Chapter 9: First time working in a dangerous area (3)

After completing this trip, Ye Nai went back to return the cart and stood outside the mobile house waiting for the three female classmates to come back.

"I'm going out to rest and eat, what about you guys?"

"I'm going out with you. I'm so thirsty and I must drink water." The man's voice sounded a little strange. It was hot and stuffy inside the protective suit and he was about to fall down at any time.

The other two people looked at each other through their goggles and nodded.

"Take a break. Our arms are sore and shaking."

"Then hurry up and leave, so as not to get mixed up with the main force again."

Four people walked into the board room, and according to the signs on the wall and the staff's instructions, they took a photo with their backs to the camera on the wall, printed out her number and signature on thermal paper, and went to pay with the paper after taking off their protective clothing.

Ye Nai took off all her equipment and threw it into the recycling bin, then walked through a five-meter-long corridor covered with disinfectant spray and went outside. Across the hard road, there stood a striking mobile home opposite her, with two doors, one for entry and one for exit. On the wall were three large characters written in bright red paint: Checkout Room.

I’m afraid that someone is nearsighted and can’t see it.

Three classmates came out behind me, and the four of them walked into the checkout room together. There was a long counter with six cashiers sitting at it.

Ye Nai stood at the front and handed the thermal paper to the cashier. She held the pass and read out the number on it. The cashier checked the number on the thermal paper and only gave the money after double confirmation.

At this time, she took out her mobile phone and opened the payment code. Under the envious gaze of her classmates, 20 yuan was deposited into her account in just a few seconds.

The cashier also praised her for being well prepared.

"I'm so envious. Your parents even prepared a cell phone for you in advance."

"Yeah, we can only take cash."

"How much is your phone?"

"The phone plus the SIM card and top-up, a total of 610." Considering that they were classmates and all girls, Ye Nai gave a serious suggestion, "If your parents don't want to buy you a phone, you can save up money to buy one yourself. You pay in cash anyway, and your parents don't know how much you earn that day. If you save a few dollars a day, you will have enough money for the phone in a hundred days at the fastest and half a year at the slowest."

The three female students nodded silently after hearing this, but whether they could carry it out depended on themselves, after all, each family’s situation was different.

The cashiers behind the counter saw it all as if it were gossip, looked at Yennado for a few times, then interrupted their conversation and urged them to pay the bill and leave so as not to delay the people behind them.

Ye Na and the other three hurried out and followed the signs outside.

As they walked, it seemed as if they were on a long road that seemed endless. Looking around, they were surrounded by an unchanging electric grid. After turning a few more corners, they lost their sense of direction. When they came to their senses, the four of them were already standing at the end of the long street, and not far away they could see the mobile home where they applied for passes.

"Wow, I finally got out."

“It felt like the way out was longer than the way in, like we were going in a circle.”

"Hey, it doesn't matter whether we go around or not. We're here to rest and eat, and we're not in a hurry."

"That's right. Look, there's a public toilet over there. Go see if you can wash your hands."

The four of them rushed to the public toilet. The wash basin was outside the toilet, and public soap was provided. Although it looked wet and sticky and a bit disgusting, it could still be used as usual. They washed their hands, went to the toilet, and then washed their hands and faces. Finally, they washed off the sweat caused by the protective clothing, and then walked quickly to the street to find a place to eat lunch.

This morning, Ye Na released spores several times, which continuously fed her energy. Compared with her classmates who were tired, thirsty and hungry, she was much better off. She was not tired, but she was really hungry.

After walking around the street twice, I found quite a few small restaurants, selling steamed buns, steamed noodles, and noodle soups for a few cents to a few dollars, rice with meat and vegetables for five to more than ten dollars, and stir-fried dishes for dozens of dollars. It's up to you to decide how much you want to eat.

Dongling City itself was built by squeezing in the gaps among the seven surrounding dangerous areas. It has a long and narrow terrain and a small total area. In order to feed the people, agriculture is mainly based on planting, and there is little breeding. This is reflected in the high price of meat in the market. A vegetarian bun of the same size costs 3 cents each, while a meat bun costs 1 yuan each.

The three classmates only earned ten yuan each in the morning and could only buy vegetarian buns. Ye Nai was generous and bought five meat buns and a bottle of drink.

This is physical work and it is absolutely impossible to do it without eating meat.

They were standing on the street eating. There were many people eating on the street at that time, but no one looked at them twice, let alone laugh at them for being so lavish as to eat meat buns. They were all doing garbage collection here, so who was nobler than who?

The meat buns were well-made, with large meat fillings and delicious soup inside. Ye Nai didn't want to eat them in a hurry and dirty her clothes, and it was still early, so she ate slowly.

While eating, she heard someone nearby chatting about gossip while looking at the dimensional passage in the sky.

"Hey, everyone has awakened these days. Has your second child awakened yet?"

"No, his brother took the risk of getting him some exotic beast meat a few times, saying that eating it would increase his awakening rate. Looking at the results, it's the same as not eating it at all."

"How many times have you eaten it? I heard that eating less is not good, it's best to eat it often."

"How can we afford to eat it often? I heard from the boss that there is only a little edible meat on each beast, and it is not enough for the team to eat. There is no more to share with the family. If you want to bring meat to your family, you have to hunt it yourself. His brother hunts it himself, and every time he comes back to bring meat, he is covered in wounds. I can't risk the boss's life for my little one's awakening."

"Too."

Ye Na's heart was moved when she heard this, and her eyes involuntarily looked towards the dimensional passage in the sky that gave people a huge sense of oppression.

Can the strange beasts inside be hunted and eaten?
This was news she had never known before. There was no awakened person in her family, so they were indeed isolated from the news.

But she doesn’t have the awakening badge and can’t prove that she is an awakener. How can she enter the plane channel?
Ye Na chewed the bun slowly, comforting herself that there was no need to rush, as there was still a long way to go.

People around me come and go, most of them eat quickly and then go back to work. Every extra trip you make will earn you money.

After Ye Nai and the other three finished eating the buns, they wanted to rest for a while, mainly because their arms were shaking, sore and swollen, so they really couldn't rush into work.

They found a curb out of the sun to sit on and digest their food. Yenne sprinkled spores in waves, letting them float with the wind to the dangerous area deep inside and take root, trying to decompose the alien garbage.

At this time, they finally saw a large group of classmates coming out in groups, each of them looking exhausted. They waved at them, and no one noticed them sitting in the shadows.

Waves of classmates walked past her, and they didn't say a word, just watched them take out the cash they had just paid to buy lunch.

With so many students carrying a few dollars or tens of dollars in cash to buy lunch, Ye Nai keenly noticed that there were many children wandering around them seemingly casually. They did not attract attention, but their eyes were all on their classmates' pockets.

(End of this chapter)