Chapter 19 It's Really Cool to Make Money in Space

The other students working in such high temperatures saw a significant drop in efficiency, pushing one or two bags at a time while their heavy breathing could be heard, Sitting down to rest after just one trip, Just after ten in the morning, some couldn't take it and left after earning just a few dollars.

It wasn't that they didn't want to make money, but if they pushed themselves too hard, they might collapse, and the money earned wouldn't even cover their medical and nutritional expenses.

The staff wouldn't make sarcastic remarks—every summer is the season with the lowest efficiency, Awakeners and ordinary people alike, Withdrawing when they couldn't handle it was actually wise.

As the number of people around her dwindled, Ye Nai soon found herself alone, having worked hard all morning to earn over twenty dollars, She went out for a break at noon and discovered that all the students who had left earlier had gone, so after lunch, she turned around and went back to work.

She delivered five bags at a time.

Five bags meant a complete "zheng" character, which was ten dollars.

The staff member noticed her returning at an unslowed pace and stopped her.

"All your classmates have withdrawn, leaving only you, but you don't seem like an ordinary person in terms of physical fitness, delayed Awakening?"

"If I have Awakened, do you have any suggestions?"

"That would depend on what kind of power you've Awakened."

With a flick of her wrist, Ye Nai produced a can of cool fruit juice in her palm, taken from the cold temperature of a fridge and kept insulated in her Space until now, handing it to the other person.

Accepting the drink, they felt the cool sensation through their gloves and their voice was filled with laughter.

"If the capacity is large enough and you're willing to take the risk, once this is over, I genuinely suggest you check out the dangerous zones in the Plane Channel, They are severely short-staffed, and with your abilities, a lot of teams would be willing to hire you for a good salary."

"Thank you, I'll consider it. By the way, I'd like to ask for some time off in advance, my period is in a few days, I'll be resting at home for about four or five days."

"Sure, the student benefits will be available until the end of the month." The person then turned to look at the mountain of rubbish, "Since there are no outsiders today, why not go all out? Why not transport all of this over? There will be new garbage tomorrow."

Ye Nai thought it made sense, she returned the handcart to its place, came back to the trash heap, and felt one of the bags, enveloping it with her spiritual power, which, along with a small area around it, disappeared, The trash so filled her Space that it even buried her personal items at the bottom of the trash bags.

Then she ran towards the garbage truck empty-handed, The worker who had been killing time on their smartphone in the shade of the truck immediately straightened up.

"Why did you come empty-handed? Did you lose something?"

"No, it's like this."

Ye Nai waved her hand, and a pile of trash bags appeared on the ground.

"Wow!"

The worker understood, gestured to Ye Nai to lay out the trash bags evenly, and took a picture with their phone.

Ye Nai delivered them and watched the fun, mainly to see how they would count.

"You didn't Awaken your Space ability today, did you? Why stop hiding it?"

"I'm the only one here this afternoon."

"No wonder."

The worker lowered their hand slightly, allowing Ye Nai to see a counting app on the phone, each trash bag in the photo they had taken had a small white dot on it, each dot representing a count, She had delivered over two hundred bags in one trip.

With such a large quantity, they no longer used the "zheng" character but wrote the number directly, Then Ye Nai picked up all the trash bags again, climbed up the ladder at the back of the truck to the roof, and opened her Space to toss the bags down.

For the rest of the afternoon, she repeated this operation, transporting several hundred bags of rubbish at a time using her Space, earning ten dollars for every five bags with no one competing with her, all the money was hers alone.

Thanks to her hard work, by evening, the huge pile of garbage had visibly reduced by more than half.

When checking out, her income was over three thousand but less than four thousand.

And that was just an afternoon's income.

As the only student left, there was of course no special shuttle for students, and she had to buy a ticket to get on the bus.

The bus was filled with men and women reeking of sweat, and Ye Nai was no better off, her face flushed with heat and her clothes stained with salt, the air conditioning on the bus meant the windows couldn't be opened, and the smell inside was rather intoxicating.

Once back in the city, she took a bus to the supermarket and bought four bottles of chilled drinks in various flavors, two boxes of freshly cut fruit, two bunches of vegetables, and also picked out a melon.

During the sweltering afternoon, she had longed for a bite of a sweet and juicy melon.

She stored the drinks and cut fruit in the Space, carrying the vegetables and melon into her home.

After dinner, they sliced the melon, and it was indeed sweet and juicy, leaving everyone's bellies round and full.

The next morning, Ye Nai arrived on time at the shuttle stop and waited as several buses came and went without the arrival of other students.

Ye Nai, "...?"

It seemed she was the only one today?

Seeing that it was almost seven-thirty, Ye Nai didn't wait any longer. When the new Line 1 shuttle arrived, she quickly bought a ticket and boarded.

The workers at the danger zone were not surprised to see only her today.

"Looks like you're the only one working today. We've prepared a bicycle for you, you know how to ride one, right?"

"Yes."

The pile of trash that she had cleared yesterday had built up again overnight, Ye Nai first stuffed her Space full and then got on the bike and rushed off.

Even though she was wearing protective gear, cycling was much easier than running, and in just minutes she arrived at the garbage truck, went through the process of dumping trash, drawing numbers, and then leaving as she had done the day before.

When she checked out to take a break at noon, she had made many trips thanks to the bicycle, and she logged over five thousand directly.

Ye Nai looked at the numbers on her phone and was so excited that she almost screamed on the spot, but she clenched her teeth and held it back, walking out with a face full of joy.

The street food stalls were still operating as normal, and even in the heat, there were fewer Awakeners and Ordinary people coming to work, but the regular staff needed to eat and drink too. Store owners who had been operating here all year knew the seasonal patterns well; they might complain a few times but didn't take it to heart.

Ye Nai chose a stir-fry restaurant, ordered a dish, a soup, and a bowl of rice, and had her fill.

Then she took out the chilled drinks and cut fruit she had bought the day before from her Space and indulged in a hearty lunch, leaving Ye Nai re-energized to go back and continue working.

By the end of the afternoon, she had earned another five thousand and some change.

Before finishing work for the day, Ye Nai added the contact number of the local workers. Now that she was the only student working there, she needed to send a message whenever she wanted to take a day off, to prevent the area from getting filled with trash—if left for four or five days, it would really start to stink to the heavens.

The staff at the danger zone were indeed fond of Ye Nai's Space. When she showed up for work as usual the next day, she found that the previous day's bicycle had been replaced with an electric moped. With just a speed boost, it was much faster than a bicycle.

Therefore, Ye Nai made nearly fifteen thousand that day, which thrilled her to no end.

Three days later in the evening, Ye Nai's menstrual period arrived as scheduled. Although she didn't have to work, she was busy from morning until night buying groceries, cooking, doing laundry, cleaning, and taking care of her father, only stopping when it was time to sleep. Only then did she have time to consider the inevitable menstrual cycle and how to deal with it while being outside.

According to her phone, the preferred method was subdermal implantation for long-term contraception, once a year, without a menstrual cycle. This was also the common method for many female soldiers and female Awakeners.

However, this hormonal approach can have certain side effects. After the year cycle ends, a new implant cannot be immediately inserted, one must allow the body to recover and go through several normal menstrual cycles before using the method again. And those cycles can vary from person to person, with some experiencing normal periods and others suffering severe dysmenorrhea or other sequelae, or even hormone secretion disorders and organ changes.

Ye Nai didn't want to take the risk with hormones, and pondered over other methods.