My Ability Pool is Superior

“We’ve done everything we could. Whether Company Commander Zhou wakes up depends on him now.”

Inside the bright and tidy tent, a doctor wearing thin-rimmed glasses pacified the adjutant and had him sit down.

The settlement was a living area after all, so it was impossible to have professional medical weapons here; at most, they could scavenge some bottles and jars containing medicine and some medical tools.

The conditions were just that rudimentary; they couldn’t demand too much.

Lieutenant Liu was not unreasonable; he actually knew this very well, but he still couldn’t help feeling worried.

In comparison, Xiao Xueyin’s situation was much more optimistic. Since the bleeding was stopped in time, they just needed to remove the date pit nail and suture the wound.

During the wait, Lu Bai borrowed a laptop computer from a doctor and copied the experimental log from the USB drive.

After confirming that doing so wouldn’t affect the “node”‘s ownership, he took the laptop computer and went outside the tent to block Professor Jiang.

That Professor Jiang looked about fifty years old, with thick hair and not a single white strand, who knows if it was due to good health practices or deliberately blackened.

His appearance was not the kind, wise image imagined; instead, his prominent cheekbones gave him a somewhat fierce look.

“Something wrong?” Professor Jiang asked.

His tone sounded a bit impatient.

But to be precise, it wasn’t aimed at Lu Bai; it was more because of the explosion at the research center.

Lu Bai wasn’t annoyed: “I heard you found a way to deal with zombies.”

Professor Jiang narrowed his eyes: “Kid, I’m very busy. If you have nothing to do, go sweep the trash on the roadside.”

“You’re very busy? But wasn’t your laboratory all blown up?”

Lu Bai still maintained his harmless smile.

Professor Jiang’s expression turned unfriendly, and he immediately countered with a question: “Zhou Zongming’s subordinate? What’s your name? Is this how he leads the team?”

Lu Bai hefted the laptop computer in his hand and said with a smile.

“I just happened to pick up a USB drive storing the experimental log.”

Upon hearing “experimental log,” Professor Jiang’s eyes suddenly widened round.

In just one breath, he changed his face and squeezed out a smile, his nasolabial folds so deep they seemed able to crush a fly.

“Haha, young man, found things should be returned to the owner. Your behavior is very praiseworthy! By the way, can I take a look at the data inside first?”

Professor Jiang shamelessly gave Lu Bai a thumbs up, completely without any image concerns.

“Arrogant before, respectful after.”

Lu Bai propped up the laptop computer with one index finger, spinning it like a handkerchief.

“Because it’s very important.”

Professor Jiang suddenly became serious and said solemnly: “This data can save people.”

But after being serious for not even two seconds, he hurriedly shouted in fear: “Hey, be careful, don’t drop it.”

“Alright, I was planning to hand this data over to you anyway, but I have a condition…”

……

Without death fighters causing trouble, with the army such a violence machine present, controlling the situation was just a matter of time.

Even if they couldn’t clear the zombies from each settlement in a short time due to insufficient manpower, blocking the zombie tide with massive heavy firepower was still very easy.

Since safety could be guaranteed, the rest was just spending more time to slowly carpet-bomb the wandering zombies.

Zhou Zongming had professional doctors taking care of him there, and as for Liu Yue and the others, Lu Bai didn’t need to worry about them at all.

So after handing the experimental log data to Professor Jiang, he casually found an unoccupied tent, went in, and lay down.

After all, he’d been busy all night; it was almost noon now.

Even with his physical fitness beyond ordinary people, he hadn’t reached the point of going without sleep or rest.

Drowsiness hit, and soon he fell completely asleep.

……

Visibility in the tent was low, dim yellow light shining in through the gaps in the curtain, as if dividing the space inside the tent in two.

Beep beep beep~

After who knows how long, Lu Bai hazily heard movement from the walkie-talkie.

He abruptly opened his eyes and reflexively grabbed for it.

Though he grabbed at empty air, he didn’t feel surprised.

Lu Bai sat up from the ground mat, unhurriedly looking around.

“You shouldn’t have come.”

There was no one else’s figure in the tent, nor anyone answering him.

If an unknowing person saw this scene, it would seem utterly anomalous.

“Looks like I slept quite a while; it’s almost dark.”

Lu Bai leisurely stretched, first picking up the walkie-talkie by his pillow and whistling into it, then switching channels and pressing the intercom button: “Thanks for your hard work.”

Hearing this, Duan Jianhui was startled.

But he still stood motionless in place, hoping Lu Bai was bluffing him again this time.

Not long after, the tent’s curtain was lifted by someone.

Liu Yue, Yaluo, and the black vest man all arrived in front of the tent.

“Yaluo was from the Survey Corps before; do you know what gold ability he chose?”

Lu Bai truly couldn’t see where Duan Jianhui was, but as long as he knew the other was in this tent, it was fine.

Duan Jianhui’s figure did not appear.

“Even now, you still won’t give up?”

Lu Bai sighed, picked up the eight-sided Han sword, and stood up: “Guess why the walkie-talkie suddenly rang?”

Clatter~

As Lu Bai stood, there was faintly the sound of chains rubbing.

[Iron Chain Link (Gold): This ability can link two targets within two adjacent meters; once one target in the linked state takes damage, the other target in the linked state will also take equivalent damage.]

Yaluo visibly fatigued all over.

This was actually because during this time, he had been continuously using this ability, trying to achieve the linked state.

Although the ability wouldn’t activate successfully when there were no adjacent targets near Lu Bai, the mental consumption was still extraordinarily high.

Yaluo’s gaze swept back and forth in the tent, finally locking on a position, and feebly shouted: “Alright, come out.”

The direction Yaluo was looking made Duan Jianhui realize that this former henchman had truly found his position.

At this point, Duan Jianhui didn’t hesitate and directly revealed his figure.

In the administrative building, Lu Bai had cut off one of his arms; with such an injury, he naturally couldn’t handle it properly, so he still looked somewhat wretched.

“Whoa, invisibility for real.” Liu Yue’s eyes lit up, seeming very interested.

Duan Jianhui deliberately made his tone seem not so panicked, casually inquiring about Yaluo’s ability details: “I’m very curious; how exactly did you find me?”

Unfortunately, Lu Bai had no intention of continuing the chit-chat.

Whoosh!

Several sword lights flashed.

To prevent missing, Lu Bai deliberately swung a few extra slashes.

Almost at the same time, his face paled, and he fell straight back, unable even to hold onto the eight-sided Han sword in his hand.

[Ding!]

[Points +1, current points: 49, current rank 1/7]

The system’s mechanical prompt sounded.

With the system as proof, it could be confirmed that Duan Jianhui was truly taken out.

It was also thanks to this troublesome guy being low on health already; otherwise, taking out Duan Jianhui in the linked state would probably have gotten Lu Bai eliminated too.

Though he wasn’t much better off now either.

But as long as he had one breath left, slowly recovering with [Super Regeneration] was no problem.

The problem was whether the death fighters present would give him that opportunity.

The answer was obviously no.

To be exact, when Yaluo proposed this plan, his intentions weren’t entirely pure.

After all, only single-digit death fighters were left alive now.

Either obediently follow Lu Bai and end this deathmatch duel with the current ranking.

Or go all out, take the risk to seize the “node,” and end this fierce fight in first place.

With a bat tattooed on their neck, they naturally weren’t the hesitant type.

As soon as Lu Bai went down, Yaluo immediately signaled his accomplice with his eyes.

The black vest man decisively lifted his pant leg, took off the dagger strapped to his calf, and walked toward Lu Bai.

Yaluo himself turned to stare at Liu Yue: “Beauty, you can see the situation clearly, right?”

Liu Yue was stunned, looking uncertainly at the black vest man walking to Lu Bai’s side.

She wasn’t unable to accept a backstab; she could even join in, but these two had discussed without including her, which really gave her no sense of security.

“After you eliminate the handsome guy, who knows if you’ll take me out too while you’re at it.”

“Actually… I feel like I can still be saved.” Lu Bai lay flat on the ground, eyes looking at the tent ceiling, still in the mood to joke.

Hearing this, Yaluo’s eyelid twitched, faintly feeling a trace of unease, and couldn’t help urging: “Brother Fei, hurry up and finish him.”

The black vest man spat: “How many times have I told you, it’s Fisher.”

“Now’s not the time to…”

Before Yaluo could finish, he was suddenly interrupted by a loud scolding voice full of vigor.

Lieutenant Liu led a team of fully armed soldiers rushing over quickly, with Professor Jiang following behind the soldiers, shouting vigorously: “What do you think you’re doing?!”

Just from the sound, Lu Bai knew what was happening outside the tent.

Still the same point: temporary cooperating death fighters could hardly trust each other.

Yaluo and Fisher had ulterior motives, sure, but Lu Bai wouldn’t be completely defenseless either.

The reason this team of soldiers arrived so quickly was naturally because when Lu Bai handed the experimental log data to Professor Jiang, he had mentioned a condition.

Switching channels on the walkie-talkie was actually telling Professor Jiang thanks for the hard work.

“Brother Fei!”

Yaluo couldn’t calmly accept the plan falling through and roared fiercely.

This was to remind Fisher to take out Lu Bai and then run off with the “node.”

But this roar of his instead reminded Liu Yue; after all, she hadn’t betrayed, and now was the time to make up for it.

Liu Yue decisively activated her gold ability on Fisher.

Hum~

One second later, Liu Yue and Fisher swapped positions.

Seeing this, Yaluo’s face turned extremely gloomy.

Lieutenant Liu was the first to reach the tent: “Hands on head, squat in place, or we’ll shoot!”

The team of soldiers behind him quickly surrounded Yaluo and Fisher; any movement and they’d open fire.

Professor Jiang strained his neck to look into the tent, shouting: “First go rescue Xiao Lu.”

At this point, Yaluo realized the tide had turned and reluctantly put his hands on his head and squatted, linking himself with Lu Bai during the process.

He could only hope to negotiate terms with Lu Bai using [Iron Chain Link]; he couldn’t really let a bunch of natives shoot him on the spot, right?

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