Chapter 60: Talents and Attributes

Regarding the investment of new Skill Points, he first invested 3 Skill Points to upgrade the Weapon Crafting skill to Intermediate.

“Weapon Crafting: Intermediate. You can manufacture weapon s according to manufacturing scrolls. At the same time, you can repair common and excellent quality natural equipment.”

“Note: Upgrading this skill to Advanced requires 1 Gold Point.”

Finally, Xiao Fen activated Basic Melee Mastery.

“Melee Mastery: Beginner. Your combat style has changed. When you swing your weapon, including your fists, you can fight against opponents more cleverly, achieving the same result with less consumption.”

“Note: Upgrading this skill to Intermediate requires 3 Skill Points.”

Activating the Melee Mastery skill would provide sufficient support for future combat. At least Xiao Fen could be more flexible in choosing his battlefield position.

After resolving the Skill Points, the next thing to face was the Gold Points.

Through Jack’s Main Quest, Xiao Fen obtained 3 Gold Points. Adding the rewards obtained from previous upgrades, the current Xiao Fen had obtained 4 Gold Points.

Before that, Xiao Fen had not made a plan on how to use these Gold Points. However, after reading the computer materials in the underground library and recalling Lux’s notes, the current Xiao Fen had already prepared a specific plan for the Gold Points.

In the London Trial World, Xiao Fen didn’t know what abilities Awakeneds had, what these abilities could do, and what their pros and cons were. Although Lux’s notes had mentioned this somewhat, Xiao Fen didn’t have the mind to study these things carefully at that time.

After reading the computer materials, Xiao Fen knew that different ability choices meant different battlefield positions. There was no best, only the most suitable for oneself.

His situation was very special. Sylvia’s reminder about the conflict between the two bloodlines kept revolving in his mind.

To avoid letting more people know his secret, it meant that he might need to complete most tasks alone at more times, avoiding staying with other Trialists as much as possible.

Although a Trialist could have three abilities, the sum of the ability levels could not exceed the Trialist’s base level. This meant that at the current stage, Xiao Fen could only possess one Level 1 ability. Moreover, this ability must be able to ensure that he could complete most Level 1 tasks alone.

Considering this, among all ability systems, Xiao Fen valued the Gene Control Ability more. The key point was that the Gene Control Ability system had a Puppet Manufacturing skill. A qualified puppet was more beneficial for completing most tasks alone. Besides, Xiao Fen already had a scroll for manufacturing a Filth Life. He had inherent sufficient advantages.

When the ability level was only Level 1, due to insufficient skill levels and quantities, developing toward other abilities would encounter various problems and require multiple Trialists to collaborate. This was exactly what Xiao Fen wanted to avoid. Therefore, for Xiao Fen, the Gene Control Ability was the best choice at present.

Clicking “Ability Management,” a dense list soon appeared before Xiao Fen’s eyes.

First, he invested one Gold Point to activate the Gene Control Ability. Then, under the Gene Control Ability, exclusive skills were unlocked one after another. Among these skills, Xiao Fen’s first choice was “Mutated Creature Manufacturing.”

Xiao Fen invested 1 Skill Point to activate the Mutated Creature Manufacturing skill.

“Mutated Creature Manufacturing: A user of the Gene Control Ability can temporarily modify living creatures by changing their genes to create some Mutated Creatures. As the level increases, the Awakened can modify higher-level creatures and make these creatures temporarily gain more abilities.”

“Level: Level 1”

“You need a Creature Manufacturing Scroll to have more types of Mutated Creatures.”

“You possess Level 1 Filth Life Manufacturing Ability.”

“You can create Level 1 Filth Life, Small Cutter.”

“You currently do not have enough Energy Value to create a Small Ripper.”

“You can make a new choice.”

“Continue to improve your Mental Attribute to obtain sufficient Energy and use a Dead Bone Skeleton to create a Small Ripper.”

“Lower the level of your Mutated Creature Manufacturing. This will reduce your consumption and allow you to create the Filth Origin.”

Xiao Fen did not plan to unilaterally improve his Mental Attribute before the next upgrade. He had already learned a painful lesson from this. He was not foolish enough to continue making the same mistake. If he couldn’t continue to improve his Mental Attribute, the path of creating Small Rippers was obviously not an option.

As the saying goes, the local official is not as good as the present manager. Rather than waiting for his base physical attributes to reach Level 2 and then significantly improved to create Small Rippers, it was better to choose something usable now.

So, without hesitation, Xiao Fen immediately chose the second option: lower the manufacturing level and create Level 0 Filth Life.

“You have lowered the manufacturing level. You have lost the ability to create Small Cutters.”

“You have gained the ability to create a Filth Origin.”

“You can create a ‘Filth Origin’ on a small living animal. Creation requires no medium and no spell. The Filth Origin lasts for 15 minutes. If the animal dies within this time, a Level 0 Filth Life will appear on the animal’s corpse.”

“Level 0 Filth Life: Filth Slime”

“Quality: Common”

“Health Value: 100”

“Strength: 10”

“Agility: 5”

“Constitution: 20”

“Mental: 5”

“Filth Blood: It can secrete black Level 0 toxin around the Filth Slime at a rate of 2 meters/second, dealing 2 damage/second to enemies. The maximum range is 8 meters. Damage against higher-level creatures is reduced, with a maximum range of 8 meters. Toxin damage cannot stack.”

“Evolution: Filth Creatures can gain more Life Energy and evolve by consuming life energy.”

“Decay: Filth Creatures continuously lose their life until decay. The higher the level, the faster the life loss speed. The Slime’s life loss speed is 5/second.”

“Creation Spell: None”

“Creation Requirement: Filth Origin”

“Are these jellies? No, these are dirty jellies. They like to grow mold in the corners. You don’t see them, but you know they are there.”

Xiao Fen evaluated this Filth Life as a restricted, indirect toxic environment.

After learning about Mutated Creature creation, Xiao Fen did not think too much. He used the remaining two Skill Points to activate “Gene Potion Crafting” and “Gene Potion Research” respectively.

“Gene Potion Crafting: Gene Control Ability users are best at creating the most needed Gene Potions at the most critical moments. As their level increases, Awakened can create more types of Gene Potions with more significant effects.”

“Level: Level 1”

“Can craft Basic Gene Potions”

“Note: The storage time for Basic Gene Potions is 24 hours. If exceeded, they will lose their effect.”