"I want you to study cultural knowledge well."

This was Zhou Yi's first command to Angel of Death.

Now, the company has a scanning recognition program provided by 703, which allows for voice-activated reading through an enhanced controller, so illiteracy doesn't affect the reception of information and basic knowledge.

Zhou Yi and Yuan Xiao stayed together for two days and found that she was the type who was particularly weak in certain subjects.

She was very smart most of the time and could deduce and infer on her own without prompting but lacked a lot of conventional knowledge. For example, she knew nothing about Light Imprint Skill.

"That's just a poor imitation of us; what's there to learn? Unnecessary."

She was very resistant at first.

Zhou Yi told her, "In today's world, most advanced tools are inseparable from Light Imprint Skill. If you want to defeat the Dragon, the best way is to use a specially made Class A Light Imprint Weapon, and lock onto it from a distance."

He mimicked the action of raising a gun to shoot.

"Take it by surprise, a single deadly shot."

"Or, go old school and detonate the entire Dragon Palace; there are indeed alien detonation technologies available now."

"But if it were me, I might choose to throw a specific Light Bomb... What are Dragons afraid of?"

"I don't know, but Dragons are definitely afraid of losing everyone's awe and their absolute confidence in them."

Zhou Yi snapped his fingers: "That's easy too, I'll just bomb the Dragon Palace area from high altitude; it doesn't dare to come out, fearing it will be besieged by Heavenly People, right? So it can only defend and take hits passively."

"As long as I use a specific Light Bomb that can penetrate the defense of Building Life, then it will be doubted, because it cannot counterattack."

"You're so despicable!"

Despite the scathing remarks, Yuan Xiao's face flushed with excitement: "Can you really do it?"

"Is it possible to fly at high altitude there?"

"Yes."

"Then there's no problem. It can be done as long as there's a specific directional enhancement."

Zhou Yi said indifferently: "This is the power of technology; we originally suppressed the natives of the Shuanghe Region and ended the War of Honor using this method. Blazing one's own trail in the world with individual strength is the old way."

"Every sea lord is managing their own territory, working to secure a continuous supply of resources and the latest technological support. That is the latest version of understanding."

Angel of Death paused for a moment and after some contemplation said: "You're right, going it alone indeed requires a lot of effort. The Dragons also need the Dragon Palace to nurture Dragon's Inheritors, even the Heavenly People need the Heavenly Kingdom to work for them."

"If you understand, that's good."

Zhou Yi continued: "Beyond that, other areas of knowledge also have their uses. If you master a vast array of different written languages, you can gain access to the knowledge and skills of different intelligent species, and even their secrets."

"Do you know the language of the gods?"

"No..."

"Do you know where there are many records about Dragons?"

Yuan Xiao was stunned: "Many records? Are there that many records of dragons?"

"Yes. There are many prehistoric human records about Dragons. In the texts from the era of the gods, dragons from different regions and eras vary in form."

"Some are five-clawed golden dragons, symbolizing dominion over the world. Some are huge, winged reptiles, greedy predators. Some dragons bring rain and clouds, deities in charge of rainfall and rivers. All of these have definite written records."

Zhou Yi said calmly and confidently: "Read more, and you will understand the concept of the Dragon."

The girl seemed to have understood something: "No wonder you asked me what kind of dragon it was before; this is how it is. I had no idea about any of this."

"As for the matter with your daughter, that's also a field of study and knowledge."

Zhou Yi explained: "In prehistoric human times, there were cases like yours. Parents went out to work, returning home a few times a year. Children stayed at home or entered schools — you can think of it as another form of Dragon Palace, where prolonged separation could result in parent-child issues..."

"Those children were called 'left-behind children' at the time, influenced by adverse groups from the outside world, and even led astray wasn't rare."

"I understand, the Angel of Death themselves have a unique same-gender repulsion situation, but prehistoric human experience can still be used as a reference."

"If you knew about such situations, the matter with Nian Gao could have been avoided."

These words firmly made up Yuan Xiao's mind: "I understand now. I will study these things properly."

In the following days, Angel of Death began to immerse herself in learning.

She took the enhanced controller and listened to books every day, studying the prehistoric human script.

Although her attitude was very proper, the process was very difficult.

She often started to yawn while studying, then her gaze would start to drift, followed by zoning out.

If Zhou Yi wasn't watching her, she would have fallen asleep right away.

Zhou Yi was somewhat helpless.

He didn't blame Yuan Xiao; learning is painful for most people, not to mention for her, a Wasteland illiterate who had never been to school a day in her life.

Zhou Yi thought of a solution: coffee.

He got Yuan Xiao bottled coffee to keep her alert, since there was still plenty in stock.

Indeed, she became much more spirited, but learning was still challenging.

This A-level life form scratches her head and pulls her hair out in clumps every day.

She is often in great pain.

"I just can't understand... This is way harder than hunting whales."

"It's just some numbers, why can't I understand them when they are presented differently?"

"What's the Pythagorean theorem... What on earth is this?!"

Zhou Yi was taken by surprise, "What on earth are you looking at?"

Then he realized, she was actually reading "People's Education Edition Grade 8 Mathematics."

For Yuan Xiao, who has never even attended primary school, junior high mathematics was indeed beyond her level.

"You should put this aside for now, it's too difficult."

Zhou Yi directed her, "Start with some simple biology, geography, stories that are easier to understand. You can ask me if there's something you don't understand, or you can skip it and find parts you are interested in."

He gave Yuan Xiao a few books, all relatively interesting introductory science books, among them were "100,000 Whys" as the heaviest hitter.

As expected, when coming down from the peak of junior high mathematics, the distress on the Angel of Death's face subsided considerably. She yawned less while reading, sometimes even showing a happy face, finally finding some joy.

Zhou Yi felt a bit more relieved.

This was a bold attempt.

Hunting was Yuan Xiao's strength, but this profession didn't align with the company's direction of development.

The company's core is in-depth development of the Wasteland, along with application and tool manufacturing based on various resources, focusing on creation, production, and trade.

Yuan Xiao herself had powerful combat abilities, but as a lone ranger who suffered from a lack of education, her life was not smooth and she was more like a strong barbarian who only knew how to hunt intently.

So Zhou Yi was preparing to bridge this gap for her.

She had to learn to use various types of knowledge and brainpower, otherwise, relying solely on brute force without having absolute power over others, it would only lead to a dead end.

Another part of the reason had to do with the three special abilities Yuan Xiao possessed.

"My 'Deadly Annotation' allows me to see the vitality conditions of various life forms, looking like strings of tiny blood cells, encircling behind every life form. I can see their state of life, which helps me assess their vitality during battles."

"During battles, I can constantly judge their vitality. The closer they are to death, the more their flaws will be exposed, creating annotation-like information in my mind that allows me to capture the prey's deadly weaknesses."

Yuan Xiao went on to say, "My 'Regeneration' ability can place various consciousness entities into specific shells, sometimes creating low-level Bone Men, sometimes other lower creatures, but it can also fail easily. The Building Life that is regenerated can run errands and do work for me, but they are much more fragile than life formed in the normal way."

"The last, and most crucial, is 'Death Transformation,' which is a power that is more well-known to outsiders."

"Once activated, my power can radiate and cover all forms of life within range, absorbing and devouring vitality, allowing me to quickly recover and enhance my own life. This also makes my vitality very strong, with a high resistance to being killed."

"But this ability also comes with a cost, and that is, every use of Death Transformation will form some death lines on my body. The longer it's used, the larger the area of the death lines that are generated."

She extended her arm, revealing black lines on her fair skin. These black lines looked like veins popping out, or like black fungal filaments growing from within.

Even Yuan Xiao's face had many death lines, which gave her a layer of gothic melancholy.

"If the death lines spread across my entire body, forming a complete and connected cycle, the Angel of Death will die. Everything we take from our hunts will return to this world."

She spoke calmly, "That is the price, what is taken must eventually be returned. We Hunters possess great destructive power, but this force will ultimately be reflected back upon us. That's why there are few Angels of Death."

It was also because of her abilities that made the Hunter branch of the Angels of Death a radical, combative hunting faction.

Rather than attacking weaker life forms which would cause the death lines to spread, hunting more powerful entities won't waste life.

Even with lethal flaws, these are still three incredibly powerful abilities.

'Deadly Annotation' allows visibility of vital bars of beings, and when the opponent's life is low, it can even reveal their deadly weaknesses, an ultimate finishing move.

'Regeneration' can alter flesh and blood into Bone Men or monsters - albeit with a significant chance of failure - to some extent, it is a form of life modification ability; it was for this reason Sun Chonglai became a Bone Man.

'Death Transformation' is a weapon that grows stronger with battle, costly but powerful.

So facing a Condenser and Wu Yi, Yuan Xiao wasn't at a disadvantage even in a 1-on-2 fight.

It was because of all the above.

Zhou Yi decided to let Yuan Xiao transform, to stop being a front-line combat member, otherwise, she would consume her life and die quickly.

In fact.

Even serving as an assistant would be immensely beneficial.

Deadly Annotation was truly useful on its own.

...

As a day of routine learning came to an end at dusk, the alarm clock rang, Yuan Xiao in the study room stretched and stood up: "Chairman, I have finished my studies for today, and I would like to visit Sun Hao this evening."

Zhou Yi said, "Alright. I haven't seen him for a few days myself, let's go together."

The two made their way to the elevator.

"By the way,"

Zhou Yi suddenly remembered, "The Hunters among the Angels of Death have the constraint of death lines, do Healers have it too?"

The previously relaxed young girl sighed.

"They do."

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