1758. ‘New Life’ (Part 1)
Ah~~~! ! ! The screams...
The surroundings were in chaos, with many people crowded together and running away.
Crying sounds...
Whoosh~~~~ A blood-red blaster beam was launched and exploded on a vague figure around him! Followed by more blaster beams! And the terrible footsteps that sounded like steel treading the ground...
In the distance, a figure wearing a black cloak was approaching step by step.
Buzz... The blue lightsaber poked out from the hand of this figure.
That refreshing color is now as scary as hell!
"Run!! Carl, run!!!" A hysterical shout.
"Hiss..." Carl Kestis opened his eyes suddenly.
Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep...the sound of the electronic alarm clock also sounded at this time. Karl then breathed a long sigh of relief and looked at the unfamiliar ceiling. Countless thoughts returned to his mind, washing away the terrible memories of the scene just now.
He looked around. It was a small room that was simple but very clean and looked new. There is a table, a chair, a bed, a cabinet, and a holographic projector in the room.
‘Is it going to start again? ’ Carl Kestis sighed.
Sure enough, the holographic projector next to it automatically turned on, and a lush field of crops was projected from the projection, as well as farmers working with advanced agricultural machinery.
Everyone's face is filled with happy and satisfied smiles. The scene switches to a warm family. The farmer just now is holding his two or three children, enjoying delicious and natural food and spending time together as a family. joy.
[Good morning, respected workers, enthusiastic pioneers of the Dawn Principality. Today is the 7th day of your short inspection period. After the next 63 days of pleasant labor, you will officially become a member of the Principality of Dawn and start your wonderful new life! Today, we will appreciate together the purely natural agricultural production system of the Principality of Dawn...]
Karl Kestis ignored the noisy holographic projection, got up on his own, and washed himself briefly. , put on a set of work clothes, opened the door and walked out.
Outside the door is a corridor, and many people wearing the same clothes as him have come out, but their faces are not as happy and satisfied as in the holographic projection. On the contrary, their faces are full of happiness. Full of numbness and impatience.
"I'm here to be a construction engineer! Not a floor-laying worker!" A person complained loudly.
But it was no use. While complaining, he kept walking towards the canteen.
Karl Kestis also sighed softly, followed the flow of people to a huge canteen, and received two bowls and a set of tableware at the door. You can choose cutlery, a knife and fork, a spoon or two strange wooden sticks. Karl took a fork and came to the dining opening in front.
Breakfast is very simple, with nutritional supplements. You can choose one to three tubes according to the amount of food. There are four flavors to choose from. Then there was a piece of fried egg, with various sauces on the side that could be sprinkled on the egg. Carl chose a sauce made from minced red fruits. The spicy feeling in his mouth made his numb nerves more awake. Some.
Then another bowl of seaweed soup was put in another bowl, and that was all.
But this kind of breakfast is already very good in the opinion of Karl Kestis. Natural foods like fried eggs and seaweed are simply not available on other planets with worse conditions. In many places, in addition to protein-synthesizing nutrients, what civilians can find are highly compressed and highly fermented hard foods, which basically can only guarantee that they will not starve to death.
At least now in the Principality of Dawn, the situation seems to be very good.
In fact, it is precisely because of this that many people who come here can endure the almost continuous brainwashing education every day and the boring life that is completely different from what was promised. That's right, take Carl Kestis for example. Although he was promised a job as a maintenance technician in a machine shop affiliated to the United Mining Group, after he stepped off the spacecraft, he only simply asked After a few words, I was assigned to the current labor camp.
This labor camp is called Semi-Manual Skilled Workers, a strange name. However, later in life, Karl realized that this labor camp was really literal, and it really allowed them to do manual labor for half a day and learn skills for the other half. So there are all-labor labor camps and all-skilled labor camps?
Looking around, there were people everywhere and there was no empty table to be found. So Karl came to the stairs, sat down, put the seaweed soup in front of him, and unscrewed a tube of pineapple-flavored nutritional supplement.
At this time, a large black shadow came over.
Karl said hello without raising his head, "Hey, Furman, good morning."
"Good morning, Karl." A big man two meters tall came over and sat down directly side by side with him.
This big man turned out to be the big man with two children who thought he was blocking the way when we were catching the spaceship at the space port. He was also in the same labor camp as Karl, which was quite a coincidence. As a result, the two became friends.
"How is it? Are you used to it?" Although Furman is a big man, he is still very thoughtful. He asked first.
During the previous conversation, Karl learned that he was once an engineer at Corellia Engineering Company, and now he is employed here as a mechanical maintainer.
Karl smiled and said, "It doesn't matter to me. Anyway, I'm alone everywhere. It's not about getting used to it. I just feel that the life here is different from what they promised."
As he said, He pointed to the holographic projection next to him that was still playing various brainwashing videos in a loop. Needless to say, the image of Grand Duke Tang Xiao projected on the projector is promoting the greatness of this Grand Duke.
"I heard some rumors... Not long ago, a riot broke out in the Model Sector." Furman grabbed a tube of nutrient supplements, put it to his mouth and squeezed it gently. Eat them all, "So after that, all immigrants entering the Kingdom of Dawn must live in this temporary city for two months. On the planet Annaji alone, there are as many as 10 such temporary cities." ."
"I think they are killing people's minds." Carl said.
"You're right, maybe this is what Tang Xiao wants." Furman ate the omelette in another bite, smacked his lips with unfinished content, and took another tube of nutritional supplements.
"Where is your son? Is he settled?" Karl asked.
"There is a nursery that can take care of them. I completed the procedures yesterday and sent them there." Furman replied.
"There is no doubt that you will see these things when you go to the nursery." Karl pointed to Tang Xiao's image over there again.
"I can't care about so much now..." Furman finished his breakfast in a few mouthfuls, "Let's go, the shuttle has arrived."
Karl has also finished eating. After breakfast, I walked out with Furman and got on a passenger hover car. Breakfast time is only 10 minutes in total. If you exceed the time, you will be punished.
The punishment is to extend the inspection time in this temporary city, and if the time is extended to a certain length, they will be sent back.
For many, deportation means homelessness. (End of this chapter)