Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor.

Chapter 18 Occupational Characteristics: Listener of All Things

Ding--

True Name Mage Lv3 (725/5400)

Lin Bo heard the notification sound from the comprehensive network. The most intuitive feeling brought by the upgrade was that the mantra power lingering around the rune of his real name in his mind had increased slightly, and the light emitted by the rune of his real name became brighter and warmer.

This means that he can perform the Mantra Bending Technique for a longer period of time. Of course, the time spent training the Mantra Bending Technique each time will inevitably be longer.

The level 3 True Name Mage once again gives Lin Bo a new professional feature.

Listener of All Things: Listen to the words of all living things in the world. You can understand the information they express. If you master the corresponding language, you can communicate with them.

——Everything has something to say, but many are silent.

The mage stood there in a daze. He had never in his past or present life felt everything around him so vividly and vividly.

The lighthouse's masonry was silent, the swaying waves murmured to themselves, the air whistling through the window cheered, and the circling gulls made hungry grunts.

All of this was originally just insignificant white noise in nature, but now it has actual meaning in Lin Bo's ears.

He could hear from the low hum of the waves that a rainstorm was raging across the ocean hundreds of miles away. From the whisper of the wind, he could tell that a few kilometers away, a field of flowers was in full bloom, pollen making the air heavy and fragrant. As for the seagulls, they were still hungry today.

Other silent things, such as bricks, stones, plants and trees, also have language, and sounds that cannot be heard by human ears, such as the chirping of bats, also have meaning.

Due to the limitations of human organ function, the frequencies that can be captured by humans only account for a small part of the total sound.

This is also what is meant by "everything has a sound, but many are silent."

"Huh..." Lin Bo listened intently for a moment before coming back to his senses. This feeling of being in harmony with all things was truly mysterious. The universe opened its hearts to the True Name Mage, expressing its most sincere thoughts without lies or fabrications.

Lin Bo was worried that these external voices would disturb him, but he soon discovered that if he didn't want to listen, he could just shift his attention away.

If the mind is filled with the sounds of distracting thoughts, it will no longer be able to hear the language of the outside world. To listen to the sounds of nature, you need to maintain concentration.

A lesson every True Name mage must learn is silence. In silence, many things that were once silent begin to speak. This is why meditation is particularly important to Lin Bo's path of study.

After initially mastering the new professional characteristics, Lin Bo began to rest as he had not yet used up his number of challenges for today.

The four members of the team spent several hours sorting out their weapons and equipment, eating, healing, meditating, and adjusting their physical and mental states. Then they continued their quest through the Purgatory dungeon without stopping.

After obtaining the special ability of Listener to All Things, Lin Bo finally understood what the synthesized sounds muttered by the mechanical guards in the dungeon meant.

Although he did not understand the language, he could understand the meaning.

What the mechanical guard says is the program it is executing, such as "detection", "enemy detection", "elimination", "behavior pattern A", "behavior pattern B", etc.

Likewise, he can understand his teammates' occasional mumblings to themselves.

The words spoken by intelligent life are very different from the language of nature, and their authenticity and effectiveness cannot be guaranteed. First, they may lie, and second, they often say useless nonsense.

Just like his teammates, everything they want to say is in the chat channel, and what they say to themselves is just a collection of nonsense.

The second time Lin Bo challenged the Purgatory difficulty, he became more familiar with it.

After donning the Leg Burst Exoskeleton, his teammates marveled at his good fortune, unexpectedly getting blue gear. Of the three, the Wanderer was the most envious, as his luck was incredibly bad.

Lin Bo heard him mumbling something like, "I'll be super-lucky sooner or later," and "There are so many lucky people in the world, why can't I be one of them?"

Hearing this, the mage didn't mention that he also got a knowledge fragment. He let him bear the joy of this harvest alone.

[Network Tip: You've performed a critical attack, passed! The enemy (Bionic Mechanical Guardian Type VII - Sword) has fallen.]

The sword guard, who was hit by a spear in the back, fell to the ground.

This time, when Lin Bo kicked the iron shell, his leg didn't hurt, thanks to the exoskeleton taking the brunt of it. However, his previous injury had recurred, and the bruises on his legs began to swell, making walking a bit painful.

Medical skills really need to be practiced. Otherwise, it will be difficult to treat injuries in dungeons.

Lin Bo was not shy about his injury and asked his teammates in the channel to buy some plasters for injuries.

[Starry-eyed]: Brother Mage is injured? Please let me check him out. The Soul Summoning Witch is the youngest of the four, but she has been immersed in medical skills the longest.

Limbaugh explained that he only had some bruises.

[Starry Eyes] took out a handful of herbal pills and a bottle of ointment from her small bag, wrapped them in a silk handkerchief, handed them to Lin Bo with both hands, and carefully reminded him of the medication regulations.

Lin Bo immediately untied his handkerchief, picked up a herbal pill, put it in his mouth and started chewing.

[Lighthouse Guest]: Thank you, my teammates are really comprehensive.
The witch waved her hands and smiled shyly.

Lin Bo savored it carefully, letting the medicinal ingredients mix with his saliva and diffuse in his mouth, the complex flavors rushing over his taste buds. He didn't rush to swallow, but closed his eyes, fully mobilizing his tongue to try to analyze the medicinal properties.

The Pharmacist's Tongue Identification skill is very inclusive. Its criteria for judging medicinal herbs are completely unbiased; anything edible is considered a medicinal herb. Lin Bo's usual bread, beans, and fish can all be considered medicinal herbs.

The specific effectiveness of the medicine can be judged through the subtle taste sensations of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty, soft, hard, astringent, smooth and raw, as well as the various reactions produced by the body after the active ingredients enter the blood.

The "Pharmacist's Prescriptions" records the different flavors and medicinal properties corresponding to each body reaction. These experiences are applicable to most humanoid races.

As long as a careful and thoughtful judgment of the properties of the medicinal materials is completed, the skill will be successfully cast.

Lin Bo was a beginner, and after a brief attempt, he successfully determined the medicinal properties of bread - it tastes sweet and has a neutral nature, replenishes qi and benefits the body, strengthens the spleen and stomach, and eliminates hunger.

In addition, he did not analyze the medicinal properties of salted fish very well and choked several times in a row.

The herbal pills made by the witch are crushed and dissolved into liquid medicine, and the scent and taste of various herbs diffuse between the mouth and nose.

Lin Bo savored it with full concentration, his mind immersed in a deep silence, in a state almost half awake and half meditative.

Suddenly, he heard some soft and gentle sounds coming from the tip of the tongue.

The characteristic of being a listener to all things took effect at a moment that Lin Bo least expected.

The medicinal liquid in the mouth communicated with the tongue consciousness, revealing its hidden words to the True Name Mage. It described its own temperament in detail and told about the general impact it would have on the mage's body.

He had previously thought that only hearing could capture the sounds of all things, but he hadn't expected that even taste could serve as a bridge of communication. The applicability of the All-Listening class trait was beyond his expectations.

When Lin Bo heard the words expressed by the medicinal liquid, he immediately made a fluent judgment and quickly matched them with the descriptions in "Da Fang Dian", completing an efficient and rapid judgment of the medicinal properties.

[Skill judgment successful, [Pharmacist Tongue Identification] basic proficiency +1]

【Health status coefficient × 1.4 (Excellent)】

[Final calculation result: [Pharmacist Tongue Identification] proficiency +1.4]

Unlike meditation and mantra control, which require a lot of time for each training, the Pharmacist Tongue Knowledge does not consume resources and has no skill cooldown. It only requires patience and experience.

Now that everything has the ability to listen, the most troublesome process of judging the medicinal properties has been greatly simplified.

Lin Bo suddenly had a premonition that meditation would not be his first skill to break through to Lv2. This honor would be taken away by the great "Pharmacist Tongue Connoisseurship Product".

He swallowed the chewed herbal pill in one gulp and sighed with satisfaction.

The witch beside him said nothing, her eyes fixed on the wizard.

Lin Bo thought she was waiting for feedback from patients, so he immediately gave her a thumbs up and praised her in the team channel.

[Starry Eyes]: Master, you took off your mask.
[Lighthouse Guest]: Oh, that’s true. Thanks for the reminder.

He casually put the mask on, and a small sigh of regret came from beside him.

On the other side, the barbarian and the wanderer finally took care of the shield guard, also without any danger, and the whole process was more skillful.

[The conditions for clearing the instance have been met, and rewards are being calculated.]

[Rewards for this dungeon: 36 Network Disaster Coins, 180 General Experience, Mechanic's Work Pants (Gray), Guardian's Right Arm Armor (White)]

Lin Bo looked at the 80% drop in his Disaster Coin and Experience earnings and shook his head helplessly. The level penalty had come so quickly; the good times were over.

(End of this chapter)