Chapter 590: Chapter 17: Differential Treatment (Part 2)
But unlike Xiao Xian, who can precisely control Spiritual Energy to weave cushions, Zhang Yiyi has not developed any superpowers other than wall climbing.
Fortunately, Zhang Yiyi is the person facing this situation. If it were those students who had been cultivating or practicing superpowers since childhood, they might be frantic.
After finishing her class, Zhang Yiyi checked the time, thinking that Xiao Xian should be back by now.
Recently, Xiao Xian’s grass cutting speed has increased a lot. He comes back half an hour earlier than usual every day, and both of them cook and discuss their daily gains while eating.
But today, time has passed, and Xiao Xian still hasn’t come back. Perhaps because he rested for two days, the number of cattails needing to be cut had increased.
Zhang Yiyi has heard from Romeo One that the cattail in Area C is very strange. Typically, the lifespan of herbaceous plants follows a yearly cycle of flourishing and withering. However, the growth of cattails in Area C doesn’t follow this rule.
The cattails in Area C regenerate monthly, and some even weekly. Previously, Romeo One had short-circuited because of excessively clearing weeds.
"Then let’s not wait for Xiao Xian and start off first," pondered Zhang Yiyi, thinking of her first sale. She wanted to offer delivery service in good spirit, so she headed to the address left by the customer, Yangming Building in Area B.
Intermediate and advanced students in Areas A, B, and C have different treatments. For example, most buildings in Area C are old-style buildings without finished roofs, their ages ranging from twenty to over ten years. The building Xiao Xian and Zhang Yiyi live in, which looks like a typical building in the north, consists of two floors with a ground floor that has stairs leading to the second floor. The ground floor is not used for living but rather for storing miscellaneous items. The top floor, lacking a finished roof and directly exposed to the sun, becomes too hot and is also unfit for habitation. Therefore, only the second floor is suitable for living and activities.
On their first day, Romeo mentioned that they should minimize entering other areas. Zhang Yiyi has always done so, but traveling between areas is not absolutely forbidden; for instance, some beginner students who have taken jobs occasionally enter Area B.
Holding three bags of salted peanuts, Zhang Yiyi crossed the main road of Area C.
This so-called main road is where Juliet One frequently patrols. As she crossed the boundary between Area C and Area B,
the desert landscape vanished like snow in the sun.
The desert transitioned to a cashmere-like lawn where Romeo robots in Area B were shuttling back and forth, removing the growing vegetation. The sunlight was gentle, surrounding two advanced districts with a verdant river.
The North Campus’s Area B resembled the upscale districts commonly found in major southern cities, equipped with all sorts of facilities, suitable temperatures, and fresh air. At the entrance of the district was a row of neat stores, including a barber, food stalls, a fruit shop, and a clothing store.
"The difference is too huge," thought Zhang Yiyi, who before coming to Area B, thought that Areas B and C would only differ slightly in the appearance of their buildings. Looking now, it was not just a slight difference; it was like comparing nobles to beggars.
And she and Xiao Xian were the lowest of the beggars. Not to mention other things, just the Romeo robots of Area B, which appeared much more robust than Romeo One from Area C, their surfaces shiny and spotless, while Romeo One from Area C was always dirty and dusty. (Area C’s Romeo One grumbled, blaming the heavy sandstorms of Area C; after all, it ’bathes’ with a blow dryer every day.)
After staring in awe for a moment, the first thing Zhang Yiyi did was find Yangming District, located to the left of Area B. At its entrance was a barber shop and fruit stand.
Zhang Yiyi checked the fruit prices outside Yangming District, which were quite cheap. As she was thinking, a female student with a bag of snake fruits approached the fruit stand.
She didn’t even weigh them, just handed them directly to the fruit store’s Romeo Robot. Oddly enough, the fruit store’s Romeo did not pay any Heaven-defying Value.
"Senior, are snake fruits so cheap? Next time don’t sell to them, sell them to me instead. My campus ID is..." hurriedly said Zhang Yiyi.
"Why buy them?" The female student glanced at Zhang Yiyi, deduced that she was a new student who didn’t understand the market in Area B, "You’re new here, right? If you want apples, just follow me."
Seeing that the other was female, Zhang Yiyi thought it should be fine and followed her. They turned a corner past the district’s front, and behind it was a dense grove of snake fruit trees, laden with bright red snake fruits.
Unlike beginner students, the intermediate students living in the North Campus’s Area B had already taken basic courses. Some Natural Cultivators among them applied the lessons practically, using Spiritual Energy to cultivate various fruits. The female student Zhang Yiyi met was one who cultivated snake fruits.
Different from Area C, Area B had a spring-like climate all year round. The average annual temperature here was sixteen degrees, with abundant rainfall throughout the year, making it suitable for snake fruit cultivation. Moreover, supplemented by Spiritual Energy, the snake fruit trees here were in bloom and bearing fruit all year round. Often, the side facing the sun was blooming, while the north-facing side was bearing fruits.
With an excess of fruits and no students willing to pick them, to prevent damage to the trees or having rotten fruits litter the ground, generally, students would regularly pick the fruits. So, that bag of snake fruits was basically treated like garbage.
"You look sturdy and tall; picking should be convenient for you. From this end to that end, those trees bearing red fruits are all my personal Spiritual Energy fields. If you help me clean them daily and pick the snake fruits, you can do whatever you want with them. In addition, I’ll pay you fifty Heaven-defying Values a day. How about that?" asked the female student.(To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian () to vote with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)