Universe Infinite Canteen-Chapter 680 - Duty Student

Having tasted the sweetness of success, Ma Lu wanted to keep going but was concerned that too frequent visits might raise suspicions from the hardware store owner. After much consideration, he decided to wait another week.

This way, he could claim that the Star Currency he took out was earned from the restaurant.

This week marked the beginning of Ma Lu's weekends off, and accounting for a day spent purchasing ingredients, it effectively meant he was out of the restaurant for three days. However, the business at the restaurant was not affected.

Under Boss Ma's leadership, the staff continued to excel, pushing Universe Infinite Canteen's weekly turnover to a new high of 1.4 million.

For the first time, the evening turnover also broke through 90 thousand Star Currency. Customers from Earth's Different Dimension now knew that there was a small restaurant in City B with a Cosmic Chef in charge, and the owner had wild connections capable of procuring various rare ingredients.

As long as you were willing to spend money, you could eat anything there, so Ma Lu was receiving quite a few reservation calls every day.

However, he was still a bit short of the Star Currency needed to buy an energy core and a Warp Pulse Engine, and estimated that he had to think of some other methods.

But that was a task for the next week. Before that, Ma Lu returned to Hou De.

Because he got too engrossed in a novel the previous night and inadvertently stayed up late, Ma Lu was somewhat groggy today, yawning incessantly.

Fortunately, he had already made his battle plan before leaving last time and had dedicated almost all his education points, leaving only 500 points in reserve.

Everything that could be prepared had been prepared; all that remained was waiting for Hero to show up.

While there was still some time, Ma Lu went to the research lab to review last week's research outcomes.

Before leaving, he had initiated three research projects: "Newsletter," "Moving Flag," and "Duty Student."

The "Newsletter" aimed to enhance the artistic and cultural levels of students in school, boosting the effectiveness of arts and culture classes by 50%.

The "Moving Flag" was awarded to a particular class, and having the Moving Flag would increase the education point output of the students in that class by 20%.

Both of these research projects were of limited use to the present-day Hou De.

Principal Ma didn't prioritize the students' artistic and cultural levels, nor did he care about whether everyone was developing holistically in morals, intelligence, physique, aesthetics, and labor.

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While a 20% increase in education point output sounded good, it was not immediately needed, and besides, defeating Hero would instantly provide a large sum of education points, which would last a long time.

His decision to continue researching these two projects was because combining "Newsletter," "Moving Flag," and "Class Break Exercise" from last week was the only way to unlock the next level research project "Duty Student."

"Duty Student": designates a duty student for the class responsible for cleaning the classroom, maintaining classroom and break-time discipline, receiving the Duty Student buff.

To facilitate the inspection of discipline, wearing the Duty Student buff would increase the power of talismans used within the school by 100%, and only one duty student per class could be designated per day.

A 100% increase, equivalent to twice the power; using just a Mid-level Talisman could produce effects close to that of High-level Talismans—this buff was incredibly powerful.

Moreover, Ma Lu was very satisfied as it could be used immediately in the upcoming battle against Hero.

Additionally, Sheng Tongwen was genuinely talented. After a week's sprint, he had developed four more of the Dragon Palace Nine Talismans. He didn't keep these to himself and had already passed on these four talismans, further enhancing Hou De's combat capabilities.

Hou De had undergone drastic changes compared to the previous week.

After checking the technology tree and teaching outcomes, Ma Lu also took the time to sign a few sponsorships and participated in an advertisement shoot.

Additionally, he visited several toy and clothing factories in cooperation with Qi Baichuan.

The first batch of merchandise was already manufactured and had sold out before even leaving the factory, all pre-ordered.

The revenue was tens of thousands, although only 40% was allocated to Hou De, totaling about four thousand dollars.

But this was only the first batch, and more would continue to be produced, indicating a steadily improving financial situation for the school.

Lastly, Ma Lu led the remaining students to handle this week's refreshed catastrophe belt.

When they emerged from the catastrophe belt, the sky had finally brightened.

Lu Yingying was the earliest to arrive; she loved joining bustling scenes and, with her identity as a journalist, naturally didn't want to miss the bet between Hou De and Hero.

However, Yuan Ruonan didn't come, and a man in his fifties, the oldest photographer from Ping City Daily, partnered with her instead, showing how seriously Ping City Daily was taking this news.

Not only them, but twenty-something other newspapers arrived soon after, many not even from this province. Just from Xindu, seven had come, all attracted by the news.

Most of these newspapers had more or less some connection with Hero Group, so they generally leaned more toward Hero in their stance.

However, Principal Ma didn't ban them from interviewing because there was nothing more joyful than slapping the faces of unscrupulous media.

The Ministry of Education also took this competition seriously, dispatching three people to preside over the match. Unlike the newspapers, they did not reveal much of a subjective stance.

This competition, since the new regulation, was the most attention-catching one, relating to the success or failure of the reform, and at least ostensibly needed to be fair.

Additionally, last week's dinner had proven that politically powerful forces backed Hou De, no longer the easy target it was under Principal Cao Jinhua's tenure.

Since neither side could resort to irregular methods to resolve the issue, they had to follow the rules.

Unlike the previous Heroic Concealment event, this competition involved the ownership of the items in the box, and Luo Xiangshi dared not be careless.

The Hero participants arrived in Ping City early two days ago without visiting anyone else. Luo Xiangshi booked an entire hotel and the nearby stadium where they conducted a two-day closed-door training.

He adjusted everyone's physical and mental state to optimal levels, and they arrived at the foot of Shouyang Mountain promptly at nine.

Cao Youyi, accompanied by several professors, welcomed them. Luo Xiangshi looked in good spirits. After a week of preparation, he was quite confident about the upcoming battle.

Thinking about the impending opening of the iron box, even someone as composed as Luo Xiangshi felt a surge of excitement.

However, he maintained his composure on the surface and shook hands with Cao Youyi.

Luo Xiangshi could sense a faint trace of murderous intent in the young woman's eyes as she looked at him.

But Luo Xiangshi didn't care. As Hero Group grew larger, the number of people wanting him dead had increased. Yet here he stood, proving that none of them had succeeded.

There hadn't been any before, there was none now, and there would be none in the future.

"Boss Luo, please," Cao Youyi said these four words before turning to walk up the stone steps.