A Comprehensive Network: An Endless Adventure Begins as a Wanderer

Cheng Yi felt the mysterious sensation within his body and seemed to have gained some insight.

Although his speed did not increase, nor did his agility attribute rise, the knowledge about the Wanderer's skills in Cheng Yi's mind became increasingly vivid and active.

They are very skilled at it.

Cheng Yi understood his own state of mind.

The benefits of the legendary bonus go far beyond this, but that's something Cheng Yi will have to explore in the future.

After three days of depleted mana, Cheng Yi decided to take advantage of the situation to reduce the intensity of his dungeon runs and deal with some real-world matters.

It's not exactly a trivial matter, it's just that finals week is here...

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The streets of the old town looked languid in the dim evening sunlight as Cheng Yi walked along the sidewalk toward the school.

When I arrived at the school gate, the security guard was still sitting in that rattan chair, fanning himself with a palm leaf fan.

Upon seeing Cheng Yi, the old man raised his chin.

"You're here?"

"Mm." Cheng Yi nodded.

"Going back to school during the holidays, are you preparing for graduate school entrance exams?"

"No, I need to speak with the counselor about something."

The old man didn't ask any more questions and waved him inside.

The air conditioning in the corridor of the administration building was on full blast. Stepping into the sweltering outdoor air, Cheng Yi immediately felt a refreshing coolness.

The counselor's office door was open, and he knocked on the door frame.

"Come in."

The counselor looked up at him, pulled a piece of paper from the table, and handed it to him.

"Take this as a notification for your internship report. You'll need to review it and submit it at the start of next semester."

Cheng Yi took the paper, folded it, and stuffed it into his pocket.

Do you have any plans for summer vacation?

The advisor asked casually, his eyes already back on the computer screen, where some kind of grinding game was running...

"Yes," Cheng Yi said.

The counselor waited a few seconds, and seeing that he didn't say anything more, smiled.

"Okay, go ahead."

After saying that, he happily continued scrolling...

Cheng Yi sighed at the allure of the grind game, then turned and left the office, walking down the corridor towards the stairwell. The window at the end of the corridor was open, letting in hot air that made the notices on the wall rustle.

The setting sun dyed the glass curtain wall of the teaching building orange-red. The clouds on the horizon were layered upon layered, like the ashes left after a fire.

Cheng Yi inexplicably recalled the sunset in the dungeon world—from the Earl's Manor to the Howling Lighthouse.

The same blood-red setting sun, yet it carries entirely different meanings.

Rather than walking the line between swords and fire, Cheng Yi clearly prefers the peaceful and tranquil life of reality...

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After a brief get-together with some friends from the running club, Cheng Yi returned to his old house.

Countless three days have passed, and his depleted magical power has long since faded.

During these days, Cheng Yi was busy with his exams while also grinding through the daily refreshed dungeons at a low intensity.

Given the versatility and strength of his current abilities, things are going smoothly.

Through dungeon rewards, as well as selling skill crystals and equipment he didn't need, Cheng Yi accumulated a considerable amount of Cross-Network Coins, Universal Experience, and several useful pieces of equipment. But the most important item was a pair of boots.

【Stepping on Shadows】

Type: Boots

Quality: Purple

Description: When wearing Shadowstep, your stealth gains a +2 bonus. Additionally, if you step on the shadow of a hostile creature, that creature cannot use spatial abilities to escape your attack range.

P.S.: Your shadow is where your other half of your soul resides. —Shadowmaker Morris

Of course, there is also a new skill that Cheng Yi has already upgraded to level 3.

[Scent Concealment (lv3)]

Type: Professional Skills/Assassination School

Description: You have learned how to completely erase your presence from the enemy's perception. When you are in stealth mode, you will not be detected by darkvision, and your scent will not attract the enemy's attention.

New at level 2: You will not be detected by hearing.

New at level 3: You will not be detected by blindness.

P.S.: We all call this "breath-stealing." After all, as long as no one knows you're there, you're not considered late. —Wang Hassan, the Grand Master of Attendance

This skill comes from a daily dungeon called "Duel in the Forest," and Cheng Yi vividly remembers his experience of fighting a Drow Assassin Master one-on-one.

After all, those who understand you best are always your peers...

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However, when Cheng Yi extracted the skill from that Drow, everything became clear.

After all, this guy is an Assassin! (sound)

The king descended from the sky, his face contorted with rage and ferocity!

Now that summer vacation has started, Cheng Yi finally has time to intensively devote himself to the great cause of running dungeons!

Therefore, Cheng Yi's attention fell on the weekly dungeon that he hadn't challenged since unlocking it...

Weekly Dungeon: The Mountain Fortress Guarded by the Demon Army

Challenge Level: 5+

Dungeon Difficulty: Nightmare (Peak Difficulty Fluctuation)

Dungeon monsters: Fel-infected Soldiers (massive numbers), Fel Warlords (Level 5/Fear Slayer/Elite Template/Fel Enhancement) (small numbers), Slaughtering Scythe - Balzalc (Level 6/Fel Prisoner/Epic Boss Template)

Dungeon Rewards: Abundant Universal Experience, Disaster Coins, Purple to Brilliant Gold Quality Chests, and Class Legacy Scrolls

Dungeon death penalty: Soul Weakness (lasts 1 calendar day)

Instance Description: The wind howls through the mountains, a mournful lament. Green, malevolent flames creep across the ancient stone walls, like poisonous flowers blooming on corpses. This once formidable stronghold guarding the valley has become a demonic inferno, where soldiers corrupted by fel energy yearn for a nonexistent salvation in death. No one remembers the smoke that once rose from its chimneys, nor the laughter of children that once echoed here. Only the massive black scythe remains, silently waiting in the deepest recesses of the fortress…

Use this to warm up!

But before that—

[Upgrading your Wanderer level requires 5000 Universal Experience Points. Upgrade now?]

"Yes"

Your Wanderer level has increased to 5.

Your overall base stats (maximum health, related basic saving throws) have been improved!

You've received a professional baptism!

You have acquired a new job skill: Intuitive Evasion.

[Intuitive Evasion (Unupgradeable): When a visible attacker hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to halve the damage inflicted.]

Your mana pool has been expanded; your current mana is 20/20.

You have acquired a new Wandering specialization. Number of remaining options: 1

[Detected that your character has not yet selected a Wanderer specialization for their current level. Please select your specialization skill from the following options.]

1. Blood Drain (Rare/Professional Skill/Medical School of Slaughter)

2. Skirmish tactics (normal/professional skill/reconnaissance school)

3. Extreme Stealth (Rare/Class Skill/Assassination School)

Blood

Type: Professional Skills/Medical School

Description: Your understanding of blood has become intertwined with magic, granting you a degree of control over it. When you launch a sneak attack on an unconstructed or undead creature, you gain health based on your Perception attribute.

P.S.: It's been 254556 years since the last update on the internet, how can I still see blood therapy? How ignorant! —Anonymous Legendary Healer

PS2: Then why did you even click in? ————Vera, Bloodthorn Assassin

PS3: Let's learn about traditional culture. —An anonymous legendary healer

PS4: ...Alright then. ————Vera, Bloodthorn Assassin

PS5: The comments on this webpage are not the chat box! You guys have so much disaster currency you don't know what to do with it, huh?! ————999+ hot comments on this webpage

High-efficiency stealth

Type: Professional Skills/Assassination School

Description: If you gain invisibility through stealth, your invisibility effect is considered higher-level invisibility.

Advanced Invisibility: Your invisibility effect will not end when you enter a brightly lit environment, or when you attack or cast a spell.

?

Cheng Yi scratched his head as he looked at the skirmish tactics that had already appeared twice.

So this gacha pool is being recycled?

Without thinking too much, Cheng Yi directly chose the highly effective stealth mode that provides advanced invisibility.

After all, the invisibility provided by the Darkscale Armor is only the standard version.

But with his highly effective stealth abilities, Cheng Yi can be said to have reached the pinnacle of stealth...