Pre-death assessment

Welcome to the second level of the pre-death assessment space!

Congratulations! You've successfully left the beginner's area!

[Next comes a brand new challenge, a brand new assessment!]

[There is only one second level of the pre-death assessment space, and the assessment time is unlimited!]

Each person's exam questions are different, and you cannot disclose your exam questions to others in any form, whether in language or writing.

Otherwise, it will be considered cheating, and you will be automatically removed from the assessment system, resulting in permanent elimination.

[Additionally, in the second level, there will be a designated hunting period for one hour each day, during which hunters will be automatically released from the space.]

[One thousand novice hunters, one hundred intermediate hunters, or ten advanced hunters!]

[If one can kill a thousand novice hunters, or a hundred intermediate hunters, or even ten advanced hunters, one can still pass the test.]

[Randomly selecting test questions for you...]

When Ling Wu and the others arrived at this second level, the system's voice rang in their minds.

The pre-death assessment prompts that everyone hears are different.

Or, to put it another way, the first part is the same, but the second part of the exam questions are different.

Liu Ruyan and the others immediately exchanged glances.

Everyone saw that surprise in each other's eyes.

"Ha, what a... strange exam question."

Liu Ruyan scoffed.

The exam questions drawn here are no longer about murder or robbery.

It's more like a very strange kind of...

It's a pity she can't say it out loud, otherwise she really wanted to reveal her exam questions.

Let everyone see just how novel it is.

Her test was: find a man, make him fall in love with you, and then make him so heartbroken that he commits suicide!

Holy crap, what kind of test question is this?

It's not difficult to make a man fall in love with me, after all, I am Liu Ruyan, a top goddess.

But it would be very difficult to make that man so heartbroken from falling in love with her that he would commit suicide.

It's normal to be sad, of course, but to be so sad as to commit suicide is something a man with any ability would not do.

Especially... this is the second level of the assessment space. Who among those who can come here isn't an extraordinary person?

How could someone be so easily hurt by love and end up committing suicide?

"It is indeed...quite strange."

Jiang Luo shook her head at this moment.

Her test question was: Randomly make someone angry to death.

It's certainly not difficult to make someone angry or furious.

But it's really difficult to make someone die from anger.

Aside from elderly people with heart problems, how easily do young people die from anger?

"Everyone's topic is different, but everyone's topic inevitably involves...death!"

Ling Wu looked at Liu Ruyan and the others.

After all, he was quite familiar with the second level of the pre-death assessment space.

The exam questions are indeed different, but they all involve killing someone through various special methods.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately nodded.

Yes, that's definitely true.

Their exam questions were different, and they were all quite bizarre.

But the ultimate goal... is to kill people.

They die from sadness, anger, despair, and so on.

"Just do the questions on your own."

Ling Wu continued, "As for the rest, I will help you as much as possible. If you can do the exam questions, then do them; if not, then forget it."

As long as they take action, he can naturally determine what their test is based on their actions.

Moreover, the exam questions are only one aspect.

Passing through levels by hunting down hunters is often easier and faster!

Everyone nodded again.

To be honest, when they heard the exam questions that came to mind, they felt that... killing the hunters would be easier.

"Speaking of which... this second level of the pre-death assessment space seems quite vast?"

Li Ming and the others then looked into the distance.

They were teleported to a street intersection.

My gaze swept across the surroundings, revealing a vast but also extremely dilapidated city.

It's as if the entire city has experienced countless apocalypses, countless years, and countless changes of time.

Moreover, looking towards the edge of the city, it's basically the edge.

The first layer of dark iron wall is not visible!

This indicates that the space here is very large.

"The second space is indeed very spacious, even more spacious than the ten spaces of the first space combined."

Ling Wu slowly replied, "There's plenty of time!"

"The questions you will each take are not dangerous, but they are relatively difficult."

"So if possible, hunting down hunters is the best way to leave."

Each person's test is simply to cause someone's death in some special way.

If it were simply a matter of killing one person, it would be very easy.

But the other party must die because of some emotion or some special reason.

That's very difficult!

Relatively speaking, killing the hunter by force is actually simpler.

"The weapons we have are sufficient to deal with novice hunters."

Li Ming raised the pulse laser gun in his hand.

Dr. Lu equipped everyone with one, and with Ling Wu's enhancement, killing a novice hunter was no problem.

"The biggest problem is... the laser gun has limited energy."

Dr. Lu slowly began to speak: "The energy core made from all the materials in that city wouldn't be enough to fire a thousand lasers."

Let alone the fact that each person can't fire a thousand rounds.

The combined energy of all eight of them and their eight laser guns isn't enough to fire a full thousand rounds.

"I originally planned to figure out how to solve the energy supply problem once I reached the second level."

Dr. Lu continued, "But as it stands, it seems those things can't be found in this second layer of devastation."

After all, this place looks like a ruined world, and it's very old.

Where can we find those things?

"It's okay, it will happen."

Ling Wu smiled.

On the surface, this second layer does indeed appear to be a post-apocalyptic ruin.

But in reality... there are many things hidden.

For example, there are other people with special abilities here.

For example... intermediate and advanced hunters themselves carry energy cores.

"What is that?"

Just then, Li Qingxue suddenly looked up and saw something floating in the dim sky.

That was... a giant bell!

The giant bell is composed of three colors: purple, gold, and red, and is ancient and enormous.

Looking up from here, if that giant bell were placed on the ground, it would probably be enough to cover the largest building in this post-apocalyptic ruin.

"That's the mark of the second level!"

Ling Wu slowly said, "When the giant bell rings, the hunt begins. The space will randomly dispatch hunters to hunt for one hour."

"The hunter will also disappear after an hour."

"Therefore, if you want to hunt down a hunter, you must seize the moment!"

Therefore, the moment of the hunt does not solely belong to the hunter.

They also belong to the category of those with special abilities.

Who can hunt whom depends entirely on individual skill.

"Also, there's something else I need to tell you."

Ling Wu then turned to face everyone.

Then he smiled faintly: "Once you enter the second level of the pre-death assessment space, there is only one way to return to the present world."

"That is... to break through the ninth level!"

In other words, starting from the second level, one can no longer return to the real world simply by clearing levels.

From the second level onwards, after clearing a level, you can only proceed to the next level.

Only after passing through the final barrier can one return to the present world.

This... is a road of no return!

Upon hearing this, Li Ming and the others immediately frowned slightly.

Damn, why didn't you say so earlier?

So once we've reached the second level with you, our only way to survive is to fight our way through the nine levels of the assessment space, right?

"Of course, it doesn't mean we necessarily have to fight our way through all nine levels."

Ling Wu continued, "From the second level onwards, as long as you don't die, you can live indefinitely!"

In other words, if you cannot pass the level, you can stay in the same place indefinitely.

Li Ming and the others shook their heads. If they couldn't return to the present world, what was the point of living in this hell forever?

"So...did we fall for your tricks again?"

At this moment, Li Ming suddenly said, "We didn't originally plan to come here, but you... you brought us down here and only then told us about it."

If Ling Wu had told them about this beforehand, they probably wouldn't have come with him.

But Ling Wu only said this now, which means that Ling Wu originally intended to... trick them into coming down.

Hearing Li Ming's words, Ling Wu smiled again.

He continued, "In the first level, when you saw me making those people live in peace, didn't you think... I was some great savior? That I was saving all living beings or something?"

Upon hearing this, Li Ming and the others raised their eyebrows sharply.

Yes, that's right!

If it weren't for Ling Wu advocating for peace, if it weren't for Ling Wu ensuring that those seven thousand people could safely spend their final days.

They wouldn't have such thoughts.

"So... you were faking it? You were acting?"

Li Qingxue stepped forward, her gaze fixed intently on Ling Wu: "You deliberately made us think that way, deliberately made us have that... illusion?"

Yes, they did believe that Ling Wu was doing something great that no one else knew about.

This is a matter concerning the well-being of all people.

Moreover, he needed help as he fought alone.

Therefore, they resolutely chose to follow Ling Wu to the second level.

Now Ling Wucai tells them that once they reach the second level, there is no turning back.

They then realized that Ling Wu was probably acting at the time.

That's what's causing them to misunderstand Ling Wu.

Li Qingxue suddenly recalled the first time Ling Wu had said to her, "Death plays tricks on all living beings, but who will play tricks on Death?"

Looking back now, I realize that it was at that time that he had already planted a seed in his heart.

This planted the seed that led him to mistakenly believe that he was a savior!

Damn! Sure enough, I fell for it again!

This guy had already planned everything from the very first moment.

Subtle influence is itself a form of calculation!

And they were indeed subtly misled by Ling Wu.

He is not only good at scheming against people's hearts, but he can even sway their sixth sense.

"You old fox..." Li Ming couldn't help but give a comment.

People also felt that the burden on his shoulders was too heavy.

So I want to share the burden with him.

I thought he had some grand goal that was beyond everyone's imagination.

So everyone chose to help him.

The results of it?

The reason people think this way is because he wants them to think this way.

Only in this way could he deceive everyone into coming to this second stage.

Once you reach the second level, there's no turning back; you can only keep walking with him!