Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

April 1, 2251

Just after 2 am

Lewen looked at the green crystal material in front of him. It felt soft in his hand, but with just a slight exertion, the thing would harden and be a little prickly.

Three months of research finally showed its results. Le Wen had finally figured out the characteristics of this biological substance, but the research was still in its early stages. It did have the effect of restoring dead cells, but this effect is now It's impossible to say for sure yet, as the numbers fluctuate high and low.

Lewen rarely goes to the company now, because both studies have made very big breakthroughs, and in the future, he only needs to continue to improve the unstable aspects of the technology.

Lewen has focused on this thing he named innovative biomass. Just a few days ago, the research has achieved certain results. Lewen put the biomass into a storage box and planned to go to sleep. .

Today is his daughter's birthday. Le Wen invited nearby neighbors and his cousin's family to hold a grand birthday party for his daughter. It will be very busy early tomorrow morning.

Le Wen tiptoed upstairs, but when he passed his wife's room, the door opened.

"Why aren't you asleep yet, Lele?"

Su Xin glanced back behind her. Le Wen looked at her daughter who was sleeping soundly on the bed, smiled and hugged her wife. Su Xin's eyes were a little worried at this time, thinking that he didn't know what her husband was secretly studying at night. Su Xin thought that her husband was secretly studying at night. She was conducting research on the company, but gradually she discovered that what her husband was researching had nothing to do with the company.

"It's fine."

"You always say it's okay, don't do those dangerous things."

Su Xin reminded, Le Wen hummed, and the two came to Le Wen's room. It had been a long time since they had been alone together. Since the birth of their daughter, the couple's alone time had decreased a lot.

Su Xin has to look after her children all the time, while Le Wen has nothing to do except cooking and doing housework, which is basically research.

What Su Xin is worried about is not Le Wen's research, but who Le Wen seems to be in contact with recently. Su Xin knows about Ran Zai, but there is another guy who asks people to bring small notes to her husband from time to time, and her husband It seems that he didn't talk to the people in the business department.

"Why don't you tell Mr. Jean."

Su Xin said something, and Le Wen hesitated. Gene may indeed be a trustworthy person, but from the establishment of the company to the research all the way, Le Wen became slightly wary of Jean.

It is true that Jean helped a lot when the company was established, but then everyone in the company fell into a situation of being fully monitored by Section 2. Although Jean came several times after that, he did nothing or said nothing.

Another thing that makes Levin feel a little uncomfortable is that Gene is a member of the management team, and has been for a long time.

"Well, I will have a good talk with Mr. Jean when he comes next time."

Lewen still nodded. Although he felt a little repelled in his heart, he didn't want his wife to be so worried, and if he told Jean, maybe Jean would help.

It's not that Le Wen doesn't want to trust Shi Ke, but over the years, they have always used lies to cover up everything, and Le Wen's trust in Shi Ke has become less and less.

At this time, accompanied by a burst of crying, Su Xin hurriedly got up and ran out, and Le Wen also followed. Her daughter woke up, Le Wen smiled irritably, and then waited for her daughter to fall asleep again, then returned to his room to sleep. .

Le Wen was a little unable to sleep. There was another reason why he didn't want to tell Gene.

Le Wen also confirmed something repeatedly. X only wants to see the birth of new technology, which is the same as himself.

4 a.m.

The lights in Lewen's room finally went out, and he fell asleep. At this time, at the top of a house in the distance, X stood quietly, looking at the woman in front of him, the clone Lolita, who was half sitting , pressing her knees with one hand, raising the corners of her mouth slightly, Lolita's hair was fluttering in the breeze.

X didn't know who the guy in front of him was. It seemed like a ghost was possessing Lolita, but it was obviously not a ghost.

"I've done what you told me to do."

Lolita nodded, exuding a black aura, but no one could see it, and X's mechanical eyes could only see the flowing air around Lolita.

"Don't you think it's great Dr. X?"

X is a little surprised, but this guy has read all his memories, and what he can do has subverted X's understanding of the world.

"Have you ever thought about why your plan for world unification failed in the past two centuries?"

X laughed helplessly.

"You must be the creature that fell in a bucket with that asteroid."

Lolita didn't refute, she stood up and looked at X and said.

"I am doing all this for myself, and you are the same. Go and help that hospital as much as possible. The future requires struggle, and struggle requires capital, and if capital is not piled up from now on , there will be no struggle in the future.”

"What exactly are you?"

X asked, and Lolita laughed.

"What do you think! You should have heard Wiener's classification of life forms at the World Expo a long time ago, right?"

X looked at Lolita in front of him in horror. He stood up, and a bright white halo like an ouroboros appeared in front of his eyes. Lolita stepped in, and the halo disappeared instantly, and the little light particles fell slowly and disappeared. in the air.

"The ninth level life form!"

Thousands of electric currents seemed to flash through X's head. He knew very clearly that the facts of what Weiner had said were right in front of him, and then X burst out laughing.

Although X didn't know what that thing wanted to do, he understood one thing. He could see what was at the bottom of the abyss.

Many of the research plans that X provided to Le Wen were told to him by this guy.

The same is true for Le Wen today. If he can succeed in research, then this technology will change everything.

No one will stand still now. X knows that Lewen will succeed because he is very similar to his past self and has an almost fanatical attitude towards science.

X planned to wait a few years to seal up this memory, and would only wake it up at the right time. He looked back at the Capitol Hill with the light still shining behind him. It was true that the business had changed now, but no matter what they did Only collapse after collapse awaits the city's fate.

Because the whole city is filled with too many lies, X knows very well what lies will bring. No matter what kind of lie, there will always be a day when it is exposed, and when the lie is exposed, those who are twisted in the lie will Things that grow up will rush out one after another, drowning everything.

Countless lies in the past will only accumulate, and even if these lies have passed, X can't know what they will eventually cause.

In the past, the disasters in the human world were caused by the accumulation of countless lies. In the end, the arrival of the asteroid was just an opportunity to expose these countless lies. If all countries had cooperated from the beginning, mankind would not have spent two centuries in a dark world. .

This is the best punishment for human beings, but human beings are creatures that do not listen to persuasion and are always repeating the tragedies of history.

X came down from the roof, became invisible, and walked on the streets on the ground floor at night. After so many years, the ground floor was still the same as before, without much change. X thought of Eddie and the Wise Man again.

Both of these two people wanted to make the city go where they wanted in their own way, but they both failed. Now Frye is the same, although he is still hesitating, but Frye and the other two different.

During the time spent with Frye, X could clearly feel that Frye was a pure idealist. X had seen many such guys, but many of them ended up rewriting history.

X himself is considered a semi-idealist, but now he is closer to realism. That Lewen is also an idealist. In his philosophy, science should be a product that helps human beings overcome such difficulties, rather than It is a product that changes human life.

But this is often the reality. In the past, science has caused huge disasters on a global scale countless times, among which the disasters to human society are the most serious.

The change of science and technology will always be accompanied by drastic changes in human society, and many people who cannot adapt to such changes may be crushed by such drastic changes if they hesitate to move forward between these changes.

The younger generation feels that the older generation is old-fashioned, but the older generation, who were once accused by young people of being old-fashioned and ignorant of the benefits of the latest technology, still feel that the older generation is old-fashioned when they are young. Human society is like a matryoshka doll of the same type, changing layer by layer. Big, but the essence remains the same.

Such a strange cycle will continue the cycle of human society. At this time,

The meaning of tireless work is to create a better life, because the times are changing, and past efforts are not enough to support the changed life. Only by working harder can we survive, but little do we know that this class has solidified In this era, no matter how hard you try, you will never be able to keep up with the changes of the times.

To what extent will the era develop and at what stage will it stop? Come down.

"As long as human desires still exist, time will never stop."

6 a.m.

The first ray of light pierced the darkness, and the red light covered the city. Tianhen quietly took Xima, and the two left the southern guard station. The officers behind them stood upright, looking at the two with respect. People leave.

"Where on earth are you going?"

Tianhen said with a smile.

"Just take a slow walk with me."

Tian Hen has been the section chief of Section 3 for two months. Section 3 has undergone earth-shaking changes. After entering the street, many eyes immediately came over. Tian Hen did not pay attention. The personnel of Section 5 patrolling the street saw When they arrived, they immediately stood at attention and bowed.

Xima didn't know where Tian Hen was going. After Tian Hen wandered around the streets leisurely for a while, he took Xima to a small shop to have something to eat. The boss was very enthusiastic.

Tianhen used to come to these shops with his father from time to time when he was a child. The bosses were very nice.

"You and I are both on vacation for a week starting today. Tomorrow you and I will go to my sister's place."

Xima hummed. She had no good place to go now. After all, she was already the secretary of Section 3 and stood at the top of the power world. Xima and Tianhen were basically inseparable every day, because apart from working most of the time Besides, the only time left is to eat.

Then Tianhen took Xima into the subway station, and the two quickly took the subway to District 118. Xima was even more confused.

After Tianhen got off the subway, as soon as he walked out of the subway station, several area officers and team leaders, as well as many department staff, were already waiting for him.

"I'm sorry to make you make this trip in vain. I just wanted to come over today and have a look. There is nothing official."

Tian Hen asked them to disperse, but several officers followed him, hoping to invite the two of them to dine together, but Tian Hen refused. Soon Tian Hen entered the local supermarket and bought a lot of gifts, so that Xi Ma also carried some.

After coming out, several officers left separately. The two of them carried large and small bags and wandered on the street for a while. Then they waited at the entrance of the subway station. After a while, Hawke and Tian Ai came up. .

"You should have said it earlier."

Tianhen smiled. He planned to go to Le Wen's house, a good man who had brought a brief light to their family in the past. Tianhen had gone to see it a few years ago, but he had never been there. Now he really wanted to Go to Lewen's house and thank him personally.

And Tianhen heard from Jean that today is Lewen's daughter's birthday.

"Did you come here so early?"

Sure enough, before arriving at Lewen's house, Tianhen saw Jean carrying a gift. Jean smiled easily, and Xima still bowed and saluted.

"Lord Jean."

Tian Ai immediately leaned over, and the group of people walked toward Le Wen's house talking and laughing. It was already 9 o'clock in the morning.

"You never told me about this. I always thought you grew up in the barrier area."

Xima muttered, Tianhen said with a smile.

"I left the city with my sister during the referendum vote."

Tian Ai pouted, and Hawke looked at Jean with a smile, and then hooked Jean over.

"You bastard, you haven't even come to me for a drink lately."

Gene smiled awkwardly.

In front of him was Le Wen's home. Early in the morning, many neighbors had moved out tables and chairs and simple stoves. Su Xin was holding her child, standing in the sun, chatting with a few neighbors. .

"Explain it yourself."

Jean gave Tianhen a push, and he hummed and walked over slowly.