Chapter 556: Expanding the Friend List
A special train departed from north to south, carrying large quantities of medicine and supplies, along with a group of Card-holding volunteers.
The journey took around eight hours. The carriages were fully business-class, with every seat equipped with an individual display, reading light, blanket, wet wipes, and other basic amenities. The seats could also recline fully to 180 degrees.
Ling Feiran dragged her suitcase into the carriage. Before she could ask anything, two attendants approached her with smiles. One helped stow her luggage, while the other led her to her seat.
Ling Feiran followed silently. She could sense the preferential treatment afforded to volunteers everywhere on the train.
The same was true of society as a whole. People willingly allowed Inspectors and Hunters to enjoy privileges, from jobs, housing, and salaries to free Scenic Area tickets and priority in lines. People idolized Inspectors and Hunters as they had idolized the first astronauts to fly into space. The core reason was that both groups were willing to dedicate their lives to a great cause.
Inspectors and Hunters took pride in that as well.
But Ling Feiran had not chosen to hold a Card for honor.
She had merely realized that Feng Shao would never come home again. The Xenomorph invasion had shattered her dream of a family, so she chose to embrace this strange world instead and explore what possibilities remained in her life.
The Quarantine Zone was a good place for her.
She was neither as bold and daring as Feng Ling nor as filled with lofty, selfless ideals as the Inspectors. She only wanted to do what she could in the Quarantine Zone, to keep herself from drowning in grief, and to avoid...
Avoid becoming someone else's burden.
"Please sit here," the attendant