But he was certain that even if he were to rise to the master level, he could not simply twirl any extraordinary weapons or equipment out of thin air; a series of auxiliary tools would be needed.
Just like a master hacker without a terminal is nothing at all.
Would there be special abilities after one’s skill-related knowledge improved to the master level, and what about even higher levels?
He did not believe that master level was the limit. For a conventional enhancement, at least a C level was required to be considered a master level, while going higher up to B level involved metal energy starting at the tens of thousands, which was not really worth it.
The only option was to take a shortcut using temporary enhancement abilities.
The tutorial in front of him must be the most basic type of the temporary enhancement class Controlled Objects.
He held the tutorial in the palm of his hand, directly Controlled it, and then immediately upgraded it—to one thousand for D level and ten thousand for C level, adding up to eleven thousand points of metal energy. A flood of information rushed into his mind, making him subconsciously clench his fist.
The description became completely unfamiliar.
[Tutorial Button--C level: An integration of multiple subjects’ tutorials.]
Control Effect: Mechanical Engineering--Master level
Control Ability--Teaching: Temporarily acquire the Mechanical Engineer profession.]
New prompts appeared on the Control Bar--
[Mechanical Engineering has been raised to master level, gaining the ability [Repair], would you like to consume Controlled Objects to permanently solidify this ability.]
[Repair: Consumes metal energy to repair any damaged Controlled Objects.]
This ability seemed ordinary, but in reality, it was quite incredible, yet it was not Li Ming’s goal. He immediately activated the [Teaching] ability.
His pupils suddenly contracted and he let out a suppressed grunt; his vision swayed as the overwhelming influx of information caused his head to pound.
New prompts popped up on the Control Bar--
[Mechanical Engineering has advanced and gained the profession--Mechanical Engineer, would you like to consume Controlled Objects to solidify this profession.]
A profession? Advancing in a skill-related field actually resulted in a profession.
Li Ming was greatly surprised and examined it carefully.
[Mechanical Engineer: Understands relevant knowledge, and possesses the professions of [Modification] and [Repair].]
[Modification: Consumes metal energy to modify any Controlled Objects]
The description for [Repair] had not changed.
More importantly, after solidifying the profession by consuming Controlled Objects, the related knowledge would not disappear.
Without a question, he immediately Controlled it,
"Li Ming? Are you all right?" Someone suddenly called his name, and that brought him back to his senses, noticing that Ding Hui was standing by his side, while others had already stood up.
"It’s time to go to the workshop, practical skills are the most important in our specialty," Ding Hui looked at him, having said all he needed to, they were going straight into hands-on practice next.
"Sorry, I was just preoccupied," Li Ming stood up, still feeling a bit dizzy as various symbols intertwined in his mind.
"It’s fine," Ding Hui didn’t mind, and Li Ming followed behind him while the others lagged half a step behind.
Passing through the corridor, they arrived at another large room. Over a hundred small workbenches were arranged there, with various metal materials piled up against the wall, and the air was permeated with a blend of rust and machine oil smell.
Some people began to grow excited.
"All right, all right," Ding Hui clapped his hands and said, "Our Capital University of Science and Technology is not like other schools; we allow for the existence of special students, and the progressively graded curriculum is for ordinary students."
"Our goal for this semester is to be able to craft a mechanical creation that meets my criteria individually."
"Anyone who can do that won’t need to attend classes anymore."
Upon hearing this, Li Ming’s heart stirred; having acquired the profession of Mechanical Engineer, he had in fact already achieved his purpose for joining this specialty.
If he were to come every day, he felt it would be somewhat a waste of time.
But if he did not, Yitelan seemed to value this quite highly, and a lot of resources would still depend on them.
"Teacher, when you say something that meets the requirements, do you have anything specific in mind?" he inquired.
"Oh, it seems Li Ming can’t bear the loneliness," Ding Hui casually twirling a wrench, said ambiguously, "I heard that your father is also a mechanic, you must have learned quite a bit from him."
"Indeed, that’s the case."
Many students exchanged glances. Those who chose this specialty all had some exposure to it.
Virtually all had some practical skills, and some had already managed to craft some small gadgets.
In this regard, not many could outdo Li Ming.
Ding Hui noticed the expressions of the other students and smirked faintly. The new students had all stood out from their respective regions and had a bit of pride in them.
This was the case every year, and if their pride was not grated away swiftly, it would only end up harming them.
On the first lesson each year, Ding Hui always said the same thing, and someone would usually pop up wanting to take up the challenge, generally ending in failure.
However, this year’s eager student was of a special status, the top in assessments with astonishingly high potential. Though Ding Hui did not know why Li Ming chose this specialty, he would not go easy on him.
"Specific requirements... How should I put it? If it’s for daily life, it has to have very high practicality. If it’s weaponry, it needs to have great destructive power," Ding Hui spoke vaguely.
"Teacher, I’d like to give it a try," Li Ming said, and though no one was surprised, Ding Hui nodded and then scanned around, "Is he the only one? Doesn’t anyone else dare to come forward and take up the challenge?"
"This is the top student in assessments, whose developmental potential you can’t match—are you also afraid to compete in your own specialty?"
"If you don’t compare now, you might miss out even on the chance to see his back in the future."
Li Ming felt a toothache coming on; he realized that this guy was using him to stimulate the other students.
"Teacher, I’ll join too," someone stepped forward, muscular and burly.