Attempt

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Author: Dali Bao

Translator: MythicWeaver

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Old Liu explained to Su Hao in detail the process of inscribing beast runes: how to adjust the structure, solidify the structure, confirm if the structure aligns with oneself, and so on.

Before leaving, Old Liu added, "By the way, our academy will have an annual competition for the first, second, and third-year students in a month. You don't need to participate; it would just be bullying the others if you did. So, just stay here and focus on inscribing the beast runes."

Su Hao didn't mind; it gave him time to do his own things, so he nodded in agreement.

Unexpectedly, Old Liu added, "The first place in the competition will receive a powerful combat technique, which is not essential for you."

Su Hao laughed, "But who would complain about having too many skills?"

Old Liu said, "If you want to learn it, I'll teach you once you successfully advance to the rank of grandmaster."

"Thank you, Teacher Liu!"

Su Hao realized Old Liu genuinely cared for him. No one else seemed to receive such treatment. This kindness could only be kept in his heart.

Su Hao knew Old Liu didn't expect anything in return. Old Liu just thought he had great potential and taught him with care, hoping he would grow to become a strong person who could support the human race. Perhaps this was the belief of a teacher—to pass on knowledge with reverence!

Su Hao increasingly felt that every piece of knowledge he learned was incredibly valuable. He thought, as long as he lived well, one day he would present a great gift to the human race of this world.

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After Old Liu left, Su Hao found a quiet place on the third floor and opened the beast rune - Perception.

The scroll depicted a complex and exquisite circular pattern, resembling clusters of electrical signal waves, twisted and intertwined. The twisted and intersecting lines exuded an indescribable beauty.

Perhaps this was the beauty of nature, the beauty of life.

The moment Su Hao saw the pattern, a question immediately arose in his mind. To inscribe such a complex pattern into one's body, would a year be enough?

Anyone who could accomplish this in a year was indeed a genius. The Human Sovereign, who originally created this method, must have been extraordinarily brilliant.

Taking a deep breath, Su Hao murmured, "Not only do I have to inscribe it, but I also have to modify and coordinate the structure to fit my nature. This difficulty, even with two years, might not be enough. But... who says I don't have Little Light? With Little Light's help, it should be faster, right?"

Upon seeing the beast rune, Su Hao immediately recorded the pattern into the "Light of the Universe" and created a new knowledge entry named "Rune"!

These beast runes could be classified under runes, as a branch of them. As more runes are collected in the future, they can be researched further.

Su Hao's consciousness entered the Marble Space, looking at the complex rune materialized in midair, pondering how to analyze and adjust it.

With Little Light's help, the process of recording memory became very simple, just needing to set up the program and follow Little Light's prompts.

The problem now was that inscribing the rune exactly as it was wouldn't work; it wouldn't fit his body and would lead to failure. According to Old Liu, one should rely on instinct to slowly adjust the structure until it succeeded.

"Instinct?"

Su Hao's mouth twitched. If instinct were reliable, he would have become rich from buying lottery tickets years ago. He believed that the most unreliable thing about a person was "instinct." If someone started a conversation with "I feel...", it was probably wrong.

This was a lesson Su Hao had learned from bitter experience.

Since "instinct" was unreliable, he had to rely on "science."

But due to the lack of comparative material, Su Hao didn't know where to start.

"Just try it first; as long as you take action, you can slowly figure it out," Su Hao waved his hand, and the environment in the Marble Space instantly transformed into a scientific laboratory, with a large experiment table in the middle.

"Little Light, collect real-time body data and materialize a 3D projection of the body."

"Little Light received."

Upon these words, a naked figure instantly appeared above the experiment table, suspended in mid-air. It was a projection of Su Hao's body, detailed to the finest degree.

Not only the flesh but also the blood energy inside was materialized.

Su Hao continued to give commands: "Adjust transparency to 50%."

The body on the experiment table became semi-transparent, with the internal organs faintly visible. Every heartbeat, blood flow, and intestinal movement could be observed directly.

"Adjust the size of the 'Perception' rune and attempt to inscribe it."

The beast rune, floating to the side, adjusted its size and moved into the semi-transparent body, finally inscribing itself on the inside of the chest cavity and spine.

"Magnify by two times!"

The inscribed rune was magnified, and Su Hao closely observed the changes in the rune and the body.

He continued to command, "Automatically simulate body operation changes."

After a moment, Little Light's voice sounded, "Simulation failed. Reason for failure: insufficient corresponding data."

Su Hao sighed.

As expected, without reference data, it wouldn't work. It seemed he needed to try inscribing multiple times personally. After collecting enough data, he could conduct comparative analysis and automatic simulation.

Su Hao immediately issued a new command: "Create a task to inscribe the 'Perception' rune."

"Task created successfully."

With adjustments completed, Su Hao exited the Marble Space, sat cross-legged on the ground, and quickly entered a meditative state.

At this moment, in his perception, his own body overlapped with the body materialized by Little Light, and a light spot appeared on the inside of his spine. This was Little Light's prompt to start drawing.

Su Hao immediately mobilized his elite blood energy to the light spot. The light spot began to move, extending forward like navigation, and Su Hao's blood energy followed closely.

Following the light spot's prompts, Su Hao carefully controlled his blood energy, slowly drawing the pattern. As he became more proficient, his speed increased, and soon the pattern was basically complete.

It only took ten minutes in total for the first rune inscription to succeed.

Maintaining the shape with blood energy and ensuring it wouldn't easily dissipate, Su Hao opened his eyes, revealing a smile, "With Little Light's help, this process indeed became much simpler. After a few more tries, I might be able to successfully inscribe it soon."

Su Hao re-entered the Marble Space, using the 3D materialization of his current body state, and adjusted the transparency to 50%. He observed carefully.

Soon, he discovered the areas that were not coordinated.

At this moment, the blood energy rune within his body seemed to be repelled by his body's spontaneous rejection, with slight tremors everywhere, and some places even showing signs of slow disintegration.

Su Hao was not in a hurry; he continued to observe the dynamics of the blood energy rune.

"Not all positions are uncoordinated! Out of 89 node positions, 86 are uncoordinated, but three positions are very stable."

A gleam flashed in Su Hao's eyes.

He quickly recorded these two phenomena and added them to the database.

Then, he exited the Marble Space and actively dissolved the blood energy rune, returning to his normal state.

"Let's try again!"

Su Hao entered a meditative state again. After slightly adjusting the rune, he began inscribing it a second time, rotating it to a new angle without affecting the three stable positions.