Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

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November 5, 2276

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As the door to the room opened, Katerina quietly stared at the dark sky in front of her. The mask slowly pulled up on the side of her space suit's neck. Yuna next to her smiled and nodded.

After the two looked at each other and smiled, they walked into the maintenance room before entering the sky. Katerina put a small thruster on her back. The two quickly adjusted the values ​​​​in the space suit and unconsciously glanced back. Hurt was lying on the bed asleep.

Just after 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Yuna looked at the time with a smile.

"Aren't you going to say goodbye to him?"

Katerina stared blankly at the sleeping Helt. She knew very well that he had worked very hard in the past few days to help her, but reality no longer allowed them to make any further considerations or plans. .

Yuna pushed Katerina. Katerina looked at the slowly closing door. Yuna held the door with one hand. As Didi's warning sound sounded, Katerina walked slowly. When he reached Helt's side, he knelt down and placed his hand on the side of Helt's sleeping face.

"If you want to say something, you can say it now."

Yuna said and turned around without looking at Katerina. She knew that this man liked Katerina very much. Although they only got along with her for a few days, she could feel that this man was watching her silently all the time. Katerina.

This man looked very calm to Yuna. Even with the blade on his neck and his life hanging by a thread, he would still choose to look at some things calmly.

This man really wanted to help them. He had a sincere and hot heart, without any adulteration. However, time did not allow them to continue any struggle.

"Goodbye him properly!"

Yuna said, Katerina nodded slightly, and a tear slipped from Katerina's eye, slowly rolling down her cheek.

"Sorry Helt, if there is still a little time, I would love to talk to you, but now there is not enough time."

As she spoke, Katerina slowly leaned down and made a kissing gesture through the hood. She closed her eyes and pressed Hert's cheek with one hand. After a few seconds, she stood up He stood up, turned around and walked quickly to the dressing room.

"I might never see him again this time. In fact, I think"

"Stop talking about Yuna, will you abandon those comrades who have been together day and night for so long?"

Yuna turned around, lowered her head and laughed. The two of them had already made a decision to make some preparations before they took action. At least, when the Star Forces took action, they could give them a head-on blow. As long as there were more clones If the members of the Human Front know the truth, their plan will succeed.

The door to the maintenance room slowly closed, and with the disappearance of the gravity-free system, the two slowly floated up. The two holding hands, the moment the door opened, Katerina started the propeller, and she hugged Yuna. The two flew directly out and entered space.

Katerina handed over the authority to control the thrusters to Yuna, and then she closed her eyes, and the scenes of her performances in the dance bar emerged in her mind. Over the years, Katerina has used her status as a well-known performer , traveling to multiple space stations and performing some tasks.

The main activity location is still at Space Station 69. Every time she comes back from a tour, Katerina always feels extremely tired, but she still has to continue performing. In order to avoid the censorship of the AI, she must maintain her appearance as a dancer. identity.

Katerina still remembers that three months ago, when she was performing, she saw a strange face in the audience that she had never seen before. Once a strange face appeared, Katerina would definitely investigate this sudden appearance. The person who appeared was to prevent the empire’s spy from investigating.

This kind of thing has happened in the past. The empire sent investigators to investigate, and Katerina and the others quietly evaded the investigation of the empire's informants time and time again.

Later, Katerina found out that this boy named Hert lived with Stukov, and Stukov also said that he was just an ordinary boy, and there was no problem at all. Katerina also I didn’t pay attention to anything anymore.

But in the next three months, whenever he performed, this man would always buy tickets in advance, sit in the front row, and applaud vigorously every time.

Katerina has never given this man a good look. This is Katerina's attitude towards most of the clones. They can only live in the memories woven by the empire for them throughout their lives.

This seems extremely sad to Katerina, but at the same time it is also helpless. The clone front can only absorb those excellent clones, all in order to overthrow such a ridiculous system for clones.

The reason why people who want to enter the clone front are allowed to kill any clone is firstly to confirm their determination to pull the trigger, and secondly so that they can see with their own eyes that the person being killed is The truth will come back to life the next morning.

Because each space station has clones and a quota for replacement, it is not surprising for clones, an extremely unstable existence, to suddenly die suddenly one day. Immediately after the sudden death, the governors in the space station will directly clone the clone. Humans are created to avoid problems the next day, because large-scale memory tampering, although simple, will cause damage to the clone's brain.

Over the years, Katerina has been recruiting members of the Clone Front again and again in the space station where they can move freely.

Every recruitment is an extremely cruel trial. No normal person would be willing to kill other people. Many people finally take action after careful consideration and suffering.

The trial given to Helt by Katerina was the same. She was waiting for Helt to think clearly, but the boy escaped. This made Katerina a little disappointed, but now her impression of Helt He had completely changed. When he was at a loss, he held his hand.

Katerina glanced at her hand blankly. She knew very well that this time she and Yuna went to stop the betrayal and massacre of the Third Army, which was a disaster, but if they did nothing, everything would be over.

There is only one reason why the people of the Third Army have not taken action yet. This is because there are some clone front members who are not on the list in most space stations. They just want to find these people before taking action.

The members of the Clone Front who were not on the list were proposed by Katerina two years ago. Yuna was such a person, so she was lucky enough to escape. Yuna had been talking to her about everything that had happened in the past two days. Said.

If Yuna had been at the scene for the first time, she would have died. There is no doubt about this. Later, Yuna's plan to save the other members failed, and in the end she had no choice but to escape.

The subsequent pursuit by the Star Air Forces affiliated with the Third Army was enough to prove everything. The Empire wanted to completely annihilate the clone front.

Gradually, with the help of the propeller, the two of them saw a small passage, where Hult went back that day and brought Katerina here.

Hult once said that this kind of emergency temporary channel existed before. It is different from the formal channel and only some technical maintenance personnel know about it.

After Katerina and Yuna entered the passage, she entered the permission code. Sure enough, the passage opened, and in front of her was the only passage back to Space Station 69.

"We're here, you still have one chance to think about it, Katerina!"

Yuna said in a low voice.

Katerina pressed her hand against the metal plate at the edge of the passage.

"If we can escape, you still have three months to live. In these three months, you can live with that kid without any worries. We have never experienced a normal life. After knowing everything, these What kind of life have you been living in the past year!"

Katerina smiled and went in first.

"Are you willing?"

Yuna shook her head.

"Be careful Katerina."

"It's okay Yuna, it's the same as before isn't it? We almost died many times."

Yuna pursed her lips and smiled and followed Katerina into the space station.

2:09 p.m.

"Mr. Stukov, I'm really sorry, this is all I can do."

Stukov hummed and looked at the message just sent by the general in front of him, requiring them to seize the space station directly in the morning five days later, drive the space station to the designated coordinates to assemble, and then prepare to start the battle.

Although Stukov didn't know why Hert was so anxious and advanced the battle plan again and again, he was certain that it might have a direct relationship with the betrayer.

Stukov also understands the serious situation now. He can no longer hesitate because of the betrayers. Perhaps the empire already knows about their plan and is gathering troops to prepare to destroy them.

Last night's driving training for the new equipment Stukov did not involve all the clone front people, but only brought more than half, and nothing happened last night, and what Katerina said Differently, the Star Air Force will gather the people on the clone front and annihilate them collectively.

It's not that Stukov is questioning Helt, but many people on the clone front say that it is impossible for Yuna and Katerina to betray. The laughter and tears over the years are, for everyone, It's real, these are not things in false memories, which makes many people believe them.

"I know, I'll have everyone come over tonight."

Stukov promised again, and Kinna added.

"Mr. Stukov, we must conduct driving training as soon as possible. Although the time is short, the empire will send troops directly to destroy us before long."

Facing Jinna's serious reminder, Stukov nodded, turned around and walked quickly. Jinna was slightly relieved at this time. She took out the communicator and quickly contacted the general.

"I'm sorry, Jiang Jun, it should have ended last night."

"The people of the Second Army have moved closer to you. Jin Na, you must complete the mission tonight, if necessary."

Jinna immediately stood up straight and said.

"Don't worry, General. If necessary, all the clones on this space station will be destroyed directly."

The news that came this morning surprised Jin Na. Members of the Clone Front of some space stations that had not yet been cleared suddenly launched a collective attack on the Second Army. Seven space stations had been captured. It seemed that among the list There are also people from the Clone Front.

It's just that now all the space stations where the Clone Front exists have been blocked by information, and the message cannot be transmitted. It is certain that members of the Clone Front like Yuna who are not on the list have escaped to places that have not been cleared. The space station notified the clone front members above.

Regardless of whether Stukov asked all the Clone Front members to come over tonight, Jinna would take a preemptive strike and directly kill all the Clone Front members. She must complete the task as soon as possible and end this farce.

After so many years of training and cultivation, the people of the Clone Front have strong combat effectiveness. Jinna is very clear about this. This is why the Empire wants them to eliminate the Clone Front as soon as possible.

Soon Jin Na received the confirmation signal from the Second Army. Jin Na immediately sent a document. They will arrive at 8 o'clock tonight. If there is any strong resistance here, they will enter directly. here.

"Give the order and get everyone ready."

Yuna said, the adjutant next to her nodded and quickly left the room.

3 o'clock in the afternoon

In the basement of the dance bar of Space Station 69, dozens of members of the Clone Front gathered together. Many people were discussing in low voices about Katerina and Yuna. The owner of the dance bar, Vasily Leaning quietly aside, he and Yuna looked like they were members not on the list. They had joined the Clone Front for more than 8 years. They were the oldest team members and had been reborn 4 times.

Everyone is waiting for Stukov's decision, because it is very important. Everyone believes in him, but at the same time they also believe in Katerina.

"Stukov!"

Vasily stood up and walked over. Stukov was still hesitating at this time, and Vasily put a hand on his shoulder.

"A decision must be made at this time. If there is really only 5 days before the war begins, we must become familiar with the operation of the new equipment as soon as possible, so that we can bring out the performance of these weapons in combat. "

Stukov also knew that this was necessary. The time was too short. If they were not prepared, it would be detrimental to all of them if the war started. The clone front members of Space Station 69 were the backbone. , they have been trained for many years.

"Let's all go together tonight, you stay here Vasily."

With Stukov's words, everyone's discussion stopped. They all followed Stukov's decision. Vasily nodded, and then most of the members started to get up and leave, because many people still had work today.

In the end, only Stukov and Vasily were left in the empty basement.

"Want a drink?"

Vasily was carrying a bottle of wine, Stukov hummed, and the two sat at a table.

"What do you think of Stukov? The general is in such a hurry to start the war. The plan to start the war is obviously not until the end of the year, but now it is so hasty. I think there is something wrong. Of course, I am not questioning the general's decision. ,only."

Stukov nodded after taking a sip.

"I know Vasily, but we have to take action and forget about those two people first. Regardless of whether they betrayed or not, they should not come back here again."

Stukov said and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, then got up and walked away.

"Good luck Stukov!"

Stukov hummed and left the basement. Vasily looked at the delicious-colored wine quietly under the dim light. He took a small sip, then coughed violently, and it turned red under the dim light.

Vasily looked at the blood in his hands. His body had begun to deteriorate rapidly half a month ago. He was no longer able to survive. Vasily would die soon, and this time, Vasily thought clearly that something like this would happen. Life has no meaning to him.

Vasily couldn't wait until the plan started, but he didn't expect that the plan would be advanced by two months. Vasily smiled slightly. He knew very well that as long as he could do his part, he had been cloning people all these years. Too much was done on the front.

Vasily has already told Stukov not to resurrect him if he dies in battle. He feels that this kind of life is enough.

"What a sad life!"

Vasily held up the wine glass and was about to drink it when he immediately stood up and took out a gun with one hand, aiming it at the door.

"Still the same, so sharp, boss!"

Katerina walked out of the dark corner. She came in through a secret passage outside the dance bar. Not many people knew about this secret passage.

"Katerina!"

Vasily put down the gun after saying something. He didn't think Katerina and Yuna would betray them. He felt this way from the beginning when he heard the news.

"Where's Yuna?"

"She has entered the ruling building and is preparing."

Vasily hummed, and Katerina came over, glanced at the wine on the table, then picked it up and took a sip.

"Tell me what's going on now."

There was hesitation on Vasily's face, but he still talked about the changes in the past two days, and Katerina said with a frown.

"They will take action. How many individual combat machines do we have independently built and developed?"

"There are 11 more."

Katerina smiled happily.

"That's enough. Yuna and I will control it, and you only need to be responsible for ensuring everyone's retreat. They will definitely take action tonight."

"are you sure?"

Vasily asked again to confirm, and Katerina nodded.

"I am sure."

Vasily sighed helplessly.

"Why doesn't Stukov believe you? Everyone obviously believes you."

Katerina was a little surprised, she smiled and raised her head.

"After all, we are all comrades who have gone through ups and downs along the way. I don't blame him. You should know the reason better than me."

Vasily looked at Katerina in shock.

"Do you know everything?"

Katerina hummed.

"That bastard Hert used this trust to destroy us with one sentence. We will never let him get his wish."

Vasily smiled, but his eyes looked a little sad. He knew a few years ago that it was General Hert who had been supporting their clone front, and Stukov was the clone of General Hert's father. People, Vasily also knows.

"If we succeed, what will happen to the other clones here?"

"Let them choose whether to join us in resisting the Empire, or leave and continue to return to a miserable and manipulated life."

Vasily nodded.

"That's all."

5:01 pm

Helt woke up from his sleep. He pressed his aching head. Although he didn't remember very clearly, he was happily talking about something with Katerina and drank a glass of water that she handed over. , he lost consciousness and fell asleep. Hert got up angrily. Sure enough, they had left and took away the propeller.

"Why can't you wait, Miss Katerina!"

Helt felt a little uncomfortable and looked blankly at the dark universe outside the small window. He wanted to clench his fists, but soon he loosened his hands weakly. He could only sit down and look at everything outside the small window with dull eyes. , he knew that Katerina and Yuna should have returned to the space station.

At this time, Hert felt a little guilty. He told Katerina the authorization code of the emergency channel yesterday. Because Katerina kept mentioning it casually, he said it without reservation. Walter's escape plan has not been fully thought out, and he still needs to continue to think about some things. He knows that the time on the clone front is running out, but doing so is tantamount to committing suicide.

When he thought of death, Helt felt fear and a chill ran down his spine.

"What should I do?"

Helt pressed his chest, his heart beating violently. He had to think of a way to save Katerina and the clone front, but it was basically impossible for Helt to think about it in the past few days. The disparity in strength is too great. Perhaps everyone on the clone front has been wiped out now.

The more Helt thought about it, the more frightened he became. He huddled up on a small bed in fear. This feeling was terrible. He had never felt like this before, but he was still thinking desperately because he had to find a way. OK.

"I have to think of a way, I have to think of a way!"

Hert slapped his head excitedly. At this time, he recalled the dream he often had in his mind. He was walking forward on a rope, with enemies in front of him, and there was no way out behind, and there were thousands of enemies below. The spikes, no matter which side they were on, would be fatal if they made just the slightest mistake. Hert pressed his cheek with his hand, revealing only one eye. He had no time to stare at the dark universe.

Suddenly Hult stood up.

"There is still a way, there is still a way, this method must be possible, it can be done!"

Hurt cheered ecstatically, and he immediately walked to a controllable crystal panel and showed a victorious smile.