CHAPTER 658: CHAPTER 281: THE TROUBLED STAR RING (6K)

Half a month passed swiftly, and the potion business of the Starry Sky had successfully expanded under the strong subjective initiative of [Mind Punch].

After all, this lucrative trade was truly an eye-opener for those mercenaries in Grey Star City, who were so poor they periodically played cameo roles as star pirates.

Typically, they’d work tirelessly for a month to earn a profit, but now they only needed to sell two bottles of potions to earn money quickly and safely—faster than robbing...

No, it was faster than robbing!

During a robbery, they’d worry about encountering some passing strong individuals and losing their lives, but selling potions meant waiting for these individuals to bring money to them!

Previously, they looked down upon those large potion companies and their former colleagues who became company dogs, often hurling insults about rotten potion sellers.

This certainly had a hint of sour grapes, but now that they became potion sellers themselves, they could only say that it’s truly delightful!

Presented with such a lucrative business, those who were scared by poverty did not get blinded by money but immediately applied their subjective initiative to start expanding the business.

Escorting the potions felt almost more enthusiastic than when they protected their employers or went out to rob; each of them had twenty points of Spirit.

After all, these earnings were truly tangible!

With the military guarantee of Grey Star City, the sales of Tier Six potions expanded very quickly.

In the higher echelons, [Mind Punch]’s alliance plan was also progressing smoothly. Over half a month, [Mind Punch] almost never stopped, searching for collaborators everywhere.

To date, he had united with over forty Seventh Rank strong individuals.

Relying on the Tier Seven potion selling privileges he controlled, he also reaped considerable resources, easing his hand substantially.

His activity immediately led to speculation among many Starry Sky People.

However, since he contacted those high-level strong individuals personally, and these high-level strong persons understood the importance of the matter, it wasn’t possible for it to be known widely, maintaining perfect confidentiality.

No one could infer anything.

Of course, contacting so many high-levels, the stabilized potion supply was the core reason.

Without visible benefits, who would be willing to pay trust without cause?

This even caused [Mind Punch] to secretly marvel.

The production of Tier Seven potions offered by Fan Mao was incomparable to the diarrheal output of Tier Six potions sold by his subordinates.

But compared to the speed of those two Starry Sky Alchemists who could have barely one bottle a month, Fan Mao’s was already incredibly formidable.

Almost every time he contacted one, he could take out at least two bottles of potions as his negotiation capital.

Moreover, the variety had expanded to five kinds in these half a month, a speed almost as fast as their market development.

If not for the help of [Fierce Sun], he might not have been able to recruit newbies fast enough to keep up with Fan Mao’s potion supply!

With such a level of output, why worry about the pressure from those two Seventh Rank Alchemists?

One person’s output is several times higher than the combined output of those two Alchemists!

Even the prices were extremely cheap, not requiring various rare materials for exchange.

Moreover, more importantly, after Xike and Rasi returned, Fan Mao’s genetic modification being able to work on Tier Seven had also spread, further receiving much acclaim from many.

Although currently, they’re interconnected mainly due to potion interests, once time accumulates, these high-level strong individuals will inevitably form alliances invisibly!

Of course, this doesn’t hold much significance for Bai Yi at present.

She couldn’t even go out of the Starry Sky, so forming alliances wouldn’t help. Instead, she needs these high-level Sky People to voluntarily accept her genetic modifications.

She has already instructed Xike and Rasi to actively push for this, especially to integrate the remaining two high-levels in the Star City to become her own.

However, for it not to appear too obvious, this progress couldn’t be too fast.

Fortunately, Bai Yi was not in a hurry about this.

In the past half month, besides refining potions and sending them to the transit area, Bai Yi mainly focused on familiarizing herself with new abilities and collaborating with witches to conduct various research.

Due to continuous battles, the witches’ research had somewhat fallen behind, with a lot of acquired knowledge failing to be researched and transformed into power in time.

Such as the massive machinery obtained from Xuanxing, and various pieces of Starry Sky knowledge provided by Lillian in the vegetable delivery trio...

Of course, there were also a lot of her original research.

Many of these researches were already ongoing, and with the half month’s time and the accelerated effect of the instance, there had been numerous delightful gains.

According to Bai Yi’s current research institution divisions, there were primarily three categories.

Mechanical technology, magic technology, and the newly established belief research.

The first two were closely related to her combat power—more accurately, the combat power of her subordinate groups.

The mechanical knowledge mainly came from Xuanxing and Lillian.

There’s no need to elaborate on the former; Bai Yi had experienced Xuanxing’s laser weapons and electromagnetic shields, which were combat-related, bringing substantial enhancement to Mechanical Brain Worms.

The latter provided more lifestyle auxiliary knowledge, such as spaceship technology and the small nuclear fusion battery technology Bai Yi once craved.

Both technologies were already in use, significantly accelerating the construction of the Star Ring.

Half a month has passed, and the first stage of the Star Ring has been successfully completed, with the second stage expected to be completed together with the second stage of the Mother Nest in a week.