Interstellar: Starting as a Cleaner
Chapter 13

Light Energy Control!

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Light Energy Control!

Yang Bo no longer cared why this assessment scenario was real. He changed into an insulated Protective Suit, picked up a shovel, and jabbed it straight at the Electric Eel.

The Electric Eel was provoked and kept discharging electricity. All the Goldfish in the pond died, floating belly-up.

Crack! The Electric Eel recoiled in pain from Yang Bo's shovel strike and shot out at once, only for the quick-eyed Yang Bo to bring his shovel down on it.

Electrical Energy Control +1!

Yang Bo chuckled to himself, but outwardly, he took out a garbage bag and cleaned up the Electric Eel's corpse, its head smashed open by the shovel, along with the Goldfish carcasses.

The entire Garden had been cleaned up. The final score for the Simulated Assessment was 85 points. Points were deducted because he should have used specialized tools when dealing with the Electric Eel, and because he had failed to identify one poisonous plant, which had been mixed in with the other plants.

My reaction was really fast just now. The moment the Electric Eel moved, I almost immediately knew where it was going. Could this be Dynamic Vision's ability? Yang Bo took off the Virtual Helmet and pondered as he drank tea.

Skills.

Swimming: Intermediate (24/100) Dynamic Vision: Beginner (4/10) Camouflage: Beginner (4/10) Electrical Energy Control: Beginner (1/10) Sonar Positioning: Beginner (1/10)

"Damn, this company is ridiculously capable. The moment I entered the simulation training, I felt something was off. It was a little too realistic, yet it wasn't real. Could the images have been processed?"

"Electrical Energy Control... what's that supposed to mean? Discharging electricity like an Electric Eel?" Yang Bo was wondering how he should test it.

Meanwhile, inside Anzhijie Company, Liu Zhijie received a set of data. Some of it was red, some green, and some gold.

"His neural response is this fast? Could he have awakened an ability in that area?" Liu Zhijie turned on his computer and carefully reviewed the footage of Yang Bo smashing the Electric Eel's head with a shovel. Fast, ruthless, precise—an ordinary person could never pull that off. Striking the Electric Eel's body would have been easy enough, but its head, while it was still underwater...

"Let's observe him for now." Liu Zhijie did not dare to be certain. After all, some abilities were pretty useless.

Yang Bo decided not to conduct any experiments for the time being. What should he do first? Naturally, he had to fleece the system. Simulated assessments could only be taken twice a day at most. Due to time constraints, each assessment involved things like cleaning a Garden, cleaning a room, cleaning a basement, and so on.

Yang Bo regretted not discovering this sooner, but there was nothing he could do about it. He had been unable to unlock the assessments before because the previous requirements had not met the time threshold.

Killed one Fluorescent Poisonous Frog, Light Energy Control +1! Killed one Electric Eel, Electrical Energy Control +1! Killed one bat, Sonar Positioning +1! Killed one snake, Thermal Imaging Vision +1!

With one day left until the month-long training period ended, Yang Bo checked the skills he had acquired.

Swimming: Advanced (103/1000) Camouflage: Beginner (4/10) Sonar Positioning: Intermediate (18/100) Dynamic Vision: Intermediate (12/100) Thermal Imaging Vision: Beginner (5/10) Electrical Energy Control: Beginner (6/10) Light Energy Control: Beginner (4/10)

"What a shame there aren't any Mutated Creatures. Otherwise, I'd have so many skills." Yang Bo examined his abilities. The abilities gained were random, and while the Simulated Assessments contained poisonous creatures, many of the insects in them—such as spiders, centipedes, and ants—did not grant abilities when killed.

Otherwise, Yang Bo felt he would have struck it rich.

"I'm looking forward to tomorrow's final assessment." Yang Bo stood by the window, looking out at the residential complex. Night had already fallen outside. Apart from the lights along the roads, there was nothing else.

With a thought, he activated Thermal Imaging Vision! Yang Bo immediately noticed his vision change, shifting into thermal imaging mode. Its range seemed to be only around a hundred meters.

"Light Energy Control."

"How should I test Electrical Energy Control?" Yang Bo was afraid of causing a big disturbance. There was no intelligent system monitoring him, but who could guarantee that releasing electricity would not cause the room to lose power or something?

While Yang Bo hesitated, Liu Zhijie was also keeping an eye on his training progress.

"Damn, this kid has violence in his genes. He doesn't hesitate when dealing harshly with small animals."

"That's good too. Other branch offices recruited some people, gave them assignments at first, and then those people reported the company afterward." Liu Zhijie sighed in relief. Although those reports lacked evidence, the impact was still terrible. What would the Clients think? Meanwhile, Yang Bo was lying in the bathtub in his bathroom, staring blankly at his glowing fingers. They shone about as brightly as a fifteen-watt energy-saving bulb.

"This is Light Energy Control?"

"Is it because the level's too low?" Yang Bo looked at his glowing fingers. After experimenting, he discovered that he could make any part of his body glow, but the light could not leave his body.

With another thought, Yang Bo looked at his glowing index finger and raised his middle finger as well. The upper halves of both fingers began to glow, and the light grew brighter and brighter.

"It really works." Yang Bo could clearly feel the heat radiating from his fingers.

He then placed his fingers into the bathwater.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle! Steam immediately rose from the water in the bathtub, accompanied by sizzling sounds.

Yang Bo looked down at himself again, wondering what would happen if he heated that thing... Ahem. The key issue is that the light is blinding.

"Looks like this ability still isn't strong enough."

"Once it reaches Intermediate, will it be like light-element magic?"

The light faded from his fingers. Yang Bo wanted to test Electrical Energy Control, but he was afraid of making too much noise.

He slowly familiarized himself with releasing light energy.

"It's kind of useless."

"It takes too long to release, and the temperature is too low."

"For now, I can't see any practical application." After experimenting for a while, Yang Bo felt mentally exhausted, but the results were far from ideal.

"Also, this skill can only be increased by killing prey. I used the skill several times myself, but it didn't increase at all."

"The skill level points increase tenfold—10 for Beginner, 100 for Intermediate, 1,000 for Advanced. What levels come after that?" Yang Bo pondered for a while before going to rest. Using abilities consumed a great deal of energy.

Early the next morning, after washing up, Yang Bo casually cooked something for himself, brewed tea, and prepared for the final assessment. The higher his final assessment score, the more assignments he could take afterward.

Putting on the Virtual Helmet, Yang Bo prepared for the final exam. To put it bluntly, this type of test was procedural—different tools and different operating procedures for different poisonous creatures.

Personal safety came first, but if such poisonous creatures were encountered during an assignment, then he had to... Add Money.

The virtual scene shifted, and Yang Bo found himself standing at the entrance to a Garden. He had no idea whether this assessment was real, because images could be optimized—reality could be made to look fake, and fake things could be made to look real.

"The countdown begins." Real assessment assignments had time limits. A voice sounded in Yang Bo's ears.

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