Chapter 2: and

Chapter 2: Looking for a Job

Jiang Qin knew that everyone in the Jiang family was likely cursing her at the hospital right now, but she no longer cared.

At this time in her previous life, she had also gone to the hospital.

She had stood there watching her family members hurl harsh words at her time and again for the sake of Jiang Rumeng.

She had wanted to explain that she hadn't pushed her down the stairs, but no one was willing to believe her.

They had decided that because she grew up on a barren planet, she had picked up all sorts of bad habits.

Lying, stealing, jealousy, and malice—these were the labels they had pinned on her.

Back in her room, Jiang Qin calmly packed her things.

She had only been back at the Jiang family for a month, so she didn't really have much—just a welcome gift from her biological mother, Jiang Yulian, and each of her partners.

As for her three half-brothers, they didn't acknowledge her, so naturally, there were no welcome gifts from them.

Jiang Rumeng had also given her a necklace with some scratches on it, claiming it was a keepsake from her own mother.

Coming from a barren planet, Jiang Qin had nothing of equal value to give in return, so after explaining that, she hadn't accepted it.

The result, however, was twisted into her harboring hostility toward her sister, which was why she refused the gift.

But none of that mattered to her anymore.

Jiang Qin left the Jiang residence carrying a very light bag.

Inside were the few things she had brought with her when she left the barren planet.

As for the things that belonged to the Jiang family, she didn't take a single item, taking only a bracelet left behind by her biological father.

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Tai Street.

This was the bar street of Langor City.

Unlike the bars on Earth, filled with neon lights and debauchery, interstellar bars were the only places for males who lacked the soothing presence of females.

Many females who chose to work here due to criminal records performed large-scale mental soothing every night.

Interstellar people were divided into three types

The first were pure-blooded humans without mental power, defined as waste or pets.

Their constitutions were fragile, and the irritable factors in the air made them live in a sickly state.

The second were demi-humans, a group with incomplete genes. They possessed some animal abilities, but their physical stability was very poor, and they rarely lived past the age of one hundred.

In a world where orcs could reach the age of three hundred, dying before one hundred was considered an early death.

The third were fully evolved orcs.

Both males and females possessed mental power; males could transform into beast forms for combat, while females had the ability to soothe and purify mental energy.

This group of people ruled this vast universe.

Perhaps living in the interstellar age meant no one was destined to die of old age.

Orc males—or rather, everyone except females with mental power—were eroded by an irritable factor in the air.

Once these factors entered the human body, they would settle. Upon reaching a critical point, they would cause a person to lose their sanity, go berserk, and eventually explode and die.

The only way to survive was to frequently drink inhibitors and receive mental soothing from females.

The drinks sold in bars were inhibitors flavored like alcohol, and when paired with a female's soothing, they allowed these males to find a moment of relief.

That was why this street was always bustling every night.

However, it was daytime now, and only a few quiet bars were open; it was very peaceful.

Jiang Qin stopped in front of a slightly old-fashioned bar at the end of the street.

On the light screen at the entrance was a notice

[Hiring female workers. Monthly salary: one million star coins. Requirement: Grade C or above.]

Females in the interstellar age were precious. Of course, pure-blooded and demi-human females didn't count; they were at most given some preferential treatment and could not be compared to orc females.

Because there was a ninety percent chance that the children they gave birth to would awaken as pure-blooded humans or demi-humans.

Therefore, they only received preferential treatment due to the extreme gender ratio imbalance, and their social status was not very high.

But for females with mental power, even at the lowest level—Grade D—they would not be sentenced to death in the interstellar society, provided they hadn't committed heinous crimes.

The choices for punishment were quite humane.

The first option was to enter a nursery; after being assigned a male and giving birth to a female or several males, they would be pardoned.

As for how many, it depended on the crime committed; the severity of the sentence determined the number.

The second option was to work in the rear of the military; the duration depended on the crime, and generally, it was a very long time.

The third option allowed for a reduction in the duration of the punishment, leading to an earlier pardon, but it was very dangerous because the workplace was on a barren planet.

The last option was to work in a bar.

This was the only way for a criminal female to remain on her home planet, though the sentence was correspondingly long.

For example, if it only took three years on a barren planet, it would take at least eight years here.

However, females generally didn't commit crimes, so in reality, many bars on every planet had no females working in them.

No female was willing to voluntarily go to such a place to perform mental soothing.

They were high and mighty, preferring to wait for males to come begging at their doors. If they liked one, they would take them as a partner; if they didn't, they generally wouldn't be willing to soothe them.

Because their mental power was also very limited.

The lower the grade, the weaker the soothing effect.

The soothing work in bars was already a large-scale, diluted effect, and even with inhibitors, it wasn't very useful.

Therefore, Grade D females didn't even need to apply.

Grade C could provide a tiny bit of relief, and the higher the grade, the better.

However, if they weren't criminal females, these bars couldn't even recruit Grade C ones, let alone higher.

When Jiang Qin was three, she had been sent to be awakened, and her mental power was exactly Grade C, so she just met the threshold.

Other females might look down on a million star coins, but she certainly didn't!

When she was on the barren planet, she never dared to reveal that she was an orc female, always disguising herself as a pure-blooded human male to scavenge for a living.

Even knowing she could make big money, she didn't dare to try.

Because the laws and regulations on the barren planet were chaotic; many people there lived day to day.

They were not bound by the law at all.

It was a place where people couldn't get enough to eat, couldn't live well, and faced attacks from exotic beasts from time to time. Many people might be alive today and gone tomorrow.

No one cared about such things.

No one would investigate, so if you died, you died in vain.

Therefore, even after leaving the Jiang family, she couldn't return to the barren planet.

If she stayed to work in the bar, not only would she have money, but she could also directly obtain residency on a Level 2 planet.

This was a benefit provided by the Federation to encourage females to work in bars, though the highest level one could obtain was Level 2.

Residency on Level 1 planets and the capital planet had other requirements.

Since she had made her decision, Jiang Qin would not hesitate any longer. She carried her bag and walked straight into the bar named "Moonlight."

"Hello, I would like to apply for the position of Soother."