Chapter 1429 The Last Straw 1 (Part 1)

December 31, 2225

"Hello everyone, I am Xiaotong, a reporter from the 6th group of CBV Activision. Today is the last day of this year. I wish you all a happy new year first!"

On a crowded street, a reporter wearing a simple white short skirt and work suit smiled, bowed respectfully in front of the camera, and said a lot of blessings. At this time, a man suddenly ran over from behind the camera.

"Oppose exploitation, oppose"

After the camera shook a few times, the TV program stopped immediately. Several staff members immediately pressed the man who came to the front of the camera to the ground. The man was still struggling.

"You evil running dogs, running dogs!"

The man was still shouting. In the past month or so, a major event has happened in the city. Most companies have united to sue the Angus family, hoping that the Angus family will pay off the debts owed by these companies. Most of the companies are construction companies, or material suppliers, and some construction equipment manufacturers.

Although the case has been reported and the Attorney General has taken it over, the case was postponed because it involved too many people and the situation was serious, and a conclusion could only be drawn after investigation. The businessmen all knew that this was the strategy of Congress.

But in fact, some businessmen have begun to cut the wages of some workers, and they are all expressing a point of view. Because the Angus family owes them money and has not yet settled it, they are now in financial difficulties, so they can only reduce the wages of the workers. The dissatisfied workers began to vent their emotions on the Angus family.

Violet has stood up and said that the construction money, material money and other money owed to the businessmen will be paid in full, and he has told most people that the Angus family is now in debt as a whole and can't pay the money at all, but most people still don't believe it.

There are always demonstrations on the streets where workers gather during their breaks, and the mutants are also dissatisfied because the Angus family has stopped working for more than a month.

The voices of dissatisfaction are not only from the workers, but also from more office workers who are dissatisfied with those who use AI network workers, which has caused unfair competition. Congress is very slow in giving quotas to those who open AI networks. So far, there are only 2.7 million users, which is already a very large group. Many people who cannot open AI networks and are still waiting in line are becoming more and more dissatisfied.

A few days before the end of the year, the prison was exposed to abuse prisoners and collect money from prisoners. Congress has promised to investigate. Many people are questioning the 11th Department about this matter, but the 11th Department has never responded positively, saying that it is a fabrication.

Today is the last day of this year, and the city has begun to fall into great chaos again. Many voices from the bottom have begun to rise. They all hope that Congress will allocate some farmland for planting to the bottom people on the grounds that the orchard plan has failed. Many people at the bottom are about to be unable to live. Some areas in some regions have become slums. The supply of water and electricity has become a problem. Most families have a monthly income of less than 300.

Consumption in the city has also begun to shrink rapidly. Compared with the first half of the year, for example, the middle class has seen a 55% reduction in consumption. Most people have also noticed that this is related to the explosive growth of the AI ​​network.

"Sir, how do you plan to spend tomorrow?"

After Xiaotong resumed her street interview, she ran to a young man with his head drooping and an angry AI virtual woman beside him.

"How else can I spend my life? I can't even afford to eat. I really don't know what Congress is doing."

The young man said as the female virtual AI beside him made a scissors gesture and smiled to persuade him.

"Master, don't be discouraged. As long as you work harder, you will definitely be able to improve next month. Xiaomeng has already made a consumption plan for you for next month. Pay some money this month first, and I will help you make precise plans."

The young man ignored the reporter and smiled bitterly, but immediately nodded.

"You have to help me plan well."

Xiaotong seemed a little embarrassed and hurriedly began to interview other people. Many people on the street said that they would spend the New Year at home this year and would not go anywhere.

This year has been an unbearable year for many people. Many people have spent the whole year in worry. Consumption in the city has dropped sharply, and many companies that provide demand have encountered some problems.

More and more people are losing their jobs, especially those who do not use the AI ​​network to work. Now the standards for hiring people in some companies have begun to change. If you are not a user of the AI ​​network, it is difficult to find a job.

The air in the city is filled with uneasy air everywhere. In some alleys on the streets, people can often be seen throwing garbage, and many places have accumulated urban garbage.

After work, Xiaotong covered her nose, and the breeze was mixed with an unpleasant smell of garbage. Although the garbage disposal outlets in the middle layer have covered almost all places, they need to pay monthly garbage disposal fees, which are calculated according to the amount of garbage thrown into the disposal outlet, and 30 cents per kilogram of garbage.

A family will produce about 40 kilograms of garbage per month, which only costs more than ten yuan, but some people are no longer willing to pay. Liquid food, which was originally only popular at the bottom, has now become a best-seller in the middle-level food market. Sanlian Company seized the opportunity and launched a large number of new flavors of liquid food to attract middle-level consumption.

1 yuan a can, which is enough for people with big appetites to eat and two meals of liquid food for people with small appetites, has become a best-seller in the middle-class areas. Some restaurants that used to only cost three or five yuan a meal have begun to close.

There are always people who secretly throw garbage in bags on the street. In the end, these garbage can only be handled by people from the 5th department. The money can only be paid with part of the local tax revenue. Many people who normally throw garbage have expressed dissatisfaction.

With the advent of consumption and unemployment, many schools of higher education have been in a state of emergency. Some schools have even been closed because they cannot recruit students.

However, the only place that remains unchanged is the upper class. The economy of the upper class is still stable. Restaurants that cost hundreds of yuan a meal are still doing a booming business every day. Those bright and beautiful clothing stores still have good sales every day. Many new models even sell well as soon as they are put on the shelves.

The hottest place every night is still Qinglong Street. This street of luxury has never been depressed since the establishment of the city. More and more fresh faces with beautiful faces have appeared on Qinglong Street.

"Hurry up, girls!"

Ada sat in a convertible sports car and asked the pretty girls to get in the car. It was just 10 o'clock in the morning.

"I'll take you to have a good meal. There are many rich people in our store tonight. You have to serve well. Remember to rest well when you come back. Tonight is New Year's Eve. You have to keep your energy. I promise that everyone will receive no less than 10,000 yuan in tips tonight."

The girls got in Ada's car with excited chatter. At this time, Ada saw Harrison chatting and laughing with several doormen on the street not far away. Ada sighed, smiled contemptuously, and drove away. At this time, a woman with disheveled hair ran out and knelt in front of the car.

"Don't fire me, please, Queen Ada!"

The woman looked pale and thin, and she seemed to be in great pain mentally. Ada looked at the woman with her chin on her hand.

"You are no longer valuable. Your turnover is basically zero recently. The contract is signed in black and white. Get out! We don't need you here anymore."

Ada said, and the girls behind her smiled and made faces at the woman on the street. She looked desperate. At this time, Harrison ran over.

"Miss Ada, how about some more grace?"

The car started, Ada laughed and left without looking back. Harrison looked at the girl who was still squatting on the street crying. This is a scene that can often be seen on Qinglong Street. These girls have paid their youth and energy here. Although many of them have made money, most of the money actually goes to the owners of these shops.

"I just bought a house. Recently, the old man in my family is sick. Harrison, help me think of a way. You are very familiar with Queen Ada, aren't you!"

Harrison hummed and could only agree first. The woman seemed to see hope. Harrison helped the girl up. Just as she was about to walk into the store, a pile of things were thrown out by several bodyguards.

"Get lost!"

Harrison looked at the woman awkwardly, and the woman burst into tears again. At this time, several doormen came to persuade Harrison not to care about such things, as he could not do anything about it.

Harrison looked at the woman holding her things and disappeared into the alley across the street in a daze.

Having worked as a doorman on this street for so many years, Harrison knew the rules here very well. Old and ugly people would be kicked out quickly, as would women who were rejected by most customers. Many of them now went to District 29. Harrison also went back to see that the place was now strictly controlled. Women who went there would be recommended by the people in the Operations Department to work on the farm, with a monthly salary of 600 yuan.

Most women could not accept it and started small businesses in District 29, but many of them secretly returned to their old business, because District 29 was very close to the eastern agricultural base, and the customer base was still sufficient. Many men who had worked on the farm for a day wanted to have a drink and then find a place to sleep. As long as there was a woman to instigate at this time, most men would obediently take out money, even if the money was their hard-earned money.

"I haven't seen Mr. Gene for a long time!"

Harrison smiled bitterly. He has bought a house here and is doing well. In his spare time, Harrison will take some crafts and repair clocks for some rich people.

After a while, Ada came back in the car. She looked around with a panic expression, and then suddenly pulled Harrison over.

"If someone from the Operations Department comes later, remember, don't say that I told that woman to get out. Do you understand?"

Just when Harrison was confused, a management car from Section 5 drove over here. As soon as it got off, several female staff members came over and immediately held Ada down and handcuffed her.

"My Lords, what law have I broken?"

"An employee of your store just committed suicide. We need to investigate."

Harrison watched as more and more management cars came over. Everyone was on high alert. They were all afraid of being fired and investigated. This was because Alpha, the head of Section 5, had issued a strict order to rectify the public security here. In the past, local regional officers and staff had colluded with some stores, and even forced some special envoy service girls to death. Alpha had reiterated that as long as there was a death case in this place, all staff would be punished.

Officially, because of such an extremely strict order, people in Section 5 have paid more attention. Some store owners are even more afraid that if problems arise, their stores will not simply close down.

Soon even the local regional section officer came over, and he looked at Ada solemnly.

"Lord Hamil, I"

"What are you doing Ada? I told you not to cause trouble for me, and take everyone in the store back to investigate."

At this time, Harrison noticed the smell of alcohol on Ada's body, and Harrison felt strange that under such strict orders, many shop owners had a much better attitude towards some women, and they did not dare to speak harshly, and even if If you want to expel someone, you have to wait until the contract expires to fire them directly, and then pay them a sum of money.

Soon Harrison was also taken away, after people from Section 5 checked the surveillance.

At this time, Harrison saw the regional section officer answering the phone with a solemn expression. Sweat was pouring out on both sides of his forehead. His face was pale, and the other section officers didn't look good either.

"What are you looking at? Why are you still standing there? If we don't figure things out, we will all go to the bottom."

After answering the call, the regional officer yelled.

At this time, Harrison discovered that Ada was still looking at him when he was taken into the car. In the past, the lives of these special service girls were not valuable at all. Some of them died on the way to work because of the excessive behavior of the customers that led to the death of these women. , after rectification last year, Alpha directly laid off more than 300 people on the spot, and the local regional officer was directly sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Everyone knows that there is a lot of trouble on Qinglong Street. Last year's review led to the closure of two-thirds of the shops, and many people were implicated.

At this time, more than 100 people from Section 5 appeared on the street. They entered the store directly and began to ask people in the surrounding stores.

"Everything has changed!"

Harrison smiled. Although he wanted to help the woman just now, he couldn't do anything. Harrison's expression became serious. He clearly realized something, but he didn't go to stop it. And the bodyguards were probably the same as Ada. That was what I had been told, but when I saw the boss telling the woman to get out in such a rough way, I naturally adopted the same method.

Harrison was soon taken to the security management center. After seeing Ada being brought in, Harrison was still hesitant. He wanted to help Ada, but Harrison soon made up his mind because he Remember every word Gene said.

11 a.m.

"You're the one who's been stabbed a thousand times. I've been so kind to you, but you've come back to bite me. You're going to die badly."

In an interrogation room, Ada's screams were heard. She rushed out angrily and was held by two female officers. She glared angrily at Harrison in the aisle. Because of Harrison's testimony, Ada He may be charged with indirect homicide.

Looking at Ada who was still roaring, Harrison lowered his head, and a clerk next to him patted his shoulder.

"Mr. Harrison, if you change your testimony in the Law Hall, you will be guilty of false testimony. The minimum starting time is 2 years."

Harrison nodded.

"Every word I say is true."

"We have already sent a lip reading expert over, and we will soon know whether what you said is true."

12 o'clock noon

As soon as Alpha got home, he saw Nia packing her things.

"Where are you going?"

"Sister, I won't be eating at home tomorrow night. I'm going to the ground floor."

Alpha looked at Nia with some doubts, and she started running with her bag on her back with a smile.

"I've already eaten. Sister, please go back and eat quickly."

Alpha returned home and came to the kitchen, only to find out from Micah's mouth that Niya was going to a restaurant on the ground floor to celebrate the New Year and have dinner with many of her friends.

"It's Lao Peng, do you remember, eldest lady?"

Micah said with a smile, Alpha was a little confused, but he quickly remembered.

"It's Uncle Peng, right?"

Micah snorted. He used to be a dedicated chef in the Angus family. But since the Angus family had problems as a whole, when they dismissed some people, the Angus couple gave this man named Peng Qi a sum of money to settle down. Fei, Alpha has heard of it. He went to the ground floor and opened a restaurant. The business was very good, just in District 113.

"It happened that some of Second Miss's friends were also there, so he decided to go over and have a get-together. Besides, Second Miss used to like Lao Peng's cooking the most."

Alpha thought about it. For a while, Niya was always picky and said that the vegetable rice was not very delicious. She smiled helplessly.

"I just hope she doesn't cause trouble."

"Probably not, the second lady is not much more honest now."

Alpha hummed, looking a little confused when her parents were not there.

"The madam and the master have gone out to do business. You also know that the eldest lady, those white-eyed wolves now"

Micah did not continue. She knew that Alpha would not favor her family. Alpha hummed.

"It's okay Micah, it's going to be okay, everything is going to be okay."

Micah said and hurriedly brought out vegetables and rice for Alpha. She had watched Alpha grow up. In fact, she was 13 years older than Alpha. She used to work as a servant in Angus's house with her parents, and then Wei Olite made her a housekeeper.

Micah is a little worried about Alpha. This is also what Violet is worried about. Alpha always shows a very scary expression several times. This is something Micah has never seen before, and Alpha himself seems not to be aware of it. The expression of wanting to kill someone will show up inadvertently.

Although Alpha said she was not worried about her family's problems, in fact she was more worried than anyone else. She only kept a small part of her monthly salary, and all the other money was transferred to the Angus family's account, and even All my welfare funds were remitted.

Recently, Micah also noticed that Alpha often sat on the bench opposite the Hillman family and stared at the Hillman family opposite.

Violet has already told Micah her concerns, because her daughter's heart is actually very fragile, which Micah also agrees with. At least Alpha's heart is not as strong as her sister Niya's.

"What's wrong Micah, what's the matter?"

Alpha asked and Micah shook his head.

"Miss, do you want to take a good rest for a few days? Such tiring work every day is not good for the body and mind."

Alpha smiled and shook his head.

"If I don't work, Section 5 will stop functioning."

"By the way, miss, Miss Mo came here a few days ago and said that I couldn't get through to you on the phone."

Alpha smiled and nodded.

"I'll call Xiaolan after dinner."

Micah stood behind Alpha, and now that the gods were not in the city, the situation in the city became even more chaotic.

12:31

Eddie was sitting in his office, and in front of him stood an old man with gray hair on his temples.

"Mr. Peng Qi, have you thought about it?"

The old man smiled and nodded.

"Everything will be done as you wish, Mr. Eddie."

Eddie nodded.

"Your children and your grandchildren will have a very good life in the future."

Peng Qi smiled and nodded.

"Yes, thanks to Mr. Eddie, you can give me a chance."

Eddie stood up with a hum and walked to Peng Qi's side casually.

"Remember, you can only succeed and not fail. If you fail, don't blame me for being rude."

Peng Qi swallowed and nodded.

"Andur, take him back."

click

The door to the room opened, and bodyguards who were already wearing black tights and looked like fierce eyes walked in and took Peng Qi out of the room. The moment the room closed, Eddie grinned and looked out the window ferociously. everything of.

The Angus family can no longer bear it anymore. Eddie knows very well that as long as he gives them the final blow, the Angus couple will let it go. Eddie has submitted proposals to Congress many times to solve the current construction problems in the city. proposal letter.

It’s just that Congress has never responded. Most people are still debating whether the scope of mutant activity should be opened. Because of the suspension of Angus construction, Congress had to allow a small number of mutants to leave the north and go to the south and west. Areas in need of workers.

And Eddie cleverly used Prometheus' calculations to easily recruit Niya's friends from the Lightning Construction Company to the vicinity of Area 113 through some connections.

Then last month, he asked Peng Qi to take his family to a place on the upper floor to play, and happened to meet Niya. As a result, Peng Qi initiated an invitation, and as early as when Niya’s friends went to work on the lower floor, Peng Qi had already become involved with them, and when he talked about those friends, Niya really planned to spend the New Year's Eve party at the lower level.

Everything has settled, and the final straw for the Angus family has been prepared.

Even though the mutant named Gris follows Niya wherever she goes, Eddie has already thought of a way and how to take Niya to the trap.

According to Prometheus's calculations, after capturing Niya, he would have to wait for more than a day at a nearby place originally used to make weapons before transporting Niya to the upper level. actions have been calculated.

Didi didi

The phone rang and Eddie answered it.

"Let everyone prepare for Erwin tomorrow. Our Hillman family is going to hold an extremely grand banquet. Only family members are allowed to participate."

"I understand, Mr. Eddie, but I think this plan still needs to be considered, because if there is an oversight, problems may arise."

After Eddie thought for a while, he looked at the black flames that had already been lit.

"Will the plan fail?"

"Master Eddie, the capture success rate is 100%!"

Eddie nodded with satisfaction.

"Okay, it's time for me to go down and check the students' results."

Eddie said and hung up the phone. Today is the day for students in the underground classroom to hand over their acceptance results.

“Students who have no results are not qualified to stay here.”

Eddie said, turned around and started walking.

"Moore, is there anything you want to tell mom?"

Moore was lying on the quilt, sweating profusely. After Ran Yu lifted his son's quilt, Moore kept trembling when he looked at his son whose face was red.

"Mom, I'm sick. I may not be able to go today."

Ran Yu smiled and nodded. After asking about his son, he saw two bodyguards from the Hillman family waiting to take Moore to the underground classroom as soon as he arrived in the living room.

"Moore is sick, you go back and tell Cousin Eddie."

The two bodyguards nodded and left.

"Don't be downcast, Leo."

Seeing her husband shrugging his head and looking very uncomfortable, both husband and wife knew that Moore was pretending to be ill. Although they didn't know what happened in the underground class, Moore didn't want to go.

Eddie came in after a while and brought the Hillman family doctor.

"Where is the young master? I brought the doctor here."

"Cousin, Moore is really sick, let him have a good rest."

Eddie ignored Ran Yu.

"Bring the young master down."

"enough!"

For a moment, Ran Yu roared angrily, and Eddie looked at her contemptuously.

"This is our Hillman family's business. It's not your turn as an outsider to interfere."

"I want to see my father, I want to see"

Ran Yu closed her mouth for a moment. She was shocked by Eddie's fierce gaze.

"I'm really sick, Uncle Eddie, I"

"Moore, our Hillman family has the best doctors. A minor illness can be cured quickly. The key is that uncle, I am very interested in some of the theories you have proposed before. I hope you can tell us in a practical way. , Theoretical Applications of Ouroboros.”

Moore swallowed, and he was led out by the bodyguards with a pale face.

"Look here, if anyone in this room dares to take a step forward, kill him immediately!"

After Eddie finished speaking, Ran Yu covered his mouth and cried.

Moore was being driven by bodyguards with a pale face. He had only heard x talk about this theory. However, this theory happened to be somewhat similar to a certain scientific theory. Moore said this without any hesitation. He had heard this theory from x. Heard about the Ouroboros theory.

After gaining Eddie's admiration and the envious looks of other students, Moore's whole body also swelled up a bit. He kept talking about this theory, always looking confident.

"Don't worry, Moore, I will help you. As long as you follow what I say, you will definitely be able to do it."

Moore swallowed.

The sound of "x" rang in my mind.