Novel Full Chapter 1105 - 450: Causal Skills
Chapter 1105: Chapter 450: Causal Skills
Liang Yuan looked at their discussion, smiled, didn’t interrupt, and silently left.
The next matters would be handed over to these professionals.
He didn’t need to continue spending energy on this.
"I should think about the second method to refine Genetic Species."
What Liang Yuan needed to do was figure out how to refine Genetic Species within his own body.
"Also, there’s another important issue to resolve."
"The mutant creatures in the Slaughterhouse can’t purely rely on me killing them to earn Points; otherwise, I’d be completely trapped in Yangshan and unable to go anywhere."
Liang Yuan’s eyes flickered slightly; he already had solutions in mind for these two issues.
Arriving at the secret room, Liang Yuan took out a Rune Bone from the items section.
This Rune Bone emitted a faint purple glow, originating from the chest of Huang Mingkai, the head of the Red Star Mercenary Corps.
Liang Yuan had absorbed Huang Mingkai dry using a Parasite Species, easily killing this powerful Superpower User and obtaining this Rune Bone.
Liang Yuan regarded this Rune Bone very seriously.
Because Huang Mingkai’s ability was very special.
His Superpower could absorb the enemy’s attacks.
Any damage aimed at him could be utilized and stored in his body as energy.
Then he could release all this energy in a torrent, forming a terrifying attack power.
To be honest, standing up against this ability head-on would absolutely have no chance of victory.
But this ability also has major weaknesses.
It only requires a Control Class Superpower User to easily restrain this kind of damage-absorbing Superpower User.
Control doesn’t equate to an attack; if the opponent has no damage to absorb, naturally they have no ability to resist.
So, saying it’s strong is indeed true, but saying it’s weak is also accurate.
Of course, the reason Liang Yuan valued this Rune Bone wasn’t because he coveted the ability to absorb damage.
He was merely curious about how this ability operated.
Understand that the Superpowers Liang Yuan had encountered at this stage were mostly related to the Four Major Attributes.
This ability to absorb damage, Liang Yuan couldn’t figure out which Main Attribute it was related to.
Liang Yuan looked closely at the patterns on the Rune Bone and began to enter a state of contemplation.
Time gradually passed, and Liang Yuan repeatedly outlined the rune with Spiritual Power.
After many attempts, when Liang Yuan’s Spiritual Power was nearly consumed, he barely completed the rune outlining.
"System, open the attribute panel."
Swipe!
The system automatically opened the attribute page, yet the skill bar with a dozen skills didn’t include the skill from this Rune Bone!
Liang Yuan instantly frowned.
"Didn’t succeed?"
After pondering briefly, Liang Yuan muttered to himself, "Simply creating the rune with Spiritual Power isn’t enough to grasp this skill; could it be that it needs to be simulated within the body using Superpower?"
Liang Yuan seemed thoughtful; he had encountered this situation many times.
From the previous Stone Armor to the later Scale Armor, all required the combination of Spiritual Power and Superpower Energy to comprehend the skills.
Thinking of this, Liang Yuan immediately began to guide the Superpower Energy within his body using Spiritual Power, quickly simulating it internally.
However, this time, even by evening, he couldn’t grasp the skill.
"Wrong, totally wrong; according to the energy operation method of this Rune Bone, no matter where my Superpower starts circulating, it can’t return to the heart, forming a complete rune."
"Where exactly went wrong?"
Liang Yuan fell into thinking.
The former Scale Armor and Stone Armor skills somewhat related to the Five Elements.
Liang Yuan, following the human body’s Five Elements, according to the arrangement of the Five Viscera, formed a cycle and mastered the runes.
But Huang Mingkai’s Rune Bone wasn’t associated with any kind of Five Elements.
Liang Yuan for a moment couldn’t figure out where to start, nor where to end.
"The starting point probably should be the heart."
"The heart is the source of Superpower, where Superpower Energy is born."
"In terms of the Five Elements, the heart belongs to fire, and Huang Mingkai’s Superpower absorbs damage; how exactly is this energy absorbed and transferred?"
Liang Yuan pondered endlessly, thinking for a long time without grasping the key.
Helpless, Liang Yuan could only turn to the system.
"System, is there any way to assess the Rune Skill on this Rune Bone?"
"Ding, this system is a Lottery System and does not possess assessment capabilities. The host can achieve the purpose of assessing items by drawing assessment skills."
Liang Yuan was stunned, and delight instantly appeared: "There’s such a skill?"
"Display all assessment skills for me."
Swipe!
The system instantly flickered, listing a massive array of assessment skills.
Initial Tier Recognition: Identify basic information of the item (name/material), Lottery Points 10,000 points.
Material Analysis: Analyze the composition of the item, Lottery Points 10,000 points.
Flaw Observation: Detect surface defects of the item, Lottery Points 10,000 points.
Age Perception: Roughly judge the item’s time in existence (error within 50), Lottery Points 10,000 points.
...
Elemental Traces: Trace elements erosion marks experienced by the item, Lottery Points 100,000 points.
Spiritual Resonance: Sense energy fluctuations in Superpower items, Lottery Points 100,000.
...
As the system displayed a large number of skills, dozens of skills appeared in front of Liang Yuan.
Most of them were low-tier assessment skills around 10,000 points.
Most could only analyze the item’s composition, basic substances, and the like.
These skills felt a bit redundant; Liang Yuan certainly knew the material of the skill bone was Superpower Creature bones.
But the skills costing 100,000 points were much better.
Some could even assess Superpower Energy, elemental traces, and the like.
Looking at these, Liang Yuan immediately felt tempted.
He even discovered the Eye of Investigation skill within these!
A skill capable of roughly revealing the strength of the opponent’s Main Attribute!
Its effect is similar to the existence of an Investigation Rune!
Also valued at 100,000 Points!
However, it is limited to identifying living things.
Liang Yuan searched around and finally fixed his gaze on a skill worth 150,000 Points.
Spiritual Ability Assessment: Identify the main spiritual attribute of the item (only for inanimate objects), worth 150,000 Points.
"This skill might help me identify the attributes of this Rune Bone, thus allowing me to analyze its characteristics."
With this thought, Liang Yuan’s mind stirred, and he immediately decided to exchange for this skill.
"System, specify to exchange for the Spiritual Ability Assessment skill!"
"Swipe!"
"Specifying this skill requires consuming 160,000 Points. Do you want to exchange?"
Liang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. 160,000 Points, with only one specified keyword, only adds 10,000, not bad.
"Exchange."
In the next moment, more than 300,000 Points that Liang Yuan had painstakingly accumulated were suddenly halved.
Now only 164,889 Points were left.
Liang Yuan felt a bit of heartache, but his attention quickly turned to the newly acquired skill.
[Spiritual Ability Assessment]: Spirit Skill
Skill Quality: Green
Skill Requirements: Spirit 15, Constitution 12
Skill Effect: Can use spiritual power to identify the basic material and main spiritual attributes of an item.
Note: This skill only targets inanimate objects.
"Let’s give it a try!"
Liang Yuan sensed the newfound assessment ability in his mind, injected spiritual power into his eyes, and quickly looked at the Rune Bone in his hand.
The Rune Bone immediately revealed a purple aura.
At the same time, related information automatically emerged in Liang Yuan’s mind.
"Spiritual Power Strength level three, determined to be a purple class quality skill... Analyzing..."
"Main attribute is Spirit Class... Secondary attribute is Physical Class..."
A series of analytical results flashed quickly through Liang Yuan’s mind.
Finally, a possible term emerged.
"Absorption of Damage... Energy Storage... It’s a Causal Skill!"
Liang Yuan’s mind was shaken, actually coming up with a very intriguing conclusion!
Causal Skill!
A type of ability he had never heard of.
Yet, his [Spiritual Ability Assessment] skill naturally led him to this unfamiliar term!
Liang Yuan, filled with surprise and delight, hurriedly queried the system.
"System, display all Causal Skills."
"Ding, displaying Causal Skills..."
[Lucky Deflection]: Temporarily enhances your luck, having miraculous effects at critical moments, Lottery Points 400,000.
[Cause and Effect Replacement]: Predetermine a result (e.g., blade fracture), then reverse complete the trigger condition (attack the weapon’s weak point) to achieve the predetermined result. Lottery Points 600,000.
[Eye of Omen]: Read the target’s action shadows within the next 3 seconds, but cannot change the predetermined trajectory. Lottery Points 700,000.
[Damage Retrospect]: Transfer the attack damage received this time to the caster from three seconds ago (requires continuity of space-time), Lottery Points 800,000.
...
Liang Yuan glanced over and found that none of the Causal Skills were below 100,000!
However, Liang Yuan’s inquiry into these Causal Skills was not for the lottery.
His intention was to understand the characteristics of Causal Skills through the system.
As Liang Yuan kept looking at these skills, his mind gradually became clear.
The power of Causal Skills is beyond doubt.
And this power is somewhat unreasonable.
Its principles are different from all other types of skills.
Causality is too mysterious, leaving no trace to find.
When Liang Yuan saw the [Damage Retrospect] skill, he already detected that Huang Mingkai’s Rune Bone was likely a Causal Superpower.
This kind of superpower is unlike any other, powerful without any reason.
It is impossible to explain its principles.
On the surface, you only see the relationship between cause and effect, but you cannot understand the underlying operational rules.
"No wonder it’s so hard to grasp. You must master causality to comprehend this type of skill."
"But how exactly do you master causality? With spiritual power?"
Liang Yuan frowned. His spiritual power is definitely not weak, having reached a height of 57.5.
Liang Yuan dared to say that even among Genetic Species experts, his current Spiritual Power Strength should have a place.
But even so, he is unable to comprehend Causal Skills.
It seems that unless one is a naturally born user of this superpower, learning Causal Skills later on is extremely difficult.
"Wait, Causal..."
Liang Yuan closed his eyes and pondered, with a thought emerging in his mind.
"Is there such a cause and effect, allowing the creatures killed by others to transfer under the cause and effect of what I killed?"
"So how should this cause and effect be grafted over?"
Liang Yuan momentarily hit a dead end, unable to think of a way to solve this problem.
Looking at the sky outside, it was already dark. Today it seems unlikely he’ll figure it out.
He left the secret room and went back home.
There was no one at home. At this time, everyone should logically have returned.
But ever since Liang Yuan released the Genetic Species news, many high-level people in Yangshan have begun to rally.
Especially Ding Yan, Yang Mei, and Song Wen, the women have started actively cultivating.
Everyone knows that in the future, only Genetic Species masters will be the ones setting the world’s rules.
Most likely, the women didn’t come back because they were practicing the Genetic Activation Technique at Yangshan School.
Liang Yuan simply didn’t eat at home and headed to the cafeteria.
Since the Inspection Department’s strict investigation of the embezzlement case, many people in the cafeteria have been replaced.
Now these people, upon seeing Liang Yuan, immediately showed a look of respect.
Liang Yuan paid no mind and grabbed a few dishes, planning to have dinner at the Leader’s Mansion.
He intended to ponder over the causal grafting problem further.
Just then, a fragrant breeze swept in, followed by a soft laugh: "Mr. Liang, you’ve been back for so long, why haven’t you come to the Inspection Department to check on my work?"