The Young Wanderer (Part 1)
Flight R-A-3399C to Annaj Planet would depart in two hours. Passengers with tickets, please proceed to the corresponding boarding gate with your ticket...
A pleasant electronic female voice echoed through the air, guiding the endless stream of people around them slowly toward their destinations.
A young man of sixteen or seventeen tightened his windproof cloak and warily glanced around. This was an enormous spaceport. The holographic projection overhead displayed its name—Hammer Port—and the huge logo beside it showed that the spaceport belonged to Rendili StarDrive.
(Guess who he was?)
The area was packed with people, the overwhelming majority of them human. They dragged along their families and carried huge amounts of luggage as they struggled through the spaceport. Large numbers of soldiers armed with electrobatons and Blaster rifles were maintaining order. For easy identification, all of them wore bright fluorescent-red uniforms that made them impossible to miss.
At the sight of those soldiers, the young man grew somewhat nervous. He clenched the ticket in his hand, his palm already soaked with sweat. After confirming that no one around him was paying attention to him, he lowered his head and followed the corridor forward.
The holographic projections on both sides of the corridor continuously played introductions to the Duchy of Dawn—its local customs, its fine environment, its unspoiled planets, and the vast number of job opportunities created by frontier development.
Grand Duke Tang Xiao of Dawn was the leader of the Duchy! The Duchy of Dawn had grown strong only because of his wise leadership! In the Duchy of Dawn, everyone could have an opportunity! All of this was a gift from Grand Duke Tang Xiao! He had given them jobs, generous pay, and a warm Homeworld!
The moment the young man heard Tang Xiao's name,