The sudden appearance of this text made Alka feel excited.
Relying on my knowledge of various forms of entertainnt from my previous life, this must be the "golden finger" brought by my transmigration.
Taking a deep breath, he cald his emotions. Alka began to study his system.
According to the words that had just appeared, it seed his system was designed for treasure hunting.
Can it scan for treasures? The system only activated because I saw the map at the back of the manual. So, I need a map to scan for treasure? That’s very reasonable.
Changes had already appeared on the rough map drawn by the body’s original owner. This simple map was precisely of Golden Wheat Island, the island beneath his feet.
At this mont, four circular dots of light appeared on the map, emitting a faint glow. Three of the dots were white and scattered across the island. The last dot was blue. The original map obviously wouldn’t have had glowing dots.
He had a sudden realization.
He briefly closed his eyes, then opened them again. The light dots on the map promptly disappeared, reverting to the plain, unremarkable map he had just examined. Closing and opening his eyes once more, the light dots reappeared on the map.
So, it’s a toggle for the system display, he thought.
According to the text that just appeared, are these light dots the scanned treasures? Having played so many gas, I can usually figure out what a system ans through basic logic, unless this particular system is designed to be counterintuitive, Alka mused.
With this in mind, he extended his finger and tapped one of the white dots.
[Ordinary Treasure]
[Difficulty: Child]
[Fa: 0]
[Treasure Information: Unknown]
A very brief description. So, a white dot represents a treasure location?
Alka then clicked on another white dot, and the information display changed.
[Hidden Pocket Money]
[Difficulty: Teen]
[Fa: 2]
[Treasure Information: Sothing his father buried many years ago.]
It was also a white dot, but the description for this treasure spot was clearly different. Firstly, the na was more specific, the difficulty was different, the Fa wasn’t zero, and the Treasure Information was displayed.
He took a closer look at this white dot, trying to see what was different.
This white dot... its location is... my house?
This map was drawn by the body’s original owner. Although rough, it was fairly detailed. The island’s ports, towns, and cliffs were clearly marked, including, of course, his own house.
Pocket money... my father’s, he thought. The implication was very clear.
He began searching his mories. Around the age of eight or nine, he had personally seen his father burying sothing in the small yard outside the house. When his father saw him back then, he had even made a shushing gesture.
So that’s what it was!
Since these are the original owner’s mories, it’s like retrieving data from a database; I won’t forget anything. The Treasure Information seems to reflect my own knowledge of this treasure. Because I have so understanding of it, the na changed to directly identify it as ’pocket money.’ Does the system supplent information based on what I already know? That needs to be verified. My mory didn’t explicitly state that Father buried pocket money. Of course, this speculation is still questionable.
The ’Fa’ rating probably indicates how many people know about the treasure. Since only Father and I knew about this one, the Fa is 2. Even though Father died when I was in my teens. The Difficulty rating was the most straightforward. The first treasure’s Difficulty was ’Child,’ literally aning even a child could find it. The second was ’Teen,’ and the reason for that label was self-explanatory; all one needed was a shovel and so strength to dig up the buried treasure.
So, what about this blue dot? Being a different color from the white ones, does it have any special characteristics?
Alka reached out and clicked on it.
[Jack’s Magic Treasure]
[Difficulty: Adult]
[Fa: 1,325]
[Treasure Information: The legacy and inheritance of "Magician" Jack Monk, captain of the renowned Treasure Hunting Ship "Dream Poker."]
So, this blue dot is Jack’s Magic Treasure—the one I need to find to save my life!
Seeing the description of this treasure spot, Alka finally let out a sigh of relief. He felt a sense of security, as if his life finally had a guarantee.
Comparing these three different treasure spots confird all my previous speculations. There were two pieces of information about this treasure that I didn’t know: the na of Jack’s forr ship and that the treasure included his inheritance. This must be the system supplenting information based on known data. Only the aning of the treasure spot’s color remained questionable. But I think it’s related to the treasure’s value. This can only be verified by obtaining more actual treasures.
’Jack’s Magic Treasure’ has a Fa of over 1,000, which is almost the entire population of the island. This ans the treasure is only sowhat famous here. Anyway, I should dig one up first to see if this is real. Practice reveals the truth. Ti to get to it.
Alka picked up the regular-sized shovel by the door, slung it over his shoulder, pushed open the old wooden door, and stepped outside.
The midday sun beat down, forcing Alka to raise a hand to shield his eyes. Opening the door revealed vast expanses of golden yellow stretching into the distance. This was the island’s defining feature and the origin of its na: Golden Wheat Island.
Alka hadn’t forgotten his important task and went straight to the yard beside the house. The entire yard was enclosed by a low wooden fence made of stakes, about a ter high. In one corner of the yard stood a large tree.
If my mory serves right, the pocket money is buried beneath this tree, he recalled.
Alka took out the map. The white dot was fixed on the small house symbol, not indicating a precise location.
If not for my mory, logic would dictate assuming the treasure was inside the house. Finding the exact burial spot without that mory would take a significant amount of ti. This ans the more detailed the map is drawn, the more precise the treasure spot’s location will be, saving more ti, Alka couldn’t help but think.
He took the shovel to the base of the large tree. Scanning the surroundings, Alka frowned.
The problem is, where exactly? My mory only told it was at the base of the tree, but the area around the base of this tree isn’t small.
Deciding not to dwell on it, he picked up the shovel and started digging.
「After so ti...」
The sun began to dip towards the west. It was now afternoon, and the sunlight had dimd slightly. Piles of dirt and nurous pits surrounded the large tree.
Panting heavily, Alka thrust the shovel down once more.
Even knowing precisely that it was at the base of the tree took this much effort! If I’d only known it was sowhere around the house, who knows how long that would have taken? he grumbled internally. It seems a detailed map will be essential for future treasure hunting.
He scraped the loose soil aside with the shovel. As he prepared to dig again, his eyes lit up.
In the pit, he saw sothing resembling fabric—it was a cloth bag.
This must be it!
His eyes could now see the outline of the treasure, emanating a faint glow from the system.
He tossed the shovel aside and started digging with his hands.
This is it! I’ve found the treasure!
He unearthed the small, dirt-covered cloth bag. When Alka picked it up, the glowing outline from the system vanished.
He jiggled it a couple of tis. The clanking sound of tal striking tal rang out; it had so weight.
Alka eagerly untied the drawstring at the mouth of the bag and pulled it open to look inside.
It was filled with "Silver Snake."
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