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Chapter 5 The assessment begins

"New Era?"

In the VIP room, a deep, hoarse voice suddenly broke the brief silence.

In the shadows of the corner, the griffin mask, which had remained silent since first expressing its desire to purchase the Heavenly Dao, slowly rose.

He looked directly at the doctor and said, "Doctor, you seem to have forgotten to explain a very crucial question."

The griffin-like man, leaning on a cane, walked heavily toward the central holographic projection, his mechanical prosthetic leg tapping rhythmically on the ground.

As he stood before the three-dimensional image of the Heavenly Dao, he suddenly reached out and passed through the projection.

"The question is, is this so-called perfect creation truly controllable?"

"After all, I don't believe a powerful Star Envoy would willingly become a tool for someone else to realize their dreams, do I?"

The griffin man suddenly tightened his grip.

In an instant, the three-dimensional image of the Heavenly Dao in the holographic projection shattered before everyone's eyes like a bubble.

Just like the perfect creation the doctor spoke of, the so-called new era.

It was nothing more than an unrealistic fantasy of his.

After all, the Griffin Man himself was a powerful Star Envoy.

Therefore, it is very clear what the Star Envoys are thinking.

Not to mention a peerless genius like Tiandao, whose future is limitless at first glance.

But geniuses are always proud.

They can only be used and restrained, but they can never be locked in a 'cage' for others to observe or drive.

Faced with the griffin man's questioning, the doctor seemed to have anticipated it, and his expression towards the man was quite meaningful.

"Distinguished guest, it seems you've made a mistake."

"Oh?"

The griffin-man looked at the doctor curiously, seemingly not understanding what he had done wrong.

“I’ve said it from the very beginning: Heaven’s Way is our appointed leader.”

"Control?" The doctor shook his head: "We never thought about controlling the Heavenly Dao. It just needs to be itself."

"Even if such a decision could bring us destruction, even if that happens, we believe he will take the newly born embers to a whole new level and realize the dreams of us old folks in a completely new way."

The doctor's answer surprised the griffin man.

He looked at the other person intently for a long time, and finally sighed.

"I understand. It seems you guys have thought everything through and are willing to bear the worst possible consequences."

"In that case, I have no further questions."

The griffin-man sat down again, waiting for the doctor to continue explaining the details of Project Stars.

After all, the reason they were willing to risk being wanted by the Star Envoy Association to come to the Embers was because they saw immense value in Project Star.

While the Heavenly Dao, the chosen one of the stars, is indeed powerful.

However, it's hard to say whether the power of the Heavenly Dao is due to the Star Project or to its own inherent strength.

Therefore, they were more curious about how the other Starchildren were performing than about these.

Needless to say, it has reached the same level as the Heavenly Dao.

Even if it's only one-tenth of the Heavenly Dao.

That plan was undoubtedly successful and has extremely high investment value.

The doctor clearly knew this as well, and he pressed the control panel in front of him, bringing up information on another Child of the Stars.

In the scene, a brown-haired, red-eyed girl is fighting a three-headed star beast.

The blood-red longsword in her hand seemed to be alive, greedily sucking the blood of her enemies.

Although her battles are not as visually appealing as those of the Heavenly Dao.

But for an eleven-year-old child to be able to fight off a three-headed star beast at the same time is undoubtedly an amazing achievement.

"Children of the Stars Sequence 002, Dust Star, Nature-type Bloodflame Beast, Star Core Compatibility 99%".

"And like the Heavenly Dao, she has not yet obtained any Star Source."

Unlike the previous lengthy introductions to the Dao of Heaven, this is different.

The Doctor simply showed everyone the information about Dust Star before moving on to gather information on the other Star Children.

"Children of the Stars Sequence 003, Mirror Glass, Special Type: Mirror Flower Butterfly, Star Core Compatibility 92%".

"Starchild Sequence 004, Caroline, Mechanic/Machine-type Celestial Cat, Star Core Compatibility 90%." "Starchild Sequence 005..."

"Children of the Stars Sequence 036, Dust and Void, Special Type: Black Star, Core Compatibility Unknown."

Each time the Doctor introduces a Child of the Stars, he includes a clip of that child in action.

However, when Chen Kong was introduced at the end, everyone discovered that he didn't even have any actual combat footage.

Even the information was very brief.

Looking at Chen Kong's meager information, the noblewoman wearing the canary mask asked curiously, "Doctor, why is there so little information on this last Child of the Stars, and why is the star core compatibility marked as unknown?"

After a moment's thought, the doctor gave an ambiguous answer.

"That's because we can't be sure if he actually completed the stellar core surgery."

"what?"

The canary lady looked at the doctor with surprise, after all, based on the information she had received from Ember when she arrived.

The so-called Star Core Surgery is so dangerous that it's no exaggeration to say that it's a matter of life and death.

Since Chen Kong has survived until now, it means that his star core surgery must have been successful.

How could there possibly be any uncertain children of the stars?

Or perhaps this child is special, so the doctor deliberately didn't list his information completely?
Everyone present was shrewd and astute.

Although the doctor did not provide much information about DustVoid.

But they still kept the name in their hearts.

And we look forward to his performance later.

After all, the so-called final assessment is about to begin.

At that time, regardless of whether Chen Kong is truly, as the doctor said, an anomaly among the Star Children whose surgical outcome is uncertain.

Whether it's the secret weapon that Ember deliberately concealed, it will all be revealed in the final assessment.

After all, battle reports can be deceiving, but the front lines can not.

What exactly is going on with this dust void? Real combat will prove everything.

"Alright everyone, we have arranged the venue for the final assessment. Please follow me."

Upon hearing the doctor's words, everyone stood up and followed him toward a certain place in the base.

At the same time, a cold, mechanical female voice suddenly came over the training ground's loudspeaker.

"The final assessment is about to begin. All trainees, please proceed to the central examination room."

As the broadcast ended, a metal door leading underground slowly opened.

Looking at that deep, dark underground passage, it seemed capable of swallowing everything.

Chen Kong's heart tightened instantly, and he shuddered involuntarily.

It's clear they're terrified of this so-called final assessment.

"Are you nervous?"

Just then, a warm hand suddenly landed on his shoulder.

Chen Kong turned his head and found that Tian Dao had come to his side at some point.

"Remember, when you feel like you've reached a dead end, ask yourself why you've survived this long."

After saying that, Tiandao turned around and shouted to Caroline, who was not far away, "Let's go, Caroline."

"Ah."

Tiandao took the lead, leading Caroline past the crowd and being the first to enter the dark underground passage.

Seeing this, Chen Xing snorted coldly and walked in as well.

Seeing this, the others immediately followed in their footsteps.

As Chen Kong watched the Heavenly Dao's retreating figure, the Heavenly Dao's words just now came to mind.

Why am I still alive?

Chen Kong does not yet know the answer to this question.

However, he had a feeling that this final assessment might provide the answer to this question.

With that thought in mind, Chen Kong no longer hesitated and followed the crowd into the underground passage...

(End of this chapter)