Chapter 395: The Birth of the Ancestral Land Begins, a Fruit Named First Fruit

The orchard in the Mountain's belly is enormous, with countless fruits, enough for dozens of people to enjoy.

Lin Caier is like a greedy cat, eating extremely quickly.

In the blink of an eye, she has already devoured five fruits larger than her fist.

Her little belly is protruding; Jiang Chen is truly curious—what's up with this girl's belly, how isn't she afraid it will burst?

But considering her appetite, such fruits, even a dozen or so, are no problem.

However, Lin Caier holds her belly and says, "How can I be so full? I've only eaten a few."

With her appetite, these fruits, even a dozen or more, wouldn't be an issue.

But at this moment, after five fruits she feels uncomfortably full and can't eat any more.

Jiang Ruo walks over, pats Lin Caier's swollen little belly, and says, "Hmm, not bad, looks about six months."

Splash!

Yi Ning beside almost sputters the food out of her mouth.

Jiang Chen, such a silent and reticent dummy, yet his sister loves joking so much.

What a pair of extremes.

This family is truly amusing.

Lin Caier grimaces, "Sister, how did I get full after only a few?"

Jiang Ruo says, "If you're full, stop eating; it's a side effect of the fruit. If you force yourself, it might—"

Lin Caier quickly asks, "What might happen?"

Jiang Ruo makes a gesture, "It might go 'bang' and explode, you know."

Startled, Lin Caier hurriedly throws the fruit in her hand away, only to hear Jiang Ruo let out another coquettish laugh.

Only then does Lin Caier realize she's been duped again.

Pouting, her little face looks all sulky.

She truly is too full to eat any more.

Yi Ning eats bite by bite, and when she finishes the sixth, she also feels satiated.

She forces another half, and her belly uncontrollably balloons.

She's also too full.

The feeling comes abruptly; she still holds a half fruit in her hand, yet can't swallow it.

Jiang Ruo giggles, "Yi Ning's belly's grown too, Xiao Chen, you're responsible."

Jiang Chen's forehead flashes with black lines, and he inexplicably ends up taking the blame.

Yi Ning's skin is thin; she can't stand Jiang Ruo's teasing, and her beautiful face flushes with Red Light.

She dares not retort; her skin can't match Jiang Ruo's, a rebuttal would surely fail.

Lin Caier extends a small hand to pat Yi Ning's swollen belly, "Sister Yi, it really looks like six or seven months; your belly seems bigger than mine."

Yi Ning glares at Cai Er, "Damn Cai Er, you're looking for a fight and can't get one."

Cai Er darts away, "Honestly, it's bigger than theirs, right?"

The two frolic, Jiang Ruo smiling, eating the fruit bite by bite.

He leisurely walks to Jiang Chen's side, nudges him with his shoulder, "Xiao Chen, these two girls are fine; shall you marry them both?"

Jiang Chen can't quite bear it, silently turns and walks toward the orchard's center.

Jiang Ruo follows behind, still probing, "Xiao Chen, tell me, what are you thinking?"

"The blessing of the Qi people, you haven't thought of it at all?"

"You're the sole sprout of our family, you must support the scattered leaves."

"If you truly have your eye on them, it's fine; sister will step forward and speak for you."

"Sister's face isn't enough, but there's the teacher; the teacher's face is definitely enough."

"Xiao Chen, you actually say something."

Jiang Chen doesn't dare to utter a single word.

In this situation, whatever he says would be wrong, so better stay silent.

In the orchard's center, a peculiar fruit tree catches Jiang Chen's eye.

This tree is clearly a notch shorter than the others, with a lone, slightly withered fruit hanging alone.

From trunk to fruit, it all looks somewhat malnourished.

But Jiang Chen feels this fruit is unusual.

Jiang Ruo, while gnawing the fruit in his hand, says, "This fruit is still here."

Jiang Chen asks, "Do you know?"

Jiang Ruo nods, "The teacher mentioned it; when the teacher came here years ago, a companion who was a Heavenly Pride died from body explosion after eating this fruit."

Jiang Chen casts a Detection Technique, which returns only the fruit's name, no other information.

This seemingly malnourished fruit is named: "First Fruit."

Others are called "High-grade Fruit," but this one is called "First Fruit," clearly a different kind.

Jiang Chen asks, "Is it because this fruit is poisonous?"

Jiang Ruo shakes his head, in an uncertain tone, "The teacher guesses it's not due to poison. It's because it adds too many attributes; the eater can't endure, so the body explodes."

"Such incidents have happened more than once; people have forced themselves to eat the fruit and died from body explosion."

"Xiao Chen, you also know that eating this fruit seals one's own attributes and Skill, then adds extra attributes."

"Those attributes are useful in later stages; the higher the attributes, the better."

"High‑grade Fruit, compared with those outside, has fewer side effects and can increase more attributes."

Jiang Chen finally understood.

After eating the same number of fruits, the increased attributes are not the same.

Lin Caier'er ate five fruits here, and the Four‑dimensional Attributes each increased by 1,000 points.

These are the power attributes she will be able to mobilize in the ancestral land later.

If the fruit eaten in the outside Instance is of a higher level but lower grade, even eating only five will make one overfull, and the Four‑dimensional Attributes only increase by 500 each.

That is the difference.

Lin Caier'er ate five. Yi Ning, compared with Lin Caier'er, has an extra half fruit.

I have already eaten five myself, and feel nothing at all.

"Sister, what determines how many fruits one can eat?"

Jiang Chen discovered that Jiang Ruo knows a great deal, far more than Yi Qianfan and the others.

Here it fully demonstrates the importance of having a good teacher.

Half‑step Super God truly is not comparable to ordinary Divine Level.

Jiang Ruo said, "That's hard to explain; the teacher judges based on each person's potential, profession, and tolerance capacity."

"Does it have anything to do with one's own level?"

Jiang Ruo shook her head, "It doesn't really matter; you can think of it as an Instance that causes cumulative damage. When the damage accumulates beyond the human body's limit, it will explode."

Jiang Chen thought for a moment, "Sister, I want to try."

Jiang Ruo's expression changed, and she instantly became serious, "No, it's too dangerous."

Jiang Chen said, "I'm confident, and I have a Hall of Heroic Souls Soul Mark, so I won't actually die."

Jiang Ruo stared at Jiang Chen; the two grew up together, so Jiang Ruo naturally knows his temperament.

Once Jiang Chen decides, it's hard to dissuade him.

In fact, Jiang Ruo also knows that her own temperament seems the same.

Jiang Ruo said, "Then try it, but I have a condition; you must agree first."

"If you fail the attempt, after resurrection you must marry and have children, and you are not allowed to go outside to do dangerous things again."

This condition…

Are you serious?

Jiang Chen looked at Jiang Ruo's serious expression and said, "Fine, I agree."

Jiang Ruo then let Jiang Chen go, "Then go eat it; I am ready to collect your corpse for you."

Jiang Chen was both amused and exasperated—was this really his sister?

Jiang Ruo kept gnawing the fruit, bite after bite.

It was clear that her heart was not calm.

Jiang Chen arrived at the center of the fruit, in front of the peculiar dwarf fruit tree.

"First Fruit" is within arm's reach.

The five fruits eaten earlier did indeed cause side effects.

But those side effects were transferred onto the Skeleton.

Skill was sealed, yet the damage transfer still functioned.

Moreover, Jiang Chen felt that his talents and some damage‑immune traits were actually still present.

Only active‑type Skills can no longer be used.

Precisely because of that, Jiang Chen felt confident.

If even he cannot endure it, then no one will be able to eat the "First Fruit".

In that case, the existence of the "First Fruit" would be meaningless.

He reached out and grasped the "First Fruit," and a booming sound rang in Jiang Chen's head.

A scene appeared before his eyes: a beam of light fell onto a desolate island.

The once desolate island instantly became vibrant with life.

Plants grew together, and in the blink of an eye the area was lush and the Forest thrived.

A multitude of small animals appeared; they did not exist physically, but were aggregates of vitality.

Then he saw a fruit tree sprout, identical to the one before his eyes.

The fruit bore many fruits that fell to the ground, spawning one tree after another.

The newly grown trees were all taller and larger than the original.

Finally, on its branches it bore a seemingly malnourished fruit, utterly unremarkable.

The scene then vanished, and the "First Fruit" was already in Jiang Chen's hand.

Jiang Chen realized that he had just witnessed the birth of this ancestral land.

The unremarkable tree before him is the progenitor of all fruit trees in the ancestral land.

The "First Fruit" in his hand contains its essence.

"Truly extraordinary!"

Jiang Chen's mouth twitched upward as he tossed the "First Fruit" into his mouth.