Thriller Paradise

148. Chapter 148 Earth Wasteland (14)

    The three men marched quickly toward the village. On the way, they were all inquiring about Hanke’s situation in Hanke Village. The madman’s sword shadow was silently listening.

    Hank is not a tour guide. He can't introduce the village's customs and customs in a very organized way. However, he is very skillful when he asks questions. He subtly guides Hank to tell some useful information more clearly.

    The residential area of ​​Shenyou Village is roughly divided into four areas, and the first area near the outermost exit is a slum. Hank’s home is here. His only family is a mother who is over 50 years old. She works in the laundry room, working ten hours a day, taking only one day a week, and paying very little.

    Hank earned a little more work in the scavengers' team, but every time he went out, he could never come back. His father and several brothers were scavengers, and their endings were dead.

    The work of the Scavengers team is to search for useful materials in the sinister environment of the Old Earth. Exploring ancient ruins is not a common task. The most common thing they do on weekdays is to collect and transport back the natural resources growing outside the village of God, mainly ore, plants, and water sources with pollution levels within the treatable range. .

    There is an invention like [anti-gravity catapult]. This work does not require a lot of manpower. The scavengers pack things, "lift" them, and go back to the silo cabin.

    It seems that this is not a lot of hard work, in fact, the risk factor is very high. Today's old earth, even in the dark storms of the desert, there are a few vicious animals, and those jungles, swamps, coastal areas, have been mutated, and for humans, the environment and life are fatal threats.

    Most of the people living in the peripheral areas are like Hank. The villagers here only have three years of education. They learned basic mathematics and literacy in the first two years, and learned some work-related knowledge in the third year. From the age of ten, they must learn to survive on their own labor, and they are doing single and heavy physical labor or some dangerous work. However, as long as they follow the rules and work in a proper way, it is no problem to eat enough.

    Through the first area, the second area is the largest and medium-sized farming area.

    The roads and houses are different in style from the outside. The main crops in the field look like corn, but the leaves are not green, but corrugated golden yellow; there are some tubers growing in the mud, exposed The leaves outside are brown, and you can smell a scent far away. Feng did not know what Hank was. The other party’s answer was “glutinous rice and sweet fruit”. These two are the staple foods on the villagers’ table. These two kinds of crops should be created and named by the villagers in the former village of Shenyou. Anyway, there was no similar thing on the previous earth.

    People living in the farming area live a little better than the first area, the living environment is more comfortable, and the color of the clothing is not the same. Every family has a field that is responsible for farming. The crop yield is strictly monitored, and all of them have to be handed over to the village. Household income is based on the amount of food that is turned over.

    Comparatively speaking, their lives are not too much risk, the proportion of labor and rest is not inhuman, and the residents of the agricultural area have the opportunity to receive further education, in the case of more than two children in the home, can choose a learning more gifted child to continue reading, accept "higher education", If they do, they will have access to the third region.

    The third area belongs to technical personnel, and the number of these people is very small. The population of the area is basically maintained at around 300. Some of the top players are the promoters of "open" technology in Shenyou Village. Those who are relatively poor can also serve as engineers or managers. They are responsible for teaching students when they are old or have lost their ability to work.

    The residents of this area are mainly mental workers, with considerable income and stable living. The space for one person is equal to the area of ​​a family in the peripheral area. The color of their clothing is white and their social status is high.

    As for the fourth area, it is the "sacrificial", or the place where the nobles live. Their residence is extravagant to the villagers outside, but in the village of Shenyou, even if it is a sacrificial family, the dressing has to be unified, which is not negotiable. The only people in the village who can wear clothes by the temper are the people who are surnamed Sakamoto. Their appearance is known to everyone. Their portraits can be seen everywhere. Children have to learn the heroic deeds of their members and learn a few songs. The songs come to praise them.

    The sacrifices are basically nothing to do, and life is very good. Their table is often the food that the scavengers exchanged for their lives. It is something that ordinary villagers can't enjoy for a lifetime; the tap water they use is a source of water that can be directly consumed, while the water used by the villagers outside the village is outside the village. The brought back the contaminated water source is “filtered”.

    The duty of the priests is to uphold the "son of God" and to maintain the rule of the Sakamoto family. Their children, regardless of their talents, can and are obliged to receive the most complete education and learn as much knowledge as possible. Some of the more intelligent people can share some secrets that the family knows.

    The heads and management of all departments of Shenyou Village are all served by sacrifices or their families, for generations. In some departments, even if a guy doesn't know anything about his professional knowledge, he can still sit in the position of the top leader. Anyway, find a third-party person to be a deputy. Moreover, the person who is the deputy can only go to the eunuch before he can ask for it. If he makes a claim, the crime is very serious.

    Through these four areas, it is the deepest part of the village, the temple.

    There are patrolmen on the streets of the first three areas. Although the residents of the third area are few, the inspections are stronger. In the fourth area, ordinary villagers are not allowed to enter. In addition to those who wear costumes and hold permits, the procedures for others to enter are very troublesome.

    Outside the fourth area and the temple, it is not the patrolman who is in charge. There are special guards, all of whom are strictly examined and screened. A guy like Hank who is born in the peripheral area must not be chosen. At least the second- and third-regional talents are eligible to join the ranks of the guards…The sacred mission of guarding the sacrifices and the Son of God can be careless.

    "The front is the third area."When he came to the junction of the second and third regions, Hank said: "It’s ok, here are a lot of patrols in the third area, if you are asked…"

    "Continue to go."The seal said that they were asked by several patrols on the way, and they all used the same reason to fool the past, but Hank was always worried.

    Hey, you floating shred! Hank, is that you? ”Suddenly, a woman’s voice came and called Hank.