Chapter 55: Everyone is a protagonist

Ning Zhuo couldn't hear, couldn't see, and couldn't smell; he fell into a world of darkness again.

But he was very happy.

"I finally got in!"

"In the future, I can actively enter the Lava Immortal Palace in this way."

The previous method was too passive.

"Perhaps, I can also activate the 'Trial Disciple' mark and actively leave the Immortal Palace?"

This conjecture lingered in his mind, and there was no need to verify it for the time being.

While thinking, Ning Zhuo mobilized the Five Elements Qi Law and burst out spiritual power.

The spiritual power leaking out soon pulled to the first mechanism component.

Like the previous two times, it was still the left arm.

Afterwards, it was the head.

It was also the same as before, still a big head.

Ning Zhuo assembled himself with ease, then hopped down the small mountain piled up with mechanism components.

He ran towards the door limping.

This time, to save some time, he didn't focus on finding legs and feet of the same length.

"With the hanging ring, even if I limp, it's enough to pass the second room."

"The most urgent task is to hide my name as soon as possible. I am on at least three leaderboards; according to the most conservative estimate, I need to run three trips."

As a result, when Ning Zhuo touched the door, he didn't see the reward option of the hanging ring.

The three options were: a spirit stone, return-force silk (mechanism accessory), and a breath (spell).

"No hanging ring?!" Ning Zhuo was stunned for a moment.

The next moment, he slapped his head. The small wooden palm and the big head collided, making a bang.

"Mistake!"

"I should have speculated earlier."

"During the second exploration, I discovered that the Ice-Holding Spell was replaced by the Fire-Holding Spell."

"This shows that the reward options are not fixed. It is very likely that because I chose it before, it will rotate."

"Since the spell is like this, the mechanism-type rewards should also have such changes."

"It's just that the spirit stone option remains unchanged all year round, making my cognition in this aspect not sharp."

As long as it is a person, they will make mistakes.

Ning Zhuo will also make mistakes.

Of course, it was mainly because his mood of wanting to hide his name was really urgent.

Staring at the three rewards in front of him, Ning Zhuo thought for a while and soon chose the return-force silk.

The spell definitely couldn't be chosen; Ning Zhuo still wanted to successfully get off the leaderboard this time.

Although he could actively enter the palace through the Trial Disciple mark, this mechanism had not been thoroughly explored, and there might be other restrictions.

"For example, must there be an interval of several days before entering the palace for the second time?"

Ning Zhuo didn't want to cause extra trouble at this juncture. Right now, what he needed most was to get off the leaderboard!

He didn't want to take unnecessary risks.

He didn't choose the spirit stone either.

His spiritual power was very abundant now.

The return-force silk was transmitted over.

This was a circle of silk made of metal, relatively thick. Looking closely, one could see the mixed luster of gold and silver on the surface of the silk.

Ning Zhuo was very familiar with this.

He sat on the ground and dismantled his two calves.

Then, he pulled out a section of return-force silk, wound it between his flexible fingers, and wound it into a spiral shape.

Then, he installed this spiral metal silk at the knee position, adding a new way of connection between the calf and the thigh.

Finally, he reinstalled the calf.

Following the same pattern, he also installed return-force silk between his elbows.

He stood up, tried to move a few times, and felt good.

There was nothing to practice in the first room, so Ning Zhuo pushed the door and entered the second room.

He ran on the retreating floor tiles.

He had return-force silk between his calves and thighs. Whenever he landed, the return-force silk would compress. When it compressed to a certain degree, the return-force silk would burst out a force, forcing itself to return to its normal length. In this way, it brought more power to Ning Zhuo.

Before, Ning Zhuo ran honestly when passing the level. This time, he hopped, and every jump distance was very far.

For the first two times, he couldn't keep up with the retreating speed of the floor tiles when he ran to the middle of the road. But this time, his running and jumping efficiency was high, and after passing the middle, he still exceeded the retreating speed of the floor tiles by a margin.

The giant wood hit, but Ning Zhuo was prepared, and he jumped lightly and landed directly on the giant wood.

"Before, I needed to jump with both feet, but now the height and jumping speed of a single foot are stronger than the two feet used in the first two times!"

Ning Zhuo jumped between the giant wood and the wall, occasionally landing on the floor tiles.

He failed twice, and by the third time, he successfully crossed the last difficulty and landed in front of the door.

"Return-force silk is more suitable for passing the second room than the hanging ring." Ning Zhuo made a judgment in his heart.

At this moment, he thought of the speed-run leaderboard.

"The Three Sects Master arranged these levels, in addition to assessment, also with the intention of teaching."

"The so-called speed-run is actually encouraging us trial disciples to constantly polish our skills and train our ability to use mechanism creations."

"What if Meng Chong came to pass this level?"

"Can he skillfully use these mechanism components?"

"No, the determining factor is not this, but his puppet. The puppet brought by superior talent must be much stronger than mine!"

During the raid on the Purple Sun Courtyard, Ning Zhuo also saw the scene of Meng Chong attacking Han Ming through mechanism creations.

"Although Meng Chong was surging with medicinal power at that time, surrounded by overflowing magic power, the ability to make such a powerful attack was still because of the Galloping Thunder talent."

Ning Zhuo himself is a human-shaped library, very clear about the meaning of superior talent, but after seeing it with his own eyes, his heart was still shaken.

What is superior?

Lower-grade, middle-grade, and upper-grade are all in the same grade. Superior is above the conventional, exceeding the existence of equality!

Often one in a million cultivators.

Cultivators with superior talent, as long as they grow up, are all geniuses of major sects and pillars of the country.

"The Meng family is a super family in the South Bean Kingdom, with thousands of clan members. With such a huge number, every once in a while, a superior talent will appear."

Ning Zhuo didn't have any jealousy.

Since he has lower-grade Early Wisdom talent and mysterious arm talent, why can't others have it?

Why can't others have better ones than him?

Why?

The year Ning Zhuo's mother died, Ning Zhuo understood a truth—this world does not revolve around him!

He is only the protagonist of his own life, and everyone is the protagonist of their own life.

All protagonists perform various grievances, hatreds, ambitions, and conspiracies on the big stage of the world.

"It is precisely because of this that this world is wonderful."

Meng Chong hasn't come in yet, but Ning Zhuo has already felt a pressure from behind.

Hiding his name is just a bottom line, stabilizing his current first-mover advantage.

And as Meng Chong officially joins, how long can this first-mover advantage be maintained?

Ning Zhuo had no grasp.

All he can do now is to continue moving forward.