CHAPTER 184: UNIFIED TEST

Arriving at the Training Center, Theodore was puzzled by the massive line.

"What’s happening?"

"You forgot? Didn’t Vice President Julius announce yesterday that we’re having a unified test today?"

"That’s right! How could I forget?" Theodore muttered in a panic.

After collapsing into his soft bed last night, he quickly forgot they would have such a crucial test.

Now, Theodore couldn’t help but panic, fearing he’d fail through and through.

"What is the test about? What do you think I should prepare?" Theodore asked, thinking of having a quick revision.

"Didn’t you attend yesterday’s seminar?" The person in front of him felt speechless.

What the test is about, how to conduct the test, and all they would be doing were all covered yesterday, yet this boy seemed to have forgotten everything.

"Uh... I skipped the orientation," Theodore muttered in a low voice.

Excited for lunch, he ate for an hour straight, forgetting there was even an orientation.

After lunch, he rushed to work and completely forgot about it.

"Tsk, you’re lucky you didn’t get caught. Those who skipped were punished with six hours of straight training."

"Six hours straight? Hiss..."

Such a grueling experience stretched over six hours?

Not only would they have to forfeit their day’s income, but they would also face a brutal torture.

"Anyway, can you tell me what to do? Please~"

"Alright, listen up..."

Soon, the man in front of him began to recount and summarize what to do after they had worn the virtual helmet.

After hours of explaining the step-by-step process, their turn finally came.

"Good luck."

"You too!"

Taking his position, Theodore received the Virtual Helmet.

Recalling the instructions, he first began to create his identity.

From name, cosmic time, coordinates, identity, and more.

Materializing in his private virtual space, Theodore didn’t waste time and navigated the Virtual Panel.

They had only one hour with the Virtual Helmet, which was exactly the time allotted for the assessment.

Entering the Virtual Potential Assessment Test, a series of prompts instructed him to absorb void energy through various cycles and methods.

With some experience in the area, Theodore easily followed the instructions, absorbing void energy for fifteen minutes in different postures.

[Test Complete!]

[Evaluation:]

[Void Potential: A level]

[Void Affinity:

Lightning: S level

Wind: A level

Fire: D level

Water: D level

Earth: E level

Wood: F level

Metal: F level

Light: F level

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"Holy shit! Damn! Is this evaluation real?!"

Theodore’s ears buzzed with the surreal shock, as his hands trembled, not knowing what to do.

What did he see?

A-level Void Potential? S-level Lightning Affinity? A-level Wind Affinity?

Damn! It was so unbelievable that he thought there was an error in the evaluation.

According to the man earlier, evaluations ranged from F, E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, to SSS.

F meant no talent, E showed slight talent, D and C were average, B was elite, and A was marked of a genius.

S-level was for monstrous talents, the cream crop of a generation.

SS-class talent was a universe-level talent that usually suppresses everyone in a generation.

As for SSS-class talent? It was the peak, a rarity across all ages.

Yet what did he see? An A-level evaluation?! An S-level affinity? Was he a son of luck?!

Unfortunately, as he took the next test, testing his scientific potential for matter, life, and law, he got a big fat F.

[Scientific Potential:]

[Matter: F Level]

[Life: F Level]

[Law: F Level]

Besides feeling his head ached, he couldn’t even recall a single word he had read.

"Hah, looks like I’m just a brute fighter!" Theodore laughed joyfully.

So what if he was ignorant? With his talent, he would surely carve out a place in this world!

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Exiting the trial, Theodore was led to a private room to report his results.

"What did you get? Be honest. There’s an alternative evaluation later. If you falsely claim something, you’ll suffer."

Since evaluations were a private matter in the virtual world, they couldn’t be shared digitally, only verbally.

With nothing to back up their words, they needed an alternative evaluation to know who told the truth and those who lied.

Claiming a talent higher than they could perform would bring harsh punishment.

Reporting lower talent might go unnoticed, but it would mean fewer resources and less attention.

With his future in his hands, Theodore wavered between reporting truthfully or feigning ignorance.

It wasn’t selfishness but fear of what might happen if he revealed his talent.

An A-level Void Potential alone could get him sold as a slave, for all he knew.

Seeing Theodore’s unease, the evaluator smiled.

"You don’t need to worry. Earth is our home. The President wants everyone to thrive—how could he harm us?"

"He even spent trillions of nova credits, which was more than we can fathom. What could he possibly want from you?"

"Besides, don’t you know our Vice President’s evaluation?"

"What is it?"

"S-level! S-level Scientific Potential!"

"S-level Scientific Potential?! Are you serious?!" Theodore was stunned to his core.

Recalling his own fat F in scientific potential, the contrast felt absurd.

An S-level score meant either excelling in all three subjects or one carrying the others.

Feeling incredulous, Theodore couldn’t help but gulp.

"That’s not all. In the last hours of the assessment, among Earth’s seven billion people, six were evaluated with A-level Void Potential and S-level Elemental Affinity. The Cosmic Elite who saved Earth even got three S-level Elemental Affinities!"

"Six others already have A-level Void Potential?!"

"Haha, what did you expect?" The evaluator laughed, eyeing him as if he saw right through him.

Each evaluator had undergone intense psychological training, while the others were organizing the supplies.

Trained to spot lies or hidden potential, they could read every microexpression.

With Theodore’s face like an open book, the evaluator knew he’d struck gold.

Reporting such a high-talent individual would surely earn him a hefty commission!

"Huh~ Guess I’m not that special..."

Hearing others possessing the same or even surpassing his talent, Theodore truthfully reported his evaluation.

"Good, good! That makes seven with A-level Void Potential!"