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Chapter 10 "Nine"

There was no accident, and Moral and I finally ran to the foot of this settlement trembling.

The towering outer walls are covered with mottled traces of time. Although the buildings in the settlement are staggered, they are not full of vitality.

From a distance, there are only dots of lights, revealing the sense of ruin and depression.

From the overgrown weeds beside the wall, it can be seen that this place is not as prosperous as imagined.

At least as a place of residence, Yeli seems too lacking in care.

Even if it doesn't have that well-organized look, it shouldn't be so deserted and depressed, it's completely like no one is taking care of it.

"Lin Man, something doesn't look right here?"

Boy, even Moral could see that something was wrong.

This kind of strong contrast that does not match one's own subjective imagination will indeed produce a strong sense of disobedience.

Is it because of what?

I vaguely remember the Central City that I glimpsed when I landed. It was also very prosperous. How did it become such a scene when I got here?
"What should I do? Do you want to go in?"

"If we don't go in, do we have other options?"

"But it looks really weird here, and I always have a bad feeling."

Now that the arrow is on the string, it has to be sent.

Even if there was something wrong with it, we have nowhere else to go.

"Don't have a premonition, it's already like this, do you still need a premonition?"

"What do you say"

"Let's go, it's already here anyway, it's better than freezing to death at someone else's door?"

Different colonized planets have different climates. Although they are not necessarily extreme, as long as they meet a certain range, they will be considered suitable for colonization.

Just like here, although the temperature during the day is very suitable for survival, it will quickly drop to sub-zero or even lower at night.

Of course, if there are special or valuable products in certain areas, even if the environment is particularly harsh, there will still be colonies specially designed for the local environment to be built.

When the absolute interests are in front of the eyes, there is nothing to weigh.

After all, in a world full of colonies, the last thing lacking is people.

As long as you are willing to offer ridiculously high compensation, no matter how bad the environment is, there will be people willing to work.

As the saying goes: the prosperity of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit.

"It's really not right!"

"That should be something like a guest house?"

"Hmm, but it doesn't look like it's alive?"

From a distance, the signboard of the guest house is flickering, coupled with the cold and gloomy atmosphere on the street, even though I am bold, I can't help feeling cold now.

"It won't be haunted, will it?"

"Don't scare yourself, go!"

It's better not to scare yourself, even if it's really all right, I'm afraid something will happen to him.

"Ah I"

"Let's go, stop talking nonsense, I'll freeze to death after squatting for a while!"

On the other hand, I have also begun to feel that the irresistible coldness has begun to ruthlessly erode my consciousness.

If you don't seek asylum quickly, you might really die on the street!
"Bah!"

Dragging the reluctant Moral directly, he opened the isolation hatch of this guest house.

After feeling the temperature gradually returning to a comfortable feeling, I felt a little bit alive.

The buildings on this kind of colony are generally equipped with isolation cabins to connect the indoor and external environments.

People who come in from the outside will go through security checks and disinfection before entering the isolation cabin. If necessary, the air pressure and temperature in the isolation cabin will be adjusted.

At the same time, the isolation cabin has good airtightness, which can minimize the direct exposure of the inside and outside, and achieve the purpose of protecting the internal environment of the building.

Of course, this is for people, and there are industrial-grade isolation facilities for cargo and vehicles, and you have to pay for that.

"Hello, dear guest."

All machine waiters, in order to ensure that these hospitality facilities can operate at any time and under any circumstances, most of them use a lot of artificial intelligence.

It doesn't quite match the dilapidated appearance on the outside. Although the internal environment is not magnificent, it is still clean and tidy, and it can be seen that it is carefully maintained.

"How much do you charge for a third-class room?"

If I remember correctly, according to this industry standard, general hospitality rooms are divided into four categories, VIP, standard, second class and worst third class.

Of course there are cheaper ones, but this seems a bit wronged and unnecessary.

"The price of the third-class room is 610 Imperial Riggles per day and night."

Imperial Riggles is the low-level currency of the Empire, and every 1000 Imperial Riggles can be exchanged for 1 Imperial Mark.

And when I was doing hard labor, the maximum monthly salary was no more than 6 Reichsmarks.

Moral would be much more, about 18 Reichsmarks, almost 3 times more than mine.

Apparently, 610 Riggles is too expensive for a third-class room here.

"How? Just stay here first?"

"I agree! I agree!"

Afraid that I would be unhappy, Moral nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and said quickly.

Is this guy that scary outside?

It's obvious that I don't want to go out for a walk anymore, but it's not bad, except it's a little more expensive, can I accept it?

After all, I just stole all the money saved by others from the carrier-based plane and borrowed it.

And I don't want to go outside to blow the air anymore, 610 Riggles is 610, anyway, they have clearly marked the price.

Even if you really want to do something, at least you have to wait until tonight to talk about it.

"You pay first, my ID card should no longer work."

"When the time comes, I'll go and convert these things into cash, and we'll have money."

"Um"

Reluctantly, you bastard!

Our identity card needs to log in every 45 days to confirm whether you are still serving the empire, and it will be useless if you are not logged in.

Of course, you need to pay 200 Imperial Riggles to log in once.

In other words, we hard workers have to pay the Empire a protection fee of 45 Riggles every 200 days, otherwise we cannot even enjoy the basic services provided by the Empire.

Although it looks dark, it is much better than the bottom slave class.

at least have freedom
So I just wanted to leave it like this first, and then log in again when I need it, but I didn't expect it.
"Then I'll borrow you first?"

"You don't want to borrow Bacardi Seven from me, do you?"

The so-called borrowing a hundred plus seven means paying 100 yuan in interest for every 7 yuan. This is a practice that everyone in the empire has reached a consensus on.

"Hey, don't dare!"

"drop!"

"Prepaid days, um, how many days?"

how many days?
The main purpose here is to heal his injuries and find a better shelter by the way.

So it depends on how long this guy wakes up.

"You can brush for 3 days first, and then seek medical services casually."

"For 3 days, um, okay."

"Drip! The right to unlock the guest room access control has been granted, room number: 41, welcome to stay."

An emotionless mechanical reminder sounded, and the transaction was over.

"The quickest medical support shown here will have to wait until tomorrow morning."

"My dear mother! Lin Man!"

"What's all the fuss about?"

"Look at this!"

Moral suddenly looked at me like eating a fly, and stretched out his hand to point directly at the screen in front of him.

"WTF?"

when looking down his hand
Medical services, uh, 3 Reichsmarks.

This fee is limited to limited medical consultation, and other medical expenses (including but not limited to medicines, surgery, etc.) that may arise from this need to be paid additionally.

"My mother-in-law!"

This thing is extortion, right?

"It's not as good as Ming snatched it to convince me!"

If it is said that these 3 Reichsmarks include medical expenses, it is still very fair.

However, there are indeed relatively few cases where the price is fixed. Who can guarantee whether this is a particularly serious disease or something else.

Like, uh... gunshot wound.

Therefore, it is generally acceptable to pay in installments, but the general threshold has never been seen to exceed 1 Reichsmark.

And in a small, remote settlement on a barren planet.

But when it comes to this, if there is no local medical service here, it would be a different matter if he came from other places.

This guy's condition still doesn't look good, there are only three Imperial Marks.

I got it here for him, so why not send the Buddha to the West?
"Three, just three, wake him up quickly so we can continue running."

In fact, strictly speaking, we can't rest assured.

Our current identity may still be counted as missing, and then we will be charged with crimes such as desertion, illegal entry, theft of carrier-based aircraft, and so on.

In some respects, I'm even considered a black household.

Who would have thought, who would have thought.

If I had known earlier, I would not have saved the 200 yuan!
The room was passable, except that he had to sleep in a bed all by himself, and the rest of us had to sleep in a bed together.

In fact, the difference between the third-class room and the second-class room is not big, but one is a single room and the other is a double room.

Although judging from the housing prices on the surface, the second-class housing is only 200 Riggles more expensive than the third-class housing, but the third-class housing is equal to two people, and one person can only afford 300 Riggles.

In this way, a person saves 500 Riggles compared to a second-class room.

It's still a good deal.

"Ah~!"

Why do you lie on the bed as soon as you enter the house like a child.

"You should come and help me!"

"Lie down as soon as you come in, it's so good to be carefree!"

"Oh, you have to order me around for such a small matter."

"You're not willing to help me with a little thing!"

"Besides, it's just you and me here, if I don't order you, can I let him lie down by himself?"

"Okay, you hold his back and put him down slowly."

"Okay, it's done, let me lie down now!"

"Hey! Hey~ It's comfortable!"

"Lin Man! You bastard!"

(End of this chapter)