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Chapter 400 The Fear of Heaven's Dao

With the completion of the assessment for Rin Yagami's group, only the group of Tendo and Caroline remains to be assessed.

As for whether the two can pass the test, not only Chen Kong and others, but also the dimensional barrage of the 13 stations is full of the style of "lying down and watching the show", and they are too lazy to even start a discussion about predicting the outcome.

After all, in their eyes, the Heavenly Dao's assessment was nothing more than a formality.

If even the Heavenly Dao cannot pass the test, then very few people in the entire New Federation will be able to pass it.

[The assessment has begun. Current assessors: Tiandao Siming and Caroline]

A pale blue stellar energy membrane rose from the ground, enveloping the two people standing side by side.

Tiandao was still playing with the commemorative silver coin in his hand, making a crisp 'click' sound, clearly not caring much about the assessment and quite relaxed.

Caroline quietly adjusted her watch, her emerald green eyes scanning the lines of data.

Even if it's just a formality, she wants to do everything she can to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

The light suddenly contracted, and the two figures disappeared from the rest hall.

When the two opened their eyes again, they were no longer standing on the smooth and clean floor tiles of the rest hall, but on the cracked tiles of the square.

A faint black mist seeped from the dark brown cracks, and stepping on it felt like stepping on a damp sponge, with a slight, almost imperceptible stickiness.

The skyscrapers in the distance leaned crookedly, their glass curtain walls shattered into a spiderweb pattern, their steel bars exposed, like the broken bones of a giant beast.

The air was filled with a smell similar to the musty smell of old books, a unique oppressive atmosphere characteristic of the Eternal Nightmare Realm.

"The current ambient stellar energy concentration is stable, with no unusual anomalies."

Halfway through her sentence, Caroline looked up at the distance and suddenly stopped.

Tiandao followed her gaze and turned around, only to see an old-fashioned residential building standing alone in the ruins on the north side of the square not far from them.

The red brick walls were washed white by the rain, and faded blue sheets hung on the balcony. The windows on the fourth floor were open, and enamel flowerpots could be vaguely seen by the windowsill.

Against the backdrop of surrounding ruins, the building appears particularly eerie, as if it were 'carved' out of another dimension and forcibly embedded in the rubble.

Tiandao suddenly walked up to the old-fashioned residential building and gently touched the old wall.

The rough brick surface had a real coolness to it, and I even felt some peeling paint on the wall.

All of this felt so real, so real that it was hard to believe that it was just a projection constructed from star energy and possessing a physical, tangible feel.

"Doesn't it seem strange?"

Just as Tiandao was still observing the old residential building, a childlike yet authoritative voice suddenly came from the east side of the square.

As the camera focused on the speaker, everyone quickly saw the raccoon administrator walking slowly towards Tendou and Caroline through the black mist.

Just like in the previous assessments, it adopted the hunter's stance of toying with its prey.

Not only was his expression very serious, but even the surrounding black mist had subsided considerably.

It stopped three meters away from the sky, looked up at the residential building, and spoke with a rare sense of emotion.

"In my eternal nightmare, the most precious things in everyone's subconscious will appear in the form of projections."

"Some people have seen their families before the fall, some have seen the scene of their first acquisition of the Star Source, and no matter which one, these are the scenes they care about most in their subconscious. But you, the Heavenly Dao Fate Master, are different. Your memory projection is a blank."

As soon as he finished speaking, the raccoon keeper suddenly raised his paw and pointed at the strange old-fashioned residential building.

The next second, the seemingly real residential building in front of everyone suddenly emitted a translucent halo. Then, as if someone had pressed a 'blur' button, the brick walls, bed sheets, and flower pots gradually became transparent, finally revealing the interior.

Strangely, the old residential building was completely empty, with no floors or stairs, only a chaotic black mist, as if the building had only been an 'outer shell' from the beginning.

An uproar erupted in the lounge.

Chen Kong suddenly sat up straight, staring at the empty building on the screen.

"What does this mean? Does it mean that Brother Tiandao doesn't have anything precious in his subconscious?"

Just as if hearing Chen Kong's words in the rest hall, the raccoon manager in the assessment area suddenly spoke up.

"It's not that it doesn't exist, it's that I can't see it."

The raccoon's voice was filled with confusion. It circled the celestial path twice, its paws leaving shallow marks on the ground.

“I can vaguely recall some fragmented memories, such as sunbathing outside the base or instructing others on the training field.”

“But these are all like ‘fragments on the surface,’ or rather, the ones you allowed me to see. As for the memories that are truly hidden in the core and can trigger your emotional fluctuations, I can’t see any of them.”

At this point, the raccoon keeper suddenly sighed.

“There are many reasons for this situation. One is that your soul level is similar to mine, or even above mine.”

"In one possibility, you possess a special talent related to the soul."

"Another possibility is that you appeared suddenly, which is why your past is a blank."

"I'm not sure of the exact reason yet, but I'm actually more curious about something else."

As soon as he finished speaking, the raccoon keeper looked up at the Heavenly Dao, and the golden bell swayed gently.

"Heavenly Lord of Fate, are you afraid?"

Tiandao remained silent for a few seconds, his fingers unconsciously rubbing the commemorative silver coin in his palm.

Sunlight streamed through the cracks in the ruins, falling on his face, half bathed in light and half hidden in shadow. His eyes, which were always smiling, now held a gentleness that others could not understand.

He looked down at the raccoon at his feet, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"Of course I feel fear too."

The raccoon keeper was stunned; even his wagging tail stopped wagging.

Caroline's pupils contracted slightly, because this was the first time she had heard Tiandao say 'fear' since she had known him.

While the raccoon keeper was still in a daze, Tiandao uttered the 'thing' that terrified him.

"But what I fear is not failure, nor death, but loneliness."

"Just like this empty building, only the shell remains, there's nothing inside, it's desolate and boring, isn't it?"

The raccoon stood there blankly, and the black mist around it began to thin.

The answer from Heaven was less about 'fear' and more about 'dislike'.

But it couldn't think of any reason to refute it, because it could sense that Heaven was not lying.

(End of this chapter)