Chapter 314 - One-Eyed Brand Food
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At 11:00 that night, Yang Yi and Xiao Ji returned to the open-air harbor in Area C via the transfer conveyor and underwater elevator.
They brought back a large quantity of food, which could be divided into three main categories: canned goods, instant noodles, and compressed biscuits.
All three types of food had long shelf lives, were convenient to consume, and tasted fairly good.
The canned goods came in three varieties: beef cans, luncheon meat cans, and seafood cans.
The instant noodles were available in three flavors: Braised Beef, Pickled Mustard Greens, and Shrimp & Fish Cake.
The compressed biscuits came in only two flavors: Scallion and Original.
All of these products were made from Rat Thrall remains and organic waste. They shared a minimalist black packaging design, with an eyeball emblem printed on the surface to indicate that they belonged to the One-Eyed brand.
Aside from the product name, the packaging contained no other information—there were no production dates, expiration dates, ingredient lists, or any of the details normally found on food packaging.
However, these food items possessed system information and could be identified through the system.
For example:
【Name: Spicy Beef Canned Food】
【Type: Consumable】
【Quality: Common】
【Description: A synthetic beef canned food with a unique flavor. It is non-toxic and edible, capable of replenishing the salt and protein required by the human body while providing energy. It tastes even better when heated.
As long as the can remains undamaged, it can be preserved for a very long time.】
【Name: Braised Beef Flavor Instant Noodles】
【Type: Consumable】
【Quality: Common】
【Description: Synthetic braised beef-flavored instant noodles with a distinctive taste, containing chunks of braised beef. They are non-toxic and edible, capable of replenishing the salt and energy required by the human body, along with a small amount of protein. They taste even better when heated.
As long as the packaging remains intact, they can be stored for a very long time.】
Yang Yi returned to the Nightmare Star and brought the robot Xiao Ji aboard as well. He assigned him a daily task: taking the Vitality Sardine Tree out for a walk and giving it a bath.
Afterward, he ordered the Nightmare Star's vines to transport all the food onto the ship, piling it into several small hills in the central courtyard of the deck.
The scattered food items were quickly sorted and neatly stacked by the skeletal rats and Ancient Skeleton Arms.
More food still remained on the transfer conveyor, waiting to be brought aboard.
At the same time, large quantities of food were still piled up inside the conveyor system, awaiting transportation.
These tasks were left to the skeletal rats. By stacking themselves on top of one another, they could reach the elevator buttons, and they were even capable of pushing and transporting canned goods.
Once everything was proceeding in an orderly fashion, Yang Yi hurriedly began editing a post.
He, Xiao Ji, and two robots equipped with land-operation modules had spent half a day feeding half of the Homekeeper Rat remains and organic waste into the food printer, producing these varieties of food.
The packaging had been designed by Yang Yi himself. Certain types of packaging required additional resources to manufacture. For example, canned food required steel, though only in very small quantities.
Yang Yi put all of the food up for sale, setting the prices quite low—less than half the price of the fish-meat canned food sold by Shen Guanquan.
There was no helping it. Shen Guanquan's canned food was of Good quality, and some were even Fine quality.
Meanwhile, Yang Yi was using a food printer, and the raw materials themselves were of poor quality. As a result, the synthetic food it produced could only reach Common quality at best, carrying a stale and peculiar odor reminiscent of Homekeeper Rats mixed with garbage.
Yang Yi knew this especially well because he had already tasted it himself.
All canned foods were uniformly priced at 150 Shell Coins per can.
Instant noodles sold for 100 Shell Coins per bowl.
Compressed biscuits were priced at 120 Shell Coins per package.
These prices were calculated based on the amount of Homekeeper Rat remains and organic waste consumed, while also factoring in material costs. That was why canned food was slightly more expensive.
After finishing everything, Yang Yi simply waited for trading hours to begin so he could put the food on the market.
Selling it should not be difficult. Food with such a high cost-performance ratio practically had no competitors and tasted far better than black bread.
...
A few minutes later, the clock officially struck 23:00. The World Chat Channel opened, and the forum resumed operation.
Yang Yi posted the advertisement he had prepared in the World Chat Channel. It would attract more players to rush over and make purchases, and he once again used the title "One-Eyed."
"The One-Eyed Premium General Store has stocked a large quantity of food! All products are long-lasting, high-calorie foods, including canned goods, instant noodles, and compressed biscuits. Everyone is welcome to come and buy. Affordable prices and excellent value! First come, first served. Minimum purchase of 30 items. Buy ten, get one free, with flavors freely mixed and matched. Item information is listed below. Safe and edible, freshly produced..."
He posted the advertisement ten times in succession, exhausting all of his free speaking opportunities.
Although the messages were quickly buried beneath the flood of comments from countless players, the title "One-Eyed" still attracted the attention of quite a few people.
"So cheap? Give me 100 first. I don't care about spending ten thousand Shell Coins!"
"Wait... this seems to be synthetic meat. What does 'special flavor' even mean?"
"Who cares? The information clearly says it's non-toxic. The system wouldn't deceive people."
"And instant noodles... I don't even remember how long it's been since I last tasted them! Give me 200 packs!"
"I'll take 100 packs too. This is practically giving away benefits!"
“Praise One-Eyed!”
“Could these be fake beef cans made from rat meat?”
“.........”
Yang Yi had no time to read the chat or do anything else. His private messages had already been flooded with players eager to purchase food.
Among the products, instant noodles sold the best, followed by canned goods and then compressed biscuits.
When the price difference was minimal, players naturally preferred eating something delicious rather than chewing on hard-to-swallow compressed biscuits.
For the first time, Yang Yi experienced the exhilaration of selling goods like the Farmer Ship. Once he got started, he simply could not stop.
He spent the busiest hour of his life handling transactions, wishing he had a few extra arms and legs to help out.
Fortunately, the Ancient Skeleton Arms, vines, and skeletal rats assisted with transportation. Otherwise, there would have been no way for him to manage such a workload.
To avoid attracting the Collector, Yang Yi never once looked toward the sea. He even had the vines completely surround him.
By the time trading hours ended, Yang Yi had sold roughly one-fifth of his food stock, though there were still many private messages he had not had time to answer.
Moreover, half of the Homekeeper Rat remains, and organic waste stored in the warehouse had yet to be recycled.
Even so, the number of Shell Coins in his account had already exceeded twenty million, and he still had plenty of goods left to sell.
“Looks like I need to raise the minimum purchase quantity. Tomorrow, I'll change it to a minimum order of 100 items. That way, things will sell much faster,” he said.
After speaking, he returned to the captain's cabin, lay down on the bed, and quickly drifted off to sleep.
Yet, not far away, in an unknown corner of the sea, stood a thin figure wrapped in a robe covered with scales.
It was only two hundred meters from the Nightmare Star, standing silently upon the surface of the sea. No one knew how long it had been there.
It remained motionless until Yang Yi fell asleep and only departed five hours later.
Moreover, the way it left was extremely strange.
It actually flew backward into the water headfirst, as though a thread attached to the top of its head had suddenly been pulled, dragging it beneath the sea.