Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

Dang Dang Dang

In the dark night, the bell rang, and the people who were still jubilating on the street stopped. The crowd began to gradually subside, and everyone invariably looked in the direction where the bell gradually became clearer.

Gradually, the human voices began to disappear, and the bells became clearer and clearer, beating rhythmically. There was only one place that could emit such clear and crisp bells, which was the Bell Tower Square outside the headquarters of Section 1 on the middle floor.

This sound appears every New Year, and can be heard even from the edge of the city. The ringing of the bell heralds the arrival of the new year. However, this year's festival did not come as scheduled. The extinguishing of the sun made everyone sink into into the darkness.

At 4 o'clock in the morning, there are still two hours before the sun rises. People standing on the cold streets unconsciously look towards the place where the bell is ringing. According to the custom of Bright City, the bell will ring one more every year until The hammering is over, and this year happens to be the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Bright City.

January 1, 2146, was the day when Brilliant City was officially established. The gods integrated all the forces on this land, and based on the highest peak on this land, Brilliant City was officially established.

This bell tower was also built a century ago. The bell sound is steady and powerful, as if it has spanned from the past to the present. The bell is still ringing, and it seems particularly clear and distant in such a silent night, as if it is telling something, many. Everyone was silent.

100 years is neither long nor short. For humans in the past, these 100 years were very long. After experiencing countless wars and famines, humans finally established a decent land in the decades after the end. For today's humans, 100 years may be fleeting.

Everyone was waiting silently for the bell to ring, and some people spontaneously observed silence. Congress has still not given a clear explanation of this incident, but it is certain that many people died.

The bloody conflict was inevitable. After several hours of gunfire, everyone knew what happened. According to the latest news, reporters were blocked outside and could only interview some officials from the peripheral departments. No one knows what happened to the 11 occupied districts.

News about this incident has been completely blocked. Everyone is waiting for more specific instructions, but they are more worried about whether the artificial sun will be able to light up the city tomorrow as promised.

The headquarters of Division 1, located next to the Bell Tower Square, was brightly lit at this time. Most of the businessmen were here, waiting to apply for a new round of qualification certificates. Most of them were food-related businessmen.

King Xue stood quietly in the office, facing the square, holding a glass of wine in his hand, and the big clock was still beating. Today's qualifications are issued very quickly, because this is a special season, and the review of some items has been reduced. standard.

Julia sat quietly aside. She was still busy in front of the light and shadow screen, planning to write her resignation letter.

"Are you really not considering it?"

King Xue asked, and Julia shook her head. For her, things and people here have changed. Although she knew this was inevitable, Julia had thought about this issue from the first day when the business department was established. , what will it be like when you retire.

Julia had fantasized about the outcome countless times, but each time it was just a fantasy. With enthusiasm and dreams, they devoted themselves to the business department with only one purpose: to manage the city well and make the city better. However, What happened was contrary to expectations. Everything now was far different from what had been discussed in school countless times in the past, maybe not even one tenth.

Julia is very aware that she is a very emotional person. Every time some major problems arise, she feels very sad, especially as big problems break out again and again, and they can only run exhausted and finally look at the past relationship. The good classmates fell apart, and finally retreated one by one. Until Alpha left, Julia felt unprecedentedly uncomfortable.

Julia could no longer stay in this place. She had discussed this issue with King Xue before this incident started, but King Xue just kept delaying it. Until today, Julia could no longer bear it. She wanted to Leave this place that makes her sad.

"Sorry!"

Julia said, King Xue took off his glasses, put them aside, looked back at Julia, and took a sip of wine.

"It's me who should apologize, Julia. You've done a good job over the years, but sometimes things get beyond what we can handle and get worse. No one wants things to get that bad." It’s terrible, but there is no other way. People cannot fight against the times. Once they are involved in the torrent of the times, no one can survive alone.”

King Xue said with emotion, walked to Julia, and filled her with wine.

"What about you? What are you going to do? The coming times will only be full of difficulties, aren't you tired?"

King Xue sat down slightly tiredly.

"It's very tiring. There are too many things to handle every day, but someone has to handle them. Instead of leaving them to those without talent, I might as well do it myself."

Julia laughed. King Xue was still the same. He was perhaps the person with the strongest sense of responsibility among all his classmates. In order to nationalize the medical industry, he almost devoted all his efforts and finally completed the move to nationalize the medical industry. .

King Xue is perhaps the most capable person in the field of work besides Alpha, and to this day, he is still working hard and has not retreated because of fatigue or the times that are about to worsen in the future.

"Originally, I wanted you to go to Section 5, Julia."

Julia shook her head.

"Fifth subject? Don't be kidding me. I'm not that kind of person, but what happened to those two children is really surprising and shocking."

King Xue's face darkened a little. He did not agree with Jean's approach. Let's not mention Michelle. Her ability was obvious to all. King Xue originally hoped to let Michelle come to the 1st Department as Julia's successor. The person became the secretary of Section 1, but the gods had already issued the order.

Michelle is now the official secretary of Section 5. She handles everything currently in Section 5 independently, and her work efficiency is very high. In just a few hours after the war, she has already handled important tasks that need to be handed over to each section. Things were sorted out.

This kind of processing power, which is like a sophisticated humanoid machine, cannot be found in the bright city. King Xue doesn't know what the next era will be like, but what is certain is that it is impossible to predict.

Times will become more and more changing, especially when Niya becomes the section chief of Section 5. Basically, most people in the Executive Section are opposed to it, and the benefits of doing so are also relatively large.

First of all, Niya is a member of the Angus family, and most of the citizens have seen everything the Angus family has done for the city over the years. This is why they can continue to be the richest family in Brilliant City. For this reason, the people unknowingly responded to their kindness to the Angus family with practical actions in their daily lives.

The second point is that Niya’s sister Alpha was once the section chief of Section 5, and many of the things Niya has dealt with over the years have become the talk of many middle- and lower-class people on the streets, especially her relationship with gang leaders. The fight that lasted for several months added a beautiful color to her.

This seemed a bit incredible to King Xue. This child who had always caused trouble in the past could subtly receive so much support. In King Xue's opinion, the probability of this happening was almost zero.

"I think this girl Niya will one day become the mainstay of this city."

King Xue looked at Julia with a smile on his face with some surprise.

"It's surprising, isn't it? Because everything she does has only one starting point, goodwill! This is the reason why many people can accept Niya nowadays. It is not the labels of the past, the disobedient second son of the Angus family. Daughter, Alpha’s naughty sister, these labels are no longer useful to her, you must have used AI.”

King Xue hummed. He had indeed used AI to conduct a large-scale survey of almost the entire city. The person who talked about the 5 subjects the most was Niya.

Some topics related to Niya were discussed the most in the city. In front of these data, King Xue felt very surprised and shocked.

"What on earth did we get into?"

King Xue smiled helplessly. The matter has become a foregone conclusion. We can only wait and see what kind of action the girl will take in the future. But there is another thing that surprised King Xue. Michelle should not act in 13 Ke has been waiting for a long time, and the position of a 5.5 executive officer is simply tailor-made for her.

"The future may not be as difficult as you think, and the business department will become a whole."

Julia smiled and nodded.

"I hope so!"

This has been said for many years. The Xingke Branch needs to form a complete whole to be able to manage all aspects of the city. However, over the years, almost all the Xingxing Branch has never been unified on many things. Alpha has worked hard, but everything There have been subtle changes.

Although the gods have not yet announced that Niya will become the chief of Section 5, they probably want to wait until the city's resumption of work is completed before announcing it. After all, the pain period of resumption of work will come soon. This is a long-term decision. Not a short period of time.

King Xue can basically imagine that during this period, many people should be in despair, and Niya's succession can bring some hope to these desperate people. I believe this is brought by the Angus family. It was brought by Alpha at the same time.

"Let's wait and see!"

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4:10

The last bell ended, the reverberating sound gradually dissipated, the human voice began to come back again, the crowd began to get excited again, and it would be dawn in less than 2 hours.

A lift slowly landed on Angus' lawn, and Ling Hong carried Niya out. Niya looked extremely tired.

"Mom, get me something to eat and drink."

Niya shouted as soon as she entered the room, but the next second Niya was surprised to see that the house was full of people, including most of the uncles and uncles from the Angus family, as well as her classmates. Suli was sitting with her mother. , the two looked at themselves with smiles.

"This is what you are."

"Congratulations Nia!"

Waves of applause rang out, and Niya was a little overwhelmed for a moment. She didn't expect that everyone in the family knew about it. Niya smiled helplessly, and Ling Hong took her directly to her mother.

"I'm leaving Nia."

"Let's have a drink together?"

Ling Hong shook her head.

"You should finish your meal quickly and take a rest. There will be more things to do in Section 5 tomorrow."

The room was very lively, and the food that had been prepared was brought directly to the table. Niya, who was starving, wolfed it down. Although Niya was a little excited in her heart, the excitement was fleeting, and more Is at a loss.

Suddenly, he became the section chief of Section 5. What to do next was a big problem, and Niya also heard on the way here that the secretary of Section 5 was Michelle, which made Nia feel even more uncomfortable. Because she and Michelle already disagreed on many things.

Niya also considered this on the way back, but she didn't know when she would officially enter Section 5 and become the section chief. Niya wanted to wait for a few days to finish her work, then go home and rest for a while.

"Tell me what you think, girl!"

Su Li asked. At this time, everyone in the room looked at Niya. Niya scratched her head and her expression became serious.

"Just take it one step at a time. One day, I may be dismissed from my post and investigated."

Violet pinched Nia's cheek.

"Don't say such things."

"Mom, I will do a good job, at least not worse than my sister."

Su Li nodded with satisfaction, then stood up and spoke.

"We have already discussed that once you become the section chief of Section 5, there will be an aid fund for Section 5 from the Angus family, our Su family, and the families of your classmates. This amount is 2 billion. Think carefully about how to spend this money to build Section 5."

Niya looked at Su Li in shock and swallowed.

"2 billion, are you kidding me?"

Everyone knows that even if the public supports Niya, rumors about Niya becoming the section chief have spread within the executive department. Some people are very resistant and repulsive, and there will be many people who want to embarrass Niya. , and this money is enough for Niya to solve most of the problems.

At least no one within Section 5 will have trouble with Niya. After all, 2 billion is not a small amount. If this money is distributed to every member of the department, it will already be not a small amount. No one will have trouble with money.

"Is it really okay? What if I lose all the money? Also, if you have something to do with me today and come to me with something tomorrow, should I help or not? After all, I have taken advantage of others. ."

Su Li laughed.

"You know it, girl, but you can rest assured. We are all law-abiding citizens. If the city's economic market is benign, it will be better for each other's business, but if it is malignant, it will affect our business. Economy, get everything in order in the city, that’s why you’re here.”

Niya hummed and stood up unsteadily.

"Thank you, thank you all, thank you!"

Violet hugged Nia, who was about to fall, and held her tightly in her arms.

"It'll be fine. I'm sorry, Niya. Mom, go over there."

Niya shook her head without saying a word, tears welling up again.