When Yang Shung made his choice, the gray-white turntable in front of him began to spin.
The illusory gray-white pointer gradually stopped at a section marked with a question mark!
"Is this... hidden?"
Yang Shung's heartbeat quickened!
As the gray-white pointer stopped, the question mark in the turntable area transformed into a black symbol.
It resembled the Greek letter 'φ', but with differences. Both ends of the symbol were sharp like sword blades, radiating a deadly aura!
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[Congratulations on obtaining the profession: Shadow (exclusive)! ]
[Shadow: The unique hidden profession. Born in the shadows, embodied by darkness, you are the god of death in the dark. ]
[Professional Passive 1: Double the duration of invisibility! ]
[Professional Passive 2: +1 invisibility level! ]
[Professional Passive 3: If you are outside the enemy's field of vision when attacking, your damage will be doubled! ]
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Hidden profession, Shadow!
Yang Shung was overjoyed!
"This profession is perfect for solo play!"
"In the previous life, there was someone who played as a Shadow, but they were killed early on. I never learned how strong this profession could become later..."
"But even these three initial passive abilities mean my survivability will be excellent!"
In the God Forsaken Game, what truly matters?
At first, no one understood.
But after seeing so many players die, it became clear...
Survivability is the key!
If you die in the game, you don't truly perish, but you lose half your remaining lifespan.
That's the real cruelty of the game!
Players gain lifespan by killing monsters, and lifespan becomes a currency in the game world.
However, each time you die, half of your remaining lifespan is gone...
"If your lifespan reaches zero, you die."
"And if you're killed in real life, you also die."
"Protecting your lifespan is crucial!"
Survivability matters, but damage is also important.
For the Shadow class, when attacking outside the enemy's vision, damage is doubled!
"Not in the enemy's line of sight... and invisibility counts too!"
"Overall, this class offers both high survivability and damage."
"It truly deserves its place as the only hidden class."
Yang Shung was very satisfied with this class.
At least, it was much stronger than the 'Warrior' class in his previous life.
With time, even the sturdy Warrior class wouldn't stand a chance against Yang Shung's attacks!
Next, Yang Shung checked his initial skills.
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[Initial skill: Shadow (poor quality). Enter an invisible state for 8 seconds, becoming visible upon attacking. Invisibility-breaking attacks have an increased damage of 30. Cooldown: 30 seconds. ]
[Initial skill: Back attack enhancement (poor quality). Passive effect: When attacking from behind, damage is increased by 10%. ]
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Both skills were low-grade 'inferior' abilities, but that was normal, as all starting skills for a profession were of this level.
"With the passive effect of my Shadow profession, my invisibility duration is doubled... That's 16 seconds of invisibility."
"The cooldown is 30 seconds. It's still a bit short of infinite invisibility."
Yang Shung was slightly disappointed.
But soon, his disappointment faded.
Because...
The passive effect from the 'Authority of Judgment' kicked in.
When Yang Shung's profession was determined, the system randomly granted him a top-level talent!
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[Congratulations on obtaining the talent: Infinite Evolution! ]
[Infinite Evolution: Original primary talent, gray-white quality. When you kill monsters in solo play, you have a chance to gain 'evolution points' to evolve your skills! ]
(Note: You automatically receive 5 evolution points every 24 hours. If you kill BOSS-level monsters, you will receive 100% evolution points!)
[Current evolution points: 5 points! ]
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"What's this?"
"Wasn't I supposed to get an immortal-level talent?"
"Why is this gray-white primary talent?"
Yang Shung was a bit confused.
Original primary talent? Never heard of it!
And gray-white quality—wasn't that supposed to be inferior or normal gray and white?
It didn't look like a top-tier talent...
But then again, the strength of a talent comes from its effects.
"Infinite Evolution, evolving skills?"
"Let's give it a try, evolve the 'Shadow' skill."
Yang Shung checked it.
To evolve 'Stealth' required 1 evolution point.
He chose to evolve.
The skill indeed changed.
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[You have consumed 1 evolution point, 4 points remaining. ]
[Initial skill: Stealth (Inferior → Normal). Enter an invisible state for 8→12 seconds, visible upon attacking. Invisibility-breaking attack power increased by 30→60. Cooldown 30→28 seconds. ]
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"The invisibility duration increased?"
Yang Shung's eyes brightened.
With his Shadow profession's passive effect, the invisibility duration was now 24 seconds!
If...
"Let's evolve more!"
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[You have consumed 2 evolution points, 2 points remaining. ]
[Initial skill: Stealth (Normal → Bronze). Enter an invisible state for 12→16 seconds, visible when attacking. Invisibility-breaking attack power increased by 60→90. Cooldown 28→26 seconds. ]
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The second evolution consumed 2 points, but the effect was impressive.
The invisibility duration rose to 16 seconds, and with his passive, it reached 32 seconds!
This exceeded the cooldown time of the skill!
"The shadow skill will now start its cooldown after use."
"Now, with this long invisibility duration, I can stay invisible infinitely, and each attack boosts my attack power by 90!"
Don't underestimate those 90 extra points of attack.
At the start of the God Forsaken Game, professions like mages, archers, and warriors usually had attack powers around 20 to 30 points.
An additional 90 points of attack power was several times more than other players.
Plus...
"My Shadow profession's passive doubles the damage when the enemy can't see me."
"Those 90 extra points are actually equivalent to 180!"
Yang Shung couldn't help but smile.
His combat power at this early stage was already comparable to what took a day to achieve in his previous life.
This hidden class, paired with his top talent, was incredible!
"The original primary talent... it looks like this is a top talent after all!"
"And with this talent, 'Infinite Evolution', I can keep evolving skills. The effects will just keep getting stronger!"
Yang Shung marveled.
His stacking buffs from being reborn and a time traveler didn't disappoint.
And since evolution points are earned by killing monsters, Yang Shung didn't need to save them.
Use them as he gained them, transforming them into power.
He would keep evolving!