Spatial Feed

When Ye Yuan arrived on deck, Ding Er was still there, studying the piece of petrified wood. He looked up when he saw Ye Yuan.

"Have you figured out what it is?"

Ye Yuan did not waste words and directly told Ding Er that it was very likely petrified Golden Silk Nanmu. Ding Er could only sigh that Ye Yuan's luck lately was simply beyond words.

In the end, he said to Ye Yuan in a flattering tone, "Brother, sell me a section. You've got such a huge piece that you can't use it all yourself. My dad loves tea. If I get him a tea tray made of petrified Golden Silk Nanmu, wouldn't he be over the moon?"

After considering it, Ye Yuan replied, "Sure. I'll give you a piece, but keep your mouth shut. Don't go telling everyone."

"How could I do that? I'll buy it. Don't be so polite with your second brother."

"Not for sale. I'm only giving it away. If you don't want it, forget it." Ye Yuan answered bluntly.

Though Ding Er usually seemed carefree and rough around the edges, he was actually the most thoughtful of the four roommates.

During their four years at school, he had spent quite a bit of money on Ye Yuan. But he had one admirable trait: whenever he spent money on someone, they would only realize it afterward.

Once, because something had happened at home, Ye Yuan had very little spending money. During that period, he only ate two meals a day.

Ding Er then dragged Ye Yuan out to restaurants off campus for several days straight, claiming that he had been dumped and needed someone to comfort him.

He kept dragging Ye Yuan out for meals. It was only later, when that senior girl came to make a scene in their class, that Ye Yuan learned Ding Er had been caught cheating on her, which was why they had broken up. There had never been any heartbreak at all.

Ding Er had done plenty of things like that over the years. Whenever any of the roommates had a problem, he was always the first to notice.

Now that Ye Yuan was not in urgent need of money, and he had only planned to make some furniture and bracelets from the wood anyway, he might as well give Ding Er a piece since he needed it.

"Thanks, brother."

Ding Er also knew that Ye Yuan truly was not short of money anymore. Although he could not compare to Ding Er's family, in the eyes of ordinary families, Ye Yuan was already rich.

Ye Yuan instructed the crew to strip away the hard outer layer of the wood before loading it into the cabin.

They lingered in international waters for another two days. During those two days, they hauled in several nets of fish, but the catches were average.

This time, he let the crew haul the nets themselves. He did not want to use his cheating ability too often, especially with Ding Er still aboard.

After fishing in international waters for two consecutive days, Ye Yuan decided to head back.

They had already been out for some time. On the return trip, Ye Yuan hauled in another two nets of fish. One of them even contained five large yellow croakers, which counted as an unexpected gain.

The fishing boat docked safely at Pinghai County's pier. Wang Yueshan had already been waiting there, as Ye Yuan had called ahead to inform him.

When Wang Yueshan boarded the fishing boat and saw so much premium seafood, he was delighted. After the two discussed the price, the seafood came to a total of 3.1 million yuan. Even Ye Yuan had not expected it to be so much.

As Wang Yueshan put it, he had paid Ye Yuan above market price for the premium seafood. Most of it would be purchased directly for his family's hotel, so naturally the price was much higher than what seafood dealers would offer.

While Wang Yueshan was busy unloading the seafood, Ding Er pulled Ye Yuan aside. He planned to return directly to Shangjing and find a master carver to make the tea tray for his father.

Ye Yuan did not try to stop him. He had Ding Er buy some tools in the county, then cut a piece of petrified wood to Ding Er's requested dimensions and wrap it in the packaging they had prepared.

After seeing off Wang Yueshan and Ding Er, Ye Yuan took the fishing boat back to Fishing Bay Island. The island could now be said to be basically complete.

Fishing Bay Island had been completely transformed. The island was crescent-shaped and ran north to south. There was a small mountain to the south, with cliffs along the seaward side. Beneath the cliffs was a cluster of small reefs, making it impossible for boats to dock there.

The northern side was flatland, where the pier had been built. Not far from the pier stood the workers' dormitories, constructed as two rows of single-story rooms due to the island's conditions, each with its own bathroom. Behind the dormitories was the seawater desalination system.

A road circling the island was still under construction. Though the island was not large, getting around on foot would still be troublesome.

Ye Yuan's family villa stood at the foot of the mountain, some distance away from the staff dormitories.

Several processing workshops had been built on the former site of Ye Family Village. Since no equipment had been purchased yet, they were all temporarily vacant.

A large cold storage facility had been built in the middle of the island, along with several smaller warehouses beside it.

Between the warehouses and Ye Yuan's villa, they had built a rest area for the crew, complete with plenty of fitness and entertainment facilities.

Ye Yuan had not originally planned to build these things. After all, his crew were all robots. But after observing them recently, he discovered that these alien-tech robots could eat just like normal people, converting food into energy within their bodies. That was why he had built the place for them.

Seeing how well the island's modern industry blended with its natural surroundings filled Ye Yuan with pride. This was the island that had raised him for over twenty years, and it was becoming better and better in his hands.

After returning home, he found his sister's family there as well. He discussed things with Brother-in-law and decided to build a holiday resort on the vacant seaside land not far from the villa. The idea had come to Ye Yuan when Ding Er and the others had visited.

Though the island was not intended to be open to the public, friends would still need somewhere to stay when they came, right? They could not have everyone staying in the house from now on.

After giving Brother-in-law another sum of money, Ye Yuan discussed the resort's details with him.

After discussing it for more than an hour, the two returned to the living room.

Ye Yuan's mother had wanted brother-in-law's family to stay for dinner, but brother-in-law said he still had matters to deal with in the county, so he left with Ye Yuan's sister and Niuniu.

After dinner, Ye Yuan returned to his room. The aquaculture farm had now been completed, and during the meal, his father had asked when he planned to stock it with fry.

Ye Yuan had not forgotten that he had bought quite a few abalone seedlings from an abalone breeding base on Blue Island. So many days had passed, and with the system feed added in, he wondered what the abalone had grown into.

Entering the space, Ye Yuan went to the section of sea where he had placed the abalone seedlings. Looking at the abalone before him, he could hardly believe his eyes.

"Are these really the abalone seedlings I bought a few days ago?" Ye Yuan muttered softly.

One huge abalone after another lay quietly beneath the rocks along the shore.

He remembered placing abalone into the space twice in total.

The first time was when he bought one hundred thousand abalone seedlings on Blue Island. The second time, he had caught another batch beneath the nearby reef cluster, perhaps several hundred of them. The last batch had varied in size, and he could not clearly remember the exact details anymore.

Looking at the abalone in his space now, even the smallest were the size of four-per-jin abalone, while the larger ones had already reached the size of two-per-jin abalone. He did not know whether it was because of the feed or because the space itself benefited fish growth.

Then he looked at the lobsters and rare fish he had casually tossed into the space over time. Although they had also grown much faster than outside, they were nothing compared to the abalone.

It had to be because of the feed. The effect was far too good. But that created another problem for him. If others learned that he could raise two-centimeter abalone into four-per-jin abalone in a single month, his secret would not be far from exposure.

After thinking it over from every angle, Ye Yuan finally came up with an idea: dilute his spatial feed with ordinary feed.

The next day, Ye Yuan went directly to the breeding base where he had bought the abalone. The same manager received him. Ye Yuan directly purchased another hundred thousand abalone seedlings, paid, and left without a word of nonsense.

Watching Ye Yuan leave, the manager muttered to himself, "There really aren't many people who can raise abalone seedlings to death in just one month. I haven't heard about any recent virus outbreaks."

The manager believed that Ye Yuan had raised all the abalone seedlings he bought last time to death, which was why he had returned to buy more so soon.

PS: Thanks to brother 08a for the reward.