"I was such a fool. I really was."
Chen Yu stood in the pure-white virtual space and muttered to himself. A bitter, self-mocking smile appeared on his face. "I thought way too highly of myself."
He'd thought the ten-second requirement was an insult. Now he knew it was an astronomical figure, utterly beyond his reach.
"The gap between people..." He shook his head, recalling a crude saying he'd heard somewhere. It felt incredibly apt now. "How can it be bigger than the gap between a person and a dog?"
After the "full-power" mirror image had killed him instantly, he'd been able to console himself with the thought that Brother Yi's strength was unfathomable.
But this time, he'd faced a mirror image whose parameters were exactly the same as his own, and he'd lost so cleanly and decisively that there'd never been any suspense. The blow struck much deeper.
It also made him truly begin to reflect on what his supposedly "perfect 200 points" was missing.
Chen Yu took a deep breath. His eyes grew resolute again. Instead of quitting immediately, he looked once more at the Basic Training Level 1 option.
"Again. I refuse to believe I can't even last ten seconds."
Half an hour of virtual training passed in the blink of an eye.
Chen Yu was still struggling to survive against Lin Yi's mirror image in the arena space. It looked as if their parameters were equal, but in reality, it was terrifyingly powerful. He was trying to increase his survival time by even 0.1 seconds when, in the next instant, Little Sprite kicked him out of the virtual space. The scene before his eyes turned into the black interior of the helmet.
Chen Yu took off the helmet, still feeling reluctant to stop, and let out a