Chapter 1: More Terrifying than Time Travel is I Traveled and Became Poor

[Respected Citizen Jiang Qiuqiu, greetings. Your Star Network account has 1,231.3 star coins remaining.]

[Hello, your house lease is expiring in a month, did you forget?]

[Miss Jiang Qiuqiu, your purchased nutritional supplement package service will end in three days. Would you like to renew in advance?]

[Miss Jiang Qiuqiu, your electricity usage fee-]

[Star Network usage fee-]

[It’s almost the end of the month; please pay in time]

After reading these messages, Jiang Qiuqiu’s heart began to numb. What’s more terrifying than time travel? It’s traveling and becoming poor.

Originally a 21st-century food blogger with fans on a certain platform, Jiang Qiuqiu had an accident during a vlog shoot and found herself in the interstellar era.

Before she could fully grasp the existence of spaceships, robots, and holographic networks, her identity was overwhelmed by the original Jiang Qiuqiu of this era.

The interstellar-era Jiang Qiuqiu was born on a low-grade planet in the federal tribe. At the age of eight, her parents passed away, leaving her in an orphanage.

Fortunately, at the age of 16, a genetic test revealed her B+ level mental power, and she received an admission notice to a school in the capital star of the federation. However, she was expelled shortly after due to offending the powerful.

Deprived of her qualification to attend school, Jiang Qiuqiu refused to go back. She applied for federal relief funds, worked to sustain herself, and relentlessly complained to the school, hoping for a fair judgement. However, every complaint letter was ignored.

By the time Jiang Qiuqiu turned 18, none of her complaints had received a response. The federal empire only issued relief funds to children under 18. Without them, relying solely on the original host’s meager salary was insufficient to cover expenses on the capital star.

Thus, on her 18th birthday, the future looked bleak, and Jiang Qiuqiu chose to end her life. On the same day, the 21st-century Jiang Qiuqiu arrived.

Once a young wealthy woman with a balance of more than eight digits on her card, she now faced bankruptcy on the verge of the month’s end in this interstellar era.

No time for mourning her past life, she learned from the memories of the original host that unpaid fees were a severe offense in the federation. Failure to pay on time could lead to being sent to mine on a low-grade planet or work in harsh areas to repay debts.

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It couldn’t be like this!

She calculated how much money she needed by the end of the month: about 1,100 star coins for electricity, water, and nutrient fees. Although she had enough in her account to cover these, next month’s rent, network fees, and miscellaneous expenses totaled a whopping 2,800 star coins—something she couldn’t afford.

In this era, labor without a diploma, like the original host’s, wasn’t highly valued. Working tirelessly for a month earned only around 1,300 star coins, far from enough.

She had to do something; otherwise, her new life would end up in the mines.

In the original host’s memories, the live streaming industry was booming in this era. Perhaps, she thought, she could revive her career by live streaming her passion for food?

Deciding quickly, Jiang Qiuqiu opened the Star Network and began searching for information on food live streaming.