At eight o'clock in the evening, all the ore was finally sold.
Jiang Ye, panting from exhaustion, sat before the base panel and checked his personal account.
The passive income had also arrived, money that couldn't even be earned by opening a bottle cap, money from the citizens of Caoxian, money from chicken farmers.
Account balance: 5,118,700 yuan! Da Feng Novel Network
It was just enough to exceed the amount needed for an upgrade.
Jiang Ye clicked on the [Base Upgrade] function key, upgrading to level 11!
Five million yuan was instantly spent, leaving him with 118,700 yuan in personal assets.
The base vehicle emitted a humming sound, its walls pulled apart from both sides, further expanding its area!
The width of the base vehicle quickly doubled.
Some shelves and cabinets appeared, and large lights illuminated the ceiling.
The entire home felt more spacious, and Jiang Ye's mood greatly improved.
A prompt popped up on the base panel:
[Congratulations! Base level has been upgraded to Level 11!]
[New features added with this upgrade include:]
[Base area expanded by 110%, defense reduced by 50%, maximum speed reduced to 70 mph]
[Galaxy Mall has added 4 new items]
Jiang Ye scratched his head, surprised that some parameters could actually decrease.
He casually checked the conditions required for the next base upgrade.
[To upgrade the base to Level 12, you can satisfy any one of the following two conditions:]
[1: Capture one jin of aquatic life and place it in the trading bay]
[2: Pay 7 million yuan]
Jiang Ye blinked.
Seven million yuan was too expensive; he wouldn't waste money on such a thing. He would definitely choose the aquatic life option.
He remembered seeing many large whales swimming in the sea when he flew over the coast before.
Whales were huge eaters, consuming thousands of small fish in a single gulp.
Therefore, where there were whales, there were bound to be plenty of fish, and he just needed to find a way to catch some.
Closing the base upgrade function key, Jiang Ye quickly opened the Galaxy Mall.
The four newly unlocked items varied in size.
[Item: Hundred-ton Fishing Vessel]
[Item Description: A powerful fishing boat with propeller propulsion, capable of burning aviation fuel, easy to operate, and supports automatic navigation. The cabin is equipped with a trading bay for convenient sales. Onboard equipment includes radar, sonar, a high-power net hauling machine, and a small crane, capable of handling most types of fish, shrimp, turtle, and crab catches.]
[Price: 5,000,000 yuan]
Jiang Ye's eyes lit up.
This was the fishing equipment he needed!
It even came with a trading bay and fishing equipment; it was a perfect match!
The only problem was the price; five million yuan for a boat meant he'd have to save for a while.
Of course, "a while" meant about three to four days.
[Item: Fishing Net]
[Item Description: Customizable mesh size, made from high-strength synthetic fiber ropes. Even immortals couldn't break free if caught.]
[Price: 1,000 yuan]
Jiang Ye nodded slightly. Customizable mesh size meant he could get a net that caught everything.
The price wasn't expensive; a thousand yuan was a small amount.
[Item: Spherical Sea Mine]
[Item Description: A floating sea mine with a diameter of one meter, used for blockading sea areas. It can be detonated remotely or by impact. It is often used to destroy small ships and for large-scale fish blasting.]
[Special Note: This mine is extremely powerful. Please maintain a safe distance of at least one hundred meters when using it.]
[Price: 50,000 yuan]
Jiang Ye's eyelids twitched.
A powerful, large sea mine? Remotely detonated?
His first thought wasn't to throw this mine into the water. There were no enemy ships now, so blockading sea areas wasn't necessary.
He thought about using it to blow up people.
There were two ways to blow up people: first, mount it on a helicopter as an aerial bomb; second, use it as a landmine, bury it somewhere, and detonate it when the target approached.
Excellent item!
Jiang Ye became more excited the more he thought about it. He loved these ferocious, large bombs; the more powerful, the better.
[Item: Air Force Meat Can]
[Item Description: A meat can made from a mixture of chicken, duck, pork, beef, and lamb. High in oil, salt, and sugar, used for sustenance during wartime. Filling, energizing, and the taste is passable.]
[Estimated Price: 50 yuan]
Jiang Ye decisively bought one.
The trading bay flashed, and a silvery-white meat can appeared.
Jiang Ye picked it up and weighed it; it felt about one jin.
The can opening was user-friendly, with a pull tab that didn't require a can opener.
*Pop!*
With a crisp sound, the lid was opened.
A thick layer of white fat covered the contents.
Jiang Ye went up to the second floor of the base vehicle, poured all the liquid from the can into an empty pot, and turned on the heat.
Soon, the meat broth began to boil.
Many meat chunks, the size of mahjong tiles, floated in the light red broth.
A rich aroma of meat filled the air!
Jiang Ye's mouth watered, and he grabbed chopsticks to eat!
The taste was indeed good, sweet and savory, with a strong meaty flavor. The only drawback was that all the meat tasted the same, making it impossible to distinguish between them, possibly due to prolonged soaking in the canned broth.
After quickly finishing his meal, Jiang Ye went downstairs and opened the chat channel.
He sent a message to the citizens of Caoxian.
Jiang Ye: New product, meat cans, 100 yuan per can, generous meat portion, sufficient salt and sugar, great taste!
Caoxian Citizen: Great stuff! Many people are short on salt now. If you have these cans, they'll definitely sell. Send me one to try first.
Jiang Ye immediately sent a meat can over.
He waited patiently.
Ten minutes later, a message arrived.
Caoxian Citizen: I'll take 2,000 of them first! These things are guaranteed to sell out!
Jiang Ye immediately shipped them out, taking over ten minutes to transport two thousand meat cans.
Caoxian Citizen quickly made the payment.
Earning 50 yuan per can, a total of 100,000 yuan flowed into Jiang Ye's account. This was equivalent to earning 10,000 yuan per minute.
His personal assets increased to 218,600 yuan.
Jiang Ye estimated that this was just the appetizer.
One hundred yuan was affordable for most people on this planet.
And food continued to be a problem for the vast majority of people.
If these high-sugar, high-salt, and cheap meat cans didn't sell explosively, nothing else would!
After drinking some water, he went to bed.
The previous narrow bed had been replaced by a soft, large double bed.
Jiang Ye rolled around on it twice, and soon snores filled the air.
At six o'clock the next morning, Jiang Ye drove his excavator to the mining area.
He skillfully operated the mechanical arm, excavating ore.
One bucket after another of brucite was dug out from the mine pit and piled up on the open ground.
In the sunlight, the white brucite sparkled like a pile of white ice blocks.
He worked almost non-stop throughout the morning, managing to sell an entire ore transport truck of brucite just before lunch.
His morning's labor earned him 568,000 yuan.
His personal assets rose to 785,600 yuan.
He ate a meat can for lunch and had a bowl of winter melon soup.
While drinking the soup, Jiang Ye suddenly remembered something.
What happened to the reconnaissance robots he had deployed earlier?
He hadn't seen them for a long time, nor had they sent back any messages, as if they had vanished into thin air.
He quickly opened the control panel and checked the reconnaissance robot data from there.
Jiang Ye's expression became quite interesting.