Chapter 100: Heavenly Stone (Pseudo)

The more it was like this, the more it meant the reward for this time was a good thing.

Thinking this, Lily Rhodes opened the System panel, accessed her private messages, and enabled the setting to accept friend requests.

Although they could converse through private messages without adding friends, mutual friends received notifications for incoming messages.

With Lily’s fame, countless people applied to add her as a friend every day. Finding it annoying, she had turned off the feature long ago. Now, just a second after turning it back on, countless friend requests flooded in, and the number kept increasing.

Lily found Silas Jennings’s name amidst the pile of messages and clicked accept. Then, she reverted the setting to disallow stranger friend requests.

The moment the friend request was successfully accepted, Silas quickly sent over a message.

Silas: "Thanks to your help, I was able to get first place in this event. Here is the item I promised you. Besides this, there is also a title. Titles cannot be gifted, but I will give you two-thirds of the Golden Fish and Special Fish I obtain through this title in the future."

Looking at this message, Lily thought to herself, "Why do I feel like Silas knew what the first-place reward was all along?"

To think the first-place reward was related to Golden Fish and Special Fish. If she had known earlier...

Well, considering those exaggerated Points, even if she had known earlier, it would have been highly unlikely for her to get first place.

However, getting two-thirds of the title’s profits and having the other first-place reward in her hands meant this deal was not a loss.

"Let me see. What exactly is this first-place reward?"

Meanwhile, on the other side.

After giving away the first-place reward, Silas felt as if his heart was bleeding. But he had to give it. Not giving it meant violating the contract. Right now, he was just working for her; if he actually broke the contract, he would truly become a slave.

Moreover, thinking about it from another angle, according to his future self, Lily would become the premier powerhouse of this world. Working for someone like that didn’t seem so unacceptable.

Truth be told, he really owed his first-place finish to her. Without the bait she provided, it would have been impossible for him to secure first place. After all, according to his future self, the one who originally got first place was a guy named Julian Bishop.

This person had awakened an SSS Level Talent, which was one Level higher than his own. It was called One Hook Opens the Heaven Gate, a Talent specifically used for fishing. In his future self’s description, this guy was invincible when it came to fishing.

Aside from the bait, another important reason Silas was able to win was that his opponent’s Talent hadn’t fully awakened yet. It was currently in a nascent state, and the higher a Talent Level was, the harder it was to fully awaken.

Furthermore, although Lily’s Talent had never been exposed, clues provided by his future self suggested it was related to water. She could mobilize the power of the ocean, and her Talent Level was speculated to be SSS Level.

Silas shook his head. Let his future self handle future matters. Right now, the most important thing was that with this connection, he had completely linked up with Lily.

Last time, because he had made a change, his future self had also altered. He transformed from a nameless Survivor into a moderately famous one. His future self even joined a decent Guild and secured a mid-to-high level position within it.

Upon realizing that his present changes would impact the future, boundless ambition blossomed in the hearts of both his present and future selves.

"I wonder what kind of impact this change will have on my future self. I’m really looking forward to it."

Silas happily hummed a song.

People were always at a loss when facing the unknown, not knowing what to do. But he was different. He could clearly see his goals and even personally change the future, which filled him with motivation.

He had to continue working hard so his future self could live a better life.

First, his initial step was to catch lots of Golden Fish and Special Fish using his newly acquired title, God of Angling. Then, he would use these fish to build a good relationship with Lily.

He knew for a fact that Lily had many good things in her hands that weren’t even sold in The Supreme Shop. Other people didn’t even know they existed.

While Silas had already started fishing and was blissfully envisioning the future, on the other side, Lily was examining the items he had sent her. They were two grayish-white stones.

From their appearance, they looked very much like the attribute stones she possessed, but what attribute did gray represent?

Opening the System panel, Lily’s eyes widened the moment she saw the stones’ name.

[Heavenly Stone (Pseudo): Although it is called the Heavenly Stone, it is not a genuine Heavenly Stone. Its greatest use is probably completing certain incomplete items.]

"Ah, this..."

Although it wasn’t a genuine Heavenly Stone, this was exactly what she needed right now.

Completing certain incomplete items—she happened to have some right in her hands.

Lily took out the stones she currently held.

The Wood Stone had already merged with Shelly, but it should still be usable. Besides that, she had one Light Stone, two Dark Stones, and one Wind Stone in total.

She had just tested it out. The Heavenly Stone could indeed be used on these stones, but the problem was which one to use it on.

Logically speaking, she should definitely use it on the Wood Stone. After all, the Wood Stone was currently the most useful to her, and she was only one piece away from completely synthesizing the Wood Spirit Pearl.

However, it was precisely because she was only one piece away that she hesitated. If she later collected all the Wood Stones, wouldn’t she have wasted a slot?

In Lily’s view, if she wanted to maximize her benefits, she should naturally use it on the ones she lacked the most, such as the Light Stone and Wind Stone, of which she only had one each.

"It’s still unclear what the effect of the final Wood Stone is, but for now, three Wood Stones are enough to support things. There’s no rush on the Wood Stone’s end. As for the other three attribute stones..."

Lily’s gaze fell upon the Light Stone.

She remembered hearing when she first gathered information from the Bee King that, in addition to extreme weather like extreme heat and cold, this world also experienced natural phenomena like eternal day and eternal night. She didn’t know if these two phenomena would affect her, but perhaps she should prepare early.

Lily’s fingers twitched, but in the end, she couldn’t make up her mind.

"If only I had two more."

Thinking this, Lily shifted her attention to The Supreme Shop. Previously, she had traded the Black Gold Bone Knife for attribute stones, but she only managed to collect four. The response to the Wujin Bone Armor wasn’t good either. The main issue was that the people who bought the armor found they couldn’t even wear it after taking it back.

Perhaps, she could trade something else.