Skill Imprint: Barbarian Skin

The Loot Generator was the largest of the three machines.

It looked like a huge coal-burning boiler.

It was hard to imagine that nanomaterials the size of a watch could construct such massive machinery.

Nanotechnology was truly miraculous.

This large machine had seven intake ports, seven output ports, and an LCD controller.

Cheng Shaofeng held the master controller permissions. He could control it through the base interface; without his authorization, no one else could operate it.

After a Raider's corpse was fed inside, it was broken down by an unknown red energy.

One of the output ports opened, and two pieces of loot rolled out along the conveyor belt.

A ring and a palm-sized square metal plate.

The moment he picked them up, a flash of azure light appeared before his eyes, and the base's auxiliary AR vision activated.

Lines of information appeared above the two pieces of loot.

Copper Ring of Radiation

Quality: Excellent

Radiation Damage: 2–5

Life Recovery Speed +1 per second

"Huh? Is this... equipment?"

Zero said, "That's right, Master. The Loot Generator is a specialty of our Nano Base. It can use ultra-high-frequency quantum beams to destroy the structure of inserted objects, then perform quantum reassembly to generate random loot. The quality of the loot is positively correlated with the energy intensity of the inserted object. Most non-consumable items can only be used by you and the Clones. Excellent equipment can greatly enhance your strength."

Cheng Shaofeng nodded, feeling that this base function was extremely useful.

If the players saw this... wouldn't they go crazy with excitement?

"Explain this stat to me. What does Radiation Damage 2–5 mean? Will it hurt me after I put it on?"

Zero said, "Master, this damage refers to an enhancement for the user. For example... if you threw a full-force punch and dealt 10 points of Physical Damage to a wooden post, then after wearing this ring, your punch would deal 10 points of Physical Damage plus 2–5 points of Radiation Damage. This value applies to all your attacks. If you fired a gun while wearing the ring, the bullet's damage would also gain the 2–5 points of Radiation Damage provided by the ring."

"Oh, I see. That's pretty good. I saw Thin Dog poke Raiders with a wooden stick, and he could only deal around 20 damage. This little ring can increase attack power by 10% to 25%."

Zero said, "That's roughly correct. The ring's other attribute increases your cellular vitality and improves your Life Recovery Speed. Your base Life Recovery Speed was 0.5 per second. It is now 1.5 per second."

"Damn, that's quite a boost. So if a wound took an hour to heal before, it might only take twenty minutes now?"

Zero said, "That calculation is correct for ordinary injuries. However... if one of your body parts suffers severe damage, such as taking a bullet in the arm, you would need medical treatment to remove the bullet before the wound could heal normally."

"Oh, I get the general idea. A high Life Recovery Speed doesn't make me invincible. If I get wrecked, I'm still wrecked."

Cheng Shaofeng put the ring on his finger and felt a surge of power spread from his hand through his entire body.

He could clearly feel himself becoming stronger.

"Amazing."

Cheng Shaofeng turned his gaze to the other piece of loot.

Skill Imprint: Barbarian Skin

Radiation killed the weak, while the strong could absorb its power to strengthen themselves, granting their skin even greater defensive ability.

Passive Skill

0/12

Next Level: 1

+3% Health

+4% Physical Resistance

+5% Radiation Resistance

Applicable Class: Barbarian Class

Required Barbarian Class Specialization Points: 1

Zero said, "Congratulations on obtaining a Skill Imprint!

Skill-type loot is considered rare. Every Skill Imprint benefits both you and all Clones of the Calamity Base! Once your physical strength meets the minimum requirements for learning a skill, you can use Skill Imprints to learn skills from any class, thereby enhancing your own abilities."

After hearing that, Cheng Shaofeng asked, "What standard do these specialization points use?"

Zero said, "With your current physical strength, you can learn all skills requiring four specialization points or fewer."

"Huh? There's actually something this good? Isn't this basically a free passive skill?"

As a veteran player of Diablo-like games, Cheng Shaofeng knew that passive skills were the most convenient. Once learned, they directly increased combat power and required no further effort.

Especially those that increased physical attributes by a percentage. The boost might be small now, but the stronger he became, the more powerful they would be.

"Health, Physical Resistance, Radiation Resistance... they're all things I need right now. There are plenty of Raider Camps around Four Mountains and Colossus City."

According to Zero's analysis, Raiders primarily attacked with physical damage, supplemented by radiation.

"Learning the Raiders' skills and using them against Raiders... interesting."

"Zero, how do I learn Barbarian Skin?"

Zero said, "Master, place your hand on the Skill Imprint, then focus your mind and guide the power within into your body."

Cheng Shaofeng pressed his hand against it, closed his eyes, and focused completely.

The imprint was a full circle larger than his palm. When he pressed his hand onto it, a warm sensation of being enveloped spread through his hand.

At that moment, he seemed to see dark green Radiation Energy erupting. Countless animal and human bodies began to collapse, fester, and rot. Only a small number of humans endured the radiation, their bodies undergoing some inexplicable transformation. Their skin became increasingly solid, their bodies slowly swelled, their eyes turned blood-red, and their heads became covered in muscle. They turned into deformed humans—this was the origin of the skill.

"Phew~~~"

Cheng Shaofeng opened his eyes. The illusion vanished, but subtle changes had already occurred in his body.

Most noticeably, his rough skin had become slightly harder.

A flash of azure light appeared in his eyes, and a notification from the Nano Base appeared.

You have learned 'Barbarian Skin.' Current Level: 1

Upgrade Cost: 1 Energy Crystal Power

"Crystal Power?"

Zero said, "Yes, Master. The skills you learn all require Crystal Power to upgrade. This energy is easily absorbed by humans, improving the structure of the human body and raising the upper limit of human abilities."

"Where can I find Crystal Power?"

Zero said, "I don't know. But if you approach an area containing Crystal Power, the base will detect it."

"Alright."

His predecessor had lived in Four Mountains for eighteen years, yet had never heard of Crystal Power, much less known where to find this energy that could both charge the base and improve human abilities.

"Level 1 is fine. If I can learn several hundred Level 1 passive skills, my body should become plenty strong."

He had just gotten three percentage-based bonuses for free, which was pretty nice.

"Using the Loot Generator once just consumed 0.01% of the base's power. That's acceptable. But once there are more players, if I let them use it, the power will drain much faster. I still need to find more energy sources to charge the base."

Current remaining base power: 0.89%.

In theory, it could still generate loot eighty-nine more times.

"Oh, right... what about this Attribute Conversion Tower? How do I use it?"

Zero said, "The Attribute Conversion Tower can convert all objects in the world into the Calamity Base's unique visible attribute state. You can think of it as an appraiser that helps you and the Clones better see all the attributes of an item."

"Huh? Then help me appraise this thing."

Cheng Shaofeng placed the Wolf Tooth Club that Thin Dog had snatched from the Raiders onto the first level of the Attribute Conversion Tower.

A streak of Bai Guang flashed over the Wolf Tooth Club.

Notice: Rusty Mace attributes are now visible

Rusty Mace

Quality: Ordinary

Physical Damage: 2–20

Attacks have a 10% chance to inflict Bleed, dealing 50 Bleed Damage over 10 seconds.

According to Zero's quality classification, this was the most ordinary kind of weapon.

"So it has a chance to make people bleed when it hits them. That might be useful."

Zero said, "A reminder, Master: the base's visible attributes cannot represent actual combat conditions. Different enemies have different resistances, which will also affect the damage you deal to them."

"Got it! The damage I deal to an enemy doesn't just depend on my strength—it also depends on their resistance. If they're tough as iron, then this 10% chance might become infinitely close to zero, right?"

Zero said, "Master, you're so smart."

"Of course! I'm a veteran Diablo player, alright?"

Data was only a reference. Real combat changed in an instant. For example, a Raider might have 1,000 health, but if he was caught off guard and struck in the head with a Wolf Tooth Club, he might lose half his health bar immediately and also be stunned.

Of course, if the weapon's attributes were a little better, one swing might kill him outright.

Through the Attribute Conversion Tower, the base could help him and the players better understand the attributes of the equipment and items in their hands, allowing them to make better strategic arrangements. It was extremely useful.

Cheng Shaofeng rubbed his stomach. He was starving, but there was nothing to eat nearby, so he could only go down to the lake beneath the hill and drink until he was full.

Then he returned, found a sheltered spot, and lay down beside the three machines.

"Tomorrow morning, I'll return to Salt Well Town and trade all the supplies I've stored for food and materials to make Clones. I should be able to summon Thin Dog and the other two again by the afternoon."

To be honest, after suddenly arriving in this other world, he was rather scared of living alone.

Late at night, Cheng Shaofeng remembered the eerie old man who had appeared and vanished out of thin air in the Dungeon. His body trembled.

"I'm too weak. I need to get stronger as soon as possible."

And he couldn't think too deeply about it. The more he thought, the more frightened he became. Every ghost story he had ever heard came rushing back to him!

"Damn it! Why does Salt Well Town have so many ghost stories too?"

On Cheng Shaofeng's first night after transmigrating into this world, he shivered in fear.