radicalducati Chapter 127 My abilities are very ordinary, I'm really sorry.
Chapter 127 My abilities are very ordinary, I'm really sorry.
Chapter 127 My abilities are very ordinary, I'm really sorry.
"Oh, it's a rampage!" Peach exclaimed excitedly.
"I get it, it's a classic scene from anime! Accompanied by a sudden change in the background music, the protagonist instantly wipes out everyone!"
"Already this strong, I wonder what it will be like after it goes berserk—"
She muttered to herself, assessing the wolf's stats, and looked at the wolf with curiosity, hoping for further explanation.
The wolf, now the center of attention, seemed quite uncomfortable in this situation. She turned her pleading gaze towards Little Green.
Xiao Lü sighed inwardly, feeling as if she had acquired another strange responsibility: "wolf-specific simultaneous interpreter and social shield."
"If I had to say something—" she carefully chose her words and gave a relatively objective description.
"It's something like being able to break a person up completely."
"Huh?" Xia Zhaozhao suddenly stopped stuffing cured meat into her mouth, a look of surprise on her face.
"Is the magic so powerful that it can directly affect other consciousnesses? That's amazing!"
Little Green nodded.
"Moreover, it's being dismantled bit by bit, from the micro level."
"It's like—every part of the body is rotating in a different direction. In the end, the whole person disappears, leaving not a single intact cell."
Shi Yao's hand holding the chopsticks trembled slightly. She silently raised her hand and said weakly, "Um—excuse me, but we seem to still be eating."
"Oh dear, Yao Yao, you're so lame!"
Peach immediately chimed in, speaking in a tone of disappointment and frustration.
"If I can't even handle such an abstract description, it seems I need to watch more gore movies to strengthen my mental fortitude!"
After saying that, she immediately looked at Xia Zhaozhao.
"Zhaozhao! Do you have any blood plasma tablets in stock?"
"Yes! Lots of them!" Xia Zhaozhao said proudly, "And tons of horror games too!"
"However—" Her momentum suddenly weakened, and her voice became much softer.
"I basically didn't complete any of them."
"Pfft—Delicious!"
Peach laughed without any mercy.
"No, that's not true!" Xia Zhaozhao retorted angrily.
"It's not because I'm scared! It's because most of those trash games are puzzle games!"
"I played it last time, and the main character could only carry a broken camera the whole time. His fighting ability was so weak that he couldn't even beat an old lady!"
"I got lost and was brutally murdered by an old woman with a knife for three hours, so I was so angry that I uninstalled the app —"
Xiao Lü deeply understood Xia Zhaozhao's grief and indignation. Making a tough guy like Xia Zhaozhao, who had the appearance of a young girl, play such a frustrating game was indeed torture.
but----
"Has the topic strayed a bit too far?" she reminded him.
"Oh, right, right, right!"
Peach seemed to snap out of a daze and quickly steered the conversation back on track.
She cleared her throat and resumed her unprofessional reporter persona.
Question: Can all magical girls go berserk like this?
"I don't know," Xiao Lü replied almost immediately.
After all, her time as a magical girl was as short as a corporate slave's meager annual leave. She knew very little about magical girls.
"Only I can do this around me," the wolf added softly.
Bai Shuyuan then chimed in, saying, "It is indeed a very rare situation."
"Generally speaking, this situation can only be triggered when the virtues that a magical girl is anchored to are subjected to some extreme provocation."
"Furthermore, this is also closely related to the personality traits of magical girls themselves."
"Mmm." The wolf nodded, agreeing with the explanation.
It turned out to be the case.
Xiao Lü silently compared this information with her own and Bai Shuyuan's situations in her mind.
One's anchor is courage, while Bai Shuyuan's anchor is the pursuit of knowledge. It is indeed difficult to provoke them in order to cause them to lose control of their emotions.
Moreover, the corporate life filled with all sorts of unreasonable demands has made Xiao Lü feel that many of her sharp edges have been smoothed out.
Like an anime protagonist, would you suddenly explode with rage just because of the line, "I'm going to deny everything about you!"
I'd probably just silently curse in my heart—no, this is the apocalypse, beating someone up is also an option, bliss.
Just as Xiao Lü was internally complaining, Tao Zi's attention had quietly shifted to Bai Shu Yuan.
"Speaking of which, Xiaobai's abilities seem incredibly useful at first glance!" Peach's tone was full of anticipation.
"Can you see the 'dead lines' of all objects?" she asked.
Before Bai Shuyuan could answer, she began to fill in the blanks in her own imagination.
"Then, with just a light slit along that line with a knife, anything can instantly 'die'?"
"No." Bai Shuyuan shook her head, and Xiao Lü seemed to sense that she was somewhat speechless.
"That's a conceptual ability to directly interfere with causality. I clearly don't have that kind of extraordinary strength."
"Is that... X-ray vision?"
Peach was not discouraged and immediately switched to the next guess, with a subtle, malicious smile on her face.
"It's the kind of thing where you can see inside someone's clothes—cough cough, I mean, you can see enemies behind walls!"
"Ah! I already asked about that! It's not about optical perspective," Xia Zhaozhao interjected.
Facing Taozi's inquisitive gaze, Bai Shuyuan's expression remained unchanged, but it was clear that she was thinking about how to explain it clearly.
Xiao Lü felt this was a teacher's helpless dilemma: "How do I explain this to these curious kids?"
"My ability can be compared to the vision of a bird."
She ultimately chose this approach.
"What? A bird?"
"The world that all animals can see is different," Bai Shuyuan explained.
"For example, dogs are colorblind. Birds, on the other hand, have one more type of cone cell than humans, so they can see ultraviolet light."
"And when I activate my ability, the world I see will have more features than in my normal state."
"For example, the internal structure of matter, the trajectory of energy flow, and — the distribution of stress."
"Oh! So it can be used for industrial non-destructive testing and the like!" Xia Zhaozhao recalled her previous actions of marking objects with the naked eye on the Zuoan Elevated Road.
Bai Shuyuan nodded slightly. "That's one way to understand it."
"For example, with that panoramic glass, I can see the point where the internal stress is most concentrated. By attacking that point with very little force, the entire piece of glass can shatter instantly."
This explanation instantly opened up Taozi's mind.
"So—when tearing open a snack packaging bag, can you immediately tell which notch is the easiest to tear?"
"Yes." Bai Shuyuan's answer was concise and clear.
"Is it possible to find the perfect way to apply force when opening those hard-to-open cans?"
"Yes." She nodded again. "However, since you're already a magical girl, it'll be more efficient to just use force to twist it open."
"Wow! This ability is so convenient!" Peach exclaimed sincerely.
"Grade A! Absolutely Grade A convenience for daily life!"
She wrote something in her notebook, then looked up again.
"So—can I pick a watermelon?"
"Yes. It can roughly determine the sugar content and ripeness."
"And what about when playing cards or mahjong?"
Xia Zhaozhao pricked up her ears, also very curious about this.
However, Bai Shuyuan simply looked at Taozi calmly and said, "Theoretically, I can identify the subtle differences behind each card and thus know the card's meaning."
"However, that would be cheating, and I wouldn't do that."
Peach pouted sullenly, her face showing a regretful expression as her plan to make a fortune failed.
"Sigh, what a pity. If it weren't for the apocalypse, I was thinking of using your abilities, Xiaobai, to dominate the casinos in Yuemen and turn everyone into rich women!"
"I'm different, I'm a millionaire," Xiao Lü silently corrected herself in her mind.
"But if there hadn't been an apocalypse, you wouldn't have met them at all," Shi Yao suddenly blurted out a fact.
This comment silenced Peach instantly.
However, Bai Shuyuan calmly added a more crucial piece of information: "In fact, I cannot do that. Because I do not have a legal status in the current society."
"Huh? Unregistered?" Momoko was shocked again.
The way she looked at Bai Shuyuan was like she was looking at a giant panda. In this era, a person without an identity was as absurd as a magical girl.
Bai Shuyuan neither confirmed nor denied the title, but clearly did not intend to explain further.
"Then you still live on East Island—" Xiao Lü blurted out instinctively.
"East Island? Is that the area where the prisons holding all sorts of serious criminals are located?" Momoko asked.
"That's right." Bai Shuyuan admitted, "Due to the terrain, the country's most dangerous serious criminals are indeed imprisoned there."
"Yes, yes, yes! I remember there were rumors that the island was not only heavily guarded, but also had some kind of secret military laboratory!"
"So—you think the most dangerous place is the safest place?"
"No," Bai Shuyuan denied again.
"There are also regular residential areas on the island. And, purely from a security perspective, living there is indeed quite safe."
"However, with your abilities, getting a legal identity shouldn't be too difficult, right?" Xia Zhaozhao couldn't help but interject.
Bai Shuyuan shook her head.
"There's no need for that. My survival doesn't depend on any legitimacy granted by any country or organization; such things are meaningless."
"Moreover, statelessness can be more convenient in some situations."
—That sounds like something a top-tier mercenary would say. Little Green suddenly remembered a question she'd never had a chance to ask.
"Speaking of which, where did you get that anti-materiel rifle?"
"NTW-14.5, originally from South Africa. I found it in a war-torn region in the middle of this continental plate."
—Found it. That's quite an understatement.
"Then... Sister Bai, you're so amazing, you definitely wouldn't do anything bad, right?"
Peach, who had been diligently taking notes, looked at Bai Shuyuan with eyes full of trust.
"Don't worry. My moral standards are quite high for an ordinary person."
Xiao Lü asked curiously, "I'm a little curious—in your opinion, does an individual who has lost vital signs still fall into the category of an ordinary person?"
"No, that doesn't count." Bai Shuyuan said without hesitation.
"However, I will abide by the universal value of not eating it."
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Peach felt like her CPU was about to burn out. She looked at her laptop and then at Bai Shuyuan's face.
Finally, she gave up thinking and shook her head vigorously.
"In short, in terms of convenience, it's absolutely S-class! It's on par with Wolves!"
The strange interview came to an end, and the atmosphere at the dinner table was once again dominated by food and casual conversation.
Peach pulled out various drinks from a box full of ice, including cola, beer, and orange juice. These were spoils the survivors had bought for free nearby.
"Even though we have a generator, we still need to conserve electricity," Peach said as she placed the drinks on the table.
"With Little Green around, refrigerators can be retired with honor."
This feeling is truly amazing. Being able to enjoy chilled drinks anytime in this apocalyptic world is all thanks to my ability to knead ice cubes by hand.
Xiao Lü felt that her life's value had been strangely elevated.
"Cheers——!"
Xia Zhaozhao was the first to raise the can of cola in her hand, a silly smile on her face.
The crisp sound of glasses clinking rang out one after another.
It's lively and fun, Xiao Lü thought, at least a million times better than a company dinner.
Just then, Peach's gaze finally turned to her.
"Little Green, your abilities, without a doubt, are A-level in terms of convenience in daily life!"
She gave it a very high rating.
"Furthermore, if we unfortunately get airdropped into the Sahara Desert, your rating will skyrocket to S."
class!"
"In fact, from the perspective of wilderness survival, even in extreme environments like the Antarctic ice sheet and the Amazon rainforest, it would be an S," Bai Shuyuan added.
"—We're magical girls now, why do we need to survive in the wild? Wouldn't it be better to just fly to a populated area?"
"By the way, is your ice extra pure? The kind you could use for mixing drinks?"
"----right."
"Is it possible to make an extremely large and perfect optical lens to assemble a more powerful astronomical telescope?"
"I can't achieve that level of precision, so I can only do simple shaping."
"Hmm—okay, A it is!" Peach sighed regretfully after hearing this.
"However, your ability seems rather ordinary compared to other magical girls. Is it really just ordinary ice-making?"
Peach looked somewhat curious and puzzled.
"—I really hadn't thought about that."
However, looking back, it is indeed true.
Xia Zhaozhao's weapon enhancement, Bai Shuyuan's structural analysis, and the wolf's symmetrical telekinesis—each is unique.
In comparison, my ice-making skills are indeed rather simple and unpretentious.
It's like a max-level, fully-skilled R-card warrior suddenly appearing among a bunch of SSR characters. While it's useful, it's not exactly flashy.
"I remember—when I first signed the contract, Kaka told me that courage is a quality that can freeze chaotic thoughts."
As Xiao Lü recalled, she recounted that somewhat hazy memory.
"When this trait is manifested externally, there is a certain probability that it will appear as a condensed or solidified form, which is an affinity for ice elements."
"Hmm—is that really all?" Momo continued to press, seemingly still dissatisfied with this officially endorsed answer.
"At least for now, I feel that this is the only way to use my abilities," Xiao Lü replied.
"Stagnant and chaotic thoughts? Is that what Kaka told you?" Bai Shuyuan caught the key word and replied.
"From the perspective of information theory, this might mean that your ability can reduce the disorder of information."
—Information theory has even made its way in?
However, Xiao Lü tried hard to understand and feel the magic within her, attempting to re-examine her abilities from the perspective of entropy reduction.
After a moment, she came to a somewhat disheartened conclusion.
"—That's too abstract. At least for now, I can only make ice."
Xiao Lü sighed deeply in her heart. Although it was dinner time, she sighed a lot more often than usual.
Perhaps, the life of a corporate slave has eroded one's imagination.