Mind Reader Assessment

Shen Feixue immediately walked over to the girl beside her.

"Sister Wei, you're amazing. I thought my Mind Sense would be about the same as yours, but I didn't expect to be so far behind."

The girl smiled sweetly. "Don't be discouraged. Didn't Grandpa Wei say that Mind Sense doesn't determine everything? The cultivation of spiritual power ultimately depends on the individual."

"But your lower limit could very well become my upper limit."

"Then work harder from now on and strive to reach the same upper limit as me."

Shen Feixue nodded solemnly.

On the other side, the bearded old man looked at Chen Lie and said, "Now it's your turn. Begin the Mind Sense test."

Chen Lie nodded and entered the sealed testing room, which was a thousand cubic meters in size.

"Get ready. It's starting!"

Seeing that Chen Lie had entered the testing room, the bearded old man gave him a reminder before starting the test.

As the machine announced, "Mind Sense test commencing," more than a thousand faint white light waves flashed through the sealed room.

Chen Lie swept them with his Mind Reader abilities, and the number above the machine instantly maxed out.

Immediately afterward, the machine sounded an alarm.

"The test subject's Mind Sense sensitivity has exceeded the instrument's maximum limit. Test failed.

Please use a second-generation Mind Sense tester to retest."

"What's going on?"

Hearing the machine's announcement, the bearded old man froze.

He looked up and saw that the number above the machine had reached four digits: 1000.

Shen Feixue and the older girl, who had been preparing to leave, both stopped and looked toward Chen Lie, who was undergoing the Mind Sense test.

Chen Lie walked out of the sealed room and looked at the dumbfounded bearded old man. "So I passed the Mind Sense test, right?"

The bearded old man looked at the number above the machine, then at Chen Lie, seemingly unsure what to say.

"Grandpa Wei, could the machine be malfunctioning?" the girl beside him asked.

"Yes, yes, it must be malfunctioning. Young man, go back in and take the test again."

The bearded old man snapped out of it and urged Chen Lie to return to the testing room.

Chen Lie nodded and entered the sealed room once more.

The machine soon announced again that the Mind Sense test had begun.

White light waves flashed within the room. Chen Lie swept them again with his Mind Reader abilities, and the machine issued the same alarm.

"The test subject's Mind Sense sensitivity has exceeded the instrument's maximum limit. Test failed.

Please use a second-generation Mind Sense tester to retest."

Watching Chen Lie emerge from the sealed room, then looking at the 1000 displayed above the machine, the bearded old man fell silent.

"The machine is broken, right? Otherwise, how could anyone's Mind Sense sensitivity be that high?" Shen Feixue could not help saying.

"This... if the machine really is malfunctioning, that will be troublesome. It was imported from off-world. Blue Star can't manufacture it, and there's no way to repair it. The entire Cloud River Mind Reader Association only has one."

The bearded old man shook his head.

Then Chen Lie said, "There's nothing wrong with the machine. With my level of Mind Sense, this outdated machine can't measure my upper limit."

"You mean your Mind Sense sensitivity is as high as 1000? More than three times stronger than Cloud River Province's number one Mind Reader prodigy?

What an arrogant fool!"

Shen Feixue glared at Chen Lie with a dark expression.

"How about this? Miaowei, go in and take the test. We can use your results to verify whether the machine is malfunctioning," the bearded old man said.

"Alright!"

The girl nodded, entered the sealed room, and began her Mind Sense test.

Before long, the changing number above the machine stopped, and it issued a notification.

Test complete.

Seeing the result above the machine, Shen Feixue pointed at the number and said, "It's 656! The machine really is malfunctioning. Sister Wei's Mind Sense sensitivity is clearly 302."

The girl walked out of the sealed room. When she turned back and saw the exact number, she also breathed a sigh of relief.

As a Mind Reader, she could accept someone having talent equal to hers, or even being slightly better. But if someone was more than three times stronger than her, she truly could not accept it.

The bearded old man shook his head and said gravely, "The machine isn't malfunctioning. This Mind Sense tester can only accurately measure a person's Mind Sense sensitivity once.

"If the same person takes the test a second time, they will already be familiar with the machine, so the result will often be more than double their actual value.

"If someone frequently uses a Mind Sense tester, their familiarity with it can cause them to test at roughly three times their actual Mind Sense value at most.

"That's why whenever someone comes to test their Mind Sense, I usually have them use it to probe what is behind a barrier first. Only after they pass do I arrange for them to use the machine.

"Otherwise, if their Mind Sense has not fully awakened, they may waste their one chance to accurately test it with the machine and never learn their true Mind Sense sensitivity value."

"How could that be?" Shen Feixue's face was full of disbelief.

The girl beside her wore an equally incomprehensible expression.

A Mind Sense sensitivity of 1000 was more than three times her own by over a hundred. How could such a genius exist in this world?

"Wait, that's not right!"

Shen Feixue suddenly thought of a possibility. "President Wei, you just said that people who frequently use Mind Sense testers might test at more than three times their actual Mind Sense sensitivity.

"Then could it be that he uses Mind Sense testers all the time, which is why he got such a high number?"

The bearded old man slapped his hand. "That's right! That is indeed possible."

The girl beside him also brightened and turned her gaze toward Chen Lie.

Chen Lie remained expressionless, though inwardly he sighed.

People's horizons were limited like this. They were always unwilling to believe in things beyond their understanding.

So, following the expectations of the people before him, he nodded and admitted, "That's right. I used to use Mind Sense testers frequently."

"That's what I thought. How could anyone's Mind Sense sensitivity reach 1000? Could a person even achieve such an absurd number?" Shen Feixue said.

The girl beside her also seemed to relax.

The bearded old man said, "You little girl, don't underestimate him. To test at 1000 Mind Sense sensitivity, even if he uses Mind Sense testers often, his actual value is most likely above 300.

"Isn't that right, young man?"

Chen Lie nodded.

"You're not from Cloud River Province, are you?

"Otherwise, with your Mind Sense talent, you couldn't possibly be an unknown figure in Cloud River."

"Mm." Chen Lie gave a brief response before asking, "Can I take the Mind Reader assessment now?"

"You still want to take the Mind Reader assessment?" the bearded old man asked.

"If I'm not here to take the Mind Reader assessment, then what am I here for?" Chen Lie countered.

"Have you already successfully opened up a sea of consciousness and condensed spiritual power?"

"Yes," Chen Lie answered.

"That makes sense. Your Mind Sense sensitivity is as high as 300. With such aptitude, in Cloud River, only the little girl before you, Shen Miaowei, can contend with you. It's no surprise that you successfully opened up a sea of consciousness and condensed spiritual power!"

The bearded old man nodded. "My name is Wei Changshan, president of the Three Rivers Branch of the Mind Reader Association.

"Your name is Chen Lie, correct? Let me ask you this: are you sure you want to take the Mind Reader assessment?"

"Of course."

"Fine, then follow me!"

Wei Changshan turned around and glanced at Shen Miaowei. "Young lady of the Shen family, although you have already passed the Mind Reader assessment, this young man's aptitude is no weaker than yours. Passing the assessment should not be difficult for him. You might as well stay and watch."

"Thank you, Grandpa Wei. That was exactly what I planned to do."

Shen Miaowei nodded and headed toward the Mind Reader assessment area together with Shen Feixue.