Rubbing away the skill book?
Not really.
Although skill books can be rubbed, Michael felt that such an action was a bit too strange.
Wouldn't it be better to just give it a gentle pat?
...As Michael gently patted the 'English Mastery Skill Book'.
The 'English Mastery Skill Book' immediately transformed into a stream of light and drilled into Michael's mind.
At the same time, Michael's consciousness began to observe, from a third-person perspective, the entire process of English learning, memory, and application copied from that old man, from beginning to end.
From babbling, to simple conversations, to immersing himself in study, to venturing into society, and then to the accumulation of time, the old man's entire life's experience of learning and applying English was thus displayed before Michael's eyes.
Of course, it was only memories related to English learning and application.
How vast is a person's life's memories? Moreover, that old gentleman was several times Michael's age. If all the old man's life memories were copied, Michael would probably no longer be Michael.
Because, after watching all the English learning and application processes in the midst of it all, this English ability was deeply imprinted in Michael's soul, as if Michael had truly experienced such a long period of time himself.
Furthermore, copying all of a person's memories would require an extremely large number of energy points... "Hoo~~~"
"Hoo hoo hoo~~~"
"This feeling..."
"It's truly, too unique!"
"Although it's only about English learning and application, it still feels like experiencing a lifetime."
"So scary!"
"Too scary!"
"If it were complete memories, wouldn't it mean I would no longer be me?"
Hiss~~~
Hoo~~~
Michael took a deep breath, trying to calm his wildly pounding pulse.
"Wow oh~"
"However, this instant mastery of an ability that took almost a lifetime to learn is truly—"
"Too wonderful!"
Michael clearly heard himself speaking in fluent U.S. New York official English.
He even mastered different accents and slang from dozens of regions in the American Federation.
It's evident how rich the language ability of an old man who survived wartime and lived for decades, almost a century, is!
"Instantly mastering someone else's lifelong learned ability in the form of a materialized skill book."
"This ability is truly too powerful!"
Even though he had expressed his admiration before, Michael still had to exclaim once more.
"Oh oh~"
"That's right!"
"Tonight, I can also use the energy points I picked up to materialize Big Daddy's or Hit-Girl's firearm and combat abilities into skill books!"
"With this, I finally have a tiny bit of self-preservation in this Marvel Universe!"
Although Michael felt a momentary spiritual daze after rubbing off the skill book, he still seemed very happy.
Michael pondered that turning other people's abilities into skill books was truly too suitable for someone like him, who had no foundation whatsoever.
For someone with zero foundation like him, while plasticity was high, the time required to form combat power was truly not just a little bit long.
But the ability to turn skills into skill books easily solved this major problem, so how could Michael not be happy!
Furthermore, Michael speculated that he could even use this as a basis to slowly approach that small group of more advanced people.
For example, Agents? For example, Soldier Kings? For example, Scientists? Or even superhumans? Or even mages?
Huh?
Why does it feel a little strange?
How does this ability feel so much like—copying?
That's right!
The ability to turn skills into skill books was originally about copying abilities from the target's memory.
Although the form of expression is different, it is still copying, isn't it!
Hmm~~~
If it's just copying, I'm afraid this ability isn't strong enough!
If I copy Doctor Strange's ability in the future.
Wouldn't I still be unable to defeat Sunset Purple Sweet Potato!!!
No!
The [mutated gem] definitely has more to it than just that!
The [mutated gem] should be able to further enhance skill books!
That's right!
After an ability is turned into a skill book, it can also be enhanced!
With the [mutated gem]'s ability, as long as enough energy is provided, there's no need to worry about enhancement failure or explosion.
If a skill book is enhanced +5, +10, +15, +20, or even +999? Wouldn't Thanos turn to dust with just a flick of a finger?
Once again, Michael fell into his own beautiful fantasy… After a long while… "Sigh~~~"
After coming to his senses, Michael looked at the mere 9 energy points and let out a long sigh.
Fantasy is beautiful, reality is cruel.
The more powerful an ability, the more energy points it will definitely require, and it's not impossible for it to even increase exponentially!
Let alone Doctor Strange and Sorcerer Ancient One, even just finding a random Inhumans to copy an ability would probably give Michael a headache from the energy consumption.
So, after all the circling, the matter returned to an unavoidable hurdle!
Infinity Stones!
How many energy points can be obtained from scavenging corpses?
Even if there were enough corpses for Michael to scavenge, could Michael handle it all?
You see, once Death occurs, life energy will completely dissipate after one hour.
Corpses without life energy are completely useless and extremely disgusting garbage to Michael!
..."It seems I'm going to personally disrupt the plot of 'Iron Man 2'!"
"Before planning for the Infinity Stones, the First-generation Arc Reactor will be enough to sustain me for a while!"
Michael murmured softly.