Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons

In midair, a transparent disc-shaped mechanical device was slowly rotating.

In Kane's eyes, the device was covered by two enclosed caps on the top and bottom, with a circle of sharp teeth exposed along the edges.

This circle of teeth could spin with Kane's output of magic power for cutting.

By expending magic power, this device could hover within a 2-meter radius around Kane.

This was the most basic mechanical device, the cutting disc, mentioned in this book.

Kane took out an old friend of ours, a piece of log, from his space equipment.

He placed the log on the desk and controlled the cutting disc. With Kane's control, the teeth of the cutting disc spun rapidly.

The cutting disc slowly met the log vertically, and wood chips instantly sprayed out, cutting an incision immediately.

Looking at the cut on the log, Kane was rather satisfied, as controlling this mechanical device required very little magic power, entirely within his tolerance range.

Moreover, the structure of this device wasn't difficult for Kane; it could even be considered simple.

Controlling the cutting disc to fly around him, it emitted a whirring rotation sound.

Controlling magic power, he created another cutting disc. Having succeeded the first time, this cutting disc was quickly and completely constructed by Kane.

Then, controlling the two cutting discs to collide, a burst of sparks erupted in the air, accompanied by a piercing metallic collision sound.

Within a few seconds, the two cutting discs were completely scrapped, dispersing the defunct structures.

Kane lay on the bed and began to ponder.

Although the path forward was found, other things were still needed for assistance.

His core skill now relied on [Material Transformation-Steel] to simulate steel, but slightly more advanced mechanical constructions required more than just steel.

Although the most core magic conduction material could be resolved through the inherent traits of the skill, a mechanical structure needed more than just these materials.

Oh, right, there was also the [Spider Nest Weaver] skill which could grant the core skill silk-like flexibility.

However, for now, these two attribute materials were already sufficient.

This was entirely enough to allow Kane to dominate in the copper realm.

Standing up to look out the window at the sky, he glanced at the ancient clock in the room. It was just the afternoon.

Oh, he had also arranged to meet Adoma today to get information on the next dungeon.

He opened the door and left after telling Longbei in the living room, then departed the villa.

Quickly passing through the streets, he soon arrived at the Explorer's House.

Judging by the flow of people coming and going at the entrance of the Explorer's House, it could be determined that the city's explorers had increased significantly recently.

Perhaps the news of the [Crystal Arena] had completely spread.

Since traveling to Crystal Town could only be done through the teleportation array in this city, explorers had no choice but to use this Explorer's House as a transit station.

Kane followed the crowd inside. The place was bustling with people, which made Adoma at the front desk somewhat busy.

A tall stack of documents was piled next to her, with a long line of explorers in front, mostly needing the information contained in those documents next to her.

Kane approached, and Adoma greeted him with a smile when she saw him.

Kane glanced at the documents beside her, realizing they were all about the [Crystal Arena].

"Kane, the information you need is over there; go get it yourself. I'm a bit busy right now."

Upon hearing Adoma's words, Kane nodded and did not disturb her further, heading to the place she indicated.

He took two files from a drawer, with the destination dungeon Kane wanted to go to named on them.

He said goodbye to Adoma with the files in hand and quickly left the Explorer's House, returning to the villa along the original route.

Back in the villa's living room, he placed the documents on the coffee table.

Kreya and Longbei quickly gathered around.

Kane pointed at the two folders and said, "These are the dungeons we'll be clearing next."

He then opened the first folder, which contained the long-awaited information on the 'Garbage Dungeon' for Kane.

Kane picked up the recorded information and read it. It was only two thin pages, indicating not much information about this dungeon.

[Gobi Ruins] is the name of this dungeon, located near the sea in the Heteris Kingdom, Kant Harbor.

The Heteris Kingdom is in the northwest direction of the Border City State, separated by a small mountain range from the Border City State.

If it were a few hundred years ago, it would've been impossible to reach that dungeon in less than a month without a teleportation station.

As for now, it only requires a day using the transit station, meaning it's not very far relatively.

This dungeon is also one with mechanical knowledge, but there are surprisingly only 5 documented clearances.

One was an initial exploration by the Mist Council, one a survey exploration by the Mechanical Association, and three by ordinary explorer squads.

The unified information from these 5 squads was simply garbage, as this dungeon had a very high degree of randomness.

The monsters in the dungeon were at the average difficulty level for copper explorers, but the loot consisted only of magic materials.

However, ordinary explorers' strength largely depended on the equipment and various consumables for learning skills obtained from dungeons.

The mechanical knowledge within was also already documented by the Mechanical Association.

This means long ago, other fragments belonging to the same world as this dungeon had already been captured by the mist.

The specific information about this dungeon was limited to it being in the Gobi Desert area where flora and fauna are sparse, with a somewhat harsh environment and a rather expansive dungeon area.

As for the dungeon's monsters, they mostly consisted of various beasts and mechanical structures.

The landmark structures had a strong randomness, which meant there was no specific documentation.

After reading the information in his hand, he handed it to Longbei and Kreya, then continued, "This will be our next stop."

He picked up another envelope containing information about the [Wraith Tomb Group] dungeon and began to read it.

This was actually a newly emerged dungeon, having just appeared two months ago, with the only clear record being an initial exploration by the Mist Council.

However, there was quite a bit of information recorded above. This dungeon was marked as a Copper Red Mark by the council.

The surface area of the dungeon was not very vast, but the underground region was extremely broad.

The monsters inside largely belonged to the Undead system, so explorer squads were advised to equip enough Holy Light system damage and immunity to Undead system damage.

The entire dungeon clearing process had only one exit opportunity, and it was in the middle section of the exploration progress, so it wasn't possible to face the final boss in a perfect state.

This situation resulted in a very high death rate for this dungeon, with no unofficial explorer squads passing through yet.

Upon exiting and re-entering, there were only two ways to get out. One was to clear the dungeon, and the other was to have magic equipment that could directly exit the dungeon.

Additionally, according to reports from the explorer teams currently scouring it, this dungeon also had a very high degree of regional randomness, which meant there wasn't even a decent map yet.

Explorers should consider their decisions carefully.