At the top of the street pole, a mechanical female voice was broadcasting in a loop on the radio.

"At present, District 6 has sufficient supplies and normal water and electricity supply. The city defense station has implemented real-time and all-round strict protection with ultrasonic dispersants."

"The weather station message, the weather is turning cloudy, and the probability of rain is high. Residents are requested to close doors and windows and reduce walking."

"The city office has started the personnel screening for the whole city. Residents who meet the requirements are requested to go to the city office as soon as possible. The requirements for candidates are repeated below..."

- This is the only sound on the whole street except for Anzhe's footsteps. After the base, the city gates were closed and no entry was allowed. All areas were paralyzed. The atmosphere in District 6 was also tense. On the way to the City Office, the place was empty, with only a few leaflets with the words "Oppose the Judges Act" stuck on the walls being blown off by the wind and floating on the ground. After walking for a while longer, he noticed that military armored vehicles passed by from time to time on the road at a very fast speed, all heading towards the gate.

The base is divided into 8 areas in total, with the dispersal center, the city defense station, and the court jointly ensuring the safety of the city, while the city office and the supply station manage the city's affairs. Just like the court is located at the city gate, the city defense station headquarters is located in District 5, and the dispersal center is located in District 1, the City Office headquarters is built in District 6 - fortunately, this is the case, the City Office has no casualties, maintains normal operations, and even recruits people.

The City Office is located in the center of District 6, with the train station behind it and the alarm tower next to it. The main building is a seven-story building with a spacious office hall in the center. At this moment, the sky is completely overcast. It is clearly noon, but the atmosphere is as gloomy as five or six in the evening. The dark clouds seem to be about to fall on the City Office building. It was not

until he walked into the hall that An Zhe finally felt the breath of living people. There were at least five or six hundred people here, divided into two long lines, all of whom were young faces.

Their recruitment requirements were repeated on the radio, and An Zhe heard them too - age must be between 18 and 25, no illness, no disability, no criminal record, no record of inappropriate speech. He thought about this for a long time. Although he had been to prison, he was only convicted verbally by Lu Xun, and perhaps it had not been entered into the system in time.

After meeting the basic conditions, there are additional requirements: for non-professional applicants, they must have completed three basic base education courses, and for non-professional applicants, they must have received more than 5,000 base currency rewards as mercenaries.

——These two requirements alone have eliminated most of the young people in the base. For example, when Josie was a teenager, he did not choose to learn the basic courses of the base, but trained with the mercenary corps. However, his performance as a mercenary was not outstanding, and his merits were less than 5,000.

An Zhe walked in and ranked at the end of the professional team. He was late, or the weather was too bad, and there was no one behind him.

The man at the end of the team heard his footsteps and turned back to look at him.

They met eyes .

An Zhe felt a hint of embarrassment in the air.

The next moment, An Zhe shifted his gaze to the wall beside him, and the young man quickly turned his head away.

The reason was simple, they were acquaintances - this was the boy who had initially dragged An Zhe to the parade and called him "comrade". Just yesterday, at the city gate, he was in the crowd of demonstrators against the judges and greeted An Zhe.

However, An Zhe immediately put on the judge's clothes and left with the judges.

He didn't want to pay attention to An Zhe, and An Zhe didn't want to pay attention to him. They lined up in silence. The interviewer was a man with thin silver-rimmed glasses and delicate and cold features. He looked difficult to approach. But strangely, the line was shortened very quickly. Each person was only asked a few simple questions and then led to another passage behind the hall. Occasionally, a few people were asked to leave, but the number was very small. After

an hour and a half, there were only a few people left in the line, and it was their turn to comfort the boy in front of them.

The interviewer made a pause gesture and picked up the communicator.

"Please tell Colonel Lu to come as soon as possible, no more than five minutes." An Zhe heard him say, "Sending these people to the main city is an exception. The safety of the main city is the most important thing. No mistakes, the judge must be present."

"Main city?" The boy in front of An Zhe was surprised, "Go to the main city? Isn't the city office recruiting people?"

"The current situation is indeed something we don't want to see. The drastic change in the weather was not predicted, and the recovery of the dispersal center is not a short-term task. In order to ensure the safety of the main city, the judge must evacuate with us. Human interests are above all else. Please remember this."

After saying that, he put down the communicator and glanced at the boy in front of Anzhe.

The boy put the ID card on the sensor, and the screen popped up a message.

Name: Ke Lin

Age: 21

ID: 3260070412

There was another screen in front of the interviewer, and Anzhe thought it should be more detailed information.

Ke Lin took the initiative to say, "I have completed basic courses in mathematics, physics, and biology."

The interviewer nodded, returned the ID card to him, and said, "Turn right."

Anzhe was the next one.

After swiping the card, he answered according to Anzhe's previous experience: "I have completed courses in mathematics, language, and economics."

"Not bad." The interviewer said.

At this moment, a huge sound of rain suddenly sounded in front of him.

The interviewer stuffed the card back into his hand and said very quickly: "Go!"

An Zhe quickly followed Ke Lin into the aisle on the right. Behind the aisle was a glass corridor. At this time, it was splashed with large and dense raindrops, and it was impossible to see the situation outside. They walked forward quickly, but they saw that the corridor was connected to the train station platform. Next to the platform was a ground transportation commander in black clothes.

"My dad doesn't know yet!" Ke Lin asked him, "Are we going to the main city now?"

The commander grabbed his arm and stuffed him into the carriage, saying, "Don't talk nonsense!"

An Zhe was also stuffed in. The train was full. Ke Lin was frantically dialing the communicator, but it didn't go through. They went all the way to the last carriage - this one was empty.

An Zhe sat down in the corner. Behind him was the rear window of the train. He could clearly see the scene behind him. The rails were submerged in the rain and fog. Colin sat farthest from him, making calls and muttering to himself, "No, there must be something wrong, I have to go back..."

He almost jumped up from his seat, and then all the doors on the train closed at the same time.

Colin pounded on the door several times, but it didn't move at all, and instead attracted the train staff.

"Sit down!" The conductor was a strong man: "We're going to the main city soon, what's the fuss?"

"My dad doesn't know yet." Colin said: "I didn't leave suddenly, are you hiding something from us?"

The conductor was silent for three seconds, and said: "Your dad will be happy for you."

Colin panted heavily in his seat: "No, no..."

But he kept saying "no" for a long time, and didn't say anything, just turned and continued to beat the communicator.

An Zhe waited quietly in the corner. Five minutes later, there was a sound of the door and a few voices in the distance. About ten minutes later, the whole carriage suddenly became quiet.

"The judge is here to check." Someone in front of him whispered.

Then came the sound of footsteps. Two people, with the unique sound of military boots, were easy to recognize.

When the footsteps were getting closer, he raised his head.

——Then he met Lu Xun's eyes.