Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons

Under the gentle warm sun

Kreya and Kane, holding flowers, arrived at the Mechanical Association they visited yesterday.

Today, quite a few mechanical transport tools were parked at the entrance, varied and strange, as if they had arrived at some bizarre exhibition hall.

A burst of mechanical roar came from the sky, and Kane and the others looked up toward the sky.

In the sky, a conical aircraft reflecting a silver metallic sheen began to slowly descend.

When it fully landed, Kane saw an emblem similar to a firearm marked on the spacecraft.

The hatch opened, and a team of explorers clad in standard armor and carrying various modern-like weapons descended from the ship.

Many people around, just like Kane and the others, stood still watching the sudden commotion.

When they saw the emblem on the spaceship and the explorers descending, exclamations sounded.

Kane turned his head to look at Kreya; his intention was extremely obvious.

Kreya leaned over and said, "This emblem belongs to the Magic Power Weapon Guild. That flamethrower you saw before is one of their products.

They are regarded as experts in various mechanical weapons, leading the forefront in this field."

After hearing Kreya's explanation, Kane nodded, indicating his understanding.

Equivalent to an inter-world arms company.

Retracting his gaze, he followed the crowd into the association.

Today's association was much busier than when they visited yesterday, as Kane and the others just entered.

A flying robot came through from the side in front of them.

"May I ask if you need any help?"

A mechanically synthesized voice sounded.

Kane looked at the flying robot in front of him; it resembled a dragonfly, with its head as a camera similar to yoyo eyes.

But why didn't he see it yesterday?

"I'd like to learn about various energy technologies."

Upon hearing Kane's response, the mechanical dragonfly's eyes flashed and then mechanically replied, "Information query and understanding, please follow me this way."

Saying that, it flew towards a corridor at the side, and Kane and the others promptly followed.

Following this corridor, they twisted and turned, passing various intersections along the way.

The guild's building area was much larger than he imagined, obviously not this spacious just from the outside view.

Finally, after passing through a door, they arrived at a hall resembling a library.

The dragonfly robot stopped, turned around, and said to Kane and the others, "Service completed, have a pleasant life."

Having said that, it returned the same way it came.

Kane and the others entered the library, and its style was completely different from the exterior, instantly shifting from cyberpunk to a magic academy vibe.

As soon as they entered, they saw a counter nearby; inside the counter was no staff, only a puppet resembling a girl.

The puppet girl noticed Kane and the others' gaze and walked over.

The entire color scheme of this puppet was silver-like, wearing a Victorian-style pouf skirt, with all joints exposed as bearings.

However, judging by her walking motion, it wasn't stiff at all; instead, it was exceptionally smooth.

She walked up to Kane, lifted her skirt at the edges with both hands and bowed, then emitted an emotionless mechanical female voice.

"How can I help you two?"

Kane also politely returned a bow and said, "Are there any books on various mechanical energy technologies here?"

"Yes, please go to bookshelf number 18, grid 15, third level."

"Thank you," Kane nodded after hearing her response and headed towards the bookshelf area with Kreya.

After watching Kane and the others leave, the puppet girl returned to her original position, standing there like a sculpture, waiting for the next person in need of service.

Since it's a library, many people around were quietly reading, yet the sound of Kreya's footsteps was quite noticeable.

Even though she tried to lighten her steps, the sound of hooves echoed in such a quiet environment.

The glances coming from around made her feel somewhat embarrassed.

Seeing Kreya feeling uncomfortable, Kane dragged 'Spider Nest Weaver' into the enhancement grid for the origin skills, then leaned towards Kreya's ear and whispered.

"Raise your feet one by one."

Upon hearing Kane's words, Kreya seemed to find a savior, hurriedly nodded, then followed his instruction to raise her legs one by one.

As Kreya lifted her legs, Kane wrapped a layer of soft magic creation over her feet in succession.

Feeling the foreign objects on her feet, Kreya walked lightly on the ground a few steps, and the sound produced this time was negligible.

Feeling such a noticeable effect, Kreya felt somewhat happy.

"Thank you."

Kane smiled without answering.

Wandering around the bookshelf area, they finally found the spot mentioned by the puppet girl.

Books on various energy technologies occupied a whole horizontal row of this large bookshelf.

Kane began to browse through these books, with 'Fast Reading' still installed in his skill grid.

Seeing Kane engrossed in reading, Kreya also picked up books nearby and casually began to check them.

Regarding various new and strange knowledge, Kreya also had quite an interest; otherwise, she wouldn't know so much.

As time passed, Kane had roughly browsed through about half of the books introducing energy technologies.

Although he hadn't found what he wanted, he indeed gained a lot of knowledge.

Kane even saw energy technology that used some kind of biological energy to generate power.

There was also energy absorbed from outside the world, starry energy, world core energy, and even divine energy.

These introductions let Kane gain considerable insight and be astonished by the various different world operations.

What astonished Kane the most was that this knowledge was just placed here openly, where anyone willing could come to check it.

This indicates that this information wasn't particularly confidential, and these mechanisms wouldn't pose any danger to the world, showing the association's strong confidence.

Finally, he flipped to the book he wanted, "Rune Power Revealed."

Kane quickly pulled out this book and examined it carefully.

Runes originate from the earliest rules of the world, discovered by the first intelligent beings in a certain world, and recorded in writing.

They even regarded these runes as their language.

Through the association's studies, this is the earliest word spirit.

For some unknown reason, this world eventually shattered and was subsequently captured by the mist, becoming part of it.

And it was precisely after these dungeons were digested that people passing through the Mist Gate began to acquire core skills similar to word spirit.

Kane continued to browse, viewing several relatively simple runes recorded on the book.

These three runes on the book respectively represent light, fire, and hard.

Holding the rune forms on the book, he carefully compared them with the runes he perceived on the launcher.

No, the forms and figures revealed were vastly different, akin to the difference between alphabets and Chinese characters.