Getting Access

Lu Bai could tell that Old Ancestor Blood River had obviously seen some new information before he said those words.

If nothing unexpected happens, it's highly likely that the Deathmatch System saw Old Ancestor Blood River at a disadvantage and was forced to provide its trump card.

In fact, Lu Bai had long sensed that something was off about the black-level abilities.

He possesses two black-level abilities: [Save/Load] and [Restore].

Based on the functions of these two abilities, it's less about black-level abilities being supernatural powers and more about the underlying logic of a certain system.

If you think about it carefully, you'll realize that in a world without abilities, neither "reloading" nor "restoring" would be of any use. Even Silver level abilities would be more useful than these two black-level abilities.

In essence, the powerful effects of these two black-level abilities are entirely based on a large number of abilities of various levels.

This also suggests that the so-called "black-level" ability is clearly the administrator privileges of the Deathmatch System, a fact confirmed by the words of the Old Ancestor Blood River.

Lu Bai still didn't understand why he was able to obtain administrator privileges in the Deathmatch System, but he didn't question the power of those privileges.

Realizing this, he didn't hesitate and quickly plummeted towards the ground.

To be on the safe side, he still felt that being down-to-earth would make it easier to deal with the Old Ancestor Blood River.

During the rapid descent, he glanced back at the Old Ancestor Blood River.

Suddenly, a deep, dark spot of light appeared above the other person's head.

Yes, a spot of light.

It's like the reflection of light after the darkness has reached a certain level.

After this black light appeared, all the various colored lights representing abilities above the Old Ancestor Blood River's head paled in comparison.

Unlike Lu Bai, who had to figure out how to use the black abilities on his own after obtaining them, the Deathmatch System clearly provided Old Ancestor Blood River with instructions on how to use them.

It's too late.

A smile appeared on the face of the Old Ancestor Blood River as he stretched out his palm in the direction where Lu Bai had fallen, "Disable!"

Having already broken through the atmosphere, Lu Bai suddenly saw several strings of code pop up in front of him.

He was then surprised to find that he could not use any of his abilities.

In the ability panel, only the two question marks representing [Load] and [Restore] are still lit up; all other abilities are marked with a red exclamation mark indicating that they are prohibited from use.

If you try to use it, you will be prompted that you do not have sufficient permissions.

Most of the time, the inability to use his abilities wasn't enough to make Lu Bai panic.

However, don't forget that he is still in the air and is falling rapidly like a meteorite.

Falling from a height of tens of thousands of meters, with all his abilities rendered useless, his slightly better-than-average physical condition couldn't guarantee his survival.

Old Ancestor Blood River followed closely behind, wanting to witness Lu Bai's death with his own eyes.

Bang!

Lu Bai landed on a plain.

The immense potential energy still stirred up a cloud of dust.

The Old Ancestor Blood River cautiously remained at a low altitude of more than thirty meters above the ground, observing the situation below.

Normally, a person of flesh and blood falling from such a height would only end up as a pile of minced meat.

But,

Surprisingly, before the smoke and dust had completely dissipated, Lu Bai emerged, rubbing his neck.

Upon seeing this, Old Ancestor Blood River exclaimed in astonishment, "This is impossible?!"

The information provided to him by the Deathmatch System showed that the System Authority "disable" should indeed prevent Lu Bai from continuing to use his abilities.

"Shouldn't that seem strange?"

Lu Bai smiled and said, "We all have the same level of access. You can disable it, and I can naturally restore it."

This was the first time he had encountered such a situation, and at first he really didn't know what to do.

Fortunately, his brain, which is naturally unaffected by negative emotions, allowed him to calmly search for a way out during his rapid fall.

The "[Disable]" permission is a domineering way of preventing Lu Bai from using any abilities from the Deathmatch System.

Even if [Load Save] is still usable, no matter how many abilities he reads, he still can't bypass the highest-level blockade of [Disable].

Therefore, his only hope lies in [restoration].

It's worth mentioning that, before this, he actually regretted choosing to [restore].

Compared to the powerful effect of [Load Save], [Restore] is merely an additional three abilities for him.

It's not that it's not powerful, but compared to [load save], the user experience seems quite inferior.

Given that they both use the same underlying logic in Deathmatch System, the difference shouldn't be this huge, right?

The results proved his idea to be correct.

The [Restore] permission provides a temporary slot that can hold three capabilities, but it's really just a bonus. Its real purpose is to restore the effects of System Authority.

If all goes well, he might even be able to use [Restore] to return the abilities he gleaned from other deathmatchers intact.

Lu Bai looked up at the Old Ancestor Blood River with a hint of envy. "This is the trouble of not having an instruction manual."

Incidentally, he has already begun reading the [Disabled] items possessed by the Old Ancestor Blood River.

This was also the first time he had ever seen a [load] progress bar. After chatting for several minutes, the progress bar hadn't even gone one-tenth of the way.

It's safe to say that this is the underlying logic of the Deathmatch System; the amount of information it provides is definitely not something that can be faked with colors or gold.

Even the Old Ancestor Blood River was a bit dumbfounded.

He had some understanding of a black-level ability, so he could tell that Lu Bai definitely possessed more than one.

Which side is the Deathmatch System?

Why does it seem like this Heavenly Venerate Lu has more authority?

Suppressing his shock, the Old Ancestor Blood River urged the Deathmatch System to grant him a new Black-level ability while extending his right hand towards Lu Bai again, "Disable! Disable it for me!"

Lu Bai casually removed the restrictions on his abilities, refraining from launching an attack during this opportunity. He even proactively asked, "What did the system say? Is it still not granting you more permissions?"

Old Ancestor Blood River realized he had lost his composure and quickly composed himself.

Why aren't you saying anything?

Lu Bai glanced at the progress bar and added, "There should be many more permissions, right? [View], [Protocol], [Write], [Driver]—these are permissions I didn't have the option to use before. Let the system use them for you. I'm also quite curious about what these permissions actually do."

Faced with the aggressive Lu Bai, the Old Ancestor Blood River forcibly controlled himself and did not reveal his inner emotions.

To his dismay, he didn't understand why the Deathmatch System didn't just grant him all these permissions.

If he had provided this assistance earlier, he could have easily crushed Lu Bai in one fell swoop. But by hesitating, he's now in a difficult situation.