Golden Red

'It should be mercury…'

Guo Bojun observed for quite some time and came to this conclusion. He had taken a thermometer apart before and was rather familiar with mercury.

Hua!

That mercury glass door slowly opened, revealing a laboratory with a gold brilliance but more could not be seen.

The laboratory was huge. This door was only a side door.

"Xiao Ziyun, you're first."

Niu Hechuan gestured for Xiao Ziyun to enter the laboratory. That double-layer mercury glass door that was full of sci-fi color slowly closed.

The passageway fell into deep silence.

People who stood at the front and personally watched this door naturally didn't dare to speak aloud. The silent atmosphere spread, causing people behind who could not see the huge mercury doors to not speak without permission.

'Mercury.'

'It's being used to prevent leakage of a God's Divine Breaths?'

Tang Hong's thoughts diverged. According to his understanding, the so-called God's Divine Breaths could be a God's Breaths or Auras.

Just like bubbles that the fish blow.

In this case, a vivid image of a goldfish swimming to the water surface with great effort and blowing out bubbles emerged in his mind.

"I've probably thought wrong."

Tang Hong closed his eyes and cleared his mind, dispelling the distracting thoughts.

Before his eyes.

Urgently awaiting completion was the entrance test.

'Strength has been added.'

'The percentage value of my Willpower has gone up by 10%.'

If he fails, he would not have any regrets. His top priority was to figure out as quickly as possible how to effectively alleviate his headaches.

According to his current deduction, it was likely that raising strength could weaken the pressure on his nerves. But adding Strength once again within such a short period… Tang Hong let out a breath and looked towards Niu Hechuan. He was worried that this Transcendent might notice.

'Two days later.'

'Even if a huge change occurs, I can blame it on me being allergic to Transcendent food.'

Tang Hong pondered while lifting his head to look towards that mercury door.

Hua!

The huge mercury doors pulled open towards the two sides and Xiao Ziyun staggered out with a deathly pale face. When he walked past Tang Hong, he darted a glance at him with no expression.

The first place of the entrance test certainly belonged to him. This was a fated result.

"Tang Hong, go in."

Niu Hechuan ordered in a low voice.

Hua!

As the mercury doors closed, Tang Hong strode quickly into the laboratory.

As he turned left, coming into sight was a circular platform that refracted rings of gold light. A bright gold chest was placed in the center of the circular platform.

The chest was opened with a narrow gap.

Tang Hong's heart trembled. He was witnessing and feeling this once again. The flowing holy brilliance was suspended in the chest, unmoving. it was extremely stable.

It was emitting an inexplicable temptation.

Only that the temptation was very weak. It was so faint that Tang Hong completely paid no attention to it.

"Tang Hong."

Beside the circular platform, a person loudly announced according to the computer screen.

"Reveal the name label on your shoulder. Now, step onto the circular platform. Slowly move closer to the chest… the light-colored ground is the super high standard for a normal human being…"

"Once you've entered the pure gold area, it means that your Willpower is outstanding, surpassing the majority of your peers… The golden-red area that is the closest to the chest is the standard for passing whether you are about to break through the limits of Willpower."

"You must not forcefully move forward."

"It is already considered great if you can cross 90% of the light-colored area. You'll get a good grade."

In this case, while current technology was lacking in the ability to measure Willpower, they could do so through other methods.

For example, doing indirect measuring and calculations through a portion of the remains of the Gods.

'This was probably the remains of a Regular God. Even consultants had to be careful when faced with Dangerous Gods which were ranked above Regular Gods.'

Tang Hong's guesses swirled around.

If he could touch the chest, it meant that he had broken through the limits of Willpower and was qualified to resist the Gods.

The inner circle of the golden-red area was the closest to the chest.

The pure gold of the middle section.

And the light-colored area.

After going through them once in his heart, Tang Hong stepped onto the glossy circular platform and bowed his head.

One circle after another, the colors going from light to dark, each represented the levels of Willpower.

He took one step.

He entered the light-colored area.

"Eh?"

Tang Hong's thoughts swirled and he continued to move forward. But doubts surfaced in his mind.

'There's no oppression at all!'

'I can't feel it at all!'

'The outer circle was light-colored. The middle section was pure gold. The innermost ring was golden-red… all that they said about the light-colored area was the normal human's limits might be a lie.'

In the blink of an eye, Tang Hong had passed through the light-colored area.

The percentage value of his Willpower was at 79%. Together with his Element Fist Technique, Tang Hong believed that his senses were still quite clear.

The God's Oppression was indeed not present.

It was just like walking on flat ground without any obstacles.

So, they intentionally reminded trainees that going past the light-colored area was already a good performance to purposely create tension?

Tang Hong pondered as he passed through the gold section of the middle ring.

'Perhaps it was just a hint.'

'To create anticipation in advance and boost confidence.'

People who originally thought that they had no way of passing through the light-colored area would certainly be brimming with confidence when they enter the gold area.

Building self-confidence!

The Special Training Camp had truly gone to great pains. Tang Hong stepped into the golden-red area, a rather familiar divine murmur passed by his ears.

It was not temptation.

This was rejection.

With strong Willpower, Tang Hong only felt a soft breeze caressing his face. He soon passed a good half of the golden red area.

He was two meters away from the chest, he visually estimated that he only needed three steps.

At the same time, the staff members seated before the computer screen looked over in surprise. "Another one who's reached golden red and is a few steps away?"

"It was already great when we had two to three golden reds with the past batches. Those that were only a few steps away in the golden-red area were much rarer."

There was a huge difference between being in the ordinary golden red and being a few steps away in the golden-red area.

The few staff members revealed looks of delight.

"Si!"

Tang Hong gnashed his teeth hard.

The pressure of rejection had reached the maximum!

It was like sky-shaking tides striking Tang Hong's brain without end. His body still had Strength but his neural signals did not allow his body to move. His entire body was stiff and could no longer move forward!

Suffocating!

Crisis!

Tang Hong really wanted to take another step forward, but there seemed to be a string pulling tightly on his mind. Even the slightest bit of external force would cause this string to immediately snap.

"I cannot advance rashly."

Tang Hong suppressed his desire to move forward.

Knowing his limits and when to let go, he left the circular platform.

…

Outside of the laboratory, admitted trainees were lined up to take the test next.

The queue was moving very slowly. It seemed that even an hour wouldn't be enough. They might take more than two hours. Together with the female trainees who had yet to take the Willpower test, Tang Hong wouldn't find it strange if the entire process took four to five hours.

"I'll go for a stroll outside."

Tang Hong no longer squatted in a corner of the mercury passageway. Taking the elevator up, he walked out of the fourth building.

It was already night outside.

Specks of starlight filled the sky. It was a strangely tranquil atmosphere.

The comfortable night breeze blew. Tang Hong really enjoyed it and decided to close his eyes and sat down at the entrance of the fourth building.

After some time, the elevator hummed as it operated. The young man, Hua Yu, who had crouched beside the wall alone earlier, came to Tang Hong's side.

"This starry sky is really beautiful."

"With ourselves alone, when will we be able to head for the sea of stars and explore the dark universe?"

Hua Yu sighed with emotion, lost in a deep reverie.

Tang Hong remained silent. Just the current invasion of Gods from another dimension was enough to make it difficult for modern civilization to stride forward. Transcendents were even derived as a result but it remained unknown whether they would ultimately be able to resist the Gods.

According to what he knew—

Transcendents were in a very unfavorable situation!

But, when gazing at the starry sky, even the strongest creature would feel his insignificance and inferiority.

"Tang Hong."

"You must have been a golden-red in the Willpower test earlier, right?"

Changing the topic, Hua Yu wore a bitter smile as a helpless and resigned look appeared on his face.

"Unfortunately I stopped at the light-colored area. Just like what the testing crew said, I stopped at the 90% mark of the light-colored area."