Green Monster Epic

Chapter 221: Memory Crystal (Fifth Update!)

"Wow, Allen, look! We struck gold!!"

It took a while for Salu to recover from his excitement. Even adventurers who dance on the edge of a blade can't remain indifferent when they truly walk the line between life and death.

Only then did Salu feel up to pulling out the crystal gems he had grabbed during the crisis. One look and he couldn't believe his eyes, so he rubbed them before pressing the gem flat against his forehead. He closed his eyes and pondered. After a short while, he opened his eyes and excitedly called out to Allen.

"…"

Allen looked at the familiar gem in Salu's hand, gazing at him in confusion, unsure why he was so excited. Was a mere gem worth getting so worked up over?

"This is a memory crystal! It’s an item used by intelligent races tens of thousands of years ago to preserve knowledge."

Seeing Allen's expression, Salu knew he was unaware of the item's function, and enthusiastically began to explain it to Allen.

"Now, we prefer to use leather and paper to store knowledge, but while these materials are fine for short-term storage, they still weather and decay over time. Truly precious knowledge is preserved using memory crystals."

"This trip was really worth it!!"

Allen quietly slipped his hand into his chest, where an object similar to the gem in Salu's hand was hidden. However, he didn't take it out to show off, but instead stuffed it further inside, afraid of exposing it.

"How do you use this thing? How do you view the contents inside?"

"Come, I'll teach you."

Seeing Allen's curious expression, Salu generously handed over the crystal, placing it on Allen's forehead and beginning to instruct him: "Close your eyes, then use your mental energy to probe the inside of the crystal. Do you feel anything?"

Following Salu's guidance, Allen used his mental energy to sense the icy crystal on his forehead. Suddenly, many things that didn't belong to him appeared in his mind.

"Earth Yellow Root, prefers to take root deep in sandy soil, 3-4 meters underground. Every 3 years, it produces a multi-leaf vine, then flowers and pollinates. After 3 months, the vine seeds mature and naturally wither…"

"Silver Leaf Flower, prefers open, shady terrain. Whenever the Silver Moon or Red Moon appears, the leaves will display a glistening radiance, absorbing the magic in the moonlight to nourish the flower core…"

Countless unknown plant names and habits flooded in, even including their appearance and characteristics. Allen was dazzled by this knowledge, yet he didn't feel confused at all.

"Whoosh~"

Salu suddenly took the crystal away from Allen's forehead, and the knowledge that had appeared in Allen's mind suddenly disappeared as a result. Watching Salu gently wipe the dust off the crystal, Allen even had the urge to pull out the crystal from his own chest, but he suppressed it. Instead, he stared at the crystal in Salu's hand with an envious gaze.

"What a pity. The knowledge in this crystal is just an introduction to the habits of some magic potion plants, and its value isn't that great. At most, it can only be exchanged for 2-300 gold coins."

"If it were a magic potion recipe, or a certain battle profession inheritance, then its value would be completely immeasurable!!"

Salu was acting coy after getting a good deal, finding the contents of the crystal rather undesirable. After all these years, the planting and cultivation techniques related to magic potion plants were no longer valuable. Any slightly larger force or inheritance family had its own set of magic potion planting and production systems.

Allen didn't think these things were useless. From the many magic potion plants he had glimpsed earlier, he had discovered a plant that might be helpful to their tribe.

"Red Sun Grass, grows in extremely hot environments. It can absorb sunlight and convert it into its own energy. When it blooms, the entire flower can illuminate the night like a lamp."

"The essence of fire element contained in the Red Sun Grass can help fire-type spellcasters temporarily increase the power of fire-type spells, deepen their affinity with the fire element, and serve as an auxiliary medicinal material for level upgrades and breakthroughs."

"…"

When he saw the content about Red Sun Grass, Allen discovered that it was extremely suitable for the sunny environment of the wilderness. If he could figure out its cultivation techniques, then the tribe would have a product that could be converted into money in the future.

If the Greenwood Tribe wanted to connect with the outside world, it first needed a stable source of income. According to Salu and Regis, knowledge from the civilized world had to be exchanged at a price. If the Greenwood Tribe wanted to continue to change and grow stronger, it couldn't rely solely on force. It also needed to acquire more knowledge to change the thinking of the tribesmen and strengthen their spirits.

Allen had been troubled by this matter. Trade caravans from the civilized world rarely ventured into the Greenwood Plains, precisely because the Greenwood Plains had nothing of value to attract them. If the Greenwood Plains produced something of value, would that attract people from the civilized world to come on their own initiative?

Allen wasn't sure, but it seemed to hold a possibility. Therefore, something that Salu considered to be of little value might be quite useful in Allen's eyes.

"How about you give it to me, and I won't take the materials from the Black Ape's body."

Allen asked tentatively.

"Okay!"

With a snap, Salu tossed the crystal over, then turned around and began to clean up the Black Ape on the ground.

Compared to this crystal, which only contained some information about magic potion plants, the corpse of the Black Ape on the ground, which had previously displayed shadow talent, was more attractive to Salu, a Shadow Warrior. Of course, Allen's action of saving his life just now was also an important reason for Salu to give up the crystal in his hand.

Allen smoothly caught the crystal, then placed it on his forehead again to check it before happily putting the crystal into his chest. Now, having obtained two memory crystals at once, although he didn't yet know what the contents of the crystal in his chest were, it already made Allen feel that the trip was worthwhile.

While Salu was still dismembering the Black Ape on the ground, Allen wandered around the ruins again to see if there was anything he had missed. The location of the previous stone platform was now a pile of debris. With a powerful blow, the Black Ape had smashed the entire stone platform, which was already weathered and fragile, into a pile of small stones of various sizes.

In the center of the stones, a golden light flickered, attracting Allen's eyes. Allen quickly took a few steps forward and dug away the stones in front of him, revealing the source of the golden light.

It was a pair of metal arm guards. The passage of time seemed to have not stopped on them for even half a second. Even when Allen took them out of the stone platform, the arm guards still emitted a faint metallic luster. The intricate patterns on the arm guards were outlined with gold thread, reflecting golden light in Allen's eyes. It was the reflected golden light that had attracted Allen's attention.