Jiang Bai gave a few more examples of how to use Sequence Abilities to trick opponents in battle.

For instance, if his ability was A, he could shout B loudly to startle the opponent.

Or, after becoming famous, he could establish a sunny persona, making people believe he fights fairly and squarely. Those who see his truly sunny side would all be dead, so there's no risk of his image collapsing.

The art of war is based on deception.

The Art of War wasn't read in vain!

If it was just this, it would be fine, still within Shan Hongyi's acceptance range.

She had seen many cunning people before.

Think about it, in the apocalypse, the naive die first, the reckless second, and most of those who survive are cunning, with tricks and schemes emerging endlessly.

But someone as cunning as Jiang Bai, Shan Hongyi was seeing for the first time.

However, Jiang Bai was really... that kind of... very special... cunning person.

Jiang Bai asked, "Hongyi, your Sequence Ability can heal, right?"

As teammates facing potential dangers and battles that could break out at any time, the three needed to have a basic understanding of each other.

Shan Hongyi, an Earth-type Ability user, Sequence Ability No.55 [Holy Light].

"That's right."

Shan Hongyi explained,

"Holy Light first mobilizes the target's life force to heal injuries, greatly stimulates the potential within them, temporarily enhancing combat power, followed by a period of weakness after it ends."

It sounded like a very ordinary healing skill, nothing special.

However, even the most ordinary skill, when encountered by a cunning person like Jiang Bai, could be played in extraordinary ways.

Jiang Bai pondered, "If you use [Holy Light] on an enemy, and then I interrupt your [Holy Light] with [Interruption]..."

"Stop, stop!"

Shan Hongyi was a bit stunned and asked in confusion,

"Why would I use Holy Light on an enemy?"

Holy Light was a recognized support skill. Although not highly ranked, it was extremely effective, combining healing, sustenance, and burst in one, a jack-of-all-trades support.

Even its side effects would only manifest after battle, causing no significant harm.

If someone died, there was no need to worry about any side effects.

Why use such a precious skill on an enemy instead of on teammates?

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Wouldn't that be like throwing pearls before swine?

"You need to broaden your thinking, open up your perspective!"

Looking at Shan Hongyi, who was as pure as a blank sheet of paper, Jiang Bai patiently guided,

"There are many scenarios for using Sequence Abilities. For example, when interrogating an enemy, you can't just beat them to death, right?

You use Holy Light to help them recover quickly, so we can start the next round of interrogation, improving work efficiency and obtaining information faster..."

Shan Hongyi's small eyes were filled with big confusion.

This scenario seemed to make a bit of sense?

But... why did Jiang Bai have such things in his mind?!

Jiang Bai continued,

"The healing process itself can be somewhat painful.

During battle, due to excessive adrenaline secretion, people might not feel it much, but in a calm state, rapid wound healing is not a pleasant experience!

Have you ever been injured? Isn't it very itchy when the wound is healing? It's the same principle.

Moreover, if you use [Holy Light] first, and I follow with [Interruption] to interrupt the healing process, isn't this a form of torture?!"

Little Loli: ...... Aba aba

"Even... even if it's useful during interrogation, that's a special scenario!"

The little loli was still a bit unconvinced and stubbornly said,

"In battle, you surely can't use Holy Light on enemies!"

She had been a healer for so many years and had never cast a support skill on an enemy!

Could it be that she had been wrong all these years?!

Was Jiang Bai questioning her understanding of being a healer support?!

No! Shan Hongyi wouldn't accept this!

Defending the honor of healers was her duty!

"Why not?"

Jiang Bai confidently said,

"For example, if we're in battle and the enemy is injured, you use [Holy Light] first, their life force is quickly consumed to heal the injury, then I use [Interruption] to interrupt the recovery, they'll skip the combat power enhancement stage and directly enter the weakened period, and I'll take the opportunity to severely injure them again!

It's like, I just cut off his arm, you make him immediately regenerate an arm, and I cut it off again. It seems there's no big change, but in reality, his life force and Ability have been consumed, and he has entered a weakened state..."

Little Loli: ???

Is this really how support skills are used?

She felt something wasn't quite right!

The little loli stubbornly held onto her pride as a healer,

"This is a special case! I've never worked with someone as cunning as you... I mean, I've never worked with an [Interruption] Sequence Ability user before, so of course I didn't know about this kind of Ability combination.

Without Interruption, I wouldn't be able to cast Holy Light on enemies anyway!"

Jiang Bai's idea was based on [Interruption].

Without Interruption to break it, Holy Light would heal the enemy's injuries and enhance their combat power, which was clearly harmful and not beneficial!

Interruption was ranked near the bottom of Human-type Abilities, with only two or three small fries having it. In real battle, the use of Interruption would be extremely precious. How could it be wasted on a mediocre combination technique as Jiang Bai suggested, and even use up a precious Holy Light!

This deal was not worth it!

"Open up your perspective!"

Jiang Bai, like a patient teacher, gave the little loli a good lesson,

"Even without Interruption, Holy Light can be used on enemies. Let me give you a few examples.

For instance, if I stab these chopsticks into an enemy's throat today, you immediately use Holy Light to heal the wounds on both sides, so the chopsticks get stuck in their throat, preventing them from breathing. If they want to pull out the chopsticks, they'll have to tear open their own throat again!

What if we replace the chopsticks with a stone? And smear poison on the stone? The accelerated blood circulation would make the poison spread throughout the body faster?

Another example, if I shoot at an enemy from the front, you cast Holy Light on their back in advance, enhancing their back's defense, preventing the bullet from causing a through-and-through wound, leaving it inside the enemy's body to explode, causing secondary damage while increasing the difficulty of treatment...."

Jiang Bai spoke eloquently, he could go on with such examples for a day.

Listening to Jiang Bai's words, the little loli fell into complete silence. Faced with Jiang Bai's operations, her worldview was greatly impacted.

No matter how she argued, Jiang Bai could come up with even more outrageous operations, opening her eyes.

She wanted to ask, were all people from 1200 years ago this extreme...

If Old Ma were still alive, he would tell Shan Hongyi: 'No, this guy is an exception.'

People shouldn't, at least shouldn't be this cunning...

After a long while, the little loli looked up at Jiang Bai and said helplessly,

"You're a bit too extreme..."

Hearing the little loli's words, Jiang Bai nodded with satisfaction, "Thank you for the compliment."

Shan Hongyi: ......

Is something wrong here?

I didn't mean to compliment you!

Regarding the development of Sequence Abilities, Jiang Bai felt he didn't need to go too deep, just casually mentioning a couple of application scenarios was enough.

A teacher opens the door, but learning depends on the individual.

He had already opened this new world's door for Shan Hongyi, how far she could go depended on herself!

Having such an excellent senior like Jiang Bai as a mentor was Shan Hongyi's fortune!

Soon, the messy-haired Director returned, his face pale, shaking his head and saying,

"Your Interruption is different from others, I haven't figured out exactly which part went wrong..."

Jiang Bai nodded, not surprised, "It's okay, take it slow, no need to rush. From what we can see now, at least it's a good thing, not a bad thing."

The Director nodded, indicating he understood.

Jiang Bai looked at the time, there were 25 minutes left before the power outage.

"Let's eat first, after eating we still need to go to the surface to train, and in a while, there will be another power outage..."

Crack—

As soon as he finished speaking, darkness suddenly fell around them. The voice recorder slid into Jiang Bai's palm, and he casually asked,

"Did we underpay the electricity bill?"

From Jiang Bai's understanding of the Ninth Research Institute, with one more person's food expenses, there would be much less for electricity bills.

This was reasonable.

In the darkness, the pale-faced Director shook his head slightly,

"No, it's an enemy attack."