Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Ruined Ruins Ruin the Tall Peeps, Making Them Rue in Not Running From the Ruins. Oh, And They Pick Up A Fork - Chapter Summary
The unnamed MC (Gerald) absorbs part of the robot surrounding him, causing him to gain the 'magic metal' trait.

He briefly contemplates suicide, but decides against it.

After some time, some adventurers come by, notice the hole in the ground he had made and see the ruin through it. They dig a hole through to the ruin. Because he is directly below said hole, when they do break through to the ruin, they notice and pick him up, putting him in one of their bags.

A robot attacks, they defeat the robot, more robots come, they retreat back to the surface, with the MC in their bags.

Cue a bunch of fairly meaningless contemplation on the part of the MC. Time passes, meals come and go, and the MC gets the 'telepathy' skill from absorbing an 'id ooze', simultaneously gaining the 'psychic' trait as a result.

Traits Gained
Magic metal – You have gained the properties of the magic metal, Mithril. Your body conducts mana at twice the previous rate. Your passive mana absorption is now equal to wisdom/5/min instead of wisdom/10/min. Your maximum mana is now equal to Intelligence multiplied by 20 instead of Intelligence multiplied by 10. Your maximum durability is increased by your maximum mana divided by 100. Your hardness is increased by max mana divided by 100.

Psychic – You have unlocked the hidden potential of your mind. Stat unlock: psi.

Skills Gained
Telepathy (Basic) (Mid Rare, Active) 0.00% - Allows one to communicate with other beings in exchange for 1 Psi/sec*distance between user and target in meters, to a maximum range of (Wisdom*Intelligence)/10m. Currently only able to communicate emotions.