In theory, once the emotions of the people who went up to cry had been absorbed, they should not have returned looking so glum.
After a psychologist investigated, it turned out things were not what everyone had imagined.
Those who had cried for half an hour felt as though something inside them was missing. They felt empty and wondered whether they had lost the ability to feel sadness forever, leaving them in a bad mood and looking rather withdrawn.
Tests by professionals confirmed that they could still feel sadness. They had not lost that ability.
At present, the Whale City Investigation Bureau had few emotion-related items. Only the Crying Photograph actively generated sadness.
The other items were powered by human emotions and could not actively generate them, just as the Spirit-Sensing Fruit Tree needed others to water it with emotions.
As a result, the people watering it over these past few rounds had all been people who were crying. Afterward, they all felt empty, as though they had lost something.
Just then, Director Lei came over and told Ke Meng the Spirit-Sensing Fruit Tree's rating.
"Someone has already tested the spirit fruit's effects. A person with 26 spiritual awareness can rise to 67. The effect is very pronounced," Director Lei said delightedly.
"Your Spirit-Sensing Fruit Tree has been rated a level four object. That offsets the contribution points needed for the Storage Scarf."
"If there's a treasure in the bureau you have your eye on, just ask. If it gets approved, you can earn contribution points with new items to pay it back."
Director Lei had proposed a very generous exchange arrangement. It was essentially bartering one item for another.
Ke Meng did not refuse. In fact, there was already something he wanted, but he did not know whether the