Chapter 275: What Kind of Stuff Is This?
After eating and drinking her fill, Faye Yardley decided to open some treasure chests to cap off a wonderful day.
Fierce winds and rain instantly burst into the room through the wide-open door.
The dark, heavy clouds finally gave way, no longer able to bear the weight of the rain, and unleashed a downpour.
The howling winds whipped the sea into a frenzy of surging waves.
Willow Yardley closed all the doors and windows.
The winds and waves at sea had already surpassed Level 10, but the Dragon Turtle Raft remained steady. Of course, inside the house, Faye Yardley could still feel the gentle rocking of the raft.
The temperature also dropped rapidly with the arrival of the wind and rain.
Having decided to open the chests, Faye Yardley wasn’t about to let a little bad weather change her plans. She went straight to the living room fireplace.
She removed the fireplace screen, and a wave of warmth from the ever-burning charcoal washed over her.
With her backpack fully expanded and a private warehouse at her disposal, Faye Yardley no longer had to worry about exposing her Talent when opening chests.
Besides, even if Willow found out, she wouldn’t tell anyone. This wasn’t just Faye’s blind confidence. Due to the system’s bond between them, if anything happened to Faye, Willow wouldn’t survive.
Willow wanted her to live more than anyone else.
The large TV on the opposite wall continuously scrolled with messages from the national channel, one after another without pause.
Not a single message mentioned a large patch of treasure chests suddenly appearing around a raft. On the contrary, many people were complaining that they were fishing up fewer and fewer chests.
So, her situation was special. Even if it wasn’t unique, it was definitely something only a very small number of rafts were experiencing.
She rubbed her hands together, clasped them, and whispered, "Spirits of heaven, spirits of earth, the system is the best of all, please bless me with something good!"
[Obtained: Canned Yellow Peaches x5, Canned Clementines x5, Canned Bayberries x5, Fruit Canning Recipe x1]
Talent triggered... loot doubled.
’A recipe from the very first chest. This is a great start!’
[Obtained: Complete Set of Elementary School Language Textbooks x1, Elementary School Language Workbooks x2, Complete Set of Elementary School Math Textbooks x1, Elementary School Math Workbooks x2, Language and Math Tests x5]
Talent triggered... loot doubled.
Faye Yardley fell silent at the contents of this chest. ’Who is this supposed to be for? I’m a college student, for crying out loud! Even if I only just finished my first semester.’
’But isn’t giving me elementary school stuff going a little too far?’
Taking a deep breath, Faye began her chant again, "Three Pure Ones above, Jade Emperor’s blessings, Gods of Wealth from all corners protect me, please love me, Daddy System~"
[Obtained: Delicious Cakes x2, Wedding Candles x2, Mandarin Duck Quilt x1, Wild Geese x2, wood x30]
Talent triggered... loot tripled.
Faye Yardley: ...
’Is this the system’s idea of "love," or what?’
’Looks like I’d better store this stuff properly. I’ll have to raise the wild geese in the breeding room. After all, I’ve never had wild goose before. I bet it tastes delicious.’
’And don’t even start with me about conservation laws. In this world, ordinary humans are the ones who need protecting.’
’After all, it’s way too easy to get yourself killed.’
Letting out a long sigh, Faye Yardley felt a renewed sense of hope in her Luck Value and continued opening chests.
[Obtained: Big Joy Wedding Dress (Female) x1, Big Joy Wedding Dress (Male) x1, Centennial Happiness Wine x2, wedding candy x20] Loot doubled.
’Fine, fine, fine. So this is how we’re going to play it, huh? Well, I’m not giving up.’
[Obtained: Engagement Letter x1, marriage certificate x1, Wedding Tea x10, phoenix crown x1, Starlight Photo Studio Wedding Photoshoot x1] Loot doubled.
"Ahem... perhaps today really isn’t a good day for opening chests. We’ll call a stop to the chest-opening for now." Faye announced this to herself with a straight face, then claimed the two pairs of wild geese. She turned to Willow and said, "Put these four in the breeding room."
After a moment’s thought, she sent a pair of wild geese to her brother and Zachary Pierce. They both had breeding rooms. What if the geese laid eggs that could be hatched?
She also sent them each a set of the language and math textbooks, workbooks, and tests. After all, the children on their rafts needed them more.
Of course, she kept one set for herself. She immediately bought a ready-made bookshelf from the trading market, placed it beside the fireplace, and arranged the books on it.
’Who knew if this elementary school curriculum was the same as the one from old Veridia? What if it wasn’t?’
So, she planned to take a look through them herself later.
RING RING~
"Faye, where did you get all this stuff?"
"I got them from opening chests. Where else would I get them?" Faye thought for a moment and added a reminder, "You should raise that pair of geese for now, don’t be in a hurry to eat them."
Ethan Yardley sounded exasperated. "Come on, do you really think I’m that much of a glutton? Don’t worry, I wasn’t planning on eating them. I’m going to try raising them and see if I can get them to breed."
Faye asked, "By the way, have you opened all the treasure chests you fished up today? Did you get anything good?"
"Just the usual basic resources, food, and water. Nothing special. Speaking of which, are you really not going to reconsider opening chests for your big bro?"
"Didn’t you get a little kid with a Luck Value of 8 over there? Just have him open them. It’s perfect. Kids don’t have much else to do; they have all the time in the world to open chests."
"Alright, forget it if you don’t want to. It’s raining hard outside, don’t go out and get soaked."
"Come on, brother, I’m not an idiot. Why would I go out in the rain?"
After hanging up on her brother, she replied to Zachary Pierce’s message, asking him to let her know immediately if he opened anything special. She also collected the Red Envelope he had sent.
Inside were 10 Body Explosion Pills, 10 truth serums, 20 red dates, a copper key, and some blank paper.
Red dates could be used with Shannon White to craft the Blood Replenishing Agent. She could always use more, even though she was growing a date tree herself.
A copper key?
’I still have that golden key from before and no idea what it’s for.’
Speaking of which, she already had quite a collection of strange items in her warehouse. She still hadn’t even figured out the special effects of the Mysterious Fish and the Illusion Fish.
’Maybe I should have fish for dinner?’
’And Blackwood is sound asleep, so no one will fight me for the fish.’
A glance at Blackwood, who showed no signs of waking, confirmed it. ’Perfect. It’s settled, then.’
She stood up, stretched languidly, and walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows on the balcony. All she could see was a light, drizzling rain.
After all, for any rain to get through the protective shield and then the dense Bramble canopy, it meant the storm outside had to be immense.
She hadn’t even thought about going outside to check the storm’s intensity until her brother mentioned it. But now, for some reason, she had a sudden urge to go out for a look.
"Ah, forget it. I’m a mature adult now. I can’t always do the opposite of what I’m told. I’m not that rebellious."
As it turned out, her body was more honest than her words. Her hand was already pushing open the glass door, and her foot had already stepped outside.