Hidden Class

A skill book.

An incredibly precious skill book.

If one were to ask Lin Zhiluo about the drop rate of skill books, the answer would be simple.

Negligible, so small it is impossible to calculate.

To understand why the drop rate is so low, one must look at the rules regarding skills in the Doomsday Game.

First of all, there is no upper limit to the number of skills a person can possess.

At first glance, you might think this is a bug-like setting.

But once you truly understand the drop rate of skill books, you will realize that this setting is almost entirely useless.

The drop rate is low to the point of extremity.

Even if a skill book does drop, it might not even be suitable for you.

This terrifying scarcity ensures that even though there is no limit to the number of skills you can have, it is incredibly difficult to acquire new ones.

Throughout the entire Doomsday Game, aside from three chances to obtain a random skill for your specific class between level 10 and level 80, there are no other opportunities.

And each time, you only receive one or two skills.

In other words, those with bad luck might only ever obtain three skills in total.

Other than that, there is no way to acquire skills outside of skill books.

In Lin Zhiluo's memory.

Even in the later stages, when most players reached level 60 or 70, they still only possessed the skills that came with their class.

It was that pathetic, that miserable.

And the one known as the Skill Archmage, who possessed the most skills in the entire world, only had twenty-five in total!

Lin Zhiluo was considered lucky; he previously possessed 10 skills, which already surpassed 99% of players.

Therefore, one can imagine just how precious the skill book in front of him was.

Lin Zhiluo rubbed his hands together and opened the ancient-looking book.

[Whirlwind Slash]: Warrior-class skill. Throw the weapon in your hand to deal 120% strength attribute damage. The weapon will fly back to your hand after hitting an enemy or reaching its maximum distance. The flight distance of the throw and the return are identical. During the return, if it hits an enemy, it will deal 80% strength attribute damage (if it encounters obstacles like objects, it will fail to return).

Beautiful!

Lin Zhiluo couldn't help but feel pleasantly surprised.

A Warrior-class skill that combines ranged, throwing, automatic retrieval, and multi-stage damage.

A skill with so many features is absolutely rare!

However, it was obvious that a skill like this would have a very long cooldown, and he would have to wait until his mental power increased to shorten it.

This haul was a massive profit!

[System detected skill "Whirlwind Slash"]

[Does player "Yazi" wish to learn the "Whirlwind Slash" skill?]

"Learn, learn, learn," Lin Zhiluo said impatiently.

[Congratulations to player "Yazi" for successfully learning "Whirlwind Slash"]

Lin Zhiluo felt his hands itching to try it out.

But the room was ultimately a bit too small, making it impossible to perform.

So, he had to suppress his urges and put all the treasures he had just acquired into his storage space.

He was very satisfied with his gains today.

His own level had reached level 3.

He had obtained three Bronze-level pieces of equipment: the [Meditation Necklace], the [Ring of Nightfall], and the [Tang Hengdao].

He had mastered one powerful skill: [Whirlwind Slash].

There was also a pile of items in his storage space.

In the past, it would have been difficult for him to obtain these things even in half a month.

Of course, the most important thing was that the woman named Yao Jinghan was finally dead!

Thinking of this, Lin Zhiluo contentedly took out his supply card and activated it.

Beijing roast duck, two fragrant steamed buns, a medium-rare sirloin steak, and a bottle of Feitian Moutai.

Having gone through the afternoon's battles, Lin Zhiluo was already starving.

Looking at the delicacies before him, he didn't stand on ceremony and began stuffing them into his mouth.

The Beijing roast duck even came with spring pancakes and sauce, and the sirloin steak came with pasta and a fried egg.

Lin Zhiluo shoveled the food into his mouth in large bites.

This really is happiness.

I have to admit, the supply cards that drop in this Doomsday Game, especially the cooked food like Beijing roast duck and steak, are top-tier.

The texture and flavor are absolutely on par with the work of a five-star hotel chef.

Good times are always short-lived.

Before long, all the delicacies on the table had been swept clean by Lin Zhiluo.

He rubbed his belly.

Satisfying.

He tossed the plates, chopsticks, knives, and forks aside.

Lin Zhiluo then cleaned the table.

Next, there was a very important task to attend to.

That was to plan his future.

He took out the notebook and pen he had scavenged from downstairs and began to write furiously.

The first step was to decide on his career path.

The Doomsday Game divides player classes in a very simple way.

There are only two: Warrior and Mage.

It is just that simple.

Upon reaching level ten and completing the class advancement quest, everyone can become a member of one of these two classes.

However, although the classes are divided this way, the game actually leaves the autonomy entirely up to you.

The combat style and class you end up with depend on you.

If you become a Warrior, every time you level up, your Strength and Constitution increase by one point each, and you are also given two free attribute points to distribute as you please.

For example, if you want to take the tank route to soak up damage, you put everything into Constitution.

For a berserker route, you put everything into Strength.

If you want to go the assassin route, you could consider putting points into Agility.

As for Archers, well, you don't really need to worry about stat allocation for that.

There is only one question: can you actually hit your target?

This doesn't mean that after choosing Warrior, your Spirit and Agility stats won't change at all.

It just means the rate of change will be very small, though they will generally still increase as your overall strength grows.

If you become a Mage, every time you level up, your Spirit and Agility increase by one point each, and you are also given two free attribute points to distribute as you please.

However, those in the Mage class generally put all their points into Spirit.

Of course, if you want to put points into Constitution or Strength to become a melee Mage...

Very well, you have a lot of courage!

This is where you can see how precious the 5 free attribute points currently in Lin Zhiluo's hands are.

You have to realize that if these attribute points are added in advance, their effects will be significantly enhanced once you successfully complete your class advancement!

This forced Lin Zhiluo to be cautious.

What was just mentioned are only the very common career paths.

99% of the world will walk these two paths.

The remaining 1% will walk the path of hidden classes.

Looking at it this way, the number of hidden classes is indeed quite large.

But the gap between different hidden classes is also massive.

The path Lin Zhiluo was planning was, naturally, a top-tier hidden class.

He first wrote the two characters for "Phantom" in his notebook.

This was his hidden class from his previous life.

It was also something he earned at the cost of a permanent scar on his face and by hovering between life and death multiple times.

Phantom is the most legendary top-tier assassin class.

With maxed-out Agility, its single-target damage is explosive.

This was the most important reason Lin Zhiluo was able to evade the Li Family's pursuit for ten years.

Even before the second class advancement, every level up increased Agility and Strength by two points each, and it granted three free attribute points.

Compared to ordinary classes, it was a world of difference.

Lin Zhiluo knew the method and process for obtaining the Phantom class by heart.

For him, this was definitely the easiest hidden class to acquire.

Lin Zhiluo thought for a moment, then wrote "Holy Knight of Light", "Necromancer", "Asura", "Titan", and "Life Reaper" on the paper...