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Chapter 14: The Rarity of Support-Type Metahumans
Chapter 14: The Rarity of Support-Type Metahumans
The night passed without incident.
The next morning, Lu Heng woke up to find Su Muyu sleeping soundly beside him.
Due to her injury, she could only sleep on her stomach, her chest pressing against the bed, making it look even larger, and creating a dent in the mattress.
Lu Heng lay on his side, watching her sleep, and his mind was filled with memories, many of which hadn't even happened yet...
After a while, Su Muyu's eyebrows twitched, and she couldn't hold back a smile. She quickly buried her face in the pillow and mumbled, "Why are you staring at me?"
She didn't open her eyes once, but her high perception allowed her to sense that Lu Heng was watching her.
"Are you asleep?" Lu Heng asked.
"Hmm... I'm asleep," she replied.
Su Muyu nodded. She had indeed slept well last night, probably because she was exhausted, or perhaps she felt very safe, and surprisingly, she slept soundly, which even surprised herself.
After waking up, Lu Heng first examined and changed her wound dressing.
"The wound is healing well," Lu Heng said after changing the dressing and helping her pull her clothes down.
Every time they changed the dressing, they had to lift her clothes, but last night, due to the pain, she didn't think about it. Today, with less pain, she started to feel shy because lifting her clothes would reveal her bra.
Moreover, her back was relatively thin, and even from the back, one could see the two round parts in front.
After changing the dressing, her face was already flushed as if she had a high fever. She quickly grabbed a blanket and wrapped it around herself, looking like a startled fawn.
Su Muyu shook her head and quickly changed the subject to ease the embarrassment, "I feel like my wound is healing quickly."
Lu Heng explained, "Metahumans' recovery abilities are definitely stronger than ordinary people's. You're a metahuman now."
"Oh, right," she replied.
As she had only awakened last night, Su Muyu was still adjusting to her new reality.
She sensed her physical condition and said, "My spirit has also recovered."
As expected, Forge Castle could indeed block psychic contamination.
After a good night's rest, her spirit power had fully recovered.
Lu Heng sat at the desk, took out the Invisible Veil Crystal Core he obtained last night, and considered whether to use this Skill Crystal Core.
Lu Heng currently had only three skill slots, having already learned two skills—Lightning Weapon and Shadow Clone—leaving only one slot remaining.
If he used this Invisible Veil Crystal Core, his skill slots would be full, and any future Skill Crystal Cores obtained would be unusable.
In terms of practicality, the Invisible Veil skill was indeed useful, but it didn't enhance direct combat power.
So, Lu Heng weighed the pros and cons of learning this skill.
Su Muyu peeked at the skill crystal core and asked, "What is this crystal core for?"
"It's a very practical skill," Lu Heng said, passing the crystal core to her.
Su Muyu took the crystal core and checked the skill effect, commenting, "This skill is very useful. Its effect is similar to the invisible horned demon from last night."
Lu Heng agreed, "It's indeed useful. But I only have one skill slot left, so I don't have room to learn this skill."
Su Muyu considered it and asked, "According to the skill description, this skill can be used on other objects. Does that mean it can be used on other people as well?"
The effect of Invisible Veil was like an invisible film, covering the surface of an object and granting it optical invisibility.
Lu Heng nodded and replied, "Yes, it can be used on other people."
Su Muyu thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll learn this skill. Hmm... if it doesn't suit me, I can always sell it."
She had five skill slots, having already learned a Summon Scout Eagle skill, leaving four remaining slots, which was quite sufficient to learn this skill.
Since this skill could be used on others, it leaned towards being a support-oriented skill.
In other words, by learning this Skill Crystal Core, she could provide Lu Heng with an invisibility ability.
However, she knew that such a Skill Crystal Core was undoubtedly precious, and asking to learn it seemed greedy. So, she changed her mind and suggested selling it instead.
Lu Heng considered this and said, "Forget about selling it; even if you sell it for a few million initially, you might not be able to buy it back later for tens of millions. If you really want to learn it, then I'll let you."
"But you should think it through. This skill won't increase your combat power."
"The Scout Eagle doesn't provide combat power either, so neither of your first two skills will have any combat effectiveness."
Su Muyu shook her calf and smiled, "I'll support you. In those online games you guys play, isn't there always a support class?"
Hearing this, Lu Heng was slightly taken aback, feeling a sense of trust coming from her.
He even felt that this trust had come a little too quickly.
After all, it had been less than two weeks since her rebirth, and in her memory, he had been a stranger whom she had never spoken to until recently.
It seemed that after this silly girl's life trajectory changed, without experiencing the hardships of her past life, she was more willing to trust others than she had been in her memories.
She was even willing to learn support skills proactively, not worrying about the lack of offensive skills.
In fact, many Metahumans were unwilling to learn support skills.
This was because the number of Skill Slots was limited, and using one meant having one less slot.
As the Abyss gradually devoured Bluesphere, the human world would undergo earth-shattering changes.
World order and rules would be rewritten.
The human survival environment would become extremely dangerous.
Therefore, the ability to protect oneself was the top priority for most Metahumans.
Especially during the initial stages of the Abyssal Descent, almost all Metahumans sought ways to enhance their combat power.
After all, in a chaotic environment, power was the key to survival.
As a result, few Metahumans voluntarily chose to support others, unless they were part of a close-knit group of friends and family. Even then, they would select only one person to learn support-oriented skills.
Even so, the chosen individual often felt reluctant.
Supporting others meant putting their lives in someone else's hands.
Due to this, during the early stages of the Abyssal Descent, excellent Support Mages were scarce.
Many Metahumans, even those with innate talents leaning towards support, would force themselves to develop combat-oriented skills.
However, outstanding Support Mages could significantly enhance a team's capabilities.
In essence, a mature team of Metahumans required someone to make sacrifices.
When two teams of the same level encountered each other, the team with a Support Mage would easily defeat the one without. The unsupported team might as well surrender without a fight.
Aside from other factors, the invisibility ability alone was enough to decimate teams lacking detection and invisibility capabilities.
To address this issue, some teams during the initial Abyssal Descent would choose to have each member learn a support skill.
While this solved the support problem, it meant that the team's combat-oriented Metahumans would have one less skill in direct confrontations.
Moreover, most support skills were related to Spirit and Perception Attributes.
For instance, the Scout Eagle skill's detection range for invisibility was tied to the Perception Attribute; the higher the Perception, the larger the detection range.
However, the Perception Attribute didn't enhance direct combat power.
Consequently, teams with each member having a support skill grew weaker in the later stages.
Not only did they lack a skill in direct confrontations, but their support skills were also suppressed by the opposing team's Support Mages due to their low Spirit and Perception Attributes.
It wasn't until the second stage of the Abyssal Descent that this situation gradually changed.
Top-tier Metahuman organizations began investing resources in cultivating Support Mages.
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(End of Chapter)
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