By daylight, the post had blown up.Doubt and abuse still existed, but they were getting drowned out by rubberneckers, would-be buyers, and open supporters.At the same time, Yun Luohe had Tianji Pavilion step up intel gathering on other districts. Since District 2 had the Mutual Aid Association, the European Emperor Association, and Tianji Pavilion, other districts were bound to have equivalents.Mu Zitang moved fast and delivered.“Yun! Tianji Pavilion’s intel team pulled overtime. We cross-matched forum public info with tips from new members and burned a pile of materials in trades. We’ve drafted preliminary dossiers on the major organizations across the districts. I’ll send you the details now.”Yun was watering the Starwish Tree when the message arrived. She paused and set the watering can aside.“Okay, send it.”Details by district:Ark Chamber of Commerce (District 1): Massive influence. Members are powerful, flush with supplies—especially weapons, high-grade materials, and pharmaceuticals. They run multiple Ark branch stores in the Trade Hub, well-stocked and diversified, each branch focusing on a different category.Regeneration Association (District 3): Professional alchemy/medical corps led by several physicians and researchers. Members specialize in stamina boosters, anti-radiation potions, and purification agents. Dozens of anti-radiation products on shelves.Mechanics Guild (District 5): Experts at repairing electronics and building precision tools and small machines—mini-subs, drones, improved fishing gear. Huge demand for electronic parts, damaged tech schematics, and rare metals. Post-merge they’ve been hoovering up electronics.Deep-Sea Brotherhood (District 7): Elite divers and refit vessels dedicated to deep-sea ruins. Rich in seafloor materials; their knowledge of underwater ruins is the most complete across districts. Currently negotiating collaboration with the Mechanics Guild.……These outfits were roughly on par with the Mutual Aid Association—real weight in their home districts, reputation matching strength.There were also smaller associations, much like the European Emperor Association—plenty of talent but weaker comprehensive power, focused more on individual growth than team strength.Alongside the org dossiers, Tianji Pavilion sent a Top-100 player list.It was a rough board of the strongest across districts—unordered strength estimates. Who’s stronger or weaker couldn’t yet be pinned down.Yun Luohe’s name was, of course, on it.She also spotted Yu Chenjin.[Yu Chenjin: District 1 high-tier player. Outstanding physical stats; traits relate to bodily enhancement. Weapon: a monk’s staff. No pet. Lone wolf. Joined no associations. Depth of strength unknown.]If Yun wanted to find him, she had to locate his personal Trade Hub shop.Tianji Pavilion had that too.Yu Chenjin’s shop name: Ash Shop.Yun pulled it up quickly.There wasn’t much for sale, but everything was unusual.Ash Shop inventory:Training Robe ×7 — High-Grade Hardwood ×20Monk’s Robe ×12 — High-Grade Hardwood ×30Purple-Sandalwood Wooden Fish ×1 — High-Grade Hardwood ×20Rosewood Wooden Fish ×2 — High-Grade Hardwood ×10Mulberry-Wood Large Wooden Fish ×1 — High-Grade Hardwood ×15Agarwood Prayer Beads ×2 — High-Grade Hardwood ×50Coral Prayer Beads ×1 — High-Grade Hardwood ×80……Yun couldn’t help but laugh.This guy—he sold these things.And so cheap—just a bit of hardwood to buy them. All that time to make, only to sell at a loss.Tianji Pavilion’s notes said the shop really did only carry monk’s articles, all handmade. He made them for himself and listed extras.After all, monks had been pulled into the game too. Because the prices were low, regular players wanted them for fun—but couldn’t buy. Orders required seller approval.Yu Chenjin verified the buyer’s identity and sold only to monastics.Add in his irregular listing times and random quantities, and sales stayed low.But the shop gave Yun a direct line to contact him.Too many people pinged Wealthy Lady’s Little Shop daily; Yun couldn’t scroll through everything hunting for familiar names.She contacted him through Ash Shop.She also checked the prayer beads he crafted.One set used 108 natural coral beads—bright color, excellent luster. “A thousand years for coral, ten thousand for red”—beyond symbolizing luck and safety, coral beads in Buddhism were said to protect the wearer and purify the mind.Would he be willing to sell to her?She wasn’t a monk, after all.His reply arrived quickly.Yu Chenjin: “Long time.”Yun Luohe: “Yeah. After we split at the desert, nothing since. How’ve you been?”Yu Chenjin: “Fine.”Yun Luohe: “Haha, good. Your shop’s items are interesting. All handmade by you?”Yu Chenjin: “Mm. Making them clears the mind.”Yun privately sighed. This man had time to breathe; she never had a spare minute.Maybe she was just too hard on herself.They chatted a bit; Yun nearly forgot she still had a mountain to do.She quickly sent him a Conch Communicator.“I’ve got to run. Take this—call me if you need anything.”She closed the light-screen.Within minutes, Yu Chenjin called.“Huh? So fast—something up?” she muttered, accepting the call.“You wanted the red-coral prayer beads?”Yun blinked—ah, that. “Right, I clicked because they looked nice. But isn’t it monks only? I don’t qualify, do I?”“No. Anyone with the right affinity can buy.” He paused. “I’ll make some adjustments and send it.”Yun Luohe: “Adjustments? It’s already beautiful—what adjustments?”Yu Chenjin: “I’ll deliver tonight. You get back to work.”The line cut. Yun chuckled. He called just for that, huh.Alright then.—After many attempts and failures, Lin Xi finally found an effective method.She used a special sonic frequency that, when heard, made Crimson-Blood Spiders extrude silk in rhythm.Linked to a loom, the spiders wove a small section of cloth.The fabric was coarse, but incredibly tough.Lin Xi immediately tried to scale up with a batch of Crimson-Blood Spiders; results were poor—likely because they were still small. It could also be the lack of contracts—without being pets, they couldn’t level, limiting capability.This morning she sent Yun the cloth and her experimental notes.The cloth showed significant anti-radiation performance.Yun decided to temporarily place the remaining Crimson-Blood Spiders with Lin Xi for training, pushing mass production of spider-silk fabric.She needed to rally Association members who owned sewing machines, plus Armor Masters, to further process and refine the cloth—to rush out anti-radiation armor and clothing—while continuing Crimson-Blood Spider breeding.Numbers were still too low; output was limited. Best to find ways to expand Crimson-Blood Spider breeding and bring in more stock—then recruit more Beast Trainers.Those below Beast Trainer Lv.5 would handle rearing and care; professional Beast Trainers would train spiders to learn more skills.The Crimson-Blood Spiders could be distributed to Association players and, in moderation, supplied to the market.Yun would keep a select breeding set.Once the Spider House worker-class spiders matured, they would surpass Crimson-Blood Spiders anyway.Yun had checked the Spider House earlier: the worker brood had finished hatching—tiny grain-sized spiders now.Each looked different—adorably so.Yun gave each one a name.The spotted one: Pear.The round-bellied one: Melon.The big-headed one: Winter Gourd.The one with red streaks: Lychee.……All easy to remember—one glance and you knew who was who.—But scaling Crimson-Blood Spiders raised a new problem:Feeding them.Research showed they preferred insect eggs and small gnats.They’d need a steady supply of suitable insect eggs.Lin Xi suggested opening a dedicated breeding zone at the Reef—an insect farm.A solid idea.An insect farm would solve the spider-feed problem and generate extra revenue.Surplus insects could be sold to other players for pet feed or field pest control.Plus, sea merchant Vivira liked insects. With enough stock, sales to Vivira meant fat Sea Coins.If Vivira became a resident merchant at the Reef, Yun could even hand the insect farm over to her to manage.Perfect plan. Yun decided to act immediately—pick a site and build the insect farm.An hour later, she’d marked out a leeward, sun-warmed, relatively humid corner of the Reef.Under Lin Xi’s guidance, Yun used insect-screen mesh for fencing and split the ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) interior into three zones:One for breeding staple insects like mealworms and crickets;one as a micro-ecosystem to culture mosquito and fly eggs;one dedicated to storing and hatching collected rare eggs.She layered humus and leaf litter on the floor to hold moisture.Construction was simple, and Yun had the materials. Before long, a decent-sized insect farm stood ready.She tossed in some moldy grain and rotting fruit pits as base feed,then bought a batch of common insect eggs as the starter population. With that, it was done.The worker spiders in the Spider House now had emergency rations in reserve.At dusk, Yun stepped out of the insect farm, ready to make dinner, and stopped by the Starwish Tree.Her face changed; her heart dropped. She hurried over.That morning, while pouring nutrient solution, she’d noticed the leaves were a bit yellow and limp.It hadn’t looked serious. She’d figured she’d overdone the nutrient solution—leaf burn—and planned to reduce watering.But what had been faint yellowing in the morning had, by now, gone sharply downhill.“What is this? Where is the problem?”Yun examined the Starwish Tree closely, muttering. She truly couldn’t understand why it had turned like this.She’d been diligent—golden nutrient solution daily, careful and consistent, never slacking.She’d watched it grow from seedling to sapling, transitioning to the growth stage. Wishing sigils had begun to surface on the trunk—it was about to become a full tree—only to fall ill at this critical moment.The trunk and branches crawled with tiny insects; leaves wilted, tender shoots desiccating; bark darkening.Near the roots, patches of dark-brown blotches spread, freckled with black specks.A faint rot smell lifted from the tree.Yun rushed inside for the Starwish Tree Compendium and flipped fast.—The compendium did record a matching condition and remedy.Based on the symptoms, it had severe wilt—common to Starwish Trees—with many possible causes and no definite root identified.Once infected, the tree’s life force plummeted, root vitality crashed, and photosynthesis efficiency dropped by 95%.By the third day, complete die-off.Powdered Emerald Tree Heart mixed into golden nutrient solution could briefly delay the wilt—but only once.To cure it, she needed pure sap from a Thousand-Year Emerald Giant Tree to purge the disease and restore vitality.The sap’s purification and life-nurturing power—Yun had seen that mentioned before in Ancient Tree Island intel.Yun stared at the Starwish Tree and decided instantly: she would head for Ancient Tree Island tomorrow.She pinged Tianji Pavilion for the latest intel pack on the island.She’d reviewed it days ago, but island intel updated constantly—especially for a season-core island like Ancient Tree Island. Few had explored it fully; new info dropped daily.This time she had to go in fully prepared.Back when she’d spoken to Cheng Xuening, Cheng had described her Ancient Tree Island run—hair-raising from start to finish. Even performing Resin Offerings at the outer ring of the Thousand-Year Giant Tree was arduous.Now Yun needed sap from the tree’s heart—the difficulty spiked.Fresh intel arrived quickly.She hadn’t yet dug in when the communicator chimed.Yu Chenjin was calling.“I remade the prayer beads and added materials. They’ll suit you better.”Trade Hub prompt: cross-district delivery—one string of prayer beads from Yu Chenjin.In hand, the beads were stunning—far better than the listing photo. The red coral gleamed vividly, the texture exquisitely fine.Coral counted as a gemstone; the beads carried a jade-like sheen, setting off her skin, pale and luminous.She couldn’t tell what he’d altered, but the moment she lifted them, a calm ease washed through her.She loved the gift.“Thanks. They’re beautiful. I can’t take this for free—and I still owe you plenty. Tell me what you need; I’ll send it now.”“Beads are only 80 hardwood. That’s enough.”Yun laughed. “You really do business at a loss.”Resigned, she picked a set of anti-radiation gear and several golden dishes from her backpack and sent them to him.“By the way, Yuntun hit Lv.7. You’ll be getting its baby soon.”“Will you. Seems it found its chance—faster than I expected.”“Mm-hmm. We made another run to Spider Island and got the Spider Queen’s legacy. Lucky you—you pre-ordered its offspring. Otherwise, I wouldn’t part with it.”“Fair.”After a few lines with Yu Chenjin, Yun felt looser—maybe thanks to the perfect bead gift.“It’s late. I need to prep supplies to land the island tomorrow. I’ll stop here.”“Which island?”“Ancient Tree Island.”Yun suddenly remembered—Yu Chenjin had an Emerald Tree Heart. She’d seen him take one out on Spider Island.“Right—do you still have an Emerald Tree Heart?”A second later, he sent one through the Trade Hub. “One left. Take it.”Yun had intended to trade materials—he just gave it.Same as ever—generous to a fault.She wasn’t about to freeload. She dug around and sent him a Pearl Scale Armor.“I’ll go to Ancient Tree Island with you.”Yun blinked. “Why? Do you need its materials? It’s dangerous.”“Somewhat. My trait advanced again. I’m free and could use training.”A flicker of envy—another trait upgrade; he must have grown much stronger.Her perception trait hadn’t changed in a while.Which was normal—she’d already upgraded it twice. To push it again would take a brush with death, and with her current strength, such moments were rare.Whereas bodily enhancement traits advanced through pain; he’d likely suffered for it.“Alright—then we go together.”No coy refusals. Time was tight; an extra heavyweight boosted their odds.Ancient Tree Island was dangerous—but danger bred resources and chances.Finding the Thousand-Year Giant Tree alone meant high-tier supplies.And the rest of the island brimmed with resources.“But the Mad Chef Tournament starts tomorrow. You sure?”“No problem. I can cook in the wild. Doesn’t affect much.”Yun paused. “I just received Tianji Pavilion’s intel—I’ll send you a copy. Let’s head out early tomorrow. Seven a.m.?”“Good. See you tomorrow. I’ll come straight to Ancient Tree Island to find you.”—Ancient Tree Island Intel:Ancient Tree Island is cloaked in primeval rainforest—towering, dense, dim-lit, and laced with radiation fog. The core is ringed by giants glowing emerald, with the Thousand-Year Emerald Giant Tree at center.The island teems with irradiated megafauna insects: centipedes, spiders, scorpions.There are radiation-mutant man-eating flowers that spit corrosive fluid.Around the giant tree roam massive tree pythons with adaptive camouflage—hard to spot—predators of beasts and humans.Deeper inland are hyper-intelligent, pack-hunting, aggressive Golden-Face Monkeys.There are also many mutant flowers producing hallucinogenic pollen—triggering illusions and sharp Sanity loss—plus stealthy, highly aggressive mutant vines with variable forms that are hard to defend against.The Emerald Giant Tree’s sap lies within the core. Extraction is extremely difficult: you must cut the bark at precise points and catch the first outflow in a special container—a ruby bottle.Once outside the heartwood, sap activity drops fast—must be used within twenty hours.But cutting the bark enrages the giant tree instantly.The tree will show extreme hostility toward the player; surrounding trees will attack violently in concert.After reading, Yun felt complicated.What a headache.If Yu Chenjin hadn’t volunteered, she’d have needed another partner anyway.But since the decision was made, there was nothing to fear.She grabbed a quick bite and started packing.This time, extra weapons and armor—melee, ranged, and throwing tools—ready across the board.Multiple sets of armor in case durability broke mid-run.The latest anti-radiation leather and high-grade gas mask.A full slate of fast-recovery potions, advanced antidotes, repellents, and climbing ropes for trunks and cliffs.A custom ruby bottle for sap collection.Plenty of food for Stamina and Sanity recovery—and special dishes that boost Gathering, Luck, and Strength—to top up status on the fly.And a spare set for Yu Chenjin.Two extra sets of Conch Communicators for him—if they got separated and burned through three calls on one, the other would serve as a backup phone.She packed the coral prayer beads too.Her quick testing showed the beads steadily stabilized and raised Sanity. Slow, but worn long-term, they’d keep her from dropping too low—a superb piece of gear.No idea how he made it.If she put this on the market, high-tier players across districts would fight for it.Yuntun had only just awakened; Yun hesitated about bringing it—but it must have sensed her thoughts, because it sprang up to volunteer.“I’m coming with you, Yun!”“Take me! I heard you talking—I want to go. I’m strong now; I can protect you.”Yun smiled. “Show me how your recovery looks, then.”With time to spare, she led Yuntun into the Reef’s forest.“Use your skills to catch fifty insects for me—don’t hurt them.”“That’s easy! Watch me!”Yuntun swelled in size and unleashed [Queen’s Dominion]. Spiders in the Spider House went flat to the ground, trembling; the forest dropped into pin-drop silence.Nearby insects froze as if pinned in place.In the next second, Yuntun fired silk, pinpointed every insect in range, and delivered them neatly before Yun Luohe.

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