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1、AccidentalCreaturesbyAnneHarrisInanear-futureDetroit,thelivingpolymerindustryhasthecityinitsgrip.Whilevat-diversstruggletoorganize,theGeneSysCorporationworksonmakinghumanworkersobsolete.Anescapedmutant,acon-artistandatechno-geekteamuptounravelcorporateblackmail,deceit,andmurder.Onethingis
2、certain:thecityandtheworldwillneverbethesameoncethelatestR&Ddevelopmentisunleashed.Chapter1—MotorCityRequiem“ThisbuildingiscondemnedbytheWEB9ZoningAuthority.Pleasevacatetheproximityofthisbuilding.ThisbuildingiscondemnedbytheWEB9ZoningAuthority,”dronedasoftfemininevoice.Changopacedthegenel
3、inkfenceinfrustration.Ontheotherside,thegreatbrickbulkoftheRussellIndustrialCenterloomedlikeabeachedandlifelesswhale.Twodaysagotherewasarave-inhere;fiftyormoresquatterspartying,cooking,eatingandsleeping.Loudmusicandvividstripsofcelluplaststreamedfromthewindowsoftheabandonedfactory,announc
4、ingthepresenceoftheravetoanyoneintheneighborhoodwhileelectricalandcoaxiallineusageseepedintoCityweb’sawareness.Thesquattershadpickedupandmovedontoanotherparty,anotherbuilding.Theyleftatrailofcondemnedtheaters,hotelsandofficebuildingsbehindthemintheirtravelsthroughthecity.Theyweresupposedt
5、oleavebeforeCitywebgotwindofthem,buttheyweren’talwaysthatfast.Scanningthegenelinkfenceforgaps,ChangomadeherwayaroundtothebackoftheRussell,totheparkinglotandloadingdocks.Itwasnousetryingtocutanopening,nothingcouldcutthroughgenelinkexceptforamolecularsaw,andifshecouldaffordoneofthoseshe’dpr
6、obablybeabletobuythewholedamnbuilding.OnthefarsideoftheRusselltherewasawalkwayborderedbyasmallstripofpatchy,graveldustedgrass.Changorummagedinherbackpackandcameoutwithasmallshovel.Herethegenelinkhadnotbeenburiedinthegroundbutmerelystretchedacrossit,andaholecouldbedug.Notaverybighole,juste
7、noughforhertowriggleunderneath.Onceinside,shedidn’tworrymuchaboutsensors.They’ddetecther,sure,butthiswasacondemnedbuilding,andclearlymarkedassuch.Thezoningauthoritywasn’ttooconcernedaboutwhetherornotitwasemptywhentheycamewiththedisintegrators.TheRussellIndustrialCen
