Inside the room, when his vision returned, even someone like Lynn shuddered, his gaze abruptly sharpening.
It was like an illusion.
He had not appeared where he had entered the room. Instead, he had materialized in a chair at its very center. Some extraordinarily strange force seemed to have locked his body in place, leaving him completely unable to move.
At the same time, a system notification sounded in his mind.
[Ding! You have triggered the challenge quest: Five Gates. Quest description: Remain calm and hold out for 30 minutes before your self-control collapses.]
And almost at the very moment the notification sounded-
A slender hand slowly slipped around his neck from behind, and red lips breathed sweetly beside his ear.
"Lynn, don't you... get lonely all by yourself?"
That voice was like a poppy, tickling his ears and even stirring his heart.
The next moment-
A blonde woman with her clothes half undone wrapped her arms around his neck and gently settled into his lap. Her eyes were sultry, her fingers lightly brushing his face as she gazed at him with utter seductiveness.
She was a woman who could be called perfect in every respect. Everything from her gaze to her figure could awaken a man's most primal desires.
And Lynn finally understood what this trial meant.
Temptation!
For an ordinary male human, this would undoubtedly be an extremely difficult hurdle to overcome, because these desires and impulses arose from biological instinct.
Lynn immediately centered himself and calmed his mind. His gaze soon became as still as an ancient well.
The reason was simple!
Lynn knew it was all fake. So what if an extraordinarily beautiful woman was sitting in his lap?
As the Buddha said-
Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.
*Once this trial ends, everything