Everyone's become an adventurer, so who's going to put in the effort themselves?

"I am still very confident in my assessment!"

As she spoke, Ramie, carrying the books, jogged to the back of the shelf.

A few minutes later, Ramie came over carrying a one-handed sword, looking delighted, and said:

"Found it! There really was a secret stockpile!!"

"Secret stockpile?" Upon hearing this, Lynn couldn't help but cast an Appraisal spell on the one-handed sword.

[Ding! Identification failed!]

[Appraisal Skill ↑, Current Level: Lv3 (0/10)]

Lynn raised an eyebrow.

Even a failed appraisal resulted in a level up? And a failure still granted 15 experience points?

High-end goods!!

Just as Lynn was thinking this, a message popped up.

[? ? ? ]

[The Black Knife is a weapon crafted from specially forged black gold ore, often used in elite-level weapon crafting.]

'So, the identification technique determined the material...?'

As Lynn thought this, she also looked up at Ramie:

"What is this?"

At this moment, Ramie, who was holding a sword in one hand, chuckled and said:

"Lady Shia has a bad habit: she likes to put a higher-level item among a pile of items of the same level, then hide it somewhere and wait for someone to find it."

She called it "a surprise for smart people".

“I heard her mention it when I was little, so I thought of this and went to look for it, and sure enough I found the problem!”

Upon hearing this, Lynn suddenly fell silent.

What I told Ramie when she was little: the surprise of a smart person?

Thinking of this, Lynn suddenly said quietly:

"Lami".

"Do you think there's a possibility?"

"So, Sia said the same thing to all the minors in all the families?"

This thing is probably a custom-made item, a free gift given away under the guise of selection, right?

"Huh?" Ramie was stunned upon hearing this.

Chapter 39 We haven't even entered the dungeon yet!

When Ramie realized that this was a candy reward that Sia gave to 'little kids', she suddenly stopped laughing.

Ramie couldn't laugh, but Lynn did:

"No wonder Sia asked Ramie to bring me here. So this is the reward for a smart brain?"

Ramie immediately lost her composure, clenching her fists in anger and embarrassment, and threatened in a huff:

"If you keep doing this, I'm going to get angry!"

Hearing the threat uttered in that slightly childish voice, Lynn quickly raised one hand, as if surrendering, and said:

"Okay, I won't say anything then."

After saying that, he glanced at the books Ramie was holding, thought for a moment, and then said:

"Could I take a look at these books?"

"It is possible."

Ramy first handed Lynn the book 'Secret Room', then looked at him curiously and said:

"Didn't we agree to continue our research in Rock Town?"

“You said it, I didn’t respond.” Lynn took the book and flipped through it as he said, “Besides, you also said that real combat is the best way to train.”

"And isn't this the perfect place to put this secret room into practice?"

Upon hearing this, Ramie turned her head and looked at the room full of cabinets in front of her, then nodded thoughtfully.

"That makes sense!"

At this moment, Lynn had already opened the 'Secret Room' and quickly skimmed over its contents.

The Lv1 level of the Learned Brain provides the ability to memorize quickly, allowing Lynn to still remember the contents even when flipping through the pages at high speed.

However, compared to memory, Lynn was more surprised by the speed at which his erudite brain was upgrading.

[Erudite Mind↑, Current Level: Lv2 (1/10)]

[Erudite Mind↑, Current Level: Lv3 (1/10)]

After flipping through half the book, Lynn's erudite mind had already reached level 3, a speed that far exceeded his expectations.

Could it be...? Lynn suppressed her doubts, quickly searched the secret room, and then looked up at Ramie:

"Lami, give me the rest of the books."

"Oh." Upon hearing this, Ramy immediately handed over another book, "The Complete Guide to Common Dungeon Minerals and Plants," and took the Secret Room book from Lynn's hands.

Then she saw Lynn flipping through the books as if she were counting money.

Seeing this, Ramie asked hesitantly:

Are you taking shorthand notes?

At that speed of flipping through pages, unless one possesses exceptional memorization skills, it's practically impossible to retain the content.

"To be precise, it may be 'rehabilitation'."

Lynn quickly flipped through the book, his eyes filled with lines of text.

He flipped through the pages too quickly, remembered too much, and by the end, the text was somewhat unfamiliar to him.

The written records of Mona City are all in pictographs, but not in the simplified form; rather, they are structured like traditional Chinese characters.

During the two weeks that Lynn was locked in the children's room on the third floor by Jack and Tanning, she survived by studying the children's education books in the room.

Therefore, although he recognized the characters here, he actually only half-read and half-guessed many of them, and they were quite unfamiliar to him. Now, with the addition of rapid flipping through the text, they were even more unfamiliar to him.

Despite the unfamiliarity, Lynn was basically certain after seeing that the Learned Brain's level had increased to Lv6 after reading two books.

'Can a downgraded skill level be quickly regained by learning new knowledge?'

Lynn vaguely guessed at the mechanism of the skill system.

If his conjecture is correct... then it seems that he can cultivate a 'blood pack' type skill, and by repeatedly upgrading this 'blood pack', provide resources for upgrading other skills and attributes.

And the best choice for this skill is...

Lynn glanced at the 'Appraisal' skill in his skill system, and then a smile appeared on his face:

"Lami, give me that sword you're holding."

Upon seeing this, Ramy immediately handed over the one-handed sword in her hand.

After taking the sword hilt, Lynn cast an Appraisal spell on it without hesitation.

However, there was a buzzing sound.

Lynn's head suddenly felt a little dizzy, as if she had stayed up until 5 a.m. and then forced herself to continue working.

In that instant, Lynn realized something was wrong! He suspected that his appraisal technique had failed and was backfiring.

And in the very next second...

[Identification successful!]

[Appraisal Skill ↑↑↑, Current Level Lv7.]

In a daze, his Appraisal skill leveled up by 5 levels, and at the same time, a piece of information appeared in Lynn's mind.

【Yan Ji】

[Elite Rank]

[Engraved with the fire-elemental stigma 'Burning,' fire skills have a 100% power amplification against adventurers below Hero rank, and a 50% power amplification against adventurers of Hero rank and above.]

[Manufacturer: Sia N. Mona]

"careful!"

At that moment, Ramie noticed that Lynn was swaying and staggering while holding the sword, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him.

Once Lynn was helped up, Ramie looked at him with a puzzled expression and said:

"Why did he suddenly collapse? This sword wasn't that heavy, was it?"

Ramie quickly took the 'Flame Silence' from Lynn's hand, then helped Lynn fall down, while she knelt on the ground and placed Lynn's head on her lap.

Resting her head on those fleshy legs, Lynn shifted her head slightly, feeling a little dizzy, and said uncomfortably:

"Damn it, it seems I overused my appraisal skills and am mentally exhausted..."

"ah?!!"

Ramy stared at Lynn in shock, saying incredulously:

"You mean you just appraised this weapon?"

Lynn didn't speak, but that silence was an admission.

Ramie was now at a loss for words, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Don't you know that the Appraisal skill, if it fails, will excessively deplete your mental energy?"

"...I figured the energy expenditure was pretty low, so I gave it a try," Lynn said, rubbing his temples with a headache.

Ramy was now at a loss.

She reached out to massage Lynn's temples, her expression still a mixture of amusement and exasperation:

"The cost of identification techniques depends on many factors."

"The most important thing is knowledge. If you know the details about an item, the consumption will be low. Next is the complexity of the item, which usually depends on the level. Finally, there is the minimum requirement to activate the appraisal skill."

"You used a beginner-level appraisal skill to forcibly appraise an elite-level item, which is at least 30 levels higher than the previous level. No wonder you suddenly became listless."

Upon hearing this, Lynn awkwardly replied:

"I thought the worst-case scenario would be a failed test..."

After all, according to Lynn's understanding, even a failed appraisal could increase experience, which is why he was so fearless.

But what he didn't expect was that the successful identification would exhaust him.

"that...."

Upon hearing this, Ramie hesitated before speaking, then said:

"In fact, for identification techniques, the situation with the least consumption is the identification failure."

"Because that represents knowledge beyond one's own, the brain directly rejects complex thinking, which leads to the fact that, in terms of consumption, a failed identification only incurs the most basic consumption needs."

"The share is about one-tenth of the average adventurer's 1 point of mental energy."

Lynn fell silent upon hearing this.

So he's been hit by the worst possible attack?

Because the identification was successful, the maximum resource consumption was encountered? That's so unlucky....

However, despite his bad luck, Lynn smiled when he saw that his Appraisal skill was at level 7.

"Even in this state, you can still laugh?"

Ramy sighed, then reached into the collar of her clothes and pulled out a silver necklace.