"What do you mean, you're giving it back?"
Han Su was surprised when he saw this assignment.
Over the past few days, he had already resolved quite a few high-difficulty assignments, and his Mental Activity had made a tremendous leap.
At 69%, he was already standing at the threshold of the Divine Forbidden Zone—at the very limit of what a mortal could reach.
A little higher, and he might be able to move the pointer and delay the Shimmering Descent.
He could also make full use of the Memory Shards from the previous era stored in his mind, immerse himself in them completely, and glimpse the Life Code.
It wasn't that Han Su wasn't eager to take that next step. But he had realized that his Mental Activity was improving more and more slowly.
Ordinary pollution and pressure could no longer make his Mental Power change.
It seemed to be a law: improving Mental Activity was easy at first, but the difficulty increased geometrically as one progressed.
Beyond 70% lay what was known as the Divine Forbidden Zone. Every step beyond it was arduous, and even the slightest improvement was as difficult as climbing to the heavens.
For that reason, taking on ordinary assignments no longer had any real value for him.
And now, the time displayed on the Mechanical Fragment showed that less than two days remained until the next Shimmering Descent. He had planned to stay home, put aside all distractions, and focus on planning how to rescue people once he entered the Ancient Castle.
He hadn't expected Miss Ai to recommend an assignment to him.
And this one seemed different from the ones he usually took. It even had an optional tag?
After a brief hesitation, he decided to read the assignment details first: [This red-eye disease