Chapter 1393: The Edge of Collapse: Overflowing (Part 1)

January 1, 2224

Just after 0 o'clock

In an instant, large mushroom-like lights rose in the sky everywhere. After these lights exploded, a dazzling halo formed in the air, and the whole city cheered in the next second.

The new year has arrived, and there are jubilant people everywhere. This year is different from previous years. The northern area has always been the dimmest in the whole city, but this year the light in the north is the same as that in other areas.

The streets are full of celebrating people. Many people have been depressed for too long. This year is a joyful year, and it makes many people feel very happy.

The economy of all walks of life in the city has ushered in explosive growth. Some new technologies that Congress has continuously opened up have been applied to many fields in the city, and various industries are launching new products.

People in the streets and alleys are celebrating. Every food store is full of people. Everyone is watching the New Year's program. The city seems to be overturned. Not only in the city, but also in the barrier area near the eastern guard station, there are lights on.

Many people who came to receive food were able to enjoy a rich New Year's meal in some sheds temporarily built by Section 3. The criminals wandering in the barrier area kept coming over.

This year is an extremely happy year for most people. Most people have not participated in such a lively New Year for a long time, even the lower class is the same. In the past few years, the lower class's New Year was mostly concentrated on some busy streets.

But today is different. Those areas that were originally restricted from electricity are also brightly lit. On some streets outside the busy streets, each household has moved out some tables and chairs. After putting them together, they directly put dishes and wine on the long streets. Everyone is happily celebrating this happy New Year.

The employment of the lower class has recovered a lot in just two months. 60 factories of the original Hillman family have been recovered and transformed by the Angus family. They have become factories that specialize in producing materials needed for the lower class and for the construction of the north. Such reforms make people feel very happy.

Some merchants are worried that a large number of mutants will go to the north, which may affect consumption in the region. However, in fact, consumption has not decreased, but has increased, because the family income of many ordinary people at the bottom has also increased.

Fortunately, there has been no incident of mutants going berserk in the society in the past two months, which has made many people aware of it. The 4th department, including some people in the medical field, are saying that mutants go berserk because of mental stimulation, and thinking of the overall unfair policy against mutants last year, many mutants lost their jobs and suffered discrimination.

For nearly 10 months, most merchants did not dare to recruit mutants, but now it is much better. Some merchants have recruited corresponding mutants in accordance with regulations. Although most mutants are now gathered in the north, many mutants have found jobs again in other regions.

Now most mutants are very satisfied with the mutant event co-organized by the Film and Television Entertainment Association and the 5th department, especially those mutants with high evaluation levels, who have begun to get ready.

The mutant rating is still going on every day. Although only less than 100,000 mutants have been rated, most of the low-level mutants working in the north have given up the rating.

The mutant fighting event will start on January 5. This time, 128 mutants have been selected to participate in this competition. Many people are looking forward to it. With the arrival of the mutant event, some gambling industries in the city have begun to rise. This legal gambling industry needs to be strictly reviewed by the Action Department before it can be carried out.

Now there are more than 50 large and small gambling companies that have invested a lot of money, manpower and material resources for the event. Everyone is looking forward to the arrival of this event.

The chief judge of this event is Alpha, the head of Section 5, which makes many people more and more looking forward to it. This mutant strength ceiling is the chief judge, and there is no need to explain his fairness.

"Sister, I think I'm going too."

Niya looked at the TV program next to her with some disappointment. Some mutants who had participated in the event were invited to the show. Niya was envious. Niya had participated in the mutant level assessment, but only got the D1 level mutant assessment. She was easily defeated by a member of the Operations Department in the combat test.

Niya was a little dissatisfied because her alienated genes grew very slowly. Although her sister taught her something every day when she was free, she still couldn't improve her strength much anyway.

"Sister, what are you thinking about?"

Looking at Alpha next to her, smoking a cigarette with a serious face, the two of them were about to come to a shopping mall in District 6. At this time, Alpha stopped and leaned against the wall of a back street, slightly tilting her head. She was on vacation today and didn't wear a uniform, but it was not much different from before.

A brown short jacket, a sports vest inside, a pair of wide-legged pants, and a pair of black Martin boots, and her hair was still shoulder-length and parted in the middle.

Niya has grown her hair long and wears a skirt, which makes her look completely different from before. This year, her family invited some cooperative guests, so Niya had no choice but to wear the skirt.

"Maybe I really can't teach people, Niya."

Alpha sighed, and Niya was excited at this time.

"Yes, sister, you always say this and that, but I just can't do it. What can I do?"

Alpha smiled helplessly. It was indeed like what Niya said. She really didn't know how to teach people. Alpha now completely admitted this. At work, when guiding some subordinates, sometimes she was a little rigid.

At this time, Alpha thought of Gene teaching her in the past. He always watched patiently from the side instead of directly teaching her how to do it. Many times, Alpha didn't do well, but Gene just smiled and didn't say anything bad. He just gave reasonable suggestions at the right time. This kind of teaching method may not be possible in her life.

The street in front of her was in turmoil, and soon the crowd gathered. Niya grabbed Alpha.

"Sister, let's go and take a look."

The two sisters came to the periphery of the crowd. It was because of a small matter that they had a quarrel. The two people who had problems quarreled on the street, and the two groups of people behind them also blamed each other. Niya watched with a smile.

Looking at the two quarreling parties, each of them was dressed in fine clothes and looked wealthy. Alpha was also very clear that a person's cultivation and morality had little to do with his wealth in many cases. At this time, several people from Section 5 came over. For a while, people on both sides knew people from Section 5, and the situation became more chaotic. The patrolmen from Section 5 did not want to offend anyone on either side and were trying to please them.

Alpha had seen this kind of thing many times. At this time, Niya walked over.

"Make way."

Someone turned his head in anger, but hurriedly stepped aside the next second.

"Take away all those who participated in the quarrel in accordance with the law on violating public security management. Let them calm down in the detention room for one night. The street is already blocked."

As soon as Alpha walked up, the quarreling sound stopped, and people on both sides did not dare to say anything. Several staff members from Section 5 hurriedly called for the management car in a panic. Soon, several nearby team leaders came over, one by one with their heads down, and some looked like they had just run away from the drinking party. No one dared to say anything and could only stand quietly in front of Alpha.

"I've been watching the riot outside for ten minutes, but why haven't they enforced the law?" Alpha asked, and the captains looked at each other. She sighed and lit a cigarette. "Go back to patrol. The vacation for your six teams this month has been cancelled." The six captains saluted and began to leave with their staff. Some people came over and wanted to take a photo with Alpha, but Alpha refused. "Sorry, I'm here shopping with my sister today." Alpha left the crowd quickly. Nia looked at her sister happily. She really envied her sister because everyone respected Alpha. She was the focus wherever she went, and people on the street would take the initiative to make way for Alpha. Alpha's face was not very good at this time, because she felt that the current city was no different from the city she had seen in her childhood. On the day Gene left, he took Alpha to many places. These places were all downtowns where ordinary people gathered, but there was still no big change. It was still the same from top to bottom. The only change was the appearance of the city. In Alpha's opinion, this is not a good phenomenon. Many people seem to be too happy this year. Alpha has not strictly dealt with the 5 subjects for a long time. They have been relaxed. The effect is good and bad. The bad thing is that the work efficiency has become lower, and the good thing is that there are more smiles.

This is also what Alpha is doing now. It does not put too much pressure on the city. Everyone wants to be comfortable. Once the problem begins to be solved, there will be some riots. This is the reason why Alpha is unwilling to deal with some problems efficiently.

This may be the first step back in Alpha's life, which is the so-called growing up, because the current situation of the Angus family is really not good. The Angus family has fallen into an economic crisis only two months after the large-scale construction in the north. If there is any problem in the city now, the Angus family will be in danger.

The Hillman family has been much more low-key in the past two months. This is the most intuitive impression Alpha feels. In the past, there would be large and small banquets in the Hillman family's manor every night, and merchants from all over the city would flock to the Hillman family, but now it is different. Most merchants seem to be intentionally or unintentionally alienating the Hillman family.

Looking at the crowds in the mall, everyone bought a lot of things after entering the store. Alpha felt that this time point was very dangerous. The city's economy would quickly overflow. However, everyone knows that water overflows when it is full, but many people may have never seen it in their lives.

The only person in the city who proposed that the city should slow down its economic development was Hu Youran. He has said many times on TV programs that the rapid development of various industries will eventually consume the city's high economic cycle in advance. If this economic cycle ends, the city will usher in a rapid economic decline.

Alpha has seen such scenes countless times. Seeing Niya still choosing things, Alpha just stood at the door of the store without going in. Soon Niya took a large bag of things, a tall stack of clothes, and shouted directly.

"Sister, come and pay."

Alpha smiled helplessly and walked in. After quickly settling more than 10,000 yuan, he helped Niya carry some clothes and put them into the light and shadow bracelet, and then planned to go home.

It was almost 1 o'clock, and there were still a large number of pedestrians gathering on the streets. Young people were making noise in the streets, but Alpha couldn't feel happy.

Especially what happened in the film and television area last year made Alpha always feel uneasy. Tamai had reported the situation in the film and television area to Alpha for several months in a row, but many problems in that place still had not been solved.

As for the intricate network of relationships in the film and television area, Tamai has also figured out some of it. The accumulation of these things will one day cause big problems. Now, the area that Alpha pays the most attention to is District 29, which has begun to recover again.

A lot of casinos have opened in the city, which is what Alpha is worried about, but the tax revenue has increased a lot because of this, because the tax revenue from casinos is very high. Now a large part of Angus's family's construction project funds is from the casino.

Alpha doesn't like to use this method to transform the economy. It always feels that the problem will become more and more serious, but everyone just thinks that it will be better in the future, and no one cares.

"elder sister"

Niya pulled Alpha and walked quickly. Alpha looked at where Niya was going. The next street was Qinglong Street.

"What are you doing in a place like that?"

"How about we find some beautiful men to drink with us? Recently I have seen a lot of beautiful men on Qinglong Street."

Alpha grabbed Nia's ears.

"Go home."

But just after taking a few steps, Niya suddenly jumped out. As soon as Alpha looked over, he saw Niya standing in front of a man who looked very drunk with two women in his arms. Alpha had just taken a few steps. Only then did I realize that it was Jewell.

"Hey! Where are you going next? Do you want to come to my house for a drink?"

Jewell laughed, shook his head, hugged the two women and started walking.

"Next, I'm going to spend time in the adult world. Niya, just take your time and play."

Amid the laughter of the two women, Jewel left, and Niya sighed.

"What's wrong with him?"

Just as Alpha was about to ask, Nia dragged Alpha and started walking.

"I'm too lazy to care about him. He is just a playboy wandering among women. After all, he was abandoned by that old woman. In short, he may be a loser in the future."

Alpha looked at Jewell who was walking away. He was no longer the same as he had seen him in the past, and his eyes became extremely cloudy.

Soon the two sisters took a service car back to First Avenue, but they got off the car at the entrance of the avenue. There were many cars parked on the street, and the brightly lit Angus could already be seen. We're home. There are a lot of guests in the manor today.

After returning to the manor, Alpha did not go to the banquet on the lawn, but returned directly to the house. Nia had already gone to the banquet. Alpha returned to the second floor and looked at everything outside the window. The family had been there for many years. No more.

Everyone is happy with the rapid economic growth, but if you just look at the future, you will find that the future is actually dark. Once again, the opening up of science and technology will stimulate industries and make the city's economy better.

It’s just that this time, in Alpha’s view, the gods have been a little too hasty. In the past, they have opened up slowly, but last year they opened up a lot of technologies, all in order to end the construction as soon as possible and then start to prepare for the next mechanization era. paving.

"What would you think of Uncle Gene if you were still here!"

Alpha looked at the sky with some sadness. She didn't know when Jean would come back, but it was certain that he wouldn't be able to see it in a short time. Alpha felt a little tired because many black market transactions had happened in the city recently. came out, including some sins hidden in the sun, also appeared one after another.

Many people can't see these things. In the past, Gene always dealt with these things, but now no one cares about these things. All departments are busy adding bricks and tiles to the whole city's glory again. Alpha only feels very Powerless, this feeling.

Didi didi

"at home?"

Latis's voice came. Recently, half of the foundation of the prison has been laid. The very large prison was excavated by manpower. All the workers were prisoners, which saved a lot of costs.

"Where else can we go?"

"I'll come over to you later and have a drink with you all night long."

Alpha smiled sadly.

"Why, your voice sounds uncomfortable."

Alpha hummed.

"Isn't it actually good to be like this now? Besides, I think you should consider getting married. You and Noah are not young anymore."

"I have no such considerations at the moment. I'll take a rest first."

Alpha said and hung up the phone. The most intuitive feeling given to Alpha during this period was that everyone in the city seemed to be exhausted in an instant. Everyone just wanted to relax and have a good rest, but people can rest. , but the city will not stop.

It’s just that the situation in subject 5 is better now than before, and Alpha is more worry-free. In the past few months, Alpha has promoted many people according to Tamai’s recommendation, and they are already working in many jobs. I have shown my due ability in my position, not only in 5 subjects, but also in other subjects.

At this moment, two figures in front of him, one tall, one short, one fat and one thin, were walking towards the mansion.

"Chief Alpha, can we have a chat with you?"

One of the people below was Xingyuan and the other was Peristan. Alpha was a little surprised.

After a while, the two came to Alpha's room. They looked very serious. Alpha poured tea for them. The two of them were not doing well recently. Perstein's reputation had been damaged in the society due to the infringement lawsuit. It had a very big impact, and Xingyuan broke up with Mansha, and was even hyped as a cheating scumbag by the media.

But these two people never responded directly.

"What do you think of the city now, Chief Alpha?"

Peristan asked, and Alpha lay down by the window and lit a cigarette.

"very bad."

"That's very bad Miss Alpha."

Xingyuan stood up. He had begun to worry. The city was now in a state of great self-lost. All walks of life were expanding and they were not tired at all. They didn’t know how to stop or when enough was enough. How to write a word.

"Why are you not like you used to be, Miss Alpha? Is it because of your family relationship?"

Xingyuan asked, and Alpha nodded with a bitter smile. She did not avoid the question.

Perestan hummed.

"This is indeed a very difficult thing to handle, Miss Alpha. Everyone is immersed in such an atmosphere. No one thinks about the future. Once the atmosphere is formed, it is difficult to get out of it. By the time everyone realizes the danger, they have already Nothing can be changed."

Alpha shook his head.

"Even if I do something, I can't pry it off. The city needs silence now, and what everyone needs is a smile."

"But this is not Miss Smiling Alpha in the true sense. Everyone is enjoying the short-term dividends without realizing the danger. If this continues, the next large-scale unemployment wave will come early."

"When there is only one voice in this society, people often lose their judgment. This is inseparable from the strong investment of businessmen. In the end, it is the whole society that bears everything, but businessmen can still be alone, and even Lots of money to be made, now someone needs to break the noise Miss Alpha.”

Xingyuan said seriously, and Alpha shook his head.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what to do."

Alpha knows very well that the gods will never allow him to continue to mess around. In the past, every time he messed up, Jean would always stand up, but now there is no more. Everyone has decided to follow the wishes of the gods and make the city high-speed and stable. development, knocking on the door of the next era.

Peristan looked at Alpha sadly.

"If you don't come forward, this city will be in a very dangerous situation. Miss Alpha, I hope you can come forward."

Both Peristan and Xingyuan stood up and bowed deeply.

Alpha exhaled a puff of smoke and still shook his head.

"I'm sorry. I'm alone now. I can't solve the problem by myself. Everyone is immersed in their own joy. What do you think will happen if I take away this joy now?"

Peristan didn't say anything else. He pulled Xingyuan who was still trying to talk, and the two of them left the room.

"Miss Alpha seems to have changed a lot. Maybe it started from the incident in the film and television area last year."

Xingyuan said helplessly, and Peristan nodded.

"The sun will always dry up. I feel really sad. For Miss Alpha, perhaps the resistance does not exist at all. What exists is that she has been sucked into this huge atmosphere and cannot escape."

Xingyuan nodded, they couldn't do anything, couldn't change anything, because once such an economic high-speed train starts, it won't stop until there are no cars destroyed and people killed.

All walks of life have boarded this high-speed train and started to fly with it. Many people clearly don’t need some things at all, but they will spare no effort to buy them because everyone is buying them and receiving them quickly. New products and the elimination of some old products. Only a small number of sober people have not accepted everything brought by new technology so quickly.

This year, Congress issued a new birth restriction order, because the population has now exceeded 23 million, which is a relatively dangerous number. The excessively long life span has caused the number of human beings to continue to expand, and the city is now at a fundamental halt. A stage of rapid growth that will not come down.

"No matter what, we have to do something to restore the planet, and we can't stop."

Xingyuan nodded and planned to continue lobbying some people with Peristan. It was time to slow down the growth of his industry.

Alpha sat on the edge of the desk and brought up a light and shadow screen. On it was a list of people submitted by Tamai, and Alpha began to browse.

1:27 late at night

Frye quietly held the clone Lolita's waist. In the dean's room, amid the soft music, the two looked at each other affectionately and danced. The dean's room was slightly decorated. New Year's atmosphere.

"Let's take a rest."

Seeing that Lolita was panting, Frye let go of Lolita and helped her sit on a chair nearby. After that night, Frye accepted everything about Lolita and no longer looked at other species. vision to see Lolita.

"The situation in the city is still as bad as ever."

Lolita said, and Fry nodded. There are now 138 patients in Fry's Mental Hospital. Fry and Lolita take care of these patients every day, but Lolita's body always has some problems. After a period of time, she has to create a new clone for Lolita, and the appearance of the new clone is always accompanied by the loss of memory. Fry is currently trying to solve this problem.

"Have you thought it through, Fry!"

Fry hummed.

Lolita chuckled, holding Fry's hands and smiling gently.

"If one day the gods are unwilling to return the power to us humans, it will be when we start. This is the agreement between you and me, Fry. I hope you will abide by this agreement at that time."

Fry hummed and looked at the brightly lit streets. The hospital was still the same, even in the New Year. At this time, a hysterical roar came from below, and Fry pressed his forehead and turned around and walked out.

"It looks like Jaylin is having another attack! I have to go down to take care of her."