The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 1517: Chapter 1517: Regretful Trolls

Day Star.

The days are long, and the nights are fleeting. At 5:30 AM Alliance Standard Time, Gu Yao woke up, washed briefly, ate half a nutrient solution, and began her labor. Lately, the efficiency of her labor had improved significantly, earning about 5 credit points per hour. By working roughly 3 hours a day, she could cover about 3 days’ worth of meal expenses, thus her living pressure had suddenly eased.

However, Gu Yao still followed her usual routine, getting up early to do labor.

One hour later.

Gu Yao stopped and saw her account had increased by 5 credit points. Her face was flushed, and she felt as if life was suddenly filled with hope.

Then.

Gu Yao glanced at the remaining 9 gilded tickets and resisted the impulse to use one, logging off the Star Network.

That’s right, she now had 9 tickets.

The night before, feeling a fondness for the Green Glaze Master, amidst a crowd’s denunciation, she spent 50 credit points to purchase 5 more tickets.

That evening, after finishing her labor, feeling a bit tired, Gu Yao couldn’t resist using one ticket but saw nothing, and her vision turned dark as she fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, waking up, she found it was still early, her spirit fuller than ever. Somehow, Gu Yao instinctively thought of that ticket. She felt her recent changes came from the scroll sold by the Green Glaze Master.

Against her better judgment, Gu Yao ran to the Green Glaze Master’s shop again. Seeing the few remaining tickets on the shelves, she gritted her teeth and bought 5 more.

After purchasing, Gu Yao continued with her routine—labor, study... repeating her monotonous and tedious life for over ten years. She didn’t go to watch at the Green Glaze Master’s nor did she seek out others to converse...

After labor, Gu Yao logged off Star Network, then with her backpack, went to school. She was currently in the third year of high school, attending a public school established by the government. It didn’t require tuition, only a small amount for miscellaneous fees to enroll. All children from the area where Gu Yao lived attended this school. Upon leaving, she encountered the neighbor’s daughter, Mila.

Mila’s relationship with Gu Yao wasn’t good, mainly because Mila found Gu Yao stingy, timid, and not her type.

And what about Gu Yao?

Gu Yao was an orphan, receiving subsidies before adulthood, but she still had to spend sparingly to ensure her living, thus she was very frugal, stingy towards herself, and also towards friends. Whenever activities involved splitting costs, Gu Yao never participated.

Mila came from a well-off family, with loving parents and brothers, not having to worry about money. She liked being lively, loved gathering friends, and enjoyed dragging friends out to play and spend...

Their family and character differences naturally prevented them from getting along.

Hence, their relationship wasn’t good.

Seeing Mila, Gu Yao instinctively lowered her head and carefully avoided her.

Mila kept her eyes straight ahead, walking past Gu Yao.

meters away, there was a Floating Car bus stop. Mila walked ahead, boarding the bus first, Gu Yao followed a step behind and also got on.

The whole way, the two didn’t communicate.

minutes later, the Floating Car stopped, arriving at the school gate.

Mila and Gu Yao were in the same grade but in different classes. Mila, with her cheerful personality and excellent talent, attended an elite class (one with a significant probability of entering prestigious schools), while Gu Yao, with average talent and grades, attended a regular class.

Getting off the bus one after another, Mila turned towards the elite class, suddenly calling out to Gu Yao, ”Hey—”

Gu Yao stopped.

Mila looked slightly awkward, saying, ”Have you heard about the new release from the Green Glaze Master recently?”

The story about a student at school getting lucky at the Green Glaze Master’s shop had long been spread, and young students kept a close eye on the shop, so news of new releases from the Green Glaze Master was bound to spread.

Upon hearing, though puzzled as to why Mila initiated the conversation, Gu Yao responded honestly, ”I know.”

Mila seemed a bit hesitant but still asked, ”Did you purchase it?”

Gu Yao hesitated for a few seconds, nodded.

Mila appeared surprised, saying, ”You’re so poor and stingy, yet you still spent money to buy it.”

Gu Yao: ”...”

Gu Yao thought to herself: What kind of words are those? No wonder I can’t find topics to chat with you; conversation always dies instantly.

Staring at Gu Yao, Mila suddenly said seriously, ”If anyone in the class asks if you made a purchase, don’t answer yes, deny it, okay?”

Gu Yao was startled.

Seeing her bewildered look, Mila knew she wasn’t aware of the severity. Leaning on the school gate station sign, Mila said, ”Don’t you know? The tickets sold by the Green Glaze Master are viewing rights to an Array Diagram. You should know how precious that is. All tickets are sold out now, and those fools on the Star Network regret it. They’re begging the Master for forgiveness, pleading for more releases... If I were Green Glaze Master myself, I’d let those fickle fools die. Not hitting them already shows the Master’s immense patience.”

Mila rambled on, noticing Gu Yao still staring at her in shock, and feeling very uneasy. She hastily continued, ”Anyway, if you have tickets, don’t sell them, and don’t tell anyone you have them to avoid trouble.”

Said that, Mila turned and walked off.

Gu Yao, trailing behind, suddenly asked, ”Mila, are you concerned about me?”

Mila stumbled and almost fell. She steadied herself, straightened her spine, and firmly denied, ”What nonsense are you talking about? With your silly mind, don’t ponder such chaotic thoughts.”

Then.

Mila quickly left, dodging around, and soon created a long distance.

Standing for a while, Gu Yao suddenly smiled lightly.

Despite their strained relationship, in truth, it wasn’t that bad.

Then.

Gu Yao entered the classroom to find that what Mila mentioned was indeed true. The entire class was discussing the gilded tickets.

Who possessed how many, who spent money purchasing others’...

Placing her backpack down, without sitting, someone tapped her from behind, ”Gu Yao, do you have tickets? I’m willing to pay 100 times the price.”

times...

Which is 1000 credit points. Usually, Gu Yao would be tempted, but with Mila’s warning and her trust in Green Glaze Master, she wasn’t willing to sell the tickets.

The person speaking was the class’s little Overlord, named Lin Wei, reportedly distantly related to the Fourth Legion’s Commander—Admiral Lin Jun, but Gu Yao didn’t like him because Lin Wei often bullied others, leveraging wealth and power. Gu Yao had been bullied a few times but always silently endured, afraid to speak out.

What made Gu Yao internally despise Lin Wei was not just Lin Wei’s character but also the fact that yesterday, he had loudly criticized Green Glaze Master in class, and today he began high-priced recycling of the Master’s goods—truly shameless to the extreme. His actions were no different from those trolls online.

Self-serving, fickle, before leaving still spitting a mouthful—what else is such a person if not despicable?

Facing Lin Wei’s inquiry, Gu Yao originally intended to deny straightaway but feared Lin Wei might do something like a public search, so she feigned ignorance, asking, ”What... what tickets?”

Seeing this expression, Lin Wei understood she didn’t have them. Not bothering to deal with Gu Yao, he turned to leave.

Gu Yao breathed a sigh of relief.