Chapter 1495: The Daily Grind of a Little Laborer
Chapter 1495: Chapter 1495: The Daily Grind of a Little Laborer
Day Star.At 12:50 PM Alliance Standard Time, the majority of the planets in the eight major star systems where humanity survives are in the deep of night, but Day Star remains bright as midday. This is because the night on Day Star is exceptionally short, lasting less than three hours per day. Therefore, the concept of midnight in standard time is only used as a time guide for the people of Day Star, whose sleep patterns typically follow the planet’s own brief darkness.
Thus, Gu Yao was not sleeping.
The sunlight outside was too intense, and the temperature was high. The plants outside drooped with their leaves, appearing listless. Gu Yao nestled in her small room, with the thermostat set to a comfortable 20 degrees Celsius, but she felt no enjoyment. Her eyes were fixed on the clock, ready to turn off the heating system at the exact time.
Why?
Because running the thermostat incurs electricity expenses. Gu Yao had no money; she was an orphan and very, very poor. So even the ordinary expenses of electricity and water bills were a burden for her.
Gu Yao had just turned 18 this year, and she was in her third year of high school. She had reached the legal age of adulthood. Before she became an adult, the government provided her with basic housing and waived many living expenses.
Upon reaching adulthood, the small house she currently lived in would not be taken back by the government but given to her. However, she would have to shoulder the expenses for water, electricity, and other living costs.
Gu Yao’s spiritual power was quite ordinary, only D-level, and her Physical Strength wasn’t high, just reaching C-level. There were thousands of people in the Alliance like her, average in every aspect, destined to do regular jobs and lead mundane lives.
Yet, Gu Yao was unwilling to accept this. Her dream was to become a Mechanical Warrior, but her Physical Strength and spiritual power held her back. She could only settle for less and switch to another profession. In fact, Gu Yao had accepted her fate. She decided to apply for a material processing major after her graduation exams and become a Material Processing Master.
Of course, all of this was still months away. For now, she had something more important to do, and that was —
Star Network labor.
That’s right.
For someone like Gu Yao, who had to attend school most of the time and was only free on weekends or during short breaks, finding an outside job was impossible. She could only do part-time labor on the Star Network.
The wages for labor were not high, but it was extremely convenient. You could work whenever and wherever you wanted on the Star Network. For instance, Gu Yao had just returned home from school, ate half a pack of low-level nutrition, and immediately logged into Star Network Home, picked up an axe, and started chopping wood.