The three hurried into the village. Along the way, Feng Bujue kept asking Hank about the Village of Heavenly Blessing while Blade Runner listened to him silently.
Hank was not a tour guide, so he could not introduce the culture of the village in a very organized way, but Feng Bujue was very good at asking questions. He cleverly led Hank to give him some useful information that was more detailed.
The residential area of the Village of Heavenly Blessing was roughly split into four zones. The outermost zone closest to the exit was the first zone, which was considered the slum. Hank's home was there. His only family was his mother, who was over fifty. She worked in the laundry room. She worked for ten hours a day, and she only had one day off every week. The pay was pitiful.
Hank earned a little more from his job as a scavenger, but every time he went out, there was a chance that he would never come back. His father and brothers were all scavengers, and they all ended up dying unnatural deaths.
The scavenger's job was to search for useful resources in the harsh environment of the old earth. Exploring an ancient ruin was not a common mission. Normally, the thing they did most of the time was to collect and transport the natural resources that grew outside the Village of Heavenly Blessing. They were mainly ores, plants, and water sources that were within a manageable range.
With an invention like the anti-gravity gun, this job did not require much manpower. The scavengers just needed to pack up the things, 'lift' them up, and return to the Shark Cabin to put them down.
It did not look like a difficult job, but it was actually very dangerous. On the old earth, even in the desert with endless black storms, there were a small number of ferocious animals, and the jungles, swamps, and coastal areas were overrun by mutated creatures. For humans, both the environment and the creatures were fatal threats.
Those who stayed at the outskirts were mostly families like Hank's. The villagers there only received three years of education. The first two years taught them basic mathematics and how to read, and the third year taught them some knowledge related to work. From the age of ten, they had to learn how to survive with their own labor. They spent their whole life doing simple and heavy manual labor or dangerous jobs. However, as long as they obeyed the rules and completed their jobs, they would be able to fill their stomachs.
After passing through the first area, the second area was the largest agricultural area with a medium population.
The roads and houses here were different from those in the periphery. The main crops in the fields looked like corn, but the leaves were not green. Instead, they were golden and rippled. There were also some tubers growing in the soil. The leaves that were exposed were coffee colored, and one could smell their fragrance from afar. Feng Bujue asked Hank what these were, and Hank's answer was "sweet rice and sweet fruits". These two were the staple foods on the villagers' table. These two crops should have been created and named by the previous villagers of the Village of Heavenly Blessing. After all, there was no such thing on Earth in the past.
The people living in the farming district had a slightly better life than the first district. The living environment was more comfortable, and the color of their clothing was also different. Every family had a piece of land that they were responsible for farming, and the crop yield was strictly monitored. All of it had to be handed over to the village, and not a single grain of rice could be left for their own family. The family income was based on the amount of food that was handed over.
Relatively speaking, their lives were not too risky, and the ratio of labor to rest was not inhumane. Moreover, the residents of the farming district had the opportunity to receive further education. If there were two or more children in the family, they could choose one of the more talented children to continue their studies and receive "higher education." If they succeeded, they would have the opportunity to enter the third district.
The third district was occupied by technicians, and the number of these people was very small. The population of this district was maintained at about three hundred. The more talented among them were the pioneers of the 'public' technology in the Village of Heavenly Blessing. The less talented ones could be engineers or managers, and those who were old or had lost their ability to work would be responsible for teaching students.
The residents of this district were mainly brainworkers. They had a good income and a stable life. The space that one person lived in was equal to the space of a family in the periphery. Their clothing was white, and their social status was relatively high.
The fourth district was where the 'priests', or rather, the nobles, lived. Their living quarters were luxurious for the villagers in the periphery, but in the Village of Heavenly Blessing, even if they were a family of priests, they had to wear the same uniform. The only ones who could dress as they wished were the few people with the surname Corben. Everyone knew what they looked like, and their portraits could be seen everywhere. The children had to learn about the heroic deeds of the Corben family members from a young age and learn to sing their praises.
The priests did not have to do anything, and they already had a good life. Their dining table was usually filled with food that the scavengers had traded their lives for. That was something that normal villagers would not be able to enjoy in their lifetime. The water that they used was directly drinkable, but the water that the villagers used was' filtered 'from the polluted water that was brought back from outside the village.
The responsibility of the priests was to protect the God's Children and the Corben family's rule. No matter how talented their children were, they had the right and responsibility to receive the most complete education. They had to learn as much as they could, and the smarter ones would be able to share some secrets that only the Corben family knew.
The managers and managers of all the departments in the Village of Heavenly Blessing were either the priests or their family members. In some departments, even if a person knew nothing about professional knowledge, they could still be the leader. In any case, they only needed to find someone from the third district to be their assistant. Furthermore, the assistant had to seek permission from this outsider before he could do anything. If he acted on his own, he would be punished severely.
After passing through these four districts, they would reach the deepest part of the village, the temple.
The first three districts had patrols on the streets. Even though the third district had fewer residents, the patrols were more intense. At the fourth district, normal villagers were not allowed to enter. Other than those who were wearing the priest's outfit and had the pass, the procedure for other people to enter was very complicated.
The patrols outside the fourth district and the temple were no longer responsible for the patrols. There were specialized guards there, and they were all carefully selected. A guy like Hank, who was born in the outer area, would definitely not be chosen. At the very least, he had to be born in the second or third area to be qualified to join the ranks of the guards. How could he not be careful when it came to protecting the priest and the Son of God?
"The third district is just up ahead." When they reached the border between the second and third district, Hank said, "This should be enough, right? There are many patrols at the third district. If we get interrogated …"
"Keep moving." Feng Bujue said firmly. Along the way, they had been interrogated by many patrols. Feng Bujue used the same excuse to fool them, but Hank always looked worried.
"Hey! Hank, is that you? "Suddenly, a woman's voice called out to Hank.
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