Chapter 2972: Endurance Assessment

However, it was a full hour before a young man finally walked in from outside, his face pale and looking exhausted. Ye Luo immediately understood; his Divine Sense had been overexerted.

Originally, ordinary people didn’t know how to cultivate Divine Sense. However, some mental activities can instinctively increase Divine Sense growth.

For instance, scholars generally have stronger Divine Sense compared to those who haven’t studied.

Perhaps this is why the Tong Yao Group chooses these knowledge-based white-collar workers.

Of course, it’s possible that the Tong Yao Group hasn’t figured out the key aspect yet, otherwise they would certainly cultivate cultivators.

However, cultivating cultivators for the sake of martial power is already a violation of the city’s laws, and they would be held accountable.

This young man, upon seeing Ye Luo, was obviously surprised, but he didn’t greet Ye Luo at all. Instead, he immediately sat down, took out some nutritional fluid from his bag, and drank it ravenously. Soon, his complexion improved a bit.

Ye Luo observed for a while and realized that this nutritional fluid actually had the effect of nourishing the Divine Soul. No wonder their Divine Soul was much stronger than ordinary white-collar workers; it was due to the nourishing effects of this nutritional fluid.

However, relying on this alone is not enough to fundamentally enhance Divine Sense. To fundamentally enhance Divine Sense, one must become a cultivator! But even as a cultivator, the growth rate of Divine Sense is slow.

Or, one could specially train Divine Sense, like the cultivation techniques Ye Luo has mastered.

Of course, Ye Luo’s Divine Sense reached its current state through many fortuitous encounters, which is something many cannot replicate.

Subsequently, more candidates trickled out.

But Ye Luo noticed that, in the end, there were only about thirty remaining.

This means a large portion had been eliminated.

Still, Ye Luo was curious about the nature of the next assessment and the objective of the Tong Yao Group for doing all this.

Previously, he had understood that the city’s martial power wasn’t entirely controlled by the city’s higher-ups. Several major forces had their own power and didn’t completely adhere to the city’s upper echelon’s orders!

It could be said that the city wasn’t a monolithic entity! This was perhaps the downside of a technological nation.

The ones who captured the King of Huainan were a massive force called the Zhongzhou Group, directly using the name of the Zhongzhou civilization, illustrating that this group was quite ambitious.

According to the Shadow, the true controller of this city wasn’t the city’s higher-ups but the Zhongzhou Group!

Of course, this claim had no basis, at least not in terms of the protective forces on the streets, which belonged to the city’s upper echelons.

“Attention everyone, break time is over; the second phase of the assessment is about to commence! Please enter Test Chamber No. 12!”

The electronic voice repeatedly echoed in the hall, and soon, some staff came to guide these thirty-plus candidates to the location of Test Chamber No. 12.

This Test Chamber No. 12 was on the twelfth floor of the headquarters, which was quite easy to find.

In this laboratory, there were dozens of small rooms taller than a person, designed quite uniquely.

Under the supervision of the staff, everyone entered these small rooms.

Once inside, it was not as cramped as it appeared outside; instead, the view was broad, clearly indicating they had entered the Illusionary Realm.

With this Illusionary Realm, the sense of claustrophobia was significantly reduced.

However, Ye Luo was again puzzled. What was being assessed in this stage?

It was obvious that this was not a test of cultural knowledge.

“The second phase of assessment, begin!”

With the electronic sound, the scene before Ye Luo’s eyes suddenly changed.

It was the desert again! Evidently, the scientists at the Tong Yao Group had a fondness for deserts.

Suddenly, Ye Luo looked up to see a scene of the apocalypse.

Huge fireballs were falling from the sky, landing on him, giving him a slight burning sensation.

What was this? Ye Luo was puzzled; the fireballs were clearly aimed at Divine Sense.

But since it was in an Illusionary Realm, it wouldn’t cause real damage to Divine Sense; rather, it tested a person’s mental endurance.

From this, Ye Luo understood what was being tested in this phase: the endurance of Divine Sense.

Considering the first phase of the assessment, the stronger one’s Divine Sense endurance, the longer one could control the mecha. This was quite crucial.

Ye Luo even knew that warriors of the Zhongzhou Empire had spent months in mechas, which was perfectly normal.

But this assessment also left Ye Luo feeling a bit helpless. How was this different from scratching an itch?

Thus, he lay down in the desert, allowing the fireballs to hit him while he comfortably crossed his legs. This warm sensation felt somewhat enjoyable!

But this scene was now clearly displayed on the screens in the headquarters’ laboratory.

“It’s that guy again! Does he have no pain nerves?” a middle-aged man said displeased.

This was outright contempt for the assessment rules they had set.

“Should we up the ante for him?” another middle-aged man suggested.

The other scientists seemed tempted but then shook their heads.

“Forget it, we need to ensure fairness in this assessment. However, if he wins this stage, we can take him down a notch his arrogance!”

…

Ye Luo lay in the desert until he eventually fell into a deep sleep.

This scene certainly left those scientists feeling quite helpless.

However, Test Chamber No. 12 was not peaceful.

Occasionally, candidates would stumble out of the dark rooms and collapse to the ground, clearly having reached the limit of their Divine Sense.

As time went on, the number of candidates in the dark rooms decreased rapidly.

After an hour, only Ye Luo remained, still holding out in the dark.

Of course, there were a dozen or so young people who, though leaving the dark rooms, hadn’t passed out. At this moment, they gazed at Ye Luo with rather complex expressions.

They knew well the feeling of being engulfed in flames. They thought they had lasted long enough, but compared to Ye Luo, they were far behind.

“Is this guy really asleep?”

At this point, the disgruntled middle-aged scientist spoke again.

All the other candidates had exited the dark rooms, indicating that Ye Luo had once again ranked first in this phase.

“It’s time to teach him a lesson!” another scientist said with a stern face.

Subsequently, in Ye Luo’s illusionary realm, the fireballs in the sky suddenly intensified a lot and were accompanied by attacks from other forces.

Had an ordinary candidate encountered this situation, they might have fainted at once; yet Ye Luo still did not wake up.