Constructing the Magic Network

Hearing Miracle's cry, Chen Xu's soul gently caressed it.

But the construction of the Undead Network had only completed the first step, even if it was the most important one.

Miracle was merely the foundation, the root of the Undead Network; all the network's functions still required Chen Xu to refine and perfect them.

After all, Miracle was currently a blank slate and knew nothing yet.

For instance, the Magic Network function required Chen Xu to manually input skills before Miracle could host and deploy them within the Undead Network.

Chen Xu first inputted several basic necrotic skills.

【Raise Skeleton】, 【Weaken Curse】, 【Bone Armor】, and 【Corpse Explosion】.

These were all commonly used skills for a Necromancer. Once he had recorded them into Miracle's body, Chen Xu reached out and grabbed a nearby skeleton soldier.

After granting this skeleton soldier access to the Undead Network, he issued a command, ordering it to begin releasing the skills in sequence.

The skeleton soldier looked up blankly, its skull twisting around—even rotating a full 360 degrees—as if searching for something.

Chen Xu slapped his forehead, only then remembering that 【Raise Skeleton】 required a corpse to cast. Without a corpse, one had to consume their own mental strength.

But how much mental strength could a bottom-tier skeleton soldier in the Land of the Undead possibly have?

It had been too long since he had personally summoned a skeleton; Chen Xu had almost forgotten the basics.

So, Chen Xu beckoned toward the Slaughterhouse in the distance where abominations were produced, and several fresh corpses flew over.

With corpses available, the skeleton soldier stopped its aimless head-twisting. It used its hands to force its skull back into place, then raised a bony arm toward one of the corpses.

A soul ripple swept out as the 【Raise Skeleton】 skill was activated, called forth from the Undead Network and released through the skeleton soldier's body.

A skeleton crawled out from the corpse, holding a bone shield in its left hand and a bone blade in its right. A perfectly standard skeleton soldier was born.

However, the slight difference was that the skeleton summoned by this soldier was not enhanced by Chen Xu's talent, so it was just an ordinary skeleton soldier.

Furthermore, Miracle defaulted to a Level 1 version of 【Raise Skeleton】, so this new skeleton soldier was not particularly powerful.

Despite this, Chen Xu was still very excited by the successful experiment and immediately had the skeleton soldier test the next skill.

The skeleton soldier raised its bone blade and delivered a horizontal slash.

During the swing, a soul ripple rose, and a curse was instantly fired, covering the skeleton it had just summoned.

Under the effect of the 【Weaken Curse】, the slash—which the skeleton soldier hadn't put much strength into—instantly shattered the target into pieces.

Chen Xu nodded, very satisfied with the result.

Afterward, he tested the 【Bone Armor】 and 【Corpse Explosion】 skills in succession; both worked without issue.

The trigger process was rapid, the skill release was stable, and the effects were standard and consistent. It perfectly matched Chen Xu's design.

Although only Level 1 skills were being called currently, the skill level could be entirely controlled by Chen Xu or Miracle.

If he wished, he could allow an ordinary skeleton soldier to release a skill with the same level as his own.

Chen Xu also tried recording exclusive skills like 【Flower of Death】 and 【God-Slaying Poison】, but they were somewhat unstable.

These skills touched upon authority—the application of the Undead Dao.

Although Miracle coexisted with the Undead Dao, it had not mastered the Dao principles of the undead as Chen Xu had.

Recording the skills was its limit; actually releasing them was out of the question for now.

Only when Miracle itself comprehended the Undead Dao would there be hope of opening these skills for use.

However, Miracle's essence resided within the world's Dao principles, face-to-face with the Undead Dao. Comprehension should not be a major problem; it was only a matter of time.

Subsequently, Chen Xu recorded a massive number of skills, inputting everything he had mastered.

Once the recording was finished, Chen Xu pulled all the special units—the Black Knights, skeleton heroes, and Kunpeng—into the Undead Network.

He granted them permissions second only to his own.

“This is the Undead Network, Miracle. With this, you can communicate with any other undead at will and use any of the skills hosted on the network,” Chen Xu introduced to them, even sharing his perception of Miracle with them.

“By the way, upload the skills you've mastered to the Undead Network as well to enrich the current skill library.”

The Black Knights and skeleton heroes immediately executed Chen Xu's command, uploading their skills to the network.

The Magic Network's skill library grew significantly.

The special units, however, were a bit more casual—especially Zhenyuan. Finding so many fun things at once, he began activating skills frantically.

In just a few breaths, he fired off over a hundred skills, causing quite a stir within the Land of the Undead.

Seeing this, Chen Xu's eyelid twitched. With a glare, he sent a soul impact through layers of space, knocking Zhenyuan back.

Then, he immediately updated their permissions and added new content.

Except for the Black Knights, everyone else now had a cap on skill activations—only twenty times per person per day.

Unless it was a special period, such as during a war, the limit would remain. Otherwise, only Chen Xu's special permission could lift it.

Furthermore, Chen Xu added an Energy Storage Pool module to the Magic Network.

Each user connected to the Undead Network was assigned an Energy Storage Pool, into which they could inject their own energy.

Once the activation limit was reached, if they still wanted to release skills, they could do so by consuming the energy in their Energy Storage Pool.

This way, waste could be avoided.

Otherwise, even if Miracle was symbiotic with the Undead Dao Court and possessed immense mana, it couldn't withstand such reckless squandering.

Moreover, adding an activation cap was preparation for selling different membership levels once the network was promoted later.

Want to use skills at will? No problem, just unlock a membership level. First-time top-ups even come with extra trial uses of high-level skills.

Reached your usage limit? Simple, just upgrade your membership. Opening a high-level membership for the first time comes with an additional gift.

As for the currency for the Magic Network, Chen Xu was very generous: Divine Power Crystals, elemental mana cores, beast cores, energy ores, or even one's own energy and soul were all acceptable.

After his elite subordinates finished uploading their skills, Chen Xu allowed Miracle to spread completely.

The entire Undead Dao Court and the Land of the Undead were now covered by the Undead Network.

Instantly, all the undead sensed this new phenomenon and began experimenting with curiosity, causing skills to fly everywhere in the sky.

The private lords in the territories of the necrotic archdukes were particularly reckless. One of them unleashed a half-finished skill recorded by Kunpeng called 【World-Destroying Vortex】, which directly swallowed a large group of undead.

The various necrotic archdukes quickly stepped in, forbidding their subordinate undead from activating any skills.

As the instigator, Chen Xu had no interest in the chaos caused by the Undead Network; he had one more important thing to do.

He gently stroked Miracle as the power of his talent within his soul activated, pouring a surge of energy into Miracle's body.

【007 talent triggered. Obtained effect: Veteran IT Ops (Who is it that can often slack off, drink tea, check stocks, and binge-watch shows during work? Who is it that can easily enter the company's core and toy with important assets? It's him, it's him, it's him!). Miracle creation receives special enhancement: Big Heart.】