Chapter 154: Ability Ranking Battle
Because of Qin Wenhao’s reckless actions, the entire base was abuzz for days. People everywhere were talking about Qin Wenhao, in contrast, another MAX Ability user at the base had been exceptionally low-key...
The sand spread out on the terrace was scorched hot by the sun, as Han Jiaojiao practiced her Ability under its rays. She slightly furrowed her brows, her hand opened gently, then snapped closed, causing four scurrying mutant rats to burst with a pop, like miniature plasma bags exploding.
Han Jiaojiao was practicing the speed of her Ability. Ever since the encounter with an alien species at a construction site, she had been particularly concerned about it. If her speed could have been swift like it was with the mutant rats, she and Tian Xinyue wouldn’t have had to flee in such a disheveled manner.
Han Jiaojiao had been looking for ways to break through this bottleneck. Breaking through tougher surfaces was inextricably linked to the strength of one’s Ability, but wasn’t there another way? She felt her initial thought pattern was wrong, which was extraction.
The Space-Time Beasts needed nutrients, so they absorbed and broke them down for digestion. But she wasn’t a Space-Time Beast; she didn’t need those nutrients. So why not be more direct, she thought?
This process was like finding a ball on the ground; first, you locate the ball, then grab it, and finally pick it up. When it comes to Abilities, it’s about sensing the water molecules inside the mutant rat, controlling these molecules with your Ability, and then extracting them.
Her approach had been fixed from the beginning. In fact, she didn’t need to extract anything at all. As long as the target died, there was no need to pick up the ball to achieve the same result.
Han Jiaojiao began various experiments. For example, pushing the blood from the mutant rat’s brain to other parts of its body; concentrating the blood supply to the heart portion; controlling just a part of the blood in the body to stop its flow; or simply causing the blood to explode inside the body... Each experiment was cruel, but also highly effective.