Published: February 11, 2025
Ye Zhongming stepped onto the first step, and suddenly, he disappeared from the heavenly stele path, arriving at an exceptionally mysterious space.
He didn’t panic because, in this almost pure white space, Ye Zhongming felt no danger.
Suddenly, a monster appeared in front of him.
Ye Zhongming took one look and recognized it as a common evolver called ‘刺婪’ (Ci Lan).
“Please point out the weakness of the monster in front and respond with an attack.”
A prompt sounded directly in Ye Zhongming’s sea of consciousness, making him understand the so-called test.
However, was this test too simple?
Any evolver who had lived in the apocalypse for two months would definitely recognize this low-level evolutionary life form, which was quite common in abandoned cities and wilderness. Many people had even tasted its meat, especially the strip of flesh on either side of its spine, which rivaled the tenderness of the finest beef, making it one of the few delicacies in the apocalypse.
Although Ye Zhongming felt the test was simple, he didn’t take it lightly. He took out the earth sand moon blade and stepped forward, stabbing the blade two inches beneath the monster’s ear.
Fifteen centimeters beneath the skin there was the central nerve of the Ci Lan, and as long as he hit it, the creature would die immediately.
When the earth sand moon blade pierced in, Ye Zhongming realized that the monster he thought was real was actually just a light model. As the blade tip touched the incredibly lifelike central nerve, the Ci Lan instantly vanished, and Ye Zhongming reappeared on the heavenly stele path.
At this moment, his feet completely landed on the first step.
Ye Zhongming stroked his chin; this was the test of the heavenly stele? Each step was a test?
He gazed into the distance, astonished.
The path was curved, making it impossible to see the end, but at least dozens of steps could be seen within sight. Did he have to undergo dozens of tests?
Ye Zhongming looked at the time and compared it to before, realizing he had spent about half a minute in the illusory space of the first step.
Taking a deep breath, Ye Zhongming stepped onto the second step.
Once again, his body disappeared as expected.
It was still a pure white space, but this time two zombies appeared in front of him—one level three and one level four, standing one in front of the other.
“Please kill both mutated lives within ten seconds after the beep; being injured means failure.”
Ye Zhongming raised the earth sand moon blade. The beep he expected came after a slight delay. He casually dodged to the suddenly animated zombies and easily completed the kill.
As he killed the zombies, he was sent back to the heavenly stele path.
It went smoothly, but Ye Zhongming did not immediately step onto the third step; instead, he reflected on the second test.
Why was there a delay between the prompt and the start of the beep?
It should be known that normal level two and three zombies were no longer a concern for current evolvers, especially those participating in the brightwater realm, who were basically four-star evolvers or above.
For these individuals, facing such two mutated lives didn’t require much effort to solve.
Could it be…
Ye Zhongming had a guess but wasn’t certain. After thinking for a moment, he stepped onto the third step.
This time, the white space expanded. Ye Zhongming stood in a corner, and in the expansive area in front of him, two groups of mutated lives occupied the space. One group consisted of level three mutated flies, densely packed with over a hundred, while the other group had more than a dozen mutated cats, both sides facing each other like statues.
“Please state several methods to annihilate these mutated lives, with a total of no less than three. The final result cannot result in the death of the evolver. Please demonstrate these methods separately after hearing the beep. Note that your evolver level will be compressed to four-star.”
Ye Zhongming was quite surprised; this place could even suppress the power of evolvers?