interstellar man

I don't want to believe it, but the results of the test still haven't changed.The big red letters on the developing screen were clearly visible to everyone present: "Gene grade A."

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On the way back, Webb was in mixed moods, both frustrated and excited.Frustration is because he lost the election, and excitement is because his friend Hull can stand out under such harsh conditions. As his friend, he is happy for him.

For Gary, losing the election was originally expected.At this moment, he was worried about something else.He took three steps at a time, caught up with Hull in front, and asked, "How can you convince Uncle York that you are leaving here to go to the military academy?"

Hull didn't tell them about his father being taken away, and since he was about to leave here soon, there was no need to say anything.He only answered Gary vaguely, "He went to the Valley of Storms to gather medicine, and he probably won't be back tonight. I'll leave a note for him and explain everything."

Gary wanted to say something to him, but he swallowed it.The curly-haired woman had reluctantly informed Hull that the meeting time was 8:17 p.m. just as they left the admissions office.If they miss the time, they will not wait for a moment.He knew how much Hull valued this opportunity to leave District [-], so he didn't try to dissuade him any more.

He just patted him on the shoulder and said: "When Uncle York comes back, I will explain it to him on your behalf."

Hull was very moved after hearing this, and patted his shoulder back.Immediately afterwards, Wei Bo rushed over to separate the two, and said to Hull noisy all the way: "In the future, you will develop in the army, but don't forget our brothers! Take us away from here if you have the opportunity, and I will do it too." I want to see the world beyond District 17."

"Don't worry, I will." This is also what he is thinking at the moment.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, Hull arrived at the notified meeting point on time.He only carried a small travel bag and packed some simple luggage.

Seeing him coming, the curly-haired girl said angrily: "Let's go!" After finishing speaking, she walked into the spaceship cabin without looking back.

Hull looked around a few times, and sure enough he was the only one admitted.This place where he has lived for 16 years, he is finally leaving today.At this moment, his mood is also a bit complicated.

Seeing Hull standing still, the middle-aged examiner thought he was frightened by the bad attitude of the curly-haired girl just now, and immediately explained him with a smile: "You don't have to pay too much attention to her attitude, she is from the fifth district, and her family is From a famous family, she is used to being proud and treats everyone like this, but she has no malicious intentions."

"I know, thank you, Uncle Examiner." Hull is very grateful to this uncle, the military people don't pay attention to their children in District 17, and he understands this situation very well.But this uncle examiner, from the beginning to the end, treated them very kindly.

"You're welcome. Call me Sam. I'm from District 17 just like you." Sam patted him on the back and said in a high voice, "Let's go! It's time for you to go to District 13."

Knowing that Sam was also from District 17, Hull felt even more cordial to him.After boarding the spaceship, he visited the interior of the spaceship curiously, while impatiently asking Sam one by one.As an old man, Sam has been patiently answering his questions.

After chatting freely for more than 2 hours, Hull finally understood almost everything.Sam is the first child born after the embryonic technology has matured. He is now more than 100 years old.He was originally born in the wealthy District 4. His father's family was in business and had some small money in the local area.For Sam, he also bought a B-grade embryo at a high price, allowing him to have a B-grade gene from birth.

Later, Sam's father's business failed, his family fell into poverty, and he contracted a chronic disease.The young Sam and his mother who had no work experience couldn't afford the high cost of treatment, so they decided to bring Sam's father to District 17 to recuperate.In the end, his father died of illness.And because of his B-level gene, he was able to enter the army.After graduating from the army, he stayed in the 13th district to serve, and then according to the laws of Chile Planet, he was allowed to bring his immediate family member—his mother—to the 13th district to live with him.

At the end of the chat, Sam asked Hull, "This is my experience, and it must be very similar to yours. However, your gene level is A, so you must have been born in the first three districts. Your father must have been an unofficial That is expensive. The genetic tester we brought this time is a backward product that will be eliminated soon, otherwise it will definitely be able to measure your genetic value. I think even if you are in grade A, your numerical value must be relatively high."

After listening to Sam's words, Hull was silent. How many things did his father hide from him? He didn't even let him know about such a big family background, which made him very passive now.

Sam saw his serious face, and thought his words brought back painful memories of the past.As a senior with the same tragic experience, he can completely imagine it.After that, he didn't continue to ask any more questions, and looked at the time, it was already 11 o'clock.

"The spaceship will arrive in 4 hours. Take advantage of this time to get a good night's sleep. When you enter school, the hard days will begin." After a few simple words, Sam left.

He didn't tell him that the "difficulty" he said had two meanings, not only the hardships of the training courses, but also the hardships he would encounter in this school in the future.As a senior, Hull couldn't be more clear about the difficulties he will encounter when he enters the military academy.

Sam couldn't help feeling faintly worried about this junior who was also from District 17.

First encounter at night

Hull didn't fall asleep until the spaceship arrived at Area 13.He kept thinking about his father in his mind, and he didn't feel sleepy at all.When Hull entered the St. Malo Military Academy, it was already 3 o'clock in the morning.Sam took him to the boys' dormitory and handed him over to the uncle of the dormitory department who was in charge of the dormitory on the first floor.

"When you called me at night, I was taken aback. I didn't expect someone from District 17 to pass the admissions test this year!" Uncle Colin, the housekeeper, was talking to Sam while looking Hull up and down.

Sam smiled and said, "Yeah! I was surprised too." It can be seen that his relationship with Uncle Colin is quite good.

Then, he pressed Hull's shoulder and said to Colin: "My task has been completed, and now I will hand him over to you. It's getting late, you can take this kid to the dormitory to rest! He will... Oh no, I still have to attend the opening ceremony at 9 o'clock this morning."

What?In a few hours it will be the opening ceremony!He has just arrived at this school, and he didn't even have time to visit it. The schedule is too rushed!

At this time, Hull was still complaining in his heart that the school's time arrangement was unreasonable.However, when he heard Uncle Colin's next words, he completely understood.

Colin said apologetically to Sam: "The school has been expanding its enrollment for the past two years, and the dormitories are not big enough to live in. This year is even more so. The students reported to the school one after another yesterday, and after the briefing session, the dormitory was allocated. , there are no more vacancies now. Moreover, the dormitories of the school are built according to the hierarchical system, and the school has never built dormitories for military students in the 17th district. From the beginning, they never thought that there would be children from the 17th district The status of admission to the school."

"Then what should we do now? Although the school did not expect this situation, there is indeed a child from District 17 who passed the test." Sam became a little excited when he heard this.

Colin knew that Sam was also born at 17, so he would inevitably feel sympathy for this child.It must be hard to accept what he said.He hurriedly opened his mouth and said calmly: "Don't get excited, don't get excited! After receiving your call, I immediately started to think of a solution. I temporarily found a place for him, which was our former storage room, and there happened to be a bed in it , You can live in after cleaning. My authority can only do so, and I will report the situation to the school and let the school make arrangements for him again."

"You don't need to worry! I will trouble you to help take care of this child in the future." Like Hull's parents, Sam asked Colin repeatedly before leaving in peace.

Although they got along for a short time, everything he did to Hull made Hull feel the warmth of a father from him.After bidding farewell to Senior Sam, Hull followed Uncle Colin to the "dormitory" where he was going to live temporarily.At the door of the room, Colin handed the key to Hull and left immediately.

Hull turned the door open with the key, and as soon as he pushed it open, the room was full of thick dust, which made him cover his mouth with his hand immediately.This temporary residence is really rudimentary. Fortunately, the induction system is not broken.As soon as Hull stepped into the room, the lights in the room immediately turned on.

But under the soft orange light, it was an extremely terrifying environment.As expected of an unused "storage room", all kinds of tatters and miscellaneous goods are scattered in every corner of the house, and it looks like it has not been tidied up at all.

"Damn! Are people from District 17 so unpopular?" Hull kicked away a few empty wine bottles under his feet angrily, and couldn't help complaining.

He is not unprepared. From the day he signed up for the test, he has already felt the discrimination against the 17th district by people from the outer districts.It's a pity that he still didn't make enough preparations. When he heard that yesterday was the registration time for freshmen and saw the dilapidated dormitory in front of him, he still felt a little hard to accept.

But he was only depressed for a while, living in the harsh environment of the 17th district for many years, and the spirit of invulnerability he had cultivated since he was a child, he quickly cheered up.Others can look down on you, but you can't be negative because of this