"I'm not too sure about that... It seems to be related to the tribulation fire you passed through before... Not long after you passed the tribulation fire, this happened!"
Pi Pi's answer remained brief.
"Is that so..."
Although he didn't know why, Ye Feng was very happy to see that his usable points had increased by one.
"Dong dong!~"
At this moment, a message notification sound came from Ye Feng's [Private Chat Channel]. He quickly clicked it open, thinking it was Yan who had replied to him.
"It's not her~~"
Ye Feng was slightly disappointed because the person who sent him a message was not Yan, but someone with the ID "Ying." "Zhang San, are you encountering any difficulties recently? I can give you food, medicine, weapons, equipment, arcane stones, automatic combat mechs..."
"Are the resources this abundant? Everything from daily necessities to offense and defense is covered..."
Ye Feng was quite surprised. Earlier, when he was still at the Silver level, the other party had offered to provide him with various resources for free many times, but he didn't need them as he wasn't lacking in resources.
Immediately, Ye Feng sent a message, "I'm fine. Your resources are really rich... Did you get them all from opening treasure chests? Are you still near where you woke up?"
"I am indeed near where I wanted to be, but it has changed drastically... It's similar to a tech city... Except that I'm the only one here..."
"As for resources, a considerable portion was indeed obtained from opening treasure chests... but there are other ways too..."
"Um... Zhang San, I have a lot of resources, of all kinds. Please take some, otherwise, I'll feel very guilty!"
Ying sent three more messages.
"Feeling guilty? What's going on?"
Ye Feng was a little puzzled.
"Actually, I lied to you before... The reason I bought so many sanitary pads from you wasn't that I used them all myself... I..."
"After I came to this world, I was inexplicably bound to a system... That system can exchange treasure chests with the sanitary pads you gave me..."
"Many of my rare resources are from treasure chests opened by the system, like the combat robots!"
Ying quickly sent several messages.
"Holy crap..."
Upon seeing Ying's message, Ye Feng was stunned. There was such a system... sanitary pads for treasure chests?
Ye Feng had previously thought that the amount of sanitary pads Ying needed was indeed a bit much, but he didn't think much of it. After all, everyone's physique was different, so perhaps the other party had a heavier flow, changed them more frequently for hygiene... or used them as mattresses, for warmth, or as kindling...
He had considered many possibilities, but he never imagined that Ying could exchange sanitary pads for treasure chests...
"Wait, system!"
Ye Feng's eyes narrowed. He quickly sent a message to Ying, "Ying, you said you're bound to a system?"
"Mm! I'm not entirely sure about the specifics. In my consciousness, there's something like this, somewhat similar to the light screen projected by our wristbands..."
"Through this system, I can exchange the sanitary pads you gave me for treasure chests..."
Ying's reply was still very fast.
"No way... I'm not the only survivor with a system?!"
Seeing Ying's message, Ye Feng was very surprised.
"Zhang San, what resources do you need right now? I'll give you arcane stones, and also an invitation to the Supreme Academy in the City of Arcane. I see many natives cultivating arcane energy, and they are very powerful, like peerless masters in movies!"
"I've tried cultivating along with them, and I'm already at the advanced Silver level!"
"With an invitation to the Supreme Academy in the City of Arcane, you can receive more systematic training. Arcane stones are important cultivation resources. If you lack them, you can come to me anytime to get them!"
"I've intended to give you arcane stones for a long time, but when I messaged you, you were never online... I could only give you some during trades..."
At this moment, Yan sent another message.
"Holy cow..."
Seeing Yan's last message, Ye Feng's mood was a bit complicated.
During the early trades of sanitary pads, Ying would initially give Ye Feng one or two arcane stones. Ye Feng felt a bit embarrassed, thinking the other party had made a mistake and he had taken a huge advantage...
In subsequent trades, Ye Feng would give her more sanitary pads, as well as medicine, food, and the like... And he was surprised to find that after the trade, Ying would put more arcane stones into the resources she gave him...
The two maintained this strange tacit understanding for a long time, and it turned out they both thought they had gotten the better deal...
Before, Ye Feng had obtained quite a few arcane stones in places like the City of Ice, the Tyrannosaurus Rex Base, the Mech City... and so on. After trading, he didn't pay much attention to the bonus items... Plus, Xiaoxiao would occasionally get him some arcane stones...
A pile of arcane stones mixed together, and he used them for cultivation without careful counting... Now that he thought about it, the arcane stones consumed were indeed quite a lot...
"Dong dong!~ Kaka~!"
"Big brother, why are you setting up a tent inside the room!"
Accompanied by knocking and door opening sounds, Xiaoxiao's clear voice rang out.
"Oh, Xiaoxiao, you're here at the right time. Do you want any resources..."
...
While Xiaoxiao and Ying were discussing resources, Qiao Ying was flying in the night sky, gazing thoughtfully at the room where Ye Feng was. "Lingxi, Sister Leng... I'm starting to understand why you entrusted 'power' to me..."
...
Deep in the night,
"Ye Feng, Xiaoxiao, you two are..."
Qiao Ying intended to return to her room to rest, but as soon as she walked into the living room, before reaching her room, she saw a large pile of miscellaneous supplies scattered in the living room. Ye Feng and Xiaoxiao were lying on the ground, sleeping casually.
It turned out that after Xiaoxiao's explanation, she had traded a large batch of resources with Ying. However, both Ye Feng and Xiaoxiao were still injured and extremely tired, so they decided to sleep first and deal with it tomorrow...
"These two really..."
Qiao Ying was a bit speechless. She covered Ye Feng with a blanket and then carried Xiaoxiao into her room.
...
The next day,
After breakfast, Xiaoxiao was still enthusiastically counting and organizing the resources obtained from the trade last night. Of course, Qiao Ying also helped.
Meanwhile, Ye Feng went outside and leisurely lay on a rattan chair...
Of course, Ye Feng wasn't just resting; he was checking the expansion of his spatial warehouse.
"Expansion actually has boundaries..."
Ye Feng was a little surprised. Since his spatial warehouse expansion no longer required usable points after he advanced to Diamond in the Giant Ruins, and the current spatial warehouse was sufficient, he hadn't expanded it much.
During his recovery period from his injuries, he had expanded it multiple times while organizing his belongings. Today, he discovered that the direction he wanted to expand was being prompted by the system as reaching its boundary.
...