Chapter 6232 Attainable Possibilities

Chapter 6232 Attainable Possibilities

The Tree of Possibilities seductively dangled its fruits over the heads of Ves and Ketis.

For a long time, Ves enjoyed sole access to the Tree of Possibilities. He had exchanged over a dozen fruits over the years, and each of them had provided lots of direct and indirect benefits.

There was no better and more efficient way for Ves to quickly learn and gain proficiency in all sorts of useful Skills!

The best part was that the reach of the Tree of Possibilities was insanely vast. It was able to produce fruit containing knowledge from all sorts of sources, from the lost repositories of ancient cultivation societies to current native alien technological development.

Ves had no idea how the Tree was able to accumulate so much knowledge. He was pretty sure that a part of the Tree's vast database had yet to be mastered by modern humans.

"This tree..." Ketis gazed up at the fruits in wonderment. "There is so much variety. There is one fruit that claims I can learn how to construct puelmer homeships. There is another fruit that claims it can impart me with the knowledge to mutate into a three-headed beast. Then there is a fruit that can teach me how to design active scanning systems that are good at detecting stealth systems favored by the Red Fleet."

"This is just the tip of the iceberg, Ketis. There are much more outrageous enlightenment fruits available, though they also cost an exponentially greater amount of AP. It is a bit difficult to obtain the better ones. You need to work hard to earn a lot of AP to buy a specific fruit, but if too much time has passed, the Tree of Possibilities has already refreshed its selection with a different rotation. It may take a year or longer before the fruit you have in mind has made a return. This is frankly one of the most frustrating aspects about the Tree of Possibilities."

Just like the Divine Bazaar, the Tree of Possibilities only offered a rotation of a few hundred fruits at a time, but the ones available at the moment already made Ketis excited.

If the descriptions offered by the System were accurate, then she could completely imagine herself becoming much more powerful as a mech designer as well as a swordmaster as long as she ingested much of these fruits!

"No wonder you have improved so quickly despite not spending as much time on studying." Ketis said with clear awe in her tone. "Even a pig can turn into a genius with the help of these fruits. As far as I know, no other learning device or method can equal the effectiveness of eating one of these fruits. I am becoming more and more eager to start earning Ascension Points. Everything good in the Mech Designer System depends on it. My intuition tells me that there are numerous fruits above us that can definitely advance my progression as a mech designer or a swordmaster if I gain access to the knowledge contained within."

She gestured at several different fruits of varying shapes and colors.

One of them was a familiar wood-based fruit that Ves thought about acquiring for himself. Now that he thought about it, Ketis could make much better use of it than himself.

[Evil-Breaking Peach Wood Sword Manual]

Price: 100 Ascension Points

Imparts a method to carve suitable wood into an Evil-Breaking Peach Wood Sword. This is a sword that does not possess a strong cutting edge, but is highly effective when used to fight against negative existences. The Evil-Breaking Peach Sword is also effective when used to fight energy-based lifeforms and other energy constructs.

Evil-Breaking Peach Swords that are excellently carved and made with high-quality materials can be enhanced by lightning. When empowered by any source of lightning energy, the Evil-Breaking Peach Sword not only becomes much more deadly against immaterial enemies, but also receives physical tempering that strengthens its physical properties.

"This is certainly an interesting enlightenment fruit." Ves commented. "It is an especially nice complement to Venerable Lanie's Elegant Rage and other wood-based mechs that I intend to design in the future."

Ketis looked enlightened by this explanation. So much of Ves' actions and decisions suddenly made a lot of sense now that she gained access to a crucial piece of missing context.

The Mech Designer System literally shaped Ves into the mech designer he was today!

The pair spent a few more minutes admiring the many enlightenment fruits that promised to turn Ketis into a much better mech designer or swordmaster.

However, her lack of AP ultimately forced her to turn away from all of the temptation. There was little point in looking at the fruits without having any chance of acquiring them due to her incredible poverty.

Ves actually felt a little sorry for her. While Ketis turned to leave, he moved closer to the Tree of Possibilities.

He briefly studied one of the cheapest fruits before plucking it from its branch. He inwardly winced as he could just feel his stash of AP dwindling even further from its already alarmingly low sum.

"Ves?"

"For you." Ves extended the small black peach-like fruit. "I think it is best if you can experience the effect of ingesting an enlightenment fruit in advance. That way, you will know what you are saving your AP up for. Besides, I have studied your recent works, and I truly think you need to shore up your fundamentals. It takes years of dedicated study for most Journeyman to reach the standard of a Senior in just one of these fields, let alone a dozen. This is one of the reasons why third-class and to a lesser extent second-class Journeymen can take decades if not a century to advance to the next rank."

Ketis curiously took hold of the fruit and briefly read its description.

[Senior-level Mechanics]

Price: 5 Ascension Points

Imparts a comprehensive understanding of the broad field of Mechanics at a level of proficiency that corresponds to a Senior Mech Designer.

Requirements: Journeyman-level Mechanics.

Though she felt a little insulted that Ves thought so little of her mastery in the field of Mechanics, she was honest enough with herself to know that he was not wrong.

If she could solve this shortcoming instantly by ingesting a single fruit, then she was not conceited enough to reject this gift!

"How do I make use of this fruit?"

"Just eat it in a single go. Do not stop until you have finished the entire fruit."

"Good."

Ketis only needed two bites to ingest the entire enlightenment fruit. She then began to freeze as the fruit began to burn a huge amount of knowledge related to Mechanics directly into her mind!