The Fruit's Miraculous Effects

Undeterred, Shen Xing nocked another arrow and fired!

Thud! Thud, thud!

Arrow after arrow flew out, striking the wooden boards with crisp thuds.

After firing all twelve arrows, he ordered an orc to go over and pull them out of the wooden house.

Time slowly passed.

In the village shrouded in mist, the sounds of arrows striking hollow wood rang out again and again, along with the sounds of the orcs cutting up flesh nearby.

After practicing for nearly an hour, Shen Xing stopped.

It wasn't that he didn't want to continue, but the arrows were already covered in cracks. A few more shots would probably render them completely useless.

"This game is way too realistic. Even arrows have durability..."

Shen Xing felt helpless, but after more than an hour of practice, his accuracy had improved considerably.

At least he no longer missed by a mile like he had before.

"Boss... we're done breaking it down!"

Hellscream's rough voice came from a distance.

Shen Xing looked away and wheeled himself over to the campfire. He saw several types of materials sorted into piles on the ground.

The fresh organs and wolf meat were piled together, with a reasonably intact black wolf pelt beside them.

The wolf bones and teeth were placed on the other side.

The wolf meat and organs needed no explanation. They could be used directly as extra food for the orcs.

As for the other materials, Shen Xing didn't yet know what to do with them.

So he took off his glasses again, pulled out his phone, logged into the forum, and typed "processing beast materials" into the search bar.

Sure enough, he found a post in the guides section titled "Processing and Using Beast Materials."

It listed detailed methods for processing the various materials obtained from beasts.

For example, bones and teeth could be ground into arrowheads or daggers, while sinews could be twisted into bowstrings or ropes.

Hides and fur could be made into leather armor and boots using tools by someone with [Sewing Mastery].

The stronger the beast, the higher the quality of its materials.

Apparently, some powerful lords had even hunted high-tier beast kings in the mist and painstakingly put together entire sets of golden equipment.

After reading the post, Shen Xing gradually got a clear idea of what to do.

He was running short on arrows anyway, so he could put the black wolf's bones to use.

He gave Gorehowl a simple order, telling him to take some orcs and grind all the bones and teeth into bone arrows.

Although these orcs weren't very bright, they could still carry out a simple task like this.

Then he took out twenty [Soul Stones] and gave them to Hellscream, telling him to distribute them to the other orcs so they could all push for level 3.

With everything arranged, Shen Xing felt mentally tired, and waves of sleepiness washed over him.

He glanced at the time. It was already past midnight.

Without realizing it, he had played for an entire day.

"That's enough for today. I need to balance work and rest."

He took off his glasses, and his view returned to the cramped rental room.

Outside the window, the night was hazy.

Bright moonlight poured down like quicksilver, illuminating the old residential complex where he lived.

He picked up his phone and opened the lock screen. Numerous messages had already popped up from the discussion group.

Cilantro Who Loves to Play: "This feels amazing, guys!"

"Today I leveled one of my halflings up to level 4 and raised its potential to two stars. Its strength shot up!"

"Those low-level Lost Ones were no match for it. It slaughtered them left and right!"

He sent several excited stickers in a row, then tagged "I Eat Eat Eat Eat" and asked:

"Jiayi, how did things go for you today? Want me to send you a few [Soul Stones]?"

I Eat Eat Eat Eat replied casually: "It was all right. I just leveled all my troops up to level 2. My territory currently has seven two-star troops and one three-star troop."

"..."

Cilantro Who Loves to Play fell silent for a moment, then said indignantly, "Damn, I forgot your starting troops were already two-star. You lucky bastard."

He tagged Shen Xing and asked, "How about you, Shen Xing?"

Spark: "I did okay too. I just promoted two to three stars, then leveled all my troops up to level 3."

Cilantro Who Loves to Play: "..."

Chapter 13: The Fruit's Miraculous Effects

"You two bastards, I never should've asked!" Cilantro Who Loves to Play sent a resentful sticker in the group.

Shen Xing and Xu Jiayi also sent plenty of laughing stickers.

After venting, Cilantro Who Loves to Play changed the subject. "By the way, I browsed the forum today and found that this game has quite a few hidden ways to strike it rich!"

Spark: "Oh? What do you mean?"

Cilantro Who Loves to Play explained excitedly, "You both know that some items in this game can be brought into reality."

"Some fruits and items with special effects can sell for very high prices in the real world!"

"For example, a [Blood Fruit] can heal injuries and permanently improve recovery ability in the game. One sells for over thirty thousand out here."

"That's because they discovered that this fruit seems to be remarkably effective against ALS."

"And there's the [Brain Fruit], which can increase mental power. It has a pretty good therapeutic effect on brain conditions like cerebral infarction and cerebral palsy. One sells for over thirty thousand!"

"Although it can't cure them completely, it can slow their progression and reduce suffering."

"Some wealthy people heard about it through special channels and offered staggering prices to buy them."

Shen Xing and Xu Jiayi were both slightly taken aback.

They apparently hadn't expected things from the game to be effective against real-world illnesses.

Shen Xing pressed him, "What about the [Bone Fruit]? What does it do?"

He had found a [Bone Fruit] in the black wolf's den today, but hadn't had time to check its attributes.

Cilantro Who Loves to Play replied, "Bone Fruits increase physique and strengthen bones. Apparently, they can cure osteoporosis and bone fractures."

"Oh, right, Shen Xing. I also saw someone on the forum in a situation similar to yours."

"That person's legs seemed to have been paralyzed in an accident too."

"Later, he ate [Bone Fruits] and [Flesh Fruits], which strengthen muscles, and gradually regained function in his legs."

"But because you can only take each kind of fruit three times at most, in the end he could only barely stand up and couldn't do anything strenuous."

After a pause, he added reassuringly, "But you don't need to worry. This game world is enormous. Apparently, the area humans have explored isn't even five percent of the entire Land of Mist."

"In a world that big, there must be things more effective than Bone Fruits and Flesh Fruits. You'll definitely be able to stand up again."

Shen Xing was silent for a moment. His finger hovered over the screen for quite a while before finally coming down.

After discussing things a little longer, everyone logged off and went to sleep.

Just then, a private message from an account with a pink rabbit avatar popped up.

I Eat Eat Eat Eat: "I found a [Flesh Fruit] while exploring in the mist today. I'll bring it over to you tomorrow."

Shen Xing felt warmth in his heart, but still replied, "Thanks, Jiayi, but I don't need it for now."

Before this, if he had known that eating [Bone Fruits] and [Flesh Fruits] offered him hope of standing again, he would surely have been overjoyed.

But now, he had awakened the heaven-defying hidden talent [Life-Sacrifice Evolution].

He still wanted to keep exploiting the bug and get a free troop advancement every day.

What if the Flesh Fruit healed his legs, his agility attribute stopped being zero, and he could no longer exploit the loophole?

Right, a little impatience ruins great plans.

For the sake of his future development, he would stay in the wheelchair a while longer.

Once he became strong, wouldn't recovering be easy?

I Eat Eat Eat Eat: "All right. Let me know whenever you need it, and I'll keep it for you."

Shen Xing sent a thank-you sticker, then closed the background apps and gazed thoughtfully out the window.

"How exactly do I bring items from the game into reality?"

Although he knew the feature existed, he had never actually used it.

So he opened the forum again and searched for relevant information.

Sure enough, he found the exact method there.

"I see. A mark appears on the arm of everyone who comes into contact with this game."

"This mark can be considered a connection to the game world."

"As long as I connect my consciousness to the mark, I can transfer things from my backpack into reality."

"But one thing to note is that in the early stages of the game, only one item can be transferred per day."

"That includes materializing troops. Only one or two can be materialized, and they can only stay for a limited time."

"As strength increases, more and more things can be transferred, and the number of troops that can be materialized at once also increases."

Shen Xing closed the forum and glanced at his wrist. There was indeed a strange flower-shaped mark there.

It was a hazy gray, like a flower made of mist.

He closed his eyes and reached out to the mark with his mind.

The flower slowly bloomed, releasing a great deal of mist.

When the mist dispersed, a milky-white fruit with a rough surface appeared in his palm. It was the Bone Fruit.

"Amazing."

Though he had already prepared himself, seeing an item from the game actually appear in the real world still left him feeling a little dazed.

"Can I just eat this thing?"

Shen Xing looked at the Bone Fruit in his hand. After hesitating for a moment, he tentatively put it to his mouth and took a bite.

The flesh was surprisingly crisp, with a texture somewhere between an apple and watermelon rind. It didn't have much flavor.

He swallowed the whole fruit in a few bites and smacked his lips.