Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

4 a.m.

Le Wen walked quietly on the street. He had just come from Northwest 3rd Street where his home was located. That street was now crowded with people, and the originally narrow street was now blocked.

At this time, the situation in the entire 118th District was the same. It was obviously late at night, but all the street shops in the entire district were decorated with lights. You could see some mutants carrying large light and shadow storage boxes. In some shops, At the door, waiting for checkout.

The light of neon lights covered the streets, and the streets were full of people. People from Section 5 were constantly conducting investigations. Some people complained dissatisfiedly that they had been investigated three or four times.

Le Wen quietly stared at the small light and shadow screen in his hand, which was still reporting on the events in Area 79. Le Wen's face looked a little serious, especially after seeing the corpse of the modified person who was allowed to be photographed on the screen, Le Wen's mood is heavy.

Bincai Medical Prosthetics Company, once Lewen worked in this company as one of the main persons in charge of the development department.

The rapid development of cities is often accompanied by accidents. For some people who are disabled in accidents, their subsequent lives are like falling into the abyss. The development of medical prostheses is imperative, and Lewen devoted himself to it with his friends without hesitation. In the trend of ergonomics and mechanical engineering.

Having a group of friends who share the same goals in career is far more important than anything else. A group of them worked hard day and night on research, and finally established Bincai, a company for medical mechanical prosthetics.

Mechanization is indispensable in the future and a problem that humans cannot escape. However, their concept has never been that machines can replace humans, but that machines can become humans' helpers.

The lofty ideals have always been the support point of Lewen and his friends. At that time, life was really difficult. Lewen often visited the homes of some businessmen, hoping to get financial support, but the result was in vain.

It was during this period that Le Wen met Su Xin, and he fell in love with this woman at first sight. In the end, this woman broke through the resistance at home without hesitation and eloped with Le Wen.

They came to District 118 and have settled here since then. Even though Lewen and his friends finally got the funds and successfully founded Bincai Company, Lewen did not move to the upper level after they had money.

Bincai became the only company in Bright City that had the technology to produce mechanical prostheses. It was at this time that an order from Section 10 disrupted their original pace. According to the requirements, they needed to develop combat-specific prostheses. For prosthetics, Department 10 provided them with a large number of corpses that had already undergone mechanical modifications inside the body.

There are differences in the company. Although medical mechanical prostheses have completely occupied the market, they cannot continue to expand. Of course they know what the business department wants. Special-purpose machines for combat. No matter how strong the human body is, but as time goes by , the function of the human body will decline, but the machinery will not. It only needs regular maintenance, and it can be replaced if it breaks down.

The company began to change. Large amounts of money poured in, and some technologies that they didn't know about entered the company. Under the control of the executive department, the originally vibrant company became lifeless.

Lewen was firmly opposed to it. Projects such as mechanical and biochemical modification of humans began to be launched within the company. With no choice but to lead the team, Lewen could only lead the team to develop and integrate the technologies of each part to make this kind of project possible. Mechanically and biochemically modified people move.

It was at this time that Le Wen's daughter Le Xiao was born, and the technology for transforming people became more and more mature.

"Honey, Lele broke her head. Now she's in the hospital. Come here quickly."

One day Le Wen received a call from his wife. Le Xiao fell directly from the third floor because of her naughty nature. Her head hit the ground and she was sent to the hospital for rescue. This was when Le Xiao was 3 years old.

Although the surgery that day was successful, the doctor also said that Le Xiao might have speech and physical difficulties when she wakes up, and there might even be some complications in the later stages, so she could only recover slowly. Le Wen resigned from the development department the next day. After working as a director, I returned home and wanted to take good care of my daughter with my wife.

However, something strange happened. Le Xiao's head was completely healed in just one week, and there was no abnormality in her body at all. Le Wen, who is a biological expert, noticed his daughter's specialness and took it with him. Confused, he extracted Le Xiao's cells.

After discovering a shocking phenomenon of cell innovation, the genome in the body also began to proliferate, which was a sign of becoming a mutant. However, Kailiwen soon injected Lexiao with a gene stabilizer developed in the laboratory, which was originally used for mutations. After injection of a gene-stabilizing drug in the human body, the genome proliferation phenomenon in Lexiao's body was eliminated.

However, the phenomenon of cell innovation has not disappeared. The situation within the company has become increasingly serious. Many people have been forced to sign confidentiality regulations with the business department. Soon everyone within the company will be taken to the 10th department to continue research.

What Le Wen was most worried about at the time was the physical condition of his daughter Le Xiao, because if the body awakened and became a mutant prematurely before the body matured, there would be a very high risk of death, but Le Wen did not dare to take it seriously. The daughter was taken to the hospital. If this phenomenon of cell innovation was found in her body, she would probably have to live in a laboratory for the rest of her life.

In the end, Lewen took advantage of the gap within the company to create a piece of biological conductive material using the biological material that was connected to transform the machinery and flesh and blood nerves in the human body at that time. This kind of biological material between animate and inanimate can stabilize The special innovative cells in my daughter's body are extremely active.

Le Wen told Su Xin that this thing must be worn by Le Xiao for a long time. Le Wen did not want his daughter's affairs to be exposed. He only hoped that his daughter would grow up healthy and happy like an ordinary person. No matter what lofty ideals we need to realize and what lofty goals we have to shoulder, at the end of the day, these things will only become things in the hands of those with ulterior motives.

Then there was an accident in the laboratory. Lewen is still wondering why such an accident happened. It is still a mystery. When they completed the implantation of the brain control chip, which is the core of biochemical mechanical transformation of human beings, for the business department, it was originally The biochemical robot that was operating normally suddenly launched an attack.

Many researchers were killed on the spot, especially those high-level model transformers, who were so powerful that people were desperate. The business department came to stop them in time. After they were asked some questions, they were allowed to go home first.

This accident caused an uproar in the society, and also included another project of the company, the virtual sleep project. These things were later exposed one by one.

Lewen originally planned to go home that day, but when he was going to the subway, he was grabbed by a young boy.

"If you go home, I'm afraid you'll either spend the rest of your life in the barrier zone or in prison."

Le Wen had no idea what the weird-looking kid in front of him wanted to do. He didn't listen. Then just as he got out of the subway, his wanted order appeared on the news, including other technicians in the company.

The charge was of undermining city security. Le Wen was dumbfounded. He was arrested by the people from Section 2 as soon as he got off the subway. However, the boy who had advised him before took action and easily defeated everyone in Section 2. He took Le Wen from the transportation The material escaped in the trail.

"Why, we are basically following the instructions of Section 10."

"There is no reason. It doesn't matter what the cause of the accident was. What's important is that they got what they wanted. All your research results including data have been taken away by Section 10. Even if you are the main developer, but now You are no longer needed, and besides, the cause of the accident may not be that simple to investigate."

The young man who rescued Le Wen was named Ran Zai. A series of developments followed as Ran Zai said. Le Wen became a wanted criminal in LV0. The cause of the accident was their attempt to subvert the city. The results of the investigation were also announced. Hard evidence.

More and more problems were exposed, and Bincai Company became an unforgivable company. Le Wen felt that everything was over, especially his family. He was worried about his wife and daughter.

"Why save me?"

"The reason why I saved you was because of your inadvertent act of kindness, Mr. Lewen, don't you remember? You once bought food for a child who had been hungry for several days, one night a few years ago."

Le Wen didn't really remember such things, but he would encounter such things from time to time, especially on the streets at the bottom, where he could indeed see some hungry children. He couldn't do anything but give them a little something. food.

Ran Zai didn't say anything extra. He took Le Wen to a certain cemetery and told Le Wen that he could continue his research here and that he would provide everything he needed.

Later, Le Wen learned what happened to Ran Zai. After losing everything, Ran Zai wandered on the street for a while, as if he was avoiding someone.

The past events kept coming to mind, and Le Wen always had a glimmer of hope in his heart. Over the years, he could only watch his wife and daughter from a distance, unable to do anything, especially when he saw his daughter crying. He could only watch silently. Ran Zai had warned himself not to do this often. Sure enough, one night ten years ago, it was his daughter's graduation party, and Le Wen went there in disguise.

As a result, Le Wen was caught and was transformed by a group of people. When he saw these people who arrested him, Le Wen was shocked. The technology of biochemical transformation that he developed back then has now become so mature and stable. They He doesn't seem to be a professional person either.

Because since Gene went to his home, Xing Ke has never harassed his wife and daughter again, and his leg became lame at that time.

After that, Le Wen no longer visited his wife and daughter every now and then as he did before. It was only now, after he and Jean talked that day, that he was able to walk around the city as he does now without anyone coming to arrest him. Own.

Le Wen has always wanted to know who caused them to become criminals who intended to harm the city. Ran Zai seemed to know, but every time he asked, Ran Zai just smiled and said that the enemy was invisible. .

Le Wen did not intend to ask further. He knew that there were several forces surging in the city today. He now had technology in his hand that could counter those biochemical machines that transformed people. He wanted to use this technology to Make a deal with Jean and get a chance to live with his wife and daughter again.

"Sir, please take off your hat and show me your identification."

Le Wen hurriedly took off his hat and took out the identity certificate Ran Zai gave him with a smile. After checking it for a while, the people in the five departments in front of him nodded, and Le Wen continued walking.

"Please maintain order in the morning, please don't push, and shout the welcome slogans in unison."

On the street, Ma Tao shouted directly with a loudspeaker.

"You all should be energetic for me tomorrow. This is the day when the outstanding people in your place officially return home to perform their work. Also, if anyone dares to cause trouble tomorrow, I will make him walk around without food."

Le Wen put his hat back on and pressed his nose with one hand. Tears overflowed from his eyes. Along with the laughing crowd, he also laughed heartily and shook his head helplessly, because he had never thought that he had not been very good since he was a child. The clever daughter will one day become famous. Now her daughter is already a powerful person in the city.