After Lance's serious speech ended, the entire venue fell into a brief silence, and then the crowd walked towards the testing area. Ian and Mia exchanged a look with each other, both with some heaviness in their hearts.
"It seems that this trial is more than just a simple relic exploration." Ian whispered.
Mia nodded slightly, "The upper world really isn't such an easy place to step into, we still need to be more careful."
Soon, the two followed the crowd into the testing hall, which was equipped with all kinds of advanced instruments, with a complex testing device placed in the center of the grounds, and everyone walked up to receive the ability test in turn.
Mia was the first to stand on the testing equipment, the soft light quickly wrapped around her, the screen next to the instrument quickly surfaced clear data, "Talent Rating: A, Ability: first time discovered, no relevant data available at this time." The surrounding crowd let out a slight commotion, all casting surprised and envious gazes at Mia.
Ian's test was next, he stood up on the testing equipment and the data on the screen quickly displayed, "Talent Rating: F, Ability: Lightning."
"Hahahahaha! Is the City of Ashes running out of people, actually letting an F-rated talent come to participate in the selection! Laugh me to death!" The youth who had just invited Mia and was rejected let out a scoff, Lance's cold eyes swept over and he sensibly shut his mouth, Lance blandly said, "Next."
Ian just mobilized his lightning ability to participate in the test, he didn't want too much of a commotion because of it, only Ian didn't expect that his talent rating was only F, "System, is my talent really that bad?"
[Host don't be discouraged, the principle of the machine testing talent is, by making a judgment on the efficiency of the tester's body in absorbing energy, and the host is a traveler, the host itself does not have the ability to directly absorb energy, and needs the help of this system, therefore, the talent rating does not represent the host's true talent].
Soon, the youth who had once clashed with Ian also stood on the testing equipment, and the screen similarly displayed, "Talent Rating: B, Ability: Gravity Strengthening." A hint of pride flashed across the youth's face as he looked at Ian with provocative eyes.
Immediately after that, a rather low-profile looking and always silent youth slowly stepped onto the equipment. This time, the response of the instrument was exceptionally peculiar, only to see turbulent data fluctuations appear briefly on the screen, and then quickly returned to normal, displaying, "Detection unknown, unable to accurately rate."
Ian's heart was immediately startled, his intuition told him that this seemingly low-profile youth was definitely not simple.
After everyone completed the test, Lance began to announce the grouping results. Mia, Ian, that conceited youth, and the mysterious youth who had just detected an abnormality were all assigned to a group, as well as a few others who didn't really cross paths, and the one who caused Ian to care the most was the youth who hadn't measured the results.
"It seems that we have some fate!" That conceited youth had a cold smile on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were full of provocation as he looked at Ian.
Ian, on the other hand, paid no attention to him and just silently observed that mysterious youth, trying to discern some clues from him, but the latter always remained silent and unchanged.
Lance led several groups of members who passed the test to the teleportation array, and on the way, he explained in detail, "This is the teleportation array that connects various cities. I will take you to teleport to the city closest to the relics, the specific rules of the relics will not be told in advance, you must explore and discover them on your own. Remember, your only task is to come out alive."
Lance's serious tone added a bit more heaviness to everyone's heart.
Several people stood in the center of the teleportation array, and after an intense flash of light, they found themselves standing in a completely unfamiliar city.
This city was more technological than the Iron Fortress, filled with towering skyscrapers, speeding air transportation, and busy crowds of people. Lance led them quickly to a wide tarmac where a small, streamlined airplane was resting quietly.
"Go on up, I'll take you to the entrance to the ruins." Lance gestured.
The plane quickly took off, and as he looked down through the window at the cityscape below, Ian's heart became even more emotional at the huge gap between the upper and lower worlds.
About half an hour later, the plane slowly landed at the edge of a lush forest. Lance pointed to a huge stone gate in front of him and said, "That's the entrance to the ruins, remember, your goal is to explore the ruins and come out alive."
The group got off the airplane and walked slowly towards the entrance of the ruins.
Ian glanced back at Lance, who had a cold look on his face, his hands clasped on his chest, seemingly unconcerned about the life and death of the crowd.
They gradually approached the entrance of the relics, the huge stone door was carved with ancient and mysterious runes, giving people an indescribable sense of oppression. Just before stepping into the relics, Ian and Mia exchanged a silent look, reciting a wordless agreement in their hearts.
The conceited youth still had an arrogant face, while the mysterious youth stood low to the side with a deep and unfathomable gaze.
Finally, they stood in front of the entrance to the ruins, the heavy stone door slowly opened, an ancient and mysterious aura came over them, and everyone's nerves instantly tensed.
"The trial begins!" Lance's cold and emotionless voice rang out, and the crowd simultaneously took a step and stepped into the unknown darkness.
After the crowd entered, Lance leaned against the plane, and a middle-aged man beside him said to him, "Who do you look at most favorably in this group, I'm optimistic about that little girl called Mia, not only is her talent outstanding, her strength is also the strongest in here!"
"I'm more optimistic about that little guy named Ian. "Lance smiled confidently.
The other middle-aged man was greatly shocked, "Lance, you're not mistaken, are you? That kid only has F-rank talent, even if he comes out alive, it's hard to have a great development in the future with such talent."
"You think he's only F rank? I've already probed his strength and he's already at Luminary level, do you think a kid with F-rank talent can reach Luminary level at this age? Although I don't know what means he used to hide himself, I'm sure his talent is definitely more than F rank. "
"So that's how it is, but it's better to wait for them to come out alive first, a Luminary rank under the age of twenty-five can be called a genius in the Lower World, but in the Upper World, such an achievement is not uncommon. "