Chapter 14: Water Rune Acquired! Enhancing Overall Physique!

Nick looked strange. He approached cautiously to check. After all, it appeared next to a pond in the field, and its shape was extremely similar to the Fire Rune he had obtained earlier, making it hard for him not to think of the [Water Rune].

"Could I really be that lucky?"

Nick walked to the pond and examined the scene before him.

An unknown type of Rune was embedded in the wall. Although a lot of the surrounding soil had fallen off, the lines carved on the wall were still faintly visible.

Just from this scene, Nick had an accurate judgment. It should be a magical product of the dungeon civilization.

He stepped forward, grabbed the Rune, and twisted it off with a little force.

The moment he got it, Nick opened the [Workbench] on the black panel. The description of the Rune was also there.

[Water Rune]: After adding purified water as a medium, it can be converted into water using special means.

As a modern person, Nick found it difficult to understand how this [Water Rune] actually worked, but he understood one thing.

The last missing material for the [Rune Water Purifier] had now been collected. He just needed to use the workbench to craft it, and the current scarcity of water resources would be solved.

"How efficient is it..."

Nick frowned slightly. This was his first contact with products of the dungeon civilization. If it was just using the distillation method, the output of the [Rune Water Purifier] would probably not be very high.

He didn't take this matter too seriously. If he wanted to put planting on the agenda, the possibility was very low, at least at this stage.

Nick looked at the remaining lines on the wall, wanting to memorize the general appearance. But as the [Water Rune] disappeared, the lines on the wall instantly crumbled.

"It's gone?"

Nick was slightly surprised, but he also felt that it was a matter of course. After the baptism of the long river of time, it was already good that it could maintain its general appearance.

And this gain further ignited his enthusiasm for exploration. The palace was empty, possibly because it had been looted, but on the outskirts of the palace, he found the extremely important [Water Rune].

"Let's go... maybe I can find something good."

After putting the Water Rune in his pocket, Nick picked up his shovel and explored the surroundings. Finally, at the edge of this fertile land, he found a faint glimmer of light.

With anticipation, he dug straight down along the faint light. In just a short while, he had touched a box, or more accurately, the wooden boards of a cellar door.

"Could it be that I dug up a granary?"

Nick was slightly curious. If he really dug up a granary, at least for a short time, he wouldn't need to worry about food. After removing the soil around the cellar, the wooden boards with a decaying smell appeared in front of him.

After opening the cellar, the situation of being filled with grain did not occur. Although there were more than a dozen large woven bags piled up, what greeted him was not the fragrance of grain, but a foul smell.

Nick's face was strange. He didn't dig up grain, but instead dug up more than a dozen bags of fertilizer. Wasn't this just pushing him further and further down the road of farming?

"..."

After closing the cellar door, Nick turned his attention to other places. After searching the vicinity, he looked at the nearby area. He still had 4 digging attempts left. Without needing to consider a way back, it was most important to gather resources as much as possible.

He looked at the other directions. The next moment, digging hints appeared before him.

[Dig 7 meters to the left, and you will obtain Gene Potion*1 in the dungeon.]

[Don't Dig down. The flowing lava will melt you completely!]

As for the right side, due to the dungeon's spatial constraints, it didn't appear in the hints at all. But just the hint to dig to the left was enough for him to make up his mind.

Even as a modern person, Nick had never heard of gene potions, but this didn't stop him from digging.

With only a distance of 7 meters, he quickly dug through this adjacent dungeon. Suddenly, from a large dungeon to a very small environment, Nick felt a little uncomfortable.

The hint didn't indicate the danger level, so Nick relaxed his vigilance a little. He scanned the dungeon and finally focused on the faint light in the corner.

Without hesitation, Nick took a few shovelfuls and dug out the palm-sized iron box. Judging from the material of the box alone, the gene potion was quite rare.

He opened it, and a transparent glass test tube appeared before Nick. The test tube was sealed with a wooden stopper and some kind of special paper.

The so-called gene potion, under the faint light, could still be distinguished as a light green liquid in the test tube.

"Can I drink this?"

Nick frowned slightly. Just the color made him a little disgusted. Without knowing the benefits or side effects of the potion, drinking it rashly was no different from courting death.

Just then, the restless black panel reappeared in front of Nick. After [Chat], [Workbench], and [Home], another icon appeared on the panel.

The label below was [Identify]. Just by looking at the name, Nick knew what this new function was for: identifying items.

When he opened this new function, clicked on Identify, and selected the gene potion as the target, a detailed introduction appeared on the black panel.

[Gene Potion (Primary)]: A product of the dungeon civilization, made from precious dungeon herbs. Taking it can enhance overall physical fitness.

[Note: Taking too much of this potion will lead to resistance!]

"It can enhance physical fitness?"

When he saw the identification result, Nick's pupils constricted slightly, and his heart was quite shocked. Just one potion could enhance overall physical fitness, although he didn't know how effective it would be...

But modern technology simply couldn't produce such an illogical thing.

After confirming that the potion had no side effects, Nick's face became much more serious. In this perilous dungeon world, it was necessary to improve his strength to survive.

After opening the wooden stopper, he pinched his nose and drank all the gene potion without leaving a drop.

The moment it entered his mouth, there was the unique bitter taste of medicinal herbs, followed by a sweet aftertaste. The gene potion wasn't unpleasant, but the taste was definitely not good.

"That's all?"

Less than a moment after the potion entered his stomach, a warm current flowed through his limbs. This wonderful feeling made Nick close his eyes, quite enjoying it.

After the warm current dissipated, there was a brief, sharp pain. Nick hunched over, gritted his teeth, and could clearly feel the involuntary twitching of his muscles.

With the end of the pain, Nick stood up again, his forehead covered in sweat. He moved his body. Although the process was extremely agonizing, when he threw a light punch, the changes brought about by taking the potion...

...no one knew better than him!