Dao Fruit

The entrance hall beneath the towering 88-story HR Alliance Building in the main urban area of Jiangnan Base City saw two military off-road vehicles with "HR" printed on their bodies drive in.

Inside the vehicles were Bai Yue and his five companions, who had rushed back with all haste to make it to the base city before nightfall. With a clatter, the doors of the two vehicles opened one after another, and the fully armed six members of the Falcon Squad stepped out.

With a "beep," the electronic sensor door sounded, and then the door slid open automatically.

"Gentlemen, please come in," the doorman at the entrance said, bowing respectfully.

The six Martial Artists of the Falcon Squad walked straight into the building. The hall was extremely luxurious, with casually placed decorations that were far from ordinary. The passing waitstaff were handsome men and beautiful women, each wearing a smile that made one feel as warm as a spring breeze.

Without lingering, the Falcon Squad headed directly for the elevator, where a staff member pressed the button for the 21st floor for them.

"Manager Fang is already waiting for you on the 21st floor," a female attendant said with a smile.

Bai Yue and the others nodded.

The elevator ascended rapidly without stopping. After just a short while, with a ding, the elevator doors opened, and they had arrived at the 21st floor.

Stepping out of the elevator, they could see a large lounge area. Along the sides of the lounge were several rows of sofas, where some people were waiting to be received. As Martial Artists, Bai Yue and his group naturally didn't need to wait, and they walked directly toward Manager Fang's office.

"Our manager is inside. Please, come in," a service lady said as she ushered Bai Yue and the others into the office.

The office was even more extravagant, with various crystal-clear decorative pendants hanging. The floor was made of tempered glass, beneath which one could see a stream, small fish, water plants, and so on.

A bald, round-faced old man rose from his seat. "Leng Jun, it looks like you've had a big haul this time. Come over here and sit down." The old man led the group to a sofa nearby.

"What goods do you have this time? Let's have a look," the old man said with a smile.

"This time, I'll let you feast your eyes. You may receive many Martial Artists every day as a big manager, but you probably haven't seen what we've got this time more than a few times," Zhang Fang spoke up first.

"Take out the materials, Xiao Yue," Captain Leng Jun also said at this point.

Bai Yue placed his backpack on the floor beside him, then took out the Great Strength Demonic Bear's fur, eyeballs, fangs, bones, and other items, laying them out one by one on the ground. A fierce aura emanated from these things, as if the Great Strength Demonic Bear had come back to life.

"A Great Strength Demonic Bear! My goodness, how did you kill it? With this demonic bear's defense and monstrous strength, even a War God would find it hard to kill, wouldn't he?" Manager Fang couldn't help but exclaim.

"The fur is very well preserved, and the bones are complete too." Manager Fang's eyes lit up.

"Wait for me a moment." Manager Fang went to a cabinet behind his desk, took out a password box, and carried it over.

"Leng Jun, take out the rest of the materials too." At the same time, Manager Fang opened the password box and took out a set of precision scanning instruments. He activated the device, and a red light emerged from the glass at the top.

The other five members of the squad also took out various materials from their backpacks one by one. These were all materials from other mid-level beast generals. Although not as valuable as the Great Strength Demonic Bear's, they were still extremely precious.

The red light scanned over each material in turn, and Manager Fang's smile grew even wider. After two minutes, all the materials had been scanned.

"Manager Fang, what price do you think these materials are worth?" Bai Yue said to Manager Fang with a smile. He knew that, as an elite squad, they generally only hunted valuable monsters and wouldn't bother with ordinary ones.

"These materials are indeed good. How about this: six billion Huaxia Coins for the Great Strength Demonic Bear's materials, and thirteen billion Huaxia Coins for the other thirteen mid-level beast generals, for a total of nineteen billion Huaxia Coins!" Taking a deep breath, Manager Fang quoted the price directly. Even for him, such a large deal was rare.

"Old Fang, that price is too low," Zhang Fang said from the side. Because Captain Leng Jun's personality was too cold and aloof, Zhang Fang usually did the talking when negotiating business.

After some back and forth, the disputed price for the Great Strength Demonic Bear was finally settled at eight billion, while the other materials didn't increase much in price, since the market rate was what it was. So the total haul from this trip was twenty-one billion Huaxia Coins.

On the third floor of the building, after completing the transaction, the six members of the squad came to a restaurant, booked a private room, and ordered a table of food. Captain Leng Jun took out a laptop, went through a series of password verifications, and logged into the squad's shared account.

"Aside from the eight billion for the Great Strength Demonic Bear, the rest will be split equally. For this hunt of the Great Strength Demonic Bear, Bai Yue was the main force throughout, and the rest of us didn't help much. So Bai Yue gets sixty percent. Any objections?" Leng Jun looked at the others.

Everyone exchanged glances and had no objections. After more than half a year together, certain things had long become customary.

"Beep." The sound of a successful transfer rang out, and Bai Yue and the others' Communication Watches kept receiving balance change notifications. Bai Yue looked at his Communication Watch; his balance had increased by nearly seven hundred million.

"Xiao Yue, you have to treat us to this meal today," Li Xiao said with a smile from the side.

"That's a must. I've been relying on all of you for the past half year. After this, I might have to leave the squad and head to the Headquarters Training Camp for training. Everyone, be careful when you go to the Wilderness Area from now on!" Bai Yue raised a cup of clear tea, his tone sincere as he spoke to his teammates who had accompanied him for these six months.

"Don't say that. Although you were the last to join the squad, the help you've given everyone is obvious to all," Wang Bing said. No one was unhappy that Bai Yue was getting stronger and could go to a bigger stage.

Having a strong person in the team was the only way to improve the team's survivability, hunt stronger monsters, and earn more money. For example, during this encounter with the sudden attack of the Great Strength Demonic Bear, if Bai Yue hadn't been there, they might have been completely wiped out.

After a heartfelt conversation, Bai Yue and the others parted ways at the HR Alliance Mall and took the train back to their respective homes.

In Yangzhou City, Mingyue Residential Area, inside a villa.

After returning home, Bai Yue washed up and went to sleep. After all, he had been in the Wilderness Area for over half a month. Even as a Martial Artist, fatigue was unavoidable.

As a transmigrator, Bai Yue had a golden thigh.

It was a Dao Fruit embryo, just born from the void. When Bai Yue, the transmigrator, awakened his past life memories, he discovered that he could communicate with the Dao Fruit embryo located in the unsearchable, inaudible, invisible void.

The moment his consciousness touched the Dao Fruit, Bai Yue felt as if struck by lightning, as if a great bell or huge drum was booming in his ears, his mind going blank. A mysterious power descended upon his body through the connection of consciousness, transforming his current life's body and soul.

By the time Bai Yue came to his senses, he felt completely clear and open. His body, which had felt a bit stiff from just awakening his memories, seemed to have become much more agile in an instant. His physical fitness, which had already been enhanced by the awakening of his Mental Power, hadn't increased, but his mastery over his body had greatly improved.

Looking around again, he felt as if he were closely connected to heaven, earth, and nature. Every detail of the changes in his surrounding environment appeared in his mind. In that instant, many insights surfaced in his heart. Some points in his previous cultivation that he hadn't fully understood were now clear in his mind. To use the terminology of a fantasy world, it was as if he had transformed from an ordinary mortal body into an innate Dao Body.

His consciousness communicated with the Dao Fruit, and a trace of information emerged in his mind. Bai Yue discovered that his consciousness had only dyed a thin layer on the surface of the Dao Fruit; he was still far from fully mastering it. Trying to control his consciousness to dye deeper was like trying to push an immovable mountain—there was no reaction at all.

It seemed that to continue mastering the Dao Fruit, he would need to work hard to improve his own consciousness or enhance his own strength. As for the former, since Earth didn't have places to temper one's will, he could only improve by accumulating various experiences and by reading and understanding the works of the sages. As for the latter, when a life form advanced to a higher major rank, its original power level, consciousness intensity, and genetic optimization would all be greatly enhanced.

This was only what he had discovered at the time. In reality, the effect on him was not that simple. During the half year of cultivation, Bai Yue found that his body seemed to have been digitized. Every increase in physical strength and every improvement in mastered skills would be solidified. There was no situation where his physical fitness would regress after a few days without training, or where he would forget what he learned today tomorrow.

It was somewhat like the characteristic of "once proven, forever proven" of the Great Dao in novels. It was because of this characteristic that Bai Yue had been able to make such great progress in half a year.

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