Chapter 28

"Ahem... Everyone, please calm down. The best thing to do now is to calm down and figure out the situation before we proceed. What do you think?" the tall man said.

"Hmm."

"Agreed."

"Let's get to it quickly."

Seeing that no one objected, the tall man continued, "My name is Lü Nan. Six days ago, I inexplicably found myself in another world from Earth. Is it the same for everyone else?"

"Yes."

"Me too."

"Me too."

The scene was still a bit chaotic, so Lü Nan said, "In that case, if anyone has a different experience, please raise your hand! Those who agree don't need to say anything."

The room fell silent, and everyone looked at each other, but no one raised their hand.

"Alright, that means everyone here was transported from Earth six days ago." At this point, Lü Nan suddenly smiled bitterly and said awkwardly, "Congratulations, everyone. At least we have company."

Most people couldn't manage a smile, and those who did were mostly faking it. No one could laugh in such a situation.

Just as Lü Nan was about to speak again, the red light above the long table seemed to vibrate suddenly, and a wave of will emanated from it, startling everyone into silence, not daring to utter a word.

The red light was the only source of light in the stone room, and now that the room was completely quiet, the immense pressure emanating from the red light was even more palpable!

It was undoubtedly a being of immense power that no one had ever encountered before!

Then, the will fluctuated again, and a voice that seemed to resonate directly in everyone's mind spoke, grand and intimidating, yet clearly tinged with annoyance and disdain.

"Ladies and gentlemen, forget about Earth. You may not realize it, but Earth is not as great as you imagine. Of course, this includes you, the inhabitants of Earth. Place a clumsy insect on the edge of a circular pot, and it will keep crawling around in circles. To me, you Earthlings are exactly like that insect. You will never leave the solar system, which is not even as big as a pot in the vast universe."

"Your greatest achievements have only been to land on the moon. Perhaps with the development of your technology, you might venture further, like fish from a small pond leaping into a river or sea. But can this generation of yours wait for that time? And even if your descendants can, will they be able to compete with the larger fish in the river or sea and deal with the dangers there?"

"Feeling insignificant? Feeling lost and without direction? But this is not the real issue I want to discuss with you. What I want to say is, if you are the fish in the small pond, who are the higher-level beings? Who are the ones who might casually glance into the pond, or who might not even bother to look?"

"These higher-level beings mostly remain detached, watching generation after generation of your births, illnesses, and deaths. They occasionally visit you but never treat you as equals. Do you not have any curiosity about these higher-level beings, or even those at the highest level?"

"Let's consider humans as higher-level beings. If a higher-level being coming to this world has a purpose, what is that purpose? Is it to spend a lifetime playing in the small pond like you Earthlings, swimming around, or is it something completely unrelated to the pond, something that you see as 'God' or 'deities,' or something else? You are a group I have carefully selected, and I believe you have the ability to judge."

"Speaking of which, I must congratulate you, because this group of people has the potential to find the meaning I mentioned. At least you have the qualifications, as you have already left the pond. However, I have spent a great deal of effort selecting you and bringing you here, not to let you find the meaning of life, enjoy yourselves, or reshape your lives. The reason you are here is that I need the most capable among you to help me!"

"Unfortunately, I don't have much time to continue selecting you personally, so I have temporarily placed you in the worlds you call 'post-transmigration.' Now, I can clearly tell you that this is not the kind of transmigration you understand. You have been temporarily placed in a corner of the universe that you do not know. Perhaps some of you already know that this corner is called the Tianqiao Constellation."

"Most of you will never have the chance to return to Earth. I don't have the time or energy to send you back, and even if you did, it wouldn't make much sense. Some of you, if you can persist to the end, might have the chance to return through your own abilities. As for the rest, if you have potential, I will let you stay in the Tianqiao Constellation. If not, you will be a waste of resources, and your fate will be clear—like insects..."

"Alright, I don't have much time, so I will personally conduct your first assessment! The content is simple: in five minutes, describe your personal experiences and insights on Earth and evoke a sense of resonance in others. There are fifty of you now, and the top twenty will survive and move on to the next round of assessment; the bottom thirty, I can only say sorry."

"Why this assessment? Good question! The answer lies within you. Each of you has at least one basic, complete, and unique world in your mind. What I truly need is your ability to construct a real world! If you can't even move others and evoke resonance, how can you be real? You don't deserve another chance from me."

"Of course, evoking resonance and making others feel as if they are there is just the foundation of a real world, the first step. However, today I only have time to assess this first step. Now, everyone, take your seats. The assessment will begin immediately. In my domain, my rules are supreme. I won't make unreasonable demands, so you had better not defy my reasonable requests."

"Finally, I will remind you once: one, it must be your personal experiences and insights; two, while others are speaking, your level of engagement and resonance, though it won't improve your final evaluation, can lower it. Now, sit down immediately and begin!"

The room was silent, not even a loud breath could be heard, and in the dim space, a pin drop could be heard.

Almost everyone was immersed in the words of the will, utterly stunned.

However, no one expected that the woman who had been crying and demanding to go back would suddenly burst out. She slammed her hands on the stone table and roared at the red light like a lioness, "Why should we listen to you! I want to go back!!"

Everyone was already shocked, and her sudden outburst made many people unable to react.

In this situation, everyone saw a fist-sized red light suddenly burst out of the woman's head, with a small figure made of white vapor inside.

"Bang!" As soon as the red light and white vapor emerged, the woman fell straight onto the stone table.

"Ah!"

Many people instinctively gasped in shock and felt a chill run down their spines.

Some people who were drawn to the small light ball watched as the fist-sized red light and white vapor suddenly "pop" and burst apart!

The smoke and mist dissipated!

Dead?

Others might not have understood what happened, but Bu Ye, who was sitting opposite the woman, was almost certain that the woman's soul had indeed dispersed! Because at the moment the woman's soul burst, the cancer cells in his body suddenly reacted, a phenomenon that only occurred in the presence of a ghost!

The reaction of the man who had spoken to the woman earlier completely confirmed Bu Ye's conclusion. The man hurriedly tried to help the woman, but he touched a cold, lifeless body, which made him retreat several steps, his face as pale as paper!

At the same time, the will in the red light above the stone table spoke again, completely ignoring the woman's death, and said, "We'll start with Lü Nan, then proceed clockwise. You have five minutes. The clock starts now."

At this moment, most people were still standing, and Lü Nan was also in shock, completely unprepared.

However, no one dared to speak out in resistance. The corpse on the stone table was enough to make anyone fall silent.

"Whoosh!"

In the next moment, almost everyone reacted and sat down on the stone chairs around the stone table.

Only one person remained standing, and it was Lü Nan.

He clearly hadn't expected to be the first. At this moment, he was so anxious that he forgot what he was supposed to do.

In a moment, sweat broke out on his forehead, and his legs trembled involuntarily, but his mind was still a jumbled mess, frozen and unable to think.

Five seconds, ten seconds...

Soon, half a minute passed, and Lü Nan still hadn't said a word, not at all like the confident and composed person he had been earlier.

When it came to life and death, and the entity that decided his fate was right in front of him, he was truly terrified, terrified beyond measure!

Fortunately, the others had calmed down a bit during this time, and a person next to Lü Nan, mustering his courage, kindly reminded him, "Don't just stand there! Say something, move us!"

"Move you?" Lü Nan repeated subconsciously, and then his eyes suddenly lit up, finally remembering what he was supposed to do. He said excitedly, "Alright! Alright! I'll start right away!"