Era of the transmigrating earth-Chapter 1987: The Essence of Skill Runes

In the dense forest, a sudden arrow flew out from somewhere, hitting a saber-toothed dragon directly.

The arrow penetrated into the gap between bones. The saber-toothed dragon hadn’t yet felt any pain and continued to walk forward. By the time it realized something was wrong, the poison had already spread throughout its body.

That’s how dinosaurs are; because of their size, they often take a long time to feel pain.

Utilizing this weakness, Du You had effortlessly taken down many large dinosaurs.

Indeed, this arrow was shot by Du You. Hidden in the shadows, Du You smiled slightly at the sight of the dead dinosaur—another target eliminated. Unfortunately, the equipment rewarded this time isn’t impressive.

With the special bow and arrow in hand, Du You was like a fish in water in this thicket, able to easily handle any target he set his sights on.

It’s been a full two days since coming to this world; if this continues, Du You’s body won’t be able to hold out much longer.

After all, he only brought spiritual power with him. Though Du You could ensure he didn’t sleep, his body still needed rest. An average person’s body managing to sustain two days of combat is quite difficult.

Even if he was always ambushing from the shadows. "Had I known it would be like this, I should have trained my body properly in the beginning." At the time, to avoid standing out too much, Du You didn’t focus much on physical training.

Concentrating on cultivation of spiritual power, this allowed him to elevate his spiritual power to tier three in just a few short years.

Mind you, this was without any resource support. If Du You weren’t inherently powerful, obtaining this spiritual power in such a short period would be no easy feat.

Looking at the large number of completed tasks, Du You smiled: "A total of over fifty thousand points, not bad for a newcomer, right?"

Saying this, Du You directly submitted the task, disappearing without a trace. Du You didn’t know that getting over a thousand points on the first mission is already considered a genius among geniuses.

Most people die in the first round, receiving compensatory points for it, two hundred points.

Through these two hundred points to strengthen oneself, one’s strength can indeed be enhanced.

Of course, the key is equipment; only rewarded or exchanged equipment can be taken into other worlds. Things bought on Earth can’t be used. Due to the special nature of this world, any equipment with special abilities must not be neglected.

Besides clothes and decorative stuff on them, group items brought along will be placed in the original location.

Returning home, Du You opened the hibernation cabin and verified that indeed only one minute had passed.

Standing up and walking out, Du You began communicating with the secretive world consciousness. "The feeling of mechanization is intense. Although world consciousness has intelligence, if so many people need to communicate, surely it can’t keep up."

Du You quickly adapted to this form of communication. Though it could only occur in the mind, lacking a straightforward interface, it was still usable. Soon, Du You figured out what he could exchange for. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Very well, let’s first exchange for an ordinary skill; Meditation Skill will do." Du You pondered, exchanging for a basic skill. Instantly, something new appeared on him, and then Du You began concentrating power on its study.

"Just as expected, this thing’s essence indeed belongs to world consciousness."

Others might not realize it, but Du You himself, being the peak of tier nine, wouldn’t fail to notice.

A special rune appeared within him. Governed by this rune, his mind began to operate automatically. Once stimulated, meditation would automatically commence—not producing special insights nor interference, staying stable. Yet, the core of the rune’s power was world consciousness’s strength.

If world consciousness wanted to handle someone, there would be no need for direct attacks; merely imprisoning these rune cores would suffice.

All personal skills would become unusable; with untapped power within them, they might not even know how to mobilize it. Ninety-nine percent of their power would vanish. If world consciousness detonated these skill cores, the person would be either dead or disabled.

"World consciousness really controls the people of this world strictly; it seems I can’t directly exchange for power in this way."

Du You thought about this and abandoned this method of gaining power. Even if it’s just a body he’s temporarily possessing, being controlled or even destroyed by this world is not something Du You wants to see.

With a thought, the rune shattered instantly. But in the next moment, a new rune appeared. Very similar to the previous one, just more refined, and with a different core strength.

"Using knowledge from the world itself to enhance and improve the rune shouldn’t be a taboo."

Du You spoke as if certain. After all, in this world, no one improved runes, all controlled by world consciousness. No matter how strong, they could only obey. Due to the special nature of power runes, even typical tier nine powerhouses might not sense the runes’ existence.

They don’t understand where their power originates, as if owning it directly by exchange.

Hence, there’s no intention to block this aspect in this world.

"There really is something related to knowledge, hmm, and options to exchange cultivation space and time. It seems this world doesn’t disallow cultivation, just that people generally don’t have this idea."

This world lacks a systematic cultivation framework and that consciousness. To everyone, spending time understanding and cultivating is less efficient than direct exchange. Investment in cultivation is seen as a waste.

Ultimately, the effect achieved isn’t as good as what comes from exchange. But Du You sees it differently. Only through personal cultivation can one fully control their power and escape the fate of being just a skill release device.

The people of this world appear more like world consciousness’s tools; Du You isn’t supportive of their approach at all.

Looking at the points in hand, Du You thought for a while, deciding to buy a large amount of skills and knowledge. The knowledge of this world is very unique, as they have little contact with the outside.

Thus, if Du You wants to fully utilize power, he must study carefully.

An entire night passed under Du You’s research. Of course, aided by the time exchange, this single night actually spanned several months.