Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

Chapter 702 Special Chapter. Winter Queen. Brand

April 30, 2076

Hunger is like a biting poison to humans, and only the antidote "food" can relieve it.

8:19 am

Gerry quietly held a gun and sat on the edge of the farmland. He was still enduring. There were more than 100 people guarding the farmland. Looking at the people around him, Gerry felt something strange. Their gazes Always keeping an eye on the north side of the town.

Now most people have gone to the north of the town. For some people who can't accept it, that place is simply a purgatory. At this time, there is another aroma floating in the air, and many people around Gerry are swallowing it. .

All the food had been exhausted a day ago. Gerry had been hungry for three days. He still had a small piece of potato in his pocket. He was still enduring it. When he performed some military missions in the past, starvation was nothing to him. But now, in just three days, Gerry felt something worse than death.

This is the 12th day since the disaster occurred. In just 12 days, this place has turned into a hell on earth. Gerry is unwilling to go north because he knows very well that he is still a human being and must stay awake.

In the past few days, people often couldn't bear to go to the north, and some people went into the forest, but those people never came back, because Gerry knew very well that the only edible things in the nearby forest were some plants. But in the past few days, it has been almost invisible, and everything that can be eaten has been divided up by more than 10,000 people in the town.

Many people were already so skinny, especially those who were obese, that their clothes could no longer be worn. Gerry smiled helplessly, and at this time, Bob, who had just finished working behind him, came with people.

"There's absolutely no food left."

Gerry hummed, and Bob's eyes looked a little serious.

"Are you going to come over? Bob."

Bob hesitated for a while, then nodded and said.

"Either starve to death or eat! I prefer to choose the former. If and when I can't maintain my rationality, I will get over it."

Gerry didn't say anything else, just nodded silently. He knew very well that after just three days of starvation, he was about to collapse, let alone a few more weeks, waiting for the potatoes in the field to mature and let Gerry feel Worryingly, some people who have recently arrived in the town have said that they experienced several rains when they came, and then saw a large number of plants withered.

This is what Gerry is most worried about. A large amount of radioactive material will fall with the rain and cause extremely serious pollution to the plants on the surface. On the day of the disaster, Gerry and his army responded quickly, and the fact is Countries launched thousands of nuclear bombs to stop asteroids that suddenly fell rapidly.

Although the asteroid still fell, the huge impact of the nuclear explosion slowed down the asteroid's fall. In the end, the asteroid decomposed and the planet survived. However, what is terrible is the super nuclear disaster that occurred after the nuclear explosion. .

Gerry had learned these things in military courses, because modern wars are always accompanied by nuclear weapons and the dangers they cause, and Gerry knew all too well.

The disaster will continue to expand. Gerry just wants to do everything possible to build a field where crops can be grown before the disaster continues to expand, then harvest the crops and hide deeper in the mountain forest. This is The only way to temporarily avoid this catastrophe.

"You won't be able to hold on."

Gerry murmured to himself. He looked at Bob and others planning to go back to rest and save energy. They need to maintain the farmland every day. In the past few days, Bob felt that the temperature was getting lower and lower. Now they could only rely on The car's engine is used to provide power, and a heat-conducting rod is used to increase the temperature of the crop shed that has been gradually built.

The previous plan to attack the mine was shelved, because everyone knew that no one wanted to die, and it was not easy to survive. From the beginning of the dispute over the means of attack, everyone became silent because of hunger.

In the past few days, in the north of the town, some people who have done that kind of thing have become leaders. Now they seem to be making some rules. There are still more than half of the people in the north of the town who are unwilling to go there, but next The whole town should turn into a slaughterhouse.

At this time, more than ten people ran over in a hurry. Gerry looked at their panic expressions, and a man came over and said immediately.

"Gerry, hurry up and take a look and stop him."

Gerry didn't know what was going on, so he took more than 30 people with him and headed toward the south of the town with weapons. Many people were making noises. At this time, at the door of an auditorium, a man was crying. He kept saying something, but he was tied up by several people and stripped of his clothes.

"No, no, no"

"The only thing to blame is your bad luck. Didn't you eat every day in the past few days?"

A man holding a bright butcher knife walked over. The man screamed in horror, but many people around him were silent.

"What are you going to do?"

Gerry asked, and then the man with the butcher knife explained.

All those who wanted to eat in the south part of town had to draw lots every day, only for those who had eaten the food, and once they were drawn, it would become food.

"Now you know, everyone but children and young women will be drawn by lot, myself included."

The man holding the butcher knife said, and took out his lottery result from his arms, which said LIFE. In the clothes of the stripped man, there was a note with the word DIE written on it. The man screamed in horror. .

"There is no other way. If we want to survive, we have to do this. After all, if we wait for the crops to be planted, all of us will starve to death, but this method can allow us all to persevere until the crops are planted."

Gerry watched blankly as the man holding the butcher knife walked over. The man was still crying. However, many people around him stopped speaking and just turned around silently, as if no one heard this. A man's cry for help.

Because everyone present knew that what the man with the butcher knife said was true. They couldn't survive a day without food.

Gerry held the gun in his hand and pointed it at the man, and the others followed suit, but at this time the man laughed.

"You can shoot if you want. If I die, I will become food. But everyone agrees with this rule. Even if I die, someone will take my place."

Finally, Gerry closed his eyes, and with a burst of screams, several people carried large basins to collect the blood. Within a few minutes, the tied man died.

Gerry turned around and started walking with the people. Soon he returned to the main road northeast of the town. Then Gerry continued walking, and Bob woke up and came out.

"Where are you going?"

Gerry didn't answer, but continued walking, and many people followed him.

"Finally, go talk to them properly."

9:03 am

Verla woke up from a comfortable and soft leather cushion. She yawned and looked at the small wooden house where miners used to live. There were some simple furnishings inside. There was already a burst of fragrance from outside. Verla stood up. Come on, as soon as I walked out, the aunt who was making breakfast outside shouted.

"Come and eat Verla quickly."

Vila walked over with a smile, took a piece of pancake and a cup of mixed milk tea, then sat on a chair outside the cabin and started eating.

In the past few days, Verla has been assigning some tasks and assigning some groups to involve all the townspeople in management, and teaching some townspeople how to use weapons. At this time, Redes came over with people.

"I think it's almost done Vila, after all"

"It's not time yet, just starve them for a few more days."

Vila said and stood up, when a member of the guard ran over.

"They're coming up."

Immediately everyone became alert, and Verla ran with a gun, and many people around him followed.

"only one person?"

Verla, who came to the top of the slope, looked at the man walking up the slope, walking up step by step with his hands raised, and immediately Redes shouted through the loudspeaker.

"Stop it now or I'll blow your head off."

At this time, Gerry also saw Vierra on the slope. He looked at it in shock, but still walked up step by step with his hands raised in silence. Faced with the weapon pointed at him, Gerry was not timid at all, because He knew that even though the townspeople took away the food, they would eventually become like the town after a few months without any output.

The alluring smell of milk and wheat in the air made Gerry keep swallowing. He was going crazy. He hadn't had any contact with normal food for more than ten days.

"Everyone put down their weapons."

Vila said, looking at the man walking over, and she laughed at this time.

"What? Do you want to join us?"

Gerry shook his head, then knelt on the ground.

"Please give us some food, just give us a little, please."

Vila stared at Gerry sideways, and Redes on the side immediately spoke.

"You have killed many of us. If you had stayed outside honestly in the beginning, you would still have had some food to eat every day. This is what you asked for."

Gerry looked at Vila.

"Miss, you should know what the situation is in that town now. Even if you have plenty of food now, what about a few months from now? We have already planted seeds in the planting fields. We only need more than a month to wait for the potatoes to mature. There is a food crisis, and now the disaster has spread here. If the disaster really comes, nothing can be grown here."

Gerry then explained, clearly telling Virla and the others about some of the actual hazards after a nuclear explosion, as well as what kind of harm would be caused by the clouds that cover the sky now.

"Get him something to eat."

Vila ordered, and someone immediately went to do it. Redes wanted to say something, but Vila raised his hand to stop him.

Soon Gerry looked at a plate of hot toast and a cup of milk tea. He kept saying thank you and started eating excitedly. After eating, Gerry felt dizzy and then passed out directly on the ground.

"What if he lied to us? Vella, what he said, maybe"

"Don't be biased in any way, Redes. At this time, what we need are sober and smart people, not stupid fools."

More than an hour later, Gerry woke up. He still felt very hungry. There were some cold pancakes beside the bed. Gerry picked up a piece and ate it. He drank a sip of water and looked outside the house. person, and then he stood up, and as soon as he walked out, he was held by two people.

Soon Gerry was taken to a room and looked at the woman sitting in the middle, with some people standing around, including the Archon Redes.

"Miss, everything I said is true, and there is absolutely nothing false about it."

Virla nodded.

"Tell me, how is the town going now?"

Gerry told them bit by bit the tragedy that was happening in the town. Everyone present was shocked. Redes pressed his forehead. He did not expect that the situation was worse than what Vila had said when he came back.

Vila laughed and then stood up.

"You go back and tell them that we will give you some food today, but there is only one condition: hand over all your weapons and obey our orders in the future. Return the farmland to us. From now on, you can only listen to us."

Vila said, and Gerry nodded. If he wanted to survive, this might be the only way.

Then Vila asked them to take Gerry away, and Redes looked at Vila with a serious expression.

"Virla, what do you want to do?"

At this time, other people in the room looked at Vila in confusion. Redes had been noticing what Vila was talking to some people in the town in the past few days, and seemed to be planning something secretly.

Virla smiled and shook her head.

"nothing."

Redes saw that in the past few days, Vila had been in contact with the few blacksmiths in the town.

"It's just for the convenience of management in the future. You don't need to ask Redes anything else. When we return to the town, you only need to be responsible for leading people to maintain law and order in the town."

Redes was a little uncomfortable and wanted to say something. Vila had already left. Most of the young people in the guard now admired Vila. She was meticulous in everything she did, including what Vila wanted to do with food in the past few days. Food has been divided into details to be able to last longer. Now people in the mines only eat one meal in the morning and one in the evening. This food is enough for them to last for eight months.

Seeing that as soon as Verla left, many people came closer. Listening to Verla's distribution in various aspects, Redes felt a little uncomfortable. He always felt that Verla had another purpose.

But soon Redes also joined in. He felt a little jealous of this little girl. In the past, he had always been the consul of the town, and the townspeople obeyed him. In these short ten days, the town's The people now listen to Verla.

"Okay, bring food and weapons and follow me."

2:13pm

Bob ate a piece of pancake and felt much better. More than ten people gathered together. They would soon return to the town. Gerry had already told them the conditions of the townspeople, and these people also accepted it. But everyone is worried. Once there are no weapons, they may be slaughtered by others, but there is nothing they can do about it. They invaded this town.

After returning, Gerry immediately asked everyone to spread the news. Most people happily ran to the northeast of the town with their weapons in hand, looking at the end of the road.

A pair of eager eyes gathered at the end of the road. Everyone was waiting for the food to be delivered. Most of them were holding weapons. They hoped to use the weapons in their hands to exchange for more food.

At this time, accompanied by rumbles, a large truck appeared, and everyone became excited for a while.

In less than a few minutes, two trucks stopped more than ten meters away from them. Dozens of people got out of the truck. One truck was empty, and the other truck was carrying water, food and cooking supplies. Simple equipment for food use.

"Okay, now everyone is lining up in a long queue. When we prepare the food, you can get the food. Please put all the weapons and ammunition on another truck."

Vila shouted with a loudspeaker, and many people began to queue up in a panic. Vila directed the people to start cooking food.

Redes led many people to watch from a distance to prevent anyone from coming around behind them in the forest, but it seemed that the worry was unnecessary.

Soon the pieces of pancakes were ready, and each person could receive a piece of pancake as big as a palm. These people obediently handed over their weapons. In a short time, a large number of weapons were piled up in the car.

Some people who got the food happily ate it. Most of them had not eaten Dingxi for four or five days. The food had only been cut off for three days, but in fact it was basically not enough to satisfy everyone five days ago.

People kept thanking Verla and the others. At this time, Verla laughed. Most of the people who had eaten went to the left side to rest. Many people still wanted a little bit of food. After all, as long as they can get more food, If so, you can hold on for a while longer.

More and more people came to this road and formed a long queue. Gerry looked at many people coming from behind, and there were also people coming from the north of the town.

Seeing that the crowd had almost gathered, Verla stood on the front of the truck, turned up the volume of the loudspeaker and shouted.

"Food is not free, let alone charity for you. You destroyed our town and killed our people. We could have watched you starve to death or kill each other, but now I will only say this once, If you are willing, you must obey us from now on, and you are not allowed to disobey us. If you disobey, you will be driven out of the town. Now, in order to distinguish us from you, one thing is necessary."

At this time, several blacksmiths took out a stove from a truck, then ignited the coal inside, and put some prepared soldering irons inside. Soon the soldering irons became red-hot.

The soldering iron, which is only as wide as the back of your hand, has left many people confused.

"This is to distinguish you from us. If you still want to eat tomorrow, you can brand the back of your hand, if not."

Virla laughed.

"Then just wait for death."

At this time, following Verla's order, many people pointed guns at the people in front of them. Many people looked at Verla angrily, but some people still walked up, lifted up their sleeves, and closed their arms. eyes.

Zi

Along with a smell of paste and a scream, the man soon saw the mark of a pig's head branded on the back of his hand, and he became furious in an instant.

"Not only pigs, but also horses, etc., you can freely choose the pattern you want."

Waves of curses were heard, and at this time Redes ran over quickly, and a man with a pattern branded on his arm walked aside in pain and sat on the ground.

"Starting from tomorrow, people who are not branded will not be eligible to receive food."

As Vila said, people kept approaching and stretched out their hands. Redes stood next to the front of the truck and looked at the scene in front of him, feeling a little hard to accept.

Soon a long line formed, and more and more people were branded with animal patterns. Some people even cried. Vierla just looked at everything in front of her with cold eyes.

"What exactly do you want to do Vila?"

Redes asked, Vila said after getting off the front of the truck.

"Rescue will never come, only by establishing a country here, and when a country is established, there will inevitably be three, six or nine people, and we are considered nobles, while they are just slaves."

Redes swallowed, and Vila patted him on the shoulder.

"If we want to survive, we have to continue to reclaim the mountainous and forested land. We need a lot of labor. As long as the mountainous and forested land is reclaimed and we take all measures before the situation worsens, we can survive."

Redes didn't say anything, just nodded silently. What he didn't expect was that Vila had already thought of such a far away place.

Looking at these people who were unwilling to have patterns branded on the backs of their hands, Redes finally understood Vierra's plan. He would first pull out their fangs, and then remove their self-esteem, so that these people could Being turned into a slave due to hunger and accepting the management of the townspeople, Vierla has been talking to some leading townspeople about management matters in the past few days.

"Next, I have to divide them in detail. I will divide them according to the patterns imprinted on the back of their hands. For children, they can wait until they grow up a little before imprinting them."

Redes hummed, and at this moment Vera looked at Gerry, who had an angry look on his face. She walked over slowly and looked at Gerry standing aside, not choosing any pattern to imprint, and seemed to be still hesitating.

"I only give you 3 days to think about it. Now that you have the Brand, you can follow us back. There will be food every day, but you will need to work."

For a while, many people who were imprinted with the pattern nodded in agreement and walked over. Vila looked at Gerry and then said.

"How? Should I continue to endure hell, or should I choose to be human?"

Gerry shook his head.

"Are you crazy? If you do this"

Vila turned around and laughed, and then said.

"If you don't do this, everyone will die."