483. A World of Uneven Standards

483. A World of Uneven Standards

Whooo—

The Armored Train slowly pulled into the station. The workers of Underground City Construction Bureau No. 8 cursed, knowing it was time to get busy again. They climbed up from the ground and started work.

"Get to work, get to work—hey, where are your safety officers? Put on your vests and helmets! How many times do I have to say it? Helmets are mandatory on the job! Anyone without one gets fined."

"The new supplies are here, unload them quickly! President Dai Weilin gave the order: Underground City Phase 21 must be delivered by the end of the year. If we don't finish before the Entropy Lord presses down the sky curtain, we'll all die!"

"Anyone else available? Our drone hub is malfunctioning. Send someone over, the logistics port is about to blow!"

"A worker at Port No. 2 fell into a pit!"

"Move the supplies first. We don't have anyone to spare..."

Hard labor, busyness, danger.

Forty years ago, when people cheered at the assassination of that old hag Medvi, the workers could never have imagined they would end up like this.

His Excellency the President, Dai Weilin, had clearly implemented countless reforms, abolished laws that discriminated between men and women, and eliminated the family as an institution.

So why had life become even harder? Endless Underground Cities had to be excavated and built. In this atomized society, nobody had anyone to rely on. Beyond the state, corporations, and fellow citizens, there were no closer relationships left.

Wanting to date invited ridicule. Wanting to marry found no marriage law to support it. Corporations bore responsibility for ninety percent of births, while people worked and paid taxes without end to raise the public's children.

In name, everyone could have their own biological descendants.