Chapter 16 Beyond the Light

"Falling in love with you is the original sin of my life. Forgive me is the tragedy of your life. You and I are just strangers who passed each other by fate. Why do we need to meet, why do we need to hold hands, why do we need to fall in love."

The lights in the bar were dim, accompanied by a low and sad song. Le Xiao pressed her forehead, her cheeks turned red, and Xu Ming in front of her smiled and shook her head.

"Don't you like listening to this love song? I think it's very good. Tian'ai's voice is really great."

Le Xiao could only smile awkwardly. This song "Guilty Love" was Tianai's recently released single. Its sales exploded instantly, reaching an astonishing more than 6 million copies, and it ranked top 1 on all major music charts. The melancholy and intoxicating song is called the saddest love song this year. With Tian Ai's heavenly voice, it has a bit of decadence and psychedelic feeling.

Tian Ai, a female star with good looks, a good voice, and a prowess in film, television, and singing, is like the sun in the entertainment industry of Bright City. Not only that, Tian Ai’s brother is also the section chief of the 3rd Military Section. Such a life is simply It makes people envious and hateful.

Le Xiao used to like Tian Ai very much. Although she was not a big fan of her, she also liked her movies, TV shows and songs. She had fantasized about meeting Tian Ai countless times, and even if she could become a female star one day What kind of life should it be.

Everything about Tian Ai seems to be just like her name. God loves her. She is beautiful, rich, and has a powerful brother, and this brother loves her very much. An entertainment show In the show, Le Xiao also saw that Tian Hen, Tian Ai's brother, was actually on the show. He was a handsome man, as beautiful as Tian Ai.

But now all this is in the past. Ever since she saw Tian Ai's true face, everything about Tian Ai's beauty in Le Xiao's heart collapsed. In addition, Tian Ai caused her to lose her job. What was originally photographed by media reporters was normal. , Tianai has never sued a media reporter, but why did she sue the news account she worked for? Judging from the decisiveness of the editor-in-chief to fire herself, this is Tianai deliberately targeting Le Xiao.

"Hey Lele, did you hear what I said to you?"

Le Xiao curled her mouth and took a sip of wine. The low-quality artificial fruit wine was really hard to drink, and she got drunk quickly.

"It was so good before. When I graduated, Brother Xu, it would be great if our media traffic could be stable. Why are people like this? They like cruel things, like entertainment, like"

"Okay Lele, stop talking. I told you at noon today. Do you want to follow me and become an independent reporter?"

Xu Ming said and wanted to help Le Xiao, who was already drunk, but accidentally spilled the wine. Le Xiao quickly got up and apologized, wiping Xu Ming with paper. At this time, Le Xiao drunkenly saw Xu Ming. Where has she seen the double-headed snake tattoo on her arm?

But at this time, there was a sudden commotion outside the house. The street lights on the street were flashing red. Xu Ming hurriedly pulled up his sleeves, but soon a group of uniformed officers from the 5th Public Security Management Section walked into the store. member.

"A week-long curfew will be implemented starting tonight. The order from Congress will come out early tomorrow morning. Please get up and return home quickly."

Xu Ming hurriedly looked at the Section 5 personnel outside who were checking some people's identity documents. Many people in the store were pulled up for inspection. He hurriedly helped Le Xiao up and started walking.

"I'm sorry. This lady may have some symptoms of an infectious disease. I want to send her to the hospital. Please give in."

Soon the staff of Section 5 got out of the way in a panic. Le Xiao didn't know what Xu Ming was going to say. As soon as he went out to catch the wind, he was already completely drunk and just smiled stupidly.

Located in the Xuanwu District to the north of the upper level, there are a large number of single-family buildings here. It is a wealthy area. Jean is walking on the streets, and there are people from the 5 departments patrolling around from time to time.

Congress has decided to impose a one-week curfew. People are not allowed to go out after 8 p.m. If they dare to go out, they will be arrested and imprisoned for three days at the least, or may be downgraded as a citizen.

Along the way, many people from Section 5 came to question him, but they gave up after seeing the uniform of Section 13 that Gene was wearing.

After just understanding the situation with Locke, the bottom and middle and lower levels are under the responsibility of the 3rd Military Section, which investigates all suspicious persons, not only during the day, but also at night.

Rumors have long spread in the city that the infectious diseases announced by the 4th Medical Department with unknown causes are actually special food poisoning.

In four days, Sanlian Company will hold a large-scale press conference to dispel the rumors. It is just after midnight, and the antidote should have been developed. Gene smiled.

The worst-case scenario is that the problem is exposed to the sun, and Sanlian Company will be greatly impacted in an instant, the food supply will stop in an instant, and conflicts and bloodshed are inevitable. The reason why Jean went to the sewer to find the particles The purpose of using high-grade industrial waste is to recover a large number of poisoned patients when the incident is exposed, and to minimize the impact.

Sanlian Company, which accounts for nearly 60% of the special food market share, has probably contacted Congress and is already discussing countermeasures in the worst case scenario. The curfew is just the first step. Gene stopped and looked back at the darkness behind him. Huge city.

"It just depends on these few days. If everything goes well, everything will be fine."

The rioters hiding in the city will never miss this golden opportunity. According to the conclusion of the Second City Crisis Analysis and Countermeasures Section, there are already a large number of armed forces in the Barrier Zone that are in contact with the rioters lurking in the city. The worst case scenario is that it will evolve into a war.

When the problems in the city are exposed, a large number of rioters will incite the people in the city, and when the smoke rises, the people in the Barrier Zone who have long hated the city will attack the four guard posts, and the war may break out at any time.

Therefore, almost all members of the Third Military Section were dispatched and stationed at the bottom floor in advance to ensure that the armed forces in the Barrier Zone can be effectively contained as soon as the riot occurs.

Gene stopped, extinguished the cigarette butt, held it in his hand and looked at the three-story courtyard-style building in front of him. There was a room on the second floor with lights on. Gene climbed over the wall and walked in slowly. There were trimmed lawns on both sides, and there was a small flower bed at the wall, full of flowers.

The window opened, and Ji Mo stretched his head out in surprise. The alarm in the room just sounded. He was a little surprised at first, but soon smiled helplessly.

"Can't you knock on the door?"

Gene had already crossed to the window on the second floor, sat by the window, and took out a cigarette. There was still a smell on him. Ji Mo looked at Gene strangely.

"I went to the sewer, nothing, but what are you doing recently."

Gene looked meaningfully at the messy office in Ji Mo's room, which was full of a lot of information. Many of the information was business information from the past ten years. Ji Mo tidied it up casually.

"Come in and talk."

Gene shook his head.

"Your wife and daughter are asleep. I just want to ask you, when I went to the business department to find you that day, did you have anything else you didn't tell me?"

Ji Mo looked puzzled and then laughed and shook his head.

"Nothing, I've already told you."

Gene nodded. It was because Ji Mo told him a lot of things before that he went to the medical department to investigate. Fortunately, some problems were solved.

"Go to bed early."

Jin said, turning around and jumping to the ground. His eyes looked a little helpless. Ji Mo behind him was his old friend, and he could not make any mandatory demands on him.

"Jin, it's okay, you don't have to worry about me. Didn't you say before that I would put all the faults on you? I remember it. Just don't regret it when the time comes."

Jin tilted his head and laughed with a cigarette in his mouth.

"Ah, I remember it!"

Ji Mo seemed to be relieved after watching Gene walk away. He closed the window, and the sweat that had been held back for a long time oozed from both sides of his forehead, as if waking up from a nightmare.

"I'm sorry, Gene, I can't rely on you this time, and your intervention will make the trouble worse."

Under the orange level of alert, all 13 departments of Brilliant City were dispatched, and everyone was trying to make the final effort for the upcoming crisis.

In the dead of night, at 3 a.m., Gene was still walking alone on the streets of the White Tiger District, and he could still see the 5th department personnel patrolling in groups of three or two.

Gene was not sleepy. There was only one question in his mind: what else could he do?

If this matter could be resolved by killing a few key figures, it would be too easy and simple. Killing people alone could not solve any problem.

The only clue to the rioters lurking in the city was the tattoo of a two-headed snake, but as the wise man said, the tattoo of a two-headed snake was just a deliberately released false signal. This conflict that was about to destroy the peace of the entire city was a large-scale conflict involving tens of millions of people.

It was not something that could be solved by killing a few people. Gene stopped and came to the huge statue of the white tiger leading to the middle level again. He leaned against the statue and smoked silently.

Many people with two-headed snake tattoos were arrested before, but some of them were real and fake rioters. Although some real rioters confessed, they just took the envelope with instructions through some inconspicuous places in the city to act.

Most people were even used for petty gains. Some radical guys cried and cursed when facing the iron-blooded interrogation. Things like justice and fairness, justice that was successfully induced by others, and even some people in the 13 departments might be deceived.

The city in front of us is like the tangled roots under a big tree. Which part is rotten and deteriorated?

"Dialogue can no longer solve any problems."

Gene put away his cigarette butt, walked down the stairs slowly with cold eyes, and a sharp murderous intent was revealed all over his body.

Beep beep

Gene answered the phone.

"Don't interfere with this matter again, Gene. Congress has found a perfect response plan, and the particle-level industrial raw materials you found make this plan more perfect. The plan you proposed before was also adopted by Congress. Everything will be handed over to Sections 3 and 5."

Locke's voice came from the phone, and Gene responded with a sneer.

"Perfect? ​​Only for those rich pigs!"

"Don't mess around, Gene. I beg you. If you mess around, everything will get out of control."

Gene hung up the phone and didn't continue to listen to Locke's nonsense. He walked quickly.

"The only way is to go to the Rampart Area."

Early in the morning, Le Xiao covered her aching head and woke up under the hammer of the angry little man's fist. She looked around in surprise and fell asleep with her clothes on. It should be Xu Ming who sent her home. Today she decided to go to the headquarters of Sanlian Company where the press conference was to be held to check out the location.

But the moment she turned over and got out of bed, Le Xiao felt weak and fell to the floor. Her forehead was sweating, her hands and feet were weak, and she was panting. She didn't know what was wrong, but she thought she was sick. After taking some cold medicine, Le Xiao rested for a while, ate a can of liquid food and went out.

Although there are many rumors on the Internet now, saying that the infectious disease in the city is actually poisoning caused by liquid food, there are many such remarks, but they have not been seen recently. The 4th Medical Department has repeatedly said that they believe in Congress and the Medical Department, and don't believe these rumors.

But Le Xiao felt dizzy and dizzy after just a few steps. She shook her head. Such a small cold would not make her succumb. Work is the first priority. She must rely on this work to enter the weekly magazine, otherwise she will be in real danger.

As soon as she entered the underground station, Le Xiao was questioned by the 3rd Military Section personnel at the station. Only then did she realize that something was wrong. As soon as she turned on her phone, she saw an overwhelming curfew and street control.

Citizens need to unconditionally accept the questioning and body search by the section officers, and even arrest.

But Le Xiao couldn't figure out why there were so many people in the 3rd Military Section. They were like ants emerging from the ground. The streets were full of people from the 3rd Military Section, armed with guns.

The phone rang, and Le Xiao saw that it was from Shi Ke.

"Miss Le Xiao, please come to No. 9 Ring Street. I have to arrange the relevant matters for the press conference in three days. Someone will pick you up there."

Le Xiao hummed happily.

There was a stench in the air, and the wind kept whistling past. From time to time, a humming sound came from the gully under the bridge, as if someone was crying. The four bridges connecting the barrier area are also called the Crying Bridge, because everyone who was exiled to the darkness from here would cry desperately.

Gene stood quietly on the bridge, at the junction of light and darkness. One step forward was the hell-like barrier area. The sunlight could only reach here. It was pitch black in the distance and almost nothing could be seen.

"Worst case scenario."

After making up his mind, Gene turned around and glanced at the dazzling city behind him. He showed a warm and sunny smile, but the moment he turned his head, he stepped into the darkness and his smile became as sharp as a knife.