At the crack of dawn the next day, a sliver of white appeared on the horizon.
Chen Yansen gazed out the window. A few sparrows perched on a branch. The previous night's fog had condensed into morning dew, which dripped intermittently, shattering as it hit the ground.
Despite being dozens of meters away from Villa 108, he could see and hear with perfect clarity.
He set down the book at his side, rose, and walked outside. He plopped onto the sofa in the rooftop garden, summoning his system panel as he gazed at the distant, hazy gray sky.
The value in the Human Dao Fire column was 361,019, enough to synthesize 36 wisps of Immortal Dao Fire.
The total number of employees across his dozen or so holding subsidiaries—including Cloud Speed Express, Kuai Pao, Orange Technology, Pinbei, Gaode, and Byte—had already surpassed 270,000.
As the mobile internet era continued its rapid development, this number was projected to multiply fivefold, or even tenfold, in the future.
