Chapter Thirty-Three: Third Storage! Unlocked Feature! Moriko!
Dungeon Administrator Achievement Unlocked!
Rewards:
Expand dungeon territory up to 1.4 square kilometers
Construct one establishment of your choice for free
Unlock the [Buy to Unlock] feature
Dungeon Points: +1,000
Livelihood Points: +1,000
Master Points: +1,000
Claim Rewards?
[Yes] 👈  [No]
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Peter excitedly clicked the [Yes] option. His body could barely stay still from excitement. He didn't know what he should check first.
He had never expected to unlock such a huge reward just from a new discovery.
Before anything else, he first calmed himself down.
After that, he decided to add his new establishment first.
Peter placed the third storage facility, the Seed Storage, beside the Crop Storage and Livestock Storage.
Now, Peter smiled in satisfaction as he gazed at the number of establishments he had built. He finally completed all three types of storage.
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|Master's Lodge| Magical Fountain of Life
Gristmill
Crop Storage
(Time Suspension)
Livestock Storage
(Time Suspension)
Seed Storage
(Time Suspension)
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That was how they were arranged.
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| Chicken coop | Chicken coop
(Frosty Chicken) (Silkies)
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On the left side of the Master's Lodge stood the chicken coops.
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The surroundings trembled violently as his Livelihood Dungeon expanded, finally breaking through the 1-kilometer barrier.
Peter was overjoyed as the size of his dungeon more than doubled.
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Dungeon size : 1.4 square kilometers
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He then opened his status window.
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Name: Peter Bulalakaw
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Lifespan: 40–90 Years
Titles
Master of the Livelihood Dungeon
Passionate Tamer
Status
Stats
Strength: E
Resilience: D
Agility: E
Spirit: D
Available Stat Points: —
Main Ability
Livelihood Dungeon
Dungeon Points: 2,100
Livelihood Points: 11,020
Master Points: 3,050
Sub-Abilities:
Appraisal
Monster Abilities
Self-Regeneration
Cockroach's Tenacity
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Peter smiled and nodded repeatedly as he looked at the massive increase in his three types of points.
His Dungeon Points had risen from 1,100 to 2,100.
Meanwhile, his Livelihood Points were much more complicated to keep track of. Among the three types of points, they were the most unstable. They were incredibly easy to increase, but they could also be spent just as quickly.
His LP had increased several times due to his repeated harvesting of Regeneration Potions from Iyashi, each extraction granting an additional 1,000 points.
There was also the continuous harvesting of crops. It should be remembered that his Livelihood Points also increased with every harvest.
Of course, spending points and replanting crops was unavoidable so that his time would not go to waste, his farm would not be neglected, and the space within his dungeon would not remain barren.
After the complicated process of adding and subtracting points, his total dropped to 10,020 Livelihood Points.
Now, it had increased by another 1,000 LP, bringing the total to 11,020.
Among the three types of points, Master Points were moderately difficult for him to obtain.
It should be remembered that Peter earned 10 MP every time his pet chickens laid eggs.
His accumulation of Master Points was steady, and he also had very few things to spend them on.
With a pair of Silkies regularly laying eggs, the daily increase of his Master Points was fairly decent.
Once their first chicks fully matured, the accumulation of his Master Points would accelerate even further.
Purchasing monster abilities would no longer remain a mere dream.
His Master Points had risen from 2,350 to 3,050.
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Peter also noticed that neither his skills nor titles showed any connection to, or mastery over, the Livelihood Dungeon Administrator System. Curious about this, he immediately turned toward Peach.
"Peach!" he called out.
"How may I be of service, Master?" the dungeon guide replied, still carrying her trademark laugh at the end of every sentence.
"I can't see my connection to our Dungeon Administrator System in my status window. What do you think that means?" Peter asked Peach.
"Oh? That? You really won't find it there. You can only access that system through me, as its head administrator," the dungeon guide explained patiently with a smile.
Peter's eyes widened.
Doesn't that make Peach something like an NPC in this aspect? he asked himself.
This is becoming increasingly game-like, he secretly commented, slightly amused.
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In the end, he opened his system shop and began searching for the newly unlocked feature.
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Shop!
Dungeon Shop
Livelihood Shop
Master Shop
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After that, he carefully examined the contents of each shop one by one, hoping to find what he was looking for.
The Dungeon Shop was the first one he opened.
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Dungeon Shop
Expansion
Tools
Build
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He did not find anything new there.
The contents of the Dungeon Shop remained exactly the same.
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Dungeon Shop
Categories
Expansion
Used for expanding the dungeon using DP.
Tools
Used for purchasing dungeon tools, especially farming-related equipment, using DP.
Build
Used for purchasing dungeon establishments helpful for dungeon management using DP.
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After that, he moved on to the next shop—the Livelihood Shop.
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Livelihood Shop
Seeds (new!)
Fertilizers
Crests of friendship
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The categories appeared simultaneously the moment Peter clicked on the shop.
Just like before, each category still contained a brief description.
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Seeds
Used for purchasing crop and tree seeds using LP.
Fertilizers
Used for purchasing magical fertilizers capable of boosting crop and tree growth to monstrous levels using LP.
Crests of Friendship
Used for purchasing mysterious crests capable of instantly establishing a link with an animal or monster of the user's choice, turning it into a pet, using LP.
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Peter's eyes lit up as soon as he found what he was looking for.
A noticeable notification was displayed beside the Seeds Category, which he immediately pressed without hesitation.
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Seeds (new!)
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A lengthy list containing two categories of seeds appeared.
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Crops!
Names | Prices | Season/s
Carrots | 30 LP | Fall-Winter
Melon | 50 LP | Summer-Winter
Potato | 40 LP | Winter-Spring
Strawberry | 30 LP | Fall-Spring
Sweet Potato | 40 LP | Fall
Tomato | 30 LP | Spring-Fall
Turnip | 20 LP | Summer-Winter
Watermelon | 60 LP | Spring-Fall
Corn | 20 LP | Summer
Onion | 20 LP | Summer-Winter
Garlic | 20 LP | Summer-Fall
Chili Pepper | 30 LP | Summer
Brocolli | 40 LP | Spring-Fall
Hay | 50 LP | Spring-Winter
Oat | 50 LP | Spring-Fall
Wheat | 50 LP | Spring-Fall
- Unlockable Crop Seeds - (new!)
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Peter blinked repeatedly to make sure he was not simply seeing things.
To confirm it completely, he immediately checked the tree seed category as well.
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Trees!
Names | Prices | Season/s
Apple | 820 LP | Fall
Banana | 1500 LP | Summer
Grape | 900 LP | Fall
Orange | 820 LP | Summer
Mango | 1430 LP | Fall
Peach | 1120 LP | Summer
- Unlockable Tree Seeds - (new!)
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Peter grinned after confirming that what he was seeing was real and not merely a product of his overactive imagination.
He decided to inspect the new feature in the Tree Category first.
Now that he had someone to help manage the forests in the form of a Forest Administrator, he could finally become more aggressive with his plans for them.
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Purchasable Tree Seed Origin
Names | Price to unlock
Mangrove | 300000 LP
Coconut | 130000 LP
Cherry | 140000 LP
Lemon | 120000 LP
Fig | 110000 LP
Olive | 100000 LP
Moringa | 100000 LP
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The wide grin stretching from ear to ear on Peter's face slowly disappeared.
His toothy smile stiffened after seeing their staggering prices.
"Okay..." the disappointed dungeon master muttered under his breath.
Afterward, he shook his head and moved to another category.
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Purchasable Crop Seed Origin
Names
Chinese Cabbage
Cabbage
Strawberry
Blueberry
Soybean
Sugarcane
Cauliflower
Rice
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The dungeon master had learned his lesson. This time, he checked the seeds first before looking at their prices, just in case he ended up disappointed again.
Peter rejoiced upon seeing the new potential crops, especially when his gaze landed on the very last item on the list.
He even started dancing with a slightly smug grin on his lips.
However, when his peripheral vision accidentally caught sight of its price, his mouth instinctively fell open in shock.
What made it even funnier was that his grin still had not disappeared.
As a result, he ended up with an incredibly awkward expression.
A few seconds later, he looked like a computer program that had crashed.
Error.exe
Peter vigorously shook his head. He also threw a strong punch into the air in frustration.
He had finally found the thing his mouth had been longing for all this time, yet it was ridiculously expensive.
Rice alone cost five hundred thousand Livelihood Points.
A staggering half a million.
The highest amount he had ever accumulated before was only a little over 300,000, and it had already taken him more than a month to gather that much.
"I don't exactly poop out Livelihood Points!" he complained in a perfectly reasonable tone.
Even so, there was nothing he could do. He still had to follow the regulations imposed by the system.
He calmed himself down.
He considered that what he truly needed was to pursue the most efficient path in cultivating and developing his Livelihood Dungeon.
That was better than indulging his personal desires.
That was the method he used to soothe himself.
Below was the complete information regarding the list of unlockable crop seeds.
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Purchasable Crop Seed Origin
Names | Price to unlock
Chinese Cabbage | 20000 LP
Cabbage | 20000 LP
Strawberry | 80000 LP
Blueberry | 80000 LP
Soybean | 50000 LP
Sugarcane | 100000 LP
Cauliflower | 30000 LP
Rice | 500000 LP
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He returned to the list of purchasable tree seeds that could be unlocked.
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Purchasable Tree Seed Origin
Names | Price to unlock
Mangrove | 300000 LP
Coconut | 130000 LP
Cherry | 140000 LP
Lemon | 120000 LP
Fig | 110000 LP
Olive | 100000 LP
Moringa | 100000 LP
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He immediately removed the mangrove tree from the list of choices for his first purchase.
It was true that mangrove trees, which produced vinegar, had countless uses.
It could serve as a preservative, a cooking ingredient, a dipping sauce, and much more. However, it was still too expensive and luxurious for the current state of the Livelihood Dungeon.
The Coconut Tree, on the other hand, passed his selection criteria. Its price was somehow still bearable. Like the mangrove tree, it also had many uses.
Coconut juice.
It could also be turned into coconut milk for dishes.
It was also perfect since he already had many banana trees planted. Those would produce plenty of banana blossoms. Somehow, the two complemented each other well.
They qualified as ingredients for a simple yet healthy vegetable dish.
Cherry, or seresa in Filipino.
Not to brag, but as the son of a farmer, Peter could confidently say that he knew quite a lot about plants.
He had eaten cherries before, but aside from that, he did not know much about their other uses.
Because of this, he immediately removed them from his options.
He also knew that figs, or igos, were excellent natural laxatives.
It could still be a possible option for him.
His eyes lit up when he saw the final two types of trees on the list.
The Olive Tree and the Moringa Tree.
He would definitely buy those two someday because they were extremely important to many of his plans.
Peter planned to use the Olive Tree mainly for its extract. He was already running low on cooking oil, and unlike oil derived from animal fat, olive oil was healthier.
Meanwhile, the Moringa Tree had countless uses and benefits.
In fact, it was even called the Miracle Tree.
Almost no part of the Moringa Tree was without value.
Back when he was still in the Philippines, he had never seen a single home in their province without a Moringa Tree planted in the yard.
That was why both the Olive Tree and the Moringa Tree were very welcome options for Peter.
In the end, Peter closed his shop.
Even if he wanted to buy something, his current funds were insufficient.
When he turned around, his eyes accidentally met those of the female monkey.
Peter tilted his head in confusion when the female monkey suddenly flinched and stepped back.
Peter's mouth opened and closed after hearing the unconcealed thoughts transmitted through her telepathy.
"Joining this group was a huge mistake. Their leader is a lunatic!" the female monkey said in alarm.
After all, she had witnessed every single reaction and action Peter made from beginning to end while he examined the newly unlocked feature, which was why she ended up forming such an impression of him.
"It would be troublesome if I kept calling you 'female monkey' every time I addressed you.
That is why I am bestowing upon you the name Moriko.
A Japanese name that means forest," Peter said in a deadpan tone.
He could only shake his head as he walked away.
Imagine that—the very first time he understood the female monkey's voice, that was the first thing she said about him.
It was a real letdown for Peter, who had been looking forward to his first conversation with Moriko.
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