Chapter 757: 241. With Authorized Patterns
When Noland Lee returned to the Core Circle, it was already after midnight.
He tiptoed into the bedroom and fell asleep beside Denise Green, who was meditating.
Day Two, early in the morning and after breakfast, Noland Lee and Denise Green had an intimate moment before heading to Snow Mountain Island 1.
It was still the same natural haven, surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the sea on the other.
Noland Lee activated the Magic Fog Device, enclosing the entire haven.
He hid in the magic fog and began today’s work.
The first step was to take out the Oblivion Potion and drink it.
This magical potion was quite expensive, costing 30,000 gold coins per bottle, and Noland Lee had three bottles on him.
He removed the cork, poured the transparent potion from the narrowed glass bottle into his mouth, and felt the slightly sour liquid slide through his teeth and down his throat to his stomach.
He sat at the temporary desk and chair, waiting quietly for the potion to take effect.
[System Message:]
[You have drunk a bottle of Oblivion Potion.]
[You have inflicted fatal damage to the potion.]
[Passive Deconstruction activated!]
[You have received a reward of 25,600 energy points.]
[You have obtained the standardized panel information of “Oblivion Potion”.]
Noland Lee smacked his lips, feeling a slight regret at the number “25,600”.
Due to the existence of Scholarly Skills, the energy consumption of deconstructing the Oblivion Potion had decreased. Consequently, the reward for passive deconstruction also decreased.
As his Scholarly Skills became richer, the shrinking rewards for passive deconstruction were practically unavoidable.
Fortunately, he did not have to worry about the rewards for passive deconstruction of sea areas and islands with large sizes.
He stared at the slowly rising and falling sea water, feeling a dizzying drunken sensation.
[System Message:]
[Oblivion Potion takes effect.]
[You have gained the “Selective Oblivion” effect.]
[Choose one of the following three options:]
[Option One:]
[Forget a memory fragment.]
[Option Two:]
[Attempt to erase all memories of a specific thing or character. You may need to drink more Oblivion Potions to ensure this option works properly.]
[Option Three:]
[Reset the level of a skill. This operation will set the skill level back to Level 1, lose all upgrade effects, and not refund invested energy points.]
[If no choice is made, the “Selective Oblivion” effect will expire in 5 minutes.]
“I choose ‘Option Three’.”
Noland Lee muttered in his heart.
[Please choose one of the following skills available for level reset:]
[…]
The System listed dozens of options.
Noland Lee found the “Mind Beacon” among them and muttered, “reset.”
The fleeting sensation of deconstruction activation was even stronger, and Noland Lee completed the skill level reset while his body swayed slightly.
[The level of “Mind Beacon” has been reduced to Level 1. You have lost the upgrade effects from Level 1 to 100-level, you have lost the whole ten-level additional rewards, and all your existing beacons have disappeared.]
Noland Lee rubbed his slightly swollen brow and called up the interface for “Mind Beacon”, adding energy points to it.
[Mind Beacon’s level has increased by 9 levels, reaching Level 10.]
[You have triggered an additional ten-level reward.]
Please choose one of the following three options:
Noland Lee glanced at the options and chose “Option Two”, transforming the “Mind Beacon” into “Mind Tracking”.
“Mind Tracking” is a variant version of “Mind Beacon”.
Like “Mind Beacon”, it can temporarily convert a lifeless target into an object of mental magic. This is the first effect of the spell.
Secondly, “Mind Tracking” has no sensing distance limitations.
After Noland Lee sets up a “Tracking Mark” on a target, he can track the target 24/7, completely disregarding terrain and distance.
There are obvious restrictions to “Mind Tracking”.
Noland Lee can place unlimited “Mind Beacons”, but the number of “Tracking Marks” he can place with “Mind Tracking” is very limited.
The “Mind Beacon” Noland Lee acquired was Level 10 and he could only track 10 targets at the same time.
And for every “Tracking Mark” in existence, his energy points would decrease by 1 point per hour.
Noland Lee pulled up the “Mind Tracking” interface and infused energy points into it, raising it to Level 20.
The upgrades for “Mind Tracking” could either increase the maximum number of “Tracking Marks” by 1 or decrease energy consumption by 1%.
Noland Lee was accustomed to setting up many beacons at the same time, so he chose the option to increase the maximum number of “Tracking Marks” by 1.
[System Message:]
[Mind Tracking has been upgraded to Level 20.]
[The maximum number of Tracking Marks has increased to 11.]
[You have triggered a ten-level reward.]
[Please choose one of the following three options:]
[Option One:]
[Maximum number of “Tracking Marks” increased by 5.]
[Option Two:]
[Spell consumption reduced by 5%.]
[Option Three:]
[Convert “Mind Tracking” into “Mind Beacon”.]
“Huh? Isn’t there an option to increase the number of Mechanos I can control at the same time?
“In the ten-level reward of ‘Mind Beacon’, ‘Option Two’ is to increase the number of controlled Mechanos. But in the ten-level reward of ‘Mind Tracking’, ‘Option Two’ is to reduce spell consumption…”