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YOU ARE AN ANCIENT, PRIMAL INHABITANT OF THE CONCRETE FORESTS.

YOU ARE BORN AND YOU DIE TO FULFILL THE WILL OF CONCRETE.

THE LAST TIME, YOU WERE BUSY DEPLOYING A CONCRETE PLANT IN THE FAR-NORTHERN BLOCK, EARNING YOURSELF A TEN-YEAR UNPAID VACATION FOR YOUR SHOCK WORK.

SOMEWHERE AT THE EDGE OF YOUR MIGHTY MIND, OCCUPIED WITH THE CONTINUOUS AND PRECISE OPTIMIZATION OF CONCRETE DATA AND FORMULAS, YOUR NAME SPINS AROUND — A NAME THAT ONCE THUNDERED ACROSS THE ENTIRE GIGAKHRUSHCH.

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SOMEONE IS CALLING. APPARENTLY, IT'S YOUR NEW DEPUTY CALLING.

YOU SEE A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE CORRIDOR LEADING TO THE CHECKPOINT, AND YOU WALK TOWARD IT. A MINUTE LATER, AFTER AUTHENTICATION, YOU'RE SPAT OUT INTO THE GIGAKHRUSHCH THROUGH A SPECIAL HERMETIC DOOR THAT SEPARATES THE CONCRETE DIMENSION FROM THE STANDARD ONE.

YOU SQUINT AT THE OVERLY BRIGHT LIGHTING. WHAT'S GOING ON? WHY DID THEY SCREW A CHANDELIER WITH THAT MANY HUNDRED-WATT BULBS INTO THIS BLUE CEILING? DO YOU EVEN REALIZE HOW MUCH ENERGY THEY CONSUME?

WHERE ARE THE WALLS? WHY ARE THEY SO FAR AWAY? HOW MANY TERAWATTS DOES IT TAKE TO HEAT SUCH A HUGE LIVING SPACE?

WHY IS THE ENTIRE FLOOR PAINTED IN THIS ACID GREEN COLOR? IN YOUR DAY, THE ONLY THING THAT COLOR WAS THE POISON FOR CONCRETE-EATERS.

HAVE YOU ALL GONE MAD?!

IN TEN YEARS, YOU'VE COMPLETELY GONE OFF THE RAILS.

THIS GIGABLOCK NEEDS A TOTAL OVERHAUL, BUT FORTUNATELY, YOU ARE EXACTLY WHAT'S NEEDED FOR THE JOB.

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YOUR NEW DEPUTY, A MUTANT BIRD-PERSON WITH THE SURNAME "PERLITSA," BRIEFED YOU ON THE SITUATION.

FIRST THING, CATCHING YOUR DISPLEASURE, SHE ASSURED YOU THAT THE FAITH IN CONCRETE IN THE BLOCK HAS NOT DIED OUT.

IN FACT, THE BLOCK'S INHABITANTS RESPECT CONCRETE SO MUCH THAT THEY'VE EVEN GIVEN IT A SPECIAL NAME.

"ORIGINIUM." BECAUSE CONCRETE IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL LIFE.

DESPITE THE APPARENT DILAPIDATION AND CONCRETE-LESSNESS AROUND, CONCRETE-ORIGINIUM IN THE FORM OF FINE PARTICLES IS PRESENT IN ALL OBJECTS AND CREATURES OF THE BLOCK, AND IS ALSO THE BASE FOR ALL KNOWN TECHNOLOGIES.

THE GREEN COATING ON THE FLOOR IS ACTUALLY LIVING ORGANISMS OF A PLANT NATURE AND IS CALLED "GRASS." THE BLOCK'S HEATING IS AUTOMATIC AND IS PRODUCED BY THAT VERY CHANDELIER ON THE CEILING, WHICH IS CALLED THE "SUN." FORTUNATELY, ITS POWER SOURCE IS INDEPENDENT OF THE BLOCK'S POWER GRID.

THE PROBLEM OF OVERLY BRIGHT LIGHTING FOR YOU WAS SOLVED WITH A SPECIAL MASK FOR YOUR EYES.

THE PROBLEM OF PROGRESSIVE AGORAPHOBIA, ALAS, YOU WILL HAVE TO SOLVE ON YOUR OWN.

APART FROM THE UNUSUAL BLOCK CONSTRUCTION, THERE IS OTHER NEWS, THIS TIME SIMPLY EXCELLENT: IN YOUR ABSENCE, DEPUTY PERLITSA DEVELOPED A NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR EMERGENCY DEPLOYMENT OF CONCRETE PLANTS. THE PLANT CAN BE IMPLANTED LITERALLY ON ANY FLAT FLOOR AREA AT THE SNAP OF YOUR FINGERS.

BUT THERE'S BAD NEWS TOO: ATTACKS BY CREATURES FROM OTHER FLOORS HAVE BECOME MORE FREQUENT. ALSO, IN SOME AREAS OF THE BLOCK, FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, ANOMALOUS SELF-ASSEMBLIES OCCUR, INITIATED BY BLACK-WORSHIPPERS LED BY A CERTAIN "N.E. FERRIT." YOU NEED TO URGENTLY TAKE PART IN THE DEFENSE OF THE "VALLEY IV" BLOCK WHILE THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE STILL HOLDS.

FORTUNATELY, YOUR TRUSTY SHARPENED PIECE OF CROWBAR IS STILL WITH YOU. AS IS YOUR UNIQUE ABILITY TO DESTROY ENEMIES WITH INFINITELY CRYSTALLIZING CHUNKS OF RAW CONCRETE.

AND WHEN THE ENEMIES RUN OUT, YOU CAN FINALLY GO TO YOUR HOME PLANT.

THE OUTPUT OF THE CONCRETE PROCESSING PLANT INCLUDES EVERYTHING THE BLOCK'S INHABITANTS NEED. MEDICINAL PILLS MADE FROM BUCKWHEAT, "CITROM" CANDIES, BATTERIES MADE OF "KR0NA" GRADE CONCRETE, COMPONENTS FOR CLOTHING PRODUCTION. NONE OF THIS NEEDS TO BE PURCHASED SPECIFICALLY.

CONCRETE, FIBERGLASS, IRON, AND COPPER FOR THE PLANT ARE EXTRACTED BY AUTOMATED MINING MODULES; YOU ONLY NEED TO PLACE THEM AND CONNECT THEM TO THE POWER GRID. MOST PLANTS ARE AUTOMATICALLY GROWN AND HARVESTED IN HYDROPONIC MODULES.

FOR MILITARY NEEDS, THE PARTY ALSO REQUIRES HIRING EMPLOYEES AND EQUIPPING THEM WITH WEAPONS. THIS IS DONE THROUGH THE IMPORTED "GACHA" SYSTEM, WHICH IS POSSIBLY THE ONLY, ALBEIT SIGNIFICANT, ECONOMIC DRAWBACK OF THE CURRENT PRODUCTION.

OTHER MATERIALS ARE EXTRACTED IN MANUAL OR SEMI-AUTOMATIC MODE. THE SEMI-AUTOMATIC MODE IS IMPLEMENTED, FOR EXAMPLE, AS FOLLOWS:

DOSSIER ON KEY EMPLOYEES:

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THAT'S YOU. THE CITIZENS ASSURE THAT YOUR OUTWARD RESEMBLANCE TO PENGUINS IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL AND THAT YOU SHARE NO COMMON BIOLOGICAL ANCESTORS.

DEPUTY PERLITSA

CALL SIGN "GOOLY-GOOLY-GOOLY." ACCORDING TO THE DOSSIER, IN CHILDHOOD SHE FELL INTO A CAULDRON OF CALCULATORS, AND SINCE THEN HAS THE ABILITY TO RAISE TEN-DIGIT NUMBERS TO TEN-DIGIT POWERS IN HER HEAD.

FIELD AGENT CHEN

TRANSFERRED FROM AN ASIAN GIGABLOCK FOR POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. DUMB AS A CONCRETE-EATER, BUT HER PHYSICAL EDUCATION GRADES ARE EXCELLENT.

AND ALSO CITIZEN LEVATINA (THE BLOCK'S MAIN CONSUMER OF FROZEN MREs), THE UNDERAGE BANDIT ROSSI FROM THE HOSTILE BLOCK OF MACARONI-MAKERS, THE OLYMPIC ATHLETE SVETOSNEZHKA...

AND OTHERS.

NOW, WITH THIS BRIEFING, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.