The White Bone Gate heavily crashed onto the ground of the automated three-dimensional warehouse, its parts rotating, flipping, expanding, and stretching like a Magic Cube, dazzling to the eyes.
The gate’s height eventually reached five meters and the transformation process began to slow down, coming to a stop and ceasing to vibrate.
Not far away, Gray Rain, who was sitting cross-legged in a gaming chair and wearing headphones to play a horror game, was oblivious to all of this, marveling at the game’s sound effects, "The sound effects of this game are so realistic; it’s like I can even feel an earthquake happening here."
Li Cheng rolled his eyes and couldn’t be bothered to retort, making his way toward the front of the Holographic Bone Corridor.
Naturally, the system prompt sounded,
[Would you like to pay 5,000 Game Coins to upgrade the quality of the Holographic Bone Corridor to "Perfect"?]
Game Coins in the item bar disappeared into thin air, and the heavy gate began to open slowly.
The Holographic Bone Corridor, originally the size of an underground dungeon, this time expanded to the scale of a grand cathedral. This update is available on novel(ꜰ)ire.net
Inside, the design went from transparent glass encasing stone bases, forming cells,
to removing the transparent glass panels and creating different levels of height among the stone bases, with some bases being larger and taller.
[Item description has been updated]
[New special effect: Image Overlap. Fuse any two temporary skills recorded in the Holographic Bone Corridor with each other to enhance skill strength. Fused skills can be split apart again]
[New note: While new skills exist, the old skill materials cannot be used]
[New note: After fused skills are split, at least 24 hours are needed before using old skills or trying to fuse again]
Li Cheng raised his eyebrows in surprise; the new special effect of the Perfect quality Holographic Bone Corridor seemed pretty strong.
The majority of equipment, items, and skills consume Spiritual Power Value, which has an upper limit. A powerful skill that can decide the outcome of a battle is far superior to a multitude of weak small skills.
The special effect [Image Overlap] is equivalent to making the best out of waste, upgrading those temporary skills that diminish in effectiveness as Li Cheng’s level increases.
"The question now is, which skills to fuse..."
Li Cheng looked at the Skill Bar in the player’s panel; currently, he had ten temporary skills:
Death Curse Torrent, Bloodthirsty Fury, Cutting Hemorrhage, Feathered Gliding, Misleading Slander, Small Gravity Energy Ball, Summoning Technique: Thousand Paper Cranes, Absorb Brain Entropy, All Kinds of Martial Skills This Is Aiming, Leopard Jump.
As Li Cheng focused his attention on these skills, the stone bases inside the Holographic Bone Corridor slowly moved on their own, drawing closer to each other.
The skill descriptions on the surface of the bases also changed.
Li Cheng was slightly startled, "It can automatically predict the effects after fusion? This feature is quite user-friendly."
Predicting the fusion outcome greatly saved trial and error costs for Li Cheng. He combined all the skills in different combinations and, considering his current panel, quickly worked out a plan.
First was [Bloodthirsty Fury + Cutting Hemorrhage]. These two skills had similar attributes; the former temporarily increased attack speed, and the latter increased the amount of bleeding from external wounds on enemies.
After the two skills were fused, the brand-new skill was...
[Temporary Skill Name: Bloodthirsty Frenzy]
[Type: Spiritual Energy]
[Special Effect: Excessive Bleeding. Causes all targets with visible external wounds within a 100-meter radius to bleed profusely from their injuries]
[Consumption: 70 Spiritual Power Value]
[Cooling Time: 30 minutes]
[Note: "Eating liquid food all the time is not good for your health; today I feel like having something solid." The Vampire Prince said while holding the arteriosclerosis-hardened Mr. Wang.]
Li Cheng tried hard to ignore the painfully embarrassing note and immediately found a bucket. Then, he took a knife and cut two uneven slits across the palm of his hand to activate the new skill.
The two wounds on his palm immediately sprayed blood violently, like a vigorously shaken soda can that’s suddenly opened.
Perfectly corresponding to the special effect titled [Excessive Bleeding].
"The overall amount of blood loss could be around 600ml. The deeper and wider wound obviously had a larger volume of blood loss compared to the other. If the cut had been on the arm, thigh, or torso, it could bleed out over 1000ml in one go."
In a Transcendent’s battle, victory and defeat are determined by the slightest margins; the sudden effect of spurting blood could, if not kill the opponent, at least cause a moment of hesitation.
Then there was [Absorb Brain Entropy + Misleading Slander],
The fused new skill was named [Extracting Brain Entropy], with an effect that digs deeper into the mind and allows for the reading of specific memories through suggestive speech.
The cooling time and consumption were consistent with the original [Absorb Brain Entropy].
"The original temporary skills varied in strength; this type of fusion seems to be based on the stronger original skill with the weaker one as an addition."
Li Cheng thoughtfully looked at the next combination, [Feathered Gliding + Leopard Jump],
The newly created skill was named [Leopard Jump Double Jump], which allowed for an additional jump in mid-air, defying physics and maintaining the momentum from the previous leap.
Double Jump is quite common in modern video games, whether it’s in platformers, action-adventure games, or even shooting games.
After Li Cheng transforms into the Insect Form using the Liangyi Blade, his physical strength skyrockets, enabling him to effortlessly leap over the world pole vault record without needing a pole.
Now, combined with Double Jump, he could easily leap over tall buildings without even riding a heavy motorcycle.
"The cooling time for Leopard Jump Double Jump is zero, and it only consumes a mere 3 points of Physical Value, so it can be continuously used as if it were a passive skill."
Li Cheng was quite satisfied with this and looked at the next item, [Small Gravity Energy Ball + A Variety of Martial Skills, This is Aiming]
The newly born skill was named [Medium Self-Aiming Gravity Energy Ball],
Enhancing the gravitational effect of the original Gravity Ball and adding self-aiming special effects—after being launched, the ball continually tracks the target up to 5 kilometers until it hits.
If it encounters an obstacle during the process, the ball will even dodge on its own.
"It’s practically like a targeted skill."
Li Cheng nodded; the biggest issue with the original Gravity Ball was that it would attract and stick to the first solid object it touched.
Even a cup of water or a piece of paper, if placed in the path of its straight flight, could detonate the Gravity Ball prematurely and cause a shot to miss.
With the added self-aiming effect, this would no longer be an issue.
After fusing all four new skills, what remained were Summoning Technique: Thousand Paper Cranes and Death Curse Torrent, which were not very compatible with each other.
Fusing them would likely result in summoning a paper crane that spits black water.
Since the paper crane itself is too small, the amount of Death Curse Black Water it can spit out is also very minimal; it wasn’t as good as the original skills, so Li Cheng didn’t proceed with the fusion and kept it in the Skill Bar for now, waiting for a more suitable fusion material in the future.
Having dealt with the Holographic Bone Corridor, the next thing to handle was this.
Li Cheng looked down at the Perfect Quality universal item – the Upgrade Electric Shock Device – lying quietly in the Backpack.
This device was similar to the anti-wolf electric shock devices found on Taobao, with blue and yellow coloring, a rubber grip, and two exposed metal shock heads.
Its effect is to enhance an item of fine quality to perfect.
Li Cheng skimmed through the Backpack, and the fine-quality items he currently owned were a Nuclear Energy Lighter that had run out of fuel, Information Integration Glasses, an Automated Three-Dimensional Warehouse, and an Electronic Pet Egg.