Electromagnetic Tyrant

Chapter 10 Public Home

"Thank you big sister." Ji Xinghuo took the gift.

He looked at the dusty Ye Dongyun. She looked very capable, but there was a hint of unnoticeable fatigue deep in her eyes.

So he said with concern: "Eldest sister, you should pay more attention to rest, don't be too busy with work to wear out your body."

"Yes." Zhong Ming also nodded, "Sister, don't try too hard."

Ye Dongyun sat down, took a sip of water, and sighed: "There is no way. Today's civil servants are under increasing pressure, and the level of competition is not much worse than competition. I won't do it. Most people are willing to do it. If you relax a little, you will be eliminated soon."

"It can't be exhausted, it's not worth it." Liang Qiu Feiyan said worriedly.

"Don't worry." Ye Dongyun rubbed her hair, "I'm currently planning to squeeze out an hour every day to pick up my fitness habit again."

Ji Xinghuo nodded: "That's good."

He was about to say that exercise is always beneficial, but Ye Dongyun's next sentence was: "When I finish exercising, I will roll up with my colleagues and kill them!"

Everyone was speechless.

"Okay, don't talk about me anymore."

Ye Dongyun clapped her hands and showed off her eldest sister's style, "Today is Xinghuo's birthday. It's rare that the five of us will have the opportunity to get together after we are adults and have fun!" As she said this, she asked the waiter to serve the food and served the dishes as before. The house is getting organized.

Delicious dishes were served one after another, and drinks were opened.

"Everyone is full."

Ye Dongyun raised her wine glass and made everyone sitting around the table stand up. She smiled and said, "For the first glass, we want to wish Xinghuo a happy birthday!"

"Happy birthday!"

"cheers!"

The atmosphere in the box is warm and lively.

The five brothers and sisters were eating delicious food while telling interesting stories and jokes. They laughed constantly and temporarily forgot all their worries.

Ji Xinghuo was in a very happy mood, looking at them, thinking that this is my family.

A real family!

Although they are half-brothers and sisters, they are no different from blood relatives and are legally related.

Because they are communal families.

In the mid-60s, the four countries signed the "Ivangrad Treaty", declaring the end of the "Fourth World War" and the global geopolitical structure gradually becoming stable.

At that time, the United Asia-Pacific People's Community, a powerful country, had been established for almost 20 years. The domestic environment was peaceful, science and technology were advancing rapidly, and the people lived happily, but a problem gradually emerged.

Neither the rich nor ordinary citizens are willing to have children.

This seems to be the curse of humanity itself.

Starting from the industrialization that started a few centuries ago, no matter which country or race, the better the development and the higher the civilization, the fertility rate will inevitably decline.

And once this decline occurs, it is irreversible.

No matter what policies or measures the government introduces, the decline in the fertility rate can only be slowed down, and it is impossible to recover.

In 2033, the opening of the Star Gate temporarily solved this fertility problem. The world was in turmoil. Humanity experienced an extinction crisis and two world wars that lasted for more than a century.

In times of war, the government's methods will naturally not be as gentle as in times of peace. If you want to win a war, you must first have someone.

A large population may not win, but a small population will definitely fail!

To this end, the governments of various countries have mobilized resources, issued mandatory laws, supplemented by reproductive technology, and the population exploded crazily.

When human beings are in suffering, they are willing to give birth again.

It's been like this for more than a century.

After the war, governments were once again confronted with falling fertility rates.

However, compared with the difficulties at the beginning of the 21st century, the 22nd century already has solutions. The biggest obstacle is no longer the reproductive process, but ethical and moral disputes.

Countries around the world gave different answers.

In the early 22s, the ACP government put forward a very large and comprehensive "continuation plan", listed it as one of the most important national policies, and invested astronomical amounts of finance and resources.

The continuation plan is divided into two parts.

The first part is "生".

According to the country's policy needs and population changes, a certain number of babies will be bred every month and every year with artificial womb technology.

These babies are all legal citizens, and their political rights are exactly the same as those born in normal families. They are called "public children".Public children are prohibited by law from finding their biological parents. Even if they meet by accident, they are not legally related.

The second part is "raising".

Public children are raised by the government from birth and are divided into four stages according to age: 0-2 years old is infancy, 2-6 years old is early childhood, 6-12 years old is childhood, and 12-18 years old is adolescence.

Four to six communal children of the same age group form a communal family.

Public families at each stage are cared for by at least three "professional parents" who are responsible for raising and educating children at the same time. This position is called "nurturing the father and nurturing the mother."

A nurturing parent is a professional guardian who needs to go through multiple rounds of assessments before becoming a guardian.

Of course, their salaries are extremely high.

It is still one of the professions with the best income and benefits. It has political rights that exceed those of ordinary citizens, and its social status is also at the forefront of the country.

The younger the public family with children, the more the number of parents.

The infancy period is the most, generally one or two more than the number of babies. As the children grow up and have the ability to take care of themselves, public families will rotate new foster parents every stage, and the number of parents will be gradually reduced to two.

When they reach adulthood at the age of eighteen, their foster parents will leave their jobs.

At the same time, they also lost custody and no longer had any kinship with the public children.

In order to ensure the healthy physical and mental growth of public children, psychological inquiries are conducted on the children almost every month, as well as high-frequency random checks. Cameras with no blind spots are installed at home to monitor every move of public families.

Unqualified foster parents will have their qualifications revoked immediately, and those who make serious mistakes will be taken to court and sentenced to severe penalties.

There is also a series of laws and regulations related to the public family, taking into account all aspects.

The "continuation plan" was just a trial run at the beginning.

In the 90s, the first batch of public children entered the workforce. They made many contributions to society and the country. Like children from their original families, they were citizens with normal intelligence and mental health.

The continuation program was a huge success and the years of investment paid off.

The ACP government immediately expanded the scale of the plan and entered the 23rd century, finally solving the population problem!

Today, the population of the Asia-Pacific Community has reached 56 billion.

Among them, the proportion of public children reaches 20%, and the government adjusts the continuation plan according to finance and resources, and the population is increasing every year.

The five brothers and sisters of Ji Xinghuo are all public children.

But he is slightly different.

Ji Xinghuo was not cultivated in an artificial womb. He was born naturally. However, his parents lost custody and handed him over to the government for custody.

There are many people like Ji Xinghuo.

In the 90s, the success of the continuation plan gave the ACP government a sigh of relief, but it also resulted in a negative result: more people were unwilling to have children.

There is another factor.

The Asia-Pacific Community has legislated against abortion since its founding, and at least one spouse must pass a test on how to become a qualified parent in order to obtain "custody rights." These two conflicting laws are also one of the important reasons for the decline in the birth rate.

Therefore, many parents who had unwanted pregnancies and failed the exam were deprived of custody rights.

There are also some couples who voluntarily give up custody and leave their children to the government.

Commonly known as managing life but not raising.

Such children who have left their original families are included in the continuation plan and are also public children, generally called "surrogate children."

Ji Xinghuo was a surrogate child, and he only found out about it when he was eighteen years old.

The law stipulates that, after the surrogate child reaches the age of 22 and graduates from college, the mental condition is mature, and he can have the opportunity to contact his biological parents.

After contact, with the consent of both parties, legal kinship can be re-established and the family of origin can be returned.

Therefore, this birthday is of great significance to Ji Xinghuo.

He is about to face a major decision in his life.

The brothers and sisters at home also knew this, so they all put aside everything today and gathered together to celebrate Ji Xinghuo's birthday and stay by his side.

Ji Xinghuo received messages of blessings from close classmates and friends.

We were halfway through the birthday party.

The former parenting parents also made a video call. There were as many as seven or eight people in adolescence, childhood, and early childhood. They were all parents who had taken care of and educated this public family before. They were very happy to see the five brothers and sisters, and sent birthday wishes to Ji Xinghuo.

Only the adolescent foster parents knew that Ji Xinghuo was a surrogate child. After they left this family, they entered another public family and had new responsibilities.

Working parents are very busy jobs with little time for rest.

They also have their own families and children.

In the past few years since he was in college, Ji Xinghuo had only met with his foster parents two or three times. Although he had occasional contact, as his mind matured, his relationship with them inevitably faded.

Generally, he discusses things with his brothers and sisters.

Ten p.m.

The restaurant brought a bowl of longevity noodles and a big cake. The brothers and sisters sang happy birthday to Ji Xinghuo together and then lit candles on the cake.

"Third brother, make a wish quickly!" Liangqiu Feiyan shouted loudly.

Standing among the people, Ji Xinghuo said with a smile: "I make a wish every year, and I haven't seen it come true once, so I'll be exempt this year?"

"How can I do that!" Liang Qiufei pointed the floating camera at Ji Xinghuo, "It's been a tradition for hundreds of years. On birthdays, you must eat birthday noodles and cakes, and make a wish. Today is such an important day, and you must take it seriously. Maybe this time it will come true?"

Ye Dongyun also smiled and said: "Xinghuo, just do what Feifei said and stop procrastinating."

"Ok."

Ji Xinghuo could only agree.

Wang Zizhen turned off the light in the box, and the whole room suddenly became dark.

Zhong Ming said: "Make a wish."

Ji Xinghuo stood in front of the cake. He could see clearly even in the dark. His eyes swept over the faces of his brothers and sisters and landed outside the glass window.

Weiyang Building towers into the sky.

At this moment, the world that comes into view from the outside is divided into two parts. Below is a super city full of bright lights and high-rise buildings. When you look up, a bright Milky Way hangs above the night sky, dotted with billions of stars, making people dazzled.

Ji Xinghuo closed his eyes and thought to himself: "May my family be safe, healthy, happy, and achieve my ideals in my career; may I reach the peak of life evolution, appreciate the majesty of the Milky Way, and take in the amazing scenery of the star world. This life worthwhile!"

After making his wish, he gently blew out the candle.