Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 650 - 572: Skill Extraction and Upgrade
In front of Kane, the Extraction Array started to glow with a golden light as the Golden Magic Stone disappeared from his hand, and it slowly began to rotate.
Golden light radiated out.
Where the Golden Magic Stone disappeared from Kane's hand, a Skill Stone appeared.
Then the Extraction Array in front of him dimmed again, and Kane closed the Book of Adventure.
He spread his palm, looking at the golden-level Skill Stone lying in the center of his hand.
The Skill Stone in his hand had indeed become a golden triangular metal piece, smooth and shiny. The narrow flat surface of the triangle was etched with dense runes.
Just looking at these runes, trying to understand and recognize them, made one dazzled and dizzy.
He held it up to the light and could feel that this gold-like metal was a bit translucent.
Kane began to examine the specific information of this skill.
[Name: Soul Core]
[Category: Active Skills]
[Color: Golden]
[Explanation: Spend magic power to condense a sphere, which will extract soul fragments from the void, condense a shattered soul, and then the shattered soul will change.]
[Introduction: A technology of artificial life passed down in a certain world, this is the most original version, from this point onward one begins to grasp the authority that only gods have.]
... Extremely vague.
At first, Kane knew that this skill was definitely connected to the soul, and the explanation was very clear, extracting soul fragments from the void.
Condense these soul fragments into a shattered soul. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
But the problem is that Kane had no idea what the shattered soul was for. What was the use of this thing? It completely touched on Kane's knowledge blind spot.
However, it was indeed a golden skill, extracted when his luck increased.
From the introduction, it was clear that this skill was not to be underestimated, as it mentioned artificial life, authority of the gods, and the most original version.
The general meaning is that this skill provides the most original version, the most important part of artificial life being its soul.
By analyzing the introduction, it can be inferred that the skill actually creates a soul, but since it's the initial version, it creates a shattered soul.
Just from the name 'shattered soul', it's obvious that it cannot compare to a proper soul, but it was also mentioned later that the shattered soul would change.
Kane, for a moment, had no concept of this thing, but he could ask Lirulu about it.
This thing was obviously connected to magic, and during his time in the Platinum Country, Lirulu also specialized in authority of the soul, and even her Fairy Tale World and Fairy Tale Magic were deeply connected to the soul.
Then after some thought, Kane opened the Book of Adventure and placed this thing into his skill grid.
As the golden skill was placed into the skill grid, Kane's brain started to tremble, causing him to frown uncontrollably.
It was not an influx of excessive knowledge, but rather the newly upgraded golden-level body utilizing its newly acquired senses.
The golden-level Skill Stone would indeed be put to use.
This strange sense, experiencing it for the first time, caused Kane, who had never felt it before, to feel a bit uncomfortable.
It felt as if a data cable had been inserted into his brain, with the other end connected to some unknown device, forcing his brain to help process the data in this device.
After a while, Kane gradually adapted to the strange experience brought by this new sense.
No wonder it's not allowed to extract skills across stages; if there had been golden-level Skill Stones available earlier, freely inserting them into the skill grid...
Without this golden level's sense, it was hard to imagine what the consequences would be.
The good result might be no sense, so it's impossible to learn.
The bad result could directly lead to madness, or even a brain explosion.
After placing this new skill into the skill grid, Kane knew the method to use the skill, but still didn't know what the condensed shattered soul was.
The skill didn't explain in detail the principle of extracting souls from the void, nor the consequences of condensing a shattered soul.
Since it is a skill related to the soul, and it's extracting shattered souls from the Mist World, Kane did not know whether this skill would have any impact on this world.
If this action is inappropriate and angers some bigshot, it would be troublesome.
Kane pondered for a while, but ultimately decided to ask Lirulu about it tomorrow morning before using the skill.
After all, there was plenty of time now; there was no need to rush for these few hours.
Since there's time now, it would be better to upgrade Material Transformation - Steel to the silver stage.
It was known that golden-level Origin Skills did not have excessive demands for material transformation as before, so even if the changes were extremely large after upgrading, it wouldn't significantly affect Kane's current strength, perhaps just increasing the consumption a bit.
Then, he took out the Skill Stone placed in the enhanced grid of the Origin Skills grid.
Then he also took out a Copper Magic Stone and a Silver Magic Stone.
He placed the three items into the Extraction Array together.
[Upgrade this skill from copper to silver?]
[Yes] [No]
Yes
[The array is running, please wait...]
[Upgrade completed]
With the flow of the array, after a flash of light.
A brand new silver metal piece appeared in Kane's hand.
Looking at the new Silver Skill Stone in his hand, Kane began to examine it.
[Name: Material Transformation - Rock Steel]
[Category: Active Skills]
[Color: Copper]
[Description: Spend magic power to change the material of an object to "Steel" or "Rock Steel." The hardened material and its duration depend on the amount of magic power, but there is a certain material limit.]
[Introduction: The spell researcher Les Horn said, "A steel rod may require over 10 gold, while a wooden rod may only need 10 copper. And now it's a rock steel rod, the opportunity to get rich is right in front of you, seize it well."]
Upgraded to a Silver Skill Stone, it is still material transformation, and the transformed material remains steel. However, it has changed from ordinary steel to Rock Steel with a magic attribute.
A very simple upgrade, truly an elevation in material grade.
What kind of material would it become when upgraded to gold?
For now, let's ignore the future. The transformation to silver, the so-called Rock Steel, is an extremely sturdy magic steel.
It might not be the hardest material in the world, but among the most frequently used magic materials, it is definitely among the hardest, mostly used for some key protective parts of armor.
It seems that the skill's upgrade remained true to its essence but gained better enhancements.
And this upgrade perfectly solved Kane's problem: that the manufactured object's material was too ordinary to withstand in high-intensity top-level battles.
He could only rely on the origin skills' special effects to continually break and repair to confront the enemy.
However, this thing is not without its drawbacks. Although it is a magic material, its magic conduction is quite poor in essence.
And what Kane constructs using origin skills is extremely dependent on conduction.
If inserted into the enhancement grid, once transformed into Rock Steel, all its properties will be applied, which cannot be changed at will.
Even when wrapped around the outer shell of a mecha, this material can affect magic power transmission.
Therefore, such materials can only be used for key defenses in certain parts.
But it's not difficult for Kane; it just requires careful design. Although the entire body can't use this ultra-hard material, Kane is confident that most usages won't affect magic power transmission.
Subsequently, Kane placed the Skill Stone into the enhancement grid of the origin skills.
[Enhancement Grid - Silver 1: Material Transformation - Rock Steel] (Grants the origin skills the properties of Rock Steel, reducing the magic power consumption of steel products.)
The attributes on the enhancement grid were exactly as Kane thought, with no major differences.
Through this round of skill extraction and upgrading, Kane was utterly wide awake.
He directly sat up, on the table, to design the new mecha and make changes to some previous mechas.
It's essential to know that after upgrading to a golden origin skill, the level of freedom greatly increased.
A lot more materials became available; many previously unachievable designs could now be revisited.
Plus, with Rock Steel as a newly added magic material, Kane now felt very excited.
...
Early the next morning.
Even though Kane had already designed this ship to be large enough and equipped it with anti-bumping devices, it still couldn't avoid the bumpy ride while sailing on the sea.
In the swaying, Kane arrived at the dining room on the first floor.
By this time, Longbei and the others had already sat down at the dining table. Kreya should be in the kitchen next to the dining room, practicing her culinary skill she hadn't had time to wield for a while.
As soon as Kane sat down, Kreya brought over the breakfast.
"Didn't rest last night, Kane?" Kreya immediately noticed Kane's unrested appearance from yesterday.
You should know, now that their constitution has advanced to gold, even without rest for several days, their appearance still seems vibrant.
Thus, Kreya truly understood Kane well.
Upon hearing Kreya's words, Kane nodded, "There was a new skill, so I simply didn't sleep last night."
Saying this, Kane turned his head and asked Lilu, "Lilu, do you know what a Shattered Soul is?"
Lilu nodded, "Yes, it's fragments of a soul gathered together, that's called a Shattered Soul."
"If I extract soul fragments from the void to create a Shattered Soul, will it have any impact?"
"What's the impact? There won't be any. Many capable mages or explorers gather Shattered Souls. Some advanced magic requires a Shattered Soul to complete a part of it," Lilu replied while chewing something and shrugging.
"Besides, the skill and magic for gathering Shattered Souls are quite rare, and very difficult to learn, so there aren't many people who can gather Shattered Souls."
"And you know, because in the Platinum Country there's help from the Authority of the Soul, Lilu almost mastered the magic for gathering Shattered Souls."
Once Lilu finished explaining, Kane felt reassured and nodded.
He then looked at the gazes from everyone and nodded, saying, "My new skill is indeed related to Shattered Souls. After breakfast, I'll show you. I've never used it even once, afraid of any unexpected turns, so I waited until now."
As he said this, everyone quickly started eating breakfast, finishing it swiftly. Lilu was also curious about how the Shattered Soul concentrated from Kane's skill differed from that gathered through her magic.
This is also part of learning, and might even give Lilu more inspiration for herself.
