Consciousness Space.

In his Second Stage Transformation State, Lu Yuan, having provoked Master Liudao Yuan to leap into the air with a punch and now kicking out with both feet, once again experienced the sensation of time stopping. It felt as if he were trapped in incredibly viscous air, his movements frozen, his only option to watch his opponent's actions helplessly.

POP—

His Spiritual Power, boosted by his intelligence having once broken the limit, spread out like mist. The feeling of mental stagnation vanished abruptly. He regained control over his body, free to act on his own once more.

It's True Intention! Lu Yuan felt a surge of joy, then quickly refined his understanding: It's at least a force similar in essence to True Intention.

As he saw Master Liudao Yuan about to attack again, Lu Yuan was initially planning to exit the Consciousness Space immediately. However, a thought struck him, and he decided to test the third core skill of his newly unlocked [Fighter] profession.

Level 1 [Unconquerable Instinct], activate!

Immediately, Lu Yuan felt a primitive "instinct" awaken within his body. His skin, muscles, bones, and internal organs vibrated with a particular rhythm, their Vigor naturally stimulated, appearing in a bright yellow glow. The mist-like Spiritual Power surrounding him then began to undergo a wondrous transformation... The timeline of this moment seemed to be infinitely stretched once again.

SWISH—BANG!

Lu Yuan came to his senses. Perhaps not even half a second had passed. He was surprised to find he had appeared before Master Liudao Yuan as if by teleportation, his palm unknowingly and gently resting on Master Liudao Yuan's chest, where a large, bloody, gaping hole had just opened. He "saw" a blurry, mist-white crane's claw hovering over his arm, invisibly piercing through Master Liudao Yuan's entire body. He suddenly looked up, then saw... himself, encapsulated by a giant, mist-like white crane, screeching silently, flapping its wings...

Opening his eyes, Lu Yuan's face was tinged with an inexplicable glow.

It's True Intention... and yet, it's not True Intention. After his intelligence broke the limit, the quality and strength of his Spiritual Power should have met the standard for True Intention. But it still lacked the final process of cohesion and formation. This part is also simple. I just need to find an Ancient Martial Arts master who has already comprehended True Intention and fight them. If I activate [Unconquerable Instinct] during the battle, I should naturally grasp it...

What a coincidence... Lu Yuan's gaze fell upon the black area representing one of the three S-rank missions on the task map. He murmured to himself, I just so happen to have such an opponent right here...

Without rushing to open the tasks and examine them one by one, Lu Yuan first checked the leaderboard and the public chat. It wasn't that he truly cared about the assessment results of the others; it was simply a habit of his to... well, scroll through his 'phone' for a bit before getting down to business.

The total number of participants displayed in the top right corner of the map was 135. Lu Yuan remembered that when he first entered, the number was 179, meaning more than forty newbies were eliminated over the past two days.

Lu Yuan had some understanding of this assessment mechanism. In this simulated task assessment, the lower the mission grade, the higher the proportion of robots. Additionally, these mechanical bodies wouldn't attack vital spots during combat. Simply put, for low-level tasks, there was no need to worry even in case of failure. Fatalities from injuries were unlikely; if the entire team lost combat capability, the mechanical bodies at the mission point would naturally cease their attacks. Very humane. As the difficulty increased, missions started to feature Modified Humans and New Martial Arts Death Row prisoners who possessed self-awareness. At that point, the danger coefficient would skyrocket. This was why newbies were required to sign a "death waiver" before the assessment began.

Lu Yuan glanced at the Newbie Points Leaderboard; the person in second place was still Teng Xiangqing, with over five thousand points. The participant in third place had just over a thousand points. Everyone else had scores in the three-digit range. The point gap between the top two players and the rest was vast.

But that was actually normal.

An average White Bear Guard only has C-rank strength... Hmm, Zhou Ling should have reached B-rank after her modification and upgrade.

The newbies generally have D-rank strength. The more outstanding ones might achieve a C-rank overall strength assessment, but whether they can actually display true C-rank combat power in a mission is another matter.

These individuals could be considered the reserve force for the White Bear Guard. After passing the assessment and gaining experience through a few more missions, they'd likely become certified for duty.

Those with B-rank strength... they are the true prodigies.

Judging by the current points, they constitute less than three percent of the total participants.

These people can be considered the elite talents within the White Bear Guard, with the potential to join the Red Bear division in the future.

As for someone like Teng Xiangqing, whose strength is close to B+, he's an absolute monster. Such individuals make up less than one percent of the total examinees, and it's not guaranteed one will appear in every assessment.

As for me… Lu Yuan glanced at his own seven-digit total score and shook his head. I'm a special mechanism in this assessment, specifically designed to put pressure on the newbies. They need to understand that to join Yellow Bear, talent and strength alone aren't enough. They also need ambition and a willingness to strive relentlessly... They can't always rely on petty tricks; buying strategy guides and the like won't cut it...

Lu Yuan briefly glanced at the messages in the public chat. It was boring, filled with messages about his shocking completion of all A-rank tasks and various speculations about his identity and background. One-Shot Killer Xu Chengying had also sent him what must have been hundreds of messages. Seeing the 99+ unread messages made Lu Yuan's head ache, and he decided not to even open them.

After skimming through these trivial updates, Lu Yuan focused his attention back on the business at hand.

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