Chapter 627: 627
Zhang Lisheng had been to Feren City two to three years ago . At that time, Feren was still a desert city that was about to develop but after going through the series of changes in this period of time, as the end point of the journey to the Noah World in the western hemisphere and the bridgehead connecting to Noah on Earth, Feren City had now become a huge city with a population far exceeding one million people .
Of course, in this war-torn era, a big city did not represent prosperity .
Other than the four to five new agencies established for US government's key departments, the consulates of the nation's important allies and the agencies set up by various consortia and companies influential in the political circle of the US were allowed to use the modern blocks, the entire Feren was surrounded by slums with scrap cars as the frameworks, leaving only one street with a width of one kilometer that was patrolled by soldiers with real guns and bullets in a 24/7 manner that ran through the entire city .
To this day, there were still thousands of refugees from all over the world who came here every day . For the sake of the dream of seeking redemption in the Apocalypse's Ark,' they risked their lives and traveled far to this city .
If these poor people could prove that they were US citizenship, then they would be lucky enough to get a number to participate in the monthly immigration drawing of only 5,000 immigrants . If the number of refugees did not increase, based on the ratio, then they would be able to set foot on the Noah World as they wished after about 20 years later .
If the fugitives did not have a US citizenship, their chances of fulfilling their dreams would be almost negligible but fortunately, Feren was only several dozens of kilometers away from Noah's spatial door so it was easy for them to obtain food supply from the foreign world . At the very least, they would not starve to death if they exiled here .
Not only that, even though the opportunity to relocate to Noah World was extremely hard to come by, a complicated issue could become very simple too if one could find the right path .
In a square office lobby affiliated to the US immigration department, using the identity as a member of the design team of Peaward Construction Company for the sewer pipeline in the Noah World's oasis city New Virginia B, Zhang Lisheng mixed with a group of real professional engineers and handed a genuine pass application to a fat middle-aged woman in window 7 .
\"Oh, an oasis city designer hired by Peaward Construction Company? But you look like a high school student only! Then again, you Asians have always looked younger, and are hardworking and smart . Not only that, you guys can always choose the best professions in university as well . How enviable! Did you study engineering? Well, Noah lacks engineer the most now . \" The woman took the form and glanced at Zhang Lisheng before casually remarking . It sounded like a long series of nonsense but it was actually a very quick and skilled questioning .
\"No, madam . I studied biology at the university . This time, I was hired by Peaward Construction to improve the sewer system in New Virginia B oasis with my understanding of the architecture of insect nests, so as to increase the Floor Area Ration of the population of the city . \" The young man explained in the tone of a typical US nerd .
\"Insect nest, oh, do you mean that the city where we live in Noah is slowly going to be as crowded as a wormhole?\" The woman exclaimed in a fuss .
\"It's only a small waterway, ma'am . But, as the oasis population increases, the city will indeed become more and more crowded . \" Zhang Lisheng said with a serious shrug .
\"Hah! You dampened my originally good mood now, Mr . Biologist . \" The fat woman dressed in the immigration department's blue uniform remarked sulkily . After picking up a stamp to stamp on Zhang Lisheng's pass application with a 'thud', she threw the documents into a cylindrical machine next to her .
After the machine swallowed the form, it automatically ran by itself and released a faint roaring sound . A few seconds later, it spat out a one inch-squared hard paper with a three-dimensional laser head of Zhang Lisheng .
Picking up the piece of paper, she handed it to the black-haired young man outside the window and said with a shrug, \"However, I still want to congratulate you from getting away from the hell and ushering a new life . You should know how to use the pass right? Just stick it on the back of your left hand and hold it for ten seconds . Remember that the validity period is only one week . Even though there's your headshot on your pass, I'll immediately use it if I were you and kill the hopes of those thousands of 'adventurers' out there . \"
\"Oh thank you, madam . \" Zhang Lisheng smiled bashfully and nodded, before taking the piece of hard paper and pressed it on the back of his hand . He then briskly walked out of the hall and by the time he let go of his hand in the dusty city, that paper printed with his headshot was already firmly attached to the skin of the back of his hand like a tattoo .
\"What an amazing technology…\" Touching the back of his hand curiously, he noticed that there was no slight unevenness at all . As Zhang Lisheng muttered to himself, he put on a mask and stood at the street looking around . All of a sudden, he heard a hoarse female voice resonating from beside her, \"The free desert bus service to Noah starts at 8 am and ends at 3 pm . There's no more bus service now . \"
Zhang Lisheng looked in the direction of the voice . He saw a white girl dressed like a Middle Eastern, with her head covered entirely in a dust-covered white thick cloak only revealing her delicate features looking at himself . At once, he blinked his eyes in disbelief with a shocked expression on his face .
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