Late at night, Chen Lin, who was nearly a hundred years old, had finished his day's work. He closed his eyes in satisfaction under the service of several beautiful maids.
As one of the highest leaders of Blacklight City, he had an incomparably respected position. Now was also the end of the world, and the once generous civilized system of human beings had long since disappeared. It was replaced by the law of the jungle, where the strong were respected.
All of this originated from more than 380 years ago.
More than 380 years ago, a private company called Blacklight Biotechnology rose strongly and monopolized the entire pharmaceutical industry at an incredible speed. At the same time, it also extended its tentacles into electronic finance, mineral resources, military aerospace, and other fields. By the time people realized this, the cornerstone of the giant company had already taken shape, forcibly squeezing out a new world in the general pattern of the world that had already been divided up.
According to the analysis of later generations, this company created many of the world's best enterprises — it was the largest multinational company in the history of human civilization, the company with the most technology patents in human history, and the richest company in the world...
It was also the first and only private company in the world that could be on an equal footing with the four major continents!
Legend had it that Blacklight Biotechnology even had its own nuclear weapons and a military system comparable to any major continent.
This company was so huge that even if civilization was destroyed by the alien creature — the Consciousness Stealer, this company still maintained a deep heritage. In the first hundred years of the end of the world, it decisively shouldered the dawn of human civilization and even helped the four major continents.
Although this situation was gradually declining due to the gradual consumption of its heritage, at least until now, the Chen family of Blacklight City was still one of the five indispensable forces of the Joint Resistance Army, a mainstay against the Divine Fusion Empire...
In Blacklight City built by Blacklight Biotechnology, the Chen family was even more superior, like the royal family of the feudal era, dominating the fate of millions of people in the entire city.
And Chen Lin was a member of the Chen family.
He was the legitimate son of the fourth generation of the Chen family. Although he had not officially entered the family committee, at least he was one of the figures pushed to the forefront. His job was to help the family committee deal with the internal affairs of the entire city and was at the level of the secretary general of the internal affairs.
However, at this time, he had just fallen asleep when suddenly there was an ignorant person knocking on the door and it was very urgent. It seemed that there was something extremely important.
Chen Lin sat up in annoyance. He ignored the maids who tried to persuade him to stay. Instead, he picked up a towel and wrapped it around his lower body. Then, he stormed out and walked to the door.
"Who is it? Don't you know it's midnight?"
Chen Lin opened the door angrily only to see his assistant standing outside the door in a panic. Before he could speak, the assistant said, "Secretary-General Chen, the committee wants you to go to the family meeting room immediately!"
Hearing this, Chen Lin's anger immediately subsided. He shivered. "What happened? Did the Divine Fusion Empire send someone to ambush us?"
"I don't know, but it seems to be an urgent matter."
The assistant replied, "I couldn't get through to you, so the higher-ups told me to call you immediately, and they said that the sooner, the better!"
Hearing this, Chen Lin finally stopped talking. He closed the door again and went straight to the bedroom. Under the surprised gazes of the maids, he quickly put on his clothes, walked out the door, and walked toward the elevator.
Most of the core members of the Chen family lived in the central building of Blacklight City, the Blacklight Building. This was a 50-story fortress-like building. At the same time, it was also the city hall and central system of the city, which controlled the operation of the entire city.
Therefore, in less than ten minutes, he came to the top floor of the Blacklight Building. At this time, there were already several bodyguard-like figures standing at the door. These were all guards trained by the Chen family since childhood. There were even some androids and XTN robots left over from the old era, but there were not many of them.
Seeing Chen Lin's arrival, the two guards immediately opened the door of the meeting room. Chen Lin walked in without checking his clothes, but when he saw the situation inside the door, he suddenly stopped breathing.
In the meeting room, there were already seven or eight people sitting down at this time. Most of these people maintained their middle-aged appearance, and their faces exuded a dignified and superior aura. These people were none other than the top figures of Blacklight City and also members of the Chen family's family committee.
At this time, hearing the movement at the door, many people turned their heads in unison. When they saw that it was Chen Lin, some people immediately frowned. Obviously, Chen Lin had arrived a little late.
If it was in the outside world, there were probably not many people who dared to show this kind of expression to Chen Lin, but here, even he could only tuck his tail between his legs.
"Okay, the last person is here. Let me talk about the situation we're facing now."
On the podium of the meeting room, an old man whose face had already revealed some age suddenly said. Even Chen Lin rarely saw this old man. He only knew that the other party was a second-generation family member of the Chen family and the mayor of Blacklight City more than a hundred years ago.
As the Chen family had access to the high-tech equipment left behind by Blacklight Biotechnology before the era — the Blacklight Automated Medical Platform, the members of the Chen family had extremely long lifespans. The oldest had even exceeded three hundred years. Chen Lin had even heard that some of the older members of the Chen family had already frozen themselves, waiting for the day they would wake up again in the future.
At this time, the four old men on the stage were the four second-generation family members of the Chen family. They were the core of the family committee and the real helmsman of the Chen family.
"Just now, we saw a special figure on the city's main road — Blacklight Avenue."
As the old man spoke, a video immediately appeared behind him. In the video was a young man, about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with short hair and a cold and focused expression.
At this time, he was walking slowly on Blacklight Avenue, holding a newspaper in his hand, turning his head to look at everything around him from time to time.
The most special thing about him was that he was wearing a thin linen coat. It was late at night in Blacklight City, and the outside world was more than -30 degrees, but this person did not seem to feel the cold at all. It was as if he was just dropping by.
Chen Lin was sitting in the crowd. He suddenly found that the young man's face was a little familiar, but he was sure that he had never seen this man before.
"This person suddenly appeared in our city. Whether it's the checkpoints, the city gates, or other places, there's no record of him clearing them."
The old man continued. "But what's strange is that the moment he was filmed by the main control brain, the main control brain sent out a special prompt. It said that this person is the person with the highest authority in Blacklight City, named Chen Chen..."
"Chen Chen!"
Upon hearing this name, not only Chen Lin, but the expressions of the others also changed because this name was all too familiar. Everyone in the Chen family had heard of this name because it came from none other than the founder of the Chen family, who was also the true founder of Blacklight Biotechnology!
"Impossible, Chen Chen he... Didn't he die in the battle with the Consciousness Stealer?"
Someone immediately asked, "Could it be that the main control brain made a mistake?"
"I hope so too."
The old man glanced at the person and said meaningfully, "But I didn't give up. The other members of the committee and I took out a photo of Chen Chen and compared it, only to find that the person in the photo is extremely similar to the person in the video now."
"In that case, Chen Chen... Our great-grandfather isn't dead?"
Another fourth-generation Chen family member like Chen Lin immediately asked, "Could it be like the rumors, that he also chose to freeze himself and wait until now to appear?"
"Impossible!"
"This person must be fake!"
"Maybe it's a conspiracy of the Divine Fusion Empire..."
"Won't we know if we catch him and ask?"
Everyone spoke one after another. For a time, the entire conference room was buzzing with noise.
"All of you, quiet down!"
The old man picked up a wooden hammer and hit it hard. The loud sound echoed in the conference room, suppressing everyone's conversation. "It doesn't matter who the other party is now. You're all core members of our Chen family. What I want you to do is very simple, that is, block the news. Later, we'll arrest the other party first. If the other party is fake, then we'll naturally take corresponding countermeasures."
The old man suddenly fell silent for a moment and then continued. "Putting aside the authenticity of the other party's identity, in order to prevent turmoil in Blacklight City, you must act immediately and block the news to prevent falling into the trap of the Divine Fusion Empire!"
"Understood, no problem."
Next to the old man, a member of the family committee who was also a member nodded and said blankly.
"Me too, I'll block the news..."
Everyone expressed their positions, including Chen Lin. He was in charge of the internal affairs of the entire city, so he was also allowed to participate in this meeting.
"The other party has passed through four intersections and is less than a thousand meters away from the Blacklight Building."
The old man finally instructed, "To prevent accidents, I'll send our family's secret force, the Black Knights, to personally arrest him. Now, the meeting is adjourned!"
After Chen Lin heard the last message, he was shocked!
Black Knights!
This was the second time he had heard the name of this secret force, but as a core member of the family, he had heard of the existence of this force more than thirty years ago. This force was one of the strongest foundations of the Chen family. It was said that it was the existence of this secret force that allowed the Chen family to survive for more than three hundred years and still prosper to this day!
Now, the committee was even going to send the Black Knights? It seemed that the higher-ups were really anxious...
Chen Lin walked out of the meeting room while thinking. Of course, he could understand the meaning of the higher-ups. Although Chen Chen was the founder of Blacklight Biotechnology and also the biological brother of the first-generation ancestor of the Chen family, this city was built bit by bit by the Chen family.
Now, once this Chen Chen became the highest authority in the city, did it not mean that the control of the entire Blacklight City would fall to someone else? The group of people in the family committee had lived a luxurious life for more than three hundred years. How could they be willing to hand over the power to others?
Therefore, Chen Lin was almost certain that whether that person was the founder of Blacklight Biotechnology or not, he would probably be labeled a fake and it was not impossible to silence him...
However, although Chen Lin had guessed the intentions of the higher-ups, he did not have any intention of defending the injustice. As a leader of a city that affected the rise and fall of human civilization, he certainly understood the importance of an iron fist rule. Moreover, if the other party was a real person, the order of the city would probably be in turmoil no matter what.
At that time, he might not even be able to keep his current position …
He was a leader. Whether it was for public or private reasons, a leader certainly preferred a stable order. After all, it was related to his own interests.
Thinking of this, Chen Lin could not help shaking his head and mourning for Chen Chen for a second. Then, he stopped thinking about him. He only needed to do his own thing.
...
Chen Chen held a newspaper and stood at the edge of the intersection, ignoring the strange and surprised gazes of the passersby.
He slowly raised his head and looked at the surveillance cameras above his head.
As early as twenty minutes ago, those cameras were all aimed at him. Wherever he went, the cameras would take pictures. It looked a little funny.
Now, after such a long time, Chen Chen still did not see any reaction from the city. Suddenly, he completely understood.
It seemed that some people did not welcome his arrival...
Chen Chen was not too surprised. He lowered his head again and looked at the newspaper in his hand. At this time, he had already obtained a lot of useful information from the newspaper. For example, this city was completely controlled by the Chen family. The Chen family was like the royal family. Almost the entire city was held by the Chen family from top to bottom. Outsiders could only serve in some departments with relatively less power.
This was no longer a monopoly, but a dictatorship, a reversal of history.
However, Chen Chen did not feel that there was anything wrong with this phenomenon of reversing history.
He understood that if it was in the process of human civilization's continuous progress, reversing history would naturally be a road to death.
However, now that the level of human civilization had declined significantly, it was normal for this kind of system regression to occur. This was because in this apocalypse, there was no room for some more advanced systems to survive, so the law of the jungle was more applicable.
This was called a concrete analysis of specific problems.
At the same time, Chen Chen also found many introductions of the Chen family members in the newspaper. Currently, most of the people who appeared in front of the public were fourth-generation members of the Chen family, but even the fourth generation were mostly in their seventies or eighties, and some were even over a hundred years old.
But to Chen Chen's surprise, the first generation of the Chen family was not his parents, but his younger brother, Chen Zeyu.
Chen Chen's memory of this younger brother still remained in the three-year-old child in front of his parents, but now it seemed that although Blacklight Biotechnology had left behind some heritage, to be able to transform this heritage into today's Blacklight City, Chen Zeyu still had some means...
However, since the other party did not intend to recognize him as his brother, then there was no need for Chen Chen to value this bit of kinship, not to mention that this was just a branch world of the timeline.
Just then, a few black cars suddenly drove over in the distance. Those cars were aggressive, forcing the cars beside them to give way. At the same time, Chen Chen also saw a few familiar figures in the cars.
Seeing this scene, the corners of Chen Chen's mouth suddenly curled into a cold smile.
What was meant to come had come...
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