Warhammer: Empire Reboot

The wheat fields stretched as far as the eye could see.

It looks cleaner than the middle nest of the warning star and wider than the lower nest.

Upon closer inspection, Ilancia noticed that the farm worker's skin was ulcerated.

The soil here is repeatedly treated with ripening agents, and insecticide spores float in the air. Farm workers must wear filter masks, but the masks issued to them by their families can only have their filters replaced every three months.

Many people dry the old filter and then put it back in for use.

There is a small shed at the end of the field.

Seven farm workers were lying inside.

They are awaiting confirmation of death.

Agricultural inspectors do not report deaths immediately.

As long as they have a heartbeat, they are considered part of the working population.

Working hours can be exchanged for more rations, more machinery maintenance allowances, and also allow lords to claim stable production efficiency at galactic conferences.

A woman squatted outside the shed, scraping the bottom of a bowl with her fingers.

The bowl contains a light green, nutritious soup.

She didn't drink it herself, but fed the soup to the child next to her.

The child took a sip and spat out a small piece of plastic film.

The woman picked up the film, wiped it clean, and stuffed it into her sleeve.

In the distance, the farmer's estate is suspended on an anti-gravity platform.

There are water spray devices at the edge of the platform to cool down the ornamental flowers.

The fifth location is Damocles V Industrial World.

The whole planet looks like a red-hot machine.

Lawson stood with Ilancia beneath an elevated pipeline.

Coolant flows through the pipeline, and iron buckets hang from the leaking points. Whenever a bucket is nearly full, a worker rushes up, drags it away, and pours it into the recycling pool.

The coolant is toxic.

Recyclable liquid can be exchanged for shift team points.

Once the team has enough points, they can apply for an extra dormitory light or get a new, draft-free sleeping bag for their child.

The factory bell rang.

Crowds poured out of the dormitory building.

There is a row of coffin-shaped emergency cabins at the factory entrance.

A worker collapsed by the door, blood gushing from his mouth and nose.

Two crew members dragged him into the emergency compartment, the door closed, and the red light flashed three times.

The results came quickly.

Recyclable organs: two items.

Remaining tissue: industrial fertilizer.

The factory's loudspeaker then began to broadcast.

Thank you to the worker for continuing to serve the Empire.

The next second, the broadcast switched back to production metrics.

The sixth location is the child labor level of the rail dock.

Thousands of children crawl through narrow maintenance pipes, connecting wires for adults, removing rust, and cleaning metal bugs from the hull crevices.

Children are small in size, making it easy for them to crawl into places that robotic arms cannot reach.

Their fingers are also slender, allowing them to peel copper wires from discarded circuits.

A girl was lying at the pipe opening, with half of her body sticking out.

She was so tired that she fell asleep.

The overseer did not hit her.

They simply flipped her work badge over and recorded it as a instance of shirking work.

After three periods of inactivity, she will be sent to the cryogenic cargo hold.

It's easier to die there.

Ilancia saw many names engraved on the pipe wall.

Some names have a small star drawn after them.

A child nearby is carving a new star.

That's to leave a mark for those who didn't make it out today.

The seventh location was the governor's private army training camp.

The common people here do not go hungry.

They ate better than the miners, and they also had medicine and clean water.

On the training ground, a group of new recruits are learning how to disperse a mob.

The targets were wooden boards painted with the outlines of workers, peasant women, debtors, and children.

The instructors instructed them to shoot at the knees, shoulders, and abdomen.

You can't kill too many at once.

The dead incite hatred.

The injuries can bankrupt a family.

A young soldier's hand trembled as he fired, and he missed.

The instructor walked over, pressed the muzzle of his gun against the side of his face, and told him that being soft-hearted would make the noble lords think he was not suitable for military service.

The soldier raised his gun again.

This time, the bullet hit the child's leg on the wooden board.

The instructor nodded in satisfaction.

The eighth location is the parish atonement workshop.

The incense is strong here, and prayers are constantly being offered.

The sinners knelt on the ground and copied the scriptures with their hands.

Their crimes were varied.

Some people have questioned the food quota.

Someone cursed the nobleman after his son was conscripted.

Some people were simply reported by their neighbors for not reciting the emperor's name when they were talking in their sleep.

There is a paper shredder in the center of the workshop.

Miscopying of scriptures will result in them being torn to shreds on the spot.

Those who copied incorrectly must copy it again.

Paper costs are recorded as personal debts.

Ilancia saw an old man kneeling with blood streaming down his knees, still copying.

His hands were deformed, and his handwriting was crooked.

The cultivator glanced at it and determined it was unqualified.

The old man lowered his head and fed the page into the shredder.

He did not resist.

It's as if they've already deleted themselves from the list of living people.

The ninth location is downstream of the water treatment plant.

The upper level of Governor Star has large areas of bathhouses.

Water is distributed at the middle-level distribution stations according to identity.

The nest is lowered using flowing water.

The people here use black buckets to collect water.

An oily film floats on the surface of the water, and it still tastes bitter after filtration.

A man carried a bucket of water home, first letting his wife drink, then his two children, and finally licking the rim of the bucket himself.

A poster promoting aristocracy hung in the room.

The painting reads: The Hearst family bestows upon you the water of life.

The tenth location is the labor corps outside the Governor's Mausoleum.

The cemetery is still under expansion.

Each generation of the governor's family must have its own memorial hall, and even if they are still alive, they can have it built first.

The labor team was moving black stone slabs, which came from a mining satellite.

Each piece is enough for a family living in a nest for ten years.

A worker's foot was crushed.

The foreman ordered his men to drag him to the side of the road so they could continue moving things.

The statue at the entrance of the cemetery is being installed.

The statue's base is engraved with Valerian Hearst's name.

He is not dead yet.