Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

Chapter 1935 Wings. Niya. Red Thunder 10 (Part 2)

buzzing

In a metal hall, there is a slowly rotating 3D robot model in the middle. It has a round face, the same height as a human, its hands and feet are humanoid, and there are a lot of small round holes on its body.

At this time, with the pop-up light and shadow screen on one side, for a moment, slowly flowing light appeared on the ground on both sides of the metal hall. The light was pieced together into geometric shapes, and then gradually a black carrying machine with grids appeared. tower.

White light slowly flowed from some convex crystals on the wall. The light began to weave and draw on these grids. Soon, a robot exactly like the middle figure was outlined, with more and more light. , at this time, the light inside the robot outlines some internal structural parts more delicately.

The light continues to outline, and countless complex and changeable intertwined lights constitute the robot. As it becomes more and more refined, the robot becomes more and more solid. With a burst of dazzling light flashing, the white light recedes. , a white robot has been built and manufactured. This is the most advanced manufacturing factory within Section 10. As long as there is demand, a lift can be manufactured in 15 minutes.

This robot has been used for nearly 20 minutes, but a large row of robots has appeared in all the loading compartments in the entire manufacturing plant. At this time, there are strips of light extending from the edge of the loading platform, and then The robot's body was immediately fixed.

The convex crystal behind him once again released light. This time it was building protective armor, armor that was enough to cover most of the robot's body, especially the head and chest.

Soon, the dark armor that could be mounted on the robot was completed. The mechanical arm on the wall immediately extended out, and exquisite mechanical hands appeared, with various tools on their fingers.

With a banging sound, pieces of protective armor that are about the same length and width as the robot's body began to be installed on the surface of the robot's body. This is the latest type of high-hardness armor that ordinary bullets cannot penetrate. It can even defend against light-killing weapons, and it can withstand at least 5 tons of impact when faced with mutants.

Soon rows of robots were equipped with armors. The display frequency embedded in the wall at the back showed the percentage of light and shadow material filling. This percentage was a bit slow. At this time, with a creaking sound, the robots left. The loading platform flexibly walked towards the door at the end of the factory.

crunch

The door opened, and in a room with many large machines outside, there were a large number of robots, thousands in number. After a few robots passed by, they stood in a queue in an orderly manner.

In another factory building, light was flowing in each glass-like columnar vessel, just like water. In fact, when I walked in, I saw that the light was flowing in this translucent material of unknown material. It was reflected back and forth on the object, and there was a spherical crystal in the middle of the light. The scattered light continued to flow back and forth before entering the small ball.

click

With a falling sound, the black crystal ball fell down and rolled along the groove under the cylindrical machine. At this time, one by one the robots picked up the ball and quickly put it away. He got a tubular object behind him, put the ball in, then raised his hand, opened his fingers, and the tool appeared.

After placing a lid covering the small ball and tightening it directly, the robot held up the stick, and with a flash of light, a white light appeared from the front end of the nearly 20 cm long stick. The light extended by about 15 cm and then stopped. Yes, this is a light-killing weapon that can cut many things easily. This is one of the weapons equipped by the machine soldiers outside.

This is the small manufacturing plant for the light-killing blade that has just been built by the AI. The aggregation of high-energy photons will be completed here, and then put into the light-killing component to create a controllable light-killing blade.

The entire construction base has fallen, and the AIs have been producing weapons in large quantities, not just robots, but also tanks, small fighter jets, etc., all controlled by the AIs.

No human beings are needed, all are assisted by robots created by AI, and everything is produced with high efficiency and zero error rate. All this is because of the presence of mimics.

At this time, in the Metal City, the six gods are present, and scientific researchers are building large-scale AI computers. Now they can only rely on manpower. For them, the speed and efficiency are much slower.

"You bastard Heimo, what on earth are you looking at?"

Deguna looked at Gu Yi and complained, and Tang Rao laughed.

"It doesn't help now. It seems that the AIs have started manufacturing things in the factory below. After all, there is such a big movement."

At this time, there was a faint vibration from the entire ground, and Rose sat on the ground.

"How about I go in and take a look?"

"Stop making trouble. If the damage to the things inside is too serious, it will be a huge loss to the entire city and mankind. Now as long as the source code is cracked, everything will be fine."

Li Chu said, and Witte next to him just smiled slightly, because this was a situation that had never happened before, and even they were helpless. If the madman called the wise man launched a light nuclear weapon, the city would be in chaos in an instant. , but he did not do so, obviously intending to negotiate.

"How about giving him a chance to negotiate?"

Li Chu said jokingly, and Deguna looked over.

"This is not funny Li Chu, we can only stay here."

This steel city is the only place that can go outside. If the AIs control the machines created by them, they can only pass through here, but it is impossible for them to pass. The gods are already guarding here.

The six gods will not allow anything here to be leaked. What is here is the core of Brilliant City's technology. The enemy's purpose is obvious, and such a situation was successfully created through the breakthrough found by the AI.

"You two go and talk!"

Li Chu said, pointing at Deguna and Tang Rao.

"Why the two of us? Why not let that bastard Jean go?"

Deguna said, and the other gods nodded.

At this time, the six gods looked at the towering artificial sun launch tower in the distance.

"The worst case scenario is to destroy that thing first."

Gu Yi said that as long as the artificial solar launch tower is destroyed, photonuclear weapons cannot be launched. However, there is a problem. The city may not be bathed in the sun for at least half a year in the future. Half a year is enough to change many things.

According to the numerical report sent back by Youmo, the temperature in the city is dropping. In just 15 days, the temperature has dropped to 14 degrees. If it continues, the city will encounter a cold winter and will be even more troublesome. So Gu Yi said It was just a joke to destroy the artificial solar tower.

If we really do that, by the time the sun rises again, the city will have collapsed and there will be a serious shortage of power supply, so we will have to order to stop the operation of all factories tomorrow.

The most critical thing is that the crops have suffered a severe blow. Just relying on light irradiation cannot allow the crops to obtain sufficient light energy. Now the temperature is still dropping, and some crops have begun to get sick and die.

Ye Chunwang has given specific values. Most of the crops will be frozen to death within a month at most, and the grain output this quarter is almost zero. The current grain storage capacity in the city is only enough for up to three years. This is still today. With a population of more than 24 million, there cannot be any new population, and each person can only eat two meals a day.

If it really comes to this point, the social structure will seriously collapse. Even today, Congress has not provided free food and water. The most important thing is that when food supply gradually begins to be difficult in the future, it is not free to distribute food. No, cars in the city today are all powered by electric energy.

It is a fact that the automobile industry is going to disappear. Although the Phibes family has been researching aerodynamic vehicles and has achieved some success, they have not been put into production. Most of the vehicles have been stranded on the roadside, and most homes have no heating. Equipment, because the temperature in Bright City has been stable between 15 and 25 degrees in recent years, neither too hot nor too cold.

When it's hot, it only lasts for more than 3 hours at noon. Only a small number of subways are running now. They rely on photon nuclear batteries. Although they can last for a long time, the main supply now is lighting. A restriction order will be issued today. The subway is no longer casual. You can take the subway. If there are no major problems, you are not allowed to leave by subway.

The temperature will be directly close to 0 degrees in a month, and the cold temperature will become a killer. The water supply will first have problems. At such a cold temperature, society will be frozen, nothing can be done, and crops will die on a large scale. .

The problem of the sun failing to light up cities is far more serious than anyone thought.

It is clearly already 1 o'clock in the afternoon, but the city is still dark. Except for the food and medical industries that are allowed to continue operating, other industries have completely stopped.

In some places on the edge of Brilliant City, the temperature has now dropped sharply below 10 degrees, almost approaching the temperature in the barrier area.

Water molecules have begun to condense in the barrier area and ice crystals have begun to float, and there will also be huge problems with the water supply.

"How to do it?"

Witte scratched his head as he spoke. At this time, there were sounds behind him. Everyone looked back. The spiral door of the wormhole opened. The people who came over were Mo Xiaolan and Lillian who was pushing Mo Xiaolan. Lillian was The first time she came to Section 10, she was shocked when she saw the metal city. In the distance, there were several people wearing ordinary people's clothes. They were obviously not from Section 10.

"Those are the six gods. You just need to remember them and don't say anything about Lilian!"

Lilian looked at Mo Xiaolan blankly.

"Are you sure there is no problem? The true identity of God is unknown!"

"Don't you know now? Push me over Lillian."

Lilian looked a little scared and her expression was a little solemn, but she still pushed Mo Xiaolan and walked over.

"Rejoice, we found the source code!"

For a moment, the expressions of the six gods were shocked. Deguna opened her mouth wide and looked at Mo Xiaolan in disbelief. Then Mo Xiaolan took out a roll of white cloth.

"Don't use any network, and you must use this source code to control all the rebellious AIs. If these two conditions cannot be met, the madman will launch light nuclear weapons in an instant, or the AIs will do this ."

Soon Noah ran over with a smile.

"seriously?"

"You can tell by taking a look at it?"

Noah immediately took the things and led a bunch of staff to the AI ​​computer that was being built.

"That guy Gene got it. He asked you to hurry up and see how long it will take to successfully control the AIs. He will negotiate."

"How did you get it?"

Deguna's eyes were filled with suspicion, and Mo Xiaolan chuckled and shook his head.

"Ask Gene how you got it, I don't know very well."

Lilian had a hint of fear on her expression, but Mo Xiaolan immediately spoke.

"This is our new secretary of Section 2, and she is also my good helper. Although I let her know this in advance, you won't blame me, teachers!"

Deguna shook her head.

"It doesn't matter. What you do is up to you. Little girl, what's your name?"

"Lily Ann!"

Deguna nodded.

Tang Rao said with a smile.

"Don't be so nervous, just relax."

Everyone was anxiously waiting for Noah and the others to conduct a test without network. There was almost no words. At this time, Gu Yi still asked.

"Where did you get it from? At least we have to know."

"It's the grandson of a wise man. It's in the head of a 12-year-old kid. I don't know the specific things, but Gene got the source code in exchange for a certain condition."

Deguna sneered.

"Don't worry about it for now. As long as it's correct, everything else doesn't matter."

Time passed by, everyone was looking forward to it, and the gods also came to help. After a long afternoon, Noah showed a relaxed expression, and all the gods breathed a long sigh of relief. The result is correct. This is indeed the source code that the AIs tampered with themselves.

"The writing of this source code is very complicated, and there are many ways. We need to figure out specifically which method is used by each type of AI. To put it bluntly, it is like human genes, huge and complex, but each of them A group of genes has different functions, and what we need to find is the source code of the core part, but time is a problem, and now the AI ​​computer is basically built."

Mo Xiaolan looked at Noah with an unhappy expression, and Noah immediately explained.

"This AI computer is built on the basis of semi-artificial intelligence. Mainly in terms of computing speed, it will not be like the current AI. The chip is equipped with the top quantum core, and the computing speed should catch up, but it will be half the speed at the latest. More than a month."

"Does it take that long?"

Tang Rao asked, and Li Chu nodded and explained.

"Do you think it's elementary school students who solve calculation problems? If you want to completely analyze such a complex source code, if you use manpower to do it, I estimate that it will take more than 1 billion years."

Mo Xiaolan held his forehead.

"Lillian, let's go and inform Jean in person."

After Lilian bowed deeply, she pushed Mo Xiaolan and left. At this time, Tang Rao followed quickly.

"I'll go with that idiot Gene. After all, I don't know how he will talk to the other party."

5:13

At the entrance of a supermarket, a large number of people were shouting, and many people were tearing things in their hands. The supermarket was already empty, but at this time many people felt that it was getting colder and colder. Many people only wore their usual clothes. Wearing thin clothes, some people had their cheeks turned purple from the cold and could not help but go home first.

Originally this was a lively street for middle-class families, but now it is deserted, with almost no one in sight.

Many people are unable to adapt to the sunless days. It has been 16 days, and most people have learned about what happened through word of mouth.

The arrival of the cold has also calmed down many agitated people. Those who wanted to organize demonstrations and demonstrators began to disperse. The most puzzling thing for most people is why the people in the business department have not yet done so. Are you willing to take action to solve the problems of the 11 districts at the bottom? What exactly is wrong with the artificial sun?

These two questions are what most people want to know, but Congress has not given an answer. People from the administrative department are still shouting with loudspeakers on the streets, asking people to go back home and pay attention to keeping warm at night, and the power supply is Eliminating intermittent power supply, each district is only powered for a total of two hours a day during lunch and dinner, and only for street lighting at other times.

No one knows what will happen tomorrow. The only thing they can do is to go out and buy food every day. Due to power outages in some places, many people's mobile phones cannot be used. The last part of the merchants have no choice but to let people keep accounts. Take out some wrapping paper and ask people to write down their address, phone number, identity information, and press their fingerprints, as well as the items purchased and the final amount to be paid.

Nowadays, only the Congress network can be accessed, and the citizen network is no longer accessible. You can only see some current news in Congress.

At what was supposed to be dusk, the city seemed to fall into silence for an instant.

At this time, the members of the three departments outside the 11th district were sitting next to each other and could only use the sleeping bags used for marching in the barrier area. Many people felt the cold.

If this continues, many people will not be able to bear it anymore. It will only get colder at night. The once noisy streets are now silent. The situation is relative. The cold will not take any side. The city has fallen into silence, and the hustle and bustle of the past has fallen into silence. Long gone.

Many people can no longer endure it, and some staff members don’t know how long they will have to endure this kind of life.

Only in the area near the west, Niya sat on the top of the management vehicle and shouted over and over again, asking everyone not to go out at night and to take measures to keep warm. If there was any difficulty, they could go to some of the shelters set up along the street as soon as possible. Find someone from the field of work in the post.

At this time Niya came to a guard booth, and several clerks were still sitting outside smoking cigarettes, talking and laughing.

"It's better to go in first, it will be very cold at night, be careful not to freeze to death."

Several staff members waved their hands with a smile, and Niya continued to shout. At this time, Niya noticed a light blue light streaking across the horizon in the distance, and a cyan light appearing behind it. Niya stood up and looked over alertly.

"What do they two want to do?"

6:13pm

Jean and Tang Rao landed on top of a house on the outskirts of Area 105. Jean looked at Tang Rao.

"It won't work if you go in like this."

Tang Rao snorted, and a large number of cyan particles began to overflow from the surface of his body. Gradually, Tang Rao's body turned into a female cyan humanoid with only a human outline, and followed Jean directly into the streets of District 105.

The moment he stepped onto the street, Jean looked towards a small building in the distance. A gunshot rang out, but Jean had already ejected, and the bullet was flattened little by little in front of Tang Rao. Jean fell into the small building, and the panicked people were about to shout when they were hit by light blue fists one after another and fainted.

The two quickly headed towards the local public security management office. As soon as they arrived at the management office, Jean's expression darkened. There were corpses of officers everywhere, and their clothes were also stripped off. It was worn on some guys who were still drinking in the yard. The moment Gene fell, everyone in the yard stood up, all of them mutants.

"Don't be nervous. I'm here to negotiate. Tell your king, Jean from Section 13, and..."

"Green God!"

Tang Rao's slightly majestic and deep voice sounded. For a moment, everyone in the courtyard retreated to both sides in fear. In less than a few minutes, Jean and Tang Rao walked into the hall of Department 5. There were also many dying officers, as well as some female officers who looked like they had been tortured and bruised all over.

Jean looked at them quietly, with pleading eyes cast over them. At this time, accompanied by a burst of laughter, Jean looked towards the stairs. A little old man walked down, followed by several mutants. He had He had severe dark circles under his eyes, and his appearance was different from the Ran Zhi that Gene knew, and had undergone a huge change.

"I have changed my appearance and that of Mr. Jean. In order to avoid detection, this is the appearance of a man named Zhang Sheng. The one behind you is the supreme blue god, Mr. Jean!"

Jean nodded slightly and lit a cigarette. At this time, someone brought a chair and a small round table to Ran Zhi. Two chairs were also moved to Jean and the others. Jean and Tang Rao sat on the chairs. On the street, the atmosphere seemed particularly solemn.

"Let all the hostages go! If you still have a little bit of human compassion."

Gene said and Ran Zhi nodded.

"Let these hostages go. We have reached this point and the hostages no longer matter."

"It's all the hostages!"

Gene said, Ran Zhi hummed, nodded and said.

"Hurry up and get the hostages away. If you hear anything, move quickly."

Tang Rao laughed.

"Very obedient, your subjects!"

"Of course Lord Cyan God, the current situation must be difficult for both of us. Don't let the stalemate continue. As long as you agree, announce to the people in the city that if we can be independent here, people in the city can do it tomorrow morning. See the sun."

Gene blew out a puff of smoke, and Ran Zhi took out a cigarette, lit it and took a puff.

"You also took everything away in the past and finally integrated everything. But now I just want to ask your gods to take back everything that belongs to the people at the bottom!"

Ran Zhi said and looked at Tang Rao next to Jean, and Tang Rao laughed.

"Everything that belongs to the bottom? If this is what you do, I'm sorry, we can't talk to you. Surrender now, and then go to prison to think about life. This is the only way we can give you. And for those who dare to resist, this time there will be no deportation, only a one-way free ticket to hell!”

As soon as Tang Rao finished speaking, many of the mutant people around him showed fear. They began to move faster and sent out the people from the business department who were held hostage. Gene stood up directly.

"I'll come as soon as I go. They won't be able to survive in such a cold weather."

Tang Rao grabbed Jean.

"Now you have violated many crimes. Although there is no death penalty in Brilliant City, don't expect to see the sun this time."

Ran Zhi laughed loudly.

"Threats are useless, Cyan God, we just want to get back everything that belongs to us."

At this time, Jean quietly looked at the people from the administrative department who were taken out. He closed his eyes, and the tragic scenes he saw during the prison riots in the past appeared in his mind.

"How about 15 days?"

Gene suddenly spoke.

"What do you mean, Chief Jean!"

Jean immediately bowed slightly and said.

"Lord Cyan God, my idea is to give them half a month to think about it, and it also gives us half a month to think about it. What do you think, wise man?"

Ran Zhi thought for a while and then said with a smile.

"We need food. We can't survive without food, right? Send enough food and water every day so that we can continue the second negotiation. If you don't send it on any day, it will be regarded as an agreement. If it is invalidated, then next time I don’t know which district will be wiped out in an instant.”

Tang Rao stood up angrily, and green particles spread out in all directions. Gene suddenly moved forward and grabbed Tang Rao.

"Okay, Lord Cyan God, leave this matter to me."

More than ten minutes later, many 4th Section takeoffs flew over in the sky, and the hostages were sent to the front of the blockade. A large number of 3rd Section personnel went over to help, and sent these tortured colleagues away. Got on the lift.

"Won't he get suspicious?"

Tang Rao lit a cigarette and returned to his original appearance. Jean exhaled a puff of smoke and said with a smile.

"It's just 15 days in exchange for supplies. Even if he becomes suspicious, the words "win is guaranteed" are already imprinted in his heart.

Tang Rao hummed.

"I hope so!"

8:13 pm

Ran Zhi took a sip of strong wine and felt his numb body become warmer. There was suspicion on his cheeks. For some reason, Ran Zhi felt fear the moment he saw Jean.

"Master Wise, is there really no problem? Will the gods simply agree to our request?"

The cadres who saw the appearance of the green god all felt fear. It was not human at all. Although they had heard about gods in the past, they felt scared when they saw it for the first time today.

"It's okay. You can go and rest. Just trust me. As long as we have optical nuclear weapons in our hands, they will not act rashly. Isn't asking for food today the first step in the negotiation? It has been reached."

Watching the cadres leave, Tom felt the suspicion on Ran Zhi's face, and he said after being silent for a while.

"Have things changed, wise man!"

"I don't know very well, but I estimate that the negotiation time for the gods to come directly is a few days earlier."

Of course Ran Zhi knew what would happen if the artificial sun still didn't light up. The city had already begun to riot, but the chaos would not be that obvious yet. It would take at least until the 20th before the gods could come to negotiate. This was Ran Zhi's estimate. But it’s so many days in advance, and today is only the 16th.

Then Ran Zhi went downstairs and soon came to the room where X was. As soon as he entered the room, X who was sitting on the sofa woke up with a start and his eyes lit up.

"What's wrong? You can't sleep because you're so excited, Mr. Wise!"

"Mr. X, are there any problems with AI?"

X laughed, looking at Ran Zhi who was still worried. , and other split screens, robot weapons and combat weapons are constantly being produced in the body.

"Now there are more than 3,000 robots equipped with the latest weapons, as well as 300 fighter jets, 500 combat robots, and other large and small things. Soon the AIs will build their own legions. Their main purpose is to defend Section 10, and there will be no mistakes. Don’t worry, I have a feeling that we will be completely successful this time, haven’t the gods already come to negotiate?”

Ran Zhi hummed, and X stood up and said.

"Have a drink, keep warm, and have a good sleep."

Ran Zhi followed Thom back to the office. The two of them each found a thick blanket to wrap themselves in. Ran Zhi drank the wine in the cup and fell asleep quickly.

Near 11 o'clock, reports from many places have been submitted. The temperature in some places is less than 5 degrees. Except for the lights in the general affairs department, other places have almost fallen into darkness. Even the upper floors that are usually brightly lit are now in darkness. Also fell into darkness.

"I hope there won't be any problems!"

Locke was lying on the bed, and many people in the general affairs department had rested. They had to get up at 4 a.m. to continue processing things.

The icy cold night is coming. This is the first time that everyone in Bright City has experienced such a cold night. Although some elderly people have experienced cold weather in the past, this is the first time that they have encountered such harsh conditions since the climate circle was established in Bright City. of coldness.

But just after sleeping for a short while, Locke was woken up by a rapid knock on the door.

Locke stood up hurriedly and glanced at the time at 2 a.m. on January 17.

"Who is it? It's so late!"

Locke opened the door and saw Michelle with sweat on her forehead.

"Someone froze to death!"

Locke Jiahui looked at Michelle blankly.

"how come?"

Michelle said.

"It's an old man who's home alone. Your Excellency, we have to do something."

Locke looked at the anxious Michelle, who walked in directly and opened a light and shadow screen.

"Because everyone is exposed to warm and hot temperatures all year round, such a sudden drop in temperature is not a good thing for many people. The reason why people in Section 3 need to be in the barrier area outside the guard station before going out to perform tasks We have to spend at least a month of nights in it before we can perform our tasks, in order to have body functions that can adapt to the cold, and body functions can easily go wrong in the cold, or even cause other illnesses, so we have to do something What works, almost no homes in the city have heating equipment.”

Locke's thinking did make sense. After all, there were already cases of people being frozen to death. Later, Locke found out that the old man had gone back to his old house yesterday morning. It was only tonight that his children remembered that the old man was still in the old house. , I went over to take a look, and as a result, such a tragedy happened.

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"Dispatching all departments to conduct door-to-door inspections is the only way to avoid tragedies. Especially people with underlying diseases are prone to falling ill due to the cold. However, the current telephone network can only reach nearby medical facilities. , but now many patients are queuing up, and the entire district cannot be taken into account at all. A few people are responsible for one community, and the investigation is completed quickly, and the department staff will not feel too cold while walking around. "

Locke nodded.

"It's up to you to allocate the details, and I'll issue the order."

"No need, I have already assigned them, Your Majesty the Chief Manager, you just need to issue the order."

Then Locke asked Michelle to make tea by herself, and he took a look at Michelle's distribution plan.

The middle and upper-level areas are inspected by the local operations department, because the 5th department has assigned patrol areas before, and people from other departments only need to follow the local 5th department people to investigate, while the bottom layer is inspected by the 3rd team near the blockade. The members of the department assisted the members of the nearby 5 departments to complete the investigation. Especially the ground floor requires a large number of manpower and strict investigation. The temperature on the ground floor is now the lowest, and some places have detected temperatures close to 0 degrees.

Locke did not hesitate and immediately issued this order to all the operations departments. He knew very well that he would have to do this even if the department members complained and some sleeping people complained.

This kind of thing can't help but remind Locke of the past, when all departments worked together to cooperate. Unlike today, each department has almost no connection except for related things.

At 3 o'clock in the morning, the department staff were shivering with cold standing in the courtyard of District 118. Niya was chewing a cigarette.

"Mom, hurry up, do some warm-up exercises, and then go door to door and knock on the door. At least make sure that everyone in the area will not have problems due to the cold. We have more than 500 people now, and this district is top Let’s have 2,000 more households. It’s enough for one person to be responsible for 4 households, and a comprehensive investigation can be completed in two hours at most. Do it quickly.”

Niya roared angrily, and the officers began to move. The city was boiling again in the early morning. The members of Section 3 near the blockade also received orders, and the officers in the temporary headquarters began to make arrangements. People from Section 3 went to some areas. Many members of Section 3 couldn't bear the cold, so they got up and started exercising.

The street lights on many streets turned on again, and the department members all began to move, divided into inspection teams, and began to conduct door-to-door inspections toward the places where residents lived.

Soon, some critical patients were reported in some areas, and they were sent directly to medical facilities. This was a disaster for the city, and the sun might not rise tomorrow morning.

The whole night passed quickly. Most of the staff continued to wander around the streets if they had the energy. Those who had no energy went back to rest first.

Locke was busy until the morning and was just about to go to bed when Michelle hurried in again and stopped knocking on the door.

"Your Excellency, General Manager, I have drawn up another measure. Many people fell ill last night, and many people suffered from frostbite, so I have a proposal."

Locke hummed and looked at Michelle coming up with another detailed proposal to get the factory started quickly to make some foam products. This is currently the cheapest and best cold-insulating material and can be made directly. They are grouped together and glued to the window, or a barrier is put together directly next to the bed. For nearly 30 years, people in Bright City have been living under a constant temperature, and now the temperature continues to drop. , if such protective measures are not continued, more and more people will get sick.

"I have calculated the cost, and this is also a relatively cheap raw material, easy to produce and process, and very light."

"Well, that's good. It's a good plan. You can have people pick it up directly, put it in the subway, and transport it directly. A large lift can also pull a lot. Let's do it."

Locke signed without hesitation, and then called King Xue directly. King Xue agreed and said that he would notify the relevant factories to start construction. The money will also be borne by Congress. A family only needs a few cents of plastic foam barrier at most. Boards are enough. If you enclose an insulating space next to the bed, the temperature can indeed rise slowly, because people will keep breathing, and the cold insulation effect of this material is very good.

The most important thing is the cost. You only need a few million, which is completely fine. Otherwise, if more and more residents get sick, the situation will be quite bad.

After Locke couldn't finish issuing the order, he planned to take a nap for two hours. However, the moment he fell asleep, he saw Michelle sitting at his desk, doing something seriously. Locke swallowed.

"Wake me up anyway!"

"I'm sorry, please forgive me for being rude, Your Excellency, but there is still a small problem that needs to be dealt with."

Locke got up and was stunned immediately after walking over.

"Based on the current power supply, it is impossible to make residents feel at ease, so I propose that each household be equipped with a bacterial battery. This is the most direct and effective method. A bacterial battery, after being left for a period of time, is enough to power a family. This is the most direct method to use electricity for three hours.”

Locke nodded and took a look at the time. It was just past 9 o'clock. In just three hours, Michelle made another plan.

"As far as I know, the Phoebus family should still have hundreds of thousands of stocks in stock. As for the cultivation of bacteria, I think that letting people from the 4th Department do it, and working together with the Phoebus family, we should be able to quickly mass-produce bacterial batteries. The cost of one piece is 10 yuan.”

Locke did the math casually.

"It costs tens of millions!"

Michelle said immediately.

"It's just a temporary, unusable bacterial battery. When the time comes, Section 10 will recycle it and directly create a giant bacterial battery. I think it can be completely reused. When I was in elementary school, a classmate proposed this idea. But at the time, I remember the teacher said that it was a bit technically difficult and that it would be dangerous if the bacterial battery leaked."

Locke rubbed his eyes.

"What should we do?"

"You can consult Section 10 first."

Locke sighed and called Noah directly. He got a reply quickly. It's just that it takes a little time to build such a pool.

"do it!"

Locke immediately signed the document, and Michelle directly called up the electricity information and began to divide it.

It's just that Locke was a little confused at this time. He always felt that since Michelle came to him last night, he didn't need to do anything but just sign. Michelle also helped him process some documents.

"It seems really good."

11 a.m.

Niya is sitting on the roof of the building, smoking a cigarette. She has transported plastic foam boards more than ten times. The staff are still busy. Niya is always looking at the sky in the distance. Like many others, she I was hoping that the sun would light up, but it turned out to be dark night. This is the 17th day.

The three measures announced by the General Affairs Department since last night surprised Niya. It is not easy to be so considerate of some residents. However, Niya felt a little strange because the order document sent down contained The planning was extremely detailed, and it was impossible for Locke to achieve such a detailed plan in a short period of time.

Niya has also seen this. Although some of the order documents made by the fat man are good, they are not as sophisticated as this one.

"It's that girl again. Really, if she really becomes my boss, I won't be able to rest all day long."

Although Niya didn't want to admit it, the only person who could make such a detailed plan in a short period of time was Michelle. Niya sighed, and Niya couldn't recognize where the east was. Because no matter where I looked, the sky was pitch black.

At this time, Niya noticed the circles of light flashing across the eastern sky, heading towards the blocked areas. Niya immediately moved quickly because she saw these large take-offs and landings. It landed directly in the blocked area. Soon Niya came to the edge of the blocked area 109. She saw a large takeoff and landing aircraft from a distance. Niya immediately used her long-sighted ability. Soon Niya He clenched his fists angrily.

"What's going on?"

On the lift, bags of food were being snatched by people nearby. Niya, the hostage who was released yesterday, also saw it. They suffered inhuman torture, and Jean and Tang Rao were in the area yesterday. .

"Are you really going to agree to let them be independent?"

Niya took out her phone angrily and pressed the number 0013, but the call could not be connected.

"Come down Nya."

A familiar voice came, and Niya looked down. On the street was Li Ang, waving to her, and next to Li Ang stood a female section member, both of whom were in Section 11.

"What are you doing here?"

"Come and take the criminals to the prison. Some of the tried prisoners here were originally going to be sent there, but they have been put on hold because of this matter. Let me introduce to you, this is the most beautiful little girl in our team. Ye Jiao, she is just 24 this year, and she was admitted to the Business School the year before last."

Niya took a look and saw that she was indeed a pretty girl with exquisite facial features, but her expression was a bit cold and she seemed not easy to get close to.

"This is my friend Nia."

"Hello!"

Ye Jiao just said hello casually, and Niya hummed, but soon Niya looked over there angrily, seeing more and more people coming out of the house and starting to grab food. Chaos arose, and no one stopped it, and some guys who looked like mutants just took some and left.

In less than a few minutes, there was not only chaos on the street, but also a fight. Niya still didn’t know the reason, and she didn’t know why Congress would provide them with food. Their behavior constituted a serious crime. This was not just one or two people. The sentence "Because I am too poor to open the pot" can be explained.

Such an approach not only made Niya feel puzzled and shocked, but also the officers at the blockade were dissatisfied. Last night, people inside kept throwing the bodies of the officers on the street, and The tragic situation of the hostages who were rescued last night, but the method of delivering food to them today made many people feel unusually angry.

Everything in front of them stung everyone's heart. Many staff members raised their guns in their hands and acted extremely excited. At this time, some staff members couldn't help but shoot into the sky. Those who were still grabbing food The local residents were startled, but soon they started looting.

After a while, the full amount of food had been taken away by people who kept coming one after another. Many people looked very happy.

In the fight just now, someone was injured, and he walked towards the business department.

"Help me, adults, I'm feeling a little uncomfortable."

The man was holding his abdomen, and the staff outside the blockade were indifferent. At this time, Niya jumped down, picked up the man, and jumped up.

"Explain your crimes properly."

"I'm not involved my lord, really, I'm not involved."

Niya still took this man to the hospital.

"That guy seems pretty good."

Ye Jiao, who was waiting for the prisoner to be escorted over, said something, and Li Ang smiled and nodded.

"Only the truly strong can do this."

Li Ang said with emotion, he felt that the gap between him and Niya was getting bigger and bigger, and he also knew that it was not an option for him to continue to hang out like this. A place like the prison department was basically no different from departments in other places, and the most important thing was There was no fighting spirit at all, Ye Jiao seemed to see what Li Ang was thinking.

"Actually, I think many of the things you proposed are quite reasonable, Brother Li Ang!"

Li Ang smiled and shook his head.

"Girl, thank you."

Niya looked at the man in front of her with a ruptured internal organ. He had saved his life after emergency surgery. He still needed to be hospitalized for a while. People from Department 2 had already arrived.

"When you feel better, tell them everything you know."

The man on the hospital bed looked at the member of Department 2 sitting next to him with a serious expression, and continued to say that he had not participated in any commotion.

Niya ignored the man. She saw clearly that when this man attacked others, he was knocked to the ground and beaten severely by others.

After Niya walked out of the ward, she planned to go back to rest for a while. She basically hadn't slept a wink in the past two days. No one knew what would happen next. What was certain was that this matter would not end in a short time.

January 19, 2246

Niya got up early in the morning and ran outside the blockade. Everything in the city was fine. In the past few days, Congress has taken a lot of measures one after another. For people who have no food at home, Congress has begun to directly ask the acting department. The people delivered the food.

Over the past two days, Niya has come here every day to observe the situation in the blocked area. It has become a mess. Looking at the red light getting closer and closer to the horizon, the food rations for the new day have been delivered again. Every time The daily food distribution is based on the number of people recorded in the area. However, many people have come to the blockade for help. Everyone who ran out said they did not participate in the riot.

Niya also noticed that the men of the wise men in the area did not stop those who wanted to leave the area. Many people were arrested by the people of Section 2 as soon as they came out.

Sure enough, as soon as the food landed, everyone started grabbing it. The temperature is getting colder and colder. It is now 12 noon, but Niya still feels the biting cold wind blowing on her face, because the temperature in many bottom areas is only About 3 degrees.

The cold is like a double-edged sword. No one knows which way the sword will tilt. The city has become settled due to the cold and the successive humanized actions of the people in the business department. Those who wanted to be independent before The district began to become chaotic.

Niya didn't understand why the guys inside didn't care about this. Many people had to run out because they couldn't get food, but today Niya figured it out.

Those poor and weak people who can't even grab food will only become a burden in the region, or even an unstable and rebellious factor, so the wise want to eliminate them naturally.

Although there are such people every day, they are only a minority. Most people seem to be getting more and more confident because Congress sends food and water every day, which is the best for them.

Gene has disappeared these days. Niya doesn't know where he has gone. There are many things she wants to ask him. Then Niya gets up and plans to go to Su Xin's house to ask that boy, that wise man. Grandson, he is not as innocent a child as he appears, and no one knows what kind of agreement he reached with Jean that day.

Xiao happily came to Su Xin's home. There were bursts of laughter inside. Le Wen and his wife were talking about something, while Ran Zai was listening quietly. They had just had lunch.

"Hey, how's it going, kid."

After Niya walked in, Ran Zai stood up with a smile and said hello to Niya. Then Niya directly put her arms around his neck and pulled him outside. Ran Zai was trembling.

"What's wrong?"

"Kid, do you know where Jean is?"

The smile on Ran Zai's cheek disappeared, he shook his head, but said in a positive tone.

"You should stay alone, or talk to someone you know well."

"Why are you so sure?"

Ran Zai laughed.

"Perhaps you know better than me what he will do."

Niya hummed, but she was not sure yet, her expression was full of suspicion.

2 o'clock in the afternoon

Gene stood quietly at the door of Hawke's house. He jumped upstairs, and Hawke came up within a few minutes.

"It's cold in here, come inside."

The two of them went directly to the original tavern on the first floor. It was also very cold here, but it was much better than outside. Hawke turned on the oven and stretched out his hands on the oven to keep warm.

"Tian Ai fell asleep."

Gene hummed.

"If you come here, just show that you want to talk to me about something, Gene."

Hawke's voice became normal, he was no longer weird, and his behavior was no longer awkward.

"There are indeed some things that make me feel unexpected and the current problems."

Seeing Gene's distressed look, Hawke smiled and took out two bottles of wine from the counter behind him and threw one to Gene.

"Just tell me and I'll listen!"

Jean first talked about Ran Zai and a strange agreement, but did not say the content of the agreement.

"What can a child who grows up in such an environment be like? It's not too late for Jean to take more care of this child. Maybe one day in the future, the darkness in his heart can be driven away."

"Is it really possible?"

Hawk said with a smile.

"I don't know. After all, I am me and he is him. How to teach him is your business, or how to guide him little by little is your responsibility. Gene, you can always lead people to the right path. It’s the way to go, just let it go and do it.”

Gene hummed, and Hawk looked at Gene worriedly. He probably knew what Gene was hesitating about now.

"What are you going to do with the 11 blocked districts?"

"What do you think?"

Hawke laughed, then stood up, took off his waistband, unscrewed the bottle and took a sip.

"If it were me before, I would have given them a chance, only one chance, even a second chance, but definitely not a third chance."

Gene unscrewed the wine and drank a bottle of wine in one gulp, then lit a cigarette and looked at the fire, his face full of bitterness.

"If you want to do the same thing as in the past, let me give you a piece of advice Gene, don't look back, don't think about anything. These are not things you should consider. This is what you should consider as a human being. As Gene A human being, not a god named Jean!"

Gene stood up, his expression became cold, he turned around and walked towards the door of the tavern, and then said with a smile.

"Thanks Hawke, for reminding me of something!"

Hawk nodded and hummed. The door of the tavern was punched, and the biting cold wind rushed in. Hawk couldn't help shivering. He pressed his forehead in annoyance, walked over and closed the door. Maybe she shouldn't give Ji En suggested, and if Jean doesn't take action, people from the Business Department will have to take action, and people from the Business Department will take action, which means more costly casualties, because those six guys are not born to kill. Let them do it. They themselves reject this kind of thing and are reluctant to do so.

But Gene is different. Hawke has known Gene for more than a century. He is familiar with everything about Gene. Gene has two sides, he can be like the warm breeze in spring, or he can be like the biting cold wind in winter.

The establishment of the Brilliant City in the past was achieved with countless blood and sacrifices. Hawke often thought about what would happen if he stood in Jean's position, but he didn't dare to think about it because he couldn't do what Jean did. , and does not have the strong heart of Jean.

January 25, 2246

On the 25th day without artificial sun illumination, the whole city came to a standstill. Occasionally, some business people walked through the streets, but they were already shivering from the cold. The temperature had already reached below zero, and some ice crystals could be seen everywhere on the streets. Snowflakes would fall from the sky from time to time, and the temperature was still plummeting at an unstoppable speed.

Brilliant City seemed to have died, becoming lifeless. Occasionally there would be people passing by on the streets, but not many. Only at noon when the temperature was slightly higher every day, would there be people. Everyone would consciously come out to receive food rations.

The situation in the 11 blocked districts is still the same. Every day when the lift comes down, someone will come out to take away the food.

Ran Zhi was wrapped in a blanket, and the windows in the room were covered with cloth, but it was still very cold. Tom went out to get food now. Ran Zhi looked at the time, it was already the 25th, and there were still a few days before formal negotiations could begin. Yes, Ran Zhi has felt as if his head is not working properly in the past few days because of the cold.

However, Zhi found that most of the cadres seemed to have reached their limit. In the dark month, the city seemed to be dead.

"It'll be fine if you just have to endure it for a while longer, right, Xiaozai."

Ran Zhi looked at his shivering grandson on the sofa not far away and showed a warm smile.

Ran Zhi's consciousness was a little blurry at this time, and his eyes became more and more chaotic. Gradually, Ran Zhi looked at the ceiling dully.

"What on earth am I doing here? What am I doing? By the way, I seem to be waiting for my wife to come back."

Ran Zhi murmured to himself, and at this time the door to the room was opened, and Tom walked in with food. Seeing Ran Zhi fall to the ground, he ran over in panic.

"Wise man, wake up, wake up."

Looking at the pale wise man, Tom panicked, and he immediately ran out of the office with the wise man in his arms.