A Comprehensive Network: An Endless Adventure Begins as a Wanderer

[Dungeon clear requirements met, data being compiled]

Your performance in this instance can be described as: A single, fatal assassination.

You have received a basic reward of 500 general experience points.

You have gained an additional 500 Universal Experience Points and 500 Crossnet Disaster Coins.

[You have received the following rewards for this dungeon run: 1000 Universal Experience Points and 500 Disaster Coins]

You have completed the fourth stage of the story quest: The Earl.

You have completed the story quest [The Mystery of the Carriage]. Quest settlement in progress.

Based on your version, you have gained 6 story points, and your story skill tree is now unlocked.

You have obtained the Earl's private collection*1

Your story is beginning to be sung in a diverse world.

Cheng Yi leaned back on the sofa, stared at the few lines of text on the panel for a few seconds, and then opened the story skill tree panel.

[Current Story: The Mystery of the Horse-Drawn Carriage]

In the center of the panel is a tree icon with a short, thick trunk that branches out into three main branches.

Each main branch branches into three smaller branches, arranged in a progressive manner. The first branch is on the outermost side, the second in the middle, and the third close to the trunk. A dimly lit icon hangs at the end of each branch.

The bottom of the tree trunk displays "Available Story Points: 6".

On each of the three main branches is painted a dagger, a pair of half-closed eyes, and a hand in a dark color.

Cheng Yi first looked at the dagger branch.

Dark marks

Type: Story Skills/Assassination

Description: Your blade leaves no blood when it slices through a target's throat. If your first attack on any creature hits, the target will not utter a sound greater than a whisper due to pain, fear, or instinct. Furthermore, the corpse of a creature you kill will not bleed or bleed for one minute after death.

Unlock cost: 1 Story Points

Fatal

Type: Story Skills/Assassination

Prerequisite: Dark marks

Description: Your first attack on a creature with full health deals double damage if it hits. If the attack is a critical hit, the damage is doubled again. This skill also applies to sneak attacks.

Unlock cost: 2 Story Points

P.S.: Your second sword pierced his eye socket and went through his skull. If it hadn't been pulled out, it would have been a magnificent work of art. —Jason, the Cruel Observer

Four times. Cheng Yi did the math in his head.

The First Blood Dagger deals massive additional piercing damage to creatures at full health, in addition to the damage from a sneak attack. This is further amplified by Fatal Strike and Critical Strike.

Who can withstand my sword?

Soul Silence

Type: Story Skills/Assassination

Prerequisite: Death

Skill Description: When you kill a creature from stealth, that creature's soul is imprisoned within its corpse. Any spell attempting to communicate with that creature's soul (such as Talk to the Dead, Necromancy, etc.) will fail. Furthermore, the creature's death will not be detected by any divination spells or spell-like abilities.

Unlock cost: 3 Story Points

P.S.: Gods fall, who slays them? ————/Data Deleted/

Cheng Yi took a deep breath.

The dead speaking is one of the most common types of necromancy, and a level 5 priest can cast it. Many murder cases are solved by the deceased speaking themselves.

But Hunji directly blocked this path.

He noted down these three skills and then exited to look at the eye branch.

Eye of the Fallen Shadow

Type: Story Skills/Insight

Description: Your eyes have adapted to the deepest darkness. You gain 60 feet of blindness and an advantage on perception checks in dim or dark environments. Furthermore, you can see through magical darkness.

Unlock cost: 1 Story Points

His blindness has increased to 60 feet, double the previous 30 feet. Furthermore, he can see through magical darkness—meaning any spell that attempts to obscure his vision with darkness is ineffective against Cheng Yi.

Dark magic, concealment spells, and even some high-level shadow spells are nothing more than a thin veil before Cheng Yi.

Eye of Foresight

Type: Story Skills/Insight

Prerequisite: Eye of the Fallen

Description: Your intuition becomes exceptionally sharp. You experience a vague premonition one second before an attack or entry into a dangerous area. This premonition is independent of any senses and can occur even while you are asleep or unconscious. The number of times it can be triggered each calendar day (based on your perception).

Unlock cost: 2 Story Points

one second.

In battle, a single second can determine life or death.

Eye of the Breaker

Type: Story Skills/Insight

Prerequisite: Eye of Foresight

Description: Your gaze can see through the disguises of magic. When you see any spell in effect, you automatically learn its name, ring, caster, and target. Furthermore, you can analyze a visible spell effect through a standard action, with a chance to discover its weaknesses or countermeasures. The success rate of this ability depends on your Perception attribute and the ring difference between you and the spell.

Unlock cost: 3 Story Points

P.S.: Some multi-dimensional mappings may give you an advantage. But please remember, the universe is infinite. —Master of the System

Cheng Yi looked at the last branch, the dark hand.

Multi-Shadow Hand

Type: Story Skills/Tricks

Description: Your Trickster Hands no longer consume mana, and you can maintain two Trickster Hands simultaneously. Furthermore, the Trickster Hands' range of operation is increased to 60 feet, and their maximum strength tolerance is increased to 20 pounds. You can cast contact spells through the Trickster Hands.

Unlock cost: 1 Story Points

P.S.: Your alluring turn on Three Pigs Path left an infamous mark on the history of the spell "Hand of the Wizard." — Multiverse Magic Association, Trick History Office

Cheng Yi automatically ignored the comments; his embarrassing past shouldn't be mentioned.

However, Shadow Hand is indeed excellent. He can cast contact spells. Cheng Yi doesn't have contact spells now, but that doesn't mean he won't in the future.

The thought of a wanderer standing sixty feet away, delivering a freezing touch or an electric claw to an enemy with an unseen hand, sends chills down one's spine.

The Hand That Steals the Law

Type: Story Skills/Tricks

Prerequisite: Multi-camera technique

Cost: x mana

Description: You can use the Trickster's Hand to steal a currently active magical effect from a creature. More powerful magical effects consume more mana. The success rate of the theft depends on your Dexterity attribute and the ring difference between the target spell and the target spell. A successfully stolen magical effect is transferred to you, making you the new target, and its duration is reset to its initial value.

Unlock cost: 2 Story Points

P.S.: What's yours is mine, and what's mine is still mine. —An unknown thief (monoclep version)

Cheng Yi's pupils dilated slightly.

Steal a magical effect that is currently in effect.

Count Hawke's Death Barrier - if he had the ability to steal, he could have simply stolen the Death Barrier from Count Hawke and then stabbed him with his sword.

The same principle applies to the shield spells of half-elves.

For some reason, Cheng Yi felt a slight itch around his right eye.

The Hand of Peeling

Type: Story Skills/Tricks

Prerequisite: The Hand of the Spellthief

Description: Within 1 minute of killing a creature, you can use Trickster's Hand to strip one of its class skills, spell abilities, or talent abilities from its corpse. The stripped ability exists as skill/talent crystals. This ability can be used once per instance. The success rate of the stripping depends on the target's level and your class compatibility with the target.

Unlock cost: 3 Story Points

P.S.: It's so salty it doesn't even contain any salt. ———— [999+ popular comments online]

Cheng Yi stared at the words "the hand of separation," his eyes twitching.

Holy crap, there's a cheater!

Wait, it turns out I was the one cheating. Oh well, never mind.

Hang it up!