As the first humans left the Closed City on Dawn Star's surface, human civilization began a brand-new chapter.
First, they needed to address the billions of people still in cryosleep.
Unlike those who had awakened long ago, the people still in cryosleep had never encountered the social public child-rearing system, nor had they undergone a century of publicity and education from the Academy of Sciences and Parliament.
To their "outdated" way of thinking, the communal child-rearing system was a radical departure from accepted norms.
As such, their attitude toward communally raised people would differ from that of the general population.
To avoid disrupting the normal implementation of the social public child-rearing system, the Academy of Sciences had not awakened large numbers of humans all at once, even though the infrastructure on Dawn Star's surface was largely complete.
Instead, it had adopted a phased awakening approach.
Naturally, the criterion for determining the awakening batches was each person's contribution to the Human Federation.
"...Beep! Beep! Beep!"
The faint buzzing of an alarm seemed to draw closer, gradually becoming clearer.
Who am I?
Where am I?
*...*
Questions slowly surfaced in Wang Mingyuan's sluggish mind, one after another.
Perhaps because he had spent so long in cryosleep, thinking about these questions gave Wang Mingyuan a slight headache.
But a moment later, fragments of memory surged in like a tide.
He had been born on Proxima b, was a citizen of the Human Federation, and worked in construction...
Countless pieces of information surfaced in his mind, one by one.
Wang Mingyuan instinctively took a deep breath.
An intense sensation of choking on water rose from his throat and lungs.
"Cough, cough, cough!!"
Amid violent coughing and slight muscle spasms, he reflexively arched his back and sat upright.
At the same time, his eyes