Chapter 40: Turning Hostile

Kamiyu continued to examine the advanced skill affixes of this Ancestral Legendary Tier equipment, the 【False Death Garment】.

She discovered that when upgraded from Ancestral Legendary to Dark Gold Tier, its skill effect would become:

【Embedded Skill: If you have not dealt damage in the past 2 seconds, you can enter a stealth state while increasing movement speed by 150%.

Note: This skill is a passive skill and has no cooldown time.】

“Huh, the active skill has become a passive skill,” Kamiyu noted.

“No cooldown time—isn’t that even better?”

Kamiyu continued reading.

To her surprise, she found that upon advancing to the highest equipment tier—Ancestral Dark Gold Tier—its skill effect would become:

【If the player equips this cuirass, they can enter a stealth state while increasing movement speed by 300%.

Note: This skill is a passive skill and has no cooldown time.

The player can freely toggle the stealth state on and off.】

【Definition of Stealth: The player enters an invisibility state, erasing all traces and concealing any acoustic, optical, thermal, electrical, and mechanical physical phenomena generated by the player.】

“Wear it and become invisible instantly, with movement speed tripled—it’s practically a must-have artifact for assassins.

This will make my playstyle even more versatile. Instead of turtling up as a camper, I can play a stealth-based style.”

Ancestral Dark Gold Tier was still too far off for Kamiyu, so she focused on carefully reading the difference between 【Activate Skill Manually】 and 【If you have not dealt damage in the past 2 seconds】.

In other words, the difference between Ancestral Legendary Tier and Dark Gold Tier equipment.

Her understanding of these three equipment tiers was as follows:

The Ancestral Legendary Tier skill shifts toward an assassin-style play, offering 30 seconds of invisibility, but with the drawback of a 10-minute cooldown, making it suitable for burst-style play.

The Dark Gold Tier can be used like a camouflage suit, fitting the ambush-style play—as long as you don’t fire, you’ll never be discovered. The downside is that firing will expose you.

As for Ancestral Dark Gold Tier, there’s no need to explain—it’s like unleashing unrivaled power.

The problem was, both the active and passive skills were incredibly appealing. One allowed you to actively enter invisibility, while the other made you passively invisible as long as you didn’t fire.

Regarding the condition of not dealing damage in the past 2 seconds, Kamiyu thought of a highly effective and fun tactic.

She could simply lie flat on the ground, undetectable by anyone, fire a shot, then immediately run away. After 2 seconds, she could enter stealth mode, move invisibly, and become a hero once again.

Endure for 2 seconds and turn invisible, endure for 2 seconds and turn invisible—it was just like the ghost jump from the “Soul-Sucking Talisman.”

But as an adult, she naturally wanted both skills.

She wondered if her 【Enhancement】 talent could make it happen, as it had worked before with her Legendary Signature Sniper.

She had already added the skills of Delayed Implosion Bullet and Curving Bullet to her NTW-40.

This was equivalent to adding remote-controlled bomb and auto-aim skills to a single weapon.

“This should be possible, but for now, I need to get through this challenge,” Kamiyu thought to herself.

Time was tight, and she didn’t have the luxury to study how to upgrade equipment levels or how to enhance, unlock, or stack skills on the same weapon.

For now, it was enough to know that the Ancestral Legendary Tier cuirass had an active skill, allowing her to actively enter stealth.

And the Dark Gold Tier cuirass had a passive skill, enabling her to passively enter stealth.

Kamiyu immediately equipped the cuirass.

A blue-white glow enveloped her body.

The cuirass, False Death Garment, automatically adjusted its size to fit her form.

A short-sleeved leather armor with a dark red scarf from the neck to the chest and a dark yellow crisscrossing belt design automatically slipped onto Kamiyu’s upper body.

【Player Panel:】

【Cuirass: False Death Garment (Durability 100/100)】

【Staff: NTW-40 (Durability 66/100)】

At that moment.

Seeing the cuirass on Kamiyu, Xu Liwen furrowed her brows and thought to herself, “This is the first piece of equipment in the Black Sphere Game so far that can evolve into the Ancestral Dark Gold Tier.”

This cuirass undoubtedly belonged to the most powerful Divine-Tier Equipment currently in the Black Sphere Game.

The origin of this Divine-Tier Equipment was when the authorities annihilated a Squad of 200 Players, killed its Captain, and seized it.

That raid and massacre was led by Bai Zhan, whose “military achievements” were the most outstanding, having killed the most Players, so the equipment was awarded to him.

Moreover, since no Dark Gold Equipment had appeared so far, whoever possessed this equipment would be considered part of the game’s First Echelon.

Now, Kamiyu had become famous overnight, instantly rising to the First Echelon of the game.

Xu Liwen secretly marveled at the thought that after acquiring all of Bai Zhan’s equipment, she wouldn’t just be the next Bai Zhan—she would be even more formidable and go further than him.

However, trouble had now arrived. The authorities would definitely reclaim this equipment; they absolutely could not tolerate it falling into the wrong hands.

Now, Kamiyu had only two paths: first, submit to the authorities and become their slave;

second, die.

Xu Liwen certainly didn’t want to oppose Kamiyu; she didn’t want to invite trouble or court death.

How could she fight such a powerful opponent?

But things often go against one’s wishes.

Suddenly, Zhong Hao rushed in front of Brother Dong, picked up the Katana from the ground, and with a single slash, severed Brother Dong’s head.

Already weakened, Brother Dong was now undeniably dead.

【Player Count: 4/12】

Only Kamiyu, Jack, Zhong Hao, and Zhang Wei remained.

After killing, Zhong Hao immediately threw down the Katana, raised his hands, and ran toward Xu Liwen.

As he ran, he shouted, “I surrender! My Talent is Future Perception. I have the ability to predict the future. I am better suited to serve your authorities. Let me be the final victor of this game.”

Xu Liwen immediately shoved him behind the Infantry Fighting Vehicle, using the Battle Vehicle as cover to block Kamiyu’s line of fire.

Xu Liwen asked, “Are you really Zhong Hao?”

“Did Zhang Wei confess everything?” Zhong Hao asked.

Both of them were clever.

Xu Liwen had tortured Zhang Wei to extract information about everyone, so she naturally knew about someone named Zhong Hao who possessed the ability to predict the future.

The authorities had also given her an order: prioritize finding and recruiting him if he was willing to join them.

Xu Liwen had earlier speculated whether this person among the survivors was Zhong Hao.

Now he claimed to be, even before Xu Liwen could verify his identity.

An urgent message came from the rear: “At any cost, ensure Zhong Hao becomes the final victor, guarantee his personal safety, and recycle Bai Zhan’s weapons, equipment, and items.”

Xu Liwen’s heart sank.

The situation she least wanted to see had truly come to pass.

For the authorities, obtaining the ability to predict the future and recycling equipment with Ancestral Dark Gold Tier potential represented the greatest benefit.

This meant stripping Kamiyu of everything—her Spoils of War, her precious Life.

But why should this be?