Chương 794: Long Lost Berry Math, I Missed You!

Liu Shu felt somewhat nostalgic when looking at her berry production. She was curious as to how it had changed. After all, she had used mostly her subconscious to control the flow of essence toward them. Back then, she set a few percentages of her regeneration to automatically flow and feed the berries that appeared in her canopy. Moreover, with the <Eternal Trial Domain> acting as the hub for berry gathering, Liu Shu didn't have the same ability to connect with the berry gatherers.

This was a fact that made her quite sad, but something inevitable. After all, her current height was Moon-sized. Should the berry gatherers fly around her branches, which spanned such a large space, just to gather her fruits? It would be inefficient, tiring, and tedious. Compared to when she was a few thousand meters tall, Liu Shu understood deeply that her Berry Gatherers had long become unable to keep up with her.

It was a shame, as she loved feeling the fairies and other species flying around her canopy and combing through her branches. Nevertheless, she had long accepted the fact that such a thing would never happen again. A faint, slightly bitter smile appeared on her lips.

"Every small change points at how truly solitary the life of a World Tree becomes as we grow." But as these thoughts popped into her mind, Liu Shu recalled her date with Obsidianis and Seraphina. A touch of happy shyness appeared on her face.

"Well… Perhaps not everyone is so averse to my size change? Hehe." Cinderielle, who was about to enter Liu Shu's <Core Room>, suddenly saw the percentages on the light and darkness petals fill up very slightly. A faint scowl appeared on her face.

'What are those two women up to? Their percentages have soared to 57% at some point!' Of course, she was only complaining in her mind, as she understood that it was necessary for them to bond with Liu Shu. Moreover, after interacting for over 12 years together, Cinderielle and the other three had become somewhat accustomed to them. Now, other than banter, they never really clashed seriously. If anything, it was like siblings fighting. Nothing too serious.

Not knowing that she had made Cinderielle pout, Liu Shu realized the Thermis Sylvan's presence entering her <Core Room>. Her Avatar, who was waiting with a protruding stomach, waved at Cinderielle with a smile. Who knew that before Liu Shu spoke, her lips would be sealed and her body pushed down? Liu Shu glanced at Cinderielle with her real eyes and chuckled.

'She is so excited today.' She gently closed her eyes and allowed her connection with her Avatar to deepen as much as possible, and soon, she began feeling Cinderielle's caresses at a deep level, making her sigh hotly. She would never become tired of their love. It felt like a warm blanket during winter, like sunlight after a week of cloudy skies. Liu Shu really adored them deep down to her core. While feeling these sensations that left her feeling languid and comfortable, Liu Shu refocused on her berries.

After all, the new berry that had not appeared for so long had finally popped up!

'It took pushing my skill from A Rank to S- Rank for this Berry to appear… It must be incredibly strong, right?' Liu Shu became excited, and with the… very deep and rhythmic feeling from her bouncing Avatar, she asked the system to show her the changes.

"Alright, show me how all my berries have changed! Also, make sure to place the new berry at the very bottom~. I want to leave the surprise for last." [Understood. Compiling data changes…] [Completed.] (Author Note: Since we have not seen the berries since their A Rank era, I will show the changes from then to now.) Berry acceleration: 1008 → 3650 Days <Core-Rank Delicious Berry (A → S- Rank)>: +0. 02% → +0. 03% Current Level's Required Experience Points. Level 199 → 399 and below 1/day.

Minimum 100 → 1, 000 Experience Points. Production Cost: 480 → 1, 800 AM and AE. Gestation Time: 192 → 216 Days. <Core-Rank Phoer Berry (A → S- Rank)>: Recover 5% → 15% Max Phoer Body Reserves. Level 199 → 399 and below 5 → 10/day. Minimum Recovery 5 → 500 Cores. Production Cost: 480 → 1, 800 AM and AE. Gestation Time: 192 → 216 Days.

<Core-Rank Mana Berry (A → S- Rank)>: Recover 5% → 15% Max Aether Mana Reserves. Level 199 → 399 and below 5 → 10/day. Minimum Recovery 5 → 500 Cores. Production Cost: 480 → 1, 800 AM and AE. Gestation Time: 192 → 216 Days. <Core-Rank Energy Berry (A → S- Rank)>: Recover 5% → 15% Max Anima Energy Reserves. Level 199 → 399 and below 5 → 10/day. Minimum Recovery 5 → 500 Cores. Production Cost: 480 → 1, 800 AM and AE. Gestation Time: 192 → 216 Days. <Core-Rank Breakthrough Berry (A → S- Rank)>: +1 → +2 <Sub-Tier>.

Max <A- → A Rank>. Any Creature can ingest one every 10 → 7. 5 years. (Can Ingest Higher Ranked Breakthrough Berries with a 1-year cooldown.) Production Cost: 4. 8 → 18 AMC and AEC. Gestation Time: 1, 728 → 1, 944 Days. <Core-Rank Resonant Berry (A → S- Rank)>: For Level 50 → 100 and above: +200 → +2, 000 <Aether>, +5% → +25% Aether Resonance. 10 Max. Production Cost: 4800 AMS and AMS → 1. 8 AMC and AEC. Gestation Time: 208 → 324 Days.

<Core-Rank Refinement Berry (A → S- Rank)>: For Level 50 → 100 and above: +200 → +2, 000 <Physique>, +5% → +25% Physique Refinement. 10 Max. Production Cost: 4800 AMS and AMS → 1. 8 AMC and AEC. Gestation Time: 208 → 324 Days. <Core-Rank Affinity Berry (A → S- Rank)>: For Level 50 → 100 and above: +200 → +2, 000 <Anima>, +5% → +25% Anima Affinity. 10 Max. Production Cost: 4800 AMS and AMS → 1. 8 AMC and AEC. Gestation Time: 208 → 324 Days.

<Core-Rank Palace Berry (A → S- Rank)>: For Level 50 → 100 and above: +200 → +2, 000 <Willpower>, +5% → +25% Mental Palace. 10 Max. Production Cost: 4800 AMS and AMS → 1. 8 AMC and AEC. Gestation Time: 208 → 324 Days. <Core-Rank Energy Cycle Berry (A → S- Rank)>: Increase the Completion Rate of an Energy Cycle by 5% → 7. 5% up to 80% → 82. 5%. You can ingest one berry per <Major Energy Cycle>. Production Cost: 4. 8 → 18 AMC and AEC. Gestation Time: 1, 152 → 1, 296 Days.

<Core-Rank Cerulean Bloodfruit (A → S- Rank)>: For Level 50 → 100 and above: +10, 000 → +100, 000 <Aether>, <Physique>, <Anima>, and <Willpower>. Increases <Aether Resonance>, <Physique Refinement>, <Anima Affinity>, and <Mind Palace> by 25% → 125%. Gives those who eat it immunity to poisons below the rank of the fruit. You can ingest 1 Max. If you consume higher-grade ones in the future, the effects will increase up to those effects. Production Cost: 9. 6 → 36 AMC and AEC. Gestation time: 2, 880 → 3, 240 Days.

<Core-Rank Elemental Lord Fruit (A → S- Rank)>: A fruit that grew through ingesting the pure Aether Mana of the world. For Level 50 → 100 and above. +100% → +500% Elemental Affinity. Production Cost: 2. 4 → 27 AMC and AEC. Gestation time: 1, 920 → 2, 160 Days. <Core-Rank Focus Fruit (A → S- Rank)>: A fruit that can increase the concentration and ability to focus of those who ingest it. Effects vary between individuals. Production Cost: 2. 4 → 27 AMC and AEC. Gestation Time: 240 → 270 Days.

Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. · <NEW: Core-Rank Ascension Berry (A → S- Rank)>: When ingested before <Ascension>, it gives a chance to increase and strengthen the evolutions that appear during <Ascension> by one rank or makes the species younger, increasing its future potential without making it weaker. Forcefully increases one rank if the species rank is below the <Ultra Rare> level. Production Cost: 180 AMC and AEC. Gestation Time: 32, 040 Days.

A comprehensive list with all changes appeared together with the new berry. When she looked at the new berries, even her real eyes widened. Cinderielle, who had been fiercely digging out water, noticed the tight clenching and blinked, amused.

"Are we very excited today? Your grip truly never disappoints!" Liu Shu's Avatar began bouncing around much more violently, her eyes rolling about, while Liu Shu's real body shuddered very lightly.

"W-Wow, Cinderielle is really excited today. If I weren't pregnant already, today would have been a 100% shot accuracy rate day!" Looking away, she refocused on the berries.

"Alright, the <Delicious Berry> has become absurd. For all creatures that have less than 3. 3 million Experience Points needed per level, they are basically divine fruits. For those above that mark, their strength does not disappoint in the slightest. Even without doing anything, the berries can, more or less, Level Up a person every 9 years." A level per 9 years? That was absolutely crazy. At that rate, a creature would reach Level 1000 in just 9, 000 years. That was… honestly nothing short of ridiculous.

Of course, the berries didn't work beyond a certain Level. Even then, her ability to create powerhouses had become blinding. If she could skip around 3, 500 years into the future, most of her Golden Sap Empire would become Level 399. That very notion was… ridiculous.

"The power of the S- Rank <Delicious Berries> is truly… absurd." The recovery berries have, once again, become stupidly strong. While people with 500 Cores or less could not take them lightly, as they would basically explode, potion makers were able to dilute their effects. For high-level people, they were a life-saving treasure that could recover up to 150% of their three ternary essences during a fight almost instantly.

"If each soldier is equipped with the recovery berries…" Liu Shu shuddered. Her army was becoming stupidly strong. Her eyes moved toward the enhancement berries and the Cerulean Berry. These two were the berries that increased stats, and the numbers had become absolutely terrifying. 120, 000 raw stats and 375% affinity for each stat. What did these numbers mean? A Level 199 S+ Tier equipment piece, something she saw in a database, only rivaled the flat stats.

A Level 199 S+ Tier masterpiece piece of equipment gave around 110, 000 flat stats and around 70~90% affinity. Just comparing the two made Liu Shu gulp.

"The thing is… This is a super S+ Tier equipment that even Level 100s can equip." Her heart shuddered.

'S- Rank berries are stupidly strong…'

"Elemental Lord and Focus Fruits don't really need any extra explanation, but the Energy Cycle berry… 82. 5%? So, no one in my army will have a Cycle Completion Rate below 82. 5%? Heh." Liu Shu laughed dryly. When all bonuses were amalgamated into one, she could truly make an average person soar to the genius ranks with just her berries. Finally, Liu Shu read her newest berry. The <Ascension Berry>.

"Species rank… species age? What does that mean?" Liu Shu recalled that some species had juvenile and such preceding the species name.

"So… if I have a species at the Young Level, can I reduce it to juvenile without weakening it? No… That's stupidly absurd, no? While it says it only has a chance, whoever triggers it hits the jackpot." The potential difference between a Young and Juvenile species went without saying. Not to mention, if it makes a double trigger and boosts a Legendary Young species into a Mythical Juvenile species…

"Pffft…" Liu Shu laughed at the absurdity. If that happened, it would go from an average species to an absolutely top-tier one in a single step.

"Still…" Liu Shu glanced at the gestation time and cost and compared them to the other berries.

"Alright, it's expensive, and without my acceleration method, I would truly struggle to gestate even one <Ascension Berry>. 32, 000 days… that's around 90 years for a single fruit." Of course, Liu Shu could easily bloom several thousand flowers and add a few more each day. This way, after 90 years, she would be producing Ascension Berries daily. However, what if something happens in between that needs her to use her canopy?

Even when her berries were intrinsically connected to the <Eternal Trial Domain>, that didn't mean they were not in her branches. If Liu Shu's canopy was damaged, the berries would of course be damaged as well.

"What percentage of my regeneration should I give the new fruits? Ascension was not a daily matter, but it wasn't a rare thing. After all, Level 100 was a hurdle that basically all people in her Empire would eventually need to overcome. Hm… let me do some math…"

"Alright, I will give it 9% of my total regeneration. Let's see… I can take away from my <Eternity Strand> and <Delicious Berry>. After all, I am producing billions of <Delicious Berries> monthly. What are the numbers after the math is done, though? I have not checked in a while…"

Delicious Berry: 131, 894, 673, 000 Phoer Berry: 87, 929, 782, 000 Mana Berry: 87, 929, 782, 000 Energy Berry: 87, 929, 782, 000 Breakthrough Berry: 4, 665, 444 Resonant Berry: 1, 168, 958, 666 Refinement Berry: 1, 168, 958, 666 Affinity Berry: 1, 168, 958, 666 Palace Berry: 1, 168, 958, 666 Energy Cycle Experience Berry: 7, 118, 166 Cerulean Bloodfruit: 1, 369, 213 Elemental Lord Fruit: 2, 783, 650 Focus Fruit: 43, 900, 500 Ascension Fruit: 26, 074 Liu Shu, having done the math, blinked several times to see if the numbers were correct.

'... To think that I've reached this level of production monthly. These are all S- Rank Berries in one month! QAQ!'