My Ability Pool is Superior-Chapter 63 - 62: Harboring Sinister Motives

"We’ve done all we could. Whether Company Commander Zhou wakes up now depends on himself."

Inside a bright and tidy tent, a doctor with thin-framed glasses calmed the adjutant down and sat him down.

After all, the settlement area is a living space, so it’s impossible to equip it with professional medical instruments. At most, some bottles filled with medicines and a few medical tools can be scavenged.

The conditions are just so basic, we can’t ask for much.

Lieutenant Liu is not ignorant; he actually understands this very well, but he still can’t help worrying.

Relatively speaking, Xiao Xueyin’s situation is much more optimistic, given that with timely hemorrhage control, removing the Jujube Seed Nail and stitching up the wound is all that’s needed.

While waiting, Lv Bai borrowed a laptop from a doctor and copied the experiment logs from the USB drive.

After confirming that doing so wouldn’t affect the Node’s ownership, he carried the laptop outside the tent to block Professor Jiang.

The Professor Jiang looked to be around fifty, with a thick head of hair, not a single gray strand could be found, it was unclear if it was due to living well or deliberately dyed black.

Appearance-wise, he wasn’t the kindly, wise image one might imagine. His prominent cheekbones gave him a bit of a tough impression.

"What’s the matter?" Professor Jiang asked.

His tone sounded a bit impatient.

But to be fair, it wasn’t really aimed at Lv Bai, more because of the explosion at the research center.

Lv Bai wasn’t annoyed: "I heard you found a way to deal with the zombies."

Professor Jiang squinted: "Kid, I’m busy, if you have nothing to do, go and sweep the trash off the road."

"You’re busy? But didn’t your laboratory get blown up?"

Lv Bai continued to smile harmlessly as ever.

Professor Jiang’s expression turned nasty, he immediately responded with a question: "Zhou Zongming’s subordinate? What’s your name? Is this how he leads his team?"

Lv Bai weighed the laptop in his hand, smiling: "I just happened to pick up a USB drive containing experiment logs."

Upon hearing the four words "experiment logs", Professor Jiang’s eyes suddenly widened.

In a breath’s time, his face changed as he forced out a smile, the deep nasolabial folds seemed as though they could crush a fly.

"Haha, lad, it’s commendable to return what you find to its owner! By the way, could you let me have a look at the data inside first?"

Professor Jiang shamelessly gave Lv Bai a thumbs-up, carrying no image concerns.

"Haughty first, then humble."

Lv Bai spun the laptop with a finger, like twirling a handkerchief.

"Because it’s important."

Professor Jiang suddenly became stern, seriously saying: "These data can save lives."

But less than a couple of seconds of seriousness, he quickly cried out in fear: "Hey, be careful, don’t drop it."

"Alright, I was going to give these data to you, but I have one condition..."

...

Without Death Fighters causing trouble, with the army, such a violent machine present, controlling the situation is just a matter of time.

Even if there aren’t enough manpower to clear zombies from every settlement quickly, blocking the zombie tide is still easy with heavy firepower.

Since safety can be ensured, what’s left is merely to spend a bit more time conducting a thorough cleanup of wandering zombies.

There are professional doctors watching over Zhou Zongming’s side, as for Liu Yue and the others, Lv Bai doesn’t need to worry about them.

So after handing the experiment log data to Professor Jiang, Lv Bai randomly found an unmanned tent to lie down in.

After all, busy all night, it’s almost noon now.

Even though his physique is unusual, he hasn’t reached the point of being able to stay awake indefinitely.

Sleepiness took over and he soon fell completely asleep.

...

Visibility in the tent was low, dim light seeped through the slit in the curtain, seemingly dividing the tent’s space into two.

Beep, beep, beep~

Unsure of how long he slept, Lv Bai, half-asleep, heard the commotion from the walkie-talkie.

He suddenly opened his eyes wide and reflexively reached for it.

Though he missed, he wasn’t surprised.

Lv Bai sat up from the ground mat, unhurriedly glanced around.

"You shouldn’t have come."

There were no other figures in the tent, and no one answered him.

If this scene fell into the eyes of someone unaware, it would seem inexplicably strange.

"Looks like I slept quite a while, it’s almost dark."

Lv Bai leisurely stretched, first picked up the walkie-talkie beside the pillow and whistled, then switched channels and pressed the talk button: "Thank you for your hard work."

Upon hearing this, Duan Jianhui was taken aback.

Yet he remained still standing as he hoped Lv Bai was still just trying to trick him this time.

Not much later, someone lifted the tent curtain.

Liu Yue, Yaro, and the man in the black vest all came to the tent front.

"Yaro was previously part of the Investigation Corps, do you know which Golden Ability he chose?"

Lv Bai indeed couldn’t see where Duan Jianhui was, but all he needed was to know the other was in this tent.

Duan Jianhui’s figure did not appear.

"Even now, still not giving up?"

Lv Bai sighed, standing up with the Eight-sided Han Sword: "Can you guess why the walkie-talkie suddenly started sounding?"

Rustle, rustle~

As Lv Bai stood up, a faint sound of chains rubbing against each other was heard.

[Iron Chain Linked Rings (Gold): This ability allows two targets within two meters of each other to be linked together, causing the same damage to be inflicted on the linked target whenever one of them is harmed.]

Yaro was visibly exhausted.

This was because he had been continuously using this ability to try to establish the linked state.

Although the ability wouldn’t activate successfully when there were no adjacent targets near Lv Bai, the energy consumption was immense.

Yaro’s gaze swept across the tent and finally fixed on one spot, weakly shouting, "Okay, come out."

The direction of Yaro’s gaze made Duan Jianhui realize that this former subordinate truly found out his location.

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

In the administrative building, Lv Bai cut off one of his arms, and he certainly couldn’t properly treat such a severe injury, leaving him looking quite miserable.

"Wow, it’s really invisibility." Liu Yue’s eyes sparkled with apparent interest.

Duan Jianhui deliberately made his tone sound unflustered, casually asking about the specific information of Yaro’s ability: "I’m curious. How did you find me?"

Unfortunately, Lv Bai had no intention of continuing the idle chat.

Swish!

Sword lights flashed several times.

To prevent missing, Lv Bai swung several more strikes deliberately.

Nigh simultaneous with his actions, his face turned pale, and he fell backward, unable to hold even the Eight-sided Han Sword in his hand.

[Ding!]

[Score +1, Current Score: 49, Current Rank: 1/7]

The mechanical sound of the system rang out.

With the system’s testimony, it was confirmed that Duan Jianhui was indeed dispatched.

It was fortunate that this troublesome guy was already low on health; otherwise, eliminating Duan Jianhui while linked would mean Lv Bai would also be knocked out.

Though admittedly, he’s not in great shape right now either.

But as long as he has one breath left, relying on [Super-speed Regeneration] to slowly recover isn’t an issue.

The question is, will the Death Fighters present give him that chance?

The answer is obviously no.

To be precise, Yaro’s proposal of this plan was never simple-minded from the start.

There were only a handful of Death Fighters left alive now.

Either they obediently follow Lv Bai and conclude this death duel with the current ranking.

Or they take a gamble, seize the "Node," and end this slaughter in first place.

With bats tattooed on their necks, they are certainly not the type to be overly cautious.

As Lv Bai fell over, Yaro immediately signaled to his accomplice.

The man in the black vest decisively lifted his pant leg, pulled out the dagger stuck to his calf, and approached Lv Bai.

Yaro himself turned to face Liu Yue: "Pretty lady, you can read the situation, can’t you?"

Liu Yue was awestruck, staring incredulously at the man in the black vest walking over to Lv Bai.

She wasn’t opposed to the idea of backstabbing; she could even join in, but it made her feel insecure that they hadn’t included her in their plan.

"If you guys eliminate the handsome guy, who’s to say you wouldn’t get rid of me next."

"Actually... I think there’s still hope for me to be saved." Lv Bai lay flat on the ground, his eyes fixed on the top of the tent, still in the mood for jokes.

Upon hearing this, Yaro’s eyelids twitched, feeling a tinge of unease, and he couldn’t help but urge, "Brother Fei, quickly finish him off."

The man in the black vest spat: "How many times do I have to tell you, it’s Fisher."

"Now’s not the time for..."

Before Yaro could finish, a commanding shout suddenly interrupted him.

Lieutenant Liu arrived swiftly with a fully armed squad of soldiers, with Professor Jiang following behind them, shouting in full voice, "What are you planning to do?!"

Just by listening to the voices, Lv Bai knew what the situation was outside the tent.

As the saying goes, temporary alliances between Death Fighters are almost impossible to fully trust.

Yaro and Fisher indeed had ulterior motives, but Lv Bai also wasn’t without precautions.

The soldiers arrived so quickly because Lv Bai had mentioned a condition to Professor Jiang while handing over the experiment log data.

By adjusting the radio channel, he was actually thanking Professor Jiang.

"Brother Fei!"

Yaro couldn’t accept the reality of a failed effort calmly and shouted angrily.

This was a reminder for Fisher to finish off Lv Bai and run away with the "Node."

However, this shout inadvertently reminded Liu Yue, as she hadn’t turned against them yet, now was the time to make amends.

Liu Yue decisively used her Golden Ability on Fisher.

Buzz~

One second later, Liu Yue and Fisher swapped positions.

Seeing this scene, Yaro’s face turned extremely sour.

Lieutenant Liu was the first to reach the tent: "Put your hands on your head and squat down, or we’ll open fire!"

The squad of soldiers behind him quickly surrounded Yaro and Fisher, ready to fire at the slightest movement.

Professor Jiang craned his neck vigorously to look inside the tent, shouting, "Go rescue Xiao Lü first."

Realizing that the situation was lost, Yaro grudgingly put his hands on his head and squatted down, linking himself with Lv Bai in the process.

His only hope was to use [Iron Chain Linked Rings] to negotiate with Lv Bai; getting executed by a group of natives on the spot wasn’t an option.