The lock of the box was burned by Ceci's fire attribute special ability. When the lock was burned, the doppelganger saw Ceci's face and became even happier.
When the box was opened, the doppelganger clearly saw the smile on Ceci's face instantly shrink.
"There are only a few books and a few coins in the box..."
"I told you, there are some things that can't be seen on the surface."
As the doppelganger spoke, he sat on the chair and skillfully pulled out all the drawers on the table. The clattering sounds attracted Ceci's attention, and the doppelganger took out the white bags hidden under the drawer.
"It's just as I thought. The owner of this small shop used the boxes as a disguise, but in fact, all the precious things are hidden."
The doppelganger shook the white bags and opened them. They were all small Earth Crystals.
"Didn't this guy sell the Earth Crystals for money? Ceci, look under the bed and see if there's any money he hid."
"Okay!"
Ceci quickly climbed under the bed and took out a few more white bags.
"Boss! There are really a few white bags here! It sounds like money!"
"Let me see."
Ceci handed over a white bag, and the doppelganger poured out everything in the bag, including a gold coin and a dozen silver coins.
"Gold coins and silver coins? They look like the money in the game world. Ceci, take a bag of Earth Crystals and go find Priest Hill. Take one and ask how much this thing can be exchanged for, and also ask about the exchange system for coins."
"Hey! Okay."
Ceci eagerly took a bag of Earth Crystals to find Priest Hill. The doppelganger closed his eyes and sent his consciousness back to Cole's main body, who was resting in the manor.
"Ha... I didn't expect that I could send my consciousness back."
Cole straightened up from the wooden bed, twisted his stiff neck, and walked out of the small wooden house. As soon as he walked out of the small wooden house, Cole saw that the purple fruit on the Divine Tree was gone. He reached out and patted his forehead.
"The bed over there is too comfortable. I forgot about the Ability Fruit."
Cole opened the warehouse and took out the Ability Fruit.
[Ability Fruit]
[Type: Ability Fruit]
[Effect: After eating, spirit power will be obtained. After planting, Ability Fruit will be obtained.]
[Hint: Ability Fruits cannot normally be eaten by mechanical lifeforms, except for special talents.]
"Except for special talents? Isn't this just asking me to plant this Ability Fruit?"
Cole sighed. He would have to wait a few more days to find out what exactly this Ability Fruit was.
He planted the Ability Fruit in the pit of the original Shared Fruit and covered it with soil again. Another secondary Divine Tree appeared in front of him.
[Ability Fruit Tree]
[Species: Secondary Divine Tree]
[Product: Ability Fruit]
[Cycle: 3.22 days]
[Number of Productions: 1]
[Quantity of Productions: 1,000]
"Three days? That's even longer than all the fruits I've had in the past few days."
Cole rubbed his hands and moved the ink beads that he had not used up to the side of the Ability Fruit Tree. The ink beads shattered and fell into the ground around the tree.
[Ability Fruit Growth Cycle -0.001]
[Ability Fruit Growth Cycle -0.001]
[Ability Fruit Growth Cycle -0.001]
After using up all the ink beads, the Ability Fruit Tree's growth cycle was shortened to two days.
"The Ability Fruit Tree's growth cycle is a little too long. I still have to wait two days after using up all the ink beads."
Cole turned his head to look at the Divine Tree and opened the Divine Tree's data.
[Current stage: Primary Spirit Tree]
[Sunlight: 300/day (0.3 x 1000)]
[Energy: 120/day (0.12 x 1000)]
[Number of Divine Trees Planted: 1]
[Number of Secondary Divine Trees Planted: 4]
[Products: Energy Fruit, Weapon Fruit]
[Production Cycle: 1/day (0.15 x 1000)]
[Production Quantity: 3]
[Nutrition Points: 2,132(0.24 x 1000 = 240/day)]
[Next Stage: Intermediate Spirit Tree (7,000 Nutrition Points)]
"Weapon Fruit? This is a new fruit. Hmm... I might as well not plant it this time. I'll give the weapon to my doppelganger for self-defense."
Opening the World Channel that he had not entered for a day, Cole took out two fruits from the warehouse. As he ate the fruits, he watched the people chatting on the World Channel.
"I found that the Otherworld is really similar to our novels. I met a small team of adventurers."
"I also met adventurers. I even joined them, hoping to get more good things."
"It seems that most of the people have already entered the Otherworld. Are there still people waiting to die in the manor?"
"Uh... it's not really waiting to die. I used the rapidly maturing fruits to exchange for some life-saving items with quite a few people."
"That's indeed waiting for death. That's called temporary life-saving. After all, no one knows when the Otherworld invasion and advancement test that the system mentioned will appear."
"Don't talk about that! I'm scared to death right now! Sob, sob, sob."
"Did you form a team to go on an expedition to the Otherworld? Talk to me privately!"
"Those who want to go should have formed a team long ago."
"I heard that Big Brother Constantine also went on an adventure in the Otherworld. I wonder if it's true."
"I feel that he's so mysterious. He rejected many people's friend invitations."
"Sigh, Big Brother Constantine's shop has sold out of Energy Fruits long ago. I hope that Big Brother will sell some next time."
"That's right, that's right! Big Brother's Energy Fruits are even more delicious than I thought. It's like a fruit party in your mouth! Wuhu!"
"I really want to go on the shelves, but none of you have anything to trade with me."
Cole yawned and logged out of the World Channel. He opened the Trading Mall and wanted to see if the recent Tree Masters had gotten some good stuff to trade.
"Oh? I found a pretty good thing."
[Tree Tamer: Schwarzenegger]
[Commodity: Life Fruit]
[Effect: Able to hatch a pet that belongs to you.]
Cole remembered that the ripe Life Fruit was glowing green, but the fruit on the shelf in the mall was a yellowish fruit.
"But the transaction requirement is 50 Energy Fruits or one Ability Fruit. This guy is really asking for a lot."
"However, there are indeed many people who need this Life Fruit... Umm... Forget it, I can't block it with normal market behavior."
Just as Cole lost interest in this Life Fruit, the Life Fruit instantly disappeared from the shelf.
"It was bought so quickly? The speed is really fast."
After strolling around the mall and not finding anything interesting, Cole exited the mall. Just as he was about to return to his bed and connect to his doppelganger, an invitation to add him as a friend flew to his face.
[Iron-Black Alliance, Garth, sent you a friend invitation and left a message.]
"You can leave a message?"
Cole opened the message, and a rather arrogant word appeared in front of him.
"I am Garth of the Iron-Black Alliance. We hope that Mr. Constantine can join our Iron-Black Alliance. Please do not be ungrateful."