Jiang Qiuqiu slept until broad daylight.
The end of the month was another day closer. Just as she used to do on Earth, she subconsciously opened her stream's back-end dashboard and glanced at her follower count, only to freeze in astonishment.
Yesterday, she only had about twenty followers, but today the number had suddenly broken four digits—over a thousand!
'What in the world happened? Even if there are a lot of people in the Federation, growth isn't supposed to be this meteoric, right?'
Jiang Qiuqiu was thrilled for a good while. At around 11:00 in the morning, someone knocked on her door.
"Greetings, esteemed Miss Qiuqiu. Your order of D-1 Nutrient Liquid has arrived. Please accept the delivery~"
It turned out to be the robot delivering the Nutrient Liquid.
After she took the Nutrient Liquid, the robot asked Jiang Qiuqiu, "Your Nutrient Liquid delivery service will expire in two days. Would you like to renew it in advance?"
Renewing the service cost 300 Star Coins. Jiang Qiuqiu's available cash was extremely limited, and with her pockets being empty, she refused. "No, thank you. I'll renew it myself when it expires."
"Very well. I will not disturb you any further. Have a pleasant day." The robot didn't linger and went directly to the next house.
With the Nutrient Liquid in hand, Jiang Qiuqiu did feel a bit hungry.
She rubbed her stomach, twisted open the cap, and without a second thought, tilted her head back and squeezed the Nutrient Liquid into her mouth.
One second, two seconds…
The original owner's memories had no concept of the Nutrient Liquid tasting bad. So, even though Jiang Qiuqiu had seen many posts on the Star Network about how the Nutrient Liquid tasted like shit, the only thought that had crossed her mind was a guess that perhaps the more expensive ones tasted worse.
But drinking it today, completely unprepared, a tube of liquid rushed straight down her throat, and an indescribable taste instantly spread. This Nutrient Liquid was said to be an Energy Crystal Liquid extracted from energy ore by the early Federation people when they had no food.
This stuff didn't taste like food at all. It was filled with the flavor of rust, a salty and fishy stench, and various other strange tastes that were impossible to describe, all mixed together—
GAG.
GAG.
Jiang Qiuqiu's little face contorted completely. At that moment, Jiang Qiuqiu swore an oath: she had to make money. Once she had money, she would eat food meant for humans, not this 10-Star-Coin liquid poison. She would eat proper meals, every single time.
It took about ten minutes for Jiang Qiuqiu to break free from the negative emotion of disgust.
But miraculously, after ingesting just that one small tube of liquid, she clearly felt some of her energy return, and her empty stomach now felt full.
At 12:00 noon, Jiang Qiuqiu opened the Taotao Fresh Food Network. She browsed the products, studied the characteristics of various ingredients, bought up some cheap goods, and tried her best to identify and match the available ingredients with those she remembered from the past.
After getting busy with all that, it was suddenly almost eight o'clock.
Jiang Qiuqiu turned on the Star Network and her streaming equipment, opening her broadcast room at 7:59.
Terry received the Star Network notification at once and quickly logged into Jiang Qiuqiu's "#Shocking!...#" livestream.
"Good evening, everyone. Welcome to my culinary livestream. I'm Jiang Qiuqiu, and the recipe I've prepared for today is: Fried Little Meatballs."
With a flick of her wrist, Jiang Qiuqiu made a large piece of beast meat appear on the cutting board.
She cut straight to the chase and began her introduction. "For the Fried Little Meatballs today, I'm using meat from a Bibi Beast—"
Perhaps because there were more people in the stream now, Jiang Qiuqiu had barely said a word before the bullet comments started filling with negativity.
#Changbei Tiger: With all due respect, can you really eat the meat of a Bibi Beast? Isn't it only slightly better than dogshit-flavored Nutrient Liquid?#