Special District 9 Chapter 17: The People of Special District 9

Inside the dormitory.

Qin Yu cleaned his gun as he glanced over at Jabi and asked, “Bro, how did you come to Special District 9?”

“The same way as others,” Jabi replied quietly. “After the catastrophe struck, the countries came together to form the Confederate Government, who then established the Eight Special Districts to survive the new era. However, there are that many people in the world, so how can everyone fit inside the Eight Special Districts? Those who wish to enter the Special Districts would have to wait for their name to be picked in a lottery held by the Confederate Government in order to receive permanent residency rights…

“Well, they call it a lottery, but most of the slots went to the elites, and the rest were sold at astronomical prices. Nearing the end, every single slot cost at least USD$10 million… My family can barely make a living back there in South Africa, so how could we have the money to buy a slot?”

At this point, one of the Thai brothers also nodded in agreement, “It was the same for me too.”

“Back then, my father heard that Special District 7 and Special District 8 still had some slots and were distributing them, so he did everything he could to bring us over to Asia. However, when we arrived, the entire area was crowded with people. There was no way to get in at all.”

At this point, Jabi suddenly turned to Qin Yu and asked, “Do you know how Special District 9 came to be?”

“I heard a bit about it.” Qin Yu nodded.

“Due to Special District 7 and Special District 8 being located in China, and they were the last districts to be filled up, many people rushed over in hopes of grasping onto that slim chance that they might just be chosen. However, when the slots in the Special District 7 and Special District 8 were filled up, it turned out that there were still more than ten million people completely homeless in the region. And they had no way of surviving at all.

“As such, a riot happened under someone’s lead. They attempted to attack the Special Districts in order to acquire resources for

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