Chapter 348

Whoosh~~~

The crisp clashing sound echoed through the base hall.

All the psychics in the hall stared blankly at the young man continuously pulling out assessment crystals from the No. 5 testing station.

The adjacent assessment crystal counter had long surpassed 30,000!

"So many assessment crystals... how did Su Chen manage this?" Lin Hui and the others were stunned.

要知道，

Just moments ago, the faction with the most assessment crystals had only produced ten thousand or so.

"This..." Qin Zheng of Lei Ting Martial Arts was also taken aback.

So Su Chen's earlier refusal wasn't out of face-saving—he genuinely had that many assessment crystals himself!

"The number of assessment crystals has reached 40,000!"

"Whoa! This is terrifying—did he accidentally find some hidden treasure site?"

Aside from the Lei Ting Martial Arts group, all other psychics' conversations revolved around Xu Jingming.

Even on other testing stations, no one went forward to claim rewards.

Everyone wanted to see just how many assessment crystals he could pull out.

At the Sakura Nation Ten御 Dojo team's side, a middle-aged man stared fixedly at Xu Jingming.

His eyes were filled with endless coldness.

His name was Shankou Yi'er, second-in-command of the Ten御 Dojo after Sakura Rin.

He remembered clearly that Sakura Rin still had over 50,000 assessment crystals.

Now that Sakura Rin was missing, whoever held the most assessment crystals was the prime suspect!

From his rank, this guy was merely a fourth-rank upper-tier.

He could not possibly have wiped out Sakura Rin's team of four sixth-rank lower-tier and one fifth-rank lower-tier.

But this was the only lead they had right now!

Even if the probability was minuscule, they had to grab him first.

Thinking this, he whispered in Sakura Nation language to a nearby sixth-rank psychic:

"Alert everyone—once this Da Xia man claims his reward, immediately apprehend him!"

The man's heart jolted; he hesitated: "He's from Da Xia's Lei Ting Martial Arts. Won't this be too aggressive?"

Compared to Da Xia, Sakura Nation was undoubtedly a very weak country.

Even a single Lei Ting Martial Arts branch in Da Xia possessed the power to annihilate their entire Sakura Nation.

If arresting him triggers any conflict, it'll be a disaster.

"The Holy Maiden is missing—this is our only lead.

If we don't recover the Holy Maiden, do you want to commit suicide after leaving the relic space to atone?"

Shankou said grimly.

Sakura Rin was the hope for the Ten御 Dojo—and for the entire Sakura Nation's rise!

If we don't recover the Holy Maiden, none of us should live.

Hearing this, the previous man understood, his expression hardening.

He responded "Hai!" and hurried off to notify other psychics...

Thus, under the gaze of countless different eyes in the hall,

Xu Jingming dumped all his assessment crystals into the machine—totaling a staggering 53,000!

Immediately after,

He stepped forward into the testing station himself.

Hum~~~

The machine beneath his feet whirred to life, scanning his entire body.

Only seconds later, blinding golden light erupted from the base beneath him!

Simultaneously, a majestic voice rang out from the glowing orb of the front-facing hologram:

"Soldier No. 5, total assessment crystals submitted: 53,000. Legendary talent. Comprehensive evaluation: Legendary. Reward: Inheritance No. 003 granted!"

As the words ended, the entire hall erupted in chaos.

"Legendary evaluation?! Wasn't the highest rating for the No. 9 Civilization Base just 'Exalted'?"

"Can't you see? He just broke the base's evaluation record!"

"Insane! Over 50,000 assessment crystals actually triggered this?"

"What does this have to do with assessment crystals?! It's his talent rating that's too high!"

"..."

After the shock came overwhelming confusion:

"Talent is evaluated based on overall psychic rank and cultivation speed.

Yet even S-rank psychic awakeners only received an 'Exalted' rating—why is his 'Legendary'?"

This puzzled even Qin Zheng of Lei Ting Martial Arts and others.

Chi Huang Zhenlei was merely an A-rank psychic ability—how could it earn such a high rating?

And it outright shattered the previous evaluation system.

As everyone puzzled over this, a piercing alarm suddenly blared throughout the civilization relic hall:

"Warning! Warning! SS-rank psychic ability 'Dou Tian Shen Lei' matching First Sequence Inheritance criteria detected. Clearing the area now!!"

"Warning! Warning! Detected..."

Inside the main hall, red warning lights flashed wildly.

Before the many ability users could react, they felt themselves lifted into the air by an unknown force and shoved straight out of the main base!

Boom!!

The main base's originally open alloy giant doors slammed shut! Cutting off all the ability users outside.

"Mm...?"

Xu Jingming, who had been left behind in the main base hall, was dumbfounded.

What was going on?

How was he the only one left?

"Eva, has this kind of situation ever happened before at the No. 9 civilization ruin?"

Xu Jingming hurriedly asked Eva.

But the earpiece was completely silent, with no response at all.

He glanced at the power button on the smart bracer on his left hand—Eva was still on.

"Eva's been jammed." Xu Jingming's heart sank.

Ancient civilization ruins could throw any number of dangers at you.

With a top-tier AI like Eva around, even if he ran into danger she could give him some reference—but now he'd lost contact entirely.

More importantly, ancient civilization language was extremely complex; he only recognized a few basic characters.

He simply couldn't translate it fluently, or understand what the ancient language was trying to say.

Without Eva, he had no way to understand the ancient civilization's language.

"But judging from the information Eva translated at the end—

Most likely my SS-rank ability triggered some mechanism in the civilization ruin.

Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any danger..."

Xu Jingming murmured, looking toward the front of the hall.

That holographic light sphere had been frozen in place ever since the alarm went off.

"Cleared. Soldier No. 5, please manifest your ability for final confirmation."

At that moment, the voice sounded again from the hall's ceiling.

To Xu Jingming's surprise, this time it wasn't the ancient language—it was the language of the Great Xia nation.

Astonished, Xu Jingming no longer hesitated—Doushen Shenlei erupted at full power!

Crackle-crackle—

The Breath-Concealment Art had already stopped running; brilliant, dazzling golden Lei Ting coiled around Xu Jingming.

Making him look both regal and powerful.

Whoosh—

A pale blue virtual beam projected down from the ceiling, scanning Xu Jingming thoroughly from top to bottom.

Then the prompt tone continued:

"Scan complete. Confirmed SS-rank ability 'Doushen Shenlei'. Main control AI awakening..."

Hmmm~~~

A sound like machinery running rang out, and the white light sphere at the front of the hall suddenly began to change.

Its originally round shape started to elongate, gradually forming the shape of a human body.

In just a few seconds, it had taken the form of a woman!

The woman wore a tight white combat suit, her figure slender and tall, with curves in all the right places.

A mane of green hair swept past her slim waist, falling to the level of her shapely hips.

"This is..." Staring at the woman's figure and face, Xu Jingming was instantly stunned.

Why did she look so much like an adult Eva?

Just as he was feeling it was unbelievable.

The woman's bright eyes looked over; her red lips parted slightly, and a soft voice rang out:

"Greetings, honored Legendary-rank ability user. I am the main control AI of Trial Base No. 9. You may call me... Eva."