Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

"If you don't get up, I'm going to beat you!"

A violent shaking sound sounded, and Le Xiao woke up with a start, looking at the light overflowing from the bracelet that formed a small white man about half a meter tall, with a bulging body, soft little fists, big round eyes, and a bulging figure. The small mouth and the small fist kept hitting Le Xiao on the head.

"I know, I know, I'll get up right now."

Soon the villain turned into light and shadow with a smile and returned to the bracelet. Le Xiao smiled brightly. The sun's dazzling light shone in from the window, her cheeks became red and hot, and Le Xiao rolled up on the bed. , hugging the quilt and laughing like crazy.

The wonderful time yesterday was still vivid in her mind. Jean gently took her walking on the street. He asked Jean a lot of questions and knew that he liked cigarettes and did not like sweets and other daily interests. In order not to Ruining the atmosphere, Le Xiao said nothing about Section 13 and left Gene’s phone number.

"Yeah, great!"

When she thought of this, Le Xiao took the phone and looked at the number on it, 0013, a four-digit phone number. Although it was a bit weird, it was Gene's number. This angry guy this morning was shopping yesterday. On the way, Le Xiao said that he was always late. Gene bought it for Le Xiao in a light and shadow store for 300 yuan. Although Le Xiao kept refusing, he finally fell in love with that gentle and handsome face and accepted it happily. .

I looked at the time and saw that it was only 7:30. It was still too late. Le Xiao, who had been heartbroken about her work before, received a call from Shi Ke, the editor-in-chief of Weekly Channel 2, when she got home last night, asking her to arrive at the ring at 10 o'clock this morning. In a hotel chain on No. 10 Street, Comfort Hotel Chain was going to hold a press conference. They were short of manpower and needed temporary reporters.

A succession of good fortunes pulled Le Xiao from hell to heaven in an instant. Le Xiao's citizenship level has dropped to level 3. If she doesn't work harder, she will be doomed.

Because of previous financial problems and being fired more than 10 times, after graduating from college, I was still at citizen level 8, but fell to level 3 in a few years.

Everyone's resume and working hours in Bright City are carefully recorded in detail. The city cannot tolerate people who don't work hard. I was recommended that kind of job when I was looking for a job in the 9th Business Department, because Le Xiao was full of bad records. Her resume makes it particularly difficult for her to find a job now.

If this continues, the citizen level will continue to be lowered. Generally, if you drop to level 1, you will never be able to get up again. Such a level will be defined as useless garbage. After a month, the citizen level will be automatically lowered. to 0, unless a miracle occurs.

What Le Xiao needs to pay attention to now is that she has been without work for almost two days. If she does not work for 30 days, she will be interviewed by the 9th Business Section and forced to recommend a job. If she refuses to work, she will go to the farm near the prison tower. If you go to work, you will be tired, not to mention the low salary. You will have to work from early morning to late for a month before you can maintain your current citizenship level. If you refuse, your citizenship level will be downgraded directly.

After eating some special liquid food left over from yesterday, Lexiao went out. As soon as she ran to the underground station, Lexiao felt dizzy. Her heart was pounding and her hands and feet were sore. She pressed her forehead.

"I haven't been exercising enough lately."

The train was speeding along. After passing three stations, Le Xiao was already standing on the circular No. 10 Street at around 8 o'clock. She was quite familiar with this place. When she was taking the press card test, she stayed here for too long. .

Outside a 20-story high-rise hotel, there were already crowds of people, all of whom were fellow reporters. It seemed that Shi Ke hadn't arrived yet. Le Xiao quietly looked at the many passers-by outside the hotel and spoke angrily.

The Shuchang Hotel chain was previously exposed for providing special services for men and women without authorization and engaging in illegal gambling activities. Now their reputation has plummeted. Many people have been taken away by the 9th Business Section and the 5th Public Security Management Section for investigation. Now They were going to hold a press conference. As many as 30 hotels in the city had been sealed for nearly a month.

"Lele, it's you, long time no see."

Le Xiao turned her head, and a 40-year-old man with a vicissitudes of life stood in front of Le Xiao with a smile.

Xu Ming is the boss of Le Xiao's first internship at the Nuanyi News Agency after graduation. At first, Le Xiao was full of energy and worked hard to report a large number of warm and positive events in society. However, this society did not know how. Well, no one likes to read this kind of news. Their news agency originally only had four or five people, and due to poor traffic, it was impossible to make ends meet, and eventually it went bankrupt.

Everyone likes to watch violent and bloody things, and what they like to watch are entertainment gossip, or some special reports only for adults.

"Brother Xu, are you okay? I heard that you became a freelance reporter."

Xu Ming smiled and nodded, his smile slightly bitter.

"Lele, I heard that you were fired again, do you want to do it?"

Before Xu Ming finished speaking, there was a fierce roar at the door. The hotel door opened, and reporters began to line up to get in. Shi Ke also appeared, walking quickly with Mana. Last night Le Xiao has prepared the manuscript and questions that may need to be asked on the spot.

"Sorry, Brother Xu, if you are free tonight, I will treat you."

The surging crowd formed a long queue in front of the large light and shadow danger measuring machine that appeared at the door. Shi Ke was explaining many things to Le Xiao.

Then when it was Le Xiao's turn, as soon as he walked to the door-like danger measuring machine, the light and shadow screen next to him suddenly lit up with a green light. Le Xiao blinked in confusion. Others had to scan for several minutes, but he scanned it in just one second. Passed.

"It's really good, it passed in 1 second."

Mana and Shi Ke both went to the nearby room to complete a full-body search, and also interrogated many things before they were able to enter.

"This fool will come in handy for Sanlian's press conference in a few days."

"She can bring the things in, it's foolproof. We waited at the door of Section 2 for several months before we finally found someone who could use it. I'm going to call everyone tonight. Don't make any mistakes. You must be with me." This little girl communicates well.”

Shi Ke hummed and showed a sinister smile.

After a whole day and 13 hours, Le Xiao received a salary of 260 yuan. She was so tired that she couldn't move. When she got home, Le Xiao lay on the bed, smiling with a satisfied expression, and would meet with Xu Ming later.

It was just after 10 o'clock, and Le Xiao planned to take a shower and then go to the bar on the corner of the street. Moreover, Smith Kline said today that if the next report is good, he will recommend him to the company boss and he can work in a weekly magazine.

"I finally got good luck. I can ask Jean out tomorrow."

Located in the middle of Industrial Avenue on the west side of the middle city, there is a huge building with a red cross background and the number 4 logo. The 4th Medical Department and the 19th Hospital are still busy at this time. It is a five-story square building with a huge area. Inside, the lights were transparent, and figures flashed by from time to time.

Medical care is the foundation of society. From the beginning of the establishment of Brilliant City, medical care has been borne by Congress. All citizens can go to medical departments at low prices. Only for some special diseases that require expensive biotechnology drugs, The price will also be very expensive, only some minor illnesses and pains are cheap.

At this time, in an aisle on the third underground floor of the 19th Hospital, Gene was quietly looking at the case data on a light and shadow screen. Michelle next to him was covering her nose, and the pungent smell of disinfectant was in the air. permeated.

Next to him, a staff member from the 4th Medical Department wearing a black uniform stood waiting. On both sides were wards, in which lay patients whose bodies had been penetrated by beams of light.

The application of light and shadow in medical technology has been around half a century ago, and is now relatively mature. After special light enters the human body, it materializes at the diseased or inflamed area, and then treatment can be started. Drugs can be delivered or even performed. Surgery is a direct treatment from the inside.

"This is the data from your hospital. I want specific data. I need to know the specific number of victims."

"Patients with angiofibromatosis are divided into three stages. The number of patients in the onset stage is huge. Sir Jean, it is temporarily impossible to count, and the number of patients in the worsening stage."

The medical staff of the 4th Department wearing a white mask looked troubled in their eyes and glanced at Michelle who was wearing a white uniform next to her.

"Tell it like it is."

"There are a total of 15,783 people. The figures are mainly in slums and many lower-class neighborhoods that cannot be counted at the moment."

Gene looked at the patients in the ward, whose bodies were severely deformed, their skin was blackened in many places, and they were in so much pain that they could no longer speak.

"There are about 1,384 patients in the death stage, and we have 160 of them here. There is no treatment at this stage. After long-term consumption of liquid food, the pathological changes are being studied and investigated. We must find out what specific things have been added. It’s down to the particle level.”

Gene turned off the light and shadow screen, leaned against the corridor, lit a cigarette silently, and raised his head.

The problem has gradually begun to ferment. The 4th Medical Department approached Sanlian Company for discussion half a year ago, hoping that they would hand over the particle ratio document for liquid food. However, it has been delayed until now and cannot be obtained. The problem is getting more and more serious. There are already rumors in the society that there is a problem with the liquid food. In order to suppress all this, a month ago, the 4th Medical Department announced a fake news about an infectious disease with unknown cause and the characteristics of the infection. It was just a certain Some people will be infected.

"But now we have discovered that some people have special antibodies in their blood that can resist angiofibroids. Currently, patients in the dying stage can only remove the fibroids produced on the blood vessel walls to temporarily save their lives."

After taking another look at the patients in the ward, Gene turned and walked away, and Michelle followed quickly.

"Lord Jean, you must not mess with this matter, otherwise"

Gene nodded. He knew very well that if the problems of Sanlian Company were really exposed, the whole society would be bleeding like a river in an instant, so Gene wanted to get Sanlian Company to take the initiative to admit that some of the food was contaminated. Rhetorically, paying compensation like this, finding ways to cure the people, and proactively admitting it like this are far better than the day when things really explode, and the impact on the entire society can be mitigated.

Walking to the street, aerial medical lifts hurriedly returned to the hospital, and a new batch of deteriorating patients entered the hospital.

"Lord Jean, just keep pressing on. Poverty is the original sin. If these people had worked harder when they were young and strong, they wouldn't have to sacrifice their lives for a 1-dollar can of liquid food."

"The matter cannot be suppressed. Those guys who have already discovered the filth hidden in Sanlian Company will expose it all."

The two of them walked together. At this point, most of the workers in the factory had just finished get off work. All nearby factories were domed, and the maximum area of ​​sunlight could be received to provide power for all the equipment in the factory.

All the waste gas and waste generated will be discharged directly into the deep ditch outside Brilliant City through the underground pipelines planned and laid from the beginning.

The feeling of being powerless spread throughout his body. Jean walked quickly on the street, and soon came to the stairs to the lower level. The light on the lower level was very weak, dotted with stars, and many places were pitch black.

"Help me find out where the people who originally developed this liquid food are."

Michelle sat aside and shook her head.

"Lord Jean, those people are probably dead or exiled. As for the formula, I'm afraid only the three founders know it. I'm afraid they won't tell it until they die, because once they fall, there will be many people behind them. Being implicated, the entire interest group will never allow this to happen.”

Gene stood up, looked further away, at the dark barrier area, and smiled.

"Hope may still exist. Just solve all the essential problems. If there is not enough food, let the food supply satisfy every corner of the city."

Michelle smiled and shook her head.

"The rhetoric of establishing an agricultural base in the barrier zone in Section 12 is just a beautiful and intoxicating bubble. If it is really implemented, it will encounter many obstacles, just like most people will be full of hope as long as they see the sun tomorrow. , such a bubble is as dazzling as the sun to them."

Gene took a step forward and stepped down the stairs.

"You go back tonight, Michelle, I have to deal with something."

Michelle was shocked and seemed to feel something.

"Lord Jean, what exactly are you planning to do?"

"It's just dirty work, so you'd better not go to Michelle. Don't you have severe mysophobia?"

Looking at Michelle's confused look, Gene said.

"I will go into the waste discharge pipes and find the waste discharged by Sanlian Company after it produces food. From there, I can find the particle-level formula."

With a whoosh, Gene had disappeared. Michelle covered her mouth and looked into the distance in disbelief.