Scientific Travel

"Don't try to put one down while praising another." The system was furious, its mouth firing like a machine gun: "Have you ever seen other systems? How do you know what other systems are like? Spreading rumors is illegal. Even if we're different species, you can't spread rumors about me!"

Deng Yin was talking to Cui Wuji and didn't have time to pay attention to it. He said, "Don't make a fuss. Let's finish talking and save this."

"You!" The system had never heard of saving arguments before, but it still obediently saved the file.

The system was afraid of forgetting, so it even wrote it down on paper, not even missing a punctuation mark.

Undeterred, Cui Wuji continued, "Will that disaster end? The people are suffering terribly. As an emperor, shouldn't I do something?"

"I don't know," Deng Yin said, "but I do know what the next natural disaster will be, and it's related to water."

Upon hearing her say this, Cui Wuji seemed to have a flash of inspiration and understood why her house was built the way it was.

"Thank you!"

The room fee for the eight-day stay was 400,000 gold coins, and the food cost 60,000 gold coins. Cui Wuji and Deng Yin bought a lot of fruit, and to thank her, they rounded it up to one million gold coins.

After all, Zhao Shanglan had come with him, so he couldn't let her pay for it. Cui Wuji gave Deng Yin ten silver notes worth 100,000 gold coins each.

The two guards left last night. It's too far for the Emperor to walk, and besides, they bought a lot of fruit. When they came back, they brought ten carriages with them.

Neither Wang Moyu nor Li Pingle came to see them off when they left.

It hasn't been long since that incident happened, and they weren't exactly on friendly terms to begin with, so there was no need for them to come and see each other off.

Deng Yin went to deliver it; otherwise, she wouldn't feel secure holding onto the silver notes worth a million gold coins.

After the others left, Deng Yin immediately rode her electric scooter to the city to exchange money. The system said that only gold coins could expand the space, not silver notes.

No money shop could come up with so much money all at once; Deng had to go to four money shops to raise the amount.

Just as Deng Yin finished exchanging the money and was about to leave, the emperor arrived with a group of carriages.

For some reason, Deng Yin suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, Cui Wuji didn't know why she was there, so Deng Yin told a little lie. "I came here to observe the people's lives."

It was neither appropriate nor reasonable for Deng Yin to say such a thing in front of the Emperor.

The emperor hasn't even come to observe the people's livelihood yet, but she's already getting all excited.

Fortunately, Cui Wuji was not dissatisfied and even invited her to have dinner together.

Deng Yin refused.

The food in the city is subpar; the price is inversely proportional to the quality. It's better to go home and eat what Li Pingle makes.

He should be almost done by now, right?

There is no concept of speeding as a violation. Deng Yin turned the handlebars to the bottom. The electric vehicle's shock absorption was excellent. Even though there were many stones on the road, he could hardly feel any bumps.

After finishing his meal, Deng Yin immediately transferred all the money he had earned that day to the system. The original space was square meters, and with the addition of this square meter, it seemed to stretch endlessly.

As the space expanded, so did the river. The system excitedly told Deng Yin, "This river has been upgraded. From now on, the water in the river can not only heal wounds, but drinking more of it can also prolong life and enhance internal strength. There is an opportunity to upgrade every time the space increases by 100,000 square meters. I didn't expect you to upgrade successfully in just five tries."

The system never mentioned such an important matter even once; it's like a talking pen, only telling you where to unlock.

Originally, Deng Yin did not plan to expand the space any further. The space she currently had was enough for her to live in, and if it were too big, it would just be empty.

But now that he knows that expanding the space not only increases its size but also adds buffs, Deng Yin is once again thinking about making money.

Before making money, you should ask what buffs you can add. "How much more do I need to expand before I can upgrade the space? What will it look like after the upgrade?"

"Each time the space expands by 100,000 square meters, there is an opportunity to upgrade the space," the system said. "So far, only the river can be upgraded. After the next upgrade, the river water will have a purification function, with a 30% probability of restoring polluted humans or animals. There are a total of three upgrades. Upgrading to the highest level can increase intelligence, and animals that drink too much of it can even learn human language."

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Deng Yin only now realizes how much a good system can help its host. Shouldn't she have been told this from the beginning? If she hadn't earned a million gold coins this time, she probably wouldn't have known this until the mission was completed.

However, it's not necessarily a bad thing to only know this now, because while natural disasters are frequent and prices are soaring, the exchange rate in the space remains unchanged.

The money that used to be earned from selling dozens or even hundreds of fish can now be earned from selling just one. Every cloud has a silver lining.

Deng Yin has nothing else but plenty of food. She doesn't plan to sell common items; she wants to sell things that can't be bought elsewhere.

Ordinary foods are mainly for ordinary people. Now, during times of famine, many people are starving. If the price is too low, they won't make money; if the price is too high, they won't sell.

Why not sell those rare and unusual items? No matter how old they are, there will always be wealthy people.

If the prices are so high, then there must be a storefront. No matter how well the stalls and vendors are decorated, people will always feel that the things they sell should be cheap.

Deng Yin didn't have much stock. She had a limited number of seeds, and the fruit she planted last time hadn't even sprouted yet, so she planted all the remaining seeds.

The mission is going to last for an unknown period of time, so I need to make sure I have enough to eat.

Besides fruit, Deng Yin had mostly fish and eggs left over.

Previously, the weather was cold, making it difficult for fishermen to catch fish. Now, the weather is hot, and many rivers have dried up. The river near Deng Yin's house is now only ankle-deep in water.

Fish prices have skyrocketed, now surpassing mutton to become the most expensive meat.

Deng Yin's inventory was not much, only more than three thousand pieces, which added up to about 15,000 jin.

Unfortunately, all three thousand fish were dead. Wealthy families valued freshness, and the fish they bought had to be alive.

Since we've decided to go the high-end route, dead fish definitely can't be sold.

There were roughly over ten thousand live fish. Deng Yin fed them vegetables grown in his space, which were delicious and plentiful, and the larger fish rarely ate the smaller ones. In addition, they drank water from the river in his space, making them all very resilient, and none of them died of disease.

But some people ate themselves to death.

Dead fish would float to the surface, and Deng Yin would chop them up and feed them to the pigs, occasionally giving them some meat as well.

In addition to selling fruit and fish, Deng Yin also plans to sell cakes.

She didn't like this kind of food, so she never thought of making a cake with an egg beater. Rich people always crave novelty, and since cakes had never been sold before, Deng Yin planned to use it as a signature dish.

Finally, the egg beater has found its place!