New Memorization, New Mission

The strategy guide written by "Shadowless Hand" was very detailed, spanning several thousand words, but Lin Yu finished reading it quickly.

He doesn't actually need to Tier Advancement as a "thief." He just needs to know roughly what the Tier Advancement of a "thief" is like, so that he won't give himself away when making up lies.

Just as Lin Yu had guessed, the "Thief's" Rank Advancement Mission was indeed to steal things.

Moreover, unlike the Unique Profession "Fraudster" class, the "Thief" class only has one Rank Advancement Mission instead of two.

It usually means specifying that you want to steal a certain valuable "Item" from the Instance!

"Shadowless Hand" passed the "Rank Advancement Trial" twice. His first "Rank Advancement Trial" opened the ninth Instance, which was in a Museum Instance. The goal was to steal any exhibit in the Museum that was valued at more than 50 million and keep it until the end of the Instance without it being taken away.

It sounds easy, but after witnessing the monster in the Security Uniform in the Museum punch a "soldier" Player to death, "Shadowless Hand" gave up most of the idea.

After touring the Museum, he discovered that the exhibits, valued at over 50 million, were all extremely dangerous—some were pharaohs' coffins, others were cursed vampire masks. He felt that taking them would attract something very ominous, so "Shadowless Hand" decided on the spot to reconsider and focus on clearing the level.

The second "Rank Advancement Trial" takes place after completing ten Instance.

The "Shadowless Hand" technique had matured considerably by then, and fortunately, this time the Instance was no longer a dangerous "puzzle" type Instance like the [Museum] Instance.

This time, "Shadowless Hand" faces a survival-type Instance, where he must survive for seven days on a drifting, abandoned giant ship. The "Rank Advancement Trial" only requires him to steal the Mermaid's pearl.

After some effort, "Shadowless Hand" built relationships with the various Mermaid and ghost NPCs on the giant ship, gained their trust, and then secretly stole the Item [Mermaid's Pearl], keeping it until the end of the Instance.

Having experienced the "Shadowless Hand" technique twice, Lin Yu thought about it and felt that he could probably fabricate a plausible story about a "thief" Tier Advancement.

Of course, the most important thing is...

The [Profession Item] obtained after a "Thief" reaches "Tier 1".

According to the "Shadowless Hand" guide, the two [Profession Item] available to the "Thief" are [Magic Pouch] and [Quick Blade].

The former [Magic Pouch] grants the "Thief" more skill uses.

The skill, which could originally only be activated once every 24 hours, can now be activated three times under the effect of [Magic Pouch].

[Quick Blade] is much simpler and more direct.

This allows the "Thief" to choose to inflict damage from a sharp weapon on the target of the theft when activating their Profession ability.

If the timing is right, it's even possible to strike a vital spot—a fatal blow is not out of the question.

The appearance of [Magic Pouch] is usually that of Item, such as Backpack, waist bag, etc.

The "Quick Blade" naturally refers to a type of thin and small sharp weapon.

Regardless of the type of [Profession Item], each item possesses excellent attributes—the [Magic Pouch] has more space than it actually appears, and the [Quick Blade]'s sharpness is unmatched by ordinary weapons.

Looking at this "thief's" strategy, Lin Yu felt a chill run down his spine.

From this perspective, Li Nian is quite a dangerous person.

The Utility knife in her hand is most likely a [Quick Blade]!

Fortunately, "Shadowless Hand" also chose the [Quick Blade], and in the "Guide," he complained in detail about the limitations of the [Quick Blade].

This thing looks impressive, but the "thief" still has to manually control it to time the strike!

Whether the deduction is accurate depends entirely on the skill level of the "thief," so the upper and lower limits vary quite a bit!

In most cases, if you manage to cripple another Player's arm, that's already considered a critical hit.

Seeing the resentment in the words "Shadowless Hand," Lin Yu felt somewhat helpless.

"This guy is really something. A 'thief' should be able to fight with a little bit of offensive skill, but you can't expect him to be as good as a 'soldier'!"

Lin Yu then closed the guide.

Since there weren't many restrictions on sharing group files, Lin Yu naturally started looking through guides for other Profession as well.

Although there is browsing history, it's easy to explain if asked.

You could say it's about accumulating knowledge by drawing inferences and applying it to other situations!

Of course, what Lin Yu mainly wanted to see were the two types of [Profession Item] for these "Profession"!

[Mask] has already been used...

Next, we also need to figure out how to use the [Counterfeit].

[Counterfeit] can be transformed into any Item, but it only has the appearance of the original item and no function, requiring the cooperation of a "Fraudster".

Add to that the long cooldown period...

Lin Yu felt that turning it into a professional Item was more worthwhile than turning it into Profession Item!

And then...

Just as he had memorized the abilities of those Profession before, Lin Yu also memorized more than ten articles in the internal documents of "Jiang'an Hall" about the "Rank Advancement Trial" experience guides for various Profession, as well as the two kinds of Item that followed.

For example, the [Military Rations] and [Military Rank] of Profession "soldier".

The [teaching pointer] and [chalk] of Profession "teacher".

Profession "Otaku's" [figurines] and [tissues].

Tools and blueprints of Profession craftsman.

Based on Lin Yu's observations, it can be concluded that for all Normal Profession, the "Rank Advancement Trial" only requires completing one task.

Their two Profession Item are also basically in two different directions.

One direction is to significantly enhance and improve existing Profession skills...

Another direction is to make up for a "shortcoming" in one's original Profession.

This also provided Lin Yu with more ideas.

"For the next Instance, it would be best to disguise yourself as a Profession that has already completed 'Tier Advancement' to gain a greater advantage."

"Furthermore, in reality... we can also try participating in activities as someone who has completed the 'Tier Advancement'."

Lin Yu muttered to himself, then closed the "Jiang'an Hall" app.

Of course, he had more important things to do next.

Lin Yu pulled another brand-new phone out of his pocket—this time it was a domestically produced mid-range phone, with a more compact design.

Lin Yu dialed a phone number he had completely memorized and put it on speakerphone.

"Beep--"

The call was answered after just one ring.

"Hello?"

After the cheerful female voice rang out, Lin Yu did not reply.

But just as Lin Yu had expected, even if he didn't answer, the "clever" guy opposite him could still follow his train of thought.

"Hahaha, it's 'Zhu Ming,' right?"

"I understand—I'll text you later."