Death Exam Space.
In the dim light, Ye Lin lay motionless within the repair beam shining down from above, like a sleeping corpse.
The hum of healing echoed through the hall.
Inside the beam, Ye Lin suddenly opened his eyes. As he woke, the white repair beam overhead vanished.
Thud.
A dull impact sounded as he hit the floor.
Ye Lin landed on one hand and clutched his head with some difficulty, his face pale as though he had just woken from a nightmare.
He instinctively looked toward where the others should have been, unsure whether he was the only one who had returned. This time, the system had automatically activated its repair function for him.
Before he could collect himself, a piercing pain shot through his mind.
Unlike the relief he had felt after previous repairs, this time Ye Lin felt as though his head were splitting apart. Worse still, masses of black shadows kept flashing across his vision, as if something lurked there.
What was going on...?
Before Ye Lin could figure out what was wrong with him, a system notification sounded on its own:
"Ding. Points consumed for this repair: 7 (waiver applied; actual cost: 0)." "Warning: abnormal status detected in examinee Ye Lin, ID E99067. Would you like to select Perfect Repair?"
Abnormal status?
Ye Lin struggled to raise his head, but it took him only a moment to realize that the headache and hallucinations were caused by the perfected one prototype.
He simply had not expected the basic repair upon his return to fail to solve the problem. Instead, it had grown even worse.
Without even checking his final rewards, Ye Lin selected Perfect Repair.
Yet after he confirmed his choice and read the repair description generated by the system, he froze briefly,