The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 44: Chapter 44: Garbage Scammer

Ji You tossed the news aside and logged onto the Star Network.

She wanted to buy training equipment to enhance her strength. With 350,000 credit points in hand, Ji You felt she could buy some decent equipment. However, when she stepped into the store and saw the array of training gear, she almost blurted out a curse after glancing at the price tags!

”!!!”

How is anyone supposed to live?

The cheapest physical training set started at over 100,000 credit points, and the most expensive ones outrageously cost millions...

Ji You clutched her chest, her mouth curling with bitterness.

Survival is hard...

Survival is really hard...

After browsing around, Ji You found that the high prices were justified. The cheaper training equipment could only train gravity, physical fitness—basic stuff—but the expensive ones had numerous features. For example, a 1,000,000 credit point set could monitor the body’s condition in real-time and assist in breakthroughs during training...

Forget about the 1,000,000 credit point option.

Ji You set her eyes on two options, one costing 200,000 and the other 360,000. She was torn about which one to buy.

The 200,000 set couldn’t check all her organs’ conditions, but it could monitor her spiritual power and Physical Strength in real-time, helping her train more effectively. The last time Ji You had her spiritual power and Physical Strength tested was during her graduation exams, seven months ago. She wondered if there had been any improvement since.

The 360,000 set had similar functions to the 200,000 set but included a feature that simulated battles with Star Beasts. It had 30 different types of Star Beasts, each representing key types with unique habits, characteristics, and attack methods, along with strategies for dealing with and defeating them...

After experiencing it on the Star Network, Ji You wished she could take it home right away.

However—

She was strapped for cash.

If she bought the 200,000 set, she would have 150,000 credit points left.

If she bought the 360,000 set, she would not only be broke but also in debt!

Ji You turned left and right in the shopping district, still unsure which one to buy. Finally, she called Lea for advice.

Over the phone, Lea sighed and said, ”You, I suggest you buy the 200,000 set. It has all the basic functions you need and can monitor your body. That’s enough. I know you want the 360,000 set, but we rarely get the chance to fight Star Beasts. The Star Beasts on Garbage Planet 101 are actually very low-threat. As long as we don’t venture deep into the wild, we’re not in much danger.”

”You should use the remaining money to buy herbs that improve your Physical Strength. Recently, when we go collecting in the wild, haven’t you noticed? Your Physical Strength lagged behind others’, and you could even be outrun by Grandma when we needed to escape... This is actually very dangerous!” Lea said. Spiritual power improvements were tough, but Physical Strength could steadily increase with consistent training and herbal assistance.

Lea wanted Ji You to boost her physical fitness before considering anything else.

In the short term, the only way to quickly enhance Physical Strength was using herbal supplements—there were no shortcuts.

After listening, Ji You fell silent for a few seconds before saying, ”I understand, Sister Liya.”

In a gentle voice, Lea said, ”You, let’s work hard together.”

Ji You smiled and said, ”Yes! Let’s do our best to get stronger together!”

After hanging up, Ji You thought carefully about what Sister Liya had said. She realized that her primary weaknesses were her spiritual power and Physical Strength. Every time she went out with others for gathering or scavenging, she was a burden to the group. Neighbors didn’t mention it, respecting her feelings...

Clenching her teeth, Ji You bought the 200,000 credit point training equipment. She then went all out and spent 150,000 on herbs to boost her Physical Strength—

After those transactions, she had only 2,000 credit points left in her account.

2,000?

No way!

Ji You’s eyes widened. The figures on the panel were wrong! How did she have an extra 9,000 credit points?

Where did this money come from?

Ji You was startled.

Could someone rich have quietly played the role of a philanthropist?

In her past life, Ji You had seen many news stories about banking errors resulting in people’s accounts suddenly showing lots of extra money. When those people withdrew and used that money, they ended up being charged with a crime and sentenced.

If she used this money and the interstellar bank took legal action—

Ji You felt anxious—

Should she?

Should she not?

Ji You scratched her head:

”Ugh.”

”So annoying!”

”Why test my honesty with this much money?”

”Does my honesty need to be tested with money?”

”Besides—”

”A mere 9,000 credit points to test my integrity? Is that all my integrity is worth?”

”Hmph!”

”Give me 9,000,000 credit points, and I’d run away immediately!”

After talking to herself and having a little laugh, Ji You figured that the money had appeared because of a banking error. Once the error was corrected, the bank would reclaim the funds.

Still, even if it wasn’t her money, she could enjoy the thrill of seeing it.

So, Ji You opened her account to check the source of the funds.

To her surprise, the 9,000 credit points came from selling a few Grass Seed Fruit Bracelets.

Every payment note mentioned that while the grass seed fruits weren’t valuable, the craftsmanship of the shop owner was excellent and worth the price!

This meant that the extra money was a reward from appreciative buyers.

On the Star Network, if buyers found an item particularly valuable, they could pay an additional amount after the purchase.

Ji You hadn’t expected her long-unsold Grass Seed Fruit Bracelets to finally be appreciated. She was so moved she wanted to cry.

After checking the bank records and finding no other surprises, she logged off quickly, realizing she needed to study.

Just before logging off, Ji You heard a system prompt notifying her of 99 unread emails, urging her to check them soon.

”99 mails?”

”Can’t be right.”

”Who would even send me mail?” Ji You was baffled. Out of curiosity, she decided to open the first one:

”Can I be your handler? I can do everything.”

Ji You: ”What the heck?”

With a frown, she opened the next one:

”Allow me to send this mail with great excitement. I just want to ask, do you need a maid? I can’t do much else, but I’m great at fighting!”

Ji You: ”...”

Who hires a maid to fight?

By this point, Ji You had a bad feeling. Were there spam emails in the interstellar era too?

She opened several more, but the content was all bizarre...

Fed up, Ji You skimmed through them and found nothing important.

While she was scanning the emails, new message notifications kept popping up.

messages per second, 100 per second, 1,000 per second.

It was getting absurd.

Like a virus.

Rubbing her temples, Ji You instructed the system, ”Delete them all. Also, temporarily block incoming messages.”

Having done that, Ji You lost all interest in checking emails. She decided to log off and study instead.