40: You have a share of this money!

He trembled from head to toe, inside and out, constantly expelling various impurities.

Cell division optimized.

Genes were also optimizing.

Zhang Fan could feel his physical body continuously strengthening!

It was strengthening at every moment!

This made Zhang Fan incredibly happy; after twelve years of hardship and waiting, the sweet reward had finally arrived!

For three consecutive days, Zhang Fan consumed Divine Tree Juice to strengthen his physical body.

His body continued to tremble and strengthen, but the magnitude was not as great as on the first day.

This wasn't because the effect of the Divine Tree Juice had weakened, but because Zhang Fan had grown stronger!

The principle was simple.

To fill a 500 ml bottle, only 500 ml of water is needed; to fill a 1-liter bottle, 1 liter of water is needed.

Zhang Fan’s physical body was too much stronger than on the first day, so the effect of the Divine Tree Juice was naturally not as obvious.

To continue improving, he needed more Divine Tree Juice!

That night, Zhang Fan unusually did not consume Divine Tree Juice.

It wasn't that the Divine Tree Juice had run out, but that his physical body had improved too quickly!

It was a bit too strong!

He would accidentally crush water cups, crack floor tiles, tear clothes…

Zhang Fan was no longer able to perfectly and freely control his body!

So he decided to pause for two days, and continue consuming it once he adapted.

Zhang Fan took a nice shower and lay comfortably on his bed.

In front of him, a blue virtual interface floated, displaying content from an online forum.

Zhang Fan casually scrolled through the virtual interface, browsing through posts.

This blue virtual interface was not a system from a web novel, but mixed reality (MR) technology.

MR is a mixed reality technology that projects virtual interfaces onto empty space or physical surfaces.

Iron Man often used MR technology when designing his Iron Man suit.

Most of the technology in this world was fifty years ahead of its time.

Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) were much more advanced.

So, when going online, one could project their phone desktop or computer interface into mid-air and operate it there.

“Tsk tsk!”

“The destruction of the Ming Snake Squad has caused a huge stir online!”

Zhang Fan browsed through the posts; there was real-time news every day online.

But in the past few days, the most impactful news was undoubtedly the annihilation of the Ming Snake Squad.

Netizens were all guessing who exactly destroyed the Ming Snake Squad.

Some speculated that while hunting monsters in the Wilderness Area, the Ming Snake Squad accidentally trespassed into the territory of a certain Monster Lord and was devoured by it.

Others speculated that the Ming Snake Squad offended someone they shouldn't have, and was taken out by some expert.

Still others speculated that the Ming Snake Squad had an unfair distribution of spoils, and an internal conflict erupted, leading to their mutual destruction.

There were all sorts of rumors online, and in short, it was a hot topic.

Most netizens adopted a schadenfreude attitude towards the annihilation of the Ming Snake Squad.

Setting aside the Ming Snake Squad’s reputation, people naturally have a rich-hating mentality.

Who wouldn’t be jealous seeing the Ming Snake Squad making so much money?

Not to mention the Ming Snake Squad’s reputation online had always been poor: showing off wealth, assaulting people, street racing, and even suspected murder…

Now that the Ming Snake Squad was in trouble, everyone naturally felt a sense of schadenfreude.

“Beep beep beep—”

Just as Zhang Fan was engrossed in reading, Guo Mi suddenly sent a WeChat video call, and Zhang Fan casually answered it.

“Zhang Fan, Senior, what have you been doing these past few days? Why haven’t you been answering your phone? I miss you so much!”

Guo Mi’s round face appeared on the virtual interface, her small face showing a resentful, wronged expression, like a discarded little wife.

“I’ve been a bit busy lately!”

Zhang Fan replied casually.

It is said that beauty is delicious.

Beautiful women always make people happy.

Seeing the sweet and lovely Guo Mi, Zhang Fan was in a very good mood.

“Oh, oh! Is that so!”

Guo Mi nodded, then mysteriously said, “Zhang Fan, Senior, I’ll tell you a huge piece of good news!”

“My aunt and I found the Ming Snake Squad’s storage equipment!”

“Hmm?”

Zhang Fan was startled, but after thinking about it, he felt it made sense.

The Ming Snake Squad had been slaughtered by his grandfather, so their storage equipment must have been left behind.

Teacher Jiang and Da Mimi had clearly realized this, which was why they went to look for the Ming Snake Squad’s storage equipment.

“How was it? What was the haul like?” Zhang Fan asked curiously.

“Guess!”

Guo Mi blinked playfully.

“It shouldn’t be small, right?”

Zhang Fan mused, “The Ming Snake Squad’s annual income is usually in the tens of billions, so at least several billion a month?”

For a high-level hunter squad like the Ming Snake Squad, their earning capability was extremely exaggerated; tens of billions really wasn't difficult!

Killing a Core Formation Realm Titan Beast could earn eight figures!

Killing ten or eight more Core Formation Realm monsters in a month, or taking down a few Golden Core Realm monsters, could earn a lot of money!

Of course, the bulk of their hunting should be Foundation Establishment Realm intermediate monsters.

Intermediate monsters were indeed not as valuable as high-level monsters or Monster Lords.

But they were numerous, easy to kill, and less dangerous; it was practically like picking up money!

Of course, the Ming Snake Squad did make money, but that didn't mean all Monster Hunter squads made that much money!

Like any industry, those at the top made money, while the rest only picked at bones and drank a bit of soup.

Guo Mi nodded repeatedly: “The Ming Snake Squad’s storage equipment contained a total of 196 monster corpses!”

“157 Foundation Establishment Realm intermediate monsters, 36 Core Formation Realm high-level monsters, and 3 Golden Core Realm Monster Lords!”

“That many!!!”

Zhang Fan gasped, a look of envy appearing on his face: “Da Mimi, you guys made a fortune this time!”

“Hehe! This is all thanks to Zhang, Senior!”

Guo Mi was so happy she couldn't keep her legs together: “If it weren’t for the old Senior, we wouldn’t have been able to get such a huge windfall for free!”

“That’s true!”

Zhang Fan deeply agreed, then curiously asked, “Da Mimi, how much did all these monster corpses sell for?”

Guo Mi laughed: “My aunt and I went to Zhang’s Meat Industry, under your Zhang’s Group, this afternoon to get an estimate!”

“The 157 intermediate monsters are worth about 3.1 billion!”

“The 36 high-level monsters are worth roughly 800 million!”

“The 3 Monster Lords are worth about 280 million!”

“All the monster corpses combined have a total value of 4.18 billion!”

“4… 4.1 billion!!!”

Zhang Fan was shocked.

He knew that these monster corpses combined would definitely be worth several billion.

But upon hearing the number 4.1 billion, Zhang Fan was still incredibly stunned.

4.1 billion!

This wasn’t Vietnamese Dong, but solid RMB!

How much money was that!

“You guys really hit the jackpot this time; it’s enough money for the rest of your lives!” Zhang Fan said sourly.

Although he was being trained by his demigod grandfather, he was still poor!

4.1 billion!

Zhang Fan couldn’t even imagine it.

“Hehe, luck, luck! All thanks to Zhang Fan, Senior!”

Guo Mi smiled very happily: “But Zhang Fan, Senior, my aunt thinks this money should be split with you!”

Split with me?

Zhang Fan’s eyebrows twitched.

“My aunt said that if it weren’t for you, we would most likely have been killed by Liu Changqing, let alone earning so much money!”

Guo Mi said seriously: “Furthermore, the Ming Snake Squad was killed by Zhang, Senior, so this money should rightfully be his spoils of war!”

“Of course! We also know that Zhang, Senior, doesn’t care for this small amount of money!”

“But this money should indeed be handled by him, the elder!”

“So my aunt and I discussed it, and we’ll split the money in half with you, considering your half as his inheritance to you!”

Zhang Fan swallowed, his heart pounding uncontrollably.

Zhang Fan admitted he was a common man, who loved money and beautiful women!

So, facing such a huge sum of money, he was indeed tempted.

But… it seemed… a bit… inappropriate?

No matter how he calculated it, this money didn’t seem to have much to do with him, did it?

The people were killed by his demigod grandfather, and the storage tools were picked up by Guo Mi and Teacher Jiang. What about himself? He seemed useless, right?

No!

It couldn’t be calculated that way!

Grandfather came because of him, and the Ming Snake Squad was also killed by Grandfather.

If calculated this way, the Ming Snake Squad was roughly killed by him?

Their remaining legacy was roughly his spoils of war?

Therefore.

Did he get a share of this 4.1 billion?

Thinking of this, Zhang Fan coughed twice and pressed, “Da Mimi, does Teacher Jiang also think so?”

“Mm-hmm!”

Guo Mi nodded: “On this point, my aunt and I are in agreement; this money should rightfully be shared with you!”

“Da Mimi, since you both think so, I’ll gladly accept it!”