A kilogram of ingredient, after being stored ten thousand times, becomes a weight of one kilogram * 10,000 * 0.1, which is one ton.
This is equivalent to one thousand times the original amount of the ingredient.
In other words, Zhang Wei's repeated storage not only refines the ingredients to near perfection but also increases their quantity in terms of volume.
Approximately ten days are needed to duplicate ingredients equivalent to the stored amount.
To meet the growing demand, Zhang Wei requires more repeated storage!
Calculating ingredient profits.
Perfect ingredients from levels 1-30 yield a daily profit of 3.5 billion.
Perfect ingredients from levels 31-60, due to their scarcity, yield a daily profit of 2.5 billion.
Ingredients above level 60 yield a daily profit of 4 billion.
Non-perfect ingredients, far more numerous and constituting the vast majority, generate an average daily profit of 6 billion.
High-value ingredients like Yin-Yang Soup Base, Bronze Apple, and Silver Apple have an estimated selling price of 16 billion.
This means Zhang Wei's current daily production value has reached an astonishing 32 billion!
However, most of the ingredients are fed to the Lawful Mammoth and the Plant Hell, with only a small portion stored in the Gourmet Bank and various branches.
[Storage Complete: Gem Meat]
[Capture Level: 150]
[Replication Time: 302 days]
While the Lawful Mammoth was asleep, Zhang Wei silently took the Gem Meat.
Having learned from the previous experience,
Zhang Wei filled the inexplicable cavity with wine while extracting the meat, making it feel no pain.
A painless surgery...
"Warm Port, take me to the Plant Hell!"
Unlike the Lawful Mammoth, the Plant Hell, nurtured by Zhang Wei, is incredibly vibrant. The simple brains of the plants can hardly accommodate the concept of laziness.
Zhang Wei meticulously inspected the area, confirming no other valuable ingredients, and then turned his attention to the BB Corn.
Unlike the Gem Meat, the BB Corn is not a single plant. Above the entire plant forest, there are at least hundreds of them, though most BB Corn plants, lacking sufficient nutrients, are only two to three meters tall.
"Ingredients with such compressed nutrients, their growth requires astronomical sums."
"Furthermore, a fully mature fifty-meter corn plant can weigh over 1200 tons, and each ton requires more than a hundred times the amount of meat to sustain it."
"And these nutrients are distributed throughout the entire forest, leaving little for the BB Corn itself."
"However, the more vibrant the Plant Hell becomes, the more BB Corn plants will appear, which is ultimately a good thing."
Continuing the feeding.
Zhang Wei consecutively stored two large BB Corn plants, each close to fifty meters in height.
The replication time was compressed to 109 days.
At this pace, approximately forty-five more storage operations should compress it to one day, taking roughly over sixty days.
However, if the feeding dosage were increased...
More vigorous storage is still needed!
Over oceans, Zhang Wei led his new team to the Western and Southern continents and deployed new branch personnel.
With their efforts, ingredients from levels 1-30 in the Human World will be within their grasp!
For ingredients of level 45 and above, Gourmet Hunters will need to form expedition teams for specialized capture missions.
A tour through Stalingrad, Chengdu in Sichuan, and Penglai Immortal City, filling the Treasure Hall with mountains of ingredients.
A preliminary calculation shows these ingredients are worth at least over 18 billion. The first fifty storage operations enhance replication time, while subsequent operations increase quantity. If all are stored, daily production could increase by over 1.5 billion.
Speaking of which, there are over 30 billion worth of ingredients from this auction and transaction, primarily of extremely precious varieties, estimated to increase daily production by over 4.2 billion!
Furthermore, the processed ingredients can be supplied to the Gourmet Treasure Academy as learning materials for students.
With such lavish and luxurious textbook provisions, the entire Human World cannot compare.
"Work hard, keep it up!"
"Promotions and salary increases are just around the corner!"
With some perfunctory words of encouragement, Zhang Wei returned to the Great Glacier, where something very important awaited!
Over three hundred Gourmet Hunters and two hundred base executives, a total of five hundred people, formed a substantial team.
Their objective was the Great Glacier continuously emitting fragrance—the Century Soup!
After twenty days of simmering, the methane water from underground was decreasing. Zhang Wei knew it was time to enter the glacier's interior.
"Everyone, we are about to enter the life's work of the former Century Treasure Association, the very essence of the Gourmet Display Window!"
According to the original text, methane water rises once every hundred years.
By the time the protagonist group entered the Ice Hell, the Century Soup had been depleted. After the Regenerator Tie Ping extracted the last handful, the Gourmet Display Window shattered.
Based on this theory, the initial quantity of the Century Soup must have been the largest.
Everyone displayed their unique skills, crossing the wall of fire and entering the interior of the Great Glacier.
"Truly... nostalgic."
"Back when I first transmigrated, I was so cautious in my actions. And that initial group of laborers, administrators, and so on... Wang Meng, Gui Tian Biesan, I met Mo Du and Bruce here as well."
"The traces of this corridor have not been repaired; this is where Wu Yong and I had our first fight."
Descending along the spiral staircase,
The group felt the surroundings becoming warmer, with temperatures around five degrees Celsius. Water began to drip in many places.
However, the temperature seemed too high, causing large-scale collapses in the ice walls, making passage impossible.
Just as Zhang Wei was about to raise his fist, Xi Feng beside him immediately intervened, "I participated in the entire construction of the Great Glacier. If you use brute force like that, it will cause severe damage to the ice layer and might even harm the Gourmet Display Window!"
"I have lived here for most of my life, and I understand the Great Glacier as well as my own hand. If I lead the way, we can definitely bypass the fault."
Zhang Wei nodded in agreement.
It turned out there was a large cavern at the bottom of the Great Glacier, from where Zhang Wei had previously obtained Salt Essence. Xi Feng was also aware of this cavern.
The methane water and this cavern were inextricably linked.
Continuing downwards through the Great Glacier, they could bypass the Gourmet Display Window by following the cracks in the cavern.
"Hmm~"
"Strange electromagnetic waves."
Zhang Wei sensed that in the deepest cavern, a group of powerful creatures seemed to be gathering!
Very powerful!
Their strength far exceeded the average level of the Ice Hell plains, and their numbers were astonishing.
"Are they also attracted by the Century Soup..."
Looking around, over three hundred Gourmet Hunters were densely packed.
Zhang Wei remained silent, allowing Xi Feng to lead the group into the more dangerous depths of the cavern.
Among the Gourmet Hunters were many masters. One of them twitched his nose, seemingly sensing something. But he was quickly stopped by his companion. Zhang Wei clearly saw the gesture to silence him.
They have discovered it already...
Without any further development, it appeared they considered this unexpected turn of events a deliberate test of some sort.
That's perfect then!
After much winding and turning, as Xi Feng wiped past a corner, he couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise!
"What monster is this!"
The Treasure Hall's prompt instantly sounded!