Chapter 3 - 003 Nutrient Solution
Lying there like a salted fish, Ji You felt both hungry and the beginnings of a headache after staying motionless for a while. Helpless, she got up, rummaged through her room, and found the only two nutrient solutions she had.
The two nutrient solutions in Ji You's hand were of the lowest quality, produced and sold by Hua Tai Company, the largest food conglomerate in the Alliance. Hua Tai's distribution channels covered every corner of the Alliance, making purchases extremely convenient. The price was also very low, at only 2 credit points each, and they were the main food on the tables of most of the Alliance's impoverished citizens.
The appearance of the nutrient solution was somewhat similar to 21st-century popsicles, but once opened, it revealed a white paste. Eating just one was equivalent to consuming two large bowls of rice, quite filling. Ordinary people only needed to eat three a day to maintain their daily activities.
The nutrient solution came in several grades: low-level, Intermediate, High-level... They were generally categorized by the materials used and the taste. An Intermediate nutrient solution cost 50 credit points each. As for the High-level ones, it was said that they were made entirely of natural food, and a basic Tomato Egg flavor High-level nutrient solution cost at least 500 credit points. The rarer the food ingredients, the more expensive the High-level nutrient solutions were.
Of course—
Whether it was Intermediate or High-level, both were luxuries far beyond Ji You's reach, only to be longed for.
Sigh~
Having been here for half a year, Ji You's diet consisted solely of low-level nutrition, and her neighbors were no exception, almost entirely consuming the same. Hence, she had yet to witness firsthand any difference between these expensive nutrient solutions and the affordable ones.
Life was incredibly tough, but one must not let it lack pomp.
Ji You brought over a chair, set up a table made of alloy Material, meticulously placed bowls and chopsticks on it, and finally, adorned it with a plastic rose as a decoration, completing the pre-meal ceremony.
Ji You sarcastically berated herself as a way of finding amusement in her misery: "Ah~~~ my accursed, unsettled sense of artistry~~~"