Survival Queen of the Frozen Wastes novel Chapter 545

Chapter 545 Leaf and Stone Trials

Chapter 545 Leaf and Stone Trials

Lone Sparrow yanked his hand back at once. “Good thing I didn’t touch it.”

Words surfaced along the pool’s edge.

[The lightest stone is not the smallest. The heaviest stone is not the largest.)

[The third stone weighs more than the first. The fourth stone weighs less than the fifth.]

[The second stone does not sit at either end.]

[Awaken the stones in order from lightest to heaviest.]

Felix groaned. “Ugh, another one of these puzzles?”

Hanna replied flatly, “Keep doing your moral support thing then.”

The puzzle looked simple on the surface, but the stones’ shapes and sizes were designed to mislead. The largest stone was marked with the number two. The smallest bore the number four. The remaining three were irregularly shaped, making it impossible to judge their weight by sight alone.

NorthWind lowered his voice.

“It’s a weight sorting game. Three is heavier than one, four is lighter than five, and two isn’t the lightest or heaviest.”

RedBean jotted every clue down.

Riley stared at the pool. “Can we test their weights?”

The fairy cut in immediately. “No taking stones out. You can only use the moon scale by the water.”

The team then noticed a tiny stone scale sitting beside the pool. Its palm-sized plate was carved with delicate silver leaf patterns.

RedBean dragged the light projection of the first stone onto one plate and set the third on the other.

The scale tilted toward the third stone.

“Third is heavier,” RedBean confirmed.

The puzzle became far easier with a way to test.

They quickly compared every stone pair by pair.

Felix watched for a while and suddenly spoke up.

“This is just like weighing veggies at the market! I know this one.”

Hanna glanced at him. “You wanna take over?”

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Chapter 545 Leaf and Stone Trials

Felix stepped back instantly.

“I mean, I’ve watched other people do it.”

Before long, they worked out a full order: the fourth stone is the lightest, the fifth ranks second/lightest, the first comes third lightest, the third is fourth lightest, and the second is the heaviest of all.

They’d initially assumed the rule about the second stone meant it couldn’t be the lightest or heaviest in weight. But their tests proved it was the heaviest of all. Their earlier interpretation was clearly wrong.

RedBean frowned. “Did we mess up the comparisons?”

Riley didn’t rush to second-guess their results.

She reread the prompt carefully.

“The second stone does not sit at either end.” She looked up. “It doesn’t specify weight order. It could mean the physical ends of the pool.”

Everyone froze for a second.

NorthWind’s eyes darted to the pool bottom. The five stones lay arranged in an arc. The second stone sat right in the center, nowhere near the left or right edges.

The line was never a weight rule-it was a position hint.

LoneSparrow sighed. “This puzzle’s got tricks.”

The fairy kicked her legs mid-air and giggled.

“You need to be smart to earn good rewards!”

Sure of their answer now, Riley awakened the stones in order: fourth, fifth, first, third, second.

Ripples spread across the pool’s surface. The second silver leaf slowly floated up from the water.

The fairy hugged the leaf tightly, her eyes crinkling with joy.

“Found the second one too!”

The third trial lay ahead: floating stone slabs.

There were no written riddles this time. Nine stone slabs hovered in mid-air, each etched with unique silver leaf patterns. A small door sealed by a glowing light barrier waited beneath them.

“The last silver leaf is behind the door,” the fairy explained. “You have to step on the correct slabs to cross Wrong steps won’t hurt you, but they’ll bounce you right back.”

LoneWolf stared at the floating slabs and complained, “Old men’s joints aren’t made for this kind of thing. Hanna said bluntly, “You’ve got the highest agility. You test the path first.”

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Chapter 545 Leaf and Stone Trials

LoneWolf sighed dramatically.

“You people have no respect for old men.”

The fairy blinked at him seriously. “You’re not old.”

LoneWolf perked up. “Finally, you’re being fair!”

The fairy finished her thought.-

“But you’re still dirty.”

LoneWolf fell silent.

+5 Free Comp

This trial relied entirely on observing the silver leaf carvings. Some leaves pointed up, some down. Some were whole, others chipped at the edges.

A carved mural beside the door showed the trajectory of leaves blowing and falling in the wind.

NorthWind studied it for a moment.

“We follow the falling order. Start with the highest, fully intact leaf, move to the chipped ones, and end at the door.”

“Can we test?” Hanna asked.

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