Universe Infinite Canteen.

Chapter 318 Secret Mission
Malu then checked the purchase price with Laohei again.

最后定下3星食材的收购价75星币/千斤，4星200星币，5星525星币。

另外做成咸肉后，每一千斤3星食材老黑会多付125星币，4星多付180星币，5星则为290。

As for ham, since it takes longer to make and the process is more complicated, its selling price is also higher, at 80 star coins more per thousand pounds than bacon.

Malu calculated that if he mainly sold ham, the price of a 3-star ham could reach 280 star coins/thousand catties, a 4-star ham could reach 460 star coins/thousand catties, and a 5-star ham could reach 895 star coins/thousand catties.

As for ingredients below 3 stars, Lao Hei does not intend to accept them because the profit margin is too low and they take up space on the smuggling ship. Malu also does not intend to sell ingredients above 5 stars.

After all, when it comes to making money, it is definitely more profitable to cook. For example, when people like Chen Zhengyi come to eat, a meal will cost at least hundreds or even thousands of star coins, and the ingredients used are only a few kilograms.

Even when Malu suffered the biggest loss, he hosted a BBQ for Mickey and others. Those big eaters, cartoon characters, ate two to three thousand kilograms of his food in one go, most of which were low-star quality. In the end, he still paid a full 8000 star coins.

Of course, Lao Hei did not intentionally slander Millipede. Even if he did exaggerate, the risk of smuggling was indeed there, and this was a joint business, and he had already offered the highest price possible within his authority.

But this is Earth after all, outside the free shipping zone of the Major League, so the smugglers are destined to only be able to handle excess food and make extra money as an additional channel. Millipede's business focus must still be on restaurants.

However, this gave him more motivation to continue upgrading the desktop farm and collection bag.

Malu then delivered 2000 kilograms of bacon to the place designated by Lao Hei, which was worth about 1000 star coins. This also freed up more space for the ham. Almost two days later, he received a transfer from Lao Hei, totaling 3065 star coins.

This also includes the reward for helping Lao Hei get a new body, so the total number of star coins on Malu's hand has reached 14253.

It seems like a lot, but it is still a long way from paying off the debt, and it is not even enough for him to buy new equipment right now.

Malu asked the hardware store owner to help him find high-dimensional artifacts that could open equipment slots. The cheapest one cost 2 star coins. As usual, he still had to pay a 7% deposit first, and the remaining % balance could be settled when the smuggling ship arrives next week.

After Malu paid the deposit, he only had 188 star coins left, and he had to earn another 6 star coins in the next 6000 days, but it was not a big problem.

After receiving several special guests and receiving positive reviews, the reputation of the Universe Infinity Canteen among visitors from other dimensions gradually spread.

Especially those who are love-brained. In order to find true love, they are keen on expanding their friend list. Her friend list includes not only ordinary people, but also people with special identities.

The love-brained girl manages her social media account seriously. These days, she has been posting pictures of the delicious food from the Infinite Cafeteria in the Universe, even though she is a skeleton girl and doesn't eat.

However, according to the research and statistics of Love Brain, the comments and likes rates under short videos and pictures related to food are very high, so she naturally would not miss it.

In addition, the sales team composed of Valkina people headed by Gigina was also active in the city, so Malu received 4 reservations in one go, including a large order worth 7000 star coins, which was comparable to the Chinese New Year.

But before that, Malu went to the Temple City first. This time he deliberately went there a day later so that he could catch the 230th anniversary celebration of the city.

Malu himself is not really interested in the celebration. Although he can eat and drink for free and watch entertainment programs, given the Church of Order's usual cold and abstinent style, their programs are likely to be less interesting than the borderline videos on TikTok.

In comparison, Malu was more concerned about today's extra program, which was why he rushed over. As an outsider, he might not care about the outcome of the battle between the Church of Order and the Witch Alliance, but he could not completely ignore the changes in the situation.

In addition, as the commander, it is also his responsibility to ensure the safety of the team members. Whether from personal feelings or training costs, Malu does not want any accidents to happen to Yunque and the others.

Therefore, the first thing he did after arriving was to go to the Witch House, intending to pick up the witches under his command. However, he was told that the Witch House was closed today and no witch was allowed to go out.

Malu was a little surprised, because witches were also allowed to participate in the celebration in the past, as long as the knights reported in advance. He specifically asked the nanny inside and found out that this was the Holy Knights, or more precisely, the new order that Levi had just issued last night.

It seems that Levi should not be completely unaware of the Witch Alliance's next actions.

Moreover, Malu later discovered that the signal near the Witch's House seemed to be temporarily blocked. Yun Que was a person who loved chatting, and Malu sent her a message, but the girl didn't reply for a full quarter of an hour.

This was simply impossible in the past.

Could it be that Levi has discovered that there are still fallen witches hiding in the Witch House? Or is it that he just suspected it but has no evidence yet, and in order to avoid any accidents, he simply cut off the connection between the Witch House and the outside world on the day of the celebration?

Millipede was too lazy to guess, so he just went and asked the person involved.

He is now a high-ranking member of the Paladin Order and also Levi's man, so he does have some privileges.

However, Levi was not in the office, and Malu came back empty-handed. After leaving the tower, he was wondering where to find Levi when someone patted him on the shoulder unexpectedly.

Malu turned around and found that the person standing behind him was actually the herald.

The latter looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to this side, so he quickly handed over a small note.

"What do you mean?"

"This is a letter from Lord Levi specifically for you," the herald officer said. "You are one of the few people he can trust, so only you can handle this secret mission."

"Secret mission?" Malu frowned.

"You will know after reading the note," the herald said, "Remember, this note cannot be seen by any third person, including me, and this mission will not be recorded in the files of the Knights. May the glory of the Lord of Order always shine upon you, Master Ximu."

After saying that, he turned around and hurriedly turned into the alley at the side.

Malu held the note and frowned even deeper. Why did he have to work overtime on holidays? It would have been fine if it was just overtime, but he had to keep it so mysterious.

The key point is that no matter how well you, Levi, do at keeping secrets, Malu is illiterate and has no idea what is written on the note. Besides, Yunque and others cannot be contacted at the moment.

Malu could only stop a passerby and handed the note to him, "Read me what it says."

"Yes, my Lord Knight."

Although Malu's request was a bit strange, the passerby saw the knight's armor on him and did not have any doubts, so he immediately read it out loud.

"Recently, someone in the city has been secretly spreading the news that the Shrike is only faking its death and will show up on the celebration day. Go and investigate this matter and find out who is behind it. Goethe of the Drinkers' Gathering should know something about it. Be careful not to let others discover your purpose."

The passerby was stunned after reading the words on the note, and stammered, "Then... is that evil fallen witch leader not dead?"

Malu snatched the note from his hand and consoled him, "No, it's just a joke on the celebration day, go do what you need to do."

(End of this chapter)