Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

Oleben looked at Tommy with joy in his eyes. Tommy walked over and came step by step to the frozen president at the bottom. He had seen this GHD president in some documentaries.

This is Mr. Brown, who was president when the doomsday struck. He has been sleeping for more than 200 years, Oleben came over and said.

"This president has led all of us in the United States to complete a lot of construction underground, right here in this base."

Tommy smiled with emotion.

"The catastrophe that year was really unbelievable. It was too difficult for human beings to survive in such a catastrophe."

Tommy actually doesn't know much about the disaster more than 200 years ago, because some historical records on the market are incomplete, and many core secrets are already in the hands of the state.

The real situation that the people know is just the tip of the iceberg. Most of the truth is hidden under the water. Tommy looked around. Tommy knew many of the presidents here, because if he wanted to enter the world of power, he must be familiar with these people. of.

After all, these presidents represent the highest power of the country. Many people in the power circle have been passed down from generation to generation. Nowadays, it is the families of these presidents who control the center of power.

Tommy has known these things for a long time. It is impossible for ordinary people to enter the center of power without extreme luck. There is no one like Tommy who originally wanted to take the blame but unexpectedly seized the opportunity.

Power and economy have long been tightly tied together, and those who have become powerful and capital have already begun to have a hereditary system 200 years ago. This invisible situation is unknown to outsiders, but Tommy is At a certain high-level gathering, I heard a few drunk people talking about the matter. They clearly told which families some of the young people at the banquet came from, and there were presidents in these families.

Tommy was shocked at the time, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt disappointed. The two largest factions in the country, GHD and MZD, both took turns in the position of president. The two factions seemed to be constantly fighting, but in fact they were just fighting each other. Just kicking a ball around.

Tommy has carefully studied some of the things the two factions have done after taking office in the past few years. They are throwing some problems at each other, and then the other side fights back. They have only one purpose in doing this, which is to put on a show in front of the people.

As long as the people begin to divide and believe everything from the two factions, the people's energy will be consumed in various things where the two sides kick each other back and forth, and it will be harder for them to get closer to the truth.

Under the double deception of money and power, the people have become increasingly unmotivated. Many people have even felt that this has been the case for their entire lives, and even their future children will be the same. Too many people have already resigned themselves to their fate. .

Seeing Tommy's serious expression, Oleben laughed.

"President Tommy, you should have realized such a cruel thing a long time ago."

Tommy nodded and stared at the old men in the freezer. What Tommy didn't expect was that they wanted to continue living in order to press the pause button on their dying lives when technology becomes advanced in the future.

"I don't like them that much, and I would throw them all out if I could."

Oleben was stunned at first, but then burst into laughter.

"As expected of you, President Tommy."

Tommy laughed.

"It was just a joke."

Oleben smiled and nodded, but seeing Tommy's confused look, he probably knew what Tommy was going to ask. Oleben snapped his fingers, and soon a robot brought some drinks and food.

After the two sat down, Tommy looked at President Brown not far away. He looked to be 70 at most and was very well taken care of.

"Why would he know that there will be such technology in the future?"

"Human exploration has indeed discovered a method that can sustain life on that asteroid, and this method has been proven to work on humans."

Tommy stood up in shock, Oleben pulled Tommy with a smile and said.

"There is no need to be so surprised, President Tommy. You will know these things sooner or later. I invited you here today just to talk to you about what you want to know. According to our speculation, your presidential re-election cycle It’s very long-lasting.”

Tommy looked at Oleben doubtfully and said.

"The previous system that each president could only be re-elected once was abolished more than 100 years ago. Do you know why?"

Tommy said after thinking for a moment.

"For the integrity of this country, for a certain period of time, to centralize power."

Oleben was a little surprised. His face was solemn, but he looked at Tommy with admiration.

"Sure enough, President Tommy, you are very smart. Now this country has reached the point of being divided. If it weren't for you, maybe a war would break out in the next one or two years. Once the war starts, the northern alliance will overwhelm it in one fell swoop. That’s when everything gets really chaotic.”

Oleben said, looked at Brown, and then said.

"After this president retired for re-election, he began to return here and plan for the future. Many presidents will eventually come here, and they will naturally want to continue living."

Tommy laughed.

"What's the point of living with such a body? Everything they have done has brought the entire country to where it is now."

Oleben raised his glass and the two took a sip. Tommy seemed a little uncomfortable in such a room. After all, in Tommy's opinion, these people only think about themselves and never think about the country.

In the past, the United States of the World has always relied on war to amass wealth around the world, and has constantly relied on strong methods to obtain benefits and make the whole world pay for itself. However, after encountering the catastrophe, although the United States of the World has survived, there is no external force. Any place for them to make money.

In the end, the contradictions moved internally, so internal problems always caused a lot of problems at the bottom, so that people at the bottom could make money, continue to accumulate wealth, and continue to control power.

"It really doesn't make much sense. President Tommy, if you want, you can freeze yourself here in the future."

Tommy laughed, realization dawning on him.

"The same goes for some of the top brass in your military department."

Oleben nodded.

"My great-grandfather is still freezing down there, and there are several of them. My grandfather is too, and so is my father."

Tommy suddenly felt sad, because such a country was completely controlled by these people, and their control would last forever, as long as they had children, and it could be passed down from generation to generation.

"I know you don't like this concept very much, and you must be disgusted in your heart, but the world after the disaster is far more serious than the medicine you think."

Although Tommy had seen some videos of the disaster, he didn't know the more specific things.

"What did you mean by Brilliant City just now?"

Tommy didn't quite understand, then Oleben stood up, opened a crystal screen, and then brought up a world map.

"This is a sample of the world in the past, and the Brilliant City I am talking about is at this location."

Oleben pointed, and Tommy stood up. Oleben drew a line, and then the mileage appeared. They were more than 20,000 kilometers away from Brilliant City in a straight line.

"Does that mean there is still a civilization called Brilliant City in human beings?"

Oleben nodded.

"This civilization, like us, is also closed in the world after the sun disappears. Their technology is already very advanced. We have only seen some image files transmitted from Asgard. It is basically certain that their technology The level is no lower than ours.”

"etc."

Tommy recalled what Oleben had said at the beginning, and he asked in shock.

"You mean, does Bright City have a means to extend human lifespan now?"

Oleben nodded, and then showed a happy smile.

"But now it is almost impossible for us to establish diplomatic relations with them. This involves the issue of Steka. You should have understood it."

Tommy hummed. He did not understand much about Steka's research, because Collins had told Tommy before that the plan to use Steka to generate energy had been planned for a long time.

Oleben sighed, then took a sip with Tommy, and then he snapped his fingers. At this time, their chairs and small table moved slowly.

"Go to another room and talk slowly."

Tommy hummed, and after a while they moved to a room full of green plants, with a rockery and a small pool. Tommy got up and lay on the sofa comfortably, holding a piece of dried meat and started eating.

"Why did Steka exist so early?"

Tommy didn't quite understand. After all, it existed before the disaster. This kind of thing sounded like someone traveling through time and space.

Oleben said with a smile.

"Do you know how people around the world viewed Area 51 in the past?"

Tommy shook his head.

"This used to be one of the most mysterious places in the world, and the biggest rumor was that aliens were captured."

Tommy couldn't believe it.

"Really? There are aliens?"

Oleben smiled and shook his head.

"Aliens don't, but alien products do."

Tommy suddenly got up from the sofa, half of his drunkenness had disappeared.

"seriously?"

Oleben nodded and then spoke.

Once in 2030, the United States discovered a previously unknown signal in a certain sea area. This signal was different from any previous type of signal.

So Area 51 was immediately dispatched to investigate. Following this special signal emitting energy, they salvaged a special object in a sea area. It looked like some kind of cabin, with a Steka lying inside.

Tommy's eyes widened in shock, and Oleben laughed.

"Or a humanoid creature with a similar structure to Steka."

Then a large number of scientists gathered in Area 51, and they began to study this mysterious thing, but they knew nothing. This was not life, but more like a product of the mechanized era.

This research continued for decades, and it was not until 2076 that there was finally a breakthrough. The placed research began to take a turn for the better, because they discovered that this thing began to glow and seemed to be responding to something.

However, one day this substance entered the body of a scientist, and his body began to undergo amazing changes, gradually turning into the appearance of Steka, and possessing very powerful power.

This kind of thing surprised every scientist present. Then they conducted various studies on this mutated scientist, and then determined one thing. This mutated new species can provide a very large amount of energy.

At that time, this matter attracted the attention of high-level officials in the United States, and they began to allow scientists to go to the outside world to conduct some experiments. They conducted experiments on animals. Animals do not mutate, only humans do.

Later, these scientists conducted experiments on the neighboring country MX. They successfully mutated many people and then captured them, and then began extensive research.

But then disaster struck, the experiment was terminated, and the country began to be destroyed.

Everyone has to fight for survival, and when the country began to stabilize, this plan was discovered by President Brown, so in the end President Brown decided to scatter these substances over a large area and let these substances enter neighboring countries, where All human beings mutate.

Such a plan shocked everyone present at the time, but Brown said that our future will be an energy-hungry world. Only if new energy can be produced in advance can we have a future.

In the end, everyone reached an agreement, and the United States of the World dispatched the most advanced fighter planes to spread all the alien materials to the places where there were still people living in MX. Just like this, decades later, when humans began to be able to walk on the ground, They saw these Stekas when they went to MX.

This research plan also began to restart, and then 150 years ago, humans began to contact the Stika for the first time and began to establish diplomatic relations and trade with them.

"You should know something about what happens next."

Tommy drank a glass of wine with a heavy heart. He did not expect that those were not alien creatures, but the products of the evil done by the United States.

"So now we can have a steady stream of energy, President Tommy, some things are understandable."

Tommy laughed, downed the drink in his glass, and burst into laughter.

"It's understandable? It's true that Brown has excellent foresight, but this is based on treating those Stekas as human beings, and we will definitely pay a heavy price for doing so one day."

Oleben also nodded.

"Indeed, now the backlash has begun. Recently we have discovered that our weapons against Stika have gradually begun to fail. We don't know why. Those weapons that could kill with one hit in the past are failing. This is very serious."

Tommy looked at Oleben and then asked.

"What's going on? What weapon?" (End of chapter)