Chapter 14 Fermentation

"If you don't get up, I'll beat you!"

A violent shaking sound rang out, and Le Xiao woke up in shock. She looked at the light overflowing from the bracelet, forming a white little man about half a meter tall, with a bulging body, soft little fists, big round eyes, and a puffy little mouth. The little fist kept hitting Le Xiao's head.

"I know, I know, I'll get up now."

Soon the little man smiled and turned into light and shadow and returned to the bracelet. Le Xiao showed a bright smile. The dazzling light of the sun shone in from the window, and her cheeks flushed. Le Xiao rolled on the bed happily, holding the quilt and laughing like crazy.

She still remembered the wonderful time yesterday. Gene gently took her to stroll on the street. He asked Gene a lot of questions. He knew that he liked cigarettes and didn't like sweets and other daily life interests. In order not to spoil the atmosphere, Le Xiao didn't mention anything about Section 13 and left Gene's phone number.

"Yeah, great!"

When Le Xiao thought of this, she took the phone and looked at the number on it. 0013, a four-digit phone number. Although it was a bit weird, it was Gene's number. The little man who was yelling this morning was the one who bought it for her in a light and shadow store yesterday when she was shopping. Le Xiao said that she was always late. Gene bought it for her in a light and shadow store for 300 yuan. Although Le Xiao kept refusing, she finally bowed down to that gentle and handsome face and accepted it happily.

Looking at the time, it was only 7:30, and there was still time. Le Xiao, who had been heartbroken about work before, received a call from Shi Ke, the editor-in-chief of the second channel of a weekly magazine, when she returned home last night, asking her to go to a chain hotel on Ring Street No. 10 at 10 o'clock this morning. The Shuchang chain hotel was going to hold a press conference. They were short of staff and needed temporary reporters.

The good luck one after another pulled Le Xiao from hell to heaven in an instant. Le Xiao, whose citizen level had dropped to level 3, would be finished if she didn't work harder.

Because of previous financial problems and more than 10 dismissals, after graduating from university, her citizen level was still 8, but it dropped to 3 in a few years.

In Brilliant City, all the resumes and working hours of everyone are recorded in detail. The city cannot tolerate people who do not work hard. Previously, she was recommended to work in the 9th Business Department. Because of Le Xiao's bad resume, it is particularly difficult for her to find a job now.

If this continues, the citizen level will continue to be reduced. Generally, it will be impossible to climb up to level 1. Such a level will be defined as useless garbage. After a month, the citizen level will be automatically reduced to 0 unless a miracle happens.

What Le Xiao needs to pay attention to now is that she has not worked for almost two days. If she has not worked for 30 days, she will be interviewed by the 9th Business Department and forced to recommend a job. If she refuses to work, she will go to work on the farm near the prison tower. Not only is it tiring, but the salary is low. She has to work from morning to night for a month to keep her current citizen level. If she refuses, her citizen level will be directly downgraded.

After eating some of the special liquid food left over from yesterday, Le Xiao went out. As soon as she ran to the underground station, she felt dizzy, her heart was pounding, her hands and feet were sore, and she pressed her forehead.

"I haven't exercised enough recently."

The train sped all the way. After passing three stations, Le Xiao was already standing on the circular No. 10 Street at around 8 o'clock. She was quite familiar with this place. When she took the journalist's certificate exam, she wandered here for too long.

Outside a 20-story high-rise hotel, there were already many people, all reporters in the same industry. Shi Ke seemed not to have arrived yet. Le Xiao quietly looked at the many passers-by outside the hotel and spoke angrily.

Shuchang Hotel Chain was previously exposed for providing special services for men and women without authorization in the hotel, and engaging in illegal gambling activities. Now their reputation has plummeted. Many people have been taken away by the 9th Business Department and the 5th Public Security Management Department for investigation. Now they are going to hold a press conference. As many as 30 hotels in the city have been sealed for nearly a month.

"Le Le, it's you, long time no see."

Le Xiao turned her head and saw a 40-year-old man with a vicissitudes of life standing in front of her with a smile.

Xu Ming, the boss of the first Nuanyi News Agency where Le Xiao interned after graduation, was full of energy at the beginning and worked hard to report a large number of warm and positive events in society. However, no one knew what was wrong with this society. No one liked to read this kind of news. Their news agency originally had only four or five people, and with poor traffic, it was simply unable to make ends meet and eventually closed down.

Everyone likes to watch violent and bloody things, and what they like to watch are entertainment gossips or some special reports exclusively for adults.

"Brother Xu, are you okay? I heard that you became a freelance reporter."

Xu Ming smiled and nodded, with a slightly bitter smile.

"Le Le, I heard you were fired again, do you want to..."

Before Xu Ming finished speaking, there was a violent roar at the door. The hotel door opened, and reporters began to line up to go in. Shi Ke also appeared, walking quickly with Mana. Last night, Le Xiao had prepared the manuscript and questions that might need to be asked on the spot.

"Sorry, Brother Xu, if you are free tonight, I will treat you."

The surging crowd lined up in a long line in front of the large light and shadow hazard detection machine that appeared at the door. Shi Ke was explaining a lot of things to Le Xiao.

Then when it was Le Xiao's turn, as soon as he walked to the door-like danger measuring machine, the light and shadow screen next to him suddenly lit up with a green light. Le Xiao blinked in confusion. Others had to scan for several minutes, but he scanned it in just one second. Passed.

"It's really good, it passed in 1 second."

Mana and Shi Ke both went to the nearby room to complete a full-body search, and also interrogated many things before they were able to enter.

"This fool will come in handy for Sanlian's press conference in a few days."

"She can bring the things in, it's foolproof. We waited at the door of Section 2 for several months before we finally found someone who could use it. I'm going to call everyone tonight. Don't make any mistakes. You must be with me." This little girl communicates well.”

Shi Ke hummed and showed a sinister smile.

After a whole day and 13 hours, Le Xiao received a salary of 260 yuan. She was so tired that she couldn't move. When she got home, Le Xiao lay on the bed, smiling with a satisfied expression, and would meet with Xu Ming later.

It was just after 10 o'clock, and Le Xiao planned to take a shower and then go to the bar on the corner of the street. Moreover, Smith Kline said today that if the next report is good, he will recommend him to the company boss and he can work in a weekly magazine.

"I finally got good luck. I can ask Jean out tomorrow."

Located in the middle of Industrial Avenue on the west side of the middle city, there is a huge building with a red cross background and the number 4 logo. The 4th Medical Department and the 19th Hospital are still busy at this time. It is a five-story square building with a huge area. Inside, the lights were transparent, and figures flashed by from time to time.

Medical care is the foundation of society. From the beginning of the establishment of Brilliant City, medical care has been borne by Congress. All citizens can go to medical departments for treatment at low prices. Only for some special diseases that require expensive biotechnology drugs, The price will also be very expensive, only some minor illnesses and pains are cheap.

At this time, in an aisle on the third underground floor of the 19th Hospital, Gene was quietly looking at the case data on a light and shadow screen. Next to him, Michelle covered her nose, and the pungent smell of disinfectant was in the air. permeated.

Next to him, a staff member from the 4th Medical Department wearing a black uniform stood waiting. On both sides were wards, in which lay patients whose bodies had been penetrated by beams of light.

The application of light and shadow in medical technology has been around half a century ago, and it is now relatively mature. After special light enters the human body, it materializes at the diseased or inflamed area, and then treatment can be started. Drugs can be delivered or even performed. Surgery is a direct treatment from the inside.

"This is the data from your hospital. I want specific data. I need to know the specific number of victims."

"Patients with angiofibromatosis are divided into three stages. The number of patients in the onset stage is huge. Sir Jean, it is temporarily impossible to count, and the number of patients in the deterioration stage"

The medical staff of the 4th Department wearing a white mask looked troubled in their eyes and glanced at Michelle who was wearing a white uniform next to her.

"Tell it like it is."

"There are a total of 15,783 people. The figures are mainly in slums and many lower-class neighborhoods that cannot be counted at the moment."

Gene looked at the patients in the ward, whose bodies were severely deformed, their skin was blackened in many places, and they were in so much pain that they could no longer speak.

"There are about 1,384 patients in the death stage, and we have 160 of them here. There is no treatment at this stage. After long-term consumption of liquid food, the pathological changes are being studied and investigated. We must find out what specific things have been added. It’s down to the particle level.”

Gene turned off the light and shadow screen, leaned against the corridor, lit a cigarette silently, and raised his head.

The problem has gradually begun to ferment. The 4th Medical Department approached Sanlian Company for discussion half a year ago, hoping that they would hand over the particle ratio document for liquid food. However, it has been delayed until now and cannot be obtained. The problem is getting more and more serious. There are already rumors in the society that there is a problem with the liquid food. In order to suppress all this, a month ago, the 4th Medical Department announced a fake news about an infectious disease with unknown cause and the characteristics of the infection. It was just a certain Some people will be infected.

"But now we have discovered that some people produce special antibodies in their blood that can resist angiofibroids. Currently, patients in the dying stage can only remove the fibroids produced on the blood vessel walls to temporarily save their lives."

After taking another look at the patients in the ward, Gene turned and walked away, and Michelle followed quickly.

"Lord Jean, you must not mess with this matter, otherwise"

Gene nodded. He knew very well that if the problems of Sanlian Company were really exposed, the whole society would be bleeding like a river in an instant, so Gene wanted to get Sanlian Company to admit on its own initiative that some of the food was contaminated. Rhetorically, paying compensation like this, finding ways to cure the people, and proactively admitting it like this are far better than the day when things really explode, and the impact on the entire society can be mitigated.

Walking to the street, aerial medical lifts hurriedly returned to the hospital, and a new batch of deteriorating patients entered the hospital.

"Lord Jean, just keep suppressing it. Poverty is the original sin. If these people had worked harder when they were young and strong, they wouldn't have to sacrifice their lives for a can of liquid food that costs 1 yuan."

"The matter cannot be suppressed. Those guys who have already discovered the filth hidden in Sanlian Company will expose it all."

The two walked along. Most of the factory workers had just got off work at this point. All the factories nearby were dome-shaped, which received the largest area of ​​sunlight to provide electricity for all the equipment in the factory.

All the exhaust gas and waste generated would be discharged directly into the deep ditch outside the Brilliant City through the underground pipelines that were planned and laid at the beginning.

The feeling of being unable to use the power spread all over his body. Gene walked quickly on the street and soon came to the stairs to the lower level. The light on the lower level was very weak, with stars and many places were dark.

"Help me check where the people who developed this liquid food are."

Michelle sat aside and shook her head.

"Lord Gene, I'm afraid those people have died or been exiled. As for the formula, I'm afraid only the three founders know it. I'm afraid they will never tell it even if they die, because once they fall, many people behind them will be implicated. The entire interest group will never allow such a thing to happen."

Gene stood up and looked at the dark barrier area in the distance, and smiled.

"Maybe there is still hope. Just solve all the essential problems. If there is not enough food, make sure the food supply can meet every corner of the city."

Michelle smiled and shook her head.

"The 12th Department's rhetoric of building an agricultural base in the fortress area is just a beautiful and intoxicating bubble. If it is really implemented, it will encounter many obstacles, just like most people will be full of hope as long as they see the sun tomorrow. Such a bubble is as dazzling as the sun in their eyes."

Gene took a step forward and stepped down the stairs.

"You go back tonight, Michelle. I have to deal with something."

Michelle was startled and seemed to feel something.

"Lord Gene, what are you going to do?"

"It's just dirty and tiring work, so you'd better not go, Michelle. Don't you have a serious mysophobia?"

Looking at Michelle's puzzled look, Gene said.

"I will go to the waste discharge pipes and find the waste discharged by Sanlian Company after producing food. From there, I can find the formula of particle level." Gene disappeared with a whoosh. Michelle covered her mouth and looked into the distance in disbelief.