It's none of my business. I'm just a lunch box seller.

"Then boss, are you planning to build another refugee camp outside the hotel?"

"why not?"

“Will the refugee camps accept the Chuchu people?”

"why not?"

"and then?"

"Then..." Boss Cheng thought for a moment and replied, "How about building an underground shelter with the glowing mushroom as the center?"

0310 If it weren't for my biological father, he would have died long ago

Under the guidance of Boss Cheng's space-time locator, the technical department's survey team completed the work of sneaking into the continent of Teyvat. However...

Survey team member A: "Is it a problem with the locator or the transmission equipment?"

Survey team member B: "It could also be that the world is not good. After all, a secondary world like this, sandwiched between the higher and lower dimensions, can always cause all kinds of weird things."

Survey Team Member A: "So where exactly are we being teleported to?"

Survey team member B: "Surface!"

Survey team member C: "Who would have thought that a seemingly normal secondary world could be so abnormal? How could the gravity of the entire world be so messed up?"

Survey team member B: "Be content. We are lucky that we are not trapped in the strata."

Survey team member C: "We received the signal again! The signal is 5300 meters below us."

Survey team member A: "Wow, a self-burying civilization!"

Survey team member B: "Put on protective clothing and set the return coordinates. If you get stuck in the stratum, teleport back immediately."

5300 meters below the survey team, Boss Cheng was holding the locator, mumbling in confusion, "Is it not working? But the manual says that the location is successful when the red light turns green. Why hasn't my restaurant appeared yet?"

Suddenly, three figures wearing force field protective suits appeared above the boss's head. One of them stepped on the boss's bald head, then slipped and sat on the boss's head.

The boss regretted that he should not have raised the locator high like Ultraman. If he had put his hand at a normal chest or waist height and pressed the locator switch, his bald head would not have been stepped on, and his face would not have come into close contact with other people's buttocks.

Fortunately, the force field protective suits are all made of hard structures. Although the boss got hit on the face, there was no uncomfortable soft and elastic touch. His face was in contact with the cold and hard armor structure.

Under the gaze of everyone, both sides decisively turned the page and began to investigate the huge cave where the giant glowing mushroom was located.

The boss asked the members of the survey team: "Didn't we use direct projection before? Why did we go to the trouble of mobilizing so many people to locate and survey in person this time?"

"Do you want to hear the official standard reference answer or our true opinion?" asked member C.

“What’s the official answer?”

"In order to improve service quality, meet the customized needs of guardians, and maintain the good image of the technical department in the minds of guardians."

"What about your real truth?" the boss asked again.

Member A replied: "As the first entrance to the other world opened for Project Team 27, our operation was a little messy..."

Member B continued, "When we searched this world, we secretly opened the door without saying hello to the administrator of this world..."

Member C concluded: "So this time, we are here to make up for the loss and help you choose a location and strengthen the space for your store."

"Have you said hello to the administrator of this world?" the boss asked again.

"The manager just said 'hmm', neither agreeing nor disagreeing, and then he hid away like a coward."

After getting the answer, Boss Cheng also said "hmm", not feeling strange or surprised. But Wendy and Zhongli, who were carrying the translator, were completely confused. And Dain, who couldn't understand the "foreign language", was also confused after hearing the retelling from the traveler.

"Hasn't Heaven responded to you directly?" Wendy asked boldly.

But who would have thought that the members of the survey team would ask Wendy: "Who is Tianli?"

The question "Who is Tianli?" made Zhongli and Wendy think. If the "manager" the other party was talking about was Tianli, but the other party didn't know Tianli's identity, then everything was reasonable.

But what if the "manager" mentioned by the survey team is not Tianli at all...

The truth about this world is simply too terrifying!

It was so terrifying that even the two demon gods didn’t dare to investigate further!

Even the travelers couldn't help but frown and think about the truth about this world.

But they all understood that now was not the time to delve into these issues.

The staff who came to survey the restaurant site also noticed the glowing mushroom and praised it for its beauty. The glowing mushroom thanked the staff for their praise and told the boss that their name was Zanmaran.

Boss Cheng patted the completely woody stem of the Zanmalan mushroom and asked whether the Zanmalan would lack necessary nutrients growing on such rocky ground.

Zanmaran asked the boss again: "Distant traveler, do you want to eat Zanmaran?"

"Come on, your stem and cap have become woody and can no longer be eaten. Besides, I have always been cautious about edible mushrooms. After all, I run a restaurant, and if I use mushrooms indiscriminately, it will easily cause food poisoning to diners. I am just simply curious about how you grew to such a large size on such a barren rocky ground."

"That's right, Zanmaran is poisonous. The glowing fungi around it are also poisonous."

"So don't worry, I only like you glowing, not lying in the wok. I asked if you were lacking in nutrients, just because I hope you can continue to glow. Of course, if possible, I hope you can shine even brighter."

Zhammaran simply said frankly: "Thank you, traveler from afar. Zhammaran is indeed lacking in nutrition. If you can provide Zhammaran with enough nutrients, Zhammaran is willing to repay you with more beautiful brilliance."

You know what, Boss Cheng actually knew about mushroom nutrient solution. Because in Hualin City, there are companies and self-employed people who use abandoned underground mines to grow mushrooms. And the boss happened to have seen some merchants selling mushroom nutrient solution at the farmers' market.

In fact, it is not difficult for Boss Cheng to install hundreds or even thousands of LED lights in the cave. However, once this is done, it will destroy the artistic conception of the cave. Besides, the reason why Boss Cheng chose to open a store next to the big mushroom is that he is optimistic about the faint fluorescence emitted by the Zanmalan.

If not, there are at least three other places in this stretch of underground caves that are more suitable for hotels.

So, Zhamaran reached an agreement with his new neighbor. From today, Boss Cheng would provide nutrients to Zhamaran, and Zhamaran would use his fluorescence as a reward to help Boss Cheng illuminate the huge cave.

However, the space inside the cave is limited after all, and it is impossible to project both the hotel and the school. Therefore, under the control of the survey team, Boss Cheng's hotel and the gate of the school appeared on the stone wall of the cave.

That’s right, the boss’s restaurant was not projected in its entirety, but only half of it with windows and doors was projected against the stone wall of the cave, as well as a small section of the school’s wall and a large iron gate connected to the restaurant.

"Can it be projected like this?" The boss was surprised. "I originally thought that only the school gate could be projected like this, but I didn't expect that a restaurant could also project half as much!"

"It saves space!" Several people said with a little pride in the technical department: "We specially adjusted the projection parameters and designed it for you. This way, we can leave more space to build an underground shelter for you!"

Five minutes later, the spatial projection of half of the hotel was completed, and the space in the hotel area was also solidified. Before the boss could open the hard armored sliding door flush with the hotel wall, the door was opened by Denise from inside the hotel.

Little Paimeng flew forward, patted the 5-centimeter-thick titanium armored door panel, and asked in surprise: "Boss, how come the original rolling shutter door turned into a hard iron plate? Paimeng thinks the original rolling shutter door is more convenient and better looking."

"I also think rolling shutters are more convenient and look better, but you can't help but think they break easily."

"It seems that you have been through a lot during the time when Paimon and the Traveler were away." As he spoke, Paimon touched the heavy silver-gray door and the five-layer laminated bulletproof glass on the door, and sighed, "The business environment must have deteriorated a lot."

"It's not that bad. I just think that if I replace it with a stronger store door and window, it will be less likely to be damaged and I won't have to repair it every day."

After seeing little Paimon, Denise immediately hugged Paimon in her arms, then held Paimon's chubby little face and rubbed it hard. Paimon's saliva was rubbed out by this vicious woman.

After finally getting rid of Denise's clutches, Paimon saw Guoba sitting at the table in the restaurant, watching a comedy movie while eating spicy rice crackers. Then Paimon flew to Guoba's side and snatched the spicy rice crackers from him.

The traveler also curiously asked why Xiangling appeared here. But before Xiangling could tell how she became Shaoan's apprentice, Cheng took the lead in bringing up the embarrassing incident of Xiangling being caught stealing melons. Zhongli, who was standing by, helped Xiangling to excuse herself by saying:

"When you are away from home, you are bound to encounter difficulties in cash flow."

However, the traveler complained in his heart: "Before Wendy introduces you to a proper job that can make money, you will probably be in financial difficulty every day."

"What are you thinking about, Traveler?" Zhongli glanced at the Traveler coldly, "As if you were thinking about something very rude."

The traveler waved his hands, indicating that he was thinking about what to drink when he returned to the store.

"The tea style is good," Zhongli suggested. "It's warm and elegant, with a sweet aftertaste. It's rare."

"But he never paid." Boss Cheng suddenly interrupted, "Cha Pi is a paid beverage, but this guy doesn't seem to have any idea that he needs to pay for things. I've been wondering these days, do you think this guy often ate free meals in the past? If he often did, then does he have a very powerful background? Otherwise, why hasn't he been arrested or beaten to death?"

Hearing this, the traveler could only respond with an awkward but polite smile, and then told the boss: "He is actually the biological father of Liyue. If he were not, he would have been beaten to death long ago."

0311 Instructor Wang, we were wrong

Wendy left, and Zhongli left too.

But the two of them did not drive away in the Piaopiao Le, because the boss's store was more than 500 meters underground and the car could not drive out. So the two of them left with two sets of portal positioning and transmission equipment connected to the "Zamalan Square".

At first, Boss Cheng was planning to set up the connection points of all the positioning equipment on his own playground. But the brothers in the survey team advised the boss not to provoke the administrator of this world anymore.

"Deputy Minister, you have to understand that opening a few portals connecting to the inside of this world and opening a few portals in this world that connect to you are completely different concepts! If the former can be considered to improve the transportation environment of this world, then the latter can only be regarded as a pure provocation."

Fortunately, our boss Cheng listened to the advice of the survey team and placed the portal to the outside world in the newly named Zanmaran Square. From now on, the boss and the freight trucks will depart from Zanmaran Square when they go to various places on the Teyvat continent.

Zan Malanbengu likes this new place named after her very much. However, compared to the square named after her, she likes the nutrient solution given to her by Boss Cheng more.

It was the same lady who had been supplying seasonings to Boss Cheng. The boss only made a phone call and the lady sent him 10 boxes of mushroom nutrient solution for free.

As for why the elder sister was willing to give the boss mushroom nutrient solution for free, the answer was very simple. Because the boss ordered more than ten tons of spices and thousands of boxes of various oils, salts, sauces and vinegars from her.

Although the boss hadn't placed an order with her for more than three months, the amount of the order from her boss alone was enough to keep her small trading company going for a while. Therefore, compared to the profits her boss had made for her, the cost of 10 boxes of mushroom nutrient solution was just a small amount of money.

After the Zanmaran was nourished by the mushroom nutrient solution, if the brightness of the big mushroom was considered dim before, then the brightness now can be called bright and gorgeous. And the price of the brightness and gorgeousness is only 10 bottles of nutrient solution with a total price of 150 yuan.

"No, sister! Did the nutrient solution you absorbed cause a fusion reaction in your body? Otherwise, the conversion of chemical energy is not very conservative!"

At the same time that Boss Cheng said this, a warm light suddenly lit up at the reserved portal in the square, and then Zhongli and Venti, who had left, returned to Zanmalan Square through the portal.

Zhongli also explained to Boss Cheng: "Zanmaran is the descendant of the demon god, and cannot be regarded as an ordinary fungus."

Boss Cheng thought so too, wondering how a real mushroom could grow so big and communicate with other people mentally.

"But how come you came back so soon?" asked the boss.

"Because he didn't plan to go far!" Wendy explained to his boss, "Zhongli had originally planned to open a portal near the exit of the Chasm. So we only brought one set of portal locating equipment. After locating the first entrance and exit, we will come back to get the next set of equipment."

"You guys are pretty good at being lazy."

But Boss Cheng had to admit that the operation of these two people was really convenient.

"Also, we have already made a plan. We plan to set up an entrance and exit in Mondstadt and Liyue Harbor respectively. Then we will set up two more entrances and exits in more remote places, but not too far away, at least closer to the town. In this way, we can really make the freight trucks appear and disappear like a ghost. However..."

"No need to worry, there are enough positioning devices!" said the survey team with a smile.

"But don't blame me for asking too many questions." Boss Cheng asked the three members of the survey team: "Why do I feel that the conveniences you provide me are suddenly more than before?"

"Do I still need to ask?"

"You got a promotion!"

"As a deputy minister of a powerful department, he certainly has more privileges than the average person."

"Fuck, do you have to be so real?"

Then, Wendy and Zhongli took the positioning and transmission equipment and left, riding on Boss Cheng's electric donkey.

However, the boss only had one electric donkey with a long battery life, so the two of them could only squeeze tightly on this electric donkey that was less than 1 meters long. With Wendy in front and Zhongli in the back, the two of them seemed to be squatting on the ground and flying, galloping across the winding and rugged land of Liyue.

"Boss, why don't those two guys drive away?" Little Paimon asked the boss: "Shouldn't there be a lot of cars in your base?"

The boss shrugged and said, "I don't know. There are obviously several cars available for them in the underground base."

"So what goodies did the boss prepare for me and the traveler this time?" Paimon, who had already fully revealed his "small but big-faced" temperament, put his hands behind his back and circled around the boss while asking, "Boss, you must have prepared something good for your most loyal partner, right? Is it something delicious or fun?"

The boss slapped his thigh and shouted, "Yes! I almost forgot!"

Paimon quickly asked, "What did you forget? Is there really a gift?"

"Of course there are gifts, but before that, I have to solve the accommodation problem for the hill people first!"

"But Boss!" Paimon asked angrily, "Why did you suddenly jump from giving us gifts to the issue of accommodation for the Hillbillies?"

"Because your gift is used to solve the accommodation problem."

As for how to solve the accommodation problem of the Qiuqiu people quickly and well, this problem has never been a problem for Boss Cheng.

Large areas of the fifth layer of the hierarchical city have been repaired, and the large number of empty houses were originally used as transit stations and resettlement centers for immigrants. Therefore, these places can be used to temporarily accommodate the Qiuqiu people who no longer need to die but have nowhere to go for the time being.

However, just as Boss Cheng and Dain led the Black Snake Knights, Hilichurl Rangers and a large number of Hilichurls to leave Teyvat and come to the world of β-027, these "monsters" that had begun to resemble humans actually returned to their appearance before they turned into monsters.

"us?"

"us!"

"We're back to being human!"

Even Dain felt that the curse on him evaporated completely without any warning the moment he set foot on the land of the other world.

At the same time, the last captain of the palace guard of Kanreya, "Sword of the Last Light" Dainsreb, realized that the leader of the Black Snake Knights was actually his old subordinate!