Chapter 207 Great Potential
In addition to the collection team at this base, she also plans to expand outwards and trade with other bases, using resources to trade for mutated plants, of course, those that can be used before the apocalypse.
This will greatly reduce the collection pressure on themselves and the base's collection team.
The area around the base is only so big. Many of the people at their base are ordinary people without superpowers, so it's not suitable for them to go too far to collect materials. Moreover, each time they collect materials, they have to arrange for an offensive superpowered person to lead the team, which is very inconvenient.
Han Dongling plans to wait until the collection volume at other bases catches up before the members of their base go on other tasks, such as building up the various facilities at the base.
And so, Han Dongling vigorously developed the collection and trading business, and Xi Yue has now accumulated a great deal of ingredients.
In order to cover their tracks, Xi Yue also started purchasing ingredients from outside under the guise of the restaurant, and gradually received some ingredients with low radiation levels.
Aside from controlling the quantity sold on her online store each day, she supplies the rest to restaurants.
On the day of its opening, Xi Yue's trendy gourmet restaurant was extremely popular, thanks to the gimmick of no purchase restrictions.
The cooking and service robots were so busy that their CPUs were practically smoking, so Xiyue urgently placed an order for a few more robots to keep up with the situation at the store.
There were never any empty seats in the dining area; as soon as one customer left, the next one would immediately take their place.
Customers who don't want to wait can also take their food to go.
Because of the ample supply of ingredients, Xiyue's Shishang Restaurant was open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. that day, and the store's payment account linked to Xiyue's computer received payment messages every second.
After closing time that evening, she checked the accounts.
Good heavens!
Her restaurant uses only F-grade ingredients, and the store prices all ingredients at 10,000 star coins per 100g of raw ingredients. She can earn 50,000 star coins per pound of ingredients, and today she consumed a total of 8,000 pounds of ingredients!
The turnover reached 400 million Star Coins in just one day!
This is even more outrageous than selling raw ingredients online.
Xi Yue felt that today she truly understood what it meant to become rich overnight.
She quickly contacted Ning Xuan and asked her to continue preparing the ingredients.
Ning Xuan then relayed the message to Han Dongling, who then hurriedly went to various bases to collect mutated plants.
In addition to those she was already collaborating with, she also took time to contact other bases in more distant locations that she had not yet partnered with.
Thanks to the help of infrastructure robots, the first phase of dormitories at the Spark Base has been completed, and the first batch of members who joined the Spark Base have all moved into the new dormitories.
It is estimated that in another half month, the second batch of members will also be able to move into the new dormitory.
The new dormitories are much better than the mobile prefabricated houses. They have private bathrooms, and all of them have toilets with flushing.
That's right, their base can now enjoy normal water usage.
Through the transactions she had accumulated during this period, Han Dongling had acquired a batch of spatial buttons. She rewarded a few of these buttons to well-performing base members, used some for the gathering teams to complete tasks, and used the rest on the base's facilities.
For example, the dormitories have been connected to water pipes and drainage pipes. The water source for the toilets is still tap water traded with Ningxuan for the time being, and the drinking water source is drinking water.
Then all the water sources are put into the space buttons according to their uses, and then connected to the water pipes through the interstellar transfer equipment.
And so, the new dormitory area and canteen area of Xinghuo Base have been connected to water.
There is still no electricity, but solar-powered lights are available for lighting.
Other bases are still struggling to find survival supplies. If it weren't for the lack of internet access, the members of the Spark Base would feel as if they had returned to the pre-apocalyptic world, where the lights were on and life was convenient.
Of course, it wasn't that exaggerated, but for the survivors who experienced the end of 2006, life at Starfire Base at this time was truly like paradise.
For ease of management, and also because of energy availability, Han Dongling felt that it would be more inconvenient for the members to cook their own meals.
Because not everyone has the resources to buy kitchen utensils and firewood for cooking, and exchanging them with points is too much trouble.
Han Dongling decided to open a canteen. To facilitate management and avoid food waste, the base members had to report their food budget for the next day to the canteen manager one day in advance so that the corresponding ingredients could be prepared each day, thus avoiding insufficient food or waste.
The Xinghuo Base canteen uses a set meal system, offering three sets of meals daily, costing 5, 10, and 20 points respectively. The higher the points required, the more luxurious the set meal.
The deluxe set meal is actually designed to improve the meals for members, consisting of two meat dishes, one vegetable dish, a stew, and a staple food.
The 5-point option is simpler, consisting of a main dish and a side dish, though the side dish contains minced meat.
However, most members usually eat the 10-point set meal, which includes one meat dish, one vegetable dish, a soup, and a staple food, since it's relatively easy to earn points at their base.
But no matter which set meal you choose, you'll be full.
With the canteen, the members' living standards have improved significantly, and the canteen also provides job opportunities, which has solved the income problem for some members.
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Ning Xuan knew that Xi Yue had not only broken through to the third level of Qi Refining in one go, but also that the restaurant's business was booming, and she was very happy for Xi Yue.
However, when she saw the finished dishes from the restaurant that Xi Yue shared, she was immediately speechless with shock at the sight of clumps of boiled green leaves.
She took a few deep breaths before tentatively asking Xi Yue,
Is this your restaurant's weight-loss meal set?
Xi Yue shook her head, then remembered that Ning Xuan couldn't see it, so she quickly sent a message.
No, people here aren't afraid of getting fat. We have gene-modifying solutions. Unless someone wants to gain weight, they'll choose a solution that doesn't contain obesity genes, so nobody diets. Are all the dishes in our restaurant like this?
Ning Xuan first expressed envy that they didn't have the trouble of losing weight, then continued with a shocked expression.
[What? You're saying your restaurant is incredibly popular because of this? I know ingredients are scarce where you are, but is it really that bad? Does it even taste good?]
[It tastes great, preserving the original flavor of the ingredients to the greatest extent.]
Ning Xuan was unable to accept it.
Didn't you find the food I gave you the first time we traded to taste good?
Xi Yue reminisced.
"It's delicious, but it's made with G-grade ingredients. I've never had it here before. I thought this was the unique, top-tier flavor of G-grade ingredients."
Xi Yue explained the food situation in their interstellar space. She had actually talked about it before, but not in as much detail as this time.
After listening to Xi Yue's introduction, Ning Xuan felt that interstellar space was practically a food desert, and the potential for making money was enormous.
Xi Yue's catering business had great potential, and an idea suddenly came to her mind.
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