Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

5:03 am

Ye Chunwang pressed his temples tiredly. In front of him was a list of various crops compiled by the directors. He had to go through it in person. When the sun starts tomorrow, crops with larger gaps need to be planted first.

It has been a long time since I have experienced such severe cold. In my memory, ever since the sun touched this land, the temperature has never dropped below 0 degrees. The low temperature in the past month has been almost devastating to the cultivation of crops.

Fortunately, it only lasted for a month. In the past few days, all planting areas had been urgently sampled and inspected. The activity of the soil had been destroyed by the severe cold. At the lowest temperature, the temperature dropped to minus 29 degrees. This was something Ye Chunwang had never thought of. Yes, if it continues for another half month, the severe cold will cause irreversible damage to the land.

Because the land in Bright City is artificially cultivated high-nutrient soil, nutrient supplements need to be added at any time to enable the multiplied crops to have relatively strong growth. Nowadays, crops are controlled to 4 to 5 crops a year, basically. It is harmless, but the countless thin tubes of special materials that supply nutrients underground have been damaged.

Even though the soil will gradually regain its activity as the temperature rises, if nutrients are not adequately supplied, the soil will die over time.

The agricultural base has suffered very serious losses after fires caused by prison riots in the past, mainly due to damage to the special gelatin underground. These thin gelatin tubes that carry the soil are very troublesome to arrange underground. But now the bases for several major crops have to be rearranged and repaired.

Fortunately, AI is now such a convenient tool. After the damage has been continuously reported these days, based on AI calculations, it can be determined how much needs to be repaired. Some factories have begun to intensively produce this nutrient tonight. With the supply pipe in place, repair work can begin at dawn.

A large number of industrial machinery and equipment that have been dormant in the past will be directly transformed into working machinery from the mechanical templates sent by the industrial association early tomorrow morning. Ye Chunwang plans to complete the repairs within a month.

In the next few years, there will be no shortage of labor in the Agriculture Department. A list of nearly 1 million people has been sent to the Agriculture Department. Those who did not come out in the occupied areas will be punished. In Ye Chunwang's view, this punishment is relatively light. Now, they will come to the Agriculture Department in batches. Based on the results of the investigation, they will be punished with a minimum of one year and a maximum of 10 years of working in the Agriculture Department, but they will be given the minimum salary of 500 yuan per month.

Then they were unable to leave the area where they lived. What Ye Chunwang was most worried about was eviction, but this time there was no eviction. Only those who were unwilling to stay in the city could choose to go to the barrier area on their own.

Restoring agricultural productivity as quickly as possible is the current top priority. In the next few months, with the resumption of work, the food crisis will gradually come. Although relying on liquid food can slow down the impact, Ye Chunwang knows very well that this Eating too much liquid food is harmful to the body.

Ye Chunwang looked at the dense list of food categories and continued to sift through it. Natasha and Clark led the directors to be busy. Now the heaviest burden is on their 12th department.

The pressure from all business departments is concentrated here. Crops are the raw materials for many things in the city, including clothing, food, housing, and transportation. They determine whether the city can resume work smoothly, which is very important to many people.

Ye Chunwang has been thinking about an issue these days, the planting plan of the agricultural base in the abandoned barrier area. However, if the consumption of artificial sun increases, the light and shadow materials will decrease sharply. This is a very difficult problem. question.

The glimmer of hope that finally appeared before was destroyed by the armed forces in the barrier area, causing the plan to go bankrupt. This plan has now been forgotten. It is basically impossible to implement it again. The city's economy is not good. Allowed.

Therefore, what Ye Chunwang thinks about most now is to find ways to cultivate a cold-resistant and stable crop. Barrier areas will still be a big problem in the future, but this problem is difficult to solve. The only way is to let the light shine on the barrier areas and let the land grow crops. Only in the future can urban problems be greatly improved.

The most discussed issue in the business department recently is the issue of power change. Ye Chunwang has never asked about it because he knows very well that he can no longer retire and must guard this fragile land. This land is bright. It is the last guarantee for human beings in the city. If something goes wrong, Brilliant City will fall into a very dangerous situation.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and the door of the room was pushed open. A puff of smoke floated in, and Gene walked in with a smile.

"Lord Jean!"

Everyone in the office stood up and Gene waved his hand.

"Xiaoye, take a rest!"

Ye Chunwang hummed, walked out of the office, and went directly to the cultivation experiment hall on the ground with Jean. Ye Chunwang tiredly took off his uniform and placed it casually on the ground.

"Sorry!"

Ye Chunwang glanced at Jean, smiled and shook his head.

"Gene, your decision is interesting, and I fully support you this time."

Gene looked at Ye Chunwang with some surprise, and he said with a smile.

"That girl is not from the elite system, but grew up running in this city. I think maybe her appointment will bring some vitality to this city, and different winds will blow in."

Gene hummed.

"I'll help you with your research after I finish handling some things. By the way, I'll also visit the prison department often."

Ye Chunwang glanced at Jean, and immediately realized that he wanted to be close to Alpha, Jean's most outstanding student, and the most difficult thing for Jean to let go of.

"How about talking to her?"

Gene smiled and blew out a puff of smoke.

"maybe!"

Ye Chunwang laughed helplessly.

"Aren't you going to say anything?"

"She didn't ask anything!"

Ye Chunwang patted Gene on the back.

"That guy Hawke is much better now. I went to see him for a drink some time ago. Those of us who have been working for this city for almost 100 years, watching this city grow from scratch, it is really obvious many times. "

"Find a successor Xiao Ye that you think is suitable, as long as you think he can do it."

Ye Chunwang hummed, he knew what Jean meant.

"What about you? You will always be the only one in Section 13."

Gene shook his head.

"It's enough for me alone. There's no need for other people to get involved and bear things that humans simply can't bear."

Ye Chunwang sighed.

"Find a companion, Jean. If one day you meet the girl you like, as long as the other party is willing, I think..."

"Are you still mentioning this kind of thing? Xiaoye, don't you plan to let your children enter the business department?"

Ye Chunwang shook his head.

"They can do whatever they like. I won't force them to come in. After all, this place can easily get sucked into the whirlpool and be unable to extricate itself."

The two quietly looked at the Agriculture Department, which was already busy. Carloads of workers had been transported, and they would immediately start working under the command of the 12th Department personnel.

"Gene, I will always remember what Ellie said, so I have only one criterion for selecting a successor. If you look at it in the long run, your approach may have lost to Ellie."

Gene looked at Ye Chunwang blankly, with a spring-like smile on his face. This was the reason why Ellie gave him this name at that time.

"Am I not a living example?"

Gene pressed the brim of his hat, his eyes darkened, and he nodded.

"If I ever plan to retire one day, that's what I'll do."

"I hope so. Find a child who runs freely in this city, a child who faces the sun. Only such a person can change the city. A child who is as warm as the sun does not need to be too strong or too strong. It's okay to be too good as long as his starting point is good, because in the past you always told me that if you don't understand something, just ask the children."

Ye Chunwang said as he walked to Gene's side and picked up his uniform. He planned to go back to work.

"The world is actually very simple, Jean. If you look at it with simple vision, the world is simple. But now many people are looking at the world with complex vision, so the world they see is complicated. complicated."

Looking at Ye Chunwang leaving, Jean walked slowly. After leaving the experimental crop breeding base, Jean looked at the brightly lit city. It was indeed as Ye Chunwang said, everything was actually very simple. From here, it seemed, The city is not far away, emitting light, and most of the city can be seen.

Gene walked slowly on the road beside the fields. He had not walked like this for a long time. The city will face greater challenges in the next step. No one can continue as usual, and nothing remains unchanged.

There is only one problem that Jean is thinking about now. The elites they trained now seem to have failed. The city's problems are still serious, but the only good thing is that they have laid the foundation for the city's continued development.

The biggest problem that Bright City will face next is the aging of the population. How many people will be needed to support the city's continued development in the future is a big question. Now that more fertility quotas have been opened, there will be more in the future. More children are born.

If children are born and see the same city as in the past, then the problems will continue into the future, and the only time to make changes is now.

This time, Niya was chosen as the chief of Section 5. Jean was actually a little worried, because the city could no longer afford to gamble. It had experienced major changes again and again over the years, and the city was in danger.

Will the next era be better? Gene has asked himself countless times, and he himself cannot give any answers. Every era has its own answers, and the answers may be very different, but there may be the slightest difference. This era has given the worst s answer.

What will happen to the seeds planted now will happen in the future? Gene has to continue to watch these seeds take root and sprout, and finally whether they can thrive, again and again.

"When will it be the first time? Ellie."

Jean knew very well that the reason why they were still standing here was to be responsible for the remaining humans. This was what they had to do. If nothing was done, the humans on this land might have perished long ago.

When they felt that everything could be left to humans, Gene and a few other guys planned to leave, because they could always feel a strange force attracting them, which may be the reason why they look like this now .

That power is always echoing, and this feeling gives them a sense of belonging. That may be their final destination. This may also be the biggest mystery in the universe. As scientists in the past, they naturally want to Have to see it with your own eyes.

Humanity is now fully capable of leaving here and conducting alien exploration and colonization. Brilliant City also has the technology to lead to the future, which was entrusted to Jean by his teacher Weiner more than two hundred years ago. Quantum physics propulsion technology is very mature, but at present it can only continue to allow cities to develop.

At present, if you want to carry out interstellar travel, you must break this cage. The material wrapped around the outside of this planet is still being investigated, and there is still no way to find a breakthrough. However, when humans have to leave this planet one day, They have the ability to break through these enveloping materials.

Gene withdrew his thoughts. Now he didn't want to think about these too far and complicated issues. He just walked on the road relaxedly, planning to wait for the sun to rise and take a good look at the city.

They have been in darkness for a month, which is nothing compared to the past. They once stayed in the dark underground for more than half a year. Gene smiled slightly, and the woman in his memory, Laika, resurfaced.

"Perhaps we should have taken her away by force at that time."

Jean pressed his forehead, feeling a little annoyed. This was the most painful memory in the past. That resolute and courageous woman chose to stay in the dark underground at the last moment because there were things there that she couldn't worry about. .

At that time, Jean and the others did not realize that they had such power in their bodies. At that time, their bodies were changing little by little. It was not until they came to this land that they noticed something strange.

6 a.m. sharp

Jean closed his eyes, with a hint of red under his eyes. The next second Jean opened his eyes, the whole city was covered with red light. Gradually, the red color faded, and Jean showed a smile, slightly He raised his head and looked at the radiant artificial sun in the sky.

"Good morning, Ellie!"