To be honest, their specialty is exactly this. They used to research under coercion. But if you let them do something else, they won’t be able to. If the coercion is removed and they are allowed to freely work, their efficiency will be even better than before.
Afterward, Xiao Feng immediately went to the underground floor. It had been empty until now. With so many people suddenly arriving, Xiao Feng had to arrange accommodations for them. He directly assigned the hundred or so people to live on the underground floor. As for the top floor accommodations, only the high-level staff of the resturant would be allowed to reside there.
As for setting up the laboratory, there were conditions to be met. Luckily, when they returned, they brought back all the items from the previous laboratory. So now, they just needed to find two secure rooms.
After some consideration, Xiao Feng decided to place the laboratory in the backyard’s breeding area. They sectioned off 200 square meters of the breeding area and renovated it according to the laboratory standards. This way, the two elders could come out often to bask in the sun, and Grandpa Gao could have two more companions for chatting.
Things continued methodically. After a week’s development, all the resturant’s operations were fully implemented. Now, Xiao Feng’s resturant finally had a well-established structure. With some specialized talents in hospitality management, Xiao Feng upgraded the previous setup according to their professional directions.
On top of the existing departments, Xiao Feng further refined departments such as Finance, Procurement, Engineering, Human Resources, and more, totaling up to twelve departments. Additionally, Xiao Feng established two special departments: the Mobile Department and the Research Department. The Mobile Department consisted of individuals with evolutionary abilities. In the future, this department would only recruit talented individuals with evolutionary and special abilities. Meanwhile, the Research Department was led by Professors Liang and Wen, consisting of two biological research teams and one mecha research team.
Upon calculation, Xiao Feng’s gains far exceeded his imagination this time. Just the crystals he found converted to over eight million units of energy. Other items rich in energy but impossible to carry away were also converted into energy and taken. Altogether, Xiao Feng’s gains this time amounted to around ten million units of energy, along with some food and materials.
Looking at the series of energy figures, Xiao Feng even went to sleep with a smile on his face. Moreover, he unexpectedly obtained an additional reward. Because he directly dismantled the Alliance this time, Xiao Feng’s reputation had truly spread far and wide. Simultaneously, the fame of Xiao Feng’s resturant had significantly increased.
Through this event, Xiao Feng indirectly completed the main quest.
[Quest Completed: Reputation reaches 50 points]
[Quest Reward: Unlocked Dish - Honey Cake]
[Quest Issued: Resturant reaches level 5]
Xiao Feng noticed that the reputation of his resturant had already reached seventy points at some unknown time. This indicated that his resturant was already known by many. Furthermore, the main quest issued this time was only for the resturant to reach level five.
Xiao Feng couldn’t help but roll his eyes when he saw the amount of energy needed for the resturant upgrade. "Damn it! Do you want me to spend all the ten million energy I just obtained?" he chuckled bitterly. The upgrade from level four to five for the resturant demanded a whopping five million energy units. Nevertheless, this upgrade was inevitable. Regardless of now or the future, it was necessary.
With some savings in hand, Xiao Feng didn’t hesitate to upgrade the resturant once again. However, the system immediately issued a notification:
[Notification: To upgrade the resturant to level five, the boss level must reach level five, the resturant’s reputation must reach one hundred, and the number of resturant employees must reach five hundred.]
"It seems that the conditions for the resturant’s upgrades will become more and more stringent in the future!" Xiao Feng thought to himself.
Then, he promptly checked the newly unlocked dish. During his time at the shelter, Xiao Feng had obtained a box of mutated bee pupae. Unexpectedly, completing the mission unlocked food related to honey.
[Honey Cake: Using it will sprout a pair of transparent wings, allowing three minutes of sustained flight time.]
"What?" Xiao Feng widened his eyes upon seeing the properties of the Honey Cake. Flight had always been a sought-after desire for humans. After the apocalypse, apart from some evolved individuals with special abilities who could fly, ordinary people and other evolved individuals couldn’t fly. Now, this Honey Cake seemed to allow everyone to experience brief flight.
Xiao Feng was certain that once this item appeared, it would cause a huge sensation.
Early the next morning, Xiao Feng eagerly sought out Grandpa Gao. In the breeding area, Grandpa Gao was diligently feeding the mutated animals and carefully watering the mutated plants.
"Grandpa Gao! Grandpa Gao!" Xiao Feng exclaimed in excitement.
"What’s the rush?" Grandpa Gao turned around, smiling.
"Have you ever raised bees?" Xiao Feng got straight to the point.
"Bees?" Grandpa Gao shook his head. "Nope!"
Hearing this, Xiao Feng couldn’t hide his disappointment. "Moreover, the current season isn’t suitable for beekeeping!"
Looking at the sky, Xiao Feng sighed, "Right, it’s not even the beginning of spring yet, and this breeding area isn’t suitable for beekeeping!"
Yu Lin City, located in the northwest, wasn’t as warm and moist as the southern regions. After winter set in, it became very cold. Besides, the environment for beekeeping required nearby orchards or flowering plants.
"What are you guys discussing?" At that moment, Gao Ya arrived with her group of girls.
As they all joined the Mobile Department, the other tasks in the resturant were delegated to others.
This time around, they found themselves with some free time. Besides their daily training, they had plenty of time for eating, drinking, and resting.
"Hehe, nothing much, just talking about beekeeping with your grandpa!" Xiao Feng casually remarked.
Suddenly, Li Qixi, who was nearby, brightened up, "Beekeeping? I know how to do that!"
"What?" Everyone immediately turned to look at Li Qixi.
"Really?" Xiao Feng quickly walked over and questioned.
"Of course! Beekeeping is what my family does for a living!" Li Qixi said confidently.
"Yeah! In Li Qixi’s hometown, most people are beekeepers!" Su Juan chimed in.
The honey from Li Family Valley was well-known throughout Yu Lin City. During peaceful times, Li Family Valley’s honey supplied most supermarkets in Yu Lin City and was highly pure and authentic.
"That’s fantastic!" Xiao Feng exclaimed excitedly as he took out a box of bee pupae.