Bound to the Multiverse Restaurant, I'm now the darling of my staff.

"Captain, Captain, what's up?"

A bunch of grown men were cowards, all hiding behind their captain and urging him on with a single finger.

You guys are really my brothers!

The captain glared at his good teammates, and when he turned back, he felt a little breathless looking at Wen Nuan's face.

"Um, Mr. Wen, you mentioned before that you could exchange food at the restaurant for something?"

Wen Nuan, who was sitting behind the counter so bored that she was counting on her fingers, looked up when she heard this and nodded seriously.

"That's right, the rarer something is, the more valuable it is. I wonder what you all would like to offer in exchange?"

Rare items?

They can't even afford to eat, so what valuable things could they possibly have?

"This is all we have left... I wonder if Mr. Wen will accept it..."

Several shiny stones, each a different color and size, lay on the man's rough, large hands.

"what is this?"

Warmly and curiously picked one up and examined it. As soon as she touched it, she felt a faint energy emanating from the stone.

That energy was somewhat similar to the spiritual power in the spirit stone, yet slightly different.

"This was taken from those mutated organisms; we call it a crystal nucleus."

"Actually, we don't know what it's used for, but we've heard that people with superpowers can use it to upgrade their superpower levels."

“Every time we get these crystal cores, we sell them and exchange them for some points.”

For ordinary people, these crystal cores are no different from stones, except that they can be exchanged for points.

"You mean... all these things came from the bodies of those mutated, ugly things from before?"

Wen Nuan frowned and asked, but her expression immediately froze after receiving an affirmative answer.

"Then why didn't I see them when I killed those things before?"

There must be at least several dozen of them, and she had heard from these people that they were all A-grade mutated creatures, and the crystal cores inside their bodies were definitely also A-grade.

"..."

A group of people lowered their heads, not daring to make a sound, and muttered to themselves.

With all that fuss you made before, if you really had any crystal cores, they would have been smashed to pieces long ago...

Wen Nuan's face turned pale and then flushed, clearly indicating that she had also thought of this.

"...This is a huge loss!"

After silently comforting herself for two minutes, Wen Nuan felt a little better.

Holding the items in her hands, Wen Nuan mentally asked System Xiao 6 to appraise them, and the final price made her raise an eyebrow.

How many of these do you have? I'll take them all!

Wen Nuan waved the soybean-sized crystal in her hand, "I'll give you 1000 points for each of these."

"1000?"

A group of people stared in surprise. Wen Nuan paused and looked at them. "What? You think it's not enough?"

After saying that, he looked at the crystal in his hand again.

She thought it was pretty good that such a small piece could be exchanged for 1000.

Although she hasn't yet discovered what use this thing is, her system has always been good at recognizing value, and the more valuable something is, the higher the exchange rate.

Therefore, she guessed that this crystal must be of great use, but it was just a matter of waiting to be discovered.

"No, no, no, not a lot... no, I mean there are already a lot."

This is just a Grade E crystal, the lowest grade, yet it can be exchanged for 1000 points! That's enough to buy a lot of good stuff!

If we take it back to the base, this level would only get a maximum of 50 points.

These people were overjoyed, and then handed Wen Nuan another one, the largest one in their hands.

"Then, then, what about this one? Mr. Wen, how much is this worth?"

Wen Nuan took the green, egg-sized crystal. As soon as she held it, she felt an extremely pure power surge into her body.

That power was very similar to the power she had absorbed from those wood-type creatures when she was in the cultivation world.

The force was so sudden that Wen Nuan was caught off guard, but she was only stunned for a moment.

He then quickly enveloped the crystal in his hand with his spiritual power, thus interrupting and isolating the transmission of that power.

She was already just one step away from reaching the Golden Core stage, but now that the situation in the new world is unclear, it's best to wait and see.

Seeing that she didn't react for a long time and just stared blankly at the crystal core, someone called out anxiously.

"Boss Wen? Boss Wen?"

Warmth snapped out of her daze, "Ah? Oh, I can give you points for this kind."

"How much, how much?"

"1,100?"

"Mom! 1 points can get us so much good food here! We'll be stuffed to death!"

The group of people went crazy and started frantically pulling out crystal cores.

"Mr. Wen, I have some left here, you can have them all!"

"Yes, yes, I still have some here, I'll replace them all too!"

The restaurant's buyback price is more than ten times higher than the base's. Since it's going to be sold anyway, it's definitely more cost-effective to sell it to Boss Wen.

So, Wen Nuan had them line up one by one, each holding a POS-like machine, and began calculating their points.

"Your 10 crystal cores are worth a total of 5000 points."

"Your...6500 points."

"Your...6000 points."

There were about ten people, and the lowest score they received was 5000 points.

Everyone excitedly held their points cards, their faces beaming with pride.

Their captain scored the most, with nearly 2 points.

The green crystal core was the one he took out earlier.

However… Wen Nuan flipped through the pile of crystal cores in front of her, “Don’t you have any of those green ones anymore?”

She looked closely and realized that only that one was the largest; the others were slightly smaller than ping-pong balls.

"Oh, that one..." The captain scratched his head and smiled sheepishly, "That one wasn't mine; I got it by chance."

He was lucky, really. When he was on a solo mission, he unexpectedly encountered a superhuman fighting an S-class willow tree monster.

That willow tree monster was exceptionally powerful; superhumans were no match for it.

Seeing that he couldn't escape, he simply self-destructed, killing the willow tree monster. Of course, the superhuman himself died as well.

He hid to the side and waited until he was sure both of them were dead before running out to scavenge for the S-grade crystal core.

Warmly and regretfully nodded, without saying anything more.

"Mr. Wen, may I ask... can we take these dishes to go?"

The tall, thin man asked nervously, explaining that he had a wife and a five-year-old daughter at home, and he wanted to bring some back for his family to try.

"Of course, but the takeout box will cost an extra 10 points."

The tall, thin man nodded vigorously with a look of delight, "Of course, of course, I'll pay, I'll pay!"

Then, a group of people who suddenly became rich, like the elderly people who rushed to buy vegetables at the market, frantically bought a lot of food.

For Wen Nuan, these foods cost nothing.

With this back and forth, it meant that both the items and the points ended up in her hands.

It's no exaggeration to say that it's extremely profitable!

However, none of these are the most important things. For her, the most important thing is to complete the mission.

Warm glanced at the system panel.

Mission World: Apocalypse

Main Quest: Serve 11 dine-in guests within 2 months (11/)

Side Quest: Achieve 1000 million points in restaurant revenue within 2 months (/)

Wen Nuan sighed. The main quest wasn't difficult, but she really had no idea how to handle the side quest.

After all, 1000 million points is no small amount.

Although there are no penalties for failing to complete side quests.

However, based on her past experience, side quests often offer more generous rewards.

If possible, she would certainly like to finish it all.

At this moment, the people who were busy packing food were so excited that they were no longer so afraid of Wen Nuan.

Some of the bolder ones even made jokes.

"Mr. Wen, your restaurant is great in every way, but the location is a bit too out of the way. If it were located in the base, the door would probably be worn out by customers."

The others nodded in agreement.

That's absolutely true. What are the major bases lacking most right now?

Food!

Although they don't have many points, the powerful figures in the base do.

For them, even if they had money, they couldn't buy food now.

Imagine if the restaurant were located on the base...

Tsk tsk tsk, they wouldn't even dare to dream of that!

Hearing this, Wen Nuan's eyes lit up, a smile appeared on her lips, and she said mysteriously.

"Gentlemen, how about... we make a deal?"

"???"