It was the same group Nanzhi had eavesdropped on before.
"Is it really that necessary? My flames would be enough to take down anything!"
"Talk about beating alien beasts. You couldn’t even keep yourself warm in the winter."
"What did you say?"
"Be quiet. Troublemakers will be banned inside. This way, please."
The group fell silent. The news of the ferocious vending machine electrocuting people was still fresh in their minds.
The next people in line were escorted to a room where the measurement device was set up, and Xuan Yi was inside.
Nanzhi didn’t want to go through the assessment, as she already knew about her mental power. Besides, the results of her mental power assessment would likely raise suspicions.
Yu Baoyin tried the assessment on her behalf and returned with a white card that stated her name, age, mental power energy, rank, and attribute—Tier 0, Mid Stage, MP: 20, Earth Attribute.
"Sister Nan, Sister Nan, the people there said that my powers are above average!"
"Mm." Nanzhi nodded. To be able to get that far in less than 20 days without any real combat experience was remarkable.
But then, something new caught her attention.
Under the attribute, there was a line that read: Ability Rank: B+
"Baoyin, what does this mean? Did the examiner explain it?" Nanzhi asked, curious.
"Oh, that! The people inside said it was an ability evaluation. They said the ability rank is divided into 14 levels, with F-minus being the weakest and S-plus being the strongest."
An ability evaluation? Nanzhi’s curiosity deepened.
She looked around. People were leaving the examination room, passing by them with white cards. With her enhanced eyesight, she could see that almost all of them were at the early stages, with ability evaluations ranging from F-minus to C-minus.
The highest result she saw, besides Yu Baoyin’s, was a B-minus, with an MP of 11. The owner of the card was a man.
She recognized him. It was Cang Zhou, the supervisor who had been in charge of her unit renovation before the apocalypse.
There were too many people around him—his family and others were complimenting him—so he didn’t notice her.
"Big Aunt! Big Aunt!"
Nanzhi tore her gaze away from Cang Xin when she heard someone call her.
Knowing her scheduled trip, Lin Yicheng had been clinging to Nanzhi and following her wherever she went. He also changed the way he addressed her—from Big Sister to Big Aunt.
The little dumpling had also followed Yu Baoyin for the assessment and received a card.
Tier 0, Early Stage, MP: 10, Special Defensive Attribute
Ability Rank: A-
"Sweetheart, you’re amazing!" Nanzhi clapped and smiled. An A evaluation! Just one rank below S!
"Wow! Your ability is higher than mine!" Yu Baoyin exclaimed, showing her white card.
"Really?" Lin Yicheng beamed.
"Sweetheart, this means you have high potential!"
"Does that mean I can also be like those superheroes on TV?"
They both nodded.
His eyes lit up.
Now, Nanzhi was even more curious about how this device worked and the principles behind the ability evaluation.
Why was the mental power measurement device capable of assessing ability rank, but she was not?
[Technically, ability rank is a way of evaluating a person’s current abilities, but it also limits their potential. An F-minus ranker won’t necessarily stay as an F-minus for their entire life. Ability ranks can be upgraded.]
So, that meant Yu Baoyin and Lin Yicheng could change their ability ranks in the future.
Honestly, Nanzhi was just curious. She didn’t have any urgent reason for an assessment.
But then the system said something that caught her attention.
[I sense an aura of a fragment in the building. It’s coming from the assessment room.]
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A fragment in the assessment room?
Nanzhi had visited this building before, and the system hadn’t mentioned sensing any fragments. Judging from the system’s words, it could be the examiners, the examinees, or the mental power measurement device itself.
The current examinee had just finished her assessment.
When the person passed by her, the system didn’t detect the fragment on them, which led Nanzhi to think it might be the measurement device.
The measurement device worked similarly to an appraisal. There was a high chance it contained the fragment they were looking for.
If it’s indeed the device, can you promise me that your scan won’t damage it in any way?
[Okay. A quick scan won’t hurt.]
So how exactly "near" does it need to be?
[You need to touch it.]
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Nanzhi frowned.
If you can hide my true Mental Power Energy and Ability Rank from the measurement device, then I’ll do as you said.
She wasn’t sure if there were other players inside the base. If someone managed to access the database of the mental power measurement device, they could likely target her.
[I can. I will falsify your mental power energy to the current average level of the population, and adjust your ability rank accordingly.]
Deal!
After getting confirmation, Nanzhi lined up.
"Wait for me," she said.
"Okay!" The two sat in the waiting area, playing with a coloring book.
Nanzhi waited for almost twenty minutes before it was her turn.
The guards let her in after filling out a form. By coincidence, one of the guards was from Wang Chul’s team, and when he saw Nanzhi, his eyes lit up.
"Good morning!" He gave an exaggeratedly cordial bow.
"Good morning." Nanzhi faintly recognized him and returned the greeting.
The other guards and people in line curiously looked at Nanzhi, wondering if she was someone important to the guard.
Nanzhi’s eyes quickly locked on the small machine resting on the table in the center of the room.
It was a metal box about the size of a shoebox, reinforced with alloys. Inside was a meteorite fragment, faintly pulsating when activated by mental power, mounted inside a transparent casing.
Electrodes were connected to a small stone, acting as a signal receiver. An analog dial and a digital display with numbers showed the results.
Her appraisal skill said:
[1-star NeuroCore Gauge]