Li Ang reviewed the skill description of "Necromancy Technique (Basic)" word by word, sentence by sentence, and felt its potential was immense.
Firstly, the Special Effect of this skill was "resurrection." This meant that by touching an inanimate object, it could be endowed with self-awareness, low-level intelligence, and a certain degree of freedom to act. The effect could last up to ten minutes.
Secondly, the objects that were given life did not have any special affection for the user of the skill. Whether consulting them with questions or issuing simple commands, the user would have to negotiate with the objects on their own.
At the same time, the size of the objects given life could not be too large or too small. The degree of damage to the object would affect the completeness of its self-awareness and low-level intelligence.
For now, there were restrictions on the size of the objects for the skill. Without these restrictions, Li Ang could have activated this skill on a fighter jet, a howitzer, or an aircraft carrier.
As for the cost of using the skill, it was 200 Spirit Power Value and 100 Sanity Value each time. Once activated, it would consume 20 Spirit Power Value and 10 Sanity Value per second.
The cooldown time was four uses every twenty-four hours.
The note stated that after using the skill 100 times, one could pay 2,000 Game Coin to upgrade it.
Since he could only use the skill four times a day, Li Ang carefully selected four objects to test it on.
These four items were:
An old Ultraman toy with movable joints that was 17.5 cm tall and fitted with a battery,
A crucian carp that had been gutted and died 5 minutes ago, lying in a bucket,
The SCAR-H rifle he often used,
A pot of purified water placed in a plastic basin, with the water sourced from a Natural Water tap.
Li Ang first activated the skill on the Ultraman toy that was lying flat on the ground, then immediately hid in the closet so the toy couldn't see him.
After the Necromancy Technique was Triggered on the Ultraman toy, its eyes lit up with red light on their own, even without the power turned on. The entire toy, as if struck by a thunderbolt, fiercely twisted its movable limbs and then stood up, looking around its surroundings.
"The movements were smoother than I expected," Li Ang thought. "The joints, which were supposed to only rotate stiffly, were more flexible and not much different from a human's."
After observing for a few seconds, Li Ang noticed that the Ultraman toy did not make any other movements, so he walked out of the closet.
The moment it saw him, the Ultraman toy immediately showed fear and panic. It ran helter-skelter on its movable legs toward the narrow gap under the table.
This was understandable. If one day you woke up and suddenly a ten-meter-high, bizarrely shaped Giant was running towards you, you would also choose to flee.
It seems it has no impression of my existence.
This Ultraman had been with Li Ang since he was very young, a donation to the orphanage from society, and had accompanied him through many years—even now, this Ultraman toy was still placed on the bookshelf in the side room, usually alongside the Alchemist's Magic Box.
Li Ang silently watched the Ultraman toy hide under the table, not coming out to fight or use any light beams.
"Well, it seems that the shape of an item is just that—its shape—and doesn't affect the item after its resurrection. That is to say, whether I use the skill on Ultraman or Transformers toys, it's impossible for me to directly create a shrunken Ultraman capable of using light waves, or a Transformer firing miniature nuclear warheads. After all, if that were the case, this skill would be far too powerful. Even a Light Giant Ultraman, shrunk by thousands of times, could easily annihilate a bunch of Level 15 or Level 20 players."
Li Ang shook his head with some regret. His Necromancy Technique was still only at the basic level, so he couldn't ask for more.
He bent down, took out the Ultraman toy from beneath the table, and removed its battery, which had long been charged.
"It can't talk or communicate, only emitting a SHSHSH sound from its speaker. The tactile sensation on its surface is still the original rubber material, unchanged, and the weight is exactly the same as before."
He discovered that even after removing the battery, the Ultraman toy didn't stop moving. Its struggling intensity did not decrease; it was merely equivalent to a rabbit of the same size.
"It seems that the toy's original energy supply system doesn't affect its ability to move after the Necromancy Technique is Triggered on it."
Li Ang watched the struggling Ultraman toy and directly canceled the skill. The Ultraman, which was gripping Li Ang's thumb, instantly stopped moving and quickly returned to its original stiff, standing pose.
"The instant the skill ended, the toy's posture didn't correspond to its original structure. It can be assumed that stopping the skill will cause the subject of the skill to revert to its original shape."
Li Ang rubbed his somewhat aching head and placed the Ultraman back on the bookshelf in the side room.
He rested for a while, waiting for his Sanity Value to recover naturally. Li Ang often used the Biological Template, so his Sanity Value's upper limit and recovery speed were significantly improved.
Then, he continued to experiment with the second item: a crucian carp that had been gutted and had died five minutes ago.
After the skill was Triggered, the dead crucian carp, placed in a bucket full of water, immediately started to swim. The remaining traces of blood in its hollow chest cavity mingled with the water, turning it pale red.
"Even after being gutted and having its bones removed, it can still move like a normal fish. This means that an item's original movement structure doesn't affect its ability to move after the Necromancy Technique is Triggered on it."
Muttering to himself, Li Ang scooped the crucian carp out of the bucket and decapitated it. He found that the crucian carp did not "die" or lose its ability to move. The head and body were still jumping wildly on the chopping board.
Li Ang's eyes brightened. "After the skill is Triggered, the item can't die again?"
Thinking this, Li Ang cut off a small piece of fish meat and carefully tasted it. He found that the fish meat tasted normal, and it still wriggled in his mouth after being chewed.
"Not losing the ability to move even when chewed up... this rule feels a bit terrifying."
Li Ang silently stopped maintaining the skill. The crucian carp instantly stopped jumping, and the fish meat in his mouth also stopped moving.
"If this rule holds, it might be possible in the future to raise an undead army that can never be completely killed. No matter how much the enemy crushes them, as long as the skill is maintained, they cannot be wiped out. This is simply an alternative version of the undead Natural Disaster."