Chapter 174
What Jiang Yunu didn't expect was that after she broke through, she was still waiting for Song Yang's next move.
Unexpectedly, the tall and strong boy said cheerfully, "I lost."
Jiang Yunu: "...Huh?"
The white-haired girl did utter a single syllable of shock. She maintained an offensive and defensive posture, without making any rash moves. She first observed Song Yang cautiously to check whether this was some kind of psychological tactic.
However, Song Yang's body had changed from the tense state during the war to the relaxed state of stopping.
He stroked his short hair and said to Jiang Yunu again very honestly: "From the moment you broke through my fire wall blockade, I had already lost - I can only use this skill once in a battle."
“…”
Jiang Yunu watched Song Yang press the surrender button - there was indeed such a button in the battle, which allowed players to voluntarily withdraw from the battle when they judged that they could not continue fighting.
However, there is no doubt that this is the first time that Jiang Yunu has experienced someone pressing the surrender button during a battle.
Jiang Yunu still felt that it was all very unreal until the automatic notification of the "Challenge Cup" system push popped up on her personal terminal, congratulating her on winning the first game of the second round.
"...You admitted defeat so gracefully." The white-haired girl couldn't help but remark as she and Song Yang peacefully left the arena. She was still gazing at him with a strange gaze. "You came with such a strong attitude when you challenged me to a fight. I thought you would persevere until you had fully realized your potential."
Song Yang smiled and said cheerfully, "But what if I already know my limits?"
He talked openly with Jiang Yunu about his fire wall skill and how much this skill consumed his already shallow energy core.
"A skill like this basically limits my energy core output," Song Yang said. "If I continue fighting after using this skill, I'll just have to keep competing with my stamina. If my opponent has a clear weakness in stamina, I might still have a chance to win, but..."
Song Yang glanced at Jiang Yunu, and the implication of his words was obvious:
Relying on some kind of "beast-type" intuition, Song Yang has realized that Jiang Yunu looks shorter and thinner than him, but the opponent's physical fitness is not weak at all.
Jiang Yunu finally accepted the fact that her opponent had voluntarily admitted defeat. She sorted out the new information she had heard in her mind and turned around to help her opponent figure out her skills.
"I think your skill would be more appropriately called 'Fire Gate' rather than 'Fire Wall,'" Jiang Yunu said.
Song Yang's energy core was too shallow, and unlike his physical strength, his abilities weren't inexhaustible. To maximize the power of his abilities, he had to charge up his energy throughout the battle, unleashing them at the right moments. If he missed the mark, or if his all-out abilities were blocked, he'd easily fall into a passive position, facing a disadvantageous situation.
Jiang Yunu realized that facing an opponent like Song Yang might be difficult if he fought alone, but if he was in a team, Song Yang should be able to become a surprise weapon.
"Fire Gate?" Song Yang was curious about Jiang Yunu's evaluation. He suddenly became interested. "What do you mean?"
"When you cast 'Fire Wall,' you over-utilized your supernatural power." Jiang Yunu explained her thinking to Song Yang in as much detail as possible. "Imagine your wall as a door. It doesn't need to completely seal off every corner. It can have a one-way switch that only you can operate. Those two beast-headed mechanisms on the door... can I call them that? I'll just call them mechanisms for now. It seems you set these two mechanisms up too rigidly. If the opponent takes the initiative to block the energy outlet or interfere with the energy range, they will hardly be able to exert the power you envisioned."
Song Yang's expression changed from excitement to confusion, and then to a mixture of sudden enlightenment and confusion.
He felt as if he had been suddenly dragged into a theoretical class that he half understood.
Jiang Yunu was just speaking out of inspiration during the battle, and she had never tried to teach her opponents before.
But just now on stage, she had observed Song Yang's combat patterns closely, even unintentionally tricking him. She always habitually studied and dissected her opponent's skills and how they used their energy. Feeling that Song Yang was a rare opponent with a calm and positive attitude, Jiang Yunu took the opportunity to share her observations with the person involved.
"You mean..." Song Yang thought for a long time, he said uncertainly, "I should change the way I use my abilities?"
Song Yang really has a good attitude. Generally speaking, students of this age group have just adapted to their own way of using energy and are generally unwilling to be advised to change the way they use it.
Jiang Yunu also thought about it, and she modified her wording to be more precise and detailed: "You can consider adjusting the way you call on energy when using your supernatural skills."
When one's own supernatural energy value is limited, the upper limit of the supernatural power used at a single time is low, and the energy recovery cycle is long, then while considering that a single skill must be equipped with maximum energy output, it is best to avoid energy waste as much as possible.
"Change the fire wall, which would immediately become useless if the encirclement fails and the energy-intensive output port is blocked, into a relatively open fire gate that can be used for both offense and defense. Adjust the two fixed flame output points." Jiang Yunu analyzed methodically. "Doing this may make your skills more suitable for actual combat scenarios."
The expression on Song Yang's face finally changed from confused to thoughtful.
However, Jiang Yunu certainly would not force others to use their supernatural powers. She only gave suggestions based on observation and actual combat, turning the energy from "dead" into "alive". The specific process still needed Song Yang to explore on his own.
"I just said it casually." The white-haired girl said finally.
The two stood in front of the battle stage which had been reset and was waiting for the next group of players to come on stage. The atmosphere was so friendly that it seemed like they had just completed an extracurricular assignment together.
"You don't have to listen to me completely. You have to try it yourself to see whether it works." Jiang Yunu said.
Song Yang understood a little of her theory, but not completely. However, that didn't stop him from saying, "Okay, I'll think about it more before the next game. Maybe I can try it out in the next match!"
Jiang Yunu used to think that Song Yang was a really fanatical opponent, and his surrender caught her off guard, but after seeing his attitude towards her proposal, she felt that this male classmate had a really good personality.
Song Yang thinks Jiang Yunu is a very good person!
——She really defeated him. It was not easy to beat her, but she was still willing to share her fighting experience!
What a good person!
Jiang Yunu received a "good guy card" without her knowledge.
She didn't even know that Song Yang had joined the team determined to "rectify her reputation" and would be able to sit at the same table with senior Jin Qing, who thought she was very well-behaved and polite that day and that the rumors about her arrogance were nonsense.
Pei Ya took Jiang Yunu, who had just finished the first game of the second round, to the cafeteria for lunch.
Pei Ya is not only an excellent "civilian intelligence officer," but also serves part-time as Jiang Yunu's logistics officer. She appears to be quiet on the surface, but in reality, she is very happy for Jiang Yunu's victory.
And Pei Ya's view on Jiang Yunu is very "centrist".
As the first classmate she approached and became friends with at Golden Uriel Academy, Pei Ya saw Jiang Yunu as anything but polite and sensible, nor was he arrogant, presumptuous, or aggressive. She saw him as someone who followed an unconventional path, acting as he pleased, often doing what he "felt like" rather than what he "should" do.
Simply put - in Pei Ya's eyes, Jiang Yunu is a chaotic neutral person.
"You do good things or suddenly become evil, both choices are not surprising." Pei Ya sharply analyzed the core of Jiang Yunu's style of doing things.
Jiang Yunu blinked.
After dinner, she and Pei Ya went to the school's public electronic library together. Pei Ya was working on a theoretical paper here, while she was wearing the public electronic glasses provided by the library, watching the real-life footage of the advanced battlefield from a first-person perspective.
Intermediate and advanced battlefield simulation. This course, which Jiang Yunu had previously been unable to enroll in at the Enge Primary School for Supernatural Powers, had become available to her since arriving in the Second District. All publicly available battlefield materials were available in the school library, making it very convenient for her to borrow and review during competitions, drawing tactical inspiration from others' actual combat.
"Xiaoya." Jiang Yunu raised his electronic glasses a little, and reached out to lift Pei Ya's thick glasses with two fingers. "You make me sound like a moody pervert."
Pei Ya removed the fingers that Jiang Yunu was holding up her glasses from her: "I don't have any."
After a pause, Pei Ya added: "--At least I didn't say you were a pervert."
"It doesn't matter." Jiang Yunu said, "I think I'm a little perverted when I hear it myself."
The white-haired girl said this seriously, and slowly revealed a determined smile.
This look made her look a little bit perverted.
Pei Ya had the urge to take a picture of Jiang Yunu like this.
Jiang Yunu knew what his friend was thinking and asked curiously, "Why?"
"So I can blackmail you later," Paya deadpanned. "When you become famous and successful, I'll threaten you, a great hero. If you don't give me a favor, I'll release top-secret photos of your youth to all the tabloid media, letting the entire galaxy witness the genius hero's evil moments."
Pei Ya said this seriously.
Jiang Yunu lowered her head and pondered for a few seconds. She raised her face and said, "Why don't you sell it to the media first? Remember to ask them for a higher price. Then, when the money arrives, we can split it equally."
Jiang Yunu was also serious.
Then the two of them looked at each other and laughed in the independent reading cabin with sound insulation and noise reduction.
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