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Qin Fang's current skills were mostly self-taught, some were rewards from completing the mission system, and others he acquired from slaying monsters...
These skills included ordinary skills, rare skills, but special skills had only one source—the level-up rewards.
Although the skills rewarded upon leveling up might not always be very good, without a doubt, Qin Fang valued the skill books given by the system the most, as they mostly did not disappoint him.
Upon reaching Level 1, he received a scouting skill, which benefitted him greatly from the start and continued to be one of the most frequently used and important skills, even now.
Upon reaching Level 2, he was awarded the Body Strengthening Technique, which was a very nice rare skill that helped him increase his life points faster. Although he had just stepped into intermediate Body Strengthening Technique, it had already added 14 life points for him. If he could make it to advanced, it would add a full 30 life points... For every 10% increase in proficiency at the intermediate level, 2 life points were added.
Level 3 was the most frustrating for Qin Fang because the skill book given by the system turned out to be the riding skill he had already mastered. In the end, he could only use it to improve its proficiency slightly, which wasn't very effective and even made Qin Fang somewhat depressed for a while.
However, Qin Fang quickly reached Level 4, and this time he was gifted a very rare and special skill—Metamorphosis.
He didn't use this skill very often because it allowed one to change a person's appearance and features. When dealing with his women or friends, he couldn't exactly use someone else's appearance.
Yet, the power of this skill also made Qin Fang very happy. He was tasked with the ultimate mission of the King of Assassins; the people he had killed before were done by taking advantage of the properties of Metamorphosis, transforming himself into the target's relatives, friends, or companions...
In essence, it was versatile and unpredictable, perhaps impenetrable even by a fly within the enemy's inner circle, but they would hardly guard against an attack from their closest and most trusted ones.
Moreover, it was the best method for setting someone up, although Qin Fang had not used it against anyone... But who knows when it might come in handy one day.
Four level-ups, four skill books awarded. Three good and one bad, this rate was quite favorable. Therefore, after Qin Fang reached Level 5, he could temporarily set aside the other rewards and simply glance over them, but the skill book was the one he looked forward to the most.
With a slight intention, the skill book, glowing with a faint yellow halo, appeared out of thin air in Qin Fang's hand, still in a chaotic, unidentified state, with no one knowing what kind of skill book it was.
Taking a deep breath, Qin Fang finally used his scouting skill to identify the skill book, watching as the faint yellow glow slowly dissipated, revealing the true form of the skill book.
Duplication!
These were the only two words on the pages.
But the moment these two words appeared, Qin Fang couldn't help but feel a tremor of excitement in his heart, knowing that such a skill was bound to be awesome just from its name.
When Qin Fang was bored, he occasionally visited Qidian Chinese to read novels. He had seen some novels about superpowers and, although sometimes he scoffed at them, they were quite good for passing the time.
Duplication as a superpower was not unheard of. Every story where the protagonist acquired this ability turned awe-inspiring: out of money—it was just a swipe away; out of women—another swipe brought a pile...
But of course, Qin Fang didn't think the Duplication Skill he acquired would be so amazing. He had to admit that many of his skills were pretty overpowered, but almost all of them showed their formidable strength after slowly increasing proficiency. At beginner level, they were at most slightly stronger than an average person.
Not dwelling too much on irrelevant matters, Qin Fang immediately slapped the skill book, and it turned into a ray of yellow light that disappeared into his body. He then opened his skill panel to start understanding the usage of the Duplication Skill.
"As expected..."
After a brief look at the skill description, Qin Fang's mindset was indeed one of vindication.
The Duplication Skill wasn't about creating something out of nothing; it required specific materials and methods, and of course, there was a necessary cost.
For Qin Fang, materials were a secondary concern, but what surprised him the most about the necessary and most significant cost for duplication was—Justice Points.
This skill seemed to have a lot in common with the Stealing Skill, which he rarely used. Stealing dealt a blow to one's character, and this duplication damaged his character just the same...
Qin Fang's current Justice Points were not very high. He had helped some people and gained sparse Justice Points. Because of the Ring of Justice he possessed, even if his Justice Points turned negative, meaning his Evil Points were high, he would still be regarded as belonging to the Neutral Camp.
But this Duplication Skill has a slight difference from the Stealing Skill, which is that the Stealing Skill can be used even when Justice Points are negative... However, the Duplication Skill can only be used when Justice Points are positive, and every use of it reduces Justice Points by 5.
Although the Proficiency of the Duplication Skill only needs 100 uses to be achieved, it would cost Qin Fang a loss of 500 Justice Points. Calculating at a rate of gaining 10 Justice Points for saving a person, Qin Fang would need to save at least 50 people to reach that level.
Chicken ribs?
Of course, it's not that bad.
Despite the high requirements of this skill, its effect is indeed quite formidable, while not as mystical as legend would have it, it's still pretty good.
In theory, the Duplication Skill can copy any object, provided that identical materials are available, of course...
For example, to copy currency, one first needs the same paper, ink, security threads, and so on, and then by consuming 5 Life Points, one can duplicate an identical banknote.
Indeed, it's identical, without a single difference; even the most advanced currency detectors can't find any flaws, and the verification result would surely be that of a genuine bill...
Of course, there's a precondition, which is that all necessary materials for duplication must be fully prepared!
Fortunately, before the duplication, the system will prompt what materials are needed; as long as these are gathered, there won't be any problems...
There are naturally still limitations, determined by the skill's Proficiency. Currently, the Duplication Skill is at Beginner Level with 0% Proficiency—basically, there are only a few things that can be duplicated since the weight of the duplicable object is restricted between 0 to 10 grams.
The weight of a new 100 RMB banknote is approximately 1.15 grams; although Qin Fang can duplicate multiple notes at once, he can only do eight or nine at most, amounting to just eight or nine hundred RMB. Even if exchanged for Euro, the total would just be about ten thousand RMB.
However, compared to the deduction of 5 Justice Points each time, Qin Fang definitely wouldn't be willing to waste Justice Points like this! He can earn money slowly, but Justice Points are much harder to accumulate.
Of course, with the improvement of Proficiency, the weight of the duplicable object will correspondingly increase... basically, for every 20% increase in Proficiency, the weight limit for the duplicable object increases by 20 grams, with each 20% Proficiency achieving a growth.
That is to say, when Qin Fang upgrades the Duplication Skill from Beginner to Intermediate Level, the weight of the object he can duplicate would only rise to 110 grams, which doesn't seem like much in terms of weight range.
And there's another very important point, which is that the duplicated items do not exist indefinitely; objects duplicated with the Beginner Duplication Skill have a minimum retention time of 1 hour and a maximum of 10 hours, also determined by every 10% in Proficiency.
If it exceeds this time range, the duplicated item will automatically disappear...
After carefully reading through all the details of this skill, Qin Fang's face revealed a somewhat strange smile, because the skill was indeed amazing, but it was also incredibly tricky...
Not only was it a pitfall for himself, but it was also a big weapon for tricking others!
As for how exactly to use this skill to trick people, Qin Fang currently had no use for it, as the Proficiency was too low, and he could barely duplicate anything...
But wanting to quickly improve the Proficiency of this skill was not possible either, because Qin Fang's Justice Points were too low. If it weren't for the Ring of Justice Qin Fang wore on his hand, his title "Man of Justice" would have been automatically revoked long ago since his Justice Points were already negative, and quite significantly so...
There was no helping it; Qin Fang did have quite a few lives on his hands!
Those who died by Qin Fang's hand, although one could argue they deserved it, being either full of evil deeds or plotting to kill Qin Fang, it included some who were from the Neutral Camp, such as Lei Peng and his uncle Shangguan Tianling... Killing these two immediately attributed 200 Evil Points onto Qin Fang.
It not only instantly wiped out the Justice Points he had earned from eliminating harm for the people but also burdened him with a significant debt...
At the same time, Qin Fang also lacked Justice Points to enhance the Duplication Skill!
Reluctantly, the time when this skill could be of use also had to be postponed...
"Seems like I should do something after I get back to Ninghai..."
Seeing such a good skill in hand but only able to salivate over it without any practical use, how could Qin Fang not be anxious?
Yet earning Justice Points is not an easy task at all; one must truly contribute to be recognized by the system, this is the only way to obtain Justice Points... It might even be impossible to earn them through the efforts of others. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation.)
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