The little incident regarding the internship certificate was quickly resolved.

Lu Yunzheng summoned several colleagues, gave them instructions, and the men noted down Qin Ming's college and batch information before turning and leaving swiftly.

With everything settled, he was unusually relaxed and cracked a joke, turning to look at the finance and logistics minister who walked in from the door: "You approved this funding and reward allocation pretty quickly."

The finance minister walked in carrying account books. Upon hearing this, he did not deny it, but instead nodded frankly: "I admit that you have a good eye, and you did not make a mistake in investing in the training room in the early stages."

She placed the ledger on the corner of the table, opened one of the pages, and saw several lines of numbers marked with ink lines. "The extra expenses for the early training room have already been covered through the trading channels for refined ore and formations. Based on this expectation, the maintenance bill will also be settled directly, so don't ask him for it."

Her fingers traced across several lines of numbers, revealing a skillful and knowledgeable mastery.

The border region has always been financially strained, and relying solely on internal government funding and support has always been insufficient.

Every resource needs to be carefully calculated, and every shortfall needs to be filled from elsewhere. The former supplies officer tried every possible way to keep things running.

The trading channel for refined ore and formations established with the Wanjia Turtle Palace now has a clearly promising future.

This move means that the supply chain of spiritual materials along the border has gained a stable upstream source, and a long-term cooperation framework can be used to obtain a continuous input of resources.

How could this not make her happy? She closed the ledger, a rare relaxed smile on her face, devoid of any calculation.

Infected by the emotions expressed in his colleagues' words, Lu Yunzheng also thought of the front lines, which had recently seen a significant reduction in workload.

Patrol reports along the route indicate that the marine mammals are actively shrinking their activity range, and several vulnerable areas that originally required additional troops to fill have not shown any unusual activity for nearly half a month.

The aura of an adult Man-shelled Turtle is still quite intimidating to ordinary sea creatures.

Their aura carried the unique composure and weight of the turtle race, and when it spread in the deep sea, it was enough to cause most predators to automatically adjust their course.

After all, humans cannot go into the sea. If they can't defeat a sea beast, they can retreat to the deep sea in time and their species will not be in danger. But if they anger the top spiritual beasts in the sea, things will not be good.

The rage of a single adult armored tortoise is enough to overturn a small area of ​​sea beasts, and behind them is the entire tortoise clan's network of power. No group of sea beasts is willing to gamble with such consequences for a moment's convenience.

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So even though the Kamesawa couple were just passing by, many sea creatures still took a detour.

They replanned their routes along the downwind side of the ocean current, preferring to take an extra half-day's detour rather than let their activity area overlap with that aura.

This situation will only become the norm once future trading channels are established.

Lu Yunzheng's gaze fell on the sea outside the window, which was shimmering in the twilight. Even the usually composed corners of his mouth couldn't help but curve into a smile.

Suddenly, an unusually strong aroma wafted over from the direction of the cafeteria.

The aroma carries the richness and layers unique to deep-sea seafood, spreading in the air with an almost tangible impact, even causing the clerk at the end of the corridor who was organizing documents to stop writing.

Lu Yunzheng's nostrils twitched slightly as he turned his gaze from the window back towards the direction of the dining hall: "Top-grade spiritual food?"

The finance minister also looked up, put down the ledgers, and sniffed in the direction the aroma was coming from: "Where did the raw materials come from?"

Her voice carried a professional alertness.

As soon as the words left their mouths, the two of them remembered someone who had just left.

Qin Ming has been away from the office for a while now, so the possibility of him creating this aroma in the cafeteria is higher than any other coincidence.

Lu Yunzheng narrowed his eyes. As his mental perception expanded, he saw more details. In the kitchen of the canteen, several sea beast corpses were being processed and lay on the processing table. Judging from their size and the luster of their scales, they were of high quality.

He withdrew his senses and nodded, saying, "It's him. Three seventh-tier edible sea beasts alone—that's quite a sum!"

The cafeteria kitchen was currently experiencing an unexpected feast.

Qin Ming sat by the window, with several dishes already on the table in front of him. Not far away, the head chef was standing in front of the stove wiping away sweat, his face still showing the focus he had just finished cooking a batch of dishes.

A plate of perfectly grilled sea monster meat, with just the right amount of charred edges and a tender interior, melted in your mouth with a sweet and savory flavor that spread evenly across your tongue. Little Fatty exclaimed, "Mmm, delicious!"

"It's really good." Due to his limited stomach capacity, Qin Ming remained calm in the face of the dazzling array of dishes.

His chopsticks paused on the edge of the plate for a moment, then he picked up another dish of steamed shellfish. The moment the shellfish melted on his tongue, it brought a refreshing sweetness, which perfectly drew a clean boundary between the previous dish and the previous one.

"Everyone has their own expertise, and chefs from near-shore areas are more experienced with this kind of seafood. We didn't spend much time on the way back, so we can stay for a few days and cook all the ingredients that Mr. and Mrs. Kamesawa gave us."

Qin Ming put down his chopsticks, turned his head to look at the chubby boy next to him who was still engrossed in eating, and made a suggestion.

"Great idea!" The chubby boy nodded vigorously after being reminded.

A moment later, the head chef, who had personally prepared all the dishes, wiped his hands and was about to go out to ask the distinguished guests about their dining experience.

His gaze swept over the nearly empty plates in front of Qin Ming and Xiao Pang, and he roughly understood the situation. A smile just appeared on his lips.

Little Fatty looked up and boldly declared, "Two more servings, please!"

With a flick of its claws, three brand-new sea beast corpses, seemingly of even higher quality than the previous ones, appeared out of thin air on the open ground next to the stove.

The first one was a relatively large finned fish. Its hard main fin scraped the ground with its edge when it landed, leaving a not-so-shallow mark.

The second one was a soft, tentacle-like sea monster. Its agile body curled up and landed in the empty space next to the stove, with the edges of its tentacles brushing against the windowsill.

The third one was much larger. Judging from the outline of its shell, it was a hard-shelled creature belonging to the crustacean class. It occupied most of the remaining space, and its back almost touched the bottom edge of the control panel.

The hard fins easily sliced ​​through the stone slabs and window sills. The scratches stretched from the ground to the corner of the wall, with clean cuts and edges as smooth as if they had been made by a knife.

The software's tentacles are quite flexible, taking up all the remaining space in one go.

The tentacles were still elastic when they were removed, and after landing, they swayed a few times and wrapped around the nearby support and cabinet legs, forming a somewhat irregular encirclement.

Luckily, everyone had finished most of it, otherwise there really wouldn't have been anywhere to put it.

The space around the stove was nearly two-thirds occupied by the three newly arrived sea monster corpses, leaving only enough space for one person to pass sideways.

Little Fatty glanced around, his gaze sweeping over the crowded space, and said with some dissatisfaction, "This place is too small. There are so many turtles, where are we going to put them?"

The chef's lips twitched; he almost thought he had misheard.

His gaze swept over the three sea monster corpses one by one, from the back of the finfish to the suckers of its tentacles and the patterns on its shell. Each one was of a higher quality than any of the seafood he had ever handled before.

If he hadn't seen the actual product with his own eyes, he would have seriously doubted that he had misunderstood.

"Your skill level is good. Turtle has no objections, but you need to hurry up. This is the amount for the next three days. You need to finish it all. Turtle wants to take it with him."

Xiao Pang's voice was firm and natural. He felt he had made himself clear, so he looked away and leaned back down in the seat next to Qin Ming.

The chef was stunned.

And what else? Where did this guy get his raw materials from? Did he go into business and copy someone else's business?

He took a deep breath, clearing his mind of all the questions. He felt both energetic and weak, and even stumbled a little. Luckily, he managed to grab the table for support.

He steadied himself with difficulty and said firmly, "Okay, I'll work overtime and stay up all night to make it good for you!"

His firm words earned him a trusting look from the chubby boy.

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