Isabelle carried the tray, placing items on the table one by one.
Orange juice, vegetable noodles, egg crepes, grapes, pan-fried venison, bullfrog legs, oysters.
"Shall we start?" she asked, tilting her head to look at Jiang Ye, smiling.
"This is great." Jiang Ye picked up his chopsticks and went straight for the venison.
The breakfast location was on the second floor of the life center, which was Isabelle's dormitory. She had personally cooked breakfast for Jiang Ye, with ingredients brought from the space station.
The two sat at the table and ate.
Jiang Ye finally felt a sense of living, rather than merely surviving.
Halfway through the meal, Isabelle suddenly asked,
"Why aren't you eating the bullfrog legs?"
Jiang Ye looked down at the plate of bullfrog legs, frowning. "Who eats this kind of underworld food!"
"Bullfrog legs are delicious!" Isabelle's eyes widened. She picked up a leg with her chopsticks and extended it towards his mouth. "Try it!"
"No!" Jiang Ye turned his head and sucked on an oyster.
"Try it! Just try it! What kind of person are you!" Isabelle grew anxious, directly hugging him from the side. She cupped his cheeks with one hand and used her chopsticks to shove the bullfrog leg into his mouth.
Jiang Ye, with no other choice, chewed the bullfrog leg and swallowed. He immediately shivered all over.
"Delicious, right?" Isabelle's eyes sparkled.
"Terrible!" Jiang Ye rolled his eyes.
"How could that be? Who doesn't eat bullfrog legs? Didn't you ancient people eat bullfrog legs?"
"I've never heard of anyone frying a plate of bullfrog legs for breakfast. Cooking can be down-to-earth, but not underworld!"
Isabelle's expression was blank, as if she had been shocked. In her worldview, bullfrog legs were a dish loved by all ages, but Jiang Ye was telling her that ancient people didn't eat them at all.
Jiang Ye put down his chopsticks. "I'm full. Do you have anything you need to move?"
"No, my spaceship has robots, I'll have them do it," Isabelle shook her head. "Feel free to play around. As long as my husband isn't here, you can enter my dorm anytime. Make yourself at home."
Jiang Ye's eyes darted. "Can those robots go mining with me?"
"No," Isabelle shrugged. "My robots are specially supplied by the express delivery center. They can only work within the warning stake range. Once they leave the express delivery center, they all shut down."
Jiang Ye nodded dejectedly.
"Alright, you can go after you finish eating. I have to get busy too." Jiang Ye stood up.
He left the life center and returned to his base vehicle.
He opened the [Galactic Mall].
Selected [Fast-Growing Bamboo Willow], quantity 300, purchased!
Selected [Fast-Growing Eucalyptus Seedlings], quantity 300, purchased!
Each seedling cost one hundred yuan. After buying six hundred seedlings, his personal account still had 1,183,000 yuan.
However, after placing the order, the transaction bay did not flash.
Instead, a message popped up in the chat channel:
Isabelle: "Mr. Jiang, hello. I am Isabelle, the delivery person. I've detected that you've purchased 300 fast-growing bamboo willows and 300 fast-growing eucalyptus seedlings. Shall I deliver them near your base?"
Jiang Ye: "That's right. When will they arrive?"
Isabelle: "They will arrive at your base in approximately 120 seconds. Please wait for signing."
Jiang Ye: "Okay, you don't need to deliver them. I'll go pick them up."
It was great having the express delivery center built next to his home. Packages that used to take one or two days to arrive now took seconds.
Jiang Ye stepped out of his base and saw a black truck driving out with a hum, quickly stopping in front of him.
Isabelle got out of the car. "They're here! Wait a moment, I'll open the cargo compartment for you."
She walked to the back of the truck, pressed the cargo compartment door, and after a palm print recognition, the door immediately sprang open.
The cargo compartment was full of small saplings, about two meters long, all wrapped in thin white plastic cloth, resembling wholesale mummies.
"How do I plant these?" Jiang Ye pulled out a sapling and tore off the plastic cloth with a few quick movements.
This one was a bamboo willow, slender and tender green, about 1.8 meters long. It had few roots and leaves, but it was indeed fresh.
"It's simple. Aren't you by the sea? Plant them all along the coast," Isabelle said. "You can cut them down and sell them tonight."
"Can you help me plant them?" Jiang Ye asked with a smile.
"You dig the holes, I plant the trees?"
"Deal!"
Jiang Ye, carrying a shovel, walked to the seaside and began to dig holes.
The saplings had very small root systems, so a few shovelfuls were enough to dig a sufficiently large hole.
Isabelle drove the truck to the seaside, stood directly behind the truck to retrieve the saplings, tore off the plastic film, and inserted the saplings into the holes. Jiang Ye then filled them with soil.
After planting a few saplings, their movements became seamless, and they cooperated perfectly.
Along the long coastline, more and more saplings began to stand upright.
Ten, thirty, fifty...
Two hundred, three hundred, four hundred!
Finally, all six hundred saplings were planted.
The growth rate of the saplings was even faster than expected. As Jiang Ye walked back, he saw that the saplings planted earlier had already grown by more than a meter!
Countless branches stretched out, and tender green leaves unfurled.
Looking up from beneath the trees, he could even see the leaves slowly expanding with the naked eye, growing bigger bit by bit!
This growth rate could only be described as monstrous.
After planting the trees, Isabelle drove the truck back.
Jiang Ye watched her return to the express delivery center, thinking that this girl was truly capable, driving everything from trucks to spaceships. She was indeed from the military.
It was said that her salary was millions per month, and with this level of skill, she was worth millions.
Jiang Ye headed to the dock, boarded his ship, and immediately set sail.
He still had to go mining.
It was sunny and pleasant when he first set out to sea. After sailing for half an hour, dark clouds rushed in from the west like a tidal wave, covering the sky. The sea surface immediately turned gray and black.
Lightning arcs flashed from a distance, followed by a heavy downpour.
Jiang Ye hesitated. The rain was unusually heavy. A thick curtain of water covered the window glass, water splashes danced densely on the deck, and the rain whipped against the metal sheets like lashes. The sea roared, and then strong winds picked up.
After a brief hesitation, he decided to continue forward.
Such a fierce downpour shouldn't last too long. He'd endure it and head to shore to mine.
However, the heavy rain showed no signs of abating and continued to pour down relentlessly.
The fishing boat docked. Jiang Ye opened the door of the captain's cabin and looked out. The entire beach was bathed in rain, with small streams flowing across the sand. The excavator he had left on shore yesterday shone, as if new, from being washed by the rain.
Sighing, Jiang Ye took off his pants and shirt, wearing only his underwear, and walked out.
He got off the boat, waded ashore, and climbed into the excavator's cab.
He operated the mechanical arm and began to dig.
He had to work even in the rain. Money wouldn't magically appear just because it was raining, and creditors wouldn't stop knocking on his door for debt collection.
Excavating in the rain was very inconvenient. The glass was covered in a thick layer of water, completely blurring his vision. Moreover, the sand and ore were soaked through, and the bucket felt noticeably heavier.