and said.

"Is it true that you won't cause problems?"

Allen shook his head.

"Of course, I won't increase your workload. We have to develop well now."

Allen still looks exactly the same as before. This is the advantage of mutants, they can live longer than ordinary people.

"What you say sounds nice. Although I am too lazy to care about your family's affairs, there is one thing I hope to remind you of, Allen."

Looking at Monica's solemn eyes, Allen smiled and nodded.

"Of course, if you really want to take action, no one can stop you, right? Naturally, I won't ask for trouble. I will live under the rules."

Monica stood up and said.

"hope so."

"How about we have a drink?"

Monica left without looking back, and Alan came to Jade's grave again and bowed slightly.

Allen looked at the tombstone quietly. He knew very well that the reason why he was so boring now was because Jed was dead. He had battled wits and courage with Jed countless times, and many times he felt extremely happy.

But now this happiness seems too boring. In Allen's eyes, many people in other big families are mediocre, but Jed is a rare genius, and he is also someone Allen admires very much.

It's a pity that Jed hated the Hillman family very much during his lifetime. Allen knew it very well, so he couldn't open up his heart and have a good chat with Jed. Then Allen turned around and walked away.

As soon as he left the cemetery, Alan saw Jade's eldest son Rudy.

"Thank you Rudy for letting me in."

Rudy did not have any bad impression of Allen, but felt that he was a partner who could work together.

"I want to talk to you about Mr. Allen."

Rudy said friendly, but Allen shook his head.

"Sorry, Rudy, I don't think we have anything to talk about."

Looking at Allen leaving, Rudy stopped trying to persuade him. The Angus family invited many family members today. It was still a very busy day. Many families brought their families to the Angus family. Want to marry into the Angus family.

In Rudy's view, marriage is the only way to increase mutual trust. Now families of all sizes are entering into marriage alliances.

Allen walked out of the mayor's courtyard and looked at the congested streets. The security team was diverting traffic. He found a tavern and ordered some food and drink. He didn't plan to talk to Rudy.

The Angus family is so glorious now because of the foundation laid by Jed. In Allen's view, the children of the Angus family are too poor.

Such poverty is not very important in the strong strength of the Angus family, because Jade tied everything up and promoted everything, so it is inevitable that the Angus family can be strong.

Now the people of the Angus family only need to hold on to the family business. Anything else is in vain. Everything on this grassland has been settled.

When this model develops to a certain extent, with the rapid growth of population, war will become closer and closer.

The good times that many people are looking forward to will not come. The next war will directly destroy the castles that humans have built so far.

The Hillman family now only needs to develop steadily, constantly unite some small families, and cannibalize the remaining shares of other large families. The tone of everything has been written.

Many big families are not aware of a problem. Those small families are more viable than many big families that have stabilized. Because they are young and at the bottom, they are very easy to control.

When the ants eat the elephant, the elephant will be unconscious. By the time it can feel it, it will be helpless.

Allen took a sip of the wine on the table. At this time, a blue convertible drove over on the street not far away. Three people got out of it, a man and two women in sexy and voluptuous clothes. The man It was Kramer, who had grown a mustache and dressed like an elegant gentleman.

As soon as they saw Kramer, many people leaned over and started to compliment him. Allen sneered and smiled. He was just a mouse in a beautiful suit.

In Allen's view, Kramer once did some acts of justice, not unintentionally, because he knows very well that people are eager to see justice, and many current investigations have become like a show.

Allen also didn't expect that Kramer had quickly corrupted to such an extent in just a few years. In the past, he might have covered up and wouldn't have brought women out so directly, but now he didn't have to hide anything.

"What a sad man."