Can Recharge

Yang Bo looked at the batteries online. The cheapest Graphene Batteries cost only a few dozen Credit Points, while the most expensive Nuclear Batteries cost hundreds of thousands or even millions. Nuclear Batteries were used for mechas.

Yang Bo bought a Graphene Battery that cost over a thousand Credit Points and had adjustable voltage.

An hour later, the battery was delivered downstairs. Since this was a private residential community, delivery drones were not allowed inside and could only deliver to the entrance. Someone from Property Management brought it downstairs.

The battery was rectangular, twenty centimeters long, fifteen centimeters wide, and twelve centimeters high. It was entirely black, with two concealed sockets for the positive and negative terminals. This battery held nearly 5,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity.

Yang Bo found two forks and inserted one into the positive terminal. In an instant, he knew his guess had been right. He felt a stream of warmth flow from his hand into his body.

It felt like soaking in hot water at a bathhouse back on Earth. Every cell in his body seemed exhilarated.

After twenty minutes, the battery had lost 20% of its charge. Yang Bo felt sore all over and finally stopped.

After putting the battery away, Yang Bo dove onto the bed and fell asleep at once, as though exhaustion had completely overwhelmed him.

When he woke up the next day, Yang Bo felt full of strength, but he was starving. He hurriedly drank two cartons of milk.

Could electrical stimulation be strengthening my physique? Yang Bo guessed again.

I wonder if this world has a Black Market. It would be great if I could get a live Electric Eel. I'll look into it after work this afternoon.

Since this E-Rank Training is physical, could there be other forms of training, or similar things, that are physical as well?

Maybe I can play a Mecha Game when I get back tonight? Operating a mech requires fast hands. As Yang Bo washed up and made breakfast, all sorts of ideas emerged in his mind.

As for why Yang Bo did not ask Liu Zhijie, every person's Gene Evolution abilities were kept secret. Unless one joined the military or another major organization, there was no chance to come into contact with such information. Even then, one could only learn about the abilities of Gene Evolvers with similar types of Gene Evolution, and those could only serve as references. Everyone had different genes, different activated gene sequences, and different combinations, resulting in different abilities. This was something people had long known online.

Of course, it was also possible that certain organizations had monopolized this kind of information.

Why? It was the same reason powerful nations on Earth monopolized weapons of mass destruction. These major forces controlled such information because they feared others obtaining it. If you wanted the information, you had to join them.

It was what people called a class monopoly! Liu Zhijie had also said that everyone underwent genetic testing at birth, and the military had long reserved those with the best talents...

Yang Bo checked the news again about the C-Rank Gene Evolver involved in the accident on the bus he had taken last night. The police had declared it an accident.

Yang Bo frowned deeply. He had a feeling that the man had come for him, and he could be certain that the man had died at his hands. Otherwise, how could he have gained the Mecha Piloting ability?

But Yang Bo did not dare to say exactly how he had killed the other man...

That day, Yang Bo took a driverless Taxi. He only had to state his destination after getting in.

Back when Yang Bo had lived in government housing, he had not been allowed to take Taxis. He had not even been allowed into certain upscale Shopping Malls, because it would draw criticism from others in society. They would say that someone enjoying Federation benefits was actually taking Taxis.

Of course, compared to how many people living in low-rent housing on Earth drove luxury cars, this world was still fairly pleasant.

After arriving at the company, Yang Bo first checked the available jobs. He tried to choose ones involving Gardens, since he might get some unexpected gains, but Garden-cleaning jobs were extremely popular.

If rats, Poisonous Spiders, or something else outside the scope of service were found in a Garden, the employer would have to pay extra.

Yang Bo's clearance level was the lowest. If someone with higher clearance and someone with lower clearance accepted the same job, the person with higher clearance would get it, leaving the lower-ranked person with nothing.

"Cleaning a Swimming Pool." Since there were no Gardens, he might as well choose the one with the highest pay.

After accepting the job, Yang Bo went to collect his equipment. This time, there was a lot of it.

There were also all kinds of chemicals and equipment. The company assigned a separate vehicle, and Yang Bo got in.

After arriving, they unloaded the equipment outside the main gate. Then the people there actually used an Internal Combustion Engine Car to transport the tools to the side of the pool.

Although Yang Bo had already seen the pool's dimensions, seeing it in person still gave him a shock. It was a massive pool of at least two thousand square meters, styled somewhat like the pools of water found in streams on Earth. Its overall shape resembled a droplet.

After putting on his Protective Suit, he first scattered disinfectant into the pool, then set up the pumping equipment. The water contained a great deal of algae and impurities, so various filtration devices were needed. The water could simply be discharged into the nearby forest.

Directly opposite the pool stood a three-story villa. Through its enormous floor-to-ceiling windows, he could see the interior furnishings, people walking around inside, and highly abstract artwork hanging on the walls.

I wonder which celebrity lives here. Yang Bo muttered inwardly.

Once the disinfectant had taken effect, he activated the pumping equipment and inspected the filtration system. The pumping device used the most primitive kind of electric motor, powered by batteries. It had no intelligent Control System, only a few buttons.

Yang Bo picked up the water gun and began high-pressure washing the pool.

As he sprayed it down, he pumped out the water. He also had to use a cleaning device similar to a lawn mower, except it was battery-powered and had a brush head at the front.

After cleaning it, he rinsed it once, sprayed it again with a special disinfectant, gave it a final wash, and then refilled it with water.

For Yang Bo from his previous life, this work was practically child's play. He packed the filter cores from the filtration equipment, along with everything else, into garbage bags. Once the job was complete, the Butler carefully inspected and accepted it, and Yang Bo left.

1,200 Credit Points in hand. Simple physical labor like this actually paid quite well, even more than the income of ordinary Gene Evolvers. Then again, most residents had grown up in Welfare Institutes and were used to living like pigs. Who would still come out to work?

After finishing today's job, Yang Bo could not wait to go back and farm Electric Eels. He could also complete the E-Rank Simulated Training three more times.

D-Rank Training required 10,000 points, and choosing the Simulated Assessment target himself required an additional 3,000 points.

By this calculation, farming E-Rank is still more worthwhile. Killing one Electric Eel in E-Rank gives +1. I got lucky yesterday and three Electric Eels appeared at once. Even if D-Rank gives me a gene-polluted beast, it might only give +2 at most, yet D-Rank Assessment costs three times as many points as E-Rank. Yang Bo calculated carefully and decided D-Rank was not worth it.

Never mind. I'll farm Electrical Energy Control first. After thinking it over, Yang Bo put on the Virtual Helmet. The death of that C-Rank Gene Evolver had left him feeling extremely unsafe.