The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Before the long night period, Little Jones was a grinder in a gear factory, but when an accident happened in the factory of Dodd Group, the order of the gear factory was also cancelled, so the boss had to lay off the redundant workers in the factory, and Little Jones was One of those who got cut.

In fact, there are still many factory workers in Aodoline City who were indirectly implicated in the Dodd Group accident like Little Jones.

When the Dodd Group entered Aodorine City and started building factories, it placed a large number of orders with various parts factories in Aodorine City. In order to stabilize the production of orders, these factories began to recruit a large number of workers, and Aodorine After all, there are not many idle workers in the city. For this reason, the bosses of various factories encouraged the city council to pass a special resident occupancy bill. This bill allows people from outside the city to become residents of the inner city of Aodorain by virtue of the factory's recruitment contract. , and this is how Little Jones became a resident of Aodorain City, and his family was able to live in the city because of his status, enjoying rare stability in this chaotic world.

Those Aodorin people who were born in Aodorine City and left the protection of the city wall from outside can hardly imagine how miserable those living outside the city are. Not only is there a shortage of food, but even their lives are not guaranteed. In his sleep, he was attacked by monsters. Although the town also built a fence, if such a wooden fence encountered those huge monsters, it would have no defense at all.

Several of Little Jones' family members died at the hands of monsters, and the lives of him, his mother and brothers and sisters were bought by his father and uncle with their own lives, precisely because of the fear of monsters and the desire for safety , even though the gear factory owner who recruited them offered extremely harsh conditions, almost selling themselves, he signed the contract without hesitation.

Originally, he thought that his family would be able to live in the city of Aodoline safely and lead a normal life, but what he didn't expect was that something happened in the factory of Dodd Group, which affected the gear factory and caused him to be fired.

If he was a real Audrinian, he wouldn't worry about work, because he would have enough time to find another job, and the Audorinian government wouldn't give him too much control.

But he is not a real Audorinian. Even though he and his family live in the city of Audorinian, their identification certificates are still written as non-Audorinian.

Because the residence rights of him and his family are all in his employment contract, the contract will naturally become invalid on the day he is dismissed from the factory. Although he and his family will not be kicked out of the city immediately, but The time left for him is running out, and when the next resident survey starts, he and his family will be kicked out of Aodorine City because they lost their employment contract and have no official job.

"Why don't I go to the city defense army to have a look today." Little Jones soaked the rough wheat cakes in water, picked them up and swallowed them in one gulp, and said to his mother.

"No, absolutely not!" The mother immediately shook her head, with a rare serious expression on her wrinkled face, she stared at little Jones and said, "Even if you are driven out of the city, you can't go to the city defense army, did you hear that? "

Little Jones and his mother looked at each other, and finally couldn't resist, so they could only lower their heads and said, "Okay, Mom!"

The reason why Little Jones' mother objected so strongly was because she knew very well that people of their status who joined the city defense army had a 90% chance of dying on the city wall.

According to the official report of Aodorin City, every time the monster tide attacked the city, the casualties of the city defense army were very small. It will be recorded in the report, that is to say, even if all the city defense auxiliary troops are dead, as long as there are no casualties in the city defense army, then the report will be zero casualties.

In order to deal with the attacks of monsters, Aodorine City will recruit a large number of people to join the city defense army, but there are differences within the city defense army. Aodorin people or people who have the official status of residents of Aodorin City will be assigned to the official city defense army. , while those who are not Audorinians will be placed in the auxiliary army.

When encountering a monster attacking the city, the city defense army will often use the auxiliary army as a bait to induce monsters to attack the auxiliary army, while the city defense army with better equipment and stronger weapons can take the opportunity to kill the monster, so often after a battle , the casualties of the auxiliary army will be extremely heavy, and there will often be a loss of all members.

Although Aodorin's city defense auxiliary army is so dangerous, there are still a large number of people willing to join it, because the rewards for joining the auxiliary army are also very high.

In addition to twice the high salary of the regular city defense army, as long as you have worked in the auxiliary army for one year, you can become a full-time city defense army and officially obtain resident status. You can also help no more than four relatives and friends obtain temporary residence rights for a period of five years. .

Even if they die, the family members can get a considerable pension, and the four designated family members can also get five years of temporary residence rights.

The reason why Jones had the idea of ​​joining the City Defense Auxiliary Army was mainly because many people in the surrounding neighbors had chosen to join the City Defense Army during the long night. His family has been granted temporary residency for five years, so they don't need to worry about being kicked out of the city.

More importantly, joining the City Defense Auxiliary Army does not require any special conditions, nor does it require any knowledge or ability. You can join directly by signing up.

Although Little Jones promised his mother that he would not join the City Defense Auxiliary Army, he did not completely give up on this idea in his heart. He planned to wait a few days and see if he couldn't find a job, then he could only go to the City Defense Army.

The room became much quieter for a while. Although Little Jones' younger brother and sister were not very sensible, they could still feel the emotions of their brother and mother. They all ate the things in their hands obediently, and then went back to their rooms to wait quietly. He said, not playing around as usual.

At this time, someone outside knocked hard on the door.

Both Little Jones and his mother became nervous, and each picked up the simple knives in the cabinet next to them. What they were guarding against was not the monster that appeared in the long night, because they knew that the monster would not knock on the door at all, but would break the door directly. Attack, what they were guarding against was actually other residents who also lived in this apartment.

People like Little Jones who live in the city through special policies are all placed in the same urban area by the city government. Even in order to avoid joint troubles, people in the same town or village will be arranged in different apartments and residential areas. So the relationship between the Little Jones family and the people in the same apartment is very strange.

However, after getting along for a period of time, they still got to know the situation of the neighbors. Except for the two families who are honest workers like them, the others are street hooligans and gangsters. Being a worker, or choosing to join a gang in the city, or becoming a robber and thief on the street, all of them are ruthless bad guys.

In the past, a person who lived upstairs tried to rob Little Jones' mother, but was met by Little Jones who had just come off work, and beat him away. Be extra nervous.

"Jones, it's me, Peter, Peter from the old Taut family." Just when Jones was hesitating whether to open the door, the knocker outside the door shouted into the house.

"Peter, it's Peter." Hearing the familiar voice, Little Jones also relaxed, and immediately handed the knife in his hand to his mother, and walked over to open the door.

After opening the door, a young man who was slightly shorter than Little Jones came in. After hugging Little Jones, he saluted Little Jones' mother and said, "Long time no see, Mrs. Jones."

"Long time no see, Peter!" Little Jones' mother also stepped forward to hug the young man very kindly, and then asked with concern.

Peter showed a sad look, and said, "He has gone to the city defense army."

After hearing Peter's words, Little Jones and his mother didn't ask any more questions, because they already knew the result, and they were also surprised that Old Taut joined the City Defense Army for Little Peter.

As neighbors for many years, they all know how Old Taut, an alcoholic, treats Peter. Jones' parents often took care of Peter, who even spent more time at Jones Jr.'s home than at his own.

This time the factory recruited workers. Peter and Jones Jr. signed up together and were recruited by different factories. They were also assigned to different residential areas. Although they were in the same city, the two parties had already lost contact. At this time, I saw Peter again.

After letting Peter into the house, Jones Jr. closed the door, and then asked about Peter's situation. After hearing that Peter was hired by Dodd Group and joined the engineering team under the name of Dodd Group, Jones Jr. was also incomparable. I am envious, because this means that Peter can continue to stay in the city even without the old Taut's pension and pension clauses, and may even become an official Audoryn resident, because the high benefits of the Dodd Group are well known of.

"Actually, you can also join the Dodd Group." Peter said immediately when he saw Jones showing envy.

Hearing Peter's words, Little Jones and his mother immediately looked at Peter in surprise, and Little Jones couldn't help asking anxiously: "Does the engineering team of Dodd Group still need to recruit people?"

"No, it's not! The engineering team is full and there is no need for manpower, and the factory is the same." Peter shook his head again and again, and then the mother and son of Little Jones, pretending to be mysterious, came over and said seriously: "I heard people say that the group Recently, we need to fill a department and expand the factory area, so the new department needs to recruit some people."

"Can I go?" asked little Jones again at once.

"No, I'm not very clear about the requirements for the manpower required by that department, but they are very strict. The senior management of the group is responsible for the recruitment, and there will be no public recruitment." Peter gave a disappointing answer, but in the eyes of the mother and son of Jones The colleague who showed a disappointed look changed the subject and added: "Although you can't be an employee of that department, you are qualified as a security officer in that department."

"Security personnel?" Little Jones was stunned for a moment, and said in confusion, "I remember that the security guards of the Dodd Group are all trained internally, and they will not openly recruit."

"This is usually the case, but it's different now." Peter said in a low voice: "It is said that this new department will be very large and will require a lot of manpower and security personnel. Recruit from the outside, and I also heard that the recruits this time have a chance to get a bottle of constitution potion."

"Physical potion?" After hearing this, Little Jones showed a shocked expression on his face, and immediately confirmed: "Is it the kind of constitution potion that the Dodd Group publicly displayed that day that can turn an ordinary person into a super strong fighter?"

Peter also nodded, and said, "Yes, it's that kind of constitution potion, and I heard that it's an improvement potion without any side effects, and I'm already planning to apply for it. I'm not at ease in my heart, so I'm here to ask you, are you interested in being together?"

At this moment, Little Jones could no longer hear Peter's words clearly. The images that appeared in his mind were all the scenes he saw in the square that day, and a look of excitement appeared on his face.

Although the parade had nothing to do with Jones Jr., the person who organized the parade said that any participant could get a lump sum of food, so he, who had just been fired, also participated in the parade so that his family would not go hungry.

Originally, he thought that the parade might cause some conflicts, so before he set off, he was ready to escape in case of chaos, but what he didn't expect was that he was placed in the front row of the team because of his tall stature. When a conflict arises, he is bound to be involved.

However, what he never expected was that this massive parade against the Dodd Group ended in an anticlimactic end. When the Dodd Group took out a bottle of medicine to show how to transform a thin person into a After becoming an extremely strong super soldier, the anti-Dodd group parade is over, those who support the parade are all focused on the medicine, and the people who witnessed all this in the entire parade are also talking about this Pharmacy, Jr. Jones is also one of them.

Although Jr. Jones had imagined many times that he got a bottle of potion and became a super soldier, this was just a thought. He knew very well that even if there was potion, it was impossible for ordinary people to use it. Only those rich and powerful could use it. affordable.

But now his friend Peter, who has been playing since he was a child, told him that he had a chance to get such a bottle of constitution potion, how could this not make him feel excited.

Just when Little Jones wanted to go further and inquire about some details, the darkness outside the window disappeared in an instant as if it had been erased, and the dazzling sunlight shone in from the gap in the window and shone on everyone. Let everyone feel both warmth and inexplicable happiness.

"It's dawn!" After a while, the mother of Little Jones sighed in the room.