"Now for an important piece of news. The discovery of a new terrestrial planet in the Alpha System, confirmed by NASA, with signs of life on the planet's surface, is another major discovery of human interstellar exploration......"

Jiang Ping came together in the morning, casually turned on the light brain next to him, tuned to the news channel, and heard the federal newscaster's as sweet and pleasant news broadcast as ever.

It is now the year 2350 AD, the 170th year of the Federal Era. As early as one hundred and seventy years ago, mankind entered the era of the Federation, and all mankind on Earth began the interstellar exploration and expansion under the rule of the Federation.

Today, the total human population has reached 15 billion, with hundreds of colonies in outer space and 11 colonies suitable for human habitation.

A total of 12 billion people live on these 11 colonizing planets, large and small, and the other 3 billion people still live on Earth, the home planet of mankind.

The place where Jiang Ping is now is the first planet of human immigration, the moon.

As the first planet of human settlement, the moon has been developed for many years, and its resources are on the verge of depletion, and there is basically no economic development value, and in fact, the industrial activities of the moon have basically stagnated.

Today, there are still a billion people left on the moon, the unemployment rate is as high as 40 percent, and most of the people are unable to find work.

Today, the center of human political and scientific research is on the earth, the financial center is on Mars, the military center is on Sirius, the cultural and entertainment center is on Andromeda, the center of energy and minerals is on Aoshixing, and the moon has long been reduced to a synonym for poverty and backwardness.

As long as there are people on the moon who have the slightest conditions, they have already emigrated, and the living environment of any of the other eleven immigrant planets is much better than that of the moon. For example, Andromeda, whose atmospheric oxygen content is twice that of the earth, is like spring in all seasons, warm in winter and cool in summer, which can be called a livable paradise and is the preferred vacation destination for the rich and powerful.

Jiang Ping's family belonged to the lowest level of civilians and could not afford the high cost of immigration, so they could only stay on the moon and live on the meager relief money issued by the Federation.

According to relevant authoritative sources, after preliminary exploration, this terrestrial planet in the Alpha system has great economic value and immigration value, and is likely to become the twelfth immigrant planet of the Federation, and the first immigrant planet of human beings in the extragalactic galaxy, which will be recorded in the history of human interstellar exploration...... Relevant planetary exploration volunteers are being called for......"

Jiang Ping opened his cupboard, took out a piece of nutritious bread, chewed it without a bite, and in his brain, the announcer's sweet and pleasant voice continued to come.

Jiang Ping's heart moved when he heard this. The federal news of the discovery of a new galaxy and a new planet like this is not new, but now the terrestrial planets of this newly discovered Alpha system are likely to become new immigrant planets, which is very rare. You must know that in the present, human beings have only established twelve immigrant planets, including the earth.

Especially the last sentence of the announcer, which made his heart even more flickering, and his mouth chewing nutritious bread couldn't help but slowly stop.

Planetary Expedition volunteers are being called......

Whenever a new planet with colonial value is discovered, the Federal Space Administration often summons a certain number of interstellar exploration volunteers to carry out various exploration activities on the newly discovered planet, so as to further determine the planet's various planetary data, economic development value, human adaptation, and possible hidden dangers.

In the past, such expeditions were mostly carried out by the elite Starfleet Advance Department of the Federation. However, with the great development of the Federation's interstellar exploration, the tasks of such planetary exploration have become more and more numerous and complicated, and the advance department has become overwhelmed and overwhelmed. …,

Starfleet is the most elite force of the Federation, and the advance department is the elite of the elite, but every time the planet explores, it will still lose a lot of personnel, which has long caused a lot of complaints from the starfleet high-level, believing that the main responsibility of the starfleet is to guard the security of the satellite, not to do this kind of complicated and heavy exploration activities.

So as early as fifty years ago, such interstellar expeditions were no longer carried out by Starfleet, but instead by the Federal Space Agency to gather volunteers from all over the Federation.

Correspondingly, various safety precautions are also more thorough and rigorous. Before sending expedition volunteers to land, the Star Survey Department of the Federal Space Agency will conduct a strict all-round exploration of the planet through various detection means to ensure that there is no major danger before issuing an order for expedition volunteers to land and explore.

But even so, the vast starry sky is still mostly mysterious for human beings, unknown, danger everywhere, the history of human interstellar exploration, is a bloodstained history, the casualties of explorers are commonplace, and even the total annihilation is not uncommon, such examples are not unheard of in the history of planetary exploration.

Although it was very dangerous, there were still a lot of volunteers who signed up, and they were very enthusiastic, so that the Federal Space Agency did not have to worry about not being able to recruit people. This is not because all of the citizens of the Federation are dedicated to exploration, but because the rewards of this planetary expedition are so great.

Volunteers who complete the planetary exploration mission can receive a generous reward of 1 million federal coins at one time, and get a chance to immigrate to other planets to settle down, and permanently receive 3,000 federal insurance benefits, even if they don't have to work, they can also receive 3,000 federal coins from the Federal Insurance Relief Department every month.

Such a reward is undoubtedly very lucrative and tempting for most of the federal civilians at the bottom.

Therefore, even though he knew that there was a great risk in the road, every time the Federation's planetary exploration convening order was issued, volunteers who signed up for it still flocked to it.

Before this, Jiang Ping had also signed up for several planetary expedition volunteers, but unfortunately, none of them were selected. While this is a high-risk, high-reward task, not everyone is eligible to participate.

The Interstellar Exploration Department of the Federal Space Agency has a very strict set of rules for the registration of volunteers, such as under 30 years old, in good health, no bad federal criminal history, graduation from a regular federal college, basic degree, and various physical fitness tests.

Jiang Ping barely met these conditions, but because of the large number of people who signed up, the Interstellar Exploration Department also had to conduct strict screening of all eligible applicants, and the best ones would win and the inferior ones would be eliminated. Jiang Ping, regardless of his professional knowledge or physical qualities, was not outstanding among the huge number of applicants, so the first few registrations were eliminated.

This time, Jiang Ping still didn't want to let go of such an opportunity, and after hearing the broadcast of the federal news, he had already made a decision in his heart.

Although Zhilu Dao still has little chance of being selected this time, he has to try it, maybe he stepped on some shit luck and was chosen?

Such an opportunity was one of the few opportunities for low-level civilians like him to leave this dilapidated and abandoned moon, and he didn't want to give it up easily.

After eating the nutritious bread, Jiang Ping sat there and thought for a moment, then stood up, cleaned up a little, brought some necessary identification documents, and opened the door and went out.

The place where he lives now is located in a hundred-story building in the 36th region of the moon, and the entire moon has been divided into 50 regions as the basic administrative regions.

Jiang Ping lives on the 100th floor of this high-rise building. When he became a full-fledged federal citizen with the right to vote and to stand for election at the age of eighteen, the Federal Department of Insurance and Relief distributed him this high-rise house, which was not small, with four bedrooms and one living room, more than 100 square meters, and he was the only one who lived there, which was really very spacious. …,

Jiang Ping got on the elevator, and soon he had already arrived downstairs and walked out of the gate of the community.

On the side of the street outside the gate of the community, there were many people standing waiting for the electromagnetic bus, Jiang Ping did not join them, but turned around and walked into the distance. The destination he is going to is not far from here, and it is only ten minutes to walk, so there is nothing to do when he is idle anyway, and he can save a little transportation expenses.

In the sky, there were occasionally a few white rays of light streaked by, which were the traces of the flight of a human aircraft. As a fast and convenient means of transportation, personal aircraft have been in use for more than 100 years and have become popular.

But here, this kind of expensive and luxurious means of transportation is rarely seen, and most people still rely on electromagnetic buses that are all over the region and extend in all directions.

A low-level personal aircraft also requires 500,000 federal dollars, in addition to a large amount of aviation fuel costs, daily maintenance and storage costs, and a huge amount of service management fees paid to the aviation traffic authority every month, which is a big burden for ordinary families.

Therefore, personal aircraft are still only popular among the middle and upper classes, and ordinary civilians are more willing to use electromagnetic buses to travel.

More than ten minutes later, Jiang Ping stopped in front of a white and delicate building, and there was a sign hanging in front of the building, which read "Community Service Department of the 36th District of the Moon", which was Jiang Ping's destination today.

Walking through the door of the building, he was greeted by a community worker with a smile on his face. Jiang Ping didn't talk nonsense, and directly explained his intention, saying that he was here to sign up for this planetary expedition volunteer, and sent some necessary identification materials.

The staff was business-like, and quickly read his identity materials, and after confirming that it was correct, he registered on the terminal light computer, gave him a candidate certificate, and then asked him to go back and wait for the notice.

Jiang Ping thanked him, then turned around and left.

After he left, this staff member showed a bit of a strange look on his face, and said to several other staff members on the side with a lot of gossip: "This person just now, in the past four months, has signed up for the ninth time to participate in the call of planet exploration volunteers!" ”

"It's impossible, doesn't it mean that the mission of this planet exploration volunteer is very rewarding, he has participated in it nine times, how can he still stay here, he has already emigrated!" A newcomer who didn't understand the situation asked dumbfoundedly.

"Are you really stupid or pretending to be stupid, if this person really participated in nine planetary expeditions, he would have become a rich man a long time ago, and if he emigrated, where would he stay in the broken place of the moon, there is no doubt that he has not been selected for these nine registrations!" Another staff member of the old god is in the way.

"Planetary exploration, not everyone is qualified! I think it's useless for this person to sign up again, young people nowadays, they are just too impetuous, thinking about the beautiful things that will reach the sky in one step......" The other person shook his head again and again.

"Hmm, I said Xiao Wang, I don't think you also meet the conditions for this registration, I think you can try it?"

"I sign up? You'd better spare me. You are not ignorant of the dangers of exploring this planet. It's just three months ago, a neighbor of our family, a very good young man, signed up for this planet exploration volunteer, not to mention, the most Lu really let him be selected, went to the beta system, the most Lu turned out to be the result, last month a death notice was sent from NASA, the most Lu or I helped sign for it, and handed it to his family, when his family received the death notice, they cried so badly......

"Alas, the dream of getting rich is not so easy to do, according to me, don't think about those unrealistic things......"

"Next time that young man comes back, I must educate him well, don't have such daydreams again, this is a life to Bo, it's not worth it, it's not worth it!" An older voice said earnestly.

"No need to persuade him, he can't go if he wants to! The selection qualifications of planet adventure volunteers are very strict, do you think this is picking cabbage, you can go if you want? This person has failed to register nine times, which means that he is not qualified, and it is useless for him to continue to register! ”

"That's right. Okay, let's get down to business. ”

At this time, someone came in from outside the door, and these staff members stopped talking and started to work seriously.