Ninth class citizen

Chapter 1: People are poor but still robbed

As night falls, two moons, one purple and one golden, rise into the sky one after another.

The wind started to blow, carrying tiny ice particles with it, and the temperature dropped sharply to below zero in an instant.

Nan Rong was carrying a faded leather backpack, with the collar of his washed-out school uniform turned up, and he was walking forward against the wind with difficulty.

She wandered around the public floating station for a long time before she found the one she had reserved among the many bright and beautiful vehicles.

The aged Cold Iron H-type hovercraft was an old model that had been discontinued ten years ago. Not only had most of its paint peeled off, but its grey and bare alloy shell was also covered with pits and scars.

So there is a reason why the ticket price is so cheap. Nan Rong muttered to himself and boarded the bus without hesitation.

The rated capacity of the Hantie H-type vehicle was 22 passengers, but there were already 32 people inside, and she was the 33rd.

The red-haired flight attendant sitting by the door checked her electronic ticket, pointed to the simple metal stool in the last row, and motioned for her to sit there.

The metal stool is welded directly to the ground. Apart from being uncomfortable, there are no other problems.

Nan Rong was not picky. She put her backpack down at her feet and fastened her seat belt when the hovercraft closed its sliding door and took off.

The push back sucked everyone firmly into their seats, and it took a while before the plane entered a stable flight.

As my body temperature gradually returned to normal, I could smell a strong, indissoluble aroma of food.

The burly man sitting in the front row was wearing an inconspicuous brown hooded jacket. He was holding a large piece of bread with bacon and cheese in his hand and was eating it voraciously.

The space inside the hovercraft was small, and the aroma of meat, milk and wheat drifted into Nan Rong's empty stomach, which was like torture.

The red-haired flight attendant promptly brought out a large tray and started to sell from row to row:
"Energy bars cost 5 Cowans each, purified water costs 3 Cowans each, and synthetic sandwiches start at 30 Cowans. There are two flavors: ham and sanchi fish. The quantity is limited, so first come, first served!"

Nan Rong curled his lips slightly and swallowed back the saliva secreted by his salivary glands without making a sound.

This guy is a profiteer. The basic energy bars sold in community stores are only 1 Cowan each, and even the special flavors are no more than 3 Cowans. Is he trying to rob people by selling them for 5 Cowans?
Not to mention that she is penniless now, she would never buy it even if she had money!

She had no money to buy it, but other passengers showed great enthusiasm.

"I'll take two, please!"

"3 sticks, the money has been transferred!"

"I want five of these! The kids at home have been clamoring for some - I'll take advantage of this business trip to bring them a few more."

"Speaking of which, why is this maple syrup and tara fruit flavored energy bar only available on public hovercrafts? If it were sold in community stores, it would definitely become a hit!"

……

Many passengers who had received energy bars could not wait to open the packages and start eating them. The sound of chewing was everywhere in the hovercraft.

"Crack, crack, crack."

The sweetness of maple syrup mixed with the caramelized cream flavor of tara fruit was so fragrant that it made Nan Rong feel upset.

She shrank to the right, closed her eyes and tried to fall asleep, but her increasingly awake appetite kept her from falling asleep.

She simply turned on her wrist-mounted intelligent computer terminal and prepared to watch a movie to kill time. But at this moment, the intelligent computer interface that was connected to her field of vision suddenly disappeared.

The wrist-mounted smart computer completely crashed and did not respond at all.

The passengers in front of me started to complain: "Huh? My terminal screen is black?"

"What bad luck! Why would the intelligent computer terminal malfunction?"

"mine too!"

"How come everything is broken?
"I haven't heard of a large-scale magnetic storm? Is the funding for the Star Forecasting Bureau for nothing?"

"Are you stupid? If we really encountered a magnetic storm, we would not be able to fly so steadily now. We would have already started an emergency landing!" "Then how do you explain that the wrist terminals of everyone on the car broke down at the same time?"

"I, I seem to have heard of something similar!" A middle-aged man said in a trembling voice:

"Do you know about the carjacking incident on Finn Mercury last year?"

Before he finished speaking, a round of applause broke out in the hovercraft.

"Clap, clap, clap." The applause was sparse, but it successfully made the atmosphere in the hovercraft solemn.

The burly man in front of Nan Rong clapped his hands, stood up, strode to the middle of the hovercraft, and turned to face everyone:

"Well said. You guys have hit the jackpot."

He forced an ugly smile on his face: "I declare that this hovercraft has been hijacked!"

The passengers were silent for a few seconds, then they began to exclaim uncontrollably, and some even started to cry softly.

"Be quiet, be patient. Please believe me, I will never hurt anyone unless it is absolutely necessary."

Before he could finish his words, a ball of dark red flame suddenly rose from his palm and hit the red-haired flight attendant's right hand heavily.

The hand was only a finger's length away from the alarm button on the wall, yet it could never reach it.

The dark red flame started from the right hand, quickly climbed up the entire arm, and then spread to the whole body.

But after a few minutes, the flight attendant stopped screaming, fell to the ground twitching, and turned into a piece of black charcoal emitting a burnt smell.

The screams and cries became louder after a brief pause, accompanied by repeated sounds of vomiting.

"It's a fire-type transcendent!" Someone shouted in despair: Oh my God!"

"I remember now, he is the wanted criminal Stone Dugin! The murderer of the Anya City Massacre!"

"Very insightful." Stone looked approvingly at the passenger who recognized him. The other person immediately turned pale, broke into sweat, and trembled like a quail swaying in the wind.

Nan Rong lowered his eyes, and when he looked up again, the indifference in his eyes had completely disappeared.

She huddled together, a hint of fear showing on her face, and looked no different from the other passengers.

The third rule of Nan Rong’s exclusive life-saving rules: Follow the crowd, don’t be a maverick.

At this moment, a clear electronic voice resounded throughout the hovercraft: "The itinerary has been changed successfully. The autopilot program has been locked. The hovercraft will arrive at Hilo Starport in four hours."

Before the voice fell, the hovercraft turned ninety degrees and sped up towards the star port.

"Fortunately, I have accomplished my mission." A thin man stood up, raised the hacker terminal display screen in his hand, and said excitedly.

It turns out that Stone was not alone, he had a hacker accomplice.

They were actually able to change the hovercraft's scheduled route at will, which made some passengers who were originally hoping for a lucky break even more worried.

Nan Rong is also one of them, but what she is worried about is different from others.

The only 50 Cowens she had left were all used to book this one-way ticket, so she couldn't even afford a basic energy bar.

What’s more important is that the deadline for supplementary admissions to the seven colleges and universities in Hexi Province is 12 o’clock tonight.

Xinggang is 2,000 kilometers away from the supplementary enrollment address. If we are taken away like this, we will definitely not be able to get there before twelve o'clock.

She couldn't just sit there and watch the hovercraft change its route to Starport.

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(End of this chapter)