Enemies Abound, but You Only Have One Life

Chu Yunyi returned to the Void Gate. After a brief rest, he entered the Round Table Dreamscape.

Having just killed so many Gluttony patients, his Control Power over the Round Table had reached an inconceivable level.

Next.

Chu Yunyi directly pocketed all the remaining white balls, consuming roughly forty percent of his Control Power.

Then.

Chu Yunyi turned his gaze to the yellow ball.

He discovered that his Control Power could finally affect Ability Table Balls of other colors, though only the yellow ones.

"Does it progress in order?"

"The first wave was white table balls. This time, I can hit yellow ones."

"Then the final wave will be the black ones, which are the fewest in number?"

As Chu Yunyi pondered, his thoughts did not pause. He directly selected a table ball and struck it.

Bang!

The yellow table ball was instantly sent flying, dropping straight into a pocket.

"Nice!" Chu Yunyi exclaimed.

But in the blink of an eye, Chu Yunyi noticed something was wrong. This stroke had directly consumed fifty-five percent of his Control Power.

He had to know.

Pocketing the remaining four white balls earlier had only consumed forty percent of his Control Power.

This single yellow ball had consumed five or six times as much as a white ball.

That made Chu Yunyi sink into thought.

With a thought, the four white balls appeared beside him:

NO.7 [Perfect Order]

NO.8 [Effortless Mastery]

NO.9 [Ground Wave]

NO.10 [Size Merit]

Numbers 7, 8, and 10 were all passive skills. The effect of NO.7 [Perfect Order] was that Chu Yunyi remained rational at all times, whether he was angry, confused, or sorrowful.

NO.8 [Effortless Mastery] accelerated the accumulation of proficiency. Put simply, it made learning anything easier.

NO.10 [Size Merit] slightly enhanced physical fitness.

However.

Although NO.9 [Ground Wave] was a white ball, it caught Chu Yunyi's interest.

Because:

[NO.9 [Ground Wave]]

[Quality: White]

[Description: After obtaining this ability, you can release an invisible wall of wind waves at any time to block flying objects.]

[Cost: The wall of wind waves lasts for 2.5 seconds. Each use consumes a certain amount of stamina.]

This skill reminded Chu Yunyi of a certain cheerful wind swordsman.

And.

Although its description of blocking flying objects was simple, that simplicity left plenty of room for imagination.

That was how concepts worked.

A galaxy... was also a river, wasn't it?

Since it didn't define what counted as a flying object, anything flying toward him could be blocked, right?

As Chu Yunyi thought, he looked at the yellow ball under his command.

[NO.11 [Environmental Adaptation]]

[Quality: Yellow+]

[Description: After obtaining this ability, you can quickly adapt to your environment.]

[Note: This ability is limited to environments that will not kill you immediately, such as high-pressure, oxygen-rich environments, mildly toxic atmospheres, high-gravity environments, and so on.]

Upon seeing the note, Chu Yunyi understood.

Although Ability No. 11 had limitations, it was still powerful.

Judging from the note, as long as he did not suddenly enter the deep sea, magma, or somewhere similar, he could adapt to those environments.

All he could say was that it truly deserved to be a yellow Ability Table Ball. Powerful!

Afterward.

Chu Yunyi placed all the Ability Table Balls on the empty ground of the monochrome Round Table Dreamscape.

Then slowly woke up.

Heitu Town, at home.

After waking.

Chu Yunyi poured himself a cup of warm water and scrolled through short videos as he drank.

By now, he was getting a little addicted to killing those Gluttony patients. It felt rather like grinding monsters, leveling up, and gaining skills.

And.

These rewards applied directly to himself, granting him quite a few abilities.

Though most of those abilities were passive skills.

That did not matter.

With one hand scrolling through short videos, he activated his ability with a thought.

NO.9 [Ground Wave]!

Whoosh!

A Wind Wall rose directly before Chu Yunyi. Fine dust was swept up, allowing him to vaguely see its outline.

It was roughly two meters wide, while its length varied somewhat, but it was at least two meters long.

Chu Yunyi casually grabbed a pair of scissors from the table and threw them at the Wind Wall.

In an instant.

The scissors struck the Wind Wall and could not advance even an inch.

It was as though they had been suspended directly in midair.

Clang.

The next moment.

The scissors dropped to the floor with a crisp sound.

Finding it interesting, Chu Yunyi raised another Wind Wall, then drew the Walther from his waist and fired a shot.

Bang!

A thunderous gunshot rang out.

After the shot, Chu Yunyi looked into the air, and the corners of his mouth rose involuntarily.

There.

A bullet hung in midair, as though it had been frozen in place.

Only after the Wind Wall disappeared did the fired bullet fall down.

"Interesting. Very interesting!"

Chu Yunyi set down his cup, finding it truly remarkable that NO.9 [Ground Wave], a white ability, could withstand a bullet.

"Or perhaps."

"Colors can't represent everything? Or are active skills all absurdly powerful?"

Chu Yunyi wanted to calm down, but the smile on his lips refused to fade.

However.

Chu Yunyi's heartbeat inexplicably quickened, and his breathing became hurried.

It was as if he had gone outside and run several hundred meters.

"So this is the cost?"

"It's completely acceptable. If my physical fitness improves in the future—"

"Wouldn't I be able to use this ability to create an absolute domain against 'flying objects'?"

As Chu Yunyi considered it, he could not help but feel delighted.

Given his current physical condition, if he rested while standing and released NO.9 [Ground Wave] at the same time—

Using it dozens of times in a row would not be a problem. He could probably even use it over a hundred times if he took a few breaths in between.

But if he used it while fighting at close quarters, that was harder to say.

Still.

Chu Yunyi would do his best to keep others from getting close.

Come on, why use a knife when you could use a gun? Why fight up close when you could shoot from afar?

Enemies abounded, but he only had one life. Why risk it needlessly?

That was Chu Yunyi's principle.

After testing the ability, Chu Yunyi remembered another active skill: NO.2 [Shadow Clone].

Ever since obtaining it, he seemed to have forgotten to use it.

Then.

With a thought from Chu Yunyi, the ability took effect.

The next moment.

The shadow behind Chu Yunyi seemed to have been cut away, falling to the ground like a sheet of paper.

Then it expanded in the wind, quickly filling out.

In the blink of an eye.

The shadow transformed from a flat silhouette into an incomparably dark humanoid monster.

It was not completely black, though. At the very least, Chu Yunyi could still make out its outline.

Chu Yunyi had previously seen a kind of paint called Vantablack in a short video. Once sprayed with it, an object became the blackest color possible, turning a 3D object directly into 2D.

Fortunately, the shadow was not that black, so he could at least see it somewhat clearly.