[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel":3,"chapter-reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-chapter-77":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Reincarnated as the Final Villain's Vessel",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},699894,934,"Chapter 77: Mental Endurance Test","reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-chapter-77",77,"\u003Cp>A few days had passed since I last spoke with Alicia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, she told me that our reward would take some time to arrive, especially since Elliot still hadn’t decided what he would take.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I had to wait a few more days before receiving my essence stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, the short break was over, and we returned to our usual classes...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More or less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, there was something new today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of us were standing in a room filled with strange devices, with a large screen mounted on the wall. In our hands were something resembling VR headsets, which had just been handed to us by the professor standing in front of us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was frozen in a serious expression... honestly, this was the first time I’d seen him. He was probably teaching one of the classes I hadn’t attended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today was a little special...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We were about to take a new test.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mental Endurance Test.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes ago, this grim-looking professor informed us that this test had recently been added to the first-year evaluation by the principal himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So we weren’t even supposed to take it until next year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed the principal liked us...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I didn’t think that was a good thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The professor looked at us and spoke,\"Now put on the headsets and get ready.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no one moved, and silence filled the room until Talia raised her hand.\"Professor, I think you forgot to tell us what we’re supposed to do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at her for a few moments before letting out a loud sigh, rubbing his temple as he spoke in an irritated tone.\"There’s nothing special you need to know. This test is divided into seven stages, but as first-years, you’ll only go through five... and I don’t think anyone will reach that far anyway.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Each stage lasts five minutes, and the difficulty increases every time. Try to endure for as long as possible, because your results will depend on that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He removed his hand from his head and continued,\"When you feel you can’t go on, just say:I give up, and you’ll be automatically removed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clapped his hands.\"Now get ready—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once again, no one moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same blonde girl raised her hand again.\"Um... I think you forgot to tell us what kind of stages they are, Professor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at her with lifeless eyes.\"You’ll find out once you enter. Now put on your headsets.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, everyone complied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So did I.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I placed the device over my head, my vision instantly swallowed by darkness, while I heard the professor’s voice.\"Looks like everyone’s ready... your consciousness will be immersed in 3... 2... 1.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a rushed professor...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was my last thought before I felt my consciousness being pulled somewhere else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thing I felt was heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intense, unbearable heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, slowly, light flooded my vision, and I found myself standing on what looked like endless desert sands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above me was a glowing yellow sky, while dry air struck my face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a few seconds passed, yet I already felt overwhelming thirst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t feel any essence within my body, as if I had returned to being an ordinary human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned my head and saw the others around me, all of them panting under the heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one spoke or uttered a single word...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their mouths were probably already too dry to form words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These will be the longest five minutes they’ve ever experienced.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside, the students’ bodies stood motionless in front of the professor, while he stared at the large screen displaying Caius and the others in that scorching desert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was only the first stage out of the five, each lasting five minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for those inside, every second could feel as long as a minute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was only the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surviving there would become several times harder with each stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, the average time third-year students lasted was sixteen minutes—just at the beginning of the fourth stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a few could complete the fourth stage and enter the fifth, and even then, it was rare for anyone to finish the fifth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention the sixth and seventh stages, which were created only as a ceiling for people to smash their heads against.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The professor calmly looked at the screen, then at the timer on the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[1:13]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the scorching sands, fourteen people struggled to endure the unnatural heat of the desert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone felt as if they were inside a giant oven, slowly being cooked alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them was a blonde girl with clear blue eyes...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Talia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A girl from a noble family. Since childhood, she had been praised by her family—her talent acknowledged, supported, and nurtured—before she was sent to the Axis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had placed great expectations on her, believing she would secure at least one of the top three positions...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, she barely managed to rank thirteenth and secure a place in the elite class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That had been somewhat of a disappointment to her family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she tried to close the gap, to surpass her peers in both tests and missions...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter how hard she tried, no matter how much she trained...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were always one step ahead of her...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially those two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Talia gasped for breath, drawing in the scorching air, and looked around at her classmates, all of them struggling to endure as well...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But not everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were those who seemed able to handle this with ease...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Come on... come on... just end already,’ Talia urged inside her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to curse out loud, but her mouth was far too dry to do so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Should I give up?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought crossed her mind again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The urge to surrender never left her, not for a single moment since she entered this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The professor said each stage lasted five minutes, but to her, it felt like hours had passed in this unbearable torment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Maybe I should give up,’ she thought as she closed her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as if the world had answered her prayers...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first five minutes finally ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world flashed and changed in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heat vanished completely, replaced by a cold sensation that washed over her body...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold—far too cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She opened her mouth...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And all that entered was water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Abnormally cold water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She finally opened her eyes to see where she was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was underwater—or more precisely, surrounded by tons of a liquid resembling water, with a temperature reaching twenty degrees below zero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Water flooded into her mouth, filling her insides, as her body began to freeze from the cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tried to swim to the surface, or anywhere at all, but her body wouldn’t move an inch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Talia couldn’t gather any thoughts except one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her lips moved, forming a single word:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I give up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just like that, Talia became the first to be eliminated from the test.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only ten seconds after the second stage began.\u003C\u002Fp>",1180,"2026-06-02T09:38:17.164Z",1,"novelbin.me","830e9bb79bce67d16f3dd090e7fde9dca62183590f17fccd83ad2bc704acb43e","reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-chapter-126","reincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-chapter-125",183,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freincarnated-as-the-final-villain-s-vessel-cover.jpg"]