Kindness Carved into His Bones

In the Rest Hall, Tiandao seemed to sense something. He slightly straightened from where he had been leaning against the sofa, raised his head to look at the old residential building on the holographic screen, and curled his lips into a faint smile, as if responding to some kind of "expectation" from the Raccoon Administrator.

Meanwhile, the Raccoon Administrator on the screen had once again moved its short legs, walking toward where Chen Kong and the others were hiding.

Its steps remained unhurried, but with every step it took, the surrounding Black Mist grew thicker.

The assessment called "Hide-and-Seek," which was in truth "Eternal Nightmare," had only just entered its true core.

The examinees either faced the fears in their hearts—or were swallowed forever by the nightmare.

Only those capable of overcoming the fear in their hearts could stay away from the Raccoon Administrator, the "pursuer."

Otherwise, they would draw closer and closer to the Raccoon Administrator.

In other words, the Raccoon Administrator had not teleported to the other examinees earlier.

Rather, because of their fear of a Calamity-class being and the mounting "pressure" of time passing, their worry over failing the assessment had caused them to "teleport" themselves to the Raccoon Administrator's side.

By the same logic, the reason Mi Yao had been able to pass the assessment—

Perhaps it was because, from the very beginning, he had not feared Calamity-class beings at all.

Nor had he worried about whether he would pass the assessment.

To him, everything was merely a "game."

And as long as it was a "game," both winning and losing were perfectly normal.

All he had to do was give it everything he had, relying on his own "skills" and a bit of "luck" to clear this game called the "Explorer Qualification Assessment." That was