Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 30 Allocation

The next morning, Zhou Yang used the communication equipment at the supply base to contact his father, Zhou Yong.

After consulting with Lei Hong and others, he directly disposed of the beast general-level materials he had previously hunted at this supply base and gave them to the HR Alliance branch's on-site manager.

After some haggling, the scattered materials from over a hundred beast generals, along with the spider webs from the Ghost Face Spider, were ultimately sold for a staggering 23 billion!

If the suppliers at the supply base hadn't been so lenient with their prices when buying materials, the revenue would have been even higher.

"Mr. Zhou Yang, next time you need monster materials, be sure to contact me! I, Old Xu, will get you the best price for everything!"

Watching the HR Alliance's on-site manager leave excitedly, Zhou Yang also wore a satisfied smile.

That's a staggering 23 billion yuan! He's never seen so much money in his two lifetimes combined!

Moreover, what Manager Xu didn't know was that there was a huge backpack in the villa right behind him!

The Japanese martial arts team that tried to steal a chicken failed and was instead ambushed by Zhou Yang.

Not only did Zhou Yang take back the backpack he had previously stolen, but he also took some of their own loot.

Among them is the most precious single horn of that low-level lord-level silver-horned rhinoceros!

That's the most important material from a lord-level monster; it could easily sell for five or six billion!

"Back to the base city, let's divide the money!"

Zhou Yang quickly handed over the villa keys.

Without lingering for a moment, he quickly boarded the train back to Jiangnan Base City, carrying a huge backpack.

Villa No. 186, Mingyue Community, Jiangnan Base City.

The villa was bustling with activity as members of the Chasing Wind Squad, who had received advance notice, had gathered there.

"Click—"

A rugged black SUV drove into the garage, and Zhou Yang, who had changed into loose-fitting training clothes, got out of the passenger seat.

"Yangyang!"

The moment he got off the bus, his mother, Wang Shumei, came to him, grabbed his hand, and looked him up and down.

They were relieved only after confirming that he was not injured.

"Why didn't you come back with your father and the others? You could cultivate at home too, why did you have to stay in that dangerous wilderness?"

Listening to his mother's nagging, Zhou Yang's mood brightened considerably.

"The feeling of family love is so wonderful!"

"Alright, honey, you go back to your room and rest for a while. We need to discuss something with the captain and the others."

At this moment, Zhou Yong picked up a huge backpack from the trunk and walked over with a smile.

Every expedition the warriors take to the wilderness is an adventure of dancing on the edge of a knife.

However, they are used to only reporting good news to their own family members and not bad news.

Just like this experience, they only briefly mentioned the general outline, omitting the crisis involved.

It was impossible for Zhou Yang to reveal that he was going to track down the martial artist from the Sakura Kingdom. He simply said that he had reached a bottleneck in his movement technique and that he needed to train in the wilderness for a few more days.

"What could be so important that you can't wait until tomorrow? Yangyang just got back and hasn't even had a chance to rest yet!"

Wang Shumei glared fiercely at Zhou Yong.

However, she only complained a couple of times.

After confirming that Zhou Yang was healthy and unharmed, he went upstairs alone.

After she left, the members of the Chasing Wind Squad smiled and surrounded her.

"Haha, Zhou Yang, you're finally back safe and sound!"

Lei Hong gave him a big hug.

"You're something else, kid. You actually are..."

Chen Chong was about to shout something, but Old Liu gently patted him on the shoulder, making him realize what he was doing and swallow the rest of his sentence.

Zhou Yang was quite happy to see the members of the Chasing Wind Squad again.

Although this trip to the wilderness lasted less than a month, it was a true experience of life and death.

Seeing familiar faces again, the excitement is indescribable.

"Don't stand in the courtyard, let's go to the training hall, it'll be easier to talk there."

Zhou Yong, who was standing nearby, interrupted them with a smile.

"Hehe, that's true, let's go!"

The group then realized what was happening and followed Zhou Yong and his son into the underground martial arts training hall.

The group didn't stand on ceremony and simply sat down in a circle on the ground.

Next, Zhou Yang gave them a general account of his experiences after they separated, and he emphasized the escape of the Japanese war god-level warrior and his worries.

After he finished speaking, the others also fell silent for a moment.

An enemy of god-like status is indeed putting them under immense pressure!

Moreover, there's the mysterious organization behind him and the Li family, a large local conglomerate.

Unless they stay in the base city for the rest of their lives and never go to the wilderness.

"It might not be that serious."

Lei Hong pondered for a moment, then spoke.

"Now that I think about it, it makes no sense that a powerful warrior at the God of War level, along with two members of the Li family hunting team, would be after our paltry three pieces of gold."

Hearing him say this, Zhou Yang and the others also felt that they couldn't quite understand it.

"Yeah, I was saying it felt weird. A War God-level expert would be interested in our lousy stuff. That's just so tasteless!"

"What does Uncle Lei mean?"

Zhou Yang asked curiously.

Lei Hong shook his head slightly and smiled helplessly:

"I don't understand it either, but I guess it's most likely an individual act. Who knows, maybe those people have some issues."

As he spoke, he gently tapped his forehead.

"Hahaha! The captain's right, those guys look like they're out of their minds!"

Everyone laughed.

That's right. Even if a War God-level warrior doesn't hunt Lord-level monsters, just killing those high-level Beast Generals would yield more than what he could steal from them!

Risking discovery by the martial arts school and the Chinese military, killing someone just to steal that little bit of stuff—isn't that just plain stupid?

"So even if he runs back, he probably won't actively spread these things."

"Robbing a martial artist of their property and then directly killing them—even without concrete evidence to convict them, they will definitely be placed under close surveillance by major powers!"

"Of course, this is just my guess. We can wait a few days and see how things develop."

"That seems to make sense."

Listening to Lei Hong's analysis, Zhou Yang felt more relaxed.

However, he had no time to delve into the reasons why the Japanese warriors attacked them.

Just to be on the safe side, it's still advisable to join the elite training camp as soon as possible.

"I'll ask Uncle Wu to help me apply for it tomorrow."

Zhou Yang made a decision in his heart, but then smiled and started talking about something else.

"Oh, right, Uncle Lei, there's one more thing."

As he spoke, he got up, unlocked all the buckles on the huge backpack he had brought back, turned it upside down, and gently lifted it up!

"Whoosh!"

In an instant, a large amount of monster materials fell to the ground, piling up into a small mountain.

"Wow! So many ingredients!"

"This is a Silver Moon Wolf pelt. Holy crap, this horn... is it a Silver Horned Rhinoceros horn?"

Lei Hong and the others couldn't help but exclaim in surprise!

They all looked at Zhou Yang. "Zhou Yang, who are these?"

"These all belong to that group from Japan; I took them all with me."

Zhou Yang explained with a smile, "Most of them are high-level beast general-grade materials, some are mid-level beast general-grade materials, and the most precious one is the horn of a low-level lord-grade silver rhinoceros."

"I was worried that selling these things at the supply base would be too conspicuous, so I left them there for now."

"And our own materials from before, which sold for a total of 23 billion, have already been transferred to the team's shared account."

"Zhou Yang, wait a moment!"

Zhou Yang was enthusiastically describing his gains when Lei Hong suddenly interrupted him.

"Hmm? Uncle Lei, what's wrong?"

Zhou Yang looked at Lei Hong with some confusion.

"Zhou Yang, you don't need to tell us this!"

At this moment, Lei Hong's expression was serious, and his tone was very solemn. He patted Zhou Yang on the shoulder and continued:

"We all escaped death thanks to your rescue this time, and you risked everything to retrieve all these items, so..."

"So you can handle it yourself, no need to consult us!"

"Yes, Zhou Yang, you didn't need to tell us."

Chen Chong and Uncle Liu echoed his sentiments.

"No! These materials were all hunted together, and everyone was injured and our equipment was damaged. We need money right now."

Zhou Yang was still trying to persuade him, but Lei Hong interrupted him again.

"Alright, no need to try to persuade me anymore. How about this: we'll divide the portion we hunted ourselves according to the old rules, and you can deal with the rest yourself!"

"But."

"No buts! At worst, once you become a War God, you can give each of us hundreds of billions more. We'll definitely not hold back then!"

"Exactly, I've heard that psychic practitioners make a lot of money in a really insane way!"

In the end, Zhou Yang couldn't persuade Lei Hong and the others.

The members of the Chasing Wind Squad only participated in the distribution of their own 23 billion yuan.

Lei Hong and Zhou Yang each accounted for 30%, with each receiving 690 million yuan.

The other four people each hold 10%, amounting to 230 million each.

However, at Zhou Yang's insistence, he entrusted Lei Hong to give his 30% directly to Zhu Xia's family.

When Zhu Xia was mentioned, the group fell silent for a moment.

Although life and death are commonplace for martial artists, the pain of losing a close comrade-in-arms with whom they spend every day is unavoidable.

However, despite the pain, Zhou Yang became even more determined to become stronger.

"If I can keep getting stronger until I break through to the level of a Universe Master, and then completely control the laws of spacetime, I can easily revive Sister Xia!"

Because of the thought of Zhu Xia, everyone was in a bad mood and had no plans to have a get-together.

After the assignments were completed, the group left in silence.

As for the remaining materials, such as the silver rhinoceros's horn, Lei Hong helped Zhou Yang contact a private buyer who purchased monster materials.

After packaging and selling all the materials, they directly reaped a huge sum of 98 billion yuan!

Among them, the unicorn horn of the Lord-level Silver Horned Rhinoceros alone sold for 75 billion!

After a series of transactions, Zhou Yang's account balance exceeded 10 billion.

Upon returning home, he did not hesitate at all and immediately turned on his computer and logged into the Extreme Home Mall.

"The first three levels of 'Apocalypse,' full price 65 billion, purchase confirmed!"

"Our combat uniforms and weapons also need upgrading. I can ask Uncle Wu to help me buy them at half price. Let me check the prices first."

"The D7 series combat suit, capable of withstanding attacks from low-level lord-class monsters, is 400 million at full price, or 200 million at half price? I'll take one!"

"8-series Starry Sky Spear, full price 600 million, half price 300 million? Write it down!"

"Series 9 throwing knives, full price 4500 million, half price 2250 million, let's get 10!"

"And communicators, backpacks, and these."

(End of this chapter)