Chapter 115: Evolution Plan

Chapter 115: Evolution Plan

Lu Wu had already devised a strategic evolution path for the Mini Skeleton, along with a tactical approach.

He planned to employ a layered cake strategy with the Mini Skeleton.

During regular battles, the Mini Skeleton would use common Undead spells, but at critical moments, it would unleash the powerful Thunderbolt Spell to shock its opponents.

Lu Wu aimed to mold the Mini Skeleton into a standard spellcasting skeleton, creating the illusion that it was a formidable melee fighter.

When the enemy engages in close combat, the Mini Skeleton would strike with its electric bat, delivering a shocking surprise to its opponents.

And if the bat wasn't enough, there's always the Charge skill to fall back on. Just grab a smartphone and smash it!

With a single smartphone strike, the Mini Skeleton would unleash its full power.

Opponents would assume the Mini Skeleton's tactics were limited to two layers, but in reality, it had four!

If this strategy were to succeed, it would undoubtedly leave all opponents questioning their abilities.

Lu Wu was thrilled with this tactical idea, and he couldn't wait to see how others would react.

However, the layered cake strategy was still a distant dream. Currently, his Mini Skeleton hadn't even evolved yet, so Lu Wu needed to come up with an evolution plan.

After the Mini Skeleton's quality upgrade, Lu Wu, along with Li Kai and Wang Dashan, set out to create the evolution plan.

Regarding the evolution of the Mini Skeleton into a mage, Lu Wu drew inspiration from cases where individuals evolved into mages through serendipitous circumstances.

Based on his research over the past half a month, Lu Wu had a certain amount of mana and show interest in mage skills.

Secondly, the Mini Skeleton's evolution was influenced by its environment, and certain materials and a stimulating ritual were required.

Lu Wu had to take care of the first two conditions himself.

He had already made significant progress in this regard.

For mage skills, after the Mini Skeleton's quality upgrade, Lu Wu spent 10 Intranet points to purchase a training program for the basic Necromancy Spell Skill, Bone Fang.

He bought it for himself, even though he had a discount coupon, but he didn't use it, thinking it would be a waste to spend 10 points on it.

After obtaining the training program, Lu Wu quickly grasped it within half an hour and then began teaching it to the Mini Skeleton.

Lu Wu assumed that the Mini Skeleton would take a while to learn mage skills, but surprisingly, it picked up the skill quickly. The Mini Skeleton seemed to enjoy the sudden shift from melee to ranged combat.

It preferred the 'dang dang dang' sound of the electric bat when striking Tuan Tuan.

Lu Wu was prepared for this.

He gathered a large collection of mage-themed anime and TV shows for the Mini Skeleton to watch.

The Mini Skeleton was still a child and didn't have specific preferences. Even if it didn't like something, showing it some anime would quickly change its mind.

Lu Wu's method proved effective, and soon the Mini Skeleton fell in love with the cool mage profession.

However, as it watched more violent and flashy mage-themed shows, the Mini Skeleton started to exhibit some middle schooler tendencies.

Once, it even asked Lu Wu why people in TV shows had background music during fights, but there was none when it fought. It even asked Lu Wu if he could sing for it during its battles.

Lu Wu was baffled by this request.

This little guy hadn't even evolved yet, and it already wanted him to provide background music?

What would happen if it evolved? Would it become even more of a middle schooler?

Despite its middle schooler tendencies, the Mini Skeleton's progress in learning Bone Fang was impressive. In just one day, it mastered the skill, and within three days, it raised its proficiency to the Skilled level.

This progress was much faster than when it learned melee skills.

If Lu Wu hadn't been busy lately, he might have considered teaching the Mini Skeleton another new skill.

However, Lu Wu's busy period was coming to an end.

In truth, Lu Wu's mind was entirely focused on the Mini Skeleton's evolution. His recent busyness was also related to its evolution.

He had organized the third condition for the Mini Skeleton's advancement: environment, materials, and a ritual.

For this condition, Lu Wu, along with Li Kai and Wang Dashan, spent three days working on it, and after three full days, they finally had some results.

And today was the day to test their efforts.

...

Inside Li Kai's workshop, 13 Mini Skeleton heads arranged in a circle at the center.

In the middle of the circle was a complex pattern drawn with fresh blood, and at its center, a black flame flickered.

The setup looked eerie, with a hint of sinister aura.

This was Lu Wu's creation for the Mini Skeleton's evolution, and despite its modest size, it wasn't cheap. The most expensive part was the black flame in the center, which cost Lu Wu 500 Intranet points, leaving him feeling quite regretful.

"I hope it succeeds; otherwise, these 500 points will be wasted.

If these 500 points go to waste, I'll make soup out of this Mini Skeleton!" Lu Wu said sternly, then turned to the Mini Skeleton curiously observing the circle and ordered, "Go, head towards the center of the circle, but don't touch the flame!"

That black flame was the evolution trigger, and once touched, Lu Wu's plan would be set in motion. Whether it succeeded or not, the flame would be rendered useless.

With 500 points at stake and no guarantee of success, Lu Wu couldn't afford to let the Mini Skeleton touch it.

To ensure it didn't act impulsively, Lu Wu had to threaten it severely.

"If you touch it, you'll never play with your phone again!"

Upon hearing this, the Mini Skeleton immediately hid its bony hands behind its back, its skull nodding vigorously, then shaking vigorously, to assure Lu Wu that it wouldn't touch the black flame.

"Go!"

Once Lu Wu was certain the Mini Skeleton understood, he let it proceed.

As the Mini Skeleton cautiously approached the circle, both Lu Wu and Li Kai's faces showed a mix of anticipation and tension.

Wang Dashan nudged Li Kai and whispered, "Do you think Little Lu Teacher will succeed?"

Was his idea correct?"

As a loyal fan of Lu Wu, Li Kai firmly nodded: "Definitely! It will work!"

"Yep, I think it will work too!"

This simpleton was just making conversation. When two Lu Wu fans get together, who would say that Lu Wu can't do it? If anyone said that, they would be furious!

The two of them squatted to the side, watching with great anticipation. Although they knew this was just an experiment and not a real evolution attempt, they were still very excited to see Lu Wu in action.

But it seemed their anticipation was in vain.

When the Mini Skeleton entered the circle, nothing special happened.

Lu Wu didn't ask the Mini Skeleton to do anything; he just had it walk around the circle once and then come out.

This left Li Kai and the others a bit confused.

At this moment, Lu Wu, after patting the returned Mini Skeleton and pausing slightly, waved them over: "Uncle Li, Uncle Wang, come and give me a hand."

The two exchanged glances and approached.

"Little Teacher Lu, is it that our preparations weren't thorough enough? Do we need to add something more?"

They thought this was the most reasonable explanation. After all, they couldn't see any different reaction from the Mini Skeleton.

Given the situation, either the preparations were inadequate, or it was a failure. But in the hearts of the two Lu Wu fans, Lu Wu wouldn't fail, so they assumed it was the former.

"It's not that. There's no need to prepare anything else. Just deal with this."

While saying this, Lu Wu carefully stored away the black flame and returned to his workbench to continue his research.

This left Li Kai and Wang Dashan thoroughly puzzled.

What's going on? Did Little Teacher Lu's experiment really fail?

It looks like it did! Li Kai and Wang Dashan exchanged glances, first feeling a bit disappointed, but soon admiration and deep respect shone in their eyes.

"Little Teacher Lu truly lives up to his name. He can tell an experiment has failed with just one glance and accepts it with composure. Who else has such grace besides Little Teacher Lu?"

Li Kai marveled, and Wang Dashan nodded in agreement.

Well, how can one put it? Who said middle-aged people don't chase stars or fan out?

Once they start, the young ones don't stand a chance.

Meanwhile, Lu Wu's attention was on the Mini Skeleton, or rather, its attributes.

In fact, his experiment didn't fail.

After the Mini Skeleton walked around the circle, a new evolution plan appeared in its attributes.

...

Evolution Plan: Skeleton Mage (Optimizable)



Evolution Conditions: Master one Necromancy Spell Skill, One Low-Level Necromancy Flame

Evolution Process: In a place with abundant Necromancy Energy, use 13 Skeleton Heads as a medium, with pig blood as an incense, construct a Basic Necromancy Ritual. Activating evolution by touching and absorbing the Necromancy Flame in the ritual.

Evolution Effect: With a 70% chance, the Skeleton can complete evolution and randomly obtain one talent.

...

It wasn't easy. Lu Wu had studied for half a month, experimented for three days, and spent hundreds of points to finally come up with this plan.

However, even though the plan was created, Lu Wu didn't intend to let the Mini Skeleton evolve right away.

After all, this was just the most basic plan, and it could still be optimized and refined.

With the knowledge Lu Wu currently had, he could at least optimize this plan to version 1.0 or even 2.0.

Since this was the Mini Skeleton's first evolution, Lu Wu wanted to give it the best.

Moreover, the Mini Skeleton's cheat wasn't even set up yet, and that couldn't be allowed. Lu Wu had to make good use of it.

Since the cheat was already in place, he needed to use it well.

For the next phase of research, Lu Wu didn't need to conduct further experiments. Now he could use his own cheat.

What he needed to do was to use this plan as a foundation, fill in the relevant knowledge, and further optimize the plan.

This meant that Lu Wu needed to go into seclusion to focus on research.

Additionally, Li Kai's related research work could be paused.

Indeed, Lu Wu informed Li Kai and the others about this immediately.

The two Lu Wu fans had just been thoroughly brainwashed. When they heard Lu Wu say he was stopping the related research, they were both stunned.

What's going on?

Could it be that Little Teacher Lu is giving up because of one failure?

How can they, as Lu Wu fans, justify this and continue to praise him?

They quickly tried to persuade Lu Wu not to give up, saying that one failure was nothing and that they believed in his talent and ability to succeed.

This left Lu Wu quite embarrassed.

He could only explain: "Well, my experiment didn't fail. It was a success."

"What?"

The two Lu Wu fans were so stunned that they began to doubt whether Little Teacher Lu was pulling their leg.

Lu Wu had no choice but to take out the initial version of the completed plan and explain it to them.

This explanation took Lu Wu over half an hour.

After explaining, Lu Wu himself gained a deeper understanding of the plan and discovered some blind spots he hadn't noticed before, finding it very rewarding.

The two Lu Wu fans, however, were still a bit confused.

After all, the intelligence gap was significant. Even with Lu Wu's full explanation, they found it hard to fully understand.

For them, whether they fully understood it or not wasn't important. What mattered was that they heard from Lu Wu's explanation, which sounded very impressive, that his experiment seemed to be a real success.

This made the two Lu Wu fans very comfortable.

They had said it all along—Little Teacher Lu is a remarkable person. How could he give up halfway? It was their own lack of insight and underestimation of Little Teacher Lu.

Indeed, Little Teacher Lu is still the strongest.

...

Yes, my word count has increased again!

The next chapter will be at midnight.

This chapter counts as an extra update for "Missed in This Life."

So, can this chapter, plus the extra words, count as two extra updates?

Now I only owe 20 chapters?

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