Lin Bei was dumbfounded, gazing at the mountain of star stones already piled up inside the Storage Bag space in his hand. He couldn't utter a word for a long time.
"This... how many star stones is this?"
Lin Bei even forgot to use his Spirit power to check the quantity of the star stones, instead muttering the question with a blank stare.
"Oh, I haven't calculated the exact amount."
Upon hearing this, Bailing gently shook her head and said, "But... it should be over 20 million pieces, right?"
"How much did you say?!"
Lin Bei's face was filled with disbelief.
"At least 20 million star stones, but I'm not sure about the exact change."
Bailing replied earnestly, "In just one day yesterday, the number of Survivors who came to our shop exceeded ten thousand, and each person spent more than 1,000 star stones."
"This is all thanks to the high-quality ingredients you gave me, Boss. You have no idea how well those things sell!"
"excellent quality Bear Meat can sell for 20 star stones per catty."
"As for the Perfect Quality meats, the price per catty can even exceed 100 star stones!"
"If I had relied solely on the items originally in my shop, I wouldn't have earned this many star stones."
Bailing explained the whole story to Lin Bei.
Only at this moment did Lin Bei truly realize how difficult life was for the Survivors in the Interstellar Survival World.
Just some food was enough to drive them crazy.
He thought of the Tianjian Pavilion members and Jidao Crowd working hard at his Base.
He also recalled the "Radiation-Contaminated Food" they had told him about.
"Sigh, it really isn't easy."
"Survivors in the Interstellar Survival World are at least Transcendent One-Star existences, with Combat Power exceeding 1,000 points, and physical quality more than five hundred times that of common humans!"
"But even so, they live such difficult lives, unable to eat a single bite of fresh and tasty food after a day of hard work!"
"I have to say, choosing to stay in the Island Survival World was truly a wise decision!"
Lin Bei thought to himself.
At the same time, he was even more satisfied with his decision.
Anyway, he now had the Underworld shop acting as a resource exchange center. If he lacked any high-level resources in the future, he could completely rely on Bailing to help collect them.
As for entering the High-Level Survival World himself?
That was absolutely impossible!
Isn't Island Survival... just so good?
Moreover, besides Bailing, he also had members of the Wildwind Squad helping him handle matters.
As long as he provided resources to make them stronger, he could completely let the Wildwind Squad members become his representatives in the Interstellar Survival World, helping him complete a series of plans.
As for himself... he only needed to stay safely in the Island Survival World and continue to develop.
"Boss? What are you thinking about?"
Seeing Lin Bei grinning foolishly, Bailing couldn't help but ask.
"Uh... nothing, I just remembered something happy."
"Right, since food sells so well, why don't we set up a separate restaurant or something similar later on, dedicated to selling all kinds of delicious, high-quality food?"
"Of course, the quality of service must also keep up!"
"Do you think those Survivors will linger in our restaurant and spend heavily when the time comes?"
"At that time, I can conveniently arrange those Disqualified Ones under me to work in the shops."
"In the future, we will strive to open our own restaurant in every Main City, making everyone feel at home and enjoy our service and gourmet food!"
Lin Bei told Bailing about his future vision.
Bailing widened her eyes upon hearing this.
"But... that would require a lot of ingredients, wouldn't it? If we open a store in every Main City, Boss, are you sure you can handle that much material alone?"
Bailing found it somewhat unbelievable.
Hearing this, Lin Bei smiled mysteriously and said lightly, "Just watch. Ingredients for merely thirty-six Main Cities are absolutely no problem!"
Lin Bei had already planned it out in his mind. After he returned, he would continue to expand and reorganize his Island, striving to set aside large areas for planting crops.
At that time, he would upgrade the planting land to at least Perfect Quality. Combined with the extremely short crop maturation time in the Island Survival World, he believed the output from his single Island would be enough to support the consumption of thirty-six shops.
If that still wasn't enough, he could also wait until he eliminated the people of the Order Beacon, develop their Islands as well, and plant the vegetables, grains, and fruits he needed.
Anyway, as long as he had enough materials, he could infinitely produce and manufacture intelligent AI Robots, so he wouldn't lack manpower.
Soon, Lin Bei ran the plan through his mind.
The corners of his mouth turned up slightly, feeling that he had found another path to wealth!
For him, fresh, high-quality ingredients were readily available!
What he lacked, conversely, were all sorts of strange equipment and props from the high-level worlds!
"Bailing, you've done a great job! Once our restaurants open, you will be the General Manager of all the shops! I will settle all your future salary using kings medal!"
"And rest assured, the quantity will definitely not be small!"
"I believe with our strong alliance, you will soon surpass your Eldest Uncle and Second Uncle!"
Lin Bei said with a smile.
Bailing was full of joy upon hearing this.
But soon, she lowered her head and said, "Boss, you are so good to me~ Are you perhaps wanting me..."
"Cough, cough, don't think nonsense! If you keep talking like that, I'll fire you! Then you won't get anything!"
Lin Bei raised an eyebrow and quickly interrupted Bailing's subsequent Suggestive Words.
"...Alright."
Bailing nodded somewhat helplessly.
Afterward, Lin Bei left the shop and returned to the Base.
He planned to test how effective these star stones were at repairing the Legendary Level lucky pendant.
He found a quiet room and started tinkering by himself.
Soon, he sighed.
Because the effect was not what he had expected.
After using the star stones, the lucky pendant showed no significant change.
So he continued to increase the number of star stones, injecting the energy within them into the lucky pendant.
It wasn't until he continuously injected the energy of one hundred star stones that the lucky pendant's durability finally managed to increase by 1 point.
"Phew... that's acceptable. Restoring 1 point of durability with one hundred star stones is still manageable."
"If it took 10,000 star stones to restore 1 point of durability, then I'd be completely screwed!"
Lin Bei let out a long breath, then continued to take out star stones and repair the lucky pendant.
Time flowed like water. Lin Bei spent several hours, consuming a total of 1 million star stones' worth of energy, restoring the lucky pendant's durability by 10,000 points in total!
At the same time, he triggered two prompts regarding the lucky pendant.
They were a permanent Luck bonus of 100 points obtained after repairing the lucky pendant by 0.01%, and a permanent Luck bonus of 500 points obtained after repairing it by 0.1%.
However, by this time, Lin Bei discovered a problem.
That was, consuming the same 100 star stones was no longer enough to restore 1 point of the lucky pendant's durability.
He tried increasing the input of star stones.
It wasn't until he continuously consumed a full 1,000 star stones that he found the lucky pendant's durability had recovered by 1 point.
"Holy crap, this consumption rate... it increased tenfold!"
Seeing this, Lin Bei's face darkened, and he couldn't help but complain.
In other words, if he wanted to continue restoring 0.1% of the lucky pendant's durability now, he would need to consume a full 10 million star stones!
All the star stones he currently held were only enough to repair another 0.2% of the durability!
However, when Lin Bei's eyes fell upon the prompt information for the lucky pendant, he couldn't help but tightly clench his fists.
[Prompt: When the lucky pendant's repair level exceeds 1%, the fourth stage reward will be unlocked—Permanent Luck Attribute +1000, Lucky Set (Legendary) blueprint ×1!]
"Damn it! It's just a little less than a Small Target's worth of star stones, it's not a big deal!"
Lin Bei gritted his teeth. For the high Luck attribute reward and the Legendary Level set blueprint... he endured it!