He had never had much hope.
"Put it away! The soldiers are coming back!"
"Get back to work, or they'll starve and beat us!"
"Hurry up, Shawn!"
Shawn nodded, unplugged the phone, and put it back in his pocket.
"Ding!"
Just then, he received a message. The notification sound wasn't loud, but everybody was surprised. It felt like the sound from another universe.
The crowd looked at Shawn's pocket.
He was taken aback and took out his phone.
Holy crap!
The signal bar was full!
"Ding!"
"You've received an MSM message!"
"Ding!"
"You've received a message on QW!"
"Ding!"
"Someone has liked your comment on the Moonian government website. Click the link for more details."
"Ding!"
"Your video has 999+ comments. Click here for more details."
"Ding!"
"You've received a message from the Moonian Census Bureau!"
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