Chapter 7: First time working in a dangerous area (1)

She dreams of leaving home, renting a house and living independently, but she has no skills that can help her find a job, so the fastest way to make money is to work as a garbage collector, doing piecework and getting paid more for more work.

The awakened ones dragged the packed garbage out of the danger zone, and ordinary people in protective clothing took over and transported it to the garbage trucks, earning money for each bag they pulled.

If you persist until you get your diploma and understand the basic rules of the danger zone, you can then rent an apartment outside and live independently on the grounds that commuting in and out of the city takes too much time.

At that time, the sky was high and the sea was vast, allowing her to roam freely.

Her parents were silent. The danger zone is dangerous, but being able to be a career that provides a social safety net naturally has some advantages.

Daily salary payment is one of them, which is very important for people who are short of money.

"But the danger zone outside the city is too dangerous. Mutated animals and plants may emerge at any time, and we ordinary people can't deal with them." Her mother was still worried.

"Then what should I do? Isn't it said that the family income has been reduced? The normal jobs are highly competitive. There are many people who can't find a job for several months and have to go out of town to make money. I don't have any outstanding skills. How can I squeeze out other competitors? Was it easy for you to find a job back then?"

"Your mother and I both passed the basic certificates in electrician and accountant respectively." Her father spoke with great pride.

"Yes, you have a certificate, but I don't, and I've used up all my government subsidies. How about you support me for another two years so I can attend a technical training class at a junior college and get a professional certificate?"

My parents were silent again. This vocational training is completely self-funded. I have to study for another two years and be kept at home for nothing. The tuition and living expenses are not small expenses.

"We were able to study and take exams with the money we saved, so your mom and I got married late and had you late. Now that you are this old, we, your parents, are already in our forties."

“So I go to make money.”

Ye Nai was calm and composed, not making any noise or fuss, as if she was just chatting. She knew very well that her parents' objection was just talk.

"Well, you're grown up now and have your own ideas. Your parents can't control you anymore. Just do what you want."

Finally, her father nodded.

It was like going through a routine. Even though they knew this was the inevitable result, they still had to do it this way to show their parental authority. As a daughter, Ye Na could only go along with the performance.

"When you make money, pay one-third to your family for food, and save the rest for your own dowry. You have two younger brothers and a younger sister, so your family can't help you much."

"it is good."

Ye Na nodded slightly, feeling very happy.

She knows her parents too well. There are four children in the family, and the subsidies they receive almost cover the family expenses. After being accustomed to 18 years of state subsidies for raising children, would they really be willing to spend their own salary to raise children who have grown up but are not yet independent?

Look, she won the bet.

It’s okay to pay for meals. She goes out early and comes back late, and may not have many meals at home. This is another sufficient reason to leave home.

After lunch, Ye Nai exchanged phone numbers with her parents, and then they went to rest while she did housework, cleaned the house, and did her daily exercise in the living room. In the afternoon, she received a call from her class teacher, saying that the students who signed up for the garbage removal team should gather at the bus stop out of the city at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning.

The more I wanted to go to bed early at night, the harder it was to fall asleep. The house was full of noise and it wasn’t until 11 o’clock that the lights were turned off and everything became quiet.

At 5:7 in the morning, the alarm clock woke Ye Nai up. After washing up, she steamed buns for the whole family, took two buns with her and ate them while walking, and arrived at the shuttle bus stop that goes to the danger zone before o'clock.

The classmates also arrived one after another at this time. Except for the six students who were sure to go on to higher education, all the other students in Ye Nai's class were present, gathering in groups of three or five to chat enthusiastically.

Soon, more and more people came. Judging from the school uniforms worn by some of them, not only senior students from our school, but also senior students from two other high schools had come.

The station was crowded for a while.

The staff at the bus stop held a loudspeaker and shouted to each school and class to line up. Whoever formed a team first would get on the bus first and depart first. The fare was free.

One bus after another, slowly and steadily left the city.

There are seven danger zones outside the city from near to far. The farthest danger zones 5, 6 and 7 will take most of the day to reach even by car. Next to them is the plane channel. A huge black vortex stands between heaven and earth. It can be seen in the city, and you can feel a heavy sense of oppression at a glance.

The unknown substance transmitted through the plane channel promoted the changes on Blue Planet. First, the native plants and animals mutated. Eight years later, awakened people were finally born among humans. They could fight the enemy without relying on hot weapons.

The situation in other countries is unclear, but in the Kingdom of Dahua, after years of hard work by the military and civilians, they finally drove the enemies who set foot on the country back to the plane channel, resulting in a stalemate. The enemy could not get out, and the country could not find a way to completely close the plane channel. The rampant exotic beasts and plants and mutated animals and plants became the biggest threat that the people had to deal with on a daily basis after the enemies.

Their students went to Danger Zone 1, one hour outside the city, and the shuttle bus stopped in the outer safety zone.

The so-called safe zone is a long street.

At the beginning of the street is the station for Line 1, and at the end of the street is the three-story electric grid gate leading into Danger Zone 1.

Taking the center of the street as the boundary, the side close to the street is a bustling living area, with food, clothing, housing and transportation. On the end of the street, there are layers of security checks, for fear that someone will do something dangerous and bring out messy things to pollute the public.

This is also the safest dangerous area around Dongling City. After years of cleaning, the remaining garbage will be cleaned up in another three to five years. There are not many individual people coming to work here. It is mainly composed of local tycoons who have become powerful and each of them is responsible for a certain area and recruits people on their own.

However, the government allocates a special area for senior high school students in each school every year, and only students are allowed to collect the garbage. The time period is two months, from the collective awakening test at the end of April to the official graduation at the end of June.

The main purpose is to teach unawakened students how to work and earn money in dangerous areas. If awakened students want to experience life, they can be taken into real dangerous areas.

Although the students go in and out together, in order to facilitate management and salary collection, each person must use his or her ID card to apply for a pass to Danger Zone No. 1 in the mobile cabin at the end of the street before they can enter the wall made up of layers of electric fences.

Standing in front of the third layer of electric fence, there is a special sign that leads students to another path, separate from the route of the local bullies.

Following the signs, we put on protective gear in a long row of prefabricated houses, including a protective suit that covered our hair, gloves, shoe covers, a breathing mask, and goggles. After putting them on, even the most familiar students couldn't recognize who was who.

The passes they had obtained earlier came in handy at this time. The staff wrote the numbers on their passes on their backs, and they could check whether they were written correctly in front of two mirrors set up opposite each other in the board room.

(End of this chapter)