Chapter 274: Universal Planting System (13)

Over there, Xie Ting, having eaten his fill, gave a satisfied little yawn, was gathered into his mother's arms, and drifted into a sweet dream; even while asleep, he smacked his little lips and talked in his sleep:

"So yummy... everything is so yummy... I like Mommy so much right now..."

Xie Yang's eyes softened, and she pressed a gentle kiss to her son's forehead.

The little one's long, steady breathing reached her ears, yet Xie Yang did not feel sleepy.

She simply opened her Light Brain and logged onto the regional Star Net to browse around.

The regional Star Net of Garbage Star was truly desolate; aside from the Nutrient Solution counter in the Star Net Mall, almost all other counters and shops were in a closed state.

The original owner had once registered a second-hand Trading shop named "Forgotten Shop."

The raw ores she had picked up in the Waste Mining Area three years ago, as well as some higher-end second-hand goods she had occasionally scavenged at the garbage dump, were all sold through "Forgotten Shop"; it yielded higher profits than selling directly to the Recycling Station and was less likely to attract attention.

It was just that for the past year, Forgotten Shop had no transaction records, because the original owner had discovered her son's failed evolution and had fallen into painful despair, having no heart left to manage the online shop.

Xie Yang prepared to restart the online shop, but changed the shop name to "Fluffy Things That Grew Up Eating Cute."

Then, she listed the bone soup, pork trotter soup, and salt-baked sheep trotters and bone-in beef trotters she had stewed today, one after another.

The pork offal and honey-roasted pork trotters that the little one liked would not be sold this time.

It wouldn't be too late to sell them after going to the Zone 1 Garbage Dump to stock up more next time.

This time, she would test the waters with a few of the simplest dishes first.

She set the prices low: 5 Star Coins per bowl for all soups, and 10 Star Coins per portion for salt-baked trotters, with each portion being about 200-250g.

One had to know that a single trotter, even without the bone, weighed over ten or twenty jin, and was even heavier with the bone.

Although it shrank after being cooked, it still weighed about ten jin; after being chopped into small pieces, it could be sold as twenty portions.

So, she set up twenty portions of fresh bone soup, twenty portions of pork trotter soup, twenty portions of salt-baked sheep trotters, and twenty portions of salt-baked beef trotters, listed them on the online shop, and chose managed shipping.

This way, she didn't need to worry; after a customer placed an order, there would be a Robot in the Mall's backend to help her pack and ship it.

Of course, this required a service fee, and the 20% service fee was not low.

Additionally, she spent 50 Star Coins to activate the olfactory function, so that customers logging onto the Star Net Mall could follow the scent to her shop.

She hadn't even earned any money yet, but had already spent quite a bit.

But if you don't risk the bait, you won't catch the Wolf; what had to be spent still had to be spent.

After finishing these tasks, Xie Yang's sleepiness also crept up; she logged out of the Star Net and, holding her son, entered her own dreams.

What she didn't know was that not long after she went offline, these 80 portions were snatched up completely.

The first person to discover the shop "Fluffy Things That Grew Up Eating Cute" was a staff member of the Garbage Star Administration, who liked to wander the Star Net every day before bed.

As soon as she logged onto the Star Net Mall today, she smelled a peculiar fragrance.

Even though she had already consumed her Nutrient Solution, smelling this fragrance made her feel hungry again.

This made her very curious, so she followed the rich meaty aroma and found Xie Yang's little shop.

Then, she couldn't help but spend 5 Star Coins to buy a bowl of fresh bone soup.

Because they were on the same planet, she received the bowl of soup ten minutes later.

One sip, and it was heavenly!

"Ahhh! What kind of peerless delicacy is this! How can it be so fresh and delicious? This is natural food, right? And it only costs 5 Star Coins? Isn't that too cheap!"

Thus, she recommended it to her parents and siblings.

Her family went to Xie Yang's little shop half-doubtingly to take a look, and once they did, they couldn't move their feet away either—it was simply too fragrant!

Moreover, a bowl of soup was only 5 Star Coins, and a portion of baked trotters was 10 Star Coins; all these natural foods added together were cheaper than the Basic Nutrient Solution they usually drank, yet they smelled so much better than the Basic Nutrient Solution! It stirred their taste buds into a frenzy!

And so, they started snatching them up, one bowl for you, one bowl for me, one portion for you, one portion for me...

The next morning, Xie Yang took advantage of the little one sleeping soundly with his belly facing the sky and got up on tiptoe.

She first measured the outdoor radiation level and was delighted to find that the radiation level within the distance from their home to the Ice Lake had truly dropped to a safe range.

What was she waiting for then!

She took off her heavy protective suit and opened her arms to take a deep breath of the fresh air.

Since transmigrating to this plane, this was the first time she dared to take a deep breath outdoors.

Stretching her arms, she first went to check on the greatest contributor—the Giant Cactus.

A night had passed, and it was still lush and green, except the green liquid flowing within its club-thick needles seemed a bit thicker than yesterday, and the flow speed didn't seem as fast as yesterday either.

【This is because it has absorbed the toxic substances in the air.】

The Sub-system answered her query:

【The deeper the green and the higher the viscosity of the liquid, the higher the toxin content, until it turns deep ink-green and the liquid no longer flows; then the needles will wither and fall off. But don't worry, new needles will grow out.】

Xie Yang leaned in to look, and sure enough, fine needles were growing out one after another.

Then she was relieved.

She practiced a set of Eight Brocades under the cactus where the air was fresher, and only then went to the lakeside to collect sea salt.

She harvested about 5 jin.

She put it into the Sub-system Space and entrusted it to keep it for her.

In the Sub-system's Universal Planting Space, there grew many hollow trees called Mustard Trees; the hollow trunks looked like ordinary tree holes at first glance, but in reality, the space inside was very large.

The sea salt she collected was stored in the tree hole of one of the trees, and five jin only took up a tiny corner.

It was a pity that the volume of the hollow tree itself was not small; otherwise, she would have wanted to hollow out a tree hole to carry in her backpack, which would be equivalent to having an extra portable space.

Whenever Xie Yang complained about lacking a portable space that could travel across planes with her, the Main System would play dead and not make a sound.

It was terrified that Xie Yang would ask it to buy a Space Button on credit.

However, Xie Yang didn't think about the Space Button this time.

After she finished collecting the salt, she remembered the 80 portions of food she had listed on the shop last night; she opened her Light Brain, went online, and took a look—whoa! Sold out?

Her Star Coin account had gone from the pitiful 29 to 509!

120 was deducted for the service fee, what a profiteer!

Fortunately, the things she made cost almost nothing—the meat was "procured" for free from the dump, and the seasonings were also grown and produced by herself, otherwise it would be even more heartbreaking.

Regardless, the first shot for the Xingwang-xiaodian had been successfully fired.

The thing to worry about next wasn't whether it would sell, but whether she should really borrow a Flying Vehicle from Xiya's family every time she went to District 1? If she did it too many times, would they have an issue with it?

But if she went to a rental agency to rent one, the few Star Coins she had now weren't enough to pay the rent...

Just as Xie Yang was fretting over the Flying Vehicle, the backend of the Xingwang-xiaodian received a message.

The other party's nickname wasn't text, but a moving image of a star sea, and next to the nickname was a Star Net Crown VIP badge.

The other party expressed a willingness to buy out all the food she had listed in her shop for ten times the Star Coins.

There's such a good thing?

Xie Yang replied to the other party: 【Buying everything out won't work, but I have one more delicacy in hand that hasn't been listed yet, which I can provide to you with priority.】

【Alright then!】