My Ability Pool is Superior-Chapter 103 - 102: Knowledge Is Power

The moment after selecting his ability, Lv Bai immediately understood how to use [All Ink (Color)].

However, it wasn’t quite as he imagined. This ability, just as described, can only turn objects black and cannot affect living creatures.

Ah, this...

How did this thing even qualify for a Color Level?

Unwillingly, Lv Bai opened his eyes, looked around, and then picked up an apple from the fruit basket.

He stared at the apple in his hand, and like Amatlas, he glared at it, activating [All Ink].

In an instant, this bright red apple transformed directly into pitch black like ink.

Maybe because an apple was too small, he felt no sense of depletion upon using this ability.

But what use was it?

Even the texture and weight hadn’t changed; only the color.

He returned the apple to its original state and placed it back in the fruit basket.

Lv Bai fell silent, lost in thought.

Generally speaking, the fewer the restrictions on an ability, the more versatile it is.

Strictly speaking, [All Ink] has one and a half restrictions. One is that it cannot turn living beings black, and the other half is that it requires line of sight.

It’s called half because theoretically, the scope can extend infinitely in the absence of obstacles.

Assuming this ability must be useful, [All Ink] should be different from most straightforward abilities.

Unlike [Blood Burst] or [Flash Time], whose uses are obvious, effectively utilizing [All Ink] seems to require some thinking.

Could it be used to reveal what’s invisible? Or to blacken weapons or clothing to a certain degree for camouflage?

No,

This idea seems a bit off, especially since there’s no consumption to worry about.

Then consider large-scale possibilities?

Lv Bai combined some basic physics knowledge and initially thought of a few uses.

For example, dyeing the polar ice caps black to accelerate melting, easily raising sea levels by tens of meters.

Or dyeing clouds black to control rain, or directly blackening the atmosphere overhead.

The bigger the scale, the greater the impact.

Even more destructively, directly dyeing celestial bodies in space, though this touched on Lv Bai’s knowledge blind spots, leaving him uncertain of the consequences.

However, even the uses he could currently think of were terrifying enough.

The drawbacks were also obvious; these methods take time to manifest, and their power is uncontrollable, not to be rashly moved.

Yet even so, [All Ink] could be considered at a planet-destroying level.

Lv Bai leaned back, resting against the wall.

In a sense, is knowledge really power?

...

Across from the hospital building is an office building.

The upscale restroom was clean and sanitary, except for the overturned incense burner and the walls splashed with blood in a radial pattern.

Chang Hu dragged the corpse of a white-collar Death Fighter into a stall, closed the door, and turned toward the sink.

"Still haven’t taken the top spot?"

He turned on the faucet, calmly washing the blood off his hands.

In fact, it was precisely because he took down this white-collar Death Fighter that the second round of the Ability Pool opened.

"Wait for me, ’Smiling Face,’ I’ll come for you later."

...

"Hey, why are you zoning out?"

A few delinquent girls surrounded a high ponytail-wearing high school girl.

One of them, a delinquent girl holding a cigarette, spoke theatrically, "Xiaomei, where have you been these days? Not coming to school? We missed you."

At this, the surrounding delinquent girls couldn’t help but laugh, filled with playful energy.

"Yeah, what’s up with you? Don’t you know how to report your whereabouts in advance?"

"Exactly, We even thought you were dead, hahaha."

The high ponytail girl called Xiaomei seemed to hear something and her eyes lit up.

A moment later, the bodies of several delinquent girls suddenly twisted as if struck by invisible fists, crumpling to the ground.

Some were even struck so hard by this unseen attack that they stopped breathing.

After the attack ended, Xiaomei struck an exaggerated pose: "High schoolers killing each other might be excusable, but bullying is too evil."

...

"Yo, you have to admit, Director Xu is quite photogenic."

Yao Yi watched the live news conference on the LCD TV, clicking his tongue in amazement, with a thrill of seeing someone you know on TV.

Lv Bai remained quiet, not commenting on the news conference.

Although things were proceeding as they planned, Lv Bai couldn’t shake the feeling that something was amiss.

Suffice it to say, he couldn’t believe that the mayor hadn’t been informed before the conference, given how many media outlets were notified in advance.

"Major online influencers are starting to write articles to guide public opinion; I’ll help share them too."

Yao Yi seemed untroubled and increasingly excited, entering a battle-ready state that made you question whether his wounds might burst open.

Lv Bai withdrew his gaze from the LCD TV and turned to check the remaining time for "Node" acquisition.

Though it was intermittent, only a few hours remained.

It’s worth mentioning that live "Nodes" can’t be carried like object-type "Nodes."

Once a Death Fighter receives the double-point reward from it, the "Node" is considered attached to that Death Fighter.

For other Death Fighters wanting to seize the "Node," they only need to eliminate it.

This rule is why there hasn’t been fierce competition among Death Fighters yet.

"Yes, yes, indeed."

Yao Yi enthusiastically forwarded several articles, enjoying scrolling through the comments: "Many people are starting to demand officials step out to verify their identities."

After a while, he realized that Lv Bai hadn’t reacted, suspecting that Lv Bai was worried about partnering with the police on the investigation.

He tentatively asked, "By the way, Brother Lv, don’t you need to oversee the police investigation?"

"No rush."

Lv Bai watched as the news conference aired on the LCD TV reached its conclusion, rubbing his chin with his thumb.

With only a few hours left, he decided to acquire the double-point "Node" reward first, deferring others matters.

Unfortunately, he wanted a break, but nobody gave him the chance.

Shortly after turning off the LCD TV, someone gently knocked on the ward door.

Then, the door was pushed open by an outdoor personnel, who quickly reported: "Mr. Lü, we just received news that there might be parasitic creatures in the emergency department."