novelraw Chapter 208: Perfect Title — Neighborhood Shadow
Chapter 208: Perfect Title — Neighborhood Shadow
[Obtained complete blueprints for Green Forest City's transportation network system, commercial and public space system, sanitation and environmental digestion system, special and strategic systems. Completion rate for obtaining all system blueprints of Green Forest City ≥ 90%. 'City Shadows' title route has achieved stage advancement. Reward: Survival Points: 10000]
[Title: 'Neighborhood Shadow' quality → Rare+, title development progress → Perfect]
[Yu Yuan Shelter Leaderboard information has changed...]
[Current shelter ranking: 6299th (↑500 places)]
The expected improvement didn't cause much emotional fluctuation in Yu Yuan.
Moreover, no special achievement was unlocked this time either.
Instead, his gaze turned to the title information for [Neighborhood Shadow] with a hint of anticipation.
He wanted to see what changes would occur now that the title development had reached the Perfect level.
Title: Neighborhood Shadow (Perfect)
Quality: Rare+Path Affiliation: City Shadows
Effects:
① When in urban neighborhood, darkness, or shadow environments, gain a danger perception effect; body reaction speed +20%, movement speed +20%, doubled in darkness or shadow environments.
② Actively merge with shadows, entering a [Concealment] state (Concealment: Merged with shadows, presence is drastically reduced, extremely easy to be overlooked; state disappears 5 seconds after leaving dark or shadow environments; state disappears after taking active hostile action.); After entering the [Concealment] state, sound, body temperature, heartbeat, and aura will be concealed to the maximum extent, making them difficult to detect.
③ Gain Dark Vision effect, able to ignore unnatural darkness and smoke environments.
④ Possesses strong intimidation power against scavengers, scavengers, survivors, and shadow creatures; In a neutral state, will not be the primary attack target of dark or shadow creatures.
⑤ Can perform short-distance [Shadow Stride] between shadow areas within line of sight.
⑥ Can simply manipulate shadows within a 20-meter radius.
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The title improvement was quite substantial.
Some effects were merged, some were enhanced, and two new abilities were also gained.
"Shadow Stride... Manipulate shadows?"
A thoughtful expression appeared on Yu Yuan's face as he came to the fourth floor and turned off the lighting.
He immediately noticed the difference.
He felt his body was a bit lighter. The Kukri appeared in his hand, and he swung it forward.
Yu Yuan was very familiar with his own body.
Faster!
The slashing motion was faster. Then he shifted left and right a few times, confirming his body speed and agility had indeed improved somewhat.
Next, he tried entering the [Concealment] state.
Previously, he needed to remain motionless for three seconds before entering [Concealment]. Now that prerequisite was removed.
As long as he was in a dark or shadowy environment, he could enter [Concealment] immediately. Moreover, he could clearly feel that after entering the [Concealment] state, his entire body seemed enveloped by an invisible, transparent veil, isolating the sounds of his movements, his body temperature, heartbeat, and breathing from the outside world.
"This effect... is absolutely amazing!"
The Dark Vision was also much clearer and brighter than before, lacking the previous frosted-glass sensation. It was practically no different from looking at things under a spotlight.
"Now *this* is true Dark Vision!"
Curious, Yu Yuan looked around the fourth floor. He could see a single seaweed tendril inside the Green-haired Seaweed cultivation tank trembling on its own.
After a moment's thought, Yu Yuan left the shelter and entered the sewer.
He didn't turn on a light, so the sewer was pitch black.
An object already appeared in Yu Yuan's hand.
It was a smoke grenade.
With the safety pin pulled, it was tossed onto the ground.
Dense smoke immediately billowed up within the sewer.
Yu Yuan watched the increasingly thick smoke, focusing his gaze.
Sure enough, the dense smoke seemed non-existent in his eyes.
In his field of vision, the scene inside the sewer was still clearly visible.
Without a single obstruction.
A smile finally appeared on Yu Yuan's face.
This ability is great!
Absolutely fantastic!
Afterwards, he tested the [Shadow Stride] and the shadow manipulation abilities.
His body kept flickering within the darkness, though each flicker was followed by a two-second pause.
After several minutes, Yu Yuan finally stopped. His body felt hollowed out.
He gasped for air heavily.
"Shadow Stride can essentially be seen as shadow jumping or teleportation. It can only be used while in shadows. After each use, there's a two-second wait before it can be used again. Moreover, using it consumes a certain amount of stamina. With my current stamina, I can only jump thirty or forty times at most..."
"And the jump distance... theoretically, I can jump to any location within my line of sight. But because of the sewer's limitations, I only tried tens of meters. I'll go outside to try once it gets dark..."
Yu Yuan carefully sensed the changes in his body. Although this ability had many limitations, he was quite satisfied. Not only was it a means of survival and escape, but it was also quite good for ambushes.
Most importantly, this ability could still be used even under the [Concealment] effect, and as long as he didn't take active hostile action, the [Concealment] effect wouldn't be dispelled.
It was absolutely a divine skill among divine skills.
As for manipulating shadows...
Yu Yuan's gaze fell on an empty soda can lying in the Sewage Channel about 5 meters away. He held his breath, focusing intently, his gaze sharp.
"Hmm~~~"
Accompanied by a forceful exhalation, his gaze also became fierce.
He saw the dark shadows around the soda can come alive, writhing and surging towards the can.
Then, the next moment.
The shadows crashed into the soda can and immediately dissipated, leaving only the empty can that wobbled slightly a couple of times before becoming still again.
Yu Yuan: ......
"This... is kinda lame!!"
Yu Yuan thought to himself.
But he quickly realized that a title ability couldn't possibly be this weak, especially an ability that appeared after he had developed the [Neighborhood Shadow] progress to the [Perfect] level.
An ability that appeared alongside [Shadow Stride] couldn't possibly be garbage.
"Maybe I'm using it wrong, or perhaps it requires practice to master..."
Yu Yuan felt this direction was probably correct.
Just like with [Shadow Stride], his current stamina only allowed for thirty or forty jumps. But later, as his physical fitness continued to improve and his stamina increased, the number of uses would also increase accordingly.
This shadow manipulation must be the same.
Regardless, Carmen really did a great job.
If he had to search for these materials himself, who knows how much effort it would have cost.
Returning to the shelter, Yu Yuan was still pondering the title abilities when he heard a commotion coming from the direction of the [Indoor Shooting Range].
Walking over, he saw Alpha, Fang, and the others gathered around Eagle Eye, saying something.
Their faces were all beaming with excited smiles.
"What's going on? So happy!"
Hearing Yu Yuan's voice, the others all turned to look.
The excitement on Eagle Eye's face was very evident. Although Alpha was trying hard to maintain a steady demeanor, the smile at the corners of his eyes couldn't be hidden.
Alpha immediately provided an explanation for Yu Yuan.
"King, just now Eagle Eye was reading a book, saying he seemed to have understood the essence of sniping. He came to test it out, and he really broke through the bottleneck!"
Yu Yuan looked at the book in Alpha's hand, was slightly taken aback, and then showed a smile of understanding.
And that book was none other than *Sniper Training Notes*.