death of hope

Chapter 1 "The Windfall" (1) York City
"Team leader, I... I'm really not lazy, I'm sick! I feel sick to my stomach, dizzy,
Please, don't deduct my points, my family is very difficult! "

"I'm sorry, the points have been deducted. Your perfect attendance award for this month is gone, plus a serious warning. If you accumulate three times, you will be expelled."

"Damn it! I'm really sick!"

"Hmph! You always have a reason,

Roy, it is clearly printed in the employee handbook that only one trip to the toilet is allowed in a shift, and it should not exceed 4 minutes!Let me ask you, have you signed the labor contract? "

"Ah... this... I signed it."

"That's it!

Why all the complaining nonsense?Now, get back to your desk, and if your performance today doesn't reach level A, you will be deducted another point! "

"Hey, okay..."

Roy shook his hand and sighed,

Putting on a protective helmet and gloves, covering his stomach with one hand, he shuffled back to his work station, muttering:

"I'm not lying, I'm really uncomfortable."

An ordinary day in a fuel cell factory,
Ms. Diana, the leader of the production line, and the young operator Roy had a little unpleasantness. The other workers were busy with their work, and no one even wanted to look up.

The operator Anna turned her head slightly and looked at Roy with pity.

Why do you care so much - because they are lovers, childhood sweethearts.

At 9 o'clock in the evening, the big electric bell next to the production line rang, which made the eardrums buzz.

The workers stretched their waists and cheered as if they were celebrating a festival:

"Long live! Off work!"

The No. 3 plant area of ​​the Spike fuel cell factory is off work, and the workers dragged their tired bodies and lined up to leave the factory.

A whole set of procedures; undergo security checks, clean up the radiation dust, change out of protective clothing, and put on your own clothes.

Roy and Anna held hands and walked wearily.

When they walked out of the factory, the choking air poured into the lungs along the nasal cavity, and the workers couldn't help coughing.

It is not surprising that there are a large number of high-pollution and high-emission factories in the suburbs of York City. The air pollution here is a hundred times more serious than that in the urban area.
Coupled with the dangerous work, the workers of the Spike battery factory all suffered from irreversible respiratory diseases,

What is even more frightening is that according to statistics, the chances of the employees of this factory suffering from lung cancer reached an astonishing 2.15%.

Due to the salinization of the land, coupled with the radiation dust buried deep underground,

The garden in the factory area has not grown half a flower and grass for a long time. When the workers pass by the garden, all they see is a piece of bare yellow mud.

Due to the excessive exploitation of energy and the wanton discharge of sewage, the environment of the entire planet Terra was eroded by toxic chemical pollutants, and the garbage piled up like a mountain with no place to landfill.

The river water was mixed with poisonous acid, sticky and green, like the nose blown by someone with a cold.

Poor residents live in cramped, dark, cramped housing filled with radioactive pollutants,
Most of the food is recycled several times and packaged with thousands of additives. It tastes good, but it has endless troubles.

Terra, the home planet of humanity—

This once beautiful azure planet is on the verge of death,
The bottom-level people living here all have the same dream——

Make money,

migrant,

start a new life.

Walking to the gate of the factory area, Roy picked up a small stone from the ground, rounded his arms, and threw it towards the bronze statue of the company founder Mr. Spike:
"Boom!" The stone hit the crotch of the bronze statue.

"Haha! Really accurate!"

Anna jumped up happily: "I wish our boss, Mr. Spike, will never have a child!"

"What a vicious curse, I like it!"

Roy picked up Anna and kissed her gently on the cheek: "Go! Go to the bar for a few drinks."

"Aren't you sick to your stomach?"

"it's better now."

"Forget it, save some money! You have just been deducted work points, and the balance in our accounts adds up to more than 1000 yuan. We still have to pay insurance, bills and rent!"

"Don't worry, honey, money is earned, not saved."

"Hey... I really have nothing to do with you!" Anna couldn't beat her boyfriend, so she could only let him do as he pleased.

The two stepped on the light rail train and watched the huge silhouette of the Spike battery factory gradually fade out of their vision.

The train passes through the mountains of garbage that emit a foul smell. Through the thickened windows, you can see scavengers dressed like astronauts wandering through the mountains of garbage.

The river under the gigantic bridges was so viscous, green snot soup, so disgusting that workers tried not to look at it so they wouldn't spit out their dinner.

Passing through the heavily guarded military control zone and entering the urban area of ​​York City, it is like traveling to another world——

The neon lights and holographic advertisements on the commercial street are dazzling.

Whenever passing by here, Anna is always in a very excited mood,

She flashed a pair of big blue eyes, looking longingly at the advertisements of famous brand cosmetics and clothing,
The huge holographic projection of fashion models is taller than skyscrapers, coupled with dazzling sound and light special effects, it is simply too beautiful and attractive.

"Look! It's the latest style of mascara produced by Omiya! It has a magic effect, so beautiful!"

Roy tilted his head, pretending not to hear, thinking:

(Hmph, mascara...women, what a hassle! Why don't you drink a few more glasses with this money.)
The scenery here is very good, but it is not their home after all,

The housing prices in the center of York City are frighteningly expensive, and even middle-class engineers like factory engineers can’t afford high-interest mortgages, let alone the lowest-level ordinary workers like them.

The light rail train made seven turns and eight turns, shuttled back and forth in the tunnel, and finally left the bustling and noisy city center and came to a dark steel jungle.

Officially, this is a large-scale residential area, but in fact, it is called a slum, or a rat's nest.

Each giant residential building is more than 200 stories high, and the poor are crowded like gutter rats in low-rent units.
They are quite satisfied with their situation, after all, they are much better than those homeless people who eat and sleep.

After leaving the station, Roy and Anna walked into a dirty alley, walked down the long stairs accompanied by dim street lights, and walked forward for half a minute, and they could see an exquisite small neon signboard in the dark shine,

The neon light pattern is an image of an old soldier with a cane, and there is a line of small colorful words below:
"The Old Lame Bar" was Roy's favorite.

In this cold and unforgiving city, the "Old Lame's Bar", which sells cheap alcoholic beverages, is an oasis in the desert, offering rest to the down-and-out and weary souls.

(End of this chapter)