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

"I am still very confident in my assessment!"

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

A few minutes later, Ramy came over carrying a one-handed sword, looking surprised and saying:

"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! Detection failed!]

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

Lynn raised an eyebrow.

Even a failed assessment has resulted in an upgrade? Failure now grants 15 experience points?

High-end goods!!

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

[? ? ? ]

[The Black Knife is a weapon crafted from ebony ore that has undergone special forging; it is commonly used in elite-level weapon crafting.]

'So, does forensic science identify 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 of hiding a higher-level item among a pile of items of the same level, waiting for someone to find it."

"She said it's called 'a surprise for smart people'."

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

Upon hearing this, Lynn suddenly fell silent.

What I told Ramie when she was little: the surprises of smart people?

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 the families?"

This thing is probably a custom-made item, a free gift with a pre-selected item, right?

"Huh?" Ramie was stunned upon hearing this.

Chapter 39 We haven't even gone into the dungeon yet!

When Ramie realized that this was a candy reward that Sia was giving to 'little kids', she suddenly couldn't laugh anymore.

Ramy couldn't laugh, but Lynn did:

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

Ramie immediately lost her composure, clenching her fists in anger and embarrassment, and threatened him furiously:

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

Hearing the threat uttered in a slightly childish voice, Lynn quickly raised one hand, seemingly in surrender, 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 the book 'Secret Room' to Lynn, then looked at him curiously and said:

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

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

"And isn't this the perfect place for this secret room 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 while flipping through the pages at high speed.

However, compared to memory, Lynn was more surprised by the speed at which her erudite mind 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:

"Rami, 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 from Lynn's hands.

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

Upon seeing this, Ramie asked hesitantly:

Are you taking shorthand notes?

At that speed of browsing, unless you have a superhuman memory, it's impossible to remember anything, right?

"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 so quickly, memorized so much that by the end, the text was somewhat unfamiliar to him.

The written records of Mona are all pictographic, but not in the simplified form; rather, they are structured in a manner similar to traditional Chinese characters.

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

Therefore, although he recognizes the characters here, he mostly guesses at them and finds them quite unfamiliar. Now, with the addition of fast-flipping, they are even more unfamiliar.

But as unfamiliar as it was, Lynn was basically certain when he saw that the Learned Brain's level had increased to Lv6 after reading two books.

'Can I quickly regain my level by learning new skills after downgrading?'

Lynn vaguely guessed at the mechanism of the skill system.

If his conjecture is correct... then it seems that he could cultivate a 'health pack' type of skill, and by repeatedly upgrading this 'health 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:

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

Upon seeing this, Ramie 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, 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 wondered if his forensic technique had failed and was backfiring.

And in the very next second...

[Authentication successful!]

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

In a daze, his appraisal skill level increased by 5 levels, and at the same time, a message appeared in Lynn's mind.

【Yan Ji】

[Elite Rank]

[Engraved with the fire-type stigma 'Burning', it amplifies the power of fire skills by 100% against adventurers below hero level, and by 50% against adventurers of hero level and above.]

[Manufacturer: Sia N. Mona]

"careful!"

At that moment, Ramie noticed that Lynn was swaying and staggering with his sword in hand, 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 plump legs, Lynn shifted her head groggily and said, feeling slightly uncomfortable:

"Damn it, it seems I overused the forensic techniques 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 skill of appraisal, if it fails, will excessively deplete your mental energy?"

"...I thought the energy expenditure was quite low, so I gave it a try." Lynn said, rubbing his temples and looking like he had a headache.

Ramy was now helpless.

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

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

"The highest priority is knowledge. If the item is known, the consumption is low. Next is the complexity of the item, which generally depends on its 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. No wonder you suddenly became listless."

Upon hearing this, Lynn awkwardly replied:

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

After all, according to Lynn's understanding, identifying failures can also increase experience, which is why he was so confident.

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

"That..."

Ramie, upon hearing this, hesitated before speaking and said:

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

"Because that represents knowledge beyond its own scope, the brain directly rejects complex thinking, which leads to the fact that, in terms of consumption, identification failure only incurs the most basic consumption needs."

"The amount 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, we encountered the highest resource consumption? That's incredibly unlucky...

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

"Even after all this, you can still laugh?"

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