1758. 'New life' (Part 1)
Ah~~~!!! The shrill screams...
There was chaos all around, with many people crowded together and running away.
Cries...
Phew~~~~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 of this person Shadow Hand.
That refreshing color now seems 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 beep... the sound of the electronic alarm clock also sounded at this time. Carl then breathed a long sigh of relief and looked at the unfamiliar ceiling. Countless thoughts returned to his mind, dispersing 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 was filled with smiles of happiness and satisfaction. The scene switched to a warm family. The farmer just now was holding his two or three children, enjoying delicious and natural food and having family fun together.
[Good morning, respected workers, enthusiastic Duchy of Dawn pioneers. 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 Duchy of Dawn and start your wonderful new life! Today, we will appreciate together the pure natural agricultural production system of Duchy of Dawn...]
Carl-Kestis ignored the noisy holographic projection and got up, washed briefly, put on a set of work clothes, opened the door and walked out.
Outside the door was a corridor, and many people wearing the same clothes as him had already walked out. However, the faces of these people were not as happy and satisfied as in the holographic projection. On the contrary, their faces were full of numbness and impatience.
"I'm here to be a construction engineer! Not a floor-laying worker!" one person complained loudly.
But it was no use. While he complained, he kept walking towards the canteen.
Carl-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 tableware, knives, forks, spoons or two strange wooden sticks. Carl took a fork and came to the dining opening in front.
Breakfast is very simple, with nutritional supplements. You can choose from one to three tubes depending on your food intake, and 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.
Then a bowl of seaweed soup in another bowl and that's all.
But in the opinion of Carl-Kestis, this kind of breakfast is already very good. 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 at within the Duchy of Dawn, things look pretty good.
In fact, it is precisely because of this that many people who come here are able to 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 as an example. Although he was promised a job as a maintenance technician in a mechanical workshop affiliated to United Mining Group, after he stepped off the spacecraft, he was assigned to the current labor camp after just a few simple inquiries.
This labor camp is called Semi-Manual Skilled Workers, a strange name. However, later in life, Carl finally understood 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?
I looked around, there were people everywhere, and I couldn't find an empty table. So Carl came to the stairs, sat down, put the seaweed soup in front of him, and unscrewed a tube of pineapple flavored Nutrient Paste.
At this time, a large black shadow enveloped him.
Carl said hello without raising his head, "Hey, Ferman, good morning."
"Good morning, Carl." 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 they were catching the spaceship at the space port. He was also in the same labor camp as Carl, which was quite a coincidence. As a result, the two became friends.
"How is it? Are you used to it?" Ferman, although he is a big man, is still very thoughtful, he asked first.
In the previous conversation, Carl learned that he used to be an engineer at Corellia Engineering Company, and now he is employed here as a mechanical maintainer.
Carl smiled and said, "I don't care. 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 spoke, 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 of Dawn Tang Xiao projected on the projector is definitely promoting the greatness of this Grand Duke.
"I heard some rumors... not long ago, a riot broke out here in Modell Sector." Ferman grabbed a tube of nutrient supplement, put it to his mouth and squeezed it before eating it. "So after that, all immigrants entering within the Duchy of Dawn must live in this temporary city for two months. In Annaj Planet alone, there are as many as 10 such temporary cities."
"I think they are killing people's thoughts." Carl said.
"You're right, maybe this is what Tang Xiao wants." Ferman 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?" Carl asked.
"There is a nursery that can take care of them. I completed the procedures yesterday and sent them there." Ferman replied.
"There is no doubt that you will see these things when you go to the nursery." Carl pointed to the image of Tang Xiao over there.
"I can't care about so much now..." Ferman finished his breakfast in a few mouthfuls, "Let's go, the shuttle bus has arrived."
Carl had also finished his breakfast, walked out with Ferman, and got into a passenger car Speeder. 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.