Chapter 203: She Needs More Chips
From the outside, it looked ordinary and unremarkable, with aged wooden materials.
No one expected it to hide such functions inside, activated only by specific items.
So that’s how the rules work.
Using the items depicted on the left side of the drawing, you can exchange them for the items shown on the right?
Without hesitation, she immediately ran back to dump all the Fragrant Fruits stored in the leather pouch into the box.
The bag was bulging, holding at least thirty of them.
She crouched on the ground, emptied them one by one to ensure none was left behind.
The sound of fruits rolling into the box was dull and dense.
She closed the lid, and again a burst of golden light shot up.
This time, it was brighter than before, lasting for three seconds before disappearing.
There was a faint scorched smell in the air, which quickly dissipated.
Upon opening, three Yellow Rank Beast Crystals were placed at the bottom of the box.
Two lonely Fragrant Fruits were left behind, unable to transform into crystals.
She counted; she had put in thirty-two Fragrant Fruits, with every ten exchanging for one Yellow Rank Beast Crystal.
What widened her eyes was the change inside the box lid!
The pattern was clear and vibrant, completely different from before.
She looked several times to confirm it wasn’t a visual error.
This meant the exchange system had an escalating function.
Can it keep exchanging as it progresses upward?
Seraphina’s heart raced, and she promptly threw in the four Yellow Rank Beast Crystals she had.
She concentrated all available resources, wasting no opportunity.
Four crystals fell to the box bottom, making crisp collision sounds.
When the golden light faded, upon opening, the original Yellow Rank crystals were gone.
The newly generated crystals were slightly larger, with noticeably stronger energy fluctuations.
She didn’t stop and turned around to dash to the Fragrant Fruit Tree.
The branches were bent under the weight of many fruits.
Quickly and deftly, she picked them all and stuffed them into the box, exchanging for four Yellow Rank crystals.
The low hanging branches made it easy to pick.
She could almost reach the fruits without tiptoeing.
Within a short time, she emptied more than half of the tree.
Then she put them back in the box, exchanging for two Green Rank Beast Crystals, with a faint blue glow flickering at the bottom of the box.
After the second exchange, the box changed again.
On the left were three Green Rank Beast Crystals, and on the right was a High Rank Crystal Stone faintly gleaming with purple light.
When she got these two beast crystals, her eyes lit up.
If Evan absorbs them, he will certainly advance to Green Rank!
This was nearly a certainty.
The energy contained in the two Green Rank crystals was extremely abundant.
Enough to support him through a critical breakthrough.
Once stepping successfully into Green Rank, his strength would take a qualitative leap.
His perception, burst power, and recovery speed would far surpass previous levels.
Although there is still some way to go from Green Rank to Blue Rank, at least it can narrow the gap.
The fight would be less passive, increasing the chances of winning.
Combat has never been solely determined by rank.
But undeniably, the suppression brought by a higher rank is very real.
If Evan can enter Green Rank, he can at least face fights without complete suppression.
She tightly held those two Green Rank crystals, her palms getting warm, yet she still felt uneasy.
These two crystals were already the strongest aid she could have at the moment.
But against opponents like Albert Wyndham, they still seemed insufficient.
The scales of victory were still tilted; she needed more leverage.
Green Rank is ultimately inferior to Blue Rank; Wyndham’s power was an unyielding Blue Rank pressure.
Even if Evan reached Green Rank, victory was still uncertain.
The pressure from Blue Rank masters is more than just a force-level suppression.
Under such pressure, being just one rank short could lead to slow reactions and stalled Spiritual Power.
If only she could exchange for another High Rank Beast Crystal.
Even getting just one Blue Rank crystal could give him a better chance of survival.
Seraphina knew well that obtaining Blue Rank Crystal Stones was highly challenging.
Common hunting could almost never encounter Blue Rank Fiend Beasts, while the trading market prices were outrageous.
It often took dozens of Green Rank Crystal Stones to exchange for one.
Her resources were almost depleted.
Seraphina turned again to look at the wooden box.
The pattern on the lid had changed again.
The originally still pattern now had noticeable changes.
She stepped closer and crouched to examine carefully, discovering new patterns emerging on the surface.
The lines were clearer than ever, and the colors were deeper.
On the left were drawn two small green stones, while the right had an image of a shimmering blue crystal.
This time, the right side displayed a blue crystal symbol she had never seen before.
But all she had left were the two beast crystals obtained by exchanging all the Fragrant Fruits.
Those Fragrant Fruits were painstakingly planted earlier.
Each one consumed a large amount of time and effort.
To quickly gather resources, she did not hesitate to hand them all over.
Now, all she had left besides this wooden box were nearly nothing.
If only she had other items in her space to exchange for good stuff...
As soon as the thought emerged, she began swiftly sorting through the resources she had.
Besides the existing fruits and bodies, was there anything she had missed?
She made a round in her small world, spotting three hyena corpses.
The hyenas were killed when they attacked the camp a few days earlier, not large but intact.
The Great Viperdile was captured earlier while clearing outer threats.
The bodies were well-preserved, not yet decayed.
These materials hadn’t found suitable disposal, hence temporarily stored.
The box usually only responded to specific crystals or plants.
It had never given signals for regular beast corpses.
But she noticed that each time she had a thought.
The box seemed to sense her needs, thereby adjusting its rules.
As soon as the idea emerged, the drawing inside the box lid suddenly became alive, changing in a flash!
The pattern was instantly reorganized, old markings faded, and new configurations emerged.
The previous two-for-one pattern vanished without a trace.
A new pattern emerged, showing three hyenas and one large snake on one side, and a Green Rank Beast Crystal mark on the other.
Clear structure, corresponding quantities.
On the left were four creature images in parallel arrangement, three were hyena shapes, one a winding large snake.
On the right was a crystal icon emitting a faint green light.
"It really works!"
This real-time responsive mechanism proves the wooden box’s exchange logic is not fixed.
Instead, it can dynamically match the resources the holder possesses.
Her heart warmed up, nearly jumping with excitement.
Turns out the box isn’t choosy; it can change according to whatever she had!
As long as the items she provides reach a certain value threshold.
The system would automatically generate the appropriate exchange scheme.
This means she is no longer confined to the known exchange modes.
Instead, she has gained more room to maneuver.
Immediately, she began, with a thought, tossing all three hyenas and the Great Viperdile’s body into the box.
With a mental gesture, the bodies separated from the space, crossing invisible barriers, and fell into the box.
The process went smoothly, as if the box had long opened a passage, waiting for her to deliver materials.
The lid closed with a snap, and golden light immediately emerged from the seams, more dazzling than before.
The light flickered intensely, lasting longer as well.
The box slightly vibrated, as if undergoing some fierce transformation inside.