"Sea Battle General" Liu Yiqi had always believed that life was an adventure, but throughout the process, there were always several crucial turning points.
"I won't regret seizing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, just as I never regretted taking the initiative to board the ship back then."
Liu Yiqi had a thoroughly East Country People name because he had grown up in an East Country People foster home in his early years.
Foster homes were a New Era concept, somewhat similar to orphanages, but with a far lower threshold.
For certain reasons, the birth rate of the local Long-Hand Tribe was abnormally high, while this world lacked stable "safety measures." The number of newborns could easily exceed the capacity of families and even towns.
In such an environment, growing up wild was considered normal, and abandonment was common. Some cities thus had large-scale "foster homes."
This was not purely charity. The new generation of the Long-Hand Tribe also grew at an abnormal rate, and within only a few years, they could become reliable laborers.
Foster homes invested resources and, with little cost, could gain relatively loyal and dependable reserves. Many of the local core members of major factions today had come from their respective specialized foster homes.
"Fate does not give anyone many opportunities. I won't miss a single one, just as I was the first in the foster home to choose to become a Professional."
Each family's foster home was equivalent to its own "nation," so naturally there were many things, both legal and illegal.
The most common were "Professional candidates cultivated from childhood," and the death rate from failed advancements. In chaotic times, the death of one child merely meant one less mouth to feed for some people. The Liu foster home's practice of seeking "volunteers" was already considered conscientious