January 1, 2221

Just past 0 o'clock

A muscular man put down the wine glass in his hand, it was the first night of the new year, the streets were full of joy, the New Year's bell rang everywhere, fireworks rose into the sky, and excited people danced and laughed.

The man has a Chinese face, with a flat head, a trace of bitterness in his eyes, a slightly sad expression, the half-burned cigarette butt next to him is smoking, the tavern is jubilant everywhere, the boss and waiter also join in the jubilation, the man sitting in the corner is incompatible with the jubilant atmosphere, no one knows that this one is wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt, a plush jacket hangs on the chair behind him, but it occupies a small round table that is enough for 6 people to sit.

Although some people who entered the store wanted to share the table, they didn't dare to lean over when they saw the man's fierce appearance, and the boss didn't drive the man away, he only ordered a bottle of spirits.

Everyone could see that this man might have just suffered some misfortune, although a table of little girls took the initiative to go over, hoping to have a drink with the man and celebrate the New Year, but the man politely refused.

The man seemed to be a little drunk, he looked at the light in the wine glass in front of him, his eyes were red, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, but his smile was slightly bitter, he picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and the boss and the guests walked over after the celebration.

"Wang Shou, you drink less, do you want me to introduce you to ........?"

The boss didn't continue, Wang Shou is a frequent customer in the store, this is the 57th district in the southeast, Wang Shou lives nearby, he basically comes back once a few months, but every time he comes back, he will come to the store to drink, and the boss has become friends with Wang Shou, he is the captain of the 0089 squad of the 3rd section.

The boss wanted to say something, but he didn't open his mouth when the words came to his lips, he didn't want to mention Wang Shou's sad things again, last year's chaos caused the whole city to boil over the death of up to 1098 people in the march plan of the 3 branch barrier area, which made the whole city boil.

Everyone blamed the 3rd Division in unison, this march plan cost so much, but caused such a high number of casualties, even though Congress repeatedly explained the importance of this plan, and announced the underground factories built by the criminals found in the barrier area, including the announcement of the national source plan to revitalize the underlying economy, but all this was not enough to erase everyone's anger.

Large-scale demonstrations, the voices of representatives from all walks of life, and the many appeals were numerous, and many people expressed their attitude, demanding that the National Assembly cut the expenditure of the three sections, or even disarm the three sections, and that Osman, who was standing in front of the public, resign.

Some businessmen saw the wind and the rudder, and publicly stated that they would no longer cooperate with the 3 branches, and were unwilling to accept orders from the 3 branches, which did enhance the image of the company, among which a large number of businessmen led by Zou Yun paid liquidated damages and terminated the cooperation with the 3 branches.

The boss stood quietly next to the small round table, pressing the glass with one hand, Wang Shou next to him picked up the remaining cigarette, took a puff, just wanted to get up but couldn't stand up, and fell back into the chair.

"Do you want me to have a drink with you?"

The boss looked at the small round table, this table was Wang Shouchang and Kene's friends together, including his friends and lovers, every holiday, the six of them would always sit here and talk and laugh together, giggling, but now there is only Wang Shou alone, his friends and lovers have died in the barrier area, among which his lover is a female member of his team.

The boss heard from a member of the 3rd section he knew that Wang Shou's lover died in his arms, and when he was retreating, he was directly hit in the head by a piece of metal that flew over after the explosion.

Wang Shou shook his head, drank the liquor in the bottle in one go, got up and shook the money and walked up, at this time, the little girls who had just come over at the table at the door were entangled by several men, and the people on both sides of the entanglement had a quarrel.

bang

The wine bottle smashed on the ground, and the boss hurriedly ran over, trying to dissuade him, at this time a somewhat drunk man made a move, but at this moment, Wang Shou, who had already walked to the door, suddenly stretched out a hand and grabbed the man's fist.

"What the hell are you ........?"

In less than 1 minute, the five men were directly thrown out of the tavern by Wang Shou one by one, Wang Shou held on to the door of the tavern, some wanted to vomit, several frightened girls looked at Wang Shou in surprise, and one of the girls leaned over cautiously.

"Thank you, sir, you're okay!"

Wang Shou was stunned, stood up and walked out, a few men who had just been thrown out leaned over unconvinced, and there was a brawl on the street, but in less than two minutes, 5 men were lying on the ground, at this time the people from the 5th branch had quickly rushed over, and a few little girls hurriedly ran out, explaining the situation, and everyone was taken away by the people of the 5th branch.

The boss sighed, saw that Wang Shou was in a bad mood now, and had some resistance, and hurriedly walked over and told a few staff members that Wang Shou was a team leader in Section 3, and a few staff members let go of Wang Shou.

Looking at the few management cars in the distance, the people in the tavern began to jubilate again, and the boss glanced back and couldn't help but sigh.

The cursing continued for several months before it stopped, and everyone in the 3rd section was uncomfortable, and now business in most parts of the city was a little sluggish, the reason was that the Angus family had not started work since the salary was settled last year, and most of the construction sites were just for the people of the 3rd section to be stationed.

Although most of the large media invited a lot of military history research experts to analyze the reasons for the failure of the 3 divisions of the operation, because the criminals in the barrier area have adapted to life in the barrier area for many years, as well as the heavy firepower weapons in their hands, etc., the call for reducing the military expenses and personnel of the 3 divisions in the city is still very high.

0:23

With a burst of rapid breathing, Zijuan woke up from the bed, she pressed her head with one hand, and fine beads of sweat were already oozing from her forehead.

"Are you having nightmares again!"

Husband Osman also woke up, he pressed his wife's smooth back with one hand, it was covered with sweat, Zijuan got up and walked to the indoor bathroom next to it, turned on the light, cold water drops fell, Zijuan pressed against the wall, looking at the wall in a trance.

Osman smiled and got out of bed, this is the residential area of the officials of District 10, the two of them have taken a rare vacation together this year, but instead of celebrating the arrival of the New Year, they fell asleep at 10 o'clock last night.

Osman wanted to resign, but was rejected, he wanted to resist everyone's wrath and resign, but the gods would not allow it.

His wife Zijuan has always been silent during this time, and the liveliness of the past is gone, often alone in a daze, and always wakes up in nightmares at night.

Osman had taken her to a psychiatrist, and had some PTSD, but it wasn't too intense, just mild, and Osman knew that his wife was sad about her own failures, because of the failed command, which led to the death of most of the staff in Section 3.

Last year's march in the barrier area was a nightmare for everyone in the 3rd Division, and now that the call for the reduction of the military budget of the 3rd Division in the city is so high, the Congress has indeed tightened the military budget for the 3rd Division, which was the fourth time last month, and the welfare benefits of many of the 3rd Division personnel have shrunk.

Especially those who participated in the march and then continued on the road, surveying and mapping the section, should not have been treated like this, after that march, 1,203 people left the three sections, some wounded, some with psychological problems, and the Osmans also approved and gave them a special salary.

Now the main task of Section 3 is to be stationed at the construction site of Angus Construction, to ensure the safety of the equipment on the construction site, and to act as a guard and helper when Section 12 goes to the barrier area to conduct land surveys, including Section 11 to guard the offender to work, and to assist Section 5 to maintain order and safety in some large meeting places.

This year's number of applicants for the course of conduct is even more desperate, only 2013 people, of which 2013 people are no exception, do not want to enter 3 subjects, in the application for the examination, 3 subjects are the last choice.

"Should we go on?"

Zijuan walked out of the bathroom, her hair was wet, her skin was still covered with water droplets, she walked to the bed barefoot, Osman smiled easily, but her expression was not relaxed.

"Remember what you said? There may not be anything we can do, or it may be difficult to change the current status quo of the three sections, so the only way to do so is to maintain it and hand over this responsibility to the next section chief, a section chief who is more capable than us. ”

Zijuan hummed, and Osman hugged his wife gently.

At this time, the doorbell rang in the house, Osman was a little puzzled, but he still put on his clothes and pants and got up, and after glancing at the surveillance screen on his mobile phone, he was a little surprised, and then asked his wife to quickly get dressed.

The living room light came on and the door to the room opened.

"Sister C, why are you here?"

Osman looked at the three people at the door unexpectedly, R, C and K were all there, the three of them were full of apologies, carrying some things in their hands, including food, wine and some gifts, Zijuan was already busy in the living room, boiling water to make tea.

After a while, the five of them sat quietly in the living room, and no one spoke.

"I'm sorry!"

K was the first to stand up and bowed solemnly, followed by R and C who also stood up and bowed to the couple.

"You don't need such a Sister C, this ........"

"It's our responsibility!"

R said, taking out the wine he had brought with him.

"Let's have a drink tonight!"

No one stopped talking about the business and started talking about the happy things in the school in the past.

At this time, outside Zijuan's house, Locke Jiahui sighed, and the two people next to him, Hawke and Ye Chunwang, walked up, and the three of them walked on the path, carrying some wine in their hands, and the three of them also planned to have a good drink tonight.

"What do you think, Old Man Ye!"

Locke asked, and Ye Chunwang shook his head.

"The recovery of the land is not urgent, I went with Clark to see it a month ago, if the land in the barrier area wants to recover, the conditions are too harsh, first of all, it is necessary to build a stable climate circle, the cold wind will take away a lot of things, and the land is already cold and hard, it is not an exaggeration to call it a stone."

Locke snorted, and soon the three of them came to Hawke's house, his wife Kate had already prepared a sumptuous meal, Locke licked his tongue, and as soon as he entered the house, he smelled a variety of aromas.

"Kate, your craft is getting better and better."

Wearing a spotted dress, Kate smiled and beckoned the three into the house, and after pouring the three of them drinks, Kate was about to go upstairs to sleep.

"It's you, Hawke, it's almost time to have a baby."

Hawke shook his head.

"It's not enough, I have to enjoy it with my wife for a few more years."

Ye Chunwang squinted at Hawke, and the three of them looked at each other and smiled, raising their wine glasses.

"It's you, Chubby, you're going to marry Wanrou's girl this year, right?"

Locke Jiahui snorted, Yu Wanrou had already obtained the permission of the gods to carry out the work of 10 subjects at home, and she only needed to go to 10 subjects regularly, and the workload was much smaller than before.

"During this time, Jean will help me with the shift, so I can relax a little bit, but he is still the same as always, and he really likes to work!"

Locke said, Hawke laughed, and Ye Chunwang nodded.

"He's that kind of person, he never shouts tired, he doesn't bother, he doesn't complain about anything, he is much better than the other gods who always like to be lazy."

Hawke laughed.

"The next may be a more difficult era, Chubby, you have to be mentally prepared, you shouldn't be able to get off this position in a short time."

Locke shook his head.

"That girl is doing a good job, find the right time, I will give her the position of manager, and then take care of the children at home full-time."

"Don't think too much about it."

Hawke smiled and patted Locke on the back, and he shook his head.

"I hope so!"

0:51

Jean sat quietly at the desk in Locke's private lounge area, processing some documents submitted on Chinese New Year's Eve, when the door of the room was pushed open, a fragrance wafted in, and Yin Xianglin walked in with a grin and a plate of barbecue.

"Lord Jean, would you like a drink?"

Jean smiled and squinted at the door.

"Of course, ladies and gentlemen!"

For a moment the room became jubilant, and many women from the clerks to the councillors ran in, Jean smiled and turned off the light and shadow screens, stood up, and set up some tables and chairs, and everyone began the New Year's Eve dinner.

During this time, Jean would be busy working on the construction site during the day, and when night fell, he would come to the General Affairs Division to work on Locke's shift, and would handle all the work of the day until it was over, and then he would go to the construction site again in the early hours of the morning.

"Aren't you tired, Lord Jean!"

Yin Xiangrin asked, and Jean shook his head with a smile as he held his glass.

"Has Karin thought about it?"

Yin Xianglin snorted.

"I'll listen to you, Lord Jean, and continue to do it for a few more years."

Yin Xianglin turned around, rubbed the edge of the table, held the wine glass, and tilted his head.

"I've never been tempted to touch these things, please forgive me for my selfishness, Lord Jean."

Jean nodded in understanding, and at this time several female clerks came over, and everyone wanted to play cards with Jean together, because every time he played cards with Jean, he was very happy.

Jean didn't refuse them, and played with these female clerks, Yin Xianglin glanced back at Jean, she thought for a long time, this world is beautiful, but at the same time it is ugly, whether it is beautiful or ugly, as a human being, you always have to face it, but Yin Xianglin just hopes to look at those beautiful things as always, she is really not a politician.

Many times everyone sees Yin Xianglin doing her job well, in fact, she spends more time in private, she learns what she doesn't understand, and tries to do it many times if she doesn't do well, which is a very stupid method, but it is very effective, and finally she adapts to the work of the secretary of the general affairs department.

It's just that Yin Xianglin now wants to be liberated from this heavy and breathless work, and she really wants to be able to get together with the people she loves, but now is not the time, she can't just leave her job and leave, because Locke, who taught and nurtured herself, is going to get married this year, and she doesn't want to resign at such a time.

The laughter next to him brought Yin Xiangrin back to his senses, and seeing that the wine in Jean's cup had bottomed out, Yin Xianglin poured it full for Jean again.

"Have a drink tonight, Lord Jean."

1:31 a.m

Zizi

Sparks flew around, Tang Rao was holding a welder in her hand, and she was carefully assembling components for a core functional part of the subway, and where the lights were on next to her, Jill was doing the same.

"Be careful, don't get it wrong, if you get it wrong, you'll be in trouble, Rose isn't here right now."

Jill smiled and nodded.

"Don't worry, Lord Tang Rao, you won't be mistaken."

The two of them are busy in this long and endless subway, they have been busy for nearly four hours, and have completed a lot of technical work, Tang Rao looked at the component panel in front of him, which had been built, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and took out a cigarette from his pocket.

"Today's New Year, why don't you go to the streets for a while?"

Jill shook her head and continued with the work at hand.

"Don't always run over, the work over there in Section 5 is very busy, and you can also let Alpha worry a little."

Jill also finished the task at hand, and he shook his head.

"Lord Tang Rao, I've been thinking about one thing lately, when I can retire."

Tang Rao was a little surprised, and looked at Jill dumbfounded.

"You're thinking about retirement at such a young age, it's dangerous for a lad to think like that."

Jill shook her head.

"I want to run a flower shop with you after I retire, Lord Tang Rao, what do you think?"

Tang Rao pouted.

"No, you little ghosts, you've been annoyed for so many years, I want to be quiet for a few years now, and I feel like my head is big at every city meeting."

Jill didn't speak, but picked up some tools, and planned to continue working, Tang Rao could see that he was serious, but now it is definitely not possible, the construction is not over, the foundation of the next era of the city is not solid, it is the time to do the work.

"By the way, Jill, haven't you really thought about it? Find the right girl to marry. ”

Jill shook his head, Tang Rao smiled helplessly, and also picked up the tool and continued to do it, the two were separated by some distance, but at this time both of them were warm in their hearts.

Tang Rao knows very well that after picking up this child from a very young age, this child has followed her from childhood to adulthood, and it is the same at all times, but she can't respond to Jill anything, because she is no longer human.

Jill looked to the side from time to time, he knew that he couldn't have anything with Tang Rao, but as long as he could look at her from afar, this distance was like the same magnetic pole, no matter how close he was, he would always bounce away.

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to do it."

Tang Rao put down the tools in her hand, ran over, and hugged Jill by the neck.

"How about we go have a drink?"

Jill laughed.

"The headmaster said that tonight must be done here, and he will be angry when he comes back tomorrow."

"That idiot who only knows how to work, ignore him."

3:03 a.m

There was a slight sound, and Ran Zhi woke up from his sleep, and he hurriedly got up and leaned over.

"Drink some water!"

As he spoke, Ran Zhi picked up the warm water cup on the small cabinet next to him and put it to his wife's mouth.

Ding Manman, who was pale and weak, opened his eyes slightly, took a sip of hot water, and showed a relieved smile.

"Hungry!"

Ding Manman shook his head.

"Rest well, it's okay."

Ding Manman smiled and turned her head sideways, looking at the white curtains in the ward, she was a little distracted for a while, she didn't know how long she could live, but at this moment she was a little scared.

"How long will I live!"

"It's going to get better, the doctor has already said it, as long as this time passes, it will be fine."

Ran Zhi said, his nose was sore, looking at his wife on the hospital bed, he held the hand of the water cup, pressed it heavily, and watched his wife close her eyes with peace of mind, Ran Zhi pulled the quilt for his wife, walked to the window alone, opened the curtains, and looked at everything dark around him, he looked at the still bright lights on the upper floor.

His wife has been diagnosed with blight, and the days are running out, the doctor said that there is only half a month to a month left at most, Ran Zhi has been burning in his heart at this moment, he doesn't know what to do, what is there to do to keep his wife alive.

Nowadays, blight is still spreading among people born in their time, and it appears without warning, and people die of blight every year, and there is still no way to find a solution.

The daughter and son's marriage is now happy and happy, and the son Ranqiu's wife is also pregnant, and the child will be born this year, but the wife seems to be unable to wait, and her first granddaughter is born.

Along the way, his wife has been Ran Zhi for more than 40 years, and she has lived well with her at the bottom in the past few years, and she is very happy every day, and this quiet and happy time is about to come to an end.

Ran Zhi's eyes were bloodshot, and until now, he kept trying, trying to catch something, maybe light, or something else, but every time Ran Zhi couldn't grasp anything.

Recalling everything in the past, Ran Zhi felt extremely dazed at this moment, he originally planned to live quietly with his wife for a while, but this world was too short, even cruel.

Although the medical community is still studying blight, there has been no breakthrough, and none of the people who have been vaccinated against life expectancy have developed blight.

"A man who has been abandoned by the times!"

Ran Zhi turned around as he said and walked to the edge of the bed, his wife was already asleep, and the current nutrient maintenance device could provide very little nutrients to his wife's body, very little, and his wife's body was withering.

The city is in a very special and sensitive period, and many people have died of blight in recent years, which is the only terminal disease that exists today, and it is a problem that medical science has never been able to break through.

Today's light and shadow medical technology can directly identify the possible metastasis and spread of cancer cells through the human gene map, so as to prevent it early, directly use light to penetrate the human body, and deliver drug particles that can kill cancer cells directly to the affected area, or directly physically kill cancer cells.

Now Ran Zhi's only hope is to wait for the arrival of the leading doctor in the city, Huashen, he is an authority on blight, he is still studying the problem of blight in recent years, and he has not stopped, his wife has been diagnosed in September last year for 4 months, and he should have died a long time ago, but he can still live until now, thanks to the blight inhibitor developed by Huashen, which can delay the time of the outbreak of blight, but it can only be delayed.

Ran Zhi had applied through the hospital two months ago to let Huashen come to see him, but he had not received a reply for a long time, which may be the last hope.

There was a sound of footsteps in the corridor of the hospital, Ran Zhi looked at the door of the ward, the door of the ward was gently pushed open, Ran Zhi stood up with some excitement, and looked at Hua Shen, who was carrying a big bag and looked a little tired.

"Doctor Huashen, thank you for coming."

Ran Zhi hurriedly leaned over.

"I'm sorry, it's a little late, but maybe there's a little more way around."

Hua Shen began to call up some recent physical data of the woman on the hospital bed, and looked at it carefully, Ran Zhi stood aside, his eyes revealed a strong light, and his only hope now was in this doctor.

Huashen has just come from a blight patient, and the situation is much the same, but now Huashen has found a way to cure blight, there is a certain probability of curing blight, but this probability is less than 1%, once there is a cure, the treatment of blight can be traced.

Looking at the anxious man next to him, Hua Shen stood up, turned around and took out a tube of injections from his backpack, the injections were black, Hua Shen quietly looked at the patients on the bed, in the method found, the 384 patients who are still under observation have not improved, and 103 blight patients who have used this medicine have died, and the mortality rate is 100%.

There is only one reason for Huashen to continue to persevere, among the 103 patients who died, only one patient, the symptoms of blight have been reduced, and it is obviously improving, but in the end, because the patient is too weak, he finally died, but the cause of death is not blight, but organ failure, and died during artificial organ transplantation.

"Sir, the first thing I want to explain to you is that this medicine has a certain chance of curing your wife, but the cure rate is probably less than 1%, and the death cycle is about 13 days, and the fastest is a few hours."

Ran Zhi looked at Hua Shen in a daze, and for a while he couldn't suppress the sourness in his heart anymore, and tears fell out of his eyes.

"Less than 1%!"

Hua Shen nodded, he didn't plan to hide anything, the families of many patients are the same, Hua Shen has been running around for this time, going to the wards of some blight patients who can no longer hold on, explaining the situation to their families again and again, and most of the family members agreed.

Drip, drip, drip

At this time, a phone call came, and as soon as Hua Shen picked up the phone, his expression became solemn, and 27 more people died.

"Please, doctor!"

Ran Zhi lowered his head, Hua Shen walked over, took out the woman's hand from the quilt, opened the sleeve, and directly injected the medicine.

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