After negotiating with Jin Shuo about the 200-square-meter shop in the middle of the street, Lin Yiran packed up and returned to her small hotel.

The shop is located right across the street from where Lin Yiran set up her stall. It has a good view and is situated at an intersection, so it's visible from any direction. The location is quite good.

The shop has two floors, with a total area of ​​200 square meters, 100 square meters on each floor. Lin Yiran quite likes this place because the second floor can be used as accommodation. The first floor is the shop, and the second floor is where she can rest, so it's like having a home. She's currently staying in a small hotel with Senran, but she's still very worried. He's in a 'vegetative state' and wouldn't even know if someone hurt him.

Once the renovation is complete, we can bring him over to live with us.

The agreed price was one million Star Coins per month. Lin Yiran had already transferred the deposit of 200,000 Star Coins. Then Jin Shuo quickly had his subordinates draft and send over a contract. The agreement was signed, with payment made monthly, no deposit required, and no penalty for breach of contract. If the tenant decided not to rent, they could leave at any time.

The contract will be officially signed in three days. Then I can transfer the rent.

Lin Yiran was quite satisfied with this, but what worried her was that she didn't have any star coins.

Even a hero can be brought down by a penny, let alone a million star coins.

The medical examination fee for Senran had already cost 500,000 Star Coins, and with the deposit of 200,000, she now only has 300,000 Star Coins left in her account.

Plus a little extra.

The rent is due in three days, and after deducting the deposit, the total amount owed is 700,000 Star Coins!

Not to mention the subsequent renovation costs, Lin Yiran stopped by a renovation agency on her way back. A complete set of custom-made furniture, including soft and hard furnishings, as well as tables, chairs, bookshelves, wardrobes, worktops, etc., would cost 500,000 Star Coins.

No need for wardrobes or bookshelves; keep everything simple. Her bedroom only needs a bed, a pillow, and a set of bedding. Nothing else is necessary. Save where you can. All in all, it'll still cost 480,000 star coins!

Well, so it turns out that 20,000 Star Coins were deducted.

In total, the rent and renovation costs will amount to 1.18 million Star Coins!

Where was she going to get so much money? Lin Yiran tossed and turned on the small bed in the hotel. The iron bed, with its broken corner, was creaking because one of the screws had come loose.

Well, this is even more annoying!

She remembered that the one million star coins in her Star Brain were contributed by that Brother Long. Was she supposed to rob someone again? It wasn't impossible, but it wasn't a long-term solution.

For some reason, Lin Yiran remembered what Wu Yongde had told her in the mutated forest.

He showed Lin Yiran two things he had dug out from the roots of mutated green beans, saying that one could be used as a medicinal herb and was worth 50,000 star coins! And the core, which seemed to be able to be sold for money, but she refused. Later, Lin Yiran learned from Senran that the thing covered in slime was the core of the mutated plant, which could be used as a power source for weapons and could also be sold for money!

Lin Yiran suddenly sat up in bed; she seemed to have found a way to make money!

You can earn so many Star Coins in a short time!

So she opened the StarNet to check how much that thing could sell for and where to trade it. After browsing many posts on the StarNet, Lin Yiran realized that that thing was the main industry of this Ninth Star System.

mercenary.

First, go to the lobby to verify your identity and receive the identity card required for mercenaries. Then, accept the mission and go to the Forest of Hope to fight mutated plants and animals, extract useful parts and cores from them, and exchange them for points, which are called star coins. The exchanged star coins can be used in various star systems!

Most people in the Ninth Galaxy made their fortunes through this!

That's why there are so many mercenary groups! Wu Yongde is the leader of a level 5 mercenary group. Level 5 is considered the lowest level mercenary group in the Ninth Star System, but they are still mercenaries, and are naturally much better off than the poor, enjoying more social welfare benefits.

If she registered as a mercenary herself, wouldn't she be able to take on missions? Lin Yiran thought that she could also find some mutated plant cores to exchange for money, and first raise enough money to cover the rent and renovation costs!

Yes, let's do it that way.

After sleeping for three hours, Lin Yiran followed the navigation on the StarNet and arrived in Leize City alone.

This is the headquarters for mercenaries. All mercenaries come here to accept missions before going on missions, and when they return from the Forest of Hope, they can trade or auction their spoils at the trading hall in Raize City.

The place is well-stocked, with everything from the massive corpses and cores of mutated plants and animals to miniature weapons, laser guns, and embroidery needles. There are also some energy supplies, such as nutrient solutions, gourmet food, hot pot, and barbecue, but the food looks pitch black and doesn't look appetizing at all.

Lin Yiran glanced at it indifferently, then followed the crowd to the mercenary service center. She chose to queue at the new recruit window. There weren't many new recruits, only two or three people ahead of her, and it was her turn after a few minutes.

She scanned her identification information at the window as instructed, and then heard the usually quiet staff member frown and ask, "Lin Yiran, no spiritual power?"

"What kind of mercenary are you if you don't have mental strength? Mercenaries are required to do missions in the Forest of Hope. What are you going to do in the Forest of Hope if you don't have mental strength? Are you looking for death? Or do you think it's fun to occupy a mercenary slot? I've never seen anyone like you before! Go back and think it over carefully, so you don't go in and die!"

Lin Yiran: "I don't remember our mercenary guild ever saying that people without mental strength can't become mercenaries?"

This is indeed the truth. After all, people like Lin Yiran who lack mental power only make up one in ten million. Most ordinary people have mental power, but their level is low, which is equivalent to having none. Therefore, the guild did not specifically state that people without mental power cannot be mercenaries.

Service staff member Rena: That's really nitpicking. After all, an ordinary person without mental power would never choose to be a mercenary; only this girl in front of me is so bold!

Isn't this just a joke?

That's why she kindly advised the girl, but the girl didn't appreciate it and she was directly rebuffed!

"Whatever! You chose to live or die, I warned you! If you really die in the Forest of Hope, don't ask anyone to collect your body!" Then, after quickly tapping his fingers, he found a round badge and threw it on the table, showing absolutely no respect.