Chapter 415: The exam
The Strongest Forest Pharmacy's shopping complex covered three hundred square kilometers, roughly the land area of the Maldives.
This shopping complex really was an entire city...
Besides selling medicines, biological equipment, and medical tools, it also housed treatment facilities, life science research institutes, and even biology colleges.
With all of those, plus plenty of free facilities for eating, drinking, and entertainment, Earthlings could practically spend their entire lives here without paying a thing...
Food, water, air, sleep, even sex—every such need could be met here for free. After all, productivity was extraordinarily high, and meeting basic physiological needs cost very little. Ordinary food and drinks were available for anyone to take, in unlimited quantities.
Of course, the rest and sleeping areas offered no privacy whatsoever. This was to stop shameless freeloaders from settling in permanently and treating the place as home. Even in a slum, land was valuable.
And since this was a major shopping complex's property, security personnel patrolled everywhere, both robots and living people, ensuring customers' safety and maintaining order.
Most of the living guards were hydrogen grade. Although people at hydrogen grade could support themselves by competing professionally, those who did not mind taking orders still preferred joining companies that offered better, steadier pay.
All these free offerings were meant to keep customers around. If the shopping complex was less comfortable than home, why go out?
Besides the free offerings, there were even more ways to spend money here. Better food and entertainment, more attentive companions, and service that treated you with greater respect all came at a price.
In fact, the vast majority of aliens cared about saving face. Whenever they went out, they inevitably spent money. If they had none, they stayed home and browsed the internet.
Coming here, spending a