CHAPTER 494: CHAPTER 215: UNEARTHING THE [EVOLUTION] SUPERPOWER

That night, after Liang Yuan had his fill of Yang Mei, he went to the study to research the talisman stone technology.

Under the lamp, Liang Yuan placed three talisman stones of different sizes on the table.

Under the light, the talisman stones emitted various colors.

The arrowhead talisman stone of the Blast Arrow shone with a fiery red glow, with faint red light pulsing within it.

The Spirit Turtle Shield talisman stone appeared white, its light was so faint it was almost undetectable.

This was an attributeless superpower stone, containing very little energy.

The last talisman stone, however, emitted a faint blue light.

The blue light resonated with a watery glow, with a soft halo within.

This was precisely the other talisman stone Liang Yuan obtained from Wu Meng.

The Water-Repelling Talisman Stone!

"The military disclosed three types of talisman stones: the Bursting Rune, the Earth Defense Rune, and the Water-Repelling Rune in front of me."

"I can’t find the corresponding rune for the Earth Defense Rune for now, thus I can’t create the talisman stone, but the Water-Repelling Talisman Stone given by Wu Meng might be worth a closer study; it may be possible to recreate it."

He picked up the Water-Repelling Talisman Stone, a fist-sized stone with complex wave-like patterns carved on it.

Liang Yuan fetched a basin of water, then held the talisman stone and activated it.

In an instant, the Water-Repelling Talisman Stone glowed, and an invisible wave spread around.

Liang Yuan’s spiritual power keenly sensed this transparent wave enveloping him.

He tried to push the fist holding the talisman stone into the water.

A marvelous scene appeared immediately.

The smooth, mirror-like water was forcibly repelled downward by an invisible force.

The water on both sides rose up, but Liang Yuan’s fist, holding the Water-Repelling Talisman Stone, pressed into the basin without getting wet.

All the water automatically avoided his hand within a distance of about five centimeters.

Liang Yuan was astonished: "This Water-Repelling Rune is amazing, I wonder what kind of creature evolved it."

"Wouldn’t a creature with such an ability be able to move freely in water?"

Liang Yuan’s mind raced: "Wait, if Wu Meng and his team could find such a Water-Repelling Rune in Yangshan, there must be such a mutant beast with water-repelling ability in Yangshan!"

"I need to ask them what kind of mutant beast it is and where it can be hunted."

Liang Yuan lifted his hand, and the water instantly returned to its original state as the light of the Water-Repelling Rune faded.

Liang Yuan began to study the Water-Repelling Rune on the talisman stone.

He was quite experienced in rune research since he had already mastered the Spirit Turtle Shield Rune technology.

However, as he continued to draw and condense the Water-Repelling Rune using his spiritual power, he gradually sensed something was off.

"No, this isn’t right. Why does it always feel off halfway through the condensation?"

After hundreds of attempts to condense the rune, each time his spiritual power suddenly dispersed halfway through, rendering him unable to form the Water-Repelling Rune.

Liang Yuan frowned, a bit puzzled.

He even suspected his spiritual power might have weakened.

He immediately took out an attributeless superpower stone and easily created a Spirit Turtle Shield talisman stone.

The entire process went smoothly without any issues!

"It’s not my spiritual power that’s the problem!"

"Is it this rune that has a problem?"

Liang Yuan frowned, gradually realizing the issue.

The Water-Repelling Rune on the talisman stone was a finished Water-Repelling Rune; its rune patterns were so complex that he couldn’t distinguish the beginning from the end.

Originally, he thought the order didn’t matter, but it seemed he was mistaken.

He arbitrarily chose a stroke to start condensing his spiritual power, which led to failure.

"Does rune technology require a strict order of the rune patterns? Is random imitation useless without knowing the sequence?"

Liang Yuan frowned, having a hypothesis.

His mind raced, and he immediately found a way to verify his idea.

He quickly gathered his spiritual power again and attempted to condense the Spirit Turtle Shield Rune once more.

This time, he didn’t follow the activation pattern of the runes on the turtle shell but started from a random corner of the rune.

As expected, halfway through, his spiritual power immediately disintegrated, failing to form the Spirit Turtle Shield Rune.

This time, Liang Yuan understood completely.

"So, this means the runes can’t be condensed randomly; they must be drawn strictly following the initial order of the rune patterns."

Liang Yuan realized that the turtle shell he initially obtained recorded the Spirit Turtle Shield Rune.

Each time he activated the Spirit Turtle Shield Rune on the turtle shell, the rune didn’t illuminate all at once; it followed the path of the patterns and lit up in order.

He hadn’t thought much about it back then and learned the runes according to the order in which they lit up.

Now, with the runes made into talisman stones, once activated, the entire rune activates at once, not lighting up stroke by stroke.

This means these talisman stones inherently have an anti-theft feature!

Only with the actual rune can one follow the order of the patterns to draw and condense it.

Liang Yuan gave a wry smile: "No wonder Monsoon and Wu Meng were willing to trade the rune with me; they must have known that the runes on these talisman stones wouldn’t leak easily, so they felt safe trading them."

Liang Yuan sighed, shaking his head slightly, and put away the talisman stones.

"It seems to learn more rune technology, I still have to find a way to get the original rune."

He took out the green skill bead and began to deduce the green quality skills on it.