Chapter 3: The Checkup

The checkup was over.

"Checkup?" The nurse sized Fana up, and seeing her nod, led her straight into a white room.

"Go lie down inside. The results will be out soon."

Just like that, Fana was pushed into that white, cocoon-like thing.

A gentle blue light enveloped her, and after a moment Fana felt as if she were in warm water. She unconsciously drifted off to sleep and lost consciousness.

Outside, the nurse watched the light screen while writing down the results, when suddenly one piece of data caught her attention.

"What does this mean?" The nurse frowned at that set of data she had never seen before.

After looking for a while, she murmured to herself, "It's a bit like a Resonant Omega's gene sequence, but it's only a framework, too much is missing."

The nurse thought it over, felt she could not make the call herself, and simply made a video call.

The professor on the other side of the screen only glanced quickly at the test results, then reached a conclusion.

"Just a Commoner Beta with genetic defects. Huh, there are minor health issues too."

The professor shook his head and continued, "Those youngsters are really desperate, recruiting anyone into the Empire. Give her an F."

After saying that, the professor hung up.

The nurse looked at Fana, who still had her eyes closed, and casually wrote "F" on her checkup form.

Actually, her condition could qualify for a "D" grade physique. After all, a tiny cancer cell could be solved with just 1,000 coins for one session in an intermediate medical pod.

Seems the professor was not in a good mood today. But that had nothing to do with her.

The nurse ran Fana's checkup form through the instrument and directly woke her up.

"Checkup's over. You can go."

Fana woke up under the nurse's blue-eyed gaze and immediately took a step back with an awkward smile.

"It's already late. I'd like to ask, where is there a place to stay?"

Although she could tell the nurse did not think much of her, right now she was probably about to end up on the street, so Fana could not worry about that.

The nurse gave her another indifferent glance, and after several seconds finally gave an answer.

"You have the benefit of free stay at the temporary reception center, but only for three days. After three days, you can only pay the housing office to rent or buy property."

After saying that, the nurse turned her back completely. Fana had her answer and did not ask more.

When she left the medical center, the robot at the door gave her a card.

Following the robot's explanation, she placed the card on her wrist, and almost instantly the card melted into her skin like an ice cube.

Fana was terrified. What the hell was this!

The little robot quickly said, "Don't be afraid, guest. This is the latest technology of the Aethelgard Empire, a completely painless identity chip implant. You needn't worry. From today on, you are a citizen of the Aethelgard Empire."

"I'm a legal citizen of the Aethelgard Empire now?" Fana asked again, uncertain.

The little robot nodded. "Yes, ma'am. You are now a legal citizen of the Aethelgard Empire. If you need to stay at the temporary reception center, please follow me now."

Fana dazedly followed the little robot into a tunnel, then sat down in a seat, and the little robot helped fasten her seatbelt.

A sound of machinery started up, and Fana felt the wind surging wildly around her.

Three minutes later, the little robot spoke again. "Ma'am, the temporary reception center has arrived. I wish you a happy life in the Aethelgard Empire."

Fana nodded and, following the instructions, went to the front desk to register for her stay.

Only when she got the key, entered her room, and looked at the unfamiliar surroundings did Fana dare to believe that she had arrived in an otherworld she knew nothing about.

Here, she could completely start her life over.

At that thought, tears welled up in Fana's eyes.

Someone who had already experienced death once now found life especially precious.

Since heaven had given her this chance, she certainly would not waste it.

So the most important thing right now was how to make a living, to ensure she would not end up on the street in three days.

I have to say, the service at this temporary reception center was really good.

Fana soon found a few books on the nearby shelf: one was "Basic Survival Manual for Citizens of the Aethelgard Empire," one was "How to Keep Up with Trends," and the last was "The Overbearing Commander and His Runaway Bride."

She could accept the first two, but what the hell was the last one?

A joke?

But right now time was money, so Fana did not dwell on it and started reading the first one.

The first book was packed with knowledge, giving a unified introduction to everything from food, clothing, housing, and transportation to education, entertainment, and work.

And Fana also learned that citizens here did not read books in their daily lives.

These books were only for the convenience of refugees who knew nothing, yes, people like Fana.

Ordinary citizens could access the virtual network through their neural terminals, just like in Fana's world where almost everyone could go online via computer or phone.

She also learned that some of her guesses were right. The number of women in this world was indeed smaller than the number of men.

The exact male-to-female ratio was seven to three, which was a bit terrifying.

And there was also the legendary Triad Caste System, which scared Fana into immediately accessing the public neural terminal in her room to check her personal information.

When she saw the glaring letter "B" next to her name, Fana let out a big sigh of relief.

But then she glanced again and directly spotted that "F."

Fana instantly felt life was so hard.

"F" meant that both Fana's physical strength and mental strength were at the lowest grade. Generally, only delicate, soft, and easily pushed-down Resonant Omegas tended to get an "F" rating.

Some Resonant Omegas who took better care of their bodies could even get a "D" rating.

Someone like Fana, clearly a Commoner Beta, meaning an ordinary person, the majority that existed in the world, with no one to rely on and needing to support herself, actually only got an "F" rating. This was simply a bolt from the blue.

But Fana only felt dejected for a moment before she pulled herself together again.

She continued checking her basic information, and unexpectedly, this look really brought her a surprise.

Her cancer had also been detected, with a tiny exclamation mark next to it.

Fana willingly clicked on the exclamation mark, and inside was actually the solution.

"The patient only needs to spend 1,000 coins to enter an intermediate medical pod and receive one round of radiation therapy to be completely cured."

Fana immediately became excited. So her cancer here was just a minor ailment that could be cured with 1,000 coins.

So here was the question: how was she going to earn these 1,000 coins?