The little female is incredibly sweet and soft, healing the five evil beasts right from the start.

Chapter 39 Black City
The temperature in the dimly lit wasteland slowly dropped again.

Li Yan was covered in blood, it was hard to tell if it was his blood or the alien insect's blood. It seemed that his arm had been bitten by the alien insect's mouthparts, and it was unclear whether he was injured.

Upon hearing Jiang Mian's question, Li Yan merely glanced at her and casually replied, "It's nothing."

He didn't look at Jiang Mian again and neatly put away his double-edged sword.

The group quickly arrived outside Black City.

The outer perimeter of Black City is made of layers of black bricks and stones. The city itself does not appear very large, and there is no distinction between the main city and the secondary city; it is a small city.

Although the city is small, it is close to the airport, so there are still quite a few people queuing to enter.

At the entrance to the city, four men carrying guns, wearing bulletproof vests and oxygen masks collected money and let people in, among other things.

"What do you mean? We're both going into the city, so why did you charge me more than the person in front of me?" A man started arguing with the person collecting money in front of him.

"He's been staying for a month, you've only been staying for one day, the fees are different!" The man with the gun sounded impatient. "Damn it, didn't you see the notice on the wall? This is our Black City's pricing standard. If you think it's too expensive, get lost!"

Before the man could say anything more, a gun was pressed against his head. "If you cause any more trouble, my gun won't listen to reason."

Soon the man, trembling, paid the money and went inside.

There were two different entrances into the city, and the man went through the second one.

A moment later, a man came out with a megaphone and shouted: "Pay attention to the notices posted on the wall before you enter the city, then come and line up. We don't have time to explain so much to you!"

Jiang Mian paused for a moment, then walked over to take a look at the notice posted on the wall.

She glanced at it briefly and figured it was just a difference in fees between long-term and short-term stays.

A stay of more than one month is considered a long-term stay, while a stay of less than one month is considered a short-term stay.

Short stays are charged by the hour, at 5,000 Star Coins per hour, which is only 5,000 Star Coins less than the cost of staying at the airport.

Jiang Mian plans to stay here for eight hours, which is 40,000 star coins.

There are also some exceptions.

Healers of rank E or higher can stay for free if they wish to remain for an extended period.

Doctors who reside there long-term can also stay for free.

High-tech personnel who reside there long-term can also stay for free.

Looking at it this way, these are all technical personnel that the exiled planet desperately needs.

In fact, there are very few human women on the exiled planet.

Most of those in line were men, or a man with several female orcs, or a family of free orcs.

Jiang Mian looked around and realized that she was the only human woman in line.

Human women possess incredibly valuable healing abilities, and they are generally not exiled to exile planets even for serious offenses.

However, with a healing power level like the original owner's F-rank, it doesn't seem like it can be described as precious.

The notice also explicitly states that only healers with a healing power of E rank or higher are eligible.

Grade F is the worst; it takes half a month to purify a single leaf, making its healing ability quite useless.

While queuing in Jiangmian, he quickly discovered that the entrances to the city were different for long-term and short-term residents.

Soon it was her turn.

"What is your healing power level?" the man asked her a question he hadn't asked anyone else.

“F-rank.” Jiang Mian didn’t plan to stay here for long.

Even if I go to the next White City and plan to stay there for a long time, I don't intend to reveal that I have a 3S level of healing power. Although this would get me good treatment, on this exile planet where healers are so scarce, not only humans want to get a healer, but even orcs would want a healer because of their manic phase.

The Exile Star is too chaotic; Jiang Mian won't reveal her strength so easily. She plans to open her own clinic in Baicheng.

And there are still many things I want to do.

Jiang Mian paid 5 star coins, and the five orcs paid the same amount, before entering another passage.

A long corridor is a channel that gradually isolates polluted air.

Jiang Mian finally entered Black City.

What came into view were crowded buildings of various ten-story or higher, the ground was damp, and there were only a few streetlights shining.

A light shield covered the entire city, isolating it from polluted air.

As darkness fell and the air grew cooler, the large cluster of buildings appeared cluttered, crowded, dark, and damp.

But in such a crowded place, there were many people, some lying directly on the ground and others squatting in corners, all looking like disheveled beggars.

There was also trash everywhere, making it feel like stepping into a slum in an instant.

However, this place, the Exile Star, seems to be no different from the slums.

"Human sister, could you give me 10,000 star coins? I only have half an hour left to live here." A dirty, tattered, skinny cat-eared boy suddenly knelt down in front of Jiang Mian, kowtowing repeatedly, his voice trembling with sobs, "If I don't have 10,000 star coins, I'll die here or outside in a moment."

The city's system is the same as the airport's system; it can identify people who have exceeded the allotted time and then fire upon them.

Jiang Mian stopped in her tracks and looked down at the cat-eared boy who was so thin that his spine protruded.

Rong Fei, standing beside him, frowned slightly, about to remind Jiang Mian not to be deceived and not to give alms in vain.

“But I can save you for an hour, can I save you for a lifetime?” Jiang Mian asked softly.

"I'll try my best to earn more money to survive in an hour!" The cat-eared boy kept kowtowing to her, "Please, sister, give me just one more hour to live."

"I'm sorry, I can't give it to you." Jiang Mian frowned slightly. "Go and lie to someone else."

Upon hearing the last sentence, the cat-eared boy knew he had been exposed and ran away in a flash.

"Oh, I thought you were going to pay up, sister," Chi Lin's chuckled.

Jiang Mian remained silent for a moment.

Although she knew it was a scam, she also knew there were many possibilities that it wasn't. But as she said, she could save them temporarily, but not forever.

Moreover, there are far too many children like this in the slums.

Once she gives one child, countless other children will follow.

Where is there any kindness to speak of when survival is at stake?

Before the age of eight, Jiang Mian had experienced a lot of evil and knew what the slums were like.

"Let's go, let's find a place to rest." Jiang Mian took the lead and walked out.

Several orcs watched Jiang Mian's retreating figure, lost in thought, before following him.

You have to pay a city entry fee and a lodging fee.

The accommodations were all small, dilapidated rooms, with little to no choice.

It cost another 40,000 Star Coins.

Two people can squeeze into the room at most; any more than that and it won't fit.

"Liyan, you'll sleep with me tonight," Jiang Mian said, glancing indifferently at the strong muscles on Liyan's body.

(End of this chapter)