Crack—

Shan Hongyi took out a flashlight, illuminating the surroundings.

The Director placed his hand on the dictionary, speaking urgently,

"Hostility hidden in darkness, danger lurking in shadows, the destroyer of the Ninth Research Institute, the culprit behind the power outage..."

As he spoke hastily in a low voice, an image gradually appeared on the dictionary.

Jiang Bai recognized it at a glance.

"It's a map of the institute!"

On the map, there was a red dot moving back and forth, which should be the enemy's position.

Several pieces of information appeared beside the map:

[Mid-level Ability User]

[Highly aggressive, extremely excited]

[May carry deadly virus]

[Ability out of control...]

Seeing these words, Jiang Bai's expression changed.

The enemy was so troublesome!

Although the Ability user's strength was only mid-level, the other information all indicated risks.

Aggressiveness, deadly virus, out of control...

This was aimed at wiping them all out!

The Director's already pale face grew even paler. He tried to stand up, his body swaying a few times before he steadied himself by holding onto the edge of the table, looking strained.

Clearly, he had used too much of his Ability to research Jiang Bai's [Interruption], and now faced with an enemy attack, he had almost no combat power left.

"Jiang Bai, I can't participate in the fight for now."

The Director made a quick decision,

"I'll enter the safe room. You and Hongyi go check out the enemy's situation. If it's dangerous, prioritize evacuation. Hongyi knows the way."

As the institute's strongest fighter, he was nearly useless now. Jiang Bai had just used [Interruption], and Shan Hongyi was purely support...

The Ninth Research Institute was at its weakest state, yet the enemy chose this time to attack!

What did this mean?

The opponent came prepared!

At present, the best course of action was for the Director to hide in the safe room to recover, while Shan Hongyi covered Jiang Bai's retreat, avoiding the enemy's attack!

After speaking, the Director leaned against the wall and walked in a certain direction.

Jiang Bai, however, stood still, quietly watching him.

"Don't worry about me."

The Director turned back to look at Jiang Bai, explaining,

"The safe room is in the opposite direction from the enemy. I'll be very safe once I'm inside. You and Hongyi should leave quickly!"

Jiang Bai sneered,

"Our institute is so poor we can't even pay the electricity bill. Do you think I'd believe such nonsense about a safe room?"

The Director froze on the spot, one hand frantically scratching his head,

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"Ah, this..."

He had calculated everything but didn't expect to be exposed due to being too poor.

After his lie was exposed, he didn't know how to handle it for a moment.

Jiang Bai shrugged and continued,

"The institute is so poor, even if there really was a safe room, would it have water? Electricity? Ventilation? WiFi, computers, soda? Does it have any of these?

If it doesn't have any of these, is it a safe room or a coffin room?

Moreover, if the safe room had everything, why would we need to run? Couldn't the three of us just hide in the safe room and be done with it?"

This time, the Director was completely speechless.

Indeed, the institute had no safe room. He had lied to Jiang Bai.

Jiang Bai then pointed at the pattern on the dictionary,

"This map is reversed. The direction you're going isn't the safe room, but where the enemy is. The location you pointed me to is the escape route."

With all lies exposed, the Director grabbed his messy hair, not knowing what to do.

"You wanted to hold off the enemy yourself and let Hongyi and me leave first, right?"

Jiang Bai sighed, walked to the Director's side, and patted his shoulder,

"I told you before, trust your comrades."

The Director's plan ended before it even began.

The Director had no choice but to trust Jiang Bai and turned his gaze to him, "What do you plan to do?"

"There's only one enemy, just a mid-level Ability user. I plan to resolve this attack."

Jiang Bai analyzed calmly,

"I need a stable environment to recover. The Ninth Research Institute is the best choice.

If we escape today, hiding here and there, we won't be able to train, and we'll eventually be finished.

If we don't eliminate the enemy, we'll be eliminated by the enemy."

Jiang Bai was low-level, the opponent was mid-level. With the little loli as support, if they really fought, the outcome was uncertain.

The Director frowned, "But you just used Interruption..."

A low-level Ability user's physical enhancement was still very weak.

Without a Sequence Ability, Jiang Bai was no different from an ordinary person.

"Oh, didn't I tell you?"

Jiang Bai's lips curled slightly,

"While we were eating just now, my Ability recovered quite a bit. I can use Interruption one more time."

Director: ???

The biggest disadvantage of the Interruption Sequence Ability was that it consumed too much Ability, making it impossible to use frequently in battle.

But in Jiang Bai's hands, influenced by [Human Harmony], he had five times the Ability cultivation speed. At the same time, the Ability recovery and limit increase brought by Interruption could also enjoy a five-fold boost!

Piecing it all together, Jiang Bai could now release [Interruption] one more time!

The Director's gaze towards Jiang Bai became complicated. He felt that the more he interacted with Jiang Bai, the stranger this guy became.

Was this also within your calculations, Jiang Bai?!

You never know how many tricks he has up his sleeve, how cunning he can be.

Just when you think you understand Jiang Bai's cunning behavior, this guy always manages to exceed your expectations and come up with something new.

This time, the Director guessed correctly.

This was not a coincidence.

The Director had clearly analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of Interruption, so during training, Jiang Bai deliberately trained for a longer time, leaving enough Ability to keep an ace up his sleeve, precisely to prevent this kind of situation!

This was Jiang Bai's fighting style - never reveal all your cards at any time!

Jiang Bai convinced the Director, and naturally, Shan Hongyi had no problem with it. She had already been won over by Jiang Bai's cunning behavior.

If someone this cunning couldn't win, then perhaps they really couldn't win.

After the three agreed, Jiang Bai carried the Director on his back, with Shan Hongyi following behind him. The three approached the red dot according to the map.

"Brother Jiang..."

The little loli followed beside Jiang Bai, her eyes sparkling with admiration, and asked curiously,

"Did you deduce that there was no safe room in the institute just from these details?"

If that was the case, Jiang Bai was too amazing, just like Sherlock Holmes in ancient novels!

Carrying the Director on his back, Jiang Bai casually replied,

"Oh, those details were all made up by me."

"Huh?"

The little loli's eyes once again filled with big confusion,

"Then how were you so sure there was no safe room in the institute?"

"Ahem..."

Jiang Bai coughed lightly, not hiding anything, and answered straightforwardly,

"I just thought that if we really had a safe room, the Director should have told me its location on the first day I woke up, after all, I'm the only research subject in our institute, and my life safety should be the top priority. Since he didn't tell me about a safe room, the safe room must be fake..."

Shan Hongyi: ......

Director: ......