Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

"What exactly does that mean?"

3pm

The hot temperature did not dampen the enthusiasm of the workers. Angus Construction has stopped work again. Most workers have been increasingly dissatisfied recently. There was a fee during the shutdown in the past, but now this fee is gone. Even if it was signed in the past The same goes for workers on long-term contracts.

This is the company headquarters of Angus Construction in District 57, located in the middle of the south. The foreman from a nearby construction site led most of the workers over. Everyone surrounded the 12-story Angus Construction Company headquarters with the door locked. This was counterproductive. Repeated starts and stops have made many workers feel dissatisfied. Work may only be started for half a month, but this month it has just started for 13 days, and work has been stopped again.

Some workers have not received their wages for more than 60 days. Although Angus Construction has said that the settlement will be clear before May 4th next month, so much time has passed. After everyone in the worker circle communicated with each other, they found that Angus Construction has not yet started settlement. As they said at the beginning, the settlement cycle is a bit long because of the huge amount, when connecting with the wallet management department, and because most workers require cash.

But now most people no longer believe this statement, but feel that Angus Construction will continue to default on arrears. Such repeated shutdowns are unacceptable to many people, and the cost of time and energy have been Great consumption.

More and more people gathered and waited in some cool places on the nearby streets. People from Section 5 had already carried out evacuation work, but most people just moved farther away and continued to watch.

Fortunately, the situation this time is different from the past. Many people are not making trouble and are just waiting quietly. People from Section 5 also asked the workers gathered near the Angus Construction Building to pay attention to avoid heatstroke to avoid heatstroke. On the street The traffic was not hindered. The last such large-scale riot was still fresh in the memory of many people. Everyone knew that if chaos was caused, it would cause harm to the city.

Many of these workers had participated in riots before. The economy of the south had almost collapsed after the last large-scale riots. It was only because Angus Construction started construction again that the economy of the south improved slightly.

3:19

A black car stopped at the steps of the General Affairs Office Square. Accompanied by the housekeeper Micah and the bodyguards of the following three cars, Violet stepped onto the steps. At this time, many people passing by on the First Avenue had just When I saw it, I walked over involuntarily, wanting to take a look.

Violet was wearing a loose skirt and a sun hat with a low brim. She walked quickly onto the square. At this time, there were many clerks from the business department in the square. At the gate of the general affairs department, Locke had already run out in person with some council officers.

"I'm sorry, Mrs. Angus, but I need you to run in such a hot weather, please!"

As soon as Locke came over, he bowed and made a gesture of invitation. When he lowered his head, he saw a nervous and haggard Violet.

"I wonder if Section Chief Alpha has been back recently?"

Violet shook her head. The reason she chose such a large sunhat that could almost cover the upper half of her face was because she didn't want anyone to see the haggardness and anxiety on her face.

"No!"

Locke smiled awkwardly. He didn't know what topic to talk about for a while, but the urgent problem now is that Angus's house has stopped work again. Locke also knows the reason for the stoppage. Avano fell ill and is still in the hospital. Because of excessive fatigue recently.

In today's Angus family, Avano is responsible for construction and technical issues, while Violet manages financial issues. Although Violet has told her husband many times that he does not have to worry about financial issues. However, it was impossible not to worry. In the end, Avano fell ill. In order to minimize mistakes, Avano would carefully check everything at each construction site.

Now that Avano is ill, the project can only be temporarily suspended. Avano's personal review began last year.

In the past, when the Angus family first started construction, due to crime, riots, and the Hillman family, it was now in high debt. The reasons for all of this are unclear. The Angus family is currently facing Huge losses, Violet came to the General Affairs Section today just to get the 3 billion from the tax reserve fund of the Congress last month, so that he can settle wages and building materials expenses.

The current amount of wages and testing has reached 2.1 billion. In just three months, the funds have begun to dry up again. Now Violet must get the money and start settling wages. Most of them Those who manage accounts will collude with their construction teams to use their brains on taxes. Congress has not allowed anyone to review this part of the situation, but only requires the Angus family to review it themselves.

Now Violet's idea is to directly deduct taxes and give workers wages. Although most workers hope to receive full wages and pay taxes themselves, in fact most workers will not do it on their own in the short term. Taxes will be paid obediently only if the administrative department comes to visit them. However, as for the compulsory aspect of taxation, it is not yet mandatory for employees to pay taxes before they can get their wages.

Only some companies with long-term contracts do this, and for those temporary workers who do not have long-term contracts, although their wages are lower, most of them do not pay taxes.

Under the leadership of Locke, Violet followed Locke directly into his private lounge. Jin Mn and Vivian were both there. When they saw Violet, they hurriedly stood up and bowed to say hello. The current use of Congressional reserve tax funds It is no longer possible for the Executive Branch to have the final say as in the past, and at least three factional parliamentarian leaders need to be involved.

Everything needs to be signed by both members of the parliament and the corresponding department, and the details of the use of reserve tax revenue must be available in all aspects.

"Wait a moment, Mrs. Angus, Wu Qun and the others should be arriving soon."

As soon as Vivian finished speaking, contact came from below. Wu Qun, Freya and Beckinsale had already arrived.

After Violet sat down, Vivian handed her a cup of tea. Jin Mn also knew that Violet was extremely anxious and sat next to Violet.

"Don't worry, Mrs. Angus. We have already taken care of everything. All you need to do is sign. The 3 billion congressional tax reserves will be transferred to your family's account in one second."

Violet hummed and just picked up the water glass, there was a knock on the door of the room. After Locke opened it, two council officers walked in with Wu Qun, Freya and Beckinsale. The three of them immediately came with Violet greeted.

In just a few minutes, everything was completed on the light and shadow screen of Jin Mn and Vivian. After Wu Qun and Freya nodded to each other, the two quickly signed the document, and then Beckinsale She also joined in, and the documents that had been prepared were quickly signed. In the end, only Violet's signature was left. The moment Violet signed her name, a prompt appeared on her phone, After opening, 3 billion has arrived in the Angus family's account. It is very clear that various project funds, as well as workers' wages and other construction-related settlement funds.

Violet stood up.

"Thank you for your assistance."

After speaking, she drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, turned around and walked out without anyone stopping her.

"What a very determined lady!"

Wu Qun said with emotion, at this time Locke took out a bottle of wine from the wine cabinet.

"Drink a little first and then go back, if nothing happens."

Wu Qun smiled happily and nodded. Freya shook her head. She couldn't drink. She just gave birth to her second child, a boy, more than a month ago. But Freya returned to work on the seventh day after giving birth. , I am still breastfeeding and cannot drink alcohol.

"Sister Freya, I'm not telling you, you should at least take a good rest for a month."

Vivian said, taking a long sip from the wine glass. Jin Mian also nodded and took a sip. There were still many things waiting for them to go back to deal with in Section 7, but the two decided to be lazy for two hours in the General Affairs Section. After relaxing, Wu Qun looked at Vivian as before.

"Old Wu, I've heard a little bit about it."

Vivian was only halfway through speaking when Locke frowned.

"Don't even think about Wu Qun."

Beckinsale laughed loudly, took the wine handed over by Vivian, and drank it in one gulp.

"What are you thinking about, Lao Luo?"

Locke held a glass of wine angrily and handed it to Wu Qun. He took a disapproving sip and gestured with his thumbs.

"Military expenditures for Section 3 will gradually increase starting from this year, and the future is not optimistic!"

Freya pointed out such a problem to the point. For a moment, the relief on everyone's faces disappeared, and Locke sighed.

"To balance the current problems, both of us have to find ways to solve them. After all, if Section 3 continues to have nothing to do, there is no need for Section 3 to continue to exist."

Beckinsale nodded.

"I'm afraid this march to the barrier zone will not be easy. Block the news!"

Locke Jiahui thought so too, Jin Mian said with a smile.

"There are many armed criminals stationed in the barrier area, and they will not sit still and wait to be killed."

The 3rd Division's March Operation Plan for the Barrier Zone has not been announced to anyone in the city. The 3rd Division has submitted some matters that need to be done by the 3rd Division. The establishment of some armament stations in the Barrier Zone has not yet been approved. This project has not yet been approved. Planning is risky.

Congress cannot spend so much money to build an armament station for Section 3 now. It can only proceed slowly. Only when the appropriate time comes, can this bill be passed.

"I just hope the plan goes smoothly!"

Locke sighed. According to the investigation of Section 2, there are currently at least nearly 40,000 criminals stationed in the barrier area. These are the criminals who escaped to the barrier area during the crime investigations over the years. As long as they are caught, If you clearly explain what you did in the city, you can get a certain degree of sentence reduction.

If these criminals are tracked down, a sum of black money should be recovered, which can be directly invested in construction.

"No matter what, this incident is a major test for all of us. It's the problem of the criminal!"

Wu Qun put away his smile and said seriously.

Locke glanced at the time anxiously, 3:38.

"Hope everything goes well."

The city wall near the ravine at the eastern guard station is full of lifts. Many lifts are from the prison department. They are still waiting for the signal. Once the criminals in the barrier area are caught, they will be sent to prison. Go to the temporary detention center that has been set up near Section 12, where you will make confessions while serving your sentence, and then wait for trial before officially serving your sentence.

If the criminal resists, he will be shot directly. The people in the prison department who are still waiting in the elevator feel a little restless. They only need to wait for the green signal flare to take off, and they can use the AI ​​​​The measured distance goes directly to the area where the flare is launched, and the location is accurately found based on the identification signal on the ground.

"The prison department was already overcrowded. Now if so many criminals are brought back, we will be under great pressure."

Several members of Section 11 standing near a lift were smoking and chatting.

"No, let those guys die in the barrier area."

Someone smiled bitterly.

Suddenly, located due east and north of the Eastern Guard Station, a green light group instantly exploded in the sky. Immediately, several people from Section 11 entered the take-off and landing machine and directly started the medium-sized take-off and landing. Everyone took out their weapons solemnly and released the weapons' safety. After loading, the helicopter slowly rose.

Ling Hong watched quietly as more than 100 criminals lay on the ground in front of her, holding their heads in their hands. Five teams of people had blocked everything near this rundown town. The bodies of more than 30 criminals were being carried, and some staff were setting up installations. Communication equipment station.

Ling Hong lit a cigarette and looked at the corpses of criminals who were being moved to a relatively intact house for NDA collection and comparison testing. As long as they were compared with the NDA residues in some crimes in the city, they could roughly know who they were. What crime was committed.

There were no casualties among the five teams of Section 3. After 6 hours of marching, Ling Hong’s team arrived at a place where criminals gathered. As expected, they encountered resistance from weapons and mutants, but Ling Hong was very He quickly laid out his tactics and led his assault team to attack directly, easily making these criminals surrender.

According to the criminals' accounts, their food was all liquid food from the north. Ling Hong had also seen this kind of liquid food without any label. It was an ordinary sealed metal can for storage. She had people pile up the composition of these liquid foods. Do the analysis and the results will be available soon.

A squad leader ran out of a room.

"Sir Ling Hong, the ingredient ratio is similar to that of the 67 companies currently on the market that produce liquid food. Among them, there are 3 companies with the highest similarity, but none exceed 50%."

Ling Hong looked at the pile of liquid food that was found on the ground suspiciously. These liquid foods may have been produced in some small workshops in the city that were dedicated to criminals.

At this time, in the distance, three Section 11 lifts flashed over quickly with red light, and a Section 3 member holding a short-range signal identification stick stood at a higher place.

Soon, three lifts hovered over this dilapidated town and slowly descended. A large number of confiscated weapons and liquid food, including some equipment where criminals gathered, were moved to one lift. Inside, the criminals lying on the ground with their heads in their hands were all wearing collars and handcuffs. They registered their names one by one in front of a lift and then entered the lift.

Many people entered the lift with embarrassed faces. Many people were still thinking about ways after surrendering. But in the end, when they saw the members of the administrative department coming from all directions carrying a large number of weapons, they could only raise their hands and surrender. No more thoughts of escape.

Didi didi

Ling Hong immediately took out a short-range communicator.

"Ling Hong, communication has been interrupted at a place 8 kilometers west of you. I am rushing there, please move quickly."

Ling Hong threw away the cigarette butt and summoned the captains of the five teams. After quickly arranging the matters, she put on her veil and ejected instantly, with red particles floating around her body.

5 minutes ago

A criminal gathering place located in a mountain col. Two criminal teams easily captured this small mountain col less than 1 kilometer long where only more than 40 criminals gathered. Many of them were built against the mountain wall in the past. Because the mountain col is horizontal, it is well protected from the strong winds from east to west, making it a relatively comfortable gathering place.

The breakthrough operation went very smoothly. The criminals had just eaten and were resting in the facility. There was no one standing guard.

After the two criminals were killed, they quickly surrendered. At this time, the captains of the two teams were communicating. One of them took out a flare gun and walked quickly towards the mountain pass, hoping to Fire the flare in an open area.

The squad leader raised the flare gun in his hand and pointed it at the sky. The wind and sand were not too violent at the moment. He had just pulled the trigger and was instantly accompanied by splashing blood and the sound of a gunshot hidden in the wind and sand. The squad leader's head was smashed and he fell to the ground.

"The enemy attack is a long-range sniper attack, looking for a bunker."

Accompanied by a loud shout, the moment the clerk was about to find a bunker, a ball of blood exploded in his chest, and he fell straight to the ground.

There were gunshots everywhere, and people from Section 3 fell to the ground one after another. They had no idea where the shots came from, and the accuracy was unusually high.

Several members of Section 3 who had rushed into the house were trembling and had already taken out their communicators.

"Team 023, call for support, us"

Whoosh

Accompanied by a rapid sound of breaking through the sky, flames burst out instantly, and followed by a violent explosion, the entire small house was instantly blown to pieces.

Intense gunshots rang out, and many of the criminals who surrendered were beaten into pieces before they could even enter the house. The members of the 3rd Section team who were still alive could only hold up their guns and shoot back wildly. It was already visible. A figure appeared in the chaos, but along with some bright white and red particles, it can be determined that it is a mutant.

At this time, on the top of a hill in this small mountain col, there were many elite mutants of the Hillman family lying on their backs. On the tops of the mountains on both sides of the mountain col, there were high-power signal jammers.

The sound of gunfire continued to fade away, and the 50 semi-mechanical biochemically modified mutants below had completed their mission.

crunch

Accompanied by a clear sound of mechanical friction, a modified person walked towards a room. The heat detector built into his eyes could clearly sense that there were three people huddled in a half-collapsed ruins.

"Target found!"

Accompanied by a mechanical voice, a modified person's eyes were filled with sadness. His hands tore off the veil on his cheeks, and his mouth began to fall apart. Whoosh, two pocket missiles flew over in an instant.

With the violent explosion, 50 modified people quickly floated into the air, with two white halos on their feet. Soon they reached the windward side and entered a take-off and landing aircraft that had just removed its optical camouflage. , the lift took off silently.

boom

With a violent landing sound, Ling Hong stared quietly at the smoke in many places in front of her. She uneasily tore off her veil and looked at the dead team leader on the ground and the signal that fell aside. After she picked up the gun, she immediately switched it to emergency mode and took off with an orange flare.

Ling Hong's communicator rang again.

"All destroyed, Team 023 and Team 024."

Ling Hong squatted on the ground and used telekinesis to lift up the dead team leader, and came to a messy hillside. There were corpses everywhere, and black smoke was rising in many places. It seemed that the battle only happened for a short time. After a while, Ling Hong began to jump quickly, and soon she came to the mountain wall on the right side of the col. She squatted on the ground, inspected carefully, and found some traces.

Ling Hong also saw the bodies of some criminals. It was conceivable that someone armed with heavy firepower ambushed the mountain wall less than 100 meters from the ground, and then quickly evacuated.

Ling Hong put down the signal identifier and started running. She quickly ran around the mountain col, but still found no trace.

The take-off and landing aircraft of Section 4 have landed outside the mountain col. A large number of Section 4 members came down. Everyone was surprised by the scene in front of them. Ling Hong returned to the middle of the Section 4 members. Some nearby were on the normal marching route. The team on board also began to move towards this side. The construction of the signal transmission station was still in progress and long-distance communication was not possible.

Whizzing

In the distant sky, several red emergency signals for help were launched. Near an area, Ling Hong immediately ran towards that direction quickly.

In an old and somewhat sizable town northwest of the small mountain col, 10 squads carried out fire suppression in a fan-shaped manner and had temporarily brought the situation under control, but several squad leaders still fired signal flares for emergency reinforcements.

Violent gunfire broke out in the middle of this relatively large town. None of the team members broke into the town. Instead, they suppressed fire at the edge of the town and asked the criminals inside to surrender.

Whoosh

Along with a violent sound of breaking through the air, a small missile flew over, but the staff in this area had dispersed a few seconds ago. After the explosion, some staff were hit by the shock wave and injured. He was quickly pulled back by two team members and evacuated.

Whizzing

The people from Section 3 began to fight back with small missile launchers with heavy firepower, and many buildings in the town collapsed instantly.

The entire place had turned into a battlefield, and at this time all the team leaders had ordered the team members to retreat 1 kilometer. Many people were injured by stray bullets, but fortunately they did not die.

"You beasts, go to hell!"

Accompanied by a roar, several mutants rushed over with weapons on a street in the town. Immediately, several mutants in the team went directly over and faced the flying bullets. They accurately stopped the flying bullets. of large area bullets.

The horizon in the distance was flashing with bursts of red light.

"Confirm evacuation signal! OVER!"

This voice rang out from the short-range communicators of the 10 team leaders.

"Confirm! OVER."

A uniquely shaped jet-black aircraft with a long front and a wide and round back instantly crossed the top of the town.

There was a rumble, and in an instant, a violent explosion occurred in the center of the town. The explosions directly connected into one. Then the black aircraft passed through the town again, and one side of the town was also engulfed in a sea of ​​​​fire after the explosion.

At this time, the 10 teams, which had evacuated nearly five to six hundred meters, began to turn around, took out heavy firepower weapons, and began to target the town and carried out crazy attacks.

Round after round of bombings, until the whole town was completely reduced to a sea of ​​flames, the black aircraft began to fly over the heads of the members of the 3rd Section team and continued to return.

"The bombing mission is over! OVER."

A total of 49 members of the department were injured, 3 of whom were seriously injured. The lift of Department 4 had already landed, and the 3 seriously injured people were carried into the lift. The people of Department 4 started the operation directly.

Led by a team of mutants, 10 teams of people waited for the flames to begin to extinguish, then began to circle around the town and began to shout, asking the guys who were still alive to come out and surrender. Several teams had already approached.

Ling Hong had also arrived with several directors. She led people directly into the town that had been reduced to ruins. Only most of the corpses were seen. The bombing was very thorough. This was to deal with such large-scale criminals. The gathering place and during this march mission, the latest directional bombers authorized by Congress were used.

Ling Hong approached the center a little bit. She covered her mouth. After seeing a burnt corpse in the ruins, she couldn't help but turned her head away, and a burning feeling was born in her heart.

It's women and children!

Ling Hong exhaled, and at this moment, there was a faint sound on Ling Hong's left side, and several furious roars were accompanied by gunshots. Ling Hong closed her eyes and took a deep breath. In one breath, the person was ejected the moment he turned around, and the oncoming bullets were instantly deflected.

Accompanied by a violent red lightning flash, several people came out of a basement with the lid exposed, their mouths wide open and their eyes wide, their bodies were blackened, and they fell to the ground with black smoke.

"What on earth are we doing!"