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Chapter 384 The Debut of the Myriad Mechanical Fire Seed
[Explorer Assessment Rest Lobby]

Chen Kong looked at Mi Yao on the screen, who had already cleared the level, but his mind was replaying the scene from not long ago when Mi Yao was being frantically 'hunted down' by the Little Raccoon Administrator.

Even someone as strong as Mi Yao barely passed the test. If all the subsequent tests are conducted according to this standard, will he really be able to pass this test?
Chen Kong was very unsure about this issue.

Just then, a hand landed on his shoulder.

Chen Kong turned around and saw the cameraman looking at him, the lens on his face still gently rotating.

"Don't worry, your Void Rune can shield star energy fluctuations, my detector can detect star beast traces 30 seconds in advance, and Miss Anqin's 'Listening to All' can help us know the arrival of the pursuers early on."

"As long as we are careful, our chances of getting through are still quite good."

Chen Kong was stunned for a moment, and the unease in his heart eased a little.

The elimination of the Sky Mark's presence was indeed his source of confidence, but when he thought of the Calamity-level Raccoon's Dynamax form and the Shadow Wolves roaming around the ruins, he couldn't help but frown.

"I still feel we can't be too optimistic."

The cameraman smiled but didn't say anything.

Clearly, he was well aware of the difficulty of this assessment.

Just as he was about to say something, a clear bell rang out in the lounge.

The next second, the raccoon keeper strode into the hall with his short legs and stopped in the center.

It then looked around and finally focused its gaze on Liu Ma, Vivian, and Isabel.

"You'll be the next group to be assessed."

They heard the raccoon manager call out that their group was to be assessed.

Liu Ma took a deep breath and then nodded.

"It's just hide-and-seek, right? I'm sure I can last until the end!"

Despite this, Liu Ma was actually very nervous inside.

He had witnessed Mi Yao's arduous struggle just now, and he was equally unsure whether he could pass this test.

Fortunately, their assessment did not involve fighting against calamity-level beings, but rather simply hiding for a certain period of time.

This gave him hope of passing the game.
During the preparation time, Vivian came to Liu Ma and Isabel's side and gave them her final words of advice.

"Don't rush things. Let's stick to the plan we discussed earlier."

Liu Ma and Isabel nodded, indicating that they would cooperate with Vivian's actions as much as possible.

After a brief exchange, a pale blue teleportation beam enveloped them.

The next second, they disappeared into the lounge.

At the same time, the images on the holographic screens above everyone's heads began to switch.

What followed was a scene of ruins on the outskirts of the city.

Because this area has remained untouched by civilization for many years, the city's outskirts are now covered by towering trees, dense weeds, and vines.

Only the occasional abandoned streetlights and broken roads reveal that this area was once a human settlement.

After landing, Liu Ma and the others exchanged glances and then headed off in different directions.

Liu Ma disappeared into a patch of waist-high grass, keeping his body low and even his breathing light, and soon vanished from sight.

Isabel, on the other hand, hid in an abandoned bus, where a fine frost settled around the vehicle.

Vivian, on the other hand, walked towards the center of the city ruins, seemingly having no intention of hiding.

The camera lens on the screen followed Vivian all the way.
[One minute later]

[Explorer Assessment: Outskirts Ruins]

"Ouch!"

Vivian had just emerged from a dense forest when a shadow wolf leaped out from behind a tree, its blood-red eyes fixed on her. Then it roared to the sky, calling for its companions to come to her.

Strangely enough, Vivian seemed to have anticipated this situation.

Instead of trying to shut the shadow wolf up, she simply waited in place, as if she were deliberately revealing her presence.

Seeing this, Chen Kong outside couldn't help but say, "What is Vivian doing? Is she using herself as bait?"

The cameraman looked at Vivian on the screen, a beam of light reflecting off his face from the large lens.

"It's hard to say. I have a feeling that things aren't as simple as you think."

Soon, everyone understood Vivian's purpose.

As more and more shadow wolves appeared around Vivian, Vivian, who had been standing still without moving, suddenly moved.

She raised her hand, and a special intelligent mechanical device resembling a 'honeycomb' suddenly appeared on her right hand.

【Name: Disruptive Bee Colony】

[Quality: Level 2]

[Effect: Allows for further exploration of the surrounding area and releases pre-set quantum interference signals.]

[Description: Buzzing (noise)]

As Vivian opened her hand, a large number of intelligent bees flew out and landed on the shadow wolves around her.

These tiny, intelligent bees posed no threat to the shadow wolves.

But what Vivian was supposed to do wasn't to have these AI bees kill or harm these shadow wolves, but simply to use their bodies as a vehicle to release some smoke bombs.

What is the biggest challenge in the second level of hide-and-seek?
After watching the assessment process of Mi Yao and others, everyone had a clear answer in their hearts.

The biggest challenge in this level is the Cataclysmic-level raccoon administrator and the unknown Cataclysmic-level star beast.

However, the latter is somewhat traceable, while the former is elusive.

Who knows when the other party will suddenly appear and capture the examinee.

Therefore, the later the raccoon keeper discovers them, the better.

The higher their chances of passing the level.

This assessment has a very special feature.

That is the position of the examiner, which will be passed on to the raccoon administrator every once in a while.

This made it more difficult for Vivian and the others to hide.

However, this also gave Vivian inspiration.

That is, is she able to send an 'error message' to the raccoon keeper using simulated signals?
For most people, this would not be easy to do, but Vivian, with her special talent of 'Myriad Fire Seeds', is different.

Because she can imbue her mechanical items with specific mechanical spirits.

The existence of these machine spirits creates a 'unique quantum signal,' almost identical to Vivian herself.

Although Vivian didn't think these signals alone would fool the raccoon keeper.

But it's still possible to buy them some time.

Amidst everyone's curious gazes, Vivian opened the metal box in her hand, revealing countless tiny intelligent mechanical bees inside.

Each bee here is only the size of a fingernail, with wings that shimmer with a pale blue light.

"Go on, little ones."

Under Vivian's command, a large number of android bees swarmed toward Shadow Wolf like a tidal wave.

These intelligent bees did not attack the shadow wolves; instead, they quietly attached themselves to them, their wings fluttering slightly. Using the shadow wolves' life signals, they distorted them to create a faint quantum signal that was almost indistinguishable from the real thing, closely resembling Vivian's.

【Name: Ten Thousand Machines Spark】

【Effect 1. Machine Soul Storage: Allows you to store machine souls in your quantum space and control them to a certain extent (current maximum: 100)】

【Effect 2. Machine Soul Adaptation: When in contact with intelligent mechanical equipment, one can command the machine soul within their own quantum space to descend upon the intelligent mechanical equipment, greatly enhancing its performance (under certain conditions, the overlimit state can be activated)】

【Effect 3. Mechanical Communication: Regardless of the presence or absence of a machine soul, a mental connection can be established with any intelligent machine, allowing for a certain degree of communication】

(End of this chapter)