Workers Don't Make Things Hard for Workers

Ming Jiu closed her eyes and leaned against the sofa backrest. After a while, she felt it was useless, so her psychic power sank into the space. She found a pack of steam eye masks in a storage bin, opened it, put one on, and let out a long breath.

Sis System, do we have steam eye masks on our list?

System: [Yes, but not many. Compared to steam eye masks, I would advise the host to use her eyes healthily.]

Ming Jiu thought for a moment. Do people in your world have eye problems? Things like myopia or conjunctivitis?

System: [The genes associated with myopia were eliminated many years ago. Medicine in the interstellar era is highly advanced. Even if an eyeball has completely necrotized, a fully functional prosthetic eye can be installed.]

That's wonderful, Ming Jiu sighed sincerely. If we succeed in Super Evolution, will we be able to enjoy the benefits of your technological achievements?

[Yes, Host. For planets that have only recently come into contact with the Interstellar Alliance, the Interstellar Alliance provides free aid, including technological and medical assistance.]

[However, that does not mean Blue Star can truly become one of the countless planets in the interstellar world. The most cutting-edge and competitive technologies can only be obtained through your own efforts.]

Ming Jiu did not dwell on it any further.

Can I apply for an all-terrain vehicle and modifications now?

There was no rush to modify the RV. Before she got her hands on Zuo Junhao's supplies, she would avoid spending coins whenever possible.

[Yes, Host. Please state your specific requirements.]

It needs to handle extreme environments and terrain, have greater durability, and... I want an adjustable silent mode.

She could turn on silent mode when she went out to do bad things. Once it was turned off, the vehicle would become an ordinary model again, allowing her to use it in front of others. Perfect.

System: [Understood. Calculating modification costs—tallying modification materials—]

Ming Jiu said, Oh, and I want enhanced camouflage capabilities too.

System: [Understood. Recalculating—calculation complete. The cost to modify the 1000-8 practical all-terrain vehicle is: 189 coins.]

It was expensive, but there was a reason it cost so much.

I still have a bottle from a psychic power potion. Can that material be used?

System: [It can, but I suggest that the host save the material for weapons.]

Ming Jiu nodded. All right, I'll listen to you. You can begin.

A payment confirmation window popped up. Ming Jiu selected [Yes], spending 189 coins and using up almost all the gold bars her grandfather had left her.

System: [Applying for modification materials—applying for work robot—]

Ming Jiu: ?

A work robot?

[Materials prepared—robot in position—please grant the space access permissions.]

[Attention. It is recommended that the host move the vehicle to be modified into the spatial warehouse in advance, allowing the work robot to operate inside the spatial warehouse.]

Ming Jiu immediately understood and did as instructed. A work robot would definitely have work records. If it performed the modifications directly in the space, the robot's built-in recording equipment would surely capture the scenes inside.

She selected [Yes] again, while her psychic power sank into the space and entered the spatial warehouse.

The all-terrain vehicle that had originally been parked in a corner of the grassy field within the space had already been moved into the warehouse. Two floating silver cubes emitting a soft glow appeared beside it, and before long, the two cubes began rapidly changing shape.

One became a complex materials box, while the other turned into the legendary work robot.

The robot's "body" was tiny, like a nail fixed to the warehouse floor. Three mechanical arms, each at least four meters long, extended from its small body.

Ming Jiu: ...

Where exactly had those mechanical arms been hiding?

Forget it. It was high tech. She did not understand it.

Why have I never seen this thing before?

In her previous life, she had modified a van for escape, but the system had simply taken the van away. By the time it reappeared, the modifications were complete. She had never had the chance to witness anything like this.

System: [Previously, I transmitted the vehicle back to the interstellar world for modification, then transmitted it back once the work was complete.]

[This time, the materials and robot were requested so the host could see the modification results in real time and make adjustments whenever she was dissatisfied.]

Ming Jiu understood. In her previous life, her psychic power had been restricted. She could not communicate with the system at all, much less offer suggestions, so the system had simply sent the vehicle back for repairs.

Thinking of that battered Wuling Miracle Car, damaged beyond all recognition, Ming Jiu fell completely silent.

Good heavens. She had no idea what kind of expressions the people of the interstellar world had worn when they saw her wreck of a car.

Ming Jiu's mind was filled with questions of all sizes.

So the doors and weapons I want modified can be handled like this too? Oh, right. Will the workers notice anything strange about the modified doors?

System: [Yes. Work robots can also be requested to modify doors and weapons on site. Modified doors will not be detected.]

Doesn't the spatial warehouse remain unaffected by time and gravity? Can the robot work here?

System: [Functions such as time and gravity are products of interstellar technology and have nothing to do with the space obtained by the host. The chief researcher's work robot is equipped with corresponding local spatial technology bypass functions and can operate smoothly.]

Ming Jiu really wanted to say "wow."

That was ridiculously impressive.

Ming Jiu's psychic power simply squatted nearby and "watched" the three long mechanical arms move about. Before long, the vehicle's fuel tank and engine were removed, and the mechanical arms pulled out something fairly familiar from the materials box—an interstellar energy box.

It was a twenty-centimeter cube, small but hefty, and extremely durable.

Ming Jiu did not understand how the thing worked. It could probably be regarded as an interstellar version of a battery, except that the energy stored within was far more advanced than Blue Star's most widely used secondary energy source—electricity.

With this thing, all she needed was to buy a low-level energy converter from the system shop to power every electrical appliance. That was why the supply list the system had prepared for her did not include energy-related supplies.

Such as gasoline, diesel, solar photovoltaic panels, batteries, coal for heating, charcoal, and so on.

At that thought, Ming Jiu froze and withdrew her psychic power from the space to look through the list.

Zuo Junhao's stockpiled supplies did not lack gasoline, diesel, or solar photovoltaic panels, but he did not have coal or charcoal.

Ming Jiu hurriedly added those categories to her own list. Aside from coal and charcoal, she entered very small numbers in the quantity fields for the other categories.

She was not buying them to actually use them, only as a precaution and for appearances.

She truly needed to prepare more coal. The first wave of extreme cold had lasted nearly half a year. Northern heating systems could not last that long, and without centralized heating, people could only rely on primitive methods—lighting stoves.

Everyone else's windows and chimneys would be smoking, so naturally she could not stand out.

Just as Ming Jiu finished typing, the system notification sounded in her mind.

[Host, the modifications are complete.]

Her psychic power entered the space again and went into the spatial warehouse. The vehicle was still the same vehicle, and the fuel tank and engine had been reinstalled. The robot had turned back into a "nail."

But...

Sis System, given my current situation, I don't think I can take it for a test drive.

[The host can move the vehicle outside the warehouse. I can control the vehicle, and the results will be quite clear.]

You can drive?

System: [The all-terrain vehicle did not originally have an intelligent driving system. This is a function added after modification.]

The surprise had come far too suddenly.

Does that mean I can ask you to drive for me in the future?

[Yes,] the system replied. [Only a small chauffeur fee is required.]

Ming Jiu was silent for several seconds, then compromised. Fine.

Sis System needed energy to operate too. This was not farm work; since it was outside her regular duties, extra payment was only natural. It was understandable and acceptable.

Workers did not make things hard for other workers.

The system drove the all-terrain vehicle around the grassy field in the space several times. Ming Jiu focused on the silent mode and the enhanced camouflage function.

The technology of the interstellar world proved beyond doubt.

Noise was inevitable when a vehicle moved, but once silent mode was activated, there was almost no sound at all as long as it traveled at a steady, smooth pace.

Likewise, once the camouflage function was activated, the vehicle practically blended into the grass of the space. Unless someone looked closely, they would not notice it at all.

Very good. The first step in robbing the male lead blind had been achieved.