From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

In the blink of an eye.

Two months passed quietly.

Although it has only been two short months, the changes in the past two months have been earth-shattering for the people of Lighthouse, both the commoners and the upper class.

After the Dust People gained a new commander and were divided into two hundred classes, although they were still doing hard labor, each class was equipped with a kitchen, bathroom, public toilet, and mechanical repair room, which was a great improvement compared to the past.

Furthermore, every month, the total contribution points of each class need to be tallied. The top twenty classes will be able to receive a bag of wheat flour, and the amount of wheat flour that each person can receive will be allocated according to their respective contribution ratio.

In addition, each month, the student who made the most contribution from the two hundred classes would be selected and given a bottle of apple juice. Because Lu Jin had the apples squeezed into a juice similar to rice paste, not only was it difficult for Charles to swallow, but most of the other upper-class citizens who tried it also found it hard to describe, and many even secretly poured the apple juice away.

Therefore, Lu Jin reported the facts to the Light and Shadow Society, punishing the upper-class citizens who wasted food, and also suggested to Charles that apple juice be distributed to the lower-class citizens.

This blatant conspiracy was so outrageous that even the wise and powerful city lord could not find any reason to oppose it.

But for the dust people, apple juice is a delicious treat, and its nutritional value is much higher than that of insect cakes, making it a precious commodity.

The common people also knew that these benefits were fought for by Zhang Zhiwei and Lu Jin, and they trusted and even worshipped them more and more.

The corresponding news was spread among the common people by Zhang Zhiwei, Lu Jin, and Hong Guniang.

It wasn't that they wanted to collect the worship power of the mortals, but rather to prevent the "fruits" they cultivated from being taken away.

resignedly.

This is simply because most of the common people are rather blindly obedient.

Therefore, "publicity" is extremely important...

Two months later, except for a few Dust People who couldn't leave to stay and maintain the facilities that the Lighthouse needed to repair, all the other Dust People took leave to participate in the assessment set up by Zhang Zhiwei and Red Girl.

The content includes: physical fitness tests, mechanical repair, computer operation, and medical emergency rescue.

Anyone who passes the test can join the city defense army led by Red Girl and become a logistics personnel for the hundred reserve city defense soldiers—still a commoner, but able to enjoy treatment close to that of the upper class, that is, the exchange materials that are only open to the upper class are also open to this group of commoners.

of course.

It would be against the order established by the Three Laws for the common people to exchange supplies directly at the resource distribution center. Therefore, this exchange can only be carried out within the city defense army led by the Red Maiden.

The 102 selected citizens either exchanged their accumulated contribution points with the city defense army or cultivated good relationships with the corresponding city defense army members and asked them to help them exchange the points.

As long as it doesn't directly violate the rules and order established by the three laws of the Lighthouse, Charles can only turn a blind eye at this point.

Firstly, he needed someone's help.

Secondly, if we're talking about breaking the rules, Charles was the one who started it all—

They promoted 4068 to the rank of Shangmin and named him Suiying.

therefore.

If this matter were to be brought into the open, the authority of the Three Laws would cease to exist...

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"4277, and 4079, are you really sure about this?"

Upon learning that his two friends were going to take the exam, Sui Ying privately advised them, "This is no joke!"

The hunters' task is to go down to the ground and collect supplies. They should avoid fighting the Devouring Beasts on the ground as much as possible and try to bring the supplies back to the lighthouse.

but!

The city defense reserve led by Red Girl is going to go down to the ground and take the initiative to fight the Devouring Beasts!

Extremely dangerous!

If things go wrong, 4277 and 4079 could lose their lives!

He did those dirty jobs for Charles because he was afraid of losing 4277, wasn't he?

Even if 4277 doesn't understand him or misunderstands him now, he is still willing to work hard so that 4277 and 4078 can survive.

But now 4277 and 4079 actually want to take the test, join the city defense army, become logistics personnel, and follow Red Girl to the ground to fight against the Devouring Beasts!

If something happens to her, what's the point of everything he's endured?

"Captain Shadow".

Wu Chenxi steadied her breathing. "Don't worry, we won't hold you back."

“Yes, Captain 40…Suiying, we will work hard and strive to fight alongside you in the future.” 4079 also called the other party “Captain Suiying”, but his thoughts were completely different from Wu Chenxi’s. He simply wanted the relationship between the three of them to return to what it was before.

But now he has figured it out. Under the premise that 4068 has become an upper-class citizen and has the name "Suiying", the two of them, who are still ordinary citizens, can only be qualified to become upper-class citizens in the future and have their own names, and then stand side by side with Suiying if they actively seek opportunities to contact the upper-class citizens.

"You, you all..."

Sui Ying understood the unspoken meaning in 4079's words. She was both moved and helpless, wanting to speak but unable to, and could only watch helplessly as they entered the examination room that Zhang Zhiwei and Hong Guniang had hastily arranged...

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Two o'clock in the afternoon.

One hundred and two "lucky" Dust People were selected, including 4079 and Wu Chenxi, who were taken by Red Girl to the city defense army reserve training ground.

"gather!"

At the command of the Red Girl, Mo Chen, Fei Xue, Kun Jie, and Erica immediately led one hundred reserve city defense soldiers to line up in neat formation.

"You are the elite guards of the future. In addition to teamwork, logistical support is also indispensable. These 102 Dust People may not have received the same level of higher education as you, but the skills they possess are extremely diverse!"

Medical skills, repair skills, computer operation, etc., were either self-taught or inherited from other older generations of villagers.

Although they are ordinary people, from now on they are your teammates to trust. Unless they have made a mistake, you must not beat or scold them!

Did you understand?

Over the past two months, everyone has personally experienced the strictness of Miss Hong and dared not disobey at all. They could only shout in one voice, "Understood! Instructor Hong!"

"Very good! Very energetic!"

The Red Maiden nodded in satisfaction, then said to the 102 Dust People behind her, "Go and choose your future partners."

"We choose ourselves?"

4277 asked cautiously.

"Of course, it's up to you to choose."

The girl in red spoke as if it were the most obvious thing in the world: "This batch of city defense troops will be divided into five groups and sent to the ground in turn to train and fight against the Devouring Beasts."

And the only people they can trust, besides their fellow city defense soldiers, are you logistics personnel.

and so.

Don't underestimate yourselves. The fact that you passed the assessment, especially the physical fitness assessment, proves that you have all been down to the ground with the hunters and have experience. They might need to rely on you when they go to the ground in the future!

"Of course, it's up to you to choose!"

At this point, the girl in red said to the reservists, "I would like to remind you again that once the relationship between a team member and a logistics officer is established, you must help each other. If the logistics officer is in trouble, the team member must do his best to rescue him; if the team member is in danger, the logistics officer must also do his best to help him."

From this day forward, you will be two bodies, one mind!

# Chapter 1153 "Helping" Charles

"But they are dust people, their genes..."

Some reservists harbored resentment and couldn't help but ask questions.

Although the Lighthouse's education system does not explicitly state that people can be treated as less than human, it conveys this subtle and pervasive meaning.

The inferior people can be ridiculed and mocked at will by the superior people!

It's that simple!

"Oscar, step forward."

"Yes!"

Oscar is the one who just spoke.

"Run twenty laps around this track."

"Yes!"

Oscar's expression changed, but he dared not disobey and could only obediently go and run laps.

At this point, Hong Guniang explained to the other reserve members: "On a scientific level, genes only have varying degrees of adaptability to the environment, not absolute superiority or inferiority."

For example, sickle cell anemia.

This disease is caused by a genetic defect; people with this genetic defect have sickle-shaped red blood cells.

These red blood cells can only carry half the oxygen of normal red blood cells, which can cause patients to experience symptoms of anemia such as weakness, dizziness, shortness of breath, heart murmurs, and increased pulse when engaging in physical labor.

According to the Lighthouse's classification, people carrying this gene are classified as Dust People from birth.

Everyone present, including the common people, who knew about this sickle cell anemia, had to admit it.

"but--"

The girl in red suddenly changed the subject, grinning, "In the old world, there was a disease called malaria, which was usually transmitted by mosquitoes. In areas where medicine was scarce and medical conditions were poor, people who contracted this disease were very likely to die."

But there is a reality—

People born with the gene defect of sickle cell anemia have an extremely high resistance to malaria.

For a time, everyone except those among the common people who knew medicine and understood that this was a real doctor was in an uproar.

Then the girl in red continued, "This shows that the quality of genes depends only on the current environment. Because the lighthouse is high in the sky all year round, various insects and mollusks that carry germs, except for the mealworms and earthworms raised on the lighthouse, have probably become extinct as the manna ecosystem has taken over the surface. Therefore, the red blood cells expressing sickle-shaped genes have become 'inferior'."

But you should dream about the future.

If one day we reclaim the land and eradicate the Mana ecosystem, and humanity then suffers a malaria outbreak... the deaths will be no less gruesome than those caused by the Soul-Sucking Beasts.

That concludes the discussion.

Everyone fell into deep thought.

"so--"

Red Girl added, "Let's set aside what you've learned in class for now. Instead of harboring resentment because of the 'inferiority' of the Dust People's genes, we should think more about how to integrate with them in the future and achieve win-win cooperation."

Think it over carefully, everyone. The city lord appointed me as your captain so that you would become warriors capable of hunting down Devouring Beasts, not law enforcers who are obsessed with the rules.