NTE Invisibility Ability Lets Players Skip Stealth Rules in Hetero City
Automaton's hands-on test shows how a single supernatural ability can reshape open-world crime loops, letting players skip the blind-spot and line-of-sight mechanics that normally define shoplifting and police chases in Hetero City.
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Automaton tested Canhong, a new character in NTE: Neverness to Everness Version 1.3, whose invisibility ability also raises movement speed by 50%. With the cooldown running during activation, Canhong can stay invisible almost continuously. The outlet used the power to shoplift, rob a bank in a treasure hunt, and escape police, finding the city's usual stealth rules largely bypassed.
Canhong's invisibility has a quirk that makes it stronger than it looks on paper: the cooldown timer progresses while the ability is active. Using it for its full duration lets players reactivate it the moment it ends, which means near-permanent invisibility while sprinting through Hetero City.
Automaton put that to use across the city's crime systems. Shop theft normally requires waiting for a clerk's blind spot, but Canhong walks in front of the register, takes the item, and leaves. The toy shop DSD-do even stocks a large Asahime Inori figure worth stealing. In the Niku-kyu Great Heist treasure hunt, invisibility keeps players clear of enemies and surveillance, though opening safes breaks the effect.
Escape works too. Turning invisible before a full police response drops the detected state, letting players reach a hiding spot and wait out their wanted level.
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