If everyone becomes an adventurer, who will put in the effort themselves?

"How does it feel? Is it just hot?"

"No, I just feel like there are countless red-hot ants crawling on my hands."

Although Lynn remained calm, she was still somewhat annoyed.

This situation is clearly not right.

If he fails, he'll probably have to waste a few days and take an early weekend off.

Knowing that the cost is not high, Lynn is still in a good mood.

“There’s no reason for this.” Lina looked at Lynn with a puzzled expression, her brows furrowed. “Normal skill stone absorption should only cause it to get hot.”

"If we fail, it will be a simple failure."

"It feels like countless red-hot ants are crawling on my hands... Could it be such a coincidence that I encountered an accident?"

"Wait, didn't you say nothing would happen?" Lilia suddenly looked over, her face tense. "You didn't make a defective product, did you?"

Lina tapped her palms rapidly with her fan, seemingly a little irritated.

"The craftsmanship of the skill stone is absolutely flawless. Normally, the Red Dragon bloodline shouldn't react this way."

“Unless, your bloodline is not the Red Dragon bloodline, but that doesn’t make sense. I just checked your bloodline recently.”

Upon hearing this, Lynn couldn't help but glance at Lilia.

Lillia then realized something and turned to look at Lynn.

The two of them immediately thought of the time when they were still enemies, when Lilya acted as a trap to trick Lynn and gave him that dragon bloodline disguised as a skill stone.

Seeing this, Lynn disregarded everything else and calmly explained her situation:

"Due to some unexpected circumstances, I obtained another portion of the dragon blood of the Lumen Dragon."

Could that be the reason?

Lina was startled by his words and turned sharply to look at Lynn:

"You've absorbed two different dragon bloodlines? When did that happen?"

"Has the bloodline backlash appeared? Are there any unusual changes in your body?"

“Around noon,” Lynn said calmly, “the bloodline backlash appeared, but then subsided, and a special state appeared on my body that increased my agility attribute.”

When you are sick, honestly explain your symptoms to the doctor. Don't talk about irrelevant things, and don't worry about privacy.

This was something Lynn knew even before he time-traveled.

Although the current situation is different from being sick, the underlying logic is the same in Lynn's view.

"It absorbed the bloodlines of two dragon species, and after being attacked, it actively balanced itself and even gained bloodline characteristics?"

Lina's eyes grew brighter as she listened, and her gaze towards Lynn became even more intense.

“I understand. It seems the dosage of the Red Dragon bloodline isn’t keeping up with your bloodline… The Lumen Dragon? A rare dragon bloodline with the Light and Time attribute. It’s a bit hard to find, but it’s not a big problem. It’s just a matter of time and money.”

“So, what’s the situation now…” Lilia pointed to Lynn, who was still sitting on the commode.

"It's highly likely that it failed. I need to check the specific backlash because of the changes in his bloodline."

As Lina spoke, she glanced at Lynn. She could tell that Lynn was hiding something. After all, no matter how shrewd the Knightworth family was, they wouldn't give Lynn another set of materials that could obtain dragon blood.

"It's probably something they're keeping from someone close to them..." Lina glanced at Lilia, said nothing, and calmly stated:

"Next time, remember to explain the situation earlier."

"Honestly, what a waste of my precious medicine. Luckily, I have two spare sets of ingredients..."

"By the way, if the skill stone takes more than 20 seconds to absorb, stop absorbing it. If it doesn't get imprinted on the Holy Mark system, it means the skill has failed."

"We'll do it next time."

When Lina complained, Lynn chuckled.

He really didn't expect to encounter this situation... It seems that he has really messed things up for Lina this time.

After all, the cost of such special attribute skill stones is definitely not low.

Thinking of this, Lynn moved the skill stone away, which was no longer hot.

He also checked the Holy Mark system and found that no new skills had been recorded.

Although it's a pity, Lynn has chosen to give up.

until...

[Ding! Contact canceled. Cancel skill absorption?]

Lynn was stunned when he heard the notification from the skill level system.

"It seems there's still hope?"

Lynn muttered something and then stuck the skill stone on again.

[Contact continues, please maintain contact. Skill is being absorbed...]

"What hope is there?" Lina looked over in confusion. When she saw Lynn stick the skill stone back on, she frowned and said, "It's useless. The absorption of skill stones is either absorption or it won't work just because you stick it on for a long time."

"Wait a minute, I'll try," Lynn replied and continued to wait.

A few seconds later, the skill system notification sounded again.

[Ding! This skill is missing an attribute and cannot be adapted. Do you wish to consume 3 skill points to adapt it?]

Lynn's eyes lit up immediately upon seeing the message.

"It seems like there's hope?"

"What's hopeful?" Lina looked at her in astonishment. "What's the reason? What's the justification? What exactly is the situation? Give me some accurate data!"

However, Lynn ignored Lina's question and decisively began searching through his skill system.

Upon seeing the 0 skill points, his lips twitched slightly, and he then turned his attention to the skills that could be downgraded.

The Dragon of Knowledge Lv10 is the main force that cannot be moved. The same applies to the Luminous Dragon, Crimson Body, and Dragon Slayer Magic. Fireball Lv10 is the foundation of Dragon Slayer Magic. The remaining skills are Appraisal Lv3 and Reserve Food Lv5, both of which can be downgraded.

But even combined, those two only amount to 6 points, which is still 3 points short...

Realizing this, Lynn first reduced both skills to level one, gained two skill points, and then turned to Lina and said:

"Is there anything to eat here? Edible dungeon materials, or regular food, even fire would be fine!"

Because the appraisal skill was leveled up high enough, it was difficult to gain experience from ordinary materials just by looking at them. And Lynn, who had skill stones attached to his hands, couldn't conduct detailed research by touching them.

So Lynn immediately chose to gain experience in both skills by eating.

"You mean you lack physical energy?"

Lina listened to Lynn's request with some skepticism and went to prepare.

Although she couldn't understand what Lynn was thinking or what use these things were, even if she failed, at most she would just be tormented by Lynn; if she succeeded...

"If eating could make the experiment succeed, I'd eat all the food in the entire research institute."

Lina muttered something to herself and turned to look at Lilia:

"What are you standing there for? Come and help!!"

"Oh!" Lilia immediately chased after him upon hearing this.

Not long after, Lilia returned with a strange expression, carrying a pile of round, cookie-like 'iron' objects.

"Where's the food?" Lynn paused, his expression strange. "I can eat fire, but I can't eat iron?!"

At this moment, Lilia said with a subtle expression:

"This is high-quality human food made by Miss Lina."

"Yes, it was made on the spot. It seems she specifically practiced a skill for this."

High-quality food? Lynn looked at the iron blocks and remained silent for a moment.

"Feed me."

Lily hesitated for a moment before feeding the 'iron block' to Lynn.

quack quack!

Lynn chewed on the slightly bitter and terribly dry iron cake, swallowing it with difficulty, then turned to Lina, who had returned, and said:

"Is this the kind of food you usually eat?"

“Yes!” Lina nodded matter-of-factly. “One piece can sustain a person’s life for a whole day, and even meet their developmental needs. The entire eating process takes no more than a minute. Isn’t that the perfect food?”

Upon hearing this, Lynn glanced at the discus that Lilia had handed him, and then turned to look at Lina one last time:

Is there any point in living like this?

Lina was stumped by the question posed by the soul.

Just then, Lynn, who had just eaten the sixth piece, chewed it expressionlessly, and then reduced the amount of reserve food that had just been upgraded to Lv2.

After eating eighteen pieces of awful-tasting iron cake twice in a row, Lynn narrowed his eyes and invested the three newly acquired skill points into his skills.

[Skill 'Dragon's Mark' successfully learned, current level Lv1.]

In that instant,

Lina keenly noticed that above Lynn's forehead, a three-claw mark resembling the claw mark of a scaled animal was slowly and laboriously forming.

"You actually succeeded?"

Lina was stunned.

"Could it be that eating a lot really helps with the absorption of this kind of holy mark?"

Without a second thought, Lynn said, "Don't think about it, it's just my own special method."

"Is your condition special...?" Lina lowered her head and glanced at Lynn.

Finally, she calmly said:

“Hey little girl over there, hold him down for me, I need to get a blood sample.”

"Huh? Me?" Lilya pointed at herself, bewildered. "But..."

“There’s no ‘buts,’ it’s just blood collection. If he resists, I’ll… wait, dragons with heightened emotions will show signs of their blood boiling… No, we can’t use drastic methods.”

At this moment, Lina turned her head and glanced at the stunned Lilia:

"Here's what you do, you help him process it and get some usable blood samples."

Lilia exclaimed "Huh?" again, then froze, staring blankly at what was behind Lina.

Lynn suddenly fell silent at this moment.

"Why are you still spacing out?"

Lina was getting a little anxious. She had just completed the real-time data for the Stigmata Inscription, so why wasn't this stupid woman moving?

"Forget it, you're useless."

"I'll do it myself! I'll just treat it like eating a cucumber."

As soon as he finished speaking,

"Cough cough!"

Hearing the sound, Lina turned around abruptly and stared wide-eyed at the voluptuous woman with pink hair standing not far behind her.

When did you arrive?

Sia blinked, then said with a nervous look:

"Probably... when you said 'I can do it myself,' Lina-senpai?"

Upon hearing this, Lina, who had been very excited, instantly calmed down as if she had been doused with ice water.

"I....."

Just then, Lina felt a tap on the shoulder.

She turned her head and saw that Lynn had already unbuckled her belt.

At this moment, Lynn said with a serious expression:

"Senior, please don't pity me!"