Chapter 1407: The Edge of Collapse: Blood and Sand 1 (Part 2)

"What do you want to do?"

A mutant wearing a collar was taken out of the cell by two people from Section 11. He looked at the officers sandwiching him on both sides in horror. It was just after six o'clock. The mutant came out of the cell. He was suddenly taken out of the prison, and he was still struggling because he had caused trouble in the canteen a few days ago and beat an ordinary prisoner in the bathroom, severely injuring him. In the past few days, this mutant People are afraid.

"I know it's wrong, I know it's wrong, you guys"

Before the mutant finished speaking, he was hit with a stick, and then the sticks fell on the mutant like raindrops. After a while, the mutant became more honest and did not dare to resist, because he I have seen the fate of those who resisted mutants. They were either killed directly by the collar or became disabled and died slowly.

This mutant was originally a serious violent criminal, committing assaults, violent robberies, and murders. After entering the prison, this mutant was also dishonest, formed gangs, and caused a lot of trouble in the prison.

Although this mutant has established relationships with many people from Section 11 by forming gangs, these people from Section 11 advised him not to cause trouble for the time being, but just a few days ago this mutant started to Cause trouble.

At this time, the mutant was frightened in his heart. He was dragged directly into the elevator by two officers. The two officers who came to arrest him were not the usual guards of Prison No. 4. Finally, the elevator came. When he reached the top floor, the mutant saw several prison directors looking at the light and shadow screen, and there were many mutant criminals next to them. Some of them had been beaten like him, and some were already unconscious. A mutant prisoner didn't know what happened. He was brought to a director.

"Sir, I don't dare anymore. I really don't dare next time."

"No, you will be out of here soon."

The mutant looked at the director in confusion. At this time, he saw his own information on the light and shadow screen. The director was reviewing it, especially the four bright red characters on it.

"Where will your lord send us?"

"Go to the mines in Montenegro. Since you have the strength to cause trouble, just go there and work hard until your sentence is over."

The mutant swallowed a gulp. He became a little scared and was still saying nice things. But soon after the director reviewed the information, the mutant was thrown directly into the lift, surrounded by There are many awake prisoners, all of whom are mutants without exception.

It's just that many people smiled disapprovingly, because working in the mines was actually nothing, and it was even more free than in prison. Some people were even thinking that working in the mines might even have a chance to escape.

At this time, the mutant who was brought in felt a little more at ease, because many of the mutants nearby, like himself, were violent elements who would cause trouble in prison from time to time. Soon this medium-sized aircraft took off. The landing was filled with 100 mutants. After the landing door was closed, some mutants started chatting with each other.

"Isn't it just hard work? It's not like I've never done it before, stupid."

A mutant said, and several mutants next to him laughed. Most of them had worked at the construction site of the new prison. Now the workload is not as heavy as before. Some ordinary workers and machinery have replaced the big ones. Some mutant prisoners, because they cause trouble from time to time on the construction site.

"It won't be the same wherever we go. We would have been finished anyway."

Several mutants laughed. Among all the mutants, only one sitting in the corner was silent at this time.

"Boss Potter, why have you been brought here? Don't you usually make trouble?"

Someone asked. Many people know that one of the forces in Prison No. 4 is controlled by Porter. He usually does not cause trouble casually. There are indeed some people under his command who will cause trouble. Porter himself is also quite confused. , he didn’t know why he was brought here.

Porter has been in prison for 20 years. He has experienced prison riots and changes in management. Porter was sentenced to 45 years at the time, but he has not caused trouble in these years and has performed well. He has already received 7 years of his sentence reduced. , Logically speaking, Potter should not have been brought in, and Potter is still a high-level mutant.

At this time, some people were also confused, because before they left, another lift came over, and people were brought up from the elevator one after another, all of them mutants.

Several mutants leaned over and sat next to Porter. Throughout Prison No. 4, Porter handled all aspects of work and interpersonal relationships quite well.

"Boss Potter, where do you think we will be taken?"

Potter thought for a while and then shook his head.

"Although I don't know where we will be taken, what is certain is that the place we are going to next is not a good place."

Potter looked at the windowless cabin. It was impossible to see outside. But now that they were all wearing collars, there was no way to resist. Potter also thought about the authenticity of the mine, although he had not been out in these years. , but Porter has read a lot of news from the outside world and understands part of the situation outside.

Now a large number of mutants in the city gather in the north, and there must be a large number of mutant workers in the mine. Although they are free labor, they can even rent out these criminals to some companies to make money for Congress, but Porter has thought about it carefully and it should be impossible. The guarding of mutants is one issue. They are likely to plan to cause trouble or even escape, so the possibility of being taken to the mine to work has been reduced.

Porter likes to use the elimination method to think about things. Why do they want to take these mutant criminals to the Black Mountain in the north, but Porter can't find the answer after thinking about many possibilities.

The north is now a gathering place for mutants, and the jobs have long been saturated, and they are impossible to take away the jobs of those mutants, which will cause social burden.

Porter has read a lot of books in prison over the years, and under the advice of Hydra, he has indeed effectively improved his knowledge and gained more experience. Porter himself has also changed a lot. He is no longer as irritable as when he was young and does things impulsively without thinking.

"No matter where we are taken, if anything threatens our lives, we can only resist."

As Porter said this, many mutants stopped talking and laughing and nodded in agreement.

At this time, the takeoff and landing machine began to stabilize, and the voice of a clerk came from the indoor communicator.

"Everyone line up and prepare to enter your cell first."

The hundreds of mutants in the cabin stood up and consciously lined up in two long lines. As the door of the takeoff and landing machine opened, Porter stared at the folding door that was slowly closing in front of him, and there was a ray of light in the distance. It was 8 o'clock in the morning on June 7.

At this time, all the prisoners came out and finally saw clearly that this was a relatively large indoor space, and there were aisles around it, and many places looked old.

"Where are we?"

A mutant asked, but at this time someone noticed that the people standing around were some directors of Sections 4, 5 and 11.

"No talking, follow the instructions and enter the cell."

The mutants stopped talking honestly. Porter observed everything around him. He looked carefully and wanted to remember everything here. There were a total of 24 passages around the hall, and there were rooms on all the passages. At this time, the directors began to arrange the prisoners to enter different passages.

This should be an underground facility somewhere. Porter began to calculate. According to the speed of this medium-sized take-off and landing aircraft and how long they flew, Porter probably knew that they were now on the edge of the city.

Soon Porter was assigned to a cell. Many prisoners were happy, but this cell had no windows. After entering, it was a metal room with a separate bathroom, a small table and a small bed. Porter was a little strange, but the door of the room was closed.

The sound outside disappeared instantly. Porter felt anxious. He knew that this was not heavy physical labor, and it might be worse than heavy physical labor.

Porter instantly felt a chill rising up his spine, and some shadows of the directors of Section 4 emerged in his mind. Porter realized that they were probably sent to the mine to work because they violated the internal management regulations of the prison. In fact, they were just sent here as research materials.

Porter turned around and ran to the gate. He pressed the gate hard and found that the gate did not move at all. The gate was very heavy. Porter pressed it hard and left a palm print on the gate. Porter began to exert force. With a creaking sound, the middle of the metal door was pressed down, but immediately accompanied by a harsh mechanical beeping sound, the room flashed red light.

"Please leave the gate immediately, otherwise don't blame us for being rude."

Creak

A small opening opened in the four corners of the room. Porter immediately raised his hands high, left the metal door of the section, and sat back on the evil bed. The metal door that had just been pressed down by Porter began to slowly recover.

Potter had a good idea at this time. When he closed the door just now, he didn't even hear the sound of the door turning, only the sound of the door slamming. It was certain that the metal door was quite thick, but it was not impossible to open. It might be very difficult for low-level mutants, but for high-level mutants like Potter, it was still easy to open such a door.

After the flashing red light, the small hole in the corner at the top of the room closed. Potter wiped the sweat from his forehead and began to worry because he didn't know what would happen to them.

It was very difficult to escape. Potter pressed the collar on his neck with one hand. If this thing could be taken off, they would have a chance to escape from here.

When Potter was still at the bottom in the early years, he also heard some rumors that Black Mountain was an experimental base in the city, so Potter estimated that they should be in the experimental base inside Black Mountain now.

Thinking carefully about some major events that have happened in the past one or two years, they have a lot to do with mutants.

Crunch

Just as Potter was hesitating, a small door opened on the side of the door, and a steaming hot meal was placed there. Potter took it. It was a stew of potatoes, carrots, vegetables and meat, a very nutritious breakfast, and most importantly, it was a large portion.

Potter was also a little hungry. He took it and ate it voraciously. He quickly finished the food with satisfaction, then put the big bowl back, closed the small opening, and lay down on the bed.

At this time, Porter remembered that he had undergone a comprehensive physical examination a few days ago. Porter also saw other mutants undergoing physical examinations. The more he thought about it, the more scared Porter felt.

8:29 in the morning

Jill looked at a list of mutants and the determination of their alienated gene values. Now a total of 121 mutants have been transported from the prison. The people in Section 10 used construction robots to repair and transform the originally narrow research base in Black Mountain in a short period of time. This research base is near an abandoned mine pit, which has long been banned from mining.

"Now their physical condition is generally not good. There are a lot of toxins in their bodies, and their physical condition is very bad. They have to get their physical condition better before they can start the experiment."

Jill nodded, and several directors of Section 4 began to get busy, because the next batch of prisoners will come soon.

If we want to solve the problem of mutants going berserk, we can only use the drugs that Section 4 has developed to induce mutants to go berserk, so that they show the characteristics of the initial berserk state, and then use experimental drugs to suppress it. If the suppression fails, we can only start human dissection directly to understand what kind of changes have occurred in the genes of this mutant during the berserk state.

The drugs that induce mutants to go berserk can only adjust the dosage little by little, so that the mutants show signs of going berserk, and then start drug suppression research and body dissection genome analysis research.

21 directors of Section 4 have agreed to this approach. Jill has told them a lot of things. Now those who know about the mutant research include Latis and some directors in the prison.

"How long will it take to improve the physical condition of these mutants?"

"It will take at least a month."

A director of Section 4 replied that the plan has already begun, and Jill knows that the situation here will be extremely tragic in the future.

"Sorry, I asked you to do this kind of thing."

Jill has considered that for some mutants who have committed serious crimes in society, they will be arrested directly to this base instead of being sent to prison.

Ding ding ding

Gill glanced at the number and immediately made a shushing gesture.

"What's wrong, Section Chief?"

"Where are you now, Jill?"

Alpha's voice came from the phone, and everyone's expression tensed. Jill thought for a while and said with a smile.

"Of course I'm outside. What's wrong, Section Chief? Is there something going on in the department? I'm going to the school of the Department of Operations to see the trainees of Section 5. I want to start the allocation early."

"Really! Jill, are you hiding something from me recently?"

Alpha asked, and Jill said with a smile.

"What can it be? There are still so many things going on now. Let's not talk about it for now, Section Chief. I'm almost there."

Gill hung up the phone and he breathed a sigh of relief. Although Alpha asked this, as long as Jill didn't say anything, Alpha wouldn't pursue it too much. Now Alpha is busy revising the internal management regulations of the Department of Operations.

After the previous regulations were implemented over the years, many people in the Operations Department were still able to find some loopholes in the regulations. What no one expected was that Alpha had sorted out and classified the problems that had occurred in the Operations Department over the years, and also matched them with the internal punishment regulations of the Operations Department. These things were clearly recorded in detail. At the meeting of the section chiefs and secretaries a week ago, Alpha had sent everything she had sorted out to all section chiefs and secretaries.

Such documents are not impeccable, but it can be seen that Alpha is moving towards perfection.

"Now we can only take one step at a time!"

9:26 in the morning

Gene stood by a flower bed, holding a baby girl in his arms and patting her gently. Soon the little girl who had just eaten fell asleep, and there were tears on her red face.

"See, Zijuan, you are already a mother, you have to be patient."

Gene said, still holding the baby girl, and walked to Zijuan, who was sitting on a chair in loose clothes across the room, and she pouted.

"Principal, you are really suitable for taking care of children. I don't have your patience."

Gene smiled and shook his head.

"I will resume work when the child is older. Although the work in Section 3 is not heavy now, I can't leave it all to Osman alone."

Gene smiled and gently rocked the baby girl in his hand. After she fell asleep, he carefully put the baby girl in the baby basket with telekinesis and covered her with a quilt.

"I will go to help in a few days."

Gene said, and Zijuan nodded with a smile.

"You are the best principal. I think no one is more suitable for such a leadership work than you."

Gene sat helplessly by the wooden corridor and nodded.

"But don't you feel annoyed doing these things all day, principal?"

Zijuan asked, and Gene shook his head.

"Someone has to do it."

The team of special inspectors of the Fortress District selected by Osman has been established. Each area is under the charge of a 10-member team of inspectors. They are responsible for monitoring criminals in these areas, drawing detailed maps, understanding some things in the Fortress District, including counting the number of people in the Fortress District, and other work.

This kind of task is very arduous. Osman selected A-level and above mutants with rich practical experience and flexible minds. They need to report in front of the guard station every month, and then they can return to the city once every three months. They work for ten years, but those who come back after ten years can work in any department in the operational department and enjoy the treatment of a minimum level 3 official, and the allowances for the people in this special inspection team are relatively high.

This time, a total of 50 people were selected and divided into 5 teams. Gene will be responsible for leading them into the barrier area, evaluating their work, and guiding their actions, including constantly traveling back and forth to these 5 teams. Handover of reports.

"I think it would be better for you to go see Principal Alpha."

Zi Juan said, and Gene stood up after thinking for a moment.

"It will be better when we have time. After all, we are not children anymore."

Gene said and walked slowly. When he was about to leave the small courtyard, Gene turned around and asked.

"Are you really planning to send this child to King Xue?"

Zijuan nodded.

"Of course, principal. Osman and I both came from the Academy of God. He is the section chief and I am the secretary. In the future, our daughter will also take on the important responsibilities of Brilliant City. In the future, I think my daughter will If you become the section chief in Section 3, it should be pretty good.”

Jean smiled and waved and jumped out of the yard. He moved quickly in the area where senior executives of the industry lived, and soon arrived at Ye Chunwang's home. As soon as he jumped into the yard, Jean saw someone sitting on the second floor. Ye Chunwang, who was on the balcony of the building, looked at Jean helplessly.

"Can't you knock on the door?"

Gene waved his hand and sat on a small chair under a tree in the yard that had grown a lot taller. Ye Chunwang jumped directly from the second floor.

"Why are you here today? Aren't you busy fighting crime?"

Gene shook his head.

"There will always be free time, Xiaoye. I heard Hawke say you were drunk before."

Ye Chunwang smiled bitterly.

"Forget the past, I am retiring now."

Gene knew very well that the last time he gave a televised speech to the city, Ye Chunwang was very enthusiastic about the land recovery plan, but now this enthusiasm has been extinguished because the plan was abolished.

"Maybe one day in the future the land will need to be revived again. When the time comes to learn from this experience and lessons, I think it can be successful."

Ye Chunwang blinked and laughed.

"I don't have your energy Gene, nor your patience, nor your strong obsession."

"Have it!"

Gene asked back, and the smile on Ye Chunwang's face disappeared.

"Have you considered what I said? Gene, the next era is about to begin, but the city cannot always rely on existing talents to lead everything. What the city needs is fresh blood. I think it is time Now, you can start training the next generation, this time don’t use elite education.”

Gene knew what Ye Chunwang wanted to say, so he answered.

"I'll take a look if I see someone capable someday."

"You still don't quite understand what I mean, Gene. No matter whether this person is capable or not, as long as he is more motivated and kinder, I think these two points are enough. Ability can be cultivated slowly. Use your different skills to The patience and persistence of ordinary people should be used to cultivate a free next generation for the city, rather than using an elitist framework to cultivate a constrained next generation. "

Gene smiled thoughtfully.

"Do you want to hand over your children to me?"

Ye Chunwang immediately refused decisively.

"My children will choose the life they want to choose. I don't want them to enter the world of power. After all, this place is really not a place for people to live."

"I know Xiaoye, I came today just to see you."

Ye Chunwang shook his head.

"I have no problem, Jean. If there is really a problem, I won't say anything to you calmly now, but the mother and son in the Agriculture Department are very good talents. You can go and see Ji En when you have time. kindness."

Jean hummed. Although he had heard a little bit about it, Jean had never seen the dark-skinned mother and son.

"It'll be another day, Xiaoye, I have to leave, and I have to go to the next place."

Seeing Jean jump out of the courtyard wall, Ye Chunwang had a helpless smile on his face, because he knew very well that Jean was the most patient person he had ever seen in his more than seventy years of life.

Gene was still traveling quickly, and he soon arrived at Hawke's house. At this time, Hawke was not there, and Gene saw Kailin in the yard.

"Mr. Jean, why are you here? Come in quickly."

Gene smiled and nodded.

"Where's Hawke?"

"Hawke went out last night and is probably still hungover by now. He said he would be back later."

Jean smiled and talked to Kailin for a while before leaving. Jean needed Hawke to come out and help because the current situation in the city was somewhat abnormal. Jean had to find the abnormal part, especially what happened in the city after he left. For a big deal, Jean must find a way to uncover what's hidden in the darkness.

To investigate in a more secretive manner, Hawke, who held a position similar to Locke's in the past, knew many people and had a very large network of relationships, which was what Gene needed.

But Gene hasn't figured out how to talk to Hawke. After all, Hawke has retired, and it was Gene who nodded in agreement. If he bothers Hawke now, how can he get Hawke to nod is a problem.

At this time, Gene saw a couple walking towards him with their arms around each other and smiling. Gene did not appear on the street, but came to a small alley. Seeing this couple with fair skin walking in front of him, Gene always felt a little weird, because this couple seemed unusually happy, and they seemed to be visiting someone with gifts in their hands.

But what puzzled Gene was that the couple's skin was pale and a little abnormal, as if they had lived in a basement without sunlight for many years, but Gene didn't care about it, but hid his figure and ran quickly.

"Finally out."

Gu Lin smiled and leaned on Fate's arm. They were now a couple of members of the Hillman family, visiting a relative who worked in Section 6 and had a good relationship with them before, and also to convey the order of the patriarch Eddie. Their current identity was a couple who were expelled from the Hillman family because of their past crimes.

This former member of the Hillman family is now a squad leader of Section 6. Due to the limited number of people in Section 6, many Level 3 officers also live here.