From star abyss

Disinfectant water trickled down from his fingertips. Kelesim silently put on a uniform orange worker uniform, went to the front desk, handed in his work badge, and clocked out.

It took him half an hour to queue up. He went to the locker to get his plate and spoon, took his meal card, and hurried towards the cafeteria immediately.

The artificial sun on the surface casts false sunlight, and the engineering mechas on the roadside did not forget to spray paint on the walls despite their busy schedules.

At first, there were safety notices posted there, but the workers' built-in chips were already full of safety regulations. In order to mobilize enthusiasm, some portraits of President David Lin were posted on the construction site, with inspiring words, "Heads can be cut off." The project cannot be interrupted; blood can be shed, and the night shift must stay. "Seize the time, save the world," "Correct your attitude, speed up the progress, increase the speed, and deepen the degree." ’

The workers were not interested in the slogans of President David Lin. They were more interested in vulgar and improvised paintings, such as small animals and their own feelings today.

Kelesim drooped his eyelids and followed the crowd blindly forward. As far as he could see, everyone was wearing the same clothes and had the same hairstyle. Although their demeanor and genes were obviously different, they had a unified organization and destiny.

Think about how terrifying this is.

Having no father or mother, they are nurtured by companies, raised by society, and serve the country. There is no kinship or blood relationship between people, and they only rely on money and credit certificates formed by contracts to communicate with each other.

Yes, it is true that frost-plated workers now have the highest wages in the world, but what is the use of this?

He casually picked up half a crispy squab, two barbecued pork buns, a salad and beef meatball soup, and casually spread some lobster paste and caviar on the bread. He had to work a shift in the evening, so he had a self-service premium rye beer. Unable to take a sip, he could only take a glass of orange soda at random.

Busy, busy every day.

Kelesim picked at the imported veal steak from Gurant in his hand, without any appetite.

Of the two male and female workers he saw just before the disinfection room, he could clearly feel that the female worker had ulterior motives and had been getting to know the male worker.

‘Should we report her for having Bai Meijun’s old family tendencies? She has been thinking about getting close to the workers. Is she a spy? ’

It is true that there will be tens of thousands of Derby bonuses for reporting spies, but Kelesim always feels that this should not be the case.

——No matter how good the relationship is, people are just friends, even if they work hard to earn wealth that can rival the country.

People live here and work to make money, but no matter how much money they make, they can only eat better than others. If they encounter diseases, they can be treated, and they can be replaced with better prosthetics and biological plug-ins.

But why make so much money?

The Frost-plated Federation has abolished the marriage system, and all citizens have no father or mother. Those who have no one to rely on but the company and the country, even if they accumulate considerable inheritance, will eventually belong to the country.

If that's the case, then why work? Anyway, everything is the property of the country and enterprises. It is better to just lie down, be passive and slow down, eat and wait for death.

However, the Minister of Finance, President David Lin's son, soon realized this. Since people's property cannot be spent all in a lifetime, there will inevitably be leftovers.

Then, the government gave a suggestion: let people spend money to buy "gene weights". The more money they spend, the higher the priority of the gene pair they can buy, and the better the quality of the other pair.

In this way, people will have the motivation to fight for the biological descendants they will never see in their lifetime, and for the inherited spark of hope.

Even if you are unable to witness the birth, growth, upbringing, adulthood, and employment of your children, in a credit-based country, the productivity-based system has been thoroughly applied, so that property is a guarantee of credit. Based on this credit system, the federation can still gain the credit of the people.

But is this really normal?

Kelesim pondered.

Isn't it the nature of living things that opposite sexes should attract each other, form a family, support each other, and nurture offspring?

Now looking back at the past, Kelesim was very confused.

"Is there anyone here?"

A female voice sounded in his ears, and Kelesim nodded casually.

"Thank you. There are so many people right now, I can't even get a seat."

The other party immediately sat down across from him, thanked him, and immediately started cooking like a whirlwind.

She made a lot of noise while eating, as if the bowl of fried rice was her biological enemy of her parents, which immediately attracted Kelesim's attention.

He turned to look at the other person, and when his eyes fell on the other person, he was like a stone sinking to the bottom of the lake, unable to move anymore.

"you……"

Kelesim looked at the other person's short off-white hair in surprise, opened his mouth, and stuttered:

"You, you, you, have-fafa, hair?"

"Oh, I just came to the construction site and haven't had time to cut my hair yet."

The woman raised her head and explained lightly.

As she spoke, she took off the hair rope, and her white hair was as wild and wild as a little lion.

That calm and calm look reflected in Kelesim's eyes was like a slight shot in his heart. The bullets jumped and rolled in his atrium, making his breathing quicken unconsciously.

The woman is about thirty years old, but there are no wrinkles on her face. There is a small burn scar on her left eye, but this does not affect her... beauty?

Can those straight facial features be called beautiful?

Can women be described as beautiful instead of hardworking, brave, just, and strong?

In Kelesim's mind, the word "beautiful" is far different from a frost-coated woman with a bald head, a full body of muscles, and a slightly shorter stature, but who always stands up for herself when faced with difficulties and never leaves problems to men.

So he asked instinctively:

"are you a foreigner?"

"No, I am a frost-plated person, but I did not come out of an artificial womb."

"What do you mean?" Kelesim was stunned for a moment, and then he realized: "You mean you are a frost-plated person born naturally? But people born naturally are at least 45 years old. You don't look anything like that. picture."

"Well, I am not only 45 years old, in fact I am 58 years old. I just look young."

The woman finished a bowl of fried rice and pouted:

"The food you eat is really good. It's much better than the outside world."

"You mean the outside world? Are you from the outside world?" Kelesim became excited: "I heard that people in the outside world are very free, everyone lives a free and unrestrained life, and all kinds of relationships can happen between men and women. , will still take care of each other, is this true?”

"Freedom is quite free, but it's not easy to live."

The woman poured a cup of hot tea and said casually:

"People in the outside world have been struggling with food and clothing for a long time. Most of them live with their families. They live in cars all their lives and die because of lack of gasoline. Even a cup of hot water can help someone sleep with you for a night. Jue--as long as you don't mind that the other person is thin and small, and his skin is paler than the dead."

"How romantic this is." Kelesim said enviously: "I have been traveling all my life, living in the open air, interacting with different people, and getting sweet love through exchanges. Unlike us frost-plating workers, who have to work hard every day , everything is lobster and beef, it’s too monotonous.”

"Come on."

The woman glanced at him, with a mocking look in her purple eyes:

"That's not romantic. Now you can take this plate of food to the outside world and let two adults kneel down and lick your sphincter, not once, but for a month! People in the outside world have no dignity and no capital to live. Even Yi Zi cannibalism is very common."

Kelesim was stunned and hesitated:

"Uh... It's not that scary, it's just that I can't afford to eat. It's not like this, right? It's impossible, right?"

"Believe it or not, it's up to you." The woman held her chin: "Anyway, I've been eaten before."

"You have been eaten..."

Kelesim's eyes widened:

"What are you talking about?"

"Listen, kid, I have been wandering around the outside world when I was young. It was still the period when the old witch Medway ruled. The outside world is definitely not as beautiful as you imagined. I just came back from the outside world. I assure you, The outside world is the scariest place on this planet."

The woman crossed her arms and said seriously.

"You mean, the outside world is a place like purgatory on earth?"

"They are willing to spend several lifetimes working as cattle and horses in exchange for the life you live now."

The woman rubbed her hair, her purple eyes flashed through a haze, as if she was remembering something bad, and she muttered smoothly:

"Davlin has spoiled you too well, have you forgotten what life you lived in the past?"

"...That's it."

Kelesim was not very good at words. He took a few bites of the leftover food at will. Suddenly he remembered something and asked the woman:

"You said you have been in the outside world before, and you want to work here next?"

"Yes, Frost Plate is my motherland. The construction of the underground city needs more people to help, so I came here."

The woman shrugged:

"Don't be surprised. Although I'm over fifty, my body doesn't seem to be aging at all, and my appearance is growing very slowly. It seems to have something to do with my arcana."

"Do you still have arcana? Aren't all the arcana people in the Red Arrow Empire?" Kelesim talked about foreign affairs and immediately became active: "I heard that the Red Arrow Empire's national religious monument Religion can cultivate a wide range of mystics, and can also provide them with education and social status. As long as they convert to faith and believe in the god called profit, they can become a decent monk - wouldn't it be better for you to go there to develop? "

"Red Arrow Empire? Well, in the past, Red Arrow was indeed the light of the blue star. They had the most advanced technology and medical methods, and they were also great to the people. They used to be the hope of the entire world. But now, when the emperor ignores the safety of the world, They are not qualified to say this when they categorically launch military operations and provoke and open fire against the Sky Ring Republic."

The woman sneered:

"I don't want to be with criminals who have no regard for the fate of mankind."

"You are from the past and have been to many places... Can you tell me what the Frost Plated Republic was like before?"

Kelesim hopes:

"I think that in the past Frost-plated Republic, although life was a bit harder and men and women were not equal, they were able to fall in love and have children. What could be more promising in life than having a family and offspring?"

"During the Republic, men knew how to be romantic and women knew how to dress up. In such a country, regardless of the gap between rich and poor and discrimination between men and women, at least they were happy."

"Although it may be inappropriate to say this...but I think the thinking of the Baimei Army is not wrong, and they have always said that they want to put down the rebellion of the Baimei Army and unify the federation - but think about it, why do we want those who love freely and enjoy their families? What about people living with us and living a life like ours?”

Kelesim spoke, but found that the woman's face became increasingly cold.

"Actually, I think there's nothing wrong with the inequality between men and women. At least it makes men and women feel more humane and caring than the current demands for forced equality."

Before he could finish what he said, the woman interrupted his fantasy:

"In the past, the Frost-Plated Republic was a place where beasts like the Underworld were infested with chaos. The four agencies of the Law arrested people arbitrarily. Men, women, colonies, no matter who they were, were all discriminated against equally... The Frost-Plated Republic was a place where everyone used to be. of prison.”

The woman paused and said:

"Once upon a time, people spent countless blood to defeat the frost-plated republic under the rule of Medway. President David Lin was unjustly imprisoned. It is clear that women have the right to speak legally, but when it comes to the workplace, it is men who have been working hard. . Over time, the contradiction between men and women will become thicker and thicker. In the end, when the entire country faces the invasion of Tianhuan, women will not even appreciate the bloody battles of the soldiers on the front line."

"Ninety percent of the food you eat now comes from the Republic of Gulant. But during the Frost Plated Republic, Medway sent female Law Four agents to invade the newly independent Republic of Gulant, almost A feud has been formed - if it weren't for President Devlin, the Gurant Republic would have separated from the Frost Plated Federation system long ago and completely hated us, and you wouldn't be able to eat these things."

"These are just the tip of the iceberg of the various crimes committed by the Frost Plated Republic under Medway's control."

……………………

It started to rain again outside, icy freezing rain.

Du Zexin continued to wait in the cave.

The sound of rain became uniform, like a high-pitched and powerful march, rising and falling steadily on the oscilloscope.

It symbolizes the present and represents the future.

A lightning silver dragon instantly tore through the sky.

Crack——————!

Then, thunder rolled and the sky trembled and the earth shook.

A drone slowly flew into his camera, and a synthesized electronic sound came from the speaker:

"Mechanical instructor, the first batch of apprentices have gathered."

"very good."

Du Zexin straightened up slowly. The dilapidated fuselage was covered with ice slag and rust. He picked up a slag tomahawk from the ground, turned the camera, looked at the [Mechanics] behind him, and calmly raised the weapon ax:

"This planet has never belonged to the imperial powers, it belongs to all living beings."

"Red Arrow launches war wantonly, Tianhuan continues to plunder resources from the outside world in order to develop, and David Lin betrays his promise to come to power, turning Frost Plate into a new hell."

"The time has come, it's time for the four countries to pay the price."

"The end is approaching, and we will conduct the final judgment!"

"Judgment! Judgment! Judgment!"

The mechanics raised their guns high, and the cold gray steel flags fluttered in the air, fluttering in the wind.