escape to the end

Empire is a hierarchical place.

Unlike the federal society that the people of the empire are unfamiliar with, the empire is divided into nobles, commoners, and untouchables.

The nobles are a small group of people who occupy a dominant position. They are composed of the royal family and some families that have been officials for generations. They are only about one ten-thousandth of the population of the empire, but they control most of the resources and enjoy the life of the common people. A life of luxury that he could never touch in his lifetime.Below them are civilians. The number of civilians accounts for 90.00% of the empire's population and is the foundation of the empire. They are usually mediocre and hardworking, and have a variety of jobs. They basically never complain, because compared to the violent In the previous dynasty, the Lin family, who now ruled over a vast area of ​​the empire's star field, was already benevolent enough.

For most people, as long as there is an environment in which they can live a peaceful and happy life, it is enough.

And below the common people are the untouchables who have been deprived of their liberty.

The untouchables are usually criminals who have committed serious crimes without succumbing to death, or degraded nobles and commoners who have been implicated in extremely serious cases. After being deprived of their liberty, they are no different from tools and are often exiled to Hard mining work is carried out on remote mine stars, or they are freely bought and sold by rich and powerful nobles, and they are placed in their homes as servants.

This is nothing at all, except for a few innocent people who were implicated, the first batch of untouchables were indeed self-inflicted and unforgivable.

But there are still some people who are even more innocent, they are born with low status, and have no right to study or marry freely, just because they are the children of low status.

Dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes.The strict hierarchy of the empire determines that those born into the royal family are born nobles, those born into common people's families are common people, and the children born of the untouchables... are naturally the untouchables.

In a slightly older time, untouchables were called slaves.

After the advent of the interstellar era, the empire's territory has been expanding, and the map of the star field hanging in the study of the emperor of the empire has also been continuously improved, until a whole wall is needed to fully spread it out.

And the term "slave" has gradually disappeared from people's vision with the changes of the times, as if changing the name can wash away the ignorance of the past.

But in essence, there is actually no difference.

The untouchables are still bought, sold and whipped at will like impersonal livestock. With the rapid development of technology, they will no longer be branded with the brand of various noble families, but the "torture circle" permanently chained on their wrists is already showing to everyone. To show their identities, this thing is not only an identification device, but also a positioning system, which is used to tie the untouchables to the house of the noble lord or the desolate mine star forever, and they cannot fall off until they die.

Under this kind of tragedy, only a very small number of untouchables choose not to have children, and only end the tragedy in their generation.The vast majority of untouchables chose to have more children instead.For some reason, they usually keep procreating as if someone whipped them behind them, and this leads to a balance in the number of untouchables - although people die every day, there are corresponding new lives born every day.

"Sister Jin, why did your mother give birth to us?" Many years later, Zhou Jin sat in the spacious and bright imperial study room, but the question that another child in the mining area asked her often appeared in her mind.

Why did the parents give birth to them?

She couldn't answer at the time, but later she understood.

The reason why these people desperately brought the cubs into this world is to leave as many traces as possible to prove that they have existed in this world. one ring.

Rarely, out of love.

They gave birth to them like this, but most of them couldn't wait for the child to grow up and die in various ways, but so what, having a child represented another continuation of life.

But this is unfair to these cubs who are destined to be pariahs from birth.But so what if it is unfair, birth determines destiny, which is the cornerstone of the empire's operation.What's more, there is another rule in the empire: the strong are respected.

Every year, the newly enlightened children of commoners and untouchables will attract enough attention. As long as they are determined to be S-level or above alpha or omega after enlightenment, they will immediately be promoted to nobles. Although it is only the lowest official position, at least they have A ticket to high society.

This is another means for the royal family to win over people's hearts.

It is also the last hope of these people in the untouchable area.

They have a large number of children, even if they do not have enough ability to raise children and many children die in infancy, they still can't stop the pace of childbirth, because at least there is a one-thousandth hope that they can give birth to alphas or alphas of S-level and above. It's an omega. In this way, it's equivalent to getting rid of the fate of being a lowly citizen.

How can you not work hard?

However, in recent years, there have been very few double-s-level omega, let alone the rarer, almost extinct double-s-level alpha, this is not a matter of innate factors, even among nobles, double-s-level alpha It can be met but not sought, for almost hundreds of years, only this alpha will appear on the nine planets suitable for human habitation in the entire empire.

Therefore, when Zhou Jin Kaimeng became a double-s-level alpha at the age of 13, it was not surprising that the whole country celebrated with joy.

It was also from the age of 13 that Zhou Jin finally moved out of the dilapidated old house in the mining area, away from the dark underground mining tunnels, away from the ores that are darker than the tunnels, and came to the luxurious Sunstar. .

It was the first time I saw the modern prosperity that only existed in the description of my parents.

Wealth, fame, and status were all acquired overnight, and she was at a loss for what to do, but soon, the rapid progress in her studies and the ease in the battle made her understand that in some aspects, she did have the ability to be better than others. her talent, which she treasured and used without wasting.She began to eagerly absorb the knowledge that was too basic for the people of the empire that she had never touched in the past 13 years, until she learned more advanced knowledge, until the teachers sent by the royal family could no longer teach her. s things.....

It took her two years.

It was also in the past two years that she not only had a dazzling identity that attracted worldwide attention, but also a fiancée that matched her identity.

That was the fifth princess of the empire—His Royal Highness Princess Lin Chi.

On the day of entering the palace, the palace man who led the way probably got the Queen's order and took her to the imperial garden where Her Royal Highness played, that is, in the bustling garden that bloomed all over the garden. That little girl carved in jade.At that time, she happened to fall on the ground, and on the skin that could be broken by blowing and blowing, there was a bloody wound that was shocking, and she put her hands on the ground, and her strong and painful expression touched her heartstrings.

So she walked over in a mysterious way, and extended a hand to the girl, and the girl grabbed her hand, and the small palm fell into her palm unsuspectingly, different from the roughness of her palm, the girl's hand It was so soft, it reminded Zhou Jin of the pillow that was so soft that a person's head could sink deep into it that she slept on after coming to Yaori.The girl's body is also very fragrant. I don't know if it's because of the ability to awaken after enlightenment, or because her fragrance is too intoxicating. Even in the imperial garden full of flowers, Zhou Jin can still clearly distinguish the smell coming from the girl's body. Fragrant.

Later, as time passed, the time she stayed with the girl gradually became longer, and she was sure that it was not her illusion. The fragrance that belongs to Linchi itself is so unique, it is the kind of temptation that can make people addicted. people.

Probably bewitched by the scent, Zhou Jin, who was only planning to pull her up, stopped and wanted to leave, instead took out a handkerchief and handed it over, and advised her not to hold back.

Zhou Jin herself doesn't like to cry, and she doesn't like to see others cry, because no one in the mining area will appreciate such a cowardly thing, and no one will really sympathize with it, because everyone is too busy to take care of themselves and has no time to pay attention to it. other people.But at this moment, seeing the little girl tearfully enduring the pain, her heart that had long been as hard as a stone suddenly seemed to be knocked, and a little hard shell on the surface faded away, revealing some soft places, Makes her want to do something for this girl.

But the girl didn't appreciate it, and swept the silk scarf to the ground with a wave of her hand, leaving her a little stunned.

What's amazing is that such an impolite thing and such a coquettish behavior did not arouse Zhou Jin's disgust. She didn't know when her temper became so good, and she even knelt down to pick up the square scarf and gave it to her. Wipe the sand and blood from the wound carefully, so as not to make it difficult to clean up after the blood coagulates.

At that time, she didn't know that the bright yellow tassels on the girl's waist were decorations that could only be used by the royal family, so she didn't know that the little girl carved in pink and jade in front of her was a royal princess, and she approached her not out of a utilitarian mood , but simply want to do so.

Probably because the girl's hand on her palm was too soft just now, or because the girl's body is very warm, unlike her, which is always like ice that can barely cover the heat.

She likes to bask in the sun, and presumably also develops a good impression of warm people.

Zhou Jin thought so.

And the next moment, the girl unconsciously revealed her identity, when Zhou Jin coaxed her to cry again.

"Oh, you are not allowed to tell anyone about this, father, father said..."

The little girl cried even more coquettishly, and the teardrops fell in clusters, really like the pearls she had read in books these days.She just thought it would be better to cry like this, but the next moment she heard the word "Father Emperor" in her words.

It was also due to her lack of experience. At that time, she should have thought of a girl who could play freely in the imperial garden. Naturally, she was not like a pariah like her who could only enter the palace because of her double S level. She should have a very noble status.

But she was only stunned for a moment. After the stunned, she told the girl to marry her in the future.She didn't know why she said that, why she couldn't wait to fix him down.

But she knew that at that time she was different from before, she had the ability to get what she wanted, even if she was a princess of a country, it was not impossible for her to think about it after her wings were full.

So she actually said it.

But the girl seemed to be taken aback by her words, and quickly pushed her away and ran away. The girl hadn't grown up yet, and she was only a short leg in front of Zhou Jin, and she was injured, so she also ran away. She can't run very fast, if Zhou Jin wants to catch up with her, it is actually very easy.But she didn't go after her again.

She is afraid of scaring people.

And later, she really fulfilled her promise, she really got a marriage contract with Lin Chi, and she began to frequent Lin Chi's palace until she was 15 years old and took the emperor's order to go to the battlefield.

Step by step, starting from the lowest rank of school officer, he has reached the position of major general.

Finally, he has the qualification to stand beside Lin Chi.

It is true that she was already very familiar with Lin Chi at that time, and she was already Lin Chi's fiancée, but if she couldn't climb higher, she was always afraid that Lin Chi would be wronged, even though she knew that Lin Chi's heart was actually She doesn't care much about these things, but Her Majesty the Queen seems to value her position very much. More than once, Her Majesty the Queen hinted in private that if she wants to marry her daughter, Zhou Jin must go further and climb higher.

It was hard work, and the battlefield was cruel, but since it was for Lin Chi, Zhou Jin was willing to bear it.