Ge Xiu was dragged by the half-old child in front of him, striding forward with two weak legs and running crookedly.
The filthy and sultry atmosphere covered the ground, and as far as the eye could see, there were endless mountains of rubbish that rolled up and down, and the rotten waste with no discernible color squeaked and squeaked under the feet, mixing into an unpleasant and disgusting odor.
The voice resounded in my ears again:
"Welcome criminal Ge Xiu No. 7098 to enter the compulsory punishment and reform system. After testing, your sentence is 1156 years, which is equivalent to 1156 evil points. After the evil value is completely eliminated, you can be free. Every year you spend in the world of punishment , the evil value can be reduced by a fixed amount, and if the punishment exceeds the threshold, the corresponding evil value can be additionally reduced, and the specific amount will be manually settled by the audit team after the punishment world ends.”
The more miserable he is, the shorter the sentence.
Fair enough.
Ge Xiu pondered for a moment and threw the first question: "So, no matter what happens in this world, as long as you spend a year, you can reduce the amount of evil, right?"
"Yes."
"Even if I'm actually having a good time during this time?"
The other side was silent for a while.
Ge Xiu blinked innocently, like a well-behaved prisoner without threat: "I'm just making an assumption."
"… The reduction in the base evil value is only linked to the time in the virtual world."
That's it.
Ge Xiu bent his eyes, and silently pulled away a smiling face. The iris reflected the remains of stars floating in the distance, and his dark pupils shone in the dim light, almost appearing evil:
"Okay. I don't have any other questions."
Seemingly disturbed by Ge Xiu's question, the voice paused for a moment, and then continued: "Please correct the attitude of criminal No. 7098 to serve the sentence, the difficulty of your virtual world will be determined according to the assessment of the audit team, and the first punishment world is the initial difficulty. level, and the subsequent difficulty will be adjusted according to the progress of the criminal’s reformation and attitude of repentance.”
Its voice was still cold, without the slightest fluctuation, and it was unknown whether it was a threat or a warning.
Ge Xiu nodded in a sloppy manner, making people wonder if he had listened to his heart:
"Well, I understand."
At this time, the young man who was running in front of Ge Xiu slowed down his steps breathlessly, and an extremely unusual noise appeared not far in front of them. The humming of mosquitoes and flies on the garbage heaps in the sky is more like the buzzing and chatting of crowds gathered together.
The two struggled through ankle-deep garbage heaps.
After bypassing the huge garbage pile in front of him, his eyes widened in an instant.
Different from the hills made of garbage piles on the way, the ground here is flat and rammed, like a huge artificial square, with obvious traces of civilization, which is particularly abrupt in this world that seems to be abandoned.
At this moment, this square is being crowded to the brim.
Everyone huddled in the square was ragged and bony, their cheeks sunken from hunger a haggard blue-grey, but the same look lit up each one's eyes, which gave off an almost morbid look. brilliance.
It was as if the creature crawling in the darkness saw the glimmer of hope for the first time, and the soul that fell into the abyss caught the spider silk that was climbing outward.
And the young man who dragged him Gexiu and ran all the way, the same light flashed in his eyes.
He stood on tiptoe, crossed the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd, and looked forward eagerly, his thin fingers clasped Ge Xiu's cold hand sweatingly, shaking gently:
"It is said that the number of places this time is twice as large as last time. I think maybe we can..."
Before he could finish speaking, he heard a strange metal friction sound coming from above.
The people in the square fell silent for a moment, and the huge square fell into a dead silence, and everyone looked up at the place where the sound came from.
The huge starship suspended in mid-air stopped right above the square, the protective cover below the starship slowly opened a gap, and a small silver metal ball flew out of it and flew to the top of the crowd at a constant speed , a light blue holographic projection projected from the bottom of the sphere, shrouding the entire crowd in the square, and a gentle and calm female voice sounded from all directions:
"According to Article 36 of the Alliance's Humanitarian Act, in order to protect the basic human rights of the residents of the marginal star cluster, the Alliance will randomly select people with qualified physical and mental strength in the marginal galaxy to enter the high-level galaxy at a fixed time period. After the basic service period, the Union will be responsible for post-retirement support…”
The huge holographic projection fluctuated like flowing water, changing scenes of scenes with the narration of the female voice:
A high-level interstellar city-state, an orderly and spacious skyway, abundant supplies, and clean accommodation.
The light blue light is flowing in the air, imprinted on the thin faces of people, reflected in their sunken eye sockets, and the endless longing seems to be able to pour out of their eyes, in the fetid and foul air of this abandoned planet. spreading in.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Ge Xiu narrowed his eyes calmly.
His expression was cold and calm, almost indifference, so out of place among the frenzied faces in the crowd.
However, everyone was immersed in the beautiful vision drawn by the holographic projection, and no one noticed that he was different.
The gray atmosphere was stagnant and silent, mosquitoes and flies were flying in the garbage heap, there were no obstacles, and there were no guards.
Ge Xiu retracted his gaze and fixed his gaze on the skinny monkey-like boy beside him, suddenly lowered his voice and said:
"If I were you, leave now."
Xiao Yi was like someone who was suddenly awakened from his sleep. He was stunned for a second, then looked at Xiao Qi who was standing beside him, half surprised and half blank.
The other party has already turned his eyes naturally, staring intently at the silver sphere suspended in mid-air, his eyes are half-squinted lazily, and the pitch-black pupils are dyed a strange blue by the holographic projection around him, although that Zhang's dirty face still had the exact same facial features as before, but for some reason, it gave Xiao Yi an extraordinarily strange feeling.
Xiao Yi felt a panic inexplicably.
As if to cover up the unease in his heart, he shook off the opponent's hand a little angrily: "You... I have the kindness to go to the shed to call you, but you actually want me not to participate in the selection? I didn't worry about the quota being occupied, you, you It's too heartless!"
He hugged his arms and turned around angrily, no longer looking at the boy who was half a head shorter than him.
But I don't know why, the feeling of coldness behind the back has not disappeared for a long time, the sense of panic that does not fall to the ground makes the little one very uncomfortable, even the holographic projection of countless wonderful things around him can't cheer him up again .
Ge Xiu's eyes swept across his back without a trace, the corners of his lips twitched in a smile that was not a smile, and then he averted his gaze lightly.
The peaceful and gentle female voice stopped the introduction, and the holographic image that enveloped the entire crowd was once again retracted into the silver sphere, losing the occlusion of the illusory image. A sigh of disappointment and regret.
"E535 stars participated in the selection of 3,356 people this time, and the selection quota: 400 people."
There was a buzzing discussion in the crowd, and the low volume could not hide the excitement that was about to overflow. Obviously, the number of places this time was much larger than before.
The bottom of the huge starship slowly cracked a huge gap, like a big mouth of steel, from which the dense silver balls spit out, hovering above the crowd, casting invisible rays to scan the entire square, Ge Xiu subconsciously The ground flickered to the side, but after all, he restrained himself, but frowned, his feet did not move.
"Scan complete."
The gentle female voice sounded again: "The residents who have not been chosen, please don't give up hope, the alliance will not forget your hard work, hard work, loyalty, obedience, and the next lucky one will make you."
As soon as the words fell, Ge Xiu felt his feet light, and an attraction above his head pulled him into the air.
He looked up and saw one of the spheres resting on top of his head, and a white beam of light was projected, shrouding him in it, and taking him towards the bottom of the starship.
Ge Xiu put his fingers in his tattered pockets and looked around thoughtfully.
Above the rubbish-covered square, there are 399 other beams of light, and a person is flying into the air under each sphere.
Ge Xiu lifted his eyelids and turned to look at the starship parked in midair.
His expression was so focused, as if he couldn't put down anything else in his eyes except the pitch-black metal bottom plate.
A faint smile crossed his closed lips, as if this was exactly what he was expecting to happen now.
The junk stars under our feet are getting farther and farther away, the skinny faces of people who are left in the square or lost or jealous are gradually blurred, the piles of garbage piles are gradually shrinking into colorful hills, and the stench like a biochemical weapon is gradually increasing. Away, fresh and clean compressed air is continuously released from the sphere above, almost giving the illusion of cleansing the body and mind. The starship above the sky and the sun has opened the landing compartment, and the open steel mouth seems to be It symbolizes the hope of new life, quietly accepting their entry.
For these aboriginal people who have not left the junk star since birth, what happened next seemed like a dream.
For the first time, they washed their bodies with clean water, put on dry clothes, got enough nutrient solution distributed, and even had their own smart bracelets. Xiaoyi carefully touched the soft body on his body. Cloth, with a look of unease and panic on his face, and the whispers of other people's exclamations in his ears:
"The bracelet can actually light up!"
"... My clothes are intact, not a single hole is broken... "
"I didn't feel hungry at all... It's incredible!"
Xiao Yi raised his head and subconsciously searched for Xiao Qi's figure in the crowd, but he couldn't find the skinny and low boy. He pursed his lips a little uneasily, then lowered his head and touched the hoop firmly around himself. The cool touch of the bracelet on his wrist made him feel more at ease.
Maybe Xiao Qi was just squeezed behind the crowd.
I was too rude before, so I must apologize to Xiao Qi when I get off the boat.
Xiao Yi secretly made up his mind.
At this moment, several tall men in uniform came over and led them into the rest cabin. The rest cabin was not small, but it was very crowded, with narrow beds tightly against each other. There are four floors in total. The aisle in the middle can only accommodate one person to pass through. Each bed is numbered. A full 400 beds are packed into a small space, which is almost suffocating.
After a while of confusion, Xiao Yi finally found the bed with his own number. He was lying on the narrow and soft bed. He heard the slight vibration of the starship flying in his ears, and his nerves were still in high tension due to excitement. In this state, he thought it might be difficult for him to fall asleep, but at the moment when the light was dimmed, Xiao Yi felt an irresistible drowsiness hit, pulling him into a dark sleep.
In the dimness, he scratched his slightly itchy wrist and turned over. There was a rustling voice in the distance, and it seemed that someone was talking. The voice seemed to come from thousands of light-years away, and it seemed to be separated by an impenetrable film, so it was impossible to hear it clearly.
"…Is the anesthetic injected?"
"certainly."
"Don't worry, they all sleep like dead pigs."
The author has something to say: On that day, people did not yet know what kind of fears would befall them
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