Previously, the entire legion would only have a monthly income of nearly four million. After the dozen or so people in the legion divided the income among themselves, each person would receive about a hundred thousand star coins per month based on their work. This was enough to support their families, but there were no extra star coins to spend on other items, including weapons, combat suits, mechs, etc., which they could not afford.

But things are different now.

Lin Yiran had previously priced their ingredients at ten star coins per pound, so one hundred pounds would cost one thousand star coins. A yak weighed two thousand pounds, making it worth twenty thousand star coins. Lin Yiran's shop consumed seven or eight yaks a month. The remaining ingredients totaled around 80 tons.

So, Wu Yongde and his team could earn 16 million star coins a month just by providing Lin Yiran with ingredients. In addition, the cores and other special parts of the ingredients they captured could be bought and sold. All things considered, Wu Yongde's team's monthly income was around 25 million star coins, which, when divided among each team member, would amount to roughly 1 million star coins per member.

The profits have increased tenfold compared to before!

Therefore, Wu Yongde had the idea of ​​further expanding the team.

He recruited members directly according to the maximum number of members for a level four team, and now their team has thirty people, including two S-level mental power users and eight A-level mental power users. The distribution is also based on merit.

Lin Yiran had already agreed with him that she would supply about 100 tons of ingredients to the two stores next month.

He agreed. Lin Yiran also promised him that if they did well next month, she could raise the price of the ingredients, perhaps even double it, depending on their performance.

Now, all he does every day is lead his team, using dozens of spatial buttons to go to the Forest of Hope to buy ingredients; he's practically living there all the time.

But no one objected, and no one was unwilling.

Because they're now earning what a typical level-two mercenary squad earns in a month. There are countless people desperate to join their ranks.

Safety aside, since Lin Yiran doesn't limit the level of mutated plants and animals to the ingredients she needs, even low-level ones are fine, they can hunt plants and animals below level three. This is truly the envy of all mercenary teams, and many people even come to Lin Yiran to discuss cooperation. Lin Yiran has no intention of changing suppliers for the time being, so she declined.

At this point, Lin Yiran's restaurants and eateries were operating smoothly, and her monthly net income was around four billion.

It's still more profitable to open a gourmet restaurant.

She plans to test the waters in other star systems in the future, striving to have "Shi Bai Wei" restaurants in every star system, and to make the "Shi Bai Wei" brand known to everyone in the intergalactic world!

She also asked Lin Fu to train more of her own people to prepare for opening stores in other star systems. As for training talent, Lin Yiran did not interfere. Firstly, Lin Yiran trusted Lin Fu, and secondly, the reason why 'Shi Baiwei' restaurant was outstanding was not only because of its taste, but more importantly because its ingredients did not contain violent energy. This was the key point, something that Lin Yiran could control, and something that other businesses were unwilling to invest in.

Because the technology for purifying interstellar rage energy is immature—and Lin Yiran isn't entirely sure why—she has a firm grasp on this aspect. Other businesses are reluctant to use purely natural foods free of rage energy, or use very little, resulting in mediocre food. Therefore, Lin Yiran's shop has an absolute advantage. With this advantage, she can open as many food shops as she wants without any effort.

Besides, they want the recipes? Chinese cuisine is vast and profound; she can easily recite thousands of recipes. This is nothing to her. Moreover, the system's slogan is "Promote interstellar cuisine and create a better future together." What's wrong with giving them the recipes? Without pure ingredients, even with the recipes, they can't replicate the taste of Lin Yiran's dishes.

Lin still has that much confidence.

As for the chefs, they were all trained by Lin Yiran herself. They may not be very professional, but the taste is definitely not inferior.

*

Lunch was at her family's small shop. Jin Shuo and Zhou Ye were there. They had recently fallen in love with Lin Yiran's wine and insisted on having a glass every day. Lin Yiran also regularly got together with them and would make some new dishes for them to try.

Today's food consisted of: a simple bunch of cold pot skewers, garlic lobster, and sesame sauce noodles as the main dish.

They drank wine and lemon sake.

It had a very street-side stall feel, but all three of us enjoyed the food.

Jin Shuo peeled a garlic lobster tail, complaining as he ate, "This stuff is delicious, but peeling it is a hassle. If only we could eat it without peeling it, how much more enjoyable would that be?"

Lin Yiran: "Then it depends on whether we can develop a special shrimp-peeling machine. With today's advanced technology, it is still possible."

Jin Shuo: "That's right! But wouldn't it be a waste of talent to have students from the Engineering Machinery Research Institute research this?"

Lin Yiran: "Food is the most important thing for the people."

Jin Shuo's eyes lit up, and he gave a thumbs up: "That makes sense!"

Zhou Ye was a little full, so he sipped his lemon sake and looked around aimlessly when he suddenly heard Jin Shuo say, "Lin Yiran, stay away, a bee is flying over your back."

"That's strange. You're facing away from the door, so where did that bee come from? From the window?"

Zhou Ye looked in the direction of the sound, but suddenly his pupils contracted and he stood up abruptly! He grabbed Lin Yiran's shoulders and shoved her to the ground!

Before Lin Yiran could react, she fell off the stool and slumped to the ground.

Immediately afterward, Zhou Ye summoned his mecha in an instant, solidified his arm and wrapped it in the mecha, then grabbed the little bee that Lin Yiran hadn't yet seen in its true form with a fist, and somersaulted out of the store!

They moved as fast as the wind. Lin Yiran reacted and chased after them immediately, as did Jin Shuo. All of them had a strong sense of danger and immediately knew what had happened.

After following them outside the store, they saw Zhou Ye don the entire mecha suit. He had become a golden steel man, which was actually just the original form of the mecha. Zhou Ye's mecha had a golden shell, the kind that looked really cool.

Jin Shuo, standing to the side, exclaimed with sparkling eyes, "Wow!"

But then the little bee that Zhou Ye had grabbed earlier turned around and flew straight toward Lin Yiran.

It was only then that he and Lin Yiran belatedly realized, "Aren't bees supposed to live in the Forest of Hope? How did they end up here?!"