[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware-":3,"chapter-just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-13":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Just Became a Mage, and My Skills Got Self-Aware? What the Hell?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2356623,4610,"Chapter 13","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-13",13,"\u003Cp>Xia Qingyue stood in place, staring at Lin Mo, unable to resist speaking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Master Lin… that skill just now—was it the beginner fire mage skill ‘Multiple Exploding Fireballs,’ right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo tossed the last pine nut into his mouth, brushed off the crumbs from his hands, and nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, that’s right.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This skill involves elemental splitting and secondary detonation techniques.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Qingyue’s gaze was complex; after a long pause, she took a deep breath and ventured tentatively:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Young Master Lin… may I ask boldly, how many skill books did you consume to learn this move?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Xia Qingyue’s view, a blank-element mage had no elemental affinity—learning advanced elemental skills was nearly impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even a fire-specialized mage could learn new skills without consuming a certain number of skill books to aid comprehension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this Young Master Lin must have devoured dozens, perhaps even hundreds?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this the depth of a noble family’s resources?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skill books were extremely expensive—even beginner-level ones cost at least six-digit Dragon Nation credits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Lin Mo could answer, Xia Qingyue added: “Young Master Lin, if you’d rather not answer, pretend I never asked—I…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Skill books?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo scratched his head, looking utterly confused. “That thing… I’ve never seen it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Qingyue froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never… seen it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You mean… you didn’t use any skill books at all?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo shrugged as if it were obvious. “It’s just splitting, then exploding again. Is that hard?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he spoke, his skill bar began violently trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【‘Fireball’ couldn’t take it anymore: Hard? Only hard for you! I spent last night struggling on the grassland to master this! What were you doing? Sleeping!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【‘Fireball’ sneered: Show-offs always get struck by lightning! Shameless! Stealing my hard work—doesn’t your conscience hurt?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo’s expression didn’t change; he silently replied in his mind:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shut up. Still want to eat tonight’s stir-fried Crimson Flame Dragon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【‘Fireball’ fell instantly silent.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Status updated: Enduring Humiliation (Damage +100%)】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the little fireball quiet down, Lin Mo felt a quiet satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, occasionally showing off felt pretty good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Qingyue opened her mouth to speak, but found she had nothing to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Self-taught mastery—even for magic users with S-rank elemental affinity—was an extraordinarily difficult feat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet this Young Master Lin, a blank-element mage, had mastered it on his second day of transmutation—no, judging by his release fluency, likely on his very first day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such talent—terrifying indeed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Absolutely talent! Undeniable top-tier talent!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Kai suddenly jumped up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face flushed, voice booming as he analyzed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Captain, think about it—if this were learned by brute-forcing skill books, even an S-rank fire mage would barely split three to five fireballs at first!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Kai pointed at the dense, charred marks on the ground. “But Young Master Lin just split fifteen! Fifteen!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What does this prove? It proves Young Master Lin has reached perfect mastery of this skill! No amount of skill books could produce this effect!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s a legendary, unprecedented, supreme magic prodigy! Compared to him, all those so-called S-rank affinities should go home and raise pigs!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Zhang Kai’s words, Xia Qingyue felt utterly humiliated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>S-rank affinity should raise pigs—what should she, an A-rank affinity, do? Play with mud?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing this analysis, Wang Meng and Liu Weiwei were stunned, staring at Lin Mo as if he were a walking deity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“… ”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo felt his scalp prickle from all the over-the-top flattery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, Zhang Kai was a decent lackey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cough… enough, enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo waved his hand awkwardly, cutting off Zhang Kai’s speech:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Keep it low-key. Keep it low-key.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not that impressive—just lucky. Let’s move. Finish faster, get back to sleep.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Qingyue snapped out of her shock, glancing at Lin Mo—her respect for him deepened further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only extraordinary talent, but also humble, low-key, just wanting to sleep…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was true master demeanor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone, follow Young Master Lin—keep advancing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Qingyue swiftly ordered, “Maintain formation! Since Young Master Lin is going all out, we push full speed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, on the rocky beach outside the dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Hongyu leaned against the car hood, half a dozen cigarette butts scattered at her feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those tiny crimson embers flickered uncertainly in the dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Half an hour…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Hongyu glanced at her wristwatch, frowning slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she had full confidence in Lin Mo’s masterful micro-management, this was a difficult-level dungeon—even an elite squad would barely clear the outer zones in half an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She inhaled deeply from her cigarette, preparing to exhale a smoke ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whirr—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vibration surged up from beneath the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, an oppressive, malevolent aura engulfed the entire rocky beach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Hongyu’s face changed drastically; she snapped her head up toward the spatial rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dungeon entrance, once glowing with mysterious purple light, now churned with thick, impenetrable blackness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a demon’s eye from hell slowly opening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… this is…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Hongyu’s pupils shrank sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, her usually calm, cold expression twisted with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Abyssal Corruption?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How is this possible…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an experienced soldier, Ye Hongyu knew exactly what this meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this world, dungeons were divided into two types.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One type was fixed, stable, and safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other was temporary dungeon space opened by “Random Dungeon Scrolls.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These temporary dungeons had an extremely low probability—vanishingly low—of being corrupted by extradimensional abyssal energy and mutating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How low was this probability?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One in a hundred thousand—or even lower!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jianghai City hadn’t seen a single case of “Dungeon Abyssal Corruption” in eight full years!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, the Young Master’s in trouble…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Hongyu’s fingers trembled; she crushed the cigarette out, spun around, pulled out her phone, and dialed Lin Tianhao’s number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the dungeon merely spawned stronger monsters, there might still be a chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the most terrifying part: in normal dungeons, one could shatter a carried “Return Scroll” to forcibly exit and save one’s life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why she dared let Lin Mo enter—he had multiple 【Return Scrolls】 in his possession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once a dungeon underwent Abyssal Corruption, the Return Scrolls became useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only way to survive was to slay the final boss and complete the dungeon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dial—dial—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only two rings—then the call connected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hello? Hongyu, did Mo’er clear it? That was fast…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Tianhao’s cheerful laugh came through the speaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Commander! Something’s happened!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Hongyu spoke rapidly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The dungeon where the Young Master is… has undergone Abyssal Corruption!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What did you say?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the other end of the phone came the sharp crack of a teacup shattering, followed by Lin Tianhao’s roar, “Wait there—I’m coming right now!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1093,"2026-06-21T04:41:49.398Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","bfdd1571167c8baee4a303402c9f380b7f35e1186e58f64de46b3b71fb102a58","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-14","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-12",374,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjust-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--cover.jpg"]