First was that ceramic bowl Alice used to hold the crème brûlée. The pudding inside had already been eaten by Lin Ye.

【Alice's Ceramic Bowl】

【This is a very high-end piece of porcelain. You can use it to hold various items.】

【Note: You probably won't use it to hold anything weird, right?】

"Not bad."

Lin Ye put the ceramic bowl away properly, then took out those black boxes from the loot space.

【Black Box】

【A box with unknown contents. It will automatically open after a period of time.】

【Note: Perhaps you can store them inside the Shelter.】

Lin Ye had Little Black transport those black boxes to the Shelter's storage room. He planned to ask the Middleman about the price of these boxes later in the Rest Area.

After dealing with the black boxes, Lin Ye took out that item from the palace storage room.

【Bone Tube】

【A bone material with a very special structure.】

【Note: Perhaps you can use it to make an item.】

Lin Ye put away the transparent container holding the bone tube. He felt this item had a certain degree of danger, but he could study its specific structure inside the Shelter.

Next was that piece of white epidermis given as a gift, still wrapped with some red threads.

【White Epidermis of a Certain Creature】

【A special biological material. Perhaps you can communicate with its owner through it.】

【Note: A symbol of friendliness.】

"...Huh?"

Lin Ye put away the white epidermis and took out the light red book.

【Red Sea Tome】

【A book originating from the depths of the Red Sea.】

【Note: This is part of the Red Sea.】

"Ugh, another item from the basement collection."

Lin Ye held the Red Sea Tome. Just holding this book in his hand gave him the illusion of being within the Red Sea.

Before studying this book, Lin Ye planned to consult Little Red's opinion first.

Putting the Red Sea Tome into the basement, Lin Ye took out the Stuffed Toy Heart and Stuffed Toy Brain, checking their system information.

【Stuffed Toy Heart】

【Transplant it into a living creature. That creature can obtain one of a certain powerful being's core combat techniques.】

【Note: Before transplanting, you'd better process it first.】

【Stuffed Toy Brain】

【Transplant it into a living creature. That creature can obtain a technique contained within the brain.】

【Note: Before transplanting, you'd better process it first.】

Lin Ye put these two materials away safely. Before transplanting, he could first have the victim state stuffed toy remove the stuffed toy state from these two materials.

Then Lin Ye took out the most important harvest from this activity, that Rule Fragment originating from that man.

【Falling Rule Fragment】

【This is a Rule Fragment related to the rule of falling. Due to the existence of a certain Plane, contact with this type of rule has become exceptionally dangerous.】

【Note: You wouldn't want to integrate it into your body, would you?】

"...I knew that bastard wouldn't give me any proper fragment."

Lin Ye put away this dangerous Rule Fragment, planning to go to the asylum later to consult about this issue.

If he had to make a choice, he leaned more towards integrating this Rule Fragment into his body. Because if he wanted to find a solution to a certain problem, he must have sufficient understanding of that problem.

However, based on Lin Ye's understanding of the Abyss, this kind of suicidal choice was precisely one of the shortcuts to falling into the Abyss.

Finally, Lin Ye took out that black box with a red question mark drawn on it from the loot space.

【Black Box】

【???】

【Note:???】

Lin Ye: ???

"What the hell is this thing? Why isn't there even any system information?"

Lin Ye looked somewhat speechlessly at the system information. He wanted to submit this item to the system, but the system paid no attention to Lin Ye, as if this item had absolutely no value.

But Lin Ye was very clear about the danger of this item. He could only put the black box into the basement, becoming a new addition to the collection.

After dealing with the loot, Lin Ye opened the system's trading area. A new sub-interface had appeared within the trading area, containing many trade items Lin Ye had never heard of.

This trading area was clearly more advanced than the previous one, as could be seen from some of the trade items inside.

For example, there were many trades concerning Rule Crystals. One Rule Crystal fluctuated around 50 trade points.

Communication was impossible in the advanced trading area, and Lin Ye didn't know the identities of these traders either.

"The purchasing power of trade points is a bit high, but I don't seem to have traded many times during the activity..."

Lin Ye didn't think the rewards for this activity would be this generous.

Soon, Lin Ye found the acquisition record for trade points within the system interface.

He discovered that the trades before the auction had only earned single-digit trade points. That trade at the auction had only earned ten trade points. Most of the remaining trade points were obtained by him within the red maze.

Obtaining that Red Sea Tome alone had given him one thousand trade points. He even suspected that one thousand points was just the upper limit for this activity, not the trade points corresponding to trading that book.

Additionally, he had also conducted some trades with the master of the red maze and that man. The remaining points came from those.

"...So that counted as trading too. If I'd known, I would have farmed more trade points."

Lin Ye hadn't expected an identity task to have such significant rewards. 1423 trade points was no small amount. Just with Rule Crystals, he could buy 28 pieces and still have some left over.

Rule Crystals were high-tier, popular commodities that only tenth-tier spiritual energy users could utilize. Obtaining Rule Crystals outside was extremely difficult. It was only through the system that he could get such an easy channel to acquire Rule Crystals.

Lin Ye closed the trading area and began taking care of the plants and animals within the Shelter. He also used the ingredients from the Suitcase to prepare his own breakfast. He temporarily had no use for the vast majority of items in the advanced trading area. Trade points were precious. He planned to research for a while first, then obtain the resources he needed through the advanced trading area.

After preparing breakfast according to the Recipe Book, Lin Ye opened the Group Chat and the Music Box, beginning to taste these dishes that were completely made following the recipe.

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"Good morning, everyone."

"Isn't it still not morning yet?"

"Close enough. Usually, coming out from an activity means it's morning. Only trash picking can end earlier."

"Have you all had breakfast, big shots? I thought after advancing, I could gradually get rid of breakfast, but instead I'm eating even more."

"Have you read too many cultivation novels? Energy can't be converted into matter. If you want to use spiritual energy to improve your body's strength, you naturally need to supplement the substances your body requires."

"Isn't there the mass-energy equivalence equation?"

"Your body isn't Einstein, and do you know how much energy is needed to convert between mass and energy?"

"How much is needed?" 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Uh, I don't know either."

"Don't any of you drink nutrient solution?"

"Drinking nutrient solution also requires supplementing other substances through eating."

"Too expensive, can't afford it."

"Stop the nonsense. Is there any big shot who completed the Mining Area Task? Willing to pay for a guide."

"The War Front activity for this week is about to start soon. I'll wait until next week after upgrading my Shelter before participating in the Mining Area Task."