Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor.

Chapter 19: Mechanic Skills: Surface Touch and Endoscopic Method

The invitation card had the message printed on it.

Dungeon Name: Abandoned Ancient Machinery Factory (Number of Challenges Remaining Today: 0)

Today's map run ended, and Lin Bo once again dragged a pile of iron lumps out of the portal. For him, this was the most tiring task in the entire map run. The mechanical guards caused him more trouble after they fell than when they were activated.

He took off his mask and wiped the sweat off his face, then let out a long breath and glanced at the player panel information.

I now have 268 disaster coins and 1085 experience points. I am still four-fifths away from upgrading. It will take about eight consecutive days of running through the Purgatory difficulty to get enough experience points.

If he couldn't get a higher level reverberation relic, his class would be completely stuck at level 4. However, this kind of thing depends on chance, so there's no need to rush.

Lin Bo still had a lot of skills to practice and a lot of things to deal with. At worst, he could focus on these things while collecting the remnant relics, so as not to waste his time.

Running maps at the Purgatory difficulty level is quite intense. The short break after each run lasts for over three hours. It starts in the morning and is already approaching evening, making it feel like going to work.

Fortunately, the skill proficiency improved through actual combat is more significant than ordinary training, so it does not conflict with Lin Bo’s schedule.

After handing over the piles of waste to the enthusiastic netizens, Lin Bo took some time to clean up the work area on the third floor of the lighthouse, put the debris in order, and free up a small space of less than four square meters to be used as a workshop area for practicing mechanical manufacturing in the future.

It is a bit shabby, mainly because the lighthouse is less than six meters in diameter and there is not much usable space.

The first floor houses the storage room, kitchen, and tool room. Although it has the largest space, it also has the most items stored. The second floor is the living area, with a ceiling height of just over two meters, which should be considered a mezzanine. There aren't many things stored here, but the environment is too cramped.

The generator set and rotating device placed on the third floor are quite large, but fortunately there is still some space.

From now on, the mechanical workshop will be on the third floor, and the work of preparing medicines will be concentrated on the first floor. Just add a few bowls and pots to the kitchen and put a medicine furnace there, and everything will be complete.

【Network Tips: Received a friend message】

[Picking up trash makes me happy]: Finished your map run? Come and take back the mechanical wreckage you left with me. It's taking up space.
Lin Bo thought that it did take up space, otherwise he wouldn't have thrown all the waste to you.

The remains of the three sword guards were piled in the workshop area. Their fatal injuries were similar, all telling of the ruthlessness of their opponents.

But now Lin Bo is no longer the cruel killer, but a mechanical doctor who saves lives and heals the wounded. Looking at the consequences of his actions, his limited knowledge makes him at a loss as to where to start.

[Picking up trash makes me happy]: These three pieces of debris are for you to practice. Don’t think it’s complicated. In fact, it’s a process that even a child can understand. Take the machine apart, pick out the usable parts, and put them back together.
For experienced mechanics, disassembling a machine is the first step to counterfeiting, and counterfeiting is the first step to independent research and development, and the difficulty increases step by step.

Disassembling and reassembling the machine is indeed a process that even children can understand, but the actual operation is definitely not as easy as netizens say.

After listening to what the netizen said, Lin Bo didn't feel any sudden enlightenment.

Growing up, he hadn't had much experience with crafts, and the closest thing to a mechanic's job was assembling battery race cars as a child. As for how closely related, it was about the same as trying to cosplay Wolverine while holding three pencils between his fingers.

He got a multi-tool box from a netizen. Every tool in it was new to him. He had never used any of them before and didn't know how to use them. But when he held them in his hands, he felt the urge to create something.

Perhaps the human touched the tool, triggering some underlying code.

With this natural enthusiasm, dismantling the Sword Guard's remains was something he couldn't wait to do. Before starting, Lin Bo contacted the merchant.

[Lighthouse Guest]: I want to buy a skill book called "Surface Touch Endoscopy"
[Agilent]: I'll ship it right away. Thanks for the 75 disaster coins~
A round silver lens fell out of the sea-blue space-time channel, with fine words etched on the surface. As he looked carefully, the lens turned into a stream of light and sank into his eyebrows.

Surface touch endoscopy: Lv1 (0/60) By touching the surface of an object, the internal damage structure is explored.

This is a skill that enhances tactile sense. For mechanics, it can detect internal damage points without disassembling the machine, which is a very useful skill.

Lin Bo slightly felt the changes brought about by the surface touch and endoscopy method. When the skill book flowed into his brow, a chill continued to flow from his brain, through his limbs and bones, and finally gathered in his hands, especially the palms.

He raised his hand to catch a wisp of wind, and the air flow scattered between his fingers, but in the moment of clenching his fist, he did have the real feeling of grasping something. This was the experience brought by the enhanced sense of touch. Even if it was a fleeting, formless breeze, he seemed to be able to feel the veins.

The remains of the three sword guards were spread on the ground. Lin Bo held one with his left hand, and held a small hammer in his right hand, tapping the shell gently, allowing the vibration waves to pass through the remains and feed back into his hand.

The shock waves weakened and disappeared in some areas, indicating that there was a gap in the structure there. Perhaps it was a fracture caused by damage, or it could be a gap that existed from the beginning. He couldn't be sure.

If you want to confirm your guess, you have to disassemble the machine and check it in person. If the judgment is correct, it means that the skill has been successfully cast. If it is wrong, then it is a waste of effort.

This judgment needs to be accurate and not vague. With continuous training over a long period of time, you will gradually accumulate sophisticated experience and develop a sharp eye.

For an inexperienced novice mechanic, even if he inspects a dozen scrap machines, it is difficult to guarantee success.

Lin Bo calmed down and repeatedly hit the remains of the sword guard with a small hammer. Two minutes later, he fell into that deep silence again, half immersed in the state of black snake meditation.

The originally short and chaotic metal vibrations became orderly and steady, telling the mage which gear inside was broken and which circuit was blown.

Unlike mechanics who need to rely on experience to judge the meaning of vibrations, even though Lin Bo knows little about mechanics, he can know the secrets buried deep under the shell just by listening.

He put down the hammer, picked up a screwdriver and a wrench, and began to dismantle the outer shell of the Sword Guard wreckage.

After great effort, Lin Bo finally disassembled the Sword Guard roughly, and could compare the actual damage to the internal parts with the detection results. For each successfully detected damage, a proficiency increase judgment would pop up.

[Skill judgment successful, [Surface Touch Endoscopy] basic proficiency +1.5]

【Health status coefficient × 1.4 (Excellent)】

[Final calculation result: [Surface Touch Endoscopy] Proficiency +2.1]

The five pieces of equipment with the mechanic prefix worn by Lin Bo increased his basic proficiency in learning mechanical-related skills by 0.5. Combined with the increase in the health coefficient, his proficiency would steadily increase by 2.1 with each judgment.

In just one hour from the moment he started disassembling the machine, his proficiency in Surface Touch and Endoscopic Technique had already reached 23.1, a rate so rapid it was unbelievable. In contrast, a whole day of exhausting practice in Mantra Bending only yielded a little over ten points of proficiency.

Lin Bo's heart skipped a beat. It seemed that the first one to ascend to the Lv2 throne was not the highly anticipated "Pharmacist Tongue Identification Product". The surface touch and endoscopy method had the possibility of overtaking it.

What makes all this possible is naturally the professional characteristic of the Listener of All Things, which is incredibly powerful.

(End of this chapter)