The vast and complex knowledge system, the profound concepts made Su Luo frown slightly.
Unlike the logical deductions of [Appraisal], the practical techniques of [Gathering], and the physical training of [Basic Body Strengthening Technique], the Skill Book of [Meditation] was filled with an indescribable "unscientific" aura.
Despite the difficulty of these three Skill Books, the knowledge and methods they contained seemed quite reasonable to Su Luo.
But [Meditation] was different.
Things like "focus and calm the mind, sense the elements around you," "draw elements into the body, refine the spirit's essence"...
In the world before he crossed over, there were mainly two meditation systems: the traditional Eastern meditation system and the modern derivative meditation system.
The former focused on spiritual cultivation and mind-body adjustment; the latter on stress relief and attention enhancement.
The theoretical explanations and methods at the beginning of [Meditation] seemed to incorporate both systems' philosophies, leaning more towards the Taoist system's "internal alchemy meditation," imagining the circulation of energy, regulating breath and spirit.
But what did it mean to absorb elements from the outside world?
After gritting his teeth to understand and memorize all the key points of the first chapter, the familiar system prompt arrived as expected.
[Your "Meditation" has leveled up!]
[Meditation Level 1 (0/100)]
[While running, mana recovery speed increased by 50%]
[Spirit +0.1]
[Mana +1]
[Mana attribute unlocked]
Instantly, Su Luo felt as if a part of his mental power was abruptly siphoned away, a strong dizziness and emptiness swept over him, with a slight throbbing pain at his temples. The energy to enhance his spirit attribute still came from himself.
The system's great power spared Su Luo from arduous training, upgrading directly increased attributes, at the cost of a small sacrifice.
[Su Luo: Alive]
[Age: 22]
[Level: 0 (0%)]
[Strength: 4.6]
[Spirit: 6.0]
[Constitution: 4.3]
[Mana: 1]
[Talent: Learning Pays Off:
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Su Luo had learned from the forum that some players, due to their talents, naturally displayed the mana attribute.
"But... just a little."
"Well, better than nothing, at least it's a good start. This Meditation can't be learned continuously, or the attribute boost will drain me dry, better to cap it for now."
[Meditation Level 1 (92/100)]
After capping [Meditation], Su Luo turned to [Frost Arrow]...
...
In Qin Lang's personal channel, messages from Ye Xu kept popping up.
[Ye Xu: Qin Lang. Your Mutual Aid Association, quite the tactic!]
[Qin Lang: Mr. Ye, what do you mean by that?]
[Ye Xu: What do I mean? Distributing Tinder for free, teaching people to burn houses? Your so-called "selfless contribution" has made me, the "profiteer," look so bad. My Lamp Oil has hit rock bottom now.]
[Qin Lang: Mr. Ye, please calm down. The purpose of the Mutual Aid Association is to ensure the basic survival rights of most Survivors and maintain exploration capabilities.]
Qin Lang frowned, Ye Xu had already exchanged a large amount of materials and special items through the market, yet he was still not satisfied?
[Ye Xu: Cutting off one's source of income is like killing their parents!]
[Qin Lang: There's a classmate of yours in the channel, she said you're an orphan.]
[Ye Xu:...]
[Ye Xu: This won't end here! You don't think... I only have Lamp Oil, do you?]
Afterward, no matter how Qin Lang inquired, Ye Xu did not respond again.
...
[The post you follow has been updated!]
The notification sound pulled Su Luo back from his thoughts. It was from the poster who also discovered that skills could be self-taught.
[Good news: It is indeed possible to self-learn...]
[Bad news: It's damn hard!]
[First, to prove myself, I'm a graduate student at a well-known Ivy League school, with a talent that can increase learning efficiency by 80%, which gave me the idea to self-learn Skill Books.]
[After meticulously studying "Appraisal" for six hours, I started to want to give up, the entry-level difficulty is very high, and each subsequent chapter is harder than the last.]
[System Screenshot]
[Appraisal Level 0 (24/50)]
[Maybe it's because I don't have the relevant foundation, causing my learning progress to be extremely slow... but at least faster than most people reading this post!]
[According to my statistics, if physical exhaustion is not considered, the speed of gaining experience through skill use is more than 25 times my self-learning speed! Not to mention the difficulty of later chapters!] Follow the newest chapters on novelping dot com.
[My first research post... ended before it even began... sob sob sob]
[I will continue to learn and try to master "Appraisal" as soon as possible! Then I'll open a detailed learning post, interested parties can message me!]
[Please tip a little, the kid is busy studying and has no food (crying)]
Hardly anyone replied below, everyone was busy surviving, with no time to care about such things.
Su Luo clicked on the top post, skimmed through the updated introductions of several Level 0 monsters, then closed the forum and continued to read [Frost Arrow].
[Your "Frost Arrow" has leveled up!]
[Frost Arrow Level 1 (0/100)]
[Imbue arrows with frost, slowing and paralyzing enemies upon hit]
There was no attribute boost, which actually made Su Luo breathe a sigh of relief, any more points and he would truly starve.
Strangely, the [Frost Arrow] line was gray-black, unusable.
Su Luo directly skipped "Class," forcibly learned [Frost Arrow], but it was unusable.
Su Luo couldn't use this skill through the system, but he had already learned the principles and methods, understanding the flow of its power.
Su Luo raised his hand, a thin layer of mana surged in his hand, slowly covering the old stone brick beside him, emitting a chill.
"It can be used to chill soda, currently not much combat capability."
The chill on Su Luo's hand lasted for about ten seconds, consuming half of his mana.
He switched images again, this time targeting [Gathering]. With mana lacking, learning attack and defense skills would be futile, better to solidify the basics first.
But before starting, Su Luo decided to do one thing.
[Su Luo: I'll post something later, your Mutual Aid Association might want to pay attention]
[Qin Lang: About what?]
[Su Luo: You'll see, a little insight about "learning"]
[On the Zero-Cost Efficient Utilization Strategy of "Skill Books"]
[As the title suggests, we know that the contents of Skill Books are real]
[Borrow Skill Books, self-learn to raise skills to Level 1 (entry-level). Thereafter, skills can be used conventionally to gain proficiency, with effects identical to directly using Skill Books]
[Achieve unlimited reuse of Skill Books, greatly lowering the skill acquisition threshold]
[Note: Self-learning requires certain talent and time investment, proceed within your means]
[In summary]