Light Fortress-Chapter 57 - 55 Extraordinary Trial
57: Chapter 55 Extraordinary Trial
57 -55 Extraordinary Trial
Night had fallen.
On the second-floor rooftop of a narrow alley, steam from the hot pot wafted about, while tripe and beef tumbled in spicy red oil.
“Cheers!”
“Ding!”
Glasses clinked together, producing a crisp sound.
Gu Shen slowly finished an entire glass of liquor.
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When he had left the orphanage, he had imagined what his future life might look like, likely a solitary one, so every time he passed the alleys late at night and saw people clinking glasses and drinking heartily in the corner stores, he never imagined himself taking part.
Perhaps he wasn’t that alone.
It was just that no one had ever toasted to him before.
But now, someone had.
“Three consecutive dream interpretations… These auditors, they really are despicable!”
Zhong Wei had listened to the day’s audit process and slammed the table, exclaiming angrily, “If anything went wrong with our Xiao Gu, could they take responsibility?”
“Exactly!” Mr.
Shu, puffing on his cigar and leaning back slightly, declared righteously, “They’ve gone too far!”
“So…” Zhong Wei immediately continued, “Teacher, can you tolerate this?
They haven’t left Qing River yet, there’s still time to take action!”
“Cough cough!” Mr.
Shu choked on a large puff of smoke.
“Enough.”
Luo Er saw through Zhong Wei’s “ulterior motives” and quickly helped the teacher out, smilingly saying, “Let’s just drink and curse behind their backs.
Those dukes were just doing their duty, after all… Plus, Xiao Gu tearing up the ‘Ghost Cage’, it’s already lucky that Judge Tang hasn’t troubled us.”
At this, Gu Shen scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.
“Ghost Cage…”
Nan Jin sipped her drink slowly and said softly, “The interpretations for Green Dice and Time Sand, I can understand as… your talent being sufficient.
But the Ghost Cage, how did you manage to slay ghosts within one minute?”
The Ghost Cage represented a concrete malicious intent, which needed time.
The third dream interpretation had only taken a minute.
This could basically be understood as…
just as the malicious intent had concretely emerged, it was instantly annihilated by Gu Shen!
“It’s related to my extraordinary ability…”
Gu Shen thought for a moment, then said, “My extraordinary power…
it seems to have been unexpectedly released during that dream.”
“It can’t be freely controlled in reality, but, in specific dreams, it can be fully exhibited.” Mr.
Shu lounged lazily, “The audit team’s key words for Xiao Gu’s ability characteristics were ‘Blazing Light’ and ‘Tearing’.
This is most likely a power not yet recorded on the Transcendent Genealogy Map.”
“Blazing Light and tearing…” Nan Jin muttered, “It does fit.”
The two Transcendents involved in the fire incident had died like this.
“His ability still needs to be gradually figured out,” Senior Sister Luo said.
“But this time, having passed the review, Gu Shen has gained the access to enter the ‘deep water area’ to participate in the Extraordinary Trial.”
“Deep water area…
Extraordinary Trial?”
“Since you’re already aware of the existence of ‘Transcendents’, it’s not hard to guess…
Deep Sea links the five continents, and it’s not just about linking all citizens in a simple way,” Luo Er said softly.
“Beyond the virtual network we use on a daily basis, Deep Sea has built a vast Spirit Network.
Humans with Extraordinary spiritual power can deeply connect through chips and network technology.”
“Our usual ‘Deep Sea’, is the network in the ‘shallow water area’, covering the daily lives, entertainment, and leisure of five billion humans.
”
“But beneath the shallow water area…
Deep Sea still has expansive Spiritual Sea Domains yet to be explored.
This is known as the ‘deep water area’, also called the ‘Extraordinary Sea’.” Zhong Wei took over the conversation from Senior Sister Luo, his expression solemn, and he seriously raised a finger, “Entering the Extraordinary Sea requires strong spiritual power, a place beyond the reach of ordinary people.”
“After Deep Sea was developed, it created too many miracles, and as for its true potential…
the Council is also researching,” Luo Er said.
“It clearly has no life, yet it seems to have acquired intelligence, autonomously establishing this Spirit Network with the Transcendents.
Each Transcendent connected to Deep Sea, through their Spiritual Cultivation within the sea, provides it with computing power, and in return, it also opens different access rights for us.”
“This…” Gu Shen had never imagined that Deep Sea, which he was familiar with, was such a machine: “It appears…
like it seeks help from the ‘Transcendents’?”
“Well said, it indeed is help, mutual help,” Mr.
Shu finally spoke.
He flicked his cigar gently, adding, “Transcendents and Deep Sea have formed a delicate balance.
It needs the powerful spirit of the Transcendents for auxiliary computation, and the Transcendents also need Deep Sea for connection and to stabilize themselves.”
“Inside the Council, Transcendents are distinguished by the depth they reach in the Extraordinary Sea Domain…
clearly delineating strengths and weaknesses,” Luo Er looked at Gu Shen.
“Currently, the deep water area has basically been explored…
totaling twelve layers of sea domain.”
“This, is the Extraordinary Trial?” Gu Shen absorbed the message from his senior sister, frowning, “Based on that…
wouldn’t Spiritual Transcendents have a greater advantage in exploring the Extraordinary Sea Domain?”
“Yes, but not exactly,” Senior Sister Luo laughed.
“You understand Surprise Awaken.
In the practice of Extraordinary, both the physical body and spirit progress together.
If the balance is off, there’s a risk of ‘losing control’.
In the Extraordinary Trial of the deep water area in Deep Sea, Spiritual Transcendents might progress faster in their exploration, but it will take comparably longer to assimilate the advancement after completion.
This is because the ‘physical body’ of a Spiritual Extraordinary hasn’t caught up with the ‘spirit’ development yet.”
Gu Shen somewhat understood.
If there was a Transcendent, with extremely strong spiritual power, who had completed a layer’s trial but whose physical body was not strong enough, then exploring the next layer of the Extraordinary Sea…
might lead to losing control over oneself.
“When Deep Sea initially connected Transcendents, the Transcendent Genealogy Map was only in a rudimentary form.
Many who had Extraordinary Power only displayed fragmented traits…
But as the exploration of the twelve layers of Deep Sea progressed, they gradually understood their own Extraordinary Traits and eventually mastered them,” Luo Er slowly said: “Of course…
these twelve layers are not as simple as you might think.
Having completed the exploration of the first three layers means understanding the essence of one’s Extraordinary Ability, but just these three layers…
have stumped 90% of the Extraordinary Awakened.”
The first three layers, stumping ninety percent of Transcendents?
What about Senior Sister and the teacher then…
Gu Shen looked at Senior Sister Luo, then at Mr.
Shu, curiosity prompting him to speak, but reasoning told him…
it was better not to ask.
Their faces…
were marked with invincibility.
“If one could complete all twelve layers of the Extraordinary Trial, then the East Continent Council will grant a specific title, and regard him as a distinguished guest; such Transcendents are extremely rare, powerful enough to dominate across the five continents,” Brother Zhong suddenly laughed.
He leaned forward, meaningfully adding: “By the way, the reason he’s called ‘Mr.
Shu’…
is because his title is, ‘Sky-reaching Tree’!”
Indeed.
No need to ask, Mr.
Shu was an absolute powerhouse who cleared all twelve trials.
But Gu Shen just sighed deeply.
He found it very hard to associate the scruffy old man beside him with a magnificent ‘Sky-reaching Tree’.
“Xiao Gu, it’s time to think about your own title, I have high hopes for you,” Brother Zhong laughed heartily.
“In the future, when I can’t beat someone and need to flee, I’ll just use your name.”
