Chapter 430 - 428: The Second Sea Cleanup Event, The Contract
Chapter 430: Chapter 428: The Second Sea Cleanup Event, The Contract
[Acquired Small Garbage Recycling Bin x1, wood x15, medium-sized net x1, green rice ball x5]
Talent triggered... 3x multiplier.
[Acquired small automated garbage recycling ship x1, Pure Water x6, wood x20, iron block x10]
Talent triggered... 5x multiplier.
[Small Automated Garbage Recycling Ship: With this, you can quickly collect the garbage around your raft. It’s like having a new pair of hands.]
Wow, what a great item.
Faye Yardley was lost in the joy of opening chests, unable to pull herself away.
Soon, her inventory was filled with many fishing nets, harpoons, and so on.
Some of the Wooden Treasure Chests she hadn’t opened before didn’t yield any event-related items when she opened them now; most still contained basic materials, food, and water.
Getting a recycling ship from an Iron Treasure Box was a wonderful surprise.
’Of course, I have to share the good stuff with my brother.’
So she gave her brother two of the ships.
She kept the remaining four for herself.
Hee hee~
’I have to remember, there’s an extra reward for first place on the event’s point leaderboard.’
She had many more helpers now compared to the last event.
Even though Bramble’s strength had been greatly diminished before, it could still be of great help now.
However, the leaders of guilds still had more manpower than she did.
Now, she was eagerly rubbing her hands together, waiting for 6:00 AM on the 18th to arrive.
The awaited time arrived right on schedule, and the system’s notification chimed punctually.
[Dear players, the second Maritime Garbage Cleanup event has officially begun. The event will last for four days. Good luck, everyone!]
In an instant, an endless sea of garbage surged onto the ocean’s surface, and the air began to fill with a putrid stench.
After sending the four small recycling ships out in four different directions and having Cole Kensington, Eamon, and Lucy White each watch over one, Faye Yardley put on a mask and jumped right off the raft.
A large fishing net appeared in her hands. She dragged one end of it as she ran across the water, and once the net was at its maximum length, she began to circle back, catching all the nearby garbage in one fell swoop. Then, she had Bramble drag the garbage into a large garbage recycling bin.
Her points began to shoot up.
No sooner was the garbage on one side cleared than more would surge in with the tide from the other.
It was an endless, incessant stream.
Moreover, the waves from all directions were surging toward the raft.
Fortunately, with her improved Attributes, she was much more capable than during the first event.
The efficiency of the four recycling ships was truly top-notch, and thanks to them, her points soared even faster.
On the point leaderboard, Faye Yardley’s rank was leaving everyone else in the dust.
However, once each ship had collected 10,000 points for Faye Yardley, it returned to the side of the raft and stopped working.
’It seems a small recycling ship can only add an extra 10,000 points per day.’
Faye Yardley didn’t think this was too little. She happily stored the recycling ships in her inventory, ready to use them again tomorrow.
She spent 10 points to open the Point Mall and immediately searched for a large automated garbage recycling ship. She found one that only cost 50,000 points to redeem. It could collect 35,000 points a day, which meant she would not only break even in two days but also start making a profit.
’In four days, I’ll be rolling in it.’
Unfortunately, there was a purchase limit of one per person.
’Looks like there aren’t that many loopholes in the system to exploit.’
After she spent 50,000 points to get the recycling ship, her name instantly vanished from the point leaderboard.
Because of this, Ethan Yardley even made a special call to ask her what was going on.
Faye Yardley took the opportunity to suggest her brother buy one early, since the sooner he did, the more cost-effective it would be.
As for whether their guild members could transfer points among themselves, she couldn’t be bothered to find out. She just needed to worry about herself.
’Tomorrow, I can get 75,000 points without doing anything. Tsk tsk, just thinking about it is wonderful.’
’It’s a pity there isn’t a medium-sized one, or I’d definitely get another.’
The new garbage only stopped surging around the raft at 6:00 PM, after coming in continuously since 6:00 AM. This finally gave everyone a chance to catch their breath.
Faye Yardley looked at the sea around the raft. It was a dark green expanse, now coated with a layer of gold by the setting sun, without a speck of garbage in sight. Her mood soared.
Furthermore, her points had once again shot up into the top ten on the leaderboard.
Only after everyone had washed up and changed did they gather on the terrace for dinner.
"You’ve all worked hard today." Faye Yardley raised her glass. "Come, let’s all have a drink."
It was all just juice, so they could drink as much as they wanted.
CRACK~
In the wooden box on the corner of the sofa, on the small second-floor balcony, a crack appeared in the Green Egg.
A viridian vine swiftly crawled down from the second floor, extended to Faye Yardley’s feet, climbed up her leg, and came to a stop right in front of her.
"Bramble, is the Flower Dew all gone?"
Faye Yardley watched as Bramble wrapped around her arm and pointed toward the second-floor balcony.
She thought for a moment and seemed to understand. "Are you saying the Green Egg is stirring?"
Seeing Bramble give an affirmative response, Faye Yardley stood up, and the vine instantly retracted.
"You all enjoy your meal, I’m going to go check on something. Don’t wait for me."
Arriving at the small second-floor balcony, she quickly saw the Green Egg, which now had a large crack in it. Faye Yardley didn’t reach out to touch it, but simply moved closer to get a better look.
"You little thing, you’re finally willing to come out, huh? Not bad, keep it up."
After a moment’s thought, a pale yellow Light Energy Fragment appeared in her hand. She dangled it over the top of the Green Egg. "How about it, want a bite? If you want it, you’ll have to jump for it yourself."
The Green Egg wobbled twice, paused for a long moment, then suddenly shot upward. The instant it touched the Light Energy Fragment, it absorbed it completely.
When the Green Egg fell back into the wooden box, its crack was even larger than before.
She peered inside through the crack. Thankfully, it was a small, chick-like animal. If it had been a little snake, Faye Yardley couldn’t guarantee she wouldn’t have manually scrapped it on the spot.
It wasn’t that she was afraid of snakes; she really wasn’t. She just couldn’t bring herself to like them.
But she did like the dragons from Veridian legends, which were similar to snakes.
Faye Yardley had never thought of forcing herself to like snakes.
So, it was a good thing the creature inside the Green Egg wasn’t a snake.
Hee hee~
"Alright, I know you’re about to come out, but there’s no need to rush. The event is still going on for the next two days, so I don’t have much time to look after you. You’ll have to be a bit self-reliant."
She had, after all, spent a considerable amount of resources on this Green Egg.
’Now that it’s about to hatch, if I can’t afford to raise it, I’ll just have to let it find its own food.’
She was about to straighten up and leave when a thought occurred to her. She looked down at the Green Egg. "Right, you’re about to be born. Shouldn’t we sign a contract first? Otherwise, what if you hatch and just run off? Wouldn’t all the resources I invested in you have gone down the drain?"
The Green Egg wobbled twice, and with a CRACK, the fissure deepened.
"System, oh System, is there a suitable contract for me and this little guy who’s about to be born?"
[Pet Contract has been prepared. Please accept it.]
A virtual, electronic contract appeared before Faye Yardley. She gave it a quick glance, pressed her handprint on the ’Master’ section, and then the virtual contract squeezed through the crack in the egg. It came back out a moment later.
[Contract formed. The player may now name their pet.]