My Computer Leads to an Instance Dungeon-Chapter 97 - 89: Solidify! New Skills, New Traits
He couldn’t just enter one world to learn Spiritual Power, unlock a Soul Ring in the next, and then cultivate battle energy in the one after that, right?
That would be a chaotic mess.
Setting aside whether he even had the ability to learn all these Extraordinary Powers, even if he did, would he have enough time and energy? Could his body even contain so many different types of power?
If he learned a jumble of them, wouldn’t he risk going insane, or having them conflict with each other and burn him out from the inside?
And yet, the future instances he might enter were bound to have special abilities driven by unique Extraordinary Powers that would be either very practical or incredibly tempting.
What if a power allowed him to reshape Heaven and Earth? Should he learn it or not?
In another world, what if a different power let him foresee the future? Learn it or not?
And in yet another, what if it granted immortality?
This awkward dilemma hadn’t occurred yet, but it was bound to happen in the future.
But now, the "Origin Power" that Fang Zhen had solidified solved this problem at its very root.
This Origin Power was like the Little Faceless Skill from Jin Yong’s wuxia novels. The Little Faceless Skill could simulate almost any kind of Inner Strength, thus allowing one to use martial arts that required a specific type of Inner Strength.
Let’s take the previous example.
Without Origin Power, things would be awkward. But with it... Magic? No problem. Soul Rings? Let’s unlock them. Battle energy? Sure thing.
Even if Fang Zhen learned ten thousand different Extraordinary Powers, they would all, in the end, be powered by the single, most fundamental Extraordinary Power: Origin Power.
From now on, no matter the world, as long as the conditions were right, he could freely learn any Extraordinary skill without fear of conflict.
In essence, Origin Power was even more incredible than the Little Faceless Skill from the wuxia world.
After all, the Little Faceless Skill only simulated other types of Inner Strength. Origin Power, on the other hand, converted itself into that power at the source. It wasn’t a simulation; it *was* the real thing, with no side effects. It was genuine.
Furthermore, their fundamental nature and tier were on completely different levels.
Fang Zhen’s face flushed with excitement as he understood all this.
Origin Power didn’t directly increase his strength, but it massively increased his potential.
It was just as the prompt had said: this would affect his future game experience and his fate in the Instance Life Game.
’Worth it. So incredibly worth it!’
Spending those 100 merit points was the best value he had ever gotten.
If he had chosen Option 1, he would have suffered a huge loss. The Origin Power that had a fifty-fifty chance of being kept might have just been solidified as Spiritual Power, and he would have been fobbed off with a few extra merit points.
He had bet right on Option 2.
This wasn’t just gambling a bicycle and winning a motorcycle; this was like conjuring a battlecruiser out of thin air.
He took several deep breaths before gradually calming down.
’Origin Power is truly amazing, but where did it come from?’
’Did I get it just by learning the Tade Church’s guidance technique in the instance world and silently chanting "Origin Power" in my head?’
Fang Zhen didn’t really believe that.
A power this incredible definitely surpassed the limits of the Redstone Town instance world. It probably had little to do with the Tade Church’s guidance technique; otherwise, Priests like Matthew would have become ridiculously powerful by now.
The Tade Church’s guidance technique had, at most, merely triggered some kind of condition.
’Could it be something Xiao Yi hid within the Instance Life Game?’
An idea occurred to him.
The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
The only person who understood the Instance Life Game so thoroughly and likely had the ability to set up conditions to be triggered at the right moment was Xiao Yi.
Fang Zhen frowned.
The deeper he got into the Instance Life Game, the more he felt that Xiao Yi was probably in deep trouble.
Not the kind of trouble that could be easily resolved.
His intuition told him it might even involve gods and demons, or perhaps even more mysterious elements.
Fang Zhen hadn’t forgotten his friend, but he had no idea where Xiao Yi was or what kind of trouble he was in. He had no leads to investigate, let alone offer any help.
He decided to set the matter aside for now. He would just treat this Origin Power as an Easter egg his friend had placed in the Instance Life Game.
He couldn’t help Xiao Yi right now anyway. He shouldn’t overthink it; he just needed to focus all his efforts on improving himself.
Only with strength could he even talk about helping. Without it, he wouldn’t even be qualified to get in the way.
He summed it all up, reached his conclusion, and stopped pondering over boundless matters. Improving his strength first was the right path.
Just as he was thinking this, a wave of heat suddenly washed over his body.
Fang Zhen initially thought it was just from his excitement, but when he looked down, a shocked expression appeared on his face.
At some point, a faint layer of golden flame had ignited all over his body.
The flame wasn’t intense, nor was it very hot. It carried a somewhat mystical glow.
Fang Zhen’s eyes widened as he watched the faint golden flame burn on his body. It actually felt very comfortable.
He suddenly noticed that in the Instance Life Game’s interface, the window for solidifying Origin Power was also burning with the same faint golden flame.
Seeing this, he slowly calmed down.
Before long, the faint golden flames on Fang Zhen’s body gradually faded. They didn’t disappear or extinguish, but rather seemed to be absorbed by him.
The faint golden dialogue box in the Instance Life Game also finished burning, the gold disappearing and reverting to a normal dialogue box.
Seeing this, he understood.
’That was the process of solidifying the Origin Power ability.’
He could feel a wondrous, indescribable power coursing deep within his body.
This power was so wondrous, so pure. It seemed capable of turning into any other type of power at a moment’s notice, yet at the same time, it remained this miraculous power itself.
’This is Origin Power?’
A glint of joyful surprise flashed in his eyes.
Suddenly, Fang Zhen realized something. His eyes gleamed as he reached up and took the Ruby Three-leaf Clover Pendant from his neck.
He had been wearing this pendant ever since he tested out the Flaming Arrow.
Holding the Ruby Three-leaf Clover Pendant, he once again felt the power feeding back from it.
Just a moment ago, he’d had a vague feeling that something was off but hadn’t been able to put his finger on it.
Now he realized what it was. After returning home, the connection he’d been able to feel with the Ruby Three-leaf Clover Pendant seemed to have vanished, making it feel like an ordinary pendant. The sensation was so subtle that he hadn’t noticed it immediately.
But after Fang Zhen solidified his Origin Power, the power from the Ruby Three-leaf Clover Pendant had returned.
He was greatly surprised.
They said that Blue Star was in the End of the Dharma Era. He wasn’t sure if the Flaming Arrow that worked in the Redstone Town instance could be used in reality.
After solidifying his Origin Power, however, Fang Zhen guessed that while he might not have been able to use Magic before, he probably could now.
The difference was the Origin Power.
’I have to find a chance to test it out.’
At that moment, Fang Zhen saw a message appear in the Instance Life Game’s dialogue box: "Origin Power ability has been solidified. Current Origin Power value: 17. It has been added to character ’Fang Zhen’s’ base attributes."
Before he could react, new content continued to appear on the settlement screen.
"Detecting multiple abilities and traits acquired by character ’Fang Zhen’ within the instance.
Detecting, detecting...
The abilities and traits you acquired during the game will be displayed after the instance settlement screen.
You can choose to spend merit points to solidify or remove them.
The abilities and traits you acquired in ’Redstone Town Mine’ are as follows:
Basic Spearmanship (Sweep) (Basic method for using a long spear. Increases attack stability, allows precise control of attack range and impact point, and slightly increases attack power.)
Solidify: 15 merit points
Steady Shot (Maintain a largely stationary body posture to perform relatively stable and precise shots. While posture is unchanged, shooting accuracy is greatly increased. This skill can be applied to the use of various shooting tools.)
Solidify: 15 merit points
Critical Strike (Also known as Weak Point Attack. A chance-based skill. Use combat intuition to sense an opponent’s potential weak points and attack accordingly, causing massive damage or an instant kill effect.)
Solidify: 30 merit points
Combat Intuition Lvl. 2: Precise Intuition (A further enhancement of Combat Intuition, advancing from a vague feeling to a more precise intuition. Has the potential to be developed into a numerical value.)
Solidify: 45 merit points
Guidance Technique (A Meditation method for focusing Spiritual Power. Can restore a portion of Spiritual Power, a small amount of stamina, and accelerate the recharging of magical items.)
Solidify: 30 merit points
Precise Throw (Accurately throw projectiles to land on a desired impact point. Affects all throwable items.)
Solidify: 15 merit points
Fatal Evasion (An instinctive, subconscious dodge against an imminent life-threatening attack. A chance-based skill. Provides a certain probability of instinctively dodging a fatal attack.)
Solidify: 30 merit points
Control Break (Use powerful spiritual will to interrupt ongoing mental-level bewitchment and control.)
Solidify: 30 merit points
Morale Boost (Use words and atmosphere to inspire combat partners or subordinates, causing them to gain exceptionally high morale.)
Solidify: 30 merit points
Traits you have comprehended:
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