Jiang Lijin exited that post, swiped her finger across the optical computer screen a couple of times, and clicked into the Female Zone.
The page redirected, and the style abruptly changed. Floating at the very top of the front page was a pinned post, its title written in bold red font: [A Must-Read for All Females! Detailed Explanation of Interstellar Female Welfare Subsidies (Latest Revised Edition)]
Jiang Lijin raised an eyebrow and clicked in. The post was very long, densely packed with various clauses. It was obvious that some enthusiastic person had spent a lot of effort compiling it. She scrolled down and quickly found the key information she was most interested in:
[Female Monthly Subsidy Standards]
D-Rank and below: 300 Star Coins/month
C-Rank: 500 Star Coins/month
B-Rank: 2000 Star Coins/month
A-Rank: 5000 Star Coins/month
S-Rank: 20000 Star Coins/month
Jiang Lijin stared at that "C-Rank: 500 Star Coins/month" for three seconds, then revealed an extremely disgusted expression.
Who could possibly survive on five hundred Star Coins? This amount of money was barely enough to maintain a basic living. She wondered how many Star Coins per month it would increase to once she upgraded to 3S-Rank.
She continued reading the post. It detailed the distribution rules for the subsidies: females did not need to work, and the monthly subsidy would be automatically deposited into their accounts. This was the Empire's basic guarantee for females, aiming to ensure that all females could sustain themselves without worrying about making a living.
Exiting this post, below the pinned post were the daily posts of the Female Zone. Jiang Lijin casually glanced over them and found that the vibe of this zone was completely different from the front page.
[B-Rank female looking for a purification job, begging seniors for experience and guidance.]
[Does any sister know what the recruitment requirements are for the hospital's purification department?]
[Sob sob sob, I went to the hospital for purification today and was praised by an A-Rank beastman. I'm so happy!]
Jiang Lijin scrolled through them one by one, gradually understanding the ecosystem of this sub-forum.
In this world, females indeed did not need to work. But for low-ranking females at C-Rank and below, the monthly subsidy was barely enough to stay alive. Want to eat fresh vegetables? Want to buy new clothes? Or want to live in a better house? It was very difficult!
Therefore, many low-ranking females who did not have a partner to support them, or whose partners were also of a low rank, would still come out to find work. However, the jobs females could do were extremely limited, basically all related to purification.
Purification was an ability unique to females. Their mental energy could soothe the violent emotions of male beastmen caused by battle and pollution, purifying the polluted substances accumulated in their bodies. High-ranking females could even actively release their mental energy to help beastmen improve their combat power and extend their lifespans. In this world where a Zerg invasion could break out at any time, purification ability was the most scarce resource.
Jiang Lijin scrolled down and quickly saw a familiar name.
[Crying for Lady Felwin again today! Lady Felwin went to the hospital to do purification again this week, for three days! Three whole days! She is really so kind!]
Jiang Lijin couldn't help but click in.
The body of the post was written with great emotion and was accompanied by several pictures. Felwin was still wearing one of those dresses that perfectly accentuated her figure, standing in the hospital's purification room, surrounded by several male beastmen. Her head was slightly lowered, a gentle smile on her face.
The comment section was boiling over:
"Lady Felwin is truly too kind! An S-Rank female could have done absolutely nothing, but she insisted on going to the hospital to help!"
"Yeah, I heard she goes at least three days a week and has purified many male beastmen who haven't been matched with a female. If those beastmen didn't have her help, their mental energy would have gone berserk long ago."
"It's a pity that Lady Felwin has only matched with three A-Rank males. If you ask me, Lady Felwin is more than worthy of a 3S-Rank male."
"The person above needs to wake up, do you want Lady Felwin's body to explode and die?"
Jiang Lijin scrolled through the screen, her mouth twitching again.
[Host, what are you looking at?] Xiao Yi's voice rang out in her mind.
"This little green tea bitch does pretty good PR. Going to the hospital three days a week gets her praised as a saint? If this were in my original world, she would be an ordinary volunteer at best."
[She is an S-Rank female, after all. S-Rank females don't have to do anything; they get a twenty-thousand subsidy just for lying around. Since she's willing to condescend to help at the hospital, of course she'll be praised to the heavens.]
Listening to Xiao Yi's sarcastic tone, Jiang Lijin couldn't help but laugh. Who did this little system learn this from?
[Once you confirm your mental energy rank, Host, you'll be able to do much more than her.]
Jiang Lijin raised an eyebrow. "How so?"
[Group purification!] Xiao Yi said. [S-Rank females can only purify one-on-one, soothing one male at a time. Although their efficiency is a bit higher than other lower-ranking females, once you are confirmed as a 3S-Rank female, purifying ten at a time won't be a problem. Moreover, group purification is more efficient, and you can earn more Star Coins.]
Jiang Lijin's eyes lit up. "How much money per session?"
[That depends on the specific pricing. But think about it, right now, the market price for a purification session by an S-Rank female starts at five thousand Star Coins. If you can purify ten at once, that's fifty thousand. Even if you just do two groups a day, that's a hundred thousand.]
Jiang Lijin fell silent.
A hundred thousand a day? Based on the original owner's previous subsidy of five hundred a month, how many years would she have to save to reach a hundred thousand?
[Host, once your test results come out, this forum will probably be full of your name. By then, Felwin's face will probably look even uglier than the day she saw you step into Lord Chiron's house.] Xiao Yi's voice carried a hint of schadenfreude.
The corners of Jiang Lijin's mouth also slowly curled up into an arc. She didn't really care about things like fame, but the thought of making Felwin unhappy made her very happy.
But she quickly thought of another question.
"Xiao Yi," she spoke up, "what about the males? What do males generally rely on to make a living? Those low-ranking males."
Xiao Yi paused, seemingly not expecting Jiang Lijin to ask such a question.
[Males... are generally fighting on the front lines. Don't be fooled by the fact that you are living in a safe zone right now, feeling like this world is very safe. It's actually not. This world has powerful Zerg, mental energy pollution, and berserk beastmen wandering in the wild. Once females leave the city's safe zone, they could lose their lives... at any time!]
Jiang Lijin didn't speak, waiting for it to continue.
[And don't look at those high-ranking males sitting in the seats of power within the safe zone; once the Zerg launch a large-scale invasion, they have to fight too! Including Chiron and Baal.]
Jiang Lijin was stunned for a moment. "Chiron? Going to the front lines?"
[Yes! He is 3S-Rank, one of the highest echelons of combat power in the entire Empire. When the Zerg invade, he can't possibly hide in a hospital reading documents. All high-ranking beastmen have an obligation to defend the Empire. This is also why this world reveres high-ranking beastmen; it's because their combat power can make greater contributions to this world!]
[So, whether they are low-rank males or high-rank males, their main source of income is killing the Zerg on the frontlines. Of course, there is also a small number of beastmen who, for personal reasons, stay in the safe zone to do logistics work.]
Jiang Lijin was silent for a long time before suddenly speaking up, "Then, as a 3S-rank, can I also go to the battlefield?"
Xiao Yi froze. It took several seconds before it spoke, its voice carrying a rare stutter.
[Host... Host, what are you saying?]
"I said," Jiang Lijin repeated, "me, going to the frontlines, fighting, and killing the Zerg."
[But...] Xiao Yi's voice began to falter, [You are... a female. There is absolutely no precedent for a female going to the frontlines.]
"So what?"
[So... it is far too dangerous for a female on the frontlines! What if you get hurt? What if you are attacked by the Zerg? What if you—]
"Xiao Yi." Jiang Lijin interrupted it. "You said before that a 3S-rank female can perform group purification on males, right?"
[Yes.]
"Then if I go to the frontlines," Jiang Lijin said slowly, "and directly purify those males while they are in the middle of fighting, wouldn't that be much more effective than having them come back after the battle and wait in line for purification?"
Xiao Yi fell silent again. This time, the silence lasted even longer.
But it still answered Jiang Lijin:
[Theoretically speaking... yes.]
