There was the only sound apart from An Zhe’s footsteps on the entire street. After the incident at the base, the city gates were closed and no one was allowed in and out. Various areas were paralyzed and the atmosphere in District 6 was similarly tense. The road to the city affairs office was empty everywhere. Only the leaflets opposing the Judges’ Act were scattered on the ground. After walking a while, An Zhe noticed that occasionally armoured vehicles from the military would pass by at an extremely fast speed, all heading toward the gate.

The base was divided into eight districts. The dispersal centre, the city’s defense station and the Trial Court jointly ensured the safety of the city. The city affairs office and the supply station managed the city’s affairs. The Trial Court was located by the city gates, the city defense station’s headquarters were in District 5 and the dispersal centre was in District 1. The headquarters of the city affairs office was built in District 6. Fortunately,  the city affairs office didn’t have any casualties and maintained normal operations. They could even recruit people.

The city affairs office was located in the centre of District 6, behind the train station and next to the alarm tower. The main building had seven floors with a large service hall in the centre. At this moment, the sky was completely overcast. It was obviously noon but the atmosphere was so dim it seemed like 5 or 6 in the evening. The dark clouds seemed to pour on the buildings of the city affairs office.

It wasn’t until An Zhe entered the hall that he finally felt the breath of living people. There were 500~600 people here, divided into two long lines and all with young faces.

The recruitment requirements were repeated on the radio and An Zhe heard them. They must be between 18~25 years old, have no illness, no disability, no criminal record and no record of inappropriate speech. An Zhe thought about it for a moment. He might’ve been in jail but he had just been convicted by Lu Feng and perhaps there had been no time to enter it into the system.

Once the basic requirements were met, there were additional requirements: applicants for civilian employment must have completed at least level three of basic education and non-civilians must’ve received rewards over 5,000 base currency as mercenaries.

These two requirements alone could screen out most of the young people in the base. For example, Josie as a teenager chose not to study the basic courses of the base but trained with a mercenary group. However, his achievements as a mercenary weren’t outstanding and the meritorious service hadn’t reached over 5,000.

An Zhe walked to the end of the civilian line. Perhaps he had come late or the weather was too bad, because no one else came in behind him.