Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

January 1, 2161

Beside a dilapidated house, a group of people saw a car passing by. The car stopped briefly, and a group of people swarmed over, stretching out their hands in prayer.

"Give me something to eat."

There are old people, children, women, some disabled people, and some deformed people.

The people in the car immediately shot into the air, and many people dispersed in fear. A man spat and then said.

"I'm almost out of food."

At this time, some women still came over, hoping to exchange for some food. Although a few men were very interested, they gave up and gave food to others for such a thing, because they might starve to death one day.

This is a small group that lives in exile. It was relatively large at first, with more than 100 people and eight vehicles, but now it only has one truck and more than 20 people.

The situation on the grasslands has reached an unbearable level. Many people are living a difficult life. A large number of towns have been destroyed by war, and many people have died.

No one remembers how the war started. The war has been going on for more than 10 years, and today is the New Year, but many people don't even have anything to eat.

There are dilapidated towns everywhere. Although many towns still have some farmland, the output of the farmland has begun to become lower and lower because some water supply and heating facilities were damaged during the war.

Although some people want to try to repair it, many technicians dragged their families and moved to some relatively stable areas during the war. Now only the areas managed by large families and some medium-sized families are more stable.

And very serious wars broke out among several big families. Some big families have lost a lot of towns, especially those towns sandwiched between big families. Many of them have become places that no one cares about.

No one could imagine that the originally peaceful town would be engulfed by war overnight.

Negotiations are meaningless. Whoever can finally stand at the top can bring peace to this grassland. Many people hope that the gods can come forward to solve these problems, but the gods have not left home for decades.

But in these few years, the gods would always see light bursting out of the mountains, and then the temperature that had started to drop would rise again.

Even the town of the gods, which was built not far from the gods' base, has been involved in the war, and many people have died as a result. Now the only thing that most forces dare not touch is the gods' base.

Because there was once a group of young people who didn't know how powerful the gods were, and attacked the base directly, but were easily killed by the gods who came out.

There are less than 20 small towns left in the Angus family's territory. These towns are relatively stable. People from many surrounding towns are trying to find ways to enter the Angus family's territory, but the Angus family The city wall has been built and it is very difficult to enter.

Not only the city wall, the Angus family also built a military base at the junction of the west and south, and had such things as missiles.

Several other major families are basically in the same situation as the Angus family. They have built many small fortresses as control points within the family territory.

The war has calmed down a bit recently, and many places have gradually begun to resume production. Food is what most people need most urgently.

The old Rudy stood on the tower, looking at the smoke in the distance. It seemed that a car hit a mine when passing by a road, and a small-scale battle began again.

The Angus family only had city walls on the west and east sides, and built fortifications on the north side. The south side was almost a cliff because it was close to the road, making it difficult to get up. It was temporarily stable for a year or two.

Rudy and the Su family have completely become enemies because the Su family did not care about anything and attacked the Angus family from behind at the critical moment, causing the Angus family to lose 9 small towns overnight. These towns not only produce food, but also There is also a large amount of industrial equipment.

However, the Su family is not much better now. The sharp conflicts that broke out within the Su family made the Su family face collapse for a time.

The big family on the grassland currently living the best life is the Hillman family. In the past ten years of war, the Hillman family has basically participated in the war while starting to plunder, and has continuously strengthened the Hillman family's power in the east. power, and the Hillman family stopped expanding at the right time and only occupied some important towns.

The Hillmans basically scorned those towns that didn't matter.

There was a long queue under the city wall. Basically, people from outside entered the Angus family's territory to work that day, and had to leave after receiving food in the afternoon.

Rudy currently controls the population of 17 towns to around 1.6 million and the army of 150,000. He can barely maintain basic operations. This is the maximum that Rudy can achieve.

The reason why the Angus family has not been invaded on a large scale is because those big families are afraid of the missiles deployed by the Angus family. This is a sword hanging over the heads of many families.

Rudy also promised that if those big families did not attack them, he would not attack them. This only brought two years of peace, but this peace will definitely end one day.

Rudy's mental condition has become worse and worse, and his body has begun to have problems. Some organs have begun to fail at a rapid rate. Now he has a head full of white hair. Rudy knows that time is running out.

But the Angus family will face a new round of storms next. Rudy has been thinking about the family's heir for a long time, and his sons all hope to become the heir.

Two of the sons are mutants and they will live a long life, but Rudy is only thinking about who can lead the Angus family into the future.

At this time, a small figure ran over. His name was Avano, the son of his second son Tuke and the grandson of Rudy.

"Grandpa, what are you doing."

Avano is just 6 years old, but he is already the smartest and most resilient of the children in the Angus family.

Avano's father, Tuke, is also Rudy's most valued heir, but recently the family has supported his eldest son because he has a longer lifespan.

Rudy hesitated. Although Tuco was very talented and could handle family relationships and all aspects of relationships very well, what made Rudy feel most at ease was his grandson Avano. The qualities he showed, is very excellent.

Rudy still clearly remembers his father's teachings before his death. The most important quality for an heir to the Angus family is kindness. His second son Tuke and his grandson Avano both possess this quality.

"Grandpa, why don't you let them in?"

Avano asked and Rudy laughed.

"Because this place can no longer accommodate everyone."

“Then why not build more places?”

Faced with Avano's questions one after another, Rudy answered them patiently. After a while, Rudy carried his grandson down the city wall. He drove back to the conference room. It was already 3 o'clock, and the family's regular meeting was scheduled every afternoon. here we go.

There must be two hours every day to discuss some issues, which Rudy set.

Soon Rudy entered the conference room. Everyone's expressions were not good. Several sons and daughters began to report on their respective management problems, and some other members of the family also started talking.

"Okay, everyone, let's stop here for now. Today I want to designate the next heir of the Angus family."

As soon as Rudy finished speaking, the conference room became quiet. Everyone watched quietly, and the eldest son smiled.

"Father, tell me, no matter what decision you make, our Angus family as a whole will obey it, because the reason why our family can prosper is because we are a whole."

Many other people also agreed. Everyone present understood that Rudy should not choose his eldest son, because if he really had to decide, he would have already decided, and there would be no need to be so hesitant and entangled.

But everyone has the same idea as the eldest son, and is determined to be the heir of the Angus family, because only in this way can they continue to prosper. Everyone has seen the rise and fall of countless families, and they know very well the benefits of working together and having a unified direction. .

"Tuke, I'll leave the Angus family to you."

Tuke, who looked tired, was startled and stood up hurriedly and asked.

"Father, this isn't appropriate."

The eldest son stood up, hugged his younger brother and congratulated him.

"Congratulations Qitu Ke."

Everyone stood up and bowed, then there was thunderous applause and Rudy laughed.

"I have to say something. Everyone, I think you must think that I will not choose Tuke, but the fact is that my father also faced the same dilemma as me, but in the end he chose me, and The continuation of our family to this day is enough to prove that my father's choice and vision were right. I just followed my father and made the most correct judgment. I hope you can understand."

Although the eldest son felt a little uncomfortable, he nodded.

"Don't worry, father. We can all understand the current situation. If we don't unite as one, the whole family will collapse."

After the meeting, Rudy left Tuco alone and asked.

"Any questions?"

Tuke lowered his head and said.

"I'm not a mutant. I'm 31 years old now, and I still have 30 years at most. I'm afraid if something happens to me."

Rudy put a hand on his son's shoulder and said.

"If you fail, let Avano inherit. I am very optimistic about the future of the Angus family, although I can no longer see it."

Rudy started coughing as he spoke. His physical condition has been getting worse recently.

"You follow me from tomorrow, and I will teach you everything. I don't have much time, so use some snacks."

Tu Ke hummed and hugged his father.

5pm

Within the Hillman family, a meeting was going on. Several parties were arguing. Allen was sitting in a wheelchair. He no longer had the strength to speak.

These years of war have exhausted Allen's last energy. The Hillman family has successfully become the most powerful family on this prairie. It has ample food and clothing, a stable society, a population of more than 3 million, nearly 300,000 regular troops and 100 soldiers. Thousands of backup forces.

Allen knew very well that the next step was an extremely critical moment for the family, but at this juncture, people in the family had a fierce dispute over the successor.

There are five candidates for the successor, which is extremely disturbing in Allen's view, and they all have supporters behind them.

At this time, Allen asked his five sons to come to him. Looking at the five of them, Allen smiled, stretched out his hands, and the five of them gathered around him and half-knelt on the ground.

Allen used his last bit of strength and pointed at the fourth child. For a moment, the other four people showed fierce eyes, and Allen motioned for someone to push him back.

There was a quarrel in the conference room. Allen had already foreseen the result. As soon as he died, the fourth child would die.

Allen chose the least capable and weakest of the five sons. In the future, the Hillman family will fall into a very big internal war.

Allen grinned slightly and returned to the room. After the person who served him left, Allen stood up. The sick look before was gone. He was indeed in poor health, but he could still survive for a few years. .

The battle for the family's successors will become extremely ferocious in the future. This is Allen's method of selecting successors that he liked from the beginning. They fight each other and the winner is king.

Allen plans to witness this feast with his own eyes. He plans to fake his death. He has already explained the plan to some close friends in the family. After a while, he will die of illness.

Allen chose the weakest fourth child, which was the trigger for this feast. Allen always believed that only those who rise from the corpses can lead the Hillman family to continue to develop and prosper.

If the five people fight among themselves, the weakest fourth will be eliminated first, and the remaining four will start gearing up. Allen decided early on that if the original heir dies, the person who has the right to inherit will take turns to be the patriarch.

The final decision on who is the heir will then be based on how much benefit the family can benefit from their position as the only criterion.

In Allen's view, if there is another successor war, no one who is eliminated will inherit the Hillman family.

"Everything has been decided. I'm sorry. Although it is cruel, this is natural selection."

The war on the grassland will continue until the gods come out of the base, and Allen also thought that the gods will definitely win over their big families first. As long as the big families are unified, eventually all the families will become one, and the gods will As the top manager, he led the family to build a city.

Allen had noticed many years ago that the gods were trying to make the sun rise on this land.

Therefore, Allen firmly believed that the future was a beautiful era, so he had to use such a cruel method to select heirs so that the Hillman family could continue into the future.

"It would be great if I could see the future. I really want to see with my own eyes how far the Hillman family will grow in the future."

At this time, there was a knock on the door of the room. Allen returned to the wheelchair. The door of the room opened. It was the second son, the smartest of all the sons.

"Father, I beg you, don't use such a cruel method."

Sure enough, the second son had seen through Allen's intention. Allen closed his eyes and fell silent. No matter how much the second son begged, Allen had no response.