[A Sip of Books] 200 Years After Humanity Settled on a New Planet

Some sentences encapsulate the entire content of the book itself, while others instantly reach the reader's heart, creating a connection with the book. Here, we excerpt and introduce such meaningful sentences from the book. - Editor's note

This is a story about the last humanity searching for a new settlement after leaving a polluted Earth. The focus is set 200 years after humans settled on a new planet, and it holds many secrets. It deals with conspiracy theories of the 1% elite class, an unequal social structure due to a caste system, wealth disparity, and dictatorship politics in human society. The subjects of the conspiracy are not humans but alien lifeforms disguised as humans. These aliens were soldiers of an extraterrestrial kingdom that settled on the planet discovered by the last humanity before humans did. Their leader secretly devised a certain plan and evolved into a human form. The novel then deals with the dictatorship politics and caste system he devised, and the coexistence of Earthlings and aliens in the future space.

Fortunately, there was abundant groundwater beneath the desert. As long as they endured the rapidly dropping temperatures and oxygen shortage at night, the environment was sufficient for humanity to survive. They began settling in the dry desert area, not the extremely humid and dangerous rainforest zone. Above all, thanks to nano-metal and nano-crystal resources from the desert, which do not exist on Earth, advanced mechanical civilization rapidly developed. Thanks to these unknown resources, humanity gradually began adapting to the harsh climate and environment. They called this place "Third Earth." From the "Prologue"

Inside the helmet were dozens of long needles. The helmet was a machine that forcibly connected to the brain's nervous system and digitized it through a programmed AI. It functioned to extract memories inside the human brain as data. When the helmet was placed on the head of a rebel prisoner, the long needles pierced the brain. They screamed and soon lost consciousness. The helmet, analyzing the brain, transmitted data to the agent's nano armor. Encrypted information was listed in the hologram video, and upon reaching a certain point, it exploded. p.11

Hikon is considered a more dangerous beast than Agura, having two heads that spit acidic venom and a tail that shoots poisonous stingers. Since they always gather in groups, killing a Hikon was not an easy task. Resembling a bee's body with eagle wings attached, the Hikon was twice the size of a human. Bang! Bang! Tatatatata! The soldiers fired bullets at the flying Hikon. Rencheng's bullets brought one Hikon crashing to the ground. One head was blown apart, but the remaining one fiercely resisted. "Aagh!!" Hena saw a comrade hit by the Hikon's venom. His face was melting. p.303

Third Earth | Written by Yoon Jaeho | Peppermint Original | 592 pages | 16,000 KRW

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