[Skill Triggered]
[Stone Crate: A weathered stone crate with worn edges]
*Chirp… Cheep…*
The bird sang loudly as if to tell me to praise it.
"You did great, birdy!" She said as she tried to pet its head, thankfully the bird didn't reject it, but even moved its head closer as it was asking for more pets.
But it was a bit weird to find a crate not close to the sea, as the system told her the sea is where she could find it.
Does it mean crate can also be found during island ventures?
That must be it, so for now it was better to explore the island fully, in case there was any other opportunity lay in this island.
[Stone Crate Opened]
[Fatigue: 40/100]
[Obtained:
Wood x9
Fiber x10
Rope x4
Bottled fresh water x3
Traveler's meal kit x1
Scrap metal x4
Simple Crafting Blueprint Fragment (3/3)
Unknown seed
Bloomheart Insignia]
[Completed Blueprint Fragments]
[Do you want to roll for the blueprint type?]
Her luck struck again, with just opening 2 crates she almost finished her quest, and now she even completed the blueprint fragments. But it was better to wait until she built the raft before randomising the blueprint type.
Now, she was more interested in the 2 new items that she just received. The seed and the token that she just got.
Better to check it out first.
[Skill Triggered]
[Unknown seed: A seed with an unfamiliar shimmer, unknown plant.]
[Skill Triggered]
[Bloomheart Insignia: A worn wooden insigniabearing the Flower Tide's mark, recognizing you as a welcomed traveler of their waters]
The seed was small and unassuming but with further inspection had a faint shimmer as if dusted with some glitter, truly a strange looking seed. Although she might haven't seen any seed in her life, she knew regular seed never sparkled.
While the insignia was a worn wooden plaque in the shape of flower petals, with some faded carving of some intricate flower symbols on it. Even though it was worn out, it still looked and felt steady.
Did someone lose it or they stored it in the crate to keep saving?
With that train of thought in line, this crate might be someone's storage box. She then looked around to observe the surroundings, there might be some clue of whose this box belonged to.
The stone crate was sitting on some depression beside the river, it looked like it had been there for a very long time. Some moss had also grown covering the crate with some wild grass covering the bottom part of it. However, there weren't any human traces in its surroundings. Whoever that leaves it here might have left the island and completely forgot about it or they might encounter something in this island.
Lost in her train of thought, the bird chirped again in the distance. Awoken from her thoughts, Shen Qinglian looked around to find where the bird had flown into. Turns out, it was now perched on another tree not far from it. However, there was something unusual about where the tree was located.
Partially hidden by the surrounding tree and some tall wild flower bushes, laid hidden by a narrow path that branched away from the riverbeds. A path that she was certain wouldn't have noticed if the bird wasn't flown over to the tree that serves as a marker for the hidden pathway.
*Cacaw… Chirp… Chirp…*
The bird kept tilting its head towards the partway, as if telling her to go that way.
"Okay, I believe in you bird."
So far the bird had been a helpful being for her, it was also the one that found the stone crate for her. Moreover the observation line of it had a line of "…often lingers near places touched by fortune". So, she believes it will bring her to a good place.
So she walked towards it, the path was actually narrower than she observed from the outside. Wildflowers had grown densely on both sides. Thankfully the path was filled with some gravel so it was not fully covered by plants. The bird had flown forward further through the path. So, the journey was quiet, there were no other organisms in the forest on either side of the path.
The path took her to the deeper part of the island, it even brought her to more elevated points of the island. It had her hiking higher and higher, thankfully she had a healthy body now or she wouldn't be able to arrive at the end of it at all.
Eventually, the path then opened into a small clearing. The open field is situated near a cliff end facing the open and vast ocean stretching to the horizon. In her entire sheltered life, this was the most breathtaking view she had ever seen.
Not far off, In the middle area of the open field there was a circular patch of some silver-pink flowers and there was also a waist-high stone pedestal. The silver petals seem faintly luminous from afar.
[Island exploration: 40%]
[Fatigue: 60/100]
[Hunger: 30/100]
[Thirst: 60/100]
*Huft… ha… ha… huh…*
The sounds of her out of breathiness filling the quiet serene island.
Yeah the view was stunning, but I was dying climbing here.
If not because of the bird, she wouldn't even want to see the end of the path.
But, what is this place?
[Skill triggered]
[Moon Blossom Garden: An abandoned garden surrounded by lingering traces of moon blossom flower]