[{"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-2":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},2356612,4610,"Chapter 2: Insane, Self-Realized","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-2",2,"\u003Cp>Second-floor bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo was completely unaware of his parents’ grand plan downstairs to “practice their alt accounts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He locked the door behind him, threw himself hard onto the soft bed, and immediately opened his career panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the panel, the icon for 【Fireball Spell】 remained gray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s been half an hour already—still not back?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A series of messages popped up on the panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Your skill “Fireball Spell” has traveled a long distance and arrived at the southern suburbs of Jianghai City—“Green Meadow” (Lv.1–Lv.3).】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Encountered enemy! Ahead, a “Sharp-Toothed Rabbit” (Lv.1) is grazing.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【“Fireball Spell” mocked the Sharp-Toothed Rabbit: Is that all? Is this even considered a monster? Are you here to make a joke?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【“Fireball Spell” struck in anger, hitting the rabbit’s front teeth with perfect accuracy!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Kill successful! Experience +5, skill proficiency +1.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【“Fireball Spell” felt deeply dissatisfied! It considered the experience points from this low-level monster an insult to its noble status!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【It is accelerating its search for stronger opponents! It roars: I want to fight ten at once!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at these battle logs on the panel, Lin Mo fell into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First and foremost, the most critical point: the experience points had genuinely returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that although 【Fireball Spell】 seemed to have run away, it still belonged within his own skill system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Which means…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo rubbed his chin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Has my golden finger finally arrived?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After eighteen years, I’ve waited eighteen years—and my golden finger finally arrived?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skill personification!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo was lazy, but he wasn’t stupid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a veteran bookworm from his past life, he instantly realized just how terrifying the value of this golden finger was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, fully automatic training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others had to risk their lives venturing into the wild to fight monsters hand-to-hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though this world was highly gamified, life only came once—die, and you were dead, no resurrection coins here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what about him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting at home, experience rained from the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as his skill was ambitious, even if he lay in bed sleeping, his level and skill proficiency would skyrocket!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, and most insane of all—absolute micro-management!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even at the same level, mages could differ wildly in actual combat power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In intense battles, predicting movement and controlling skill trajectories required exceptional combat talent and real-world experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skill had its own mind!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It aimed itself, predicted movements, and might even understand how to kill monsters better than Lin Mo himself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This isn’t just a golden finger—it’s a fully automated AFK cheat…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo leaned back comfortably, propping his pillow higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not bad, not bad. Though it has a terrible temper, I’ll forgive its sudden disappearance for how hard it’s working.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also, releasing skills in this world consumes mental energy—but Little Fireball is leveling up outside without draining any?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this another benefit of personification?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ding! Your skill “Fireball Spell” has been surrounded by a “Grassland Gray Wolf Pack” (Lv.1)!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Quantity: 15!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? Fifteen Lv.1 monsters?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo’s heart skipped a beat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were beginner monsters, yes—but still dangerously numerous for a Lv.1 practitioner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, don’t be stupid! If you can’t win, run!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo blurted out instinctively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he didn’t even know if a skill could die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the next system message left Lin Mo stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with the encirclement, “Little Fireball” didn’t fear—it felt ecstatic!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【It thought single-target strikes were a waste of time, severely slowing its leveling efficiency!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【In fury, it began to think, to simulate, to attempt reorganizing fire element arrangements!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【“Little Fireball” exploded! It unlocked the secret of fire element fission!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Congratulations! Due to your skill’s extraordinary insight, it independently evolved and advanced into a new skill—Multiple Exploding Fireballs (Lv.1)!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Multiple Exploding Fireballs: Instantly splits into 10–15 fireballs for area bombardment, triggering secondary explosions upon impact! Cooldown: 15 seconds】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Boom—!!!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Killed 15 Grassland Gray Wolves! Experience +75! Skill proficiency greatly increased!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【“Little Fireball” looked at the pile of wolf corpses and spat a lazy smoke ring: Pathetic trash, thinking you can block my evolution?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What the hell?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo shot upright from the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right there in his skill bar, a new skill now appeared: Multiple Exploding Fireballs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this even possible?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo was a poor student, but he still knew basic career knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this world, learning skills wasn’t simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skills were divided into six tiers: 【Basic】, 【Low】, 【Mid】, 【High】, 【Legendary】, 【Forbidden Spell】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Basic skills like 【Fireball】 or 【Water Arrow】 could be learned by any mage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from 【Low】 tier onward, it wasn’t so easy—you couldn’t just read a skill book and master it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Multiple Exploding Fireballs】 was only a Low-tier skill, yet it involved “element splitting” and “secondary detonation” techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a Fire Specialist couldn’t master it on the first try.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone someone like him—a blank-slate mage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Less than half a day after transmutation, he hadn’t even seen a monster, hadn’t touched a skill book—and the skill had just unlocked itself because it was bored of killing too slowly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unheard of…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo stared blankly at the newly appeared skill icon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mind-blowing… ridiculously mind-blowing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this the world of the ultimate grind?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Others train their skills—I’m being trained by my skills.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo shook his head slightly, thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this trend continued…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he reached Lv.10 and could learn a second Basic skill, if he learned 【Water Arrow】, would it also get bored of its weak power and evolve into 【Tidal Wave】 on its own?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he learned 【Earth Shield】, would it think it wasn’t sturdy enough and evolve into 【Absolute Defense】?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If every skill in every element did this…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then this so-called “blank-slate mage” might become a full-element Forbidden Spell god?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoa—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo sucked in a sharp breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the path to godhood while lying down!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If this keeps up, will I, this blank-slate mage, shock everyone at the career exam in three days?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo couldn’t help but feel excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he was lazy, if he could get a great result without lifting a finger and earn his parents some face, why not?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Ding! “Fireball Spell” finds the monsters in Green Meadow too weak—it is heading to the higher-level zone “Darkwood Forest” (Lv.3–Lv.5).】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Message: Go sleep, don’t freak out and interfere with my operation!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this arrogant message, Lin Mo finally relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the skill was working this hard, how could he hold it back?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a time like this, the greatest support was not getting in the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To support my skill’s leveling mission, I’ve decided—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Mo yawned, adjusted into the most comfortable position:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sleep!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Big world, big sky—sleeping is the biggest thing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey you... Xiao Huo, work hard. If you haven’t reached Level 3 by morning, I’ll tease you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two minutes later, even breathing filled the luxurious bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>",1124,"2026-06-21T04:41:49.398Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","92db199c6850d22402243f1b0f64788b16ca159a5eb660cb124348f63f8b33fd","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-3","just-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--chapter-1",374,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fjust-became-a-mage-and-my-skills-got-self-aware--cover.jpg"]