44: Chapter 44: You have absolutely no mechanics, it's all just numbers!

The bus did not enter the Guancheng city area directly but drove in another direction.

"We aren't going into the city this time. The location for the Provincial Joint Examination is on the outskirts of Guancheng; there isn't a venue that large inside the city."

Zhou Sanlang's explanation was actually meant for Chen Mo alone; everyone else already knew that after the ring matches came the Simulated Defense Battle.

The Simulated Defense Battle required a very large venue and the construction cost was extremely high. Its purpose was to test how strong a student's combat capability could be when there was no cost to dying.

About half an hour later, the bus stopped in front of a building that occupied an area at least the size of twenty or thirty football fields.

Staff members who had been waiting for a long time saw the candidates from Luo City arrive and immediately ran over to handle the reception.

"Everyone, please take your luggage. After putting your things away, gather at the medical examination room immediately."

"The entire Simulated Defense Battle will be conducted in simulation pods, so we need to obtain complete data on everyone's physical condition."

"Of course, with the supercomputing center's ultra-high processing power, students, you don't need to worry about the supercomputer being unable to perfectly simulate your talents."

The staff member had been working here for many years and naturally knew the concerns and doubts in the hearts of these candidates.

Led by the staff, everyone quickly stowed their luggage and gathered in front of the medical examination center.

"Each medical examination only supports one person at a time because the required processing power is immense. Please come one by one."

The staff member opened the door, and Zhuo Jida, who was standing at the very front of the line, became the first person to undergo the medical examination.

The rest of the people were preparing on the sofas outside the examination room, and they were quite curious about the examination process inside.

"Do you think this kind of simulation can perfectly replicate my copy?"

Wang Jun was a bit worried. Compared to his talent for Fire Element Control, his extremely strong combat intuition was his trump card.

But if there were a gap between the copy and his actual body, some of his combat strategies would change drastically; after all, re-adapting to a new body was a very troublesome matter.

"Please rest assured, student."

The staff member seemed to recognize Wang Jun and walked over to his side to say.

"The entire Simulated Defense Battle is simulated by computer. Your consciousness will be projected into the copy, and the synchronization rate can reach 99.9%."

"This slight delay has a negligible impact on combat power, so you don't need to worry at all."

Hearing this, the students from Luo City breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it wouldn't affect their combat power too much, it was fine.

A full hour passed before the door to the medical examination room opened again.

Having completed the examination, Zhuo Jida no longer looked worried; in fact, there was even a faint hint of excitement in his expression.

Seeing this, everyone else completely relaxed and waited one by one for their upcoming examination.

The examination process varied in speed; Ascetic Martial Artists usually took eight to ten minutes, while Talent-based Martial Artists required relatively more time.

Among them, Su Qingyue's examination took the longest, lasting a full two-plus hours.

When she came out, Chen Mo clearly saw the doctor in charge of the examination wearing a strange expression.

"Chen Mo, Chen Mo, it's your turn."

Wang Jun poked Chen Mo, which finally brought Chen Mo back to his senses.

Nodding, Chen Mo stood up and walked into the medical examination room.

"Student, there is no need to be nervous. Next, we will record your body's various data."

The doctor in charge of the examination had a gentle voice; just hearing it was enough to make people relax.

"Let me see, your talent is... Great Strength?"

The doctor's gentle voice faltered, and she looked at Chen Mo, who was standing beside the scanner, with a bewildered expression.

A faint blue light swept over Chen Mo's body, and the basic data of Chen Mo's body appeared on the screen in front of the doctor.

Looking at that absurd muscle density, bone density, and skin density, the doctor couldn't help but feel that the young man in front of her was a humanoid fierce beast.

"Student, I don't know how... your talent should be used?"

The doctor was a bit confused; could this talent just be this?

"Bang!"

The doctor froze. She stared at Chen Mo, who had suddenly shrunk down significantly, for quite a while.

Immediately after, a blue light swept over Chen Mo's body again, and the way the doctor looked at Chen Mo became even stranger.

"This damn thing... is the muscle density higher than some armor plating?"

The bone density was even more terrifying; pulling out any single rib could rival an alloy weapon specifically made for martial artists...

"Student, your talent also..."

Before she could finish her sentence, the data on the screen began to change again.

Whether it was muscle density, skin density, or bone density, all of them had doubled compared to the previous data.

"?"

A question mark appeared over the doctor's head. Was this talent really just Great Strength?

"A pure stat monster?"

"Is there absolutely no mechanic to it?"

Finally, after demonstrating Compression Punch and Compressed Dash, Chen Mo completed his talent simulation.

Next came the conventional martial arts simulation and blood energy simulation, two areas where Chen Mo's performance was not particularly outstanding.

"Alright, Student Chen, your copy has been completed. Would you like to try injecting your consciousness to control it now?"

The doctor in charge of the medical examination had been in the profession for at least twenty-five years and had seen countless types of talented Talent-based Martial Artists and Ascetic Martial Artists.

But... this was the first time she had seen a talent that was pure to this extent.

Or rather, she had never seen a talent this absurd.

There were no fancy mechanics, only the purest stats.

"Okay."

Chen Mo followed the doctor's instructions and lay down in the simulation pod. The doctor also walked to Chen Mo's side to help him put on the consciousness capture device.

Accompanied by a slight sense of dizziness, Chen Mo found himself standing on a gray, hazy land.

"Student Chen, can you hear me?"

"Next, you can unleash your abilities to your heart's content. See if you feel any difference from your self in the outside world..."

Soon, Chen Mo, having completed the medical examination, walked out of the room.

"How was it?"

Zhou Sanlang walked up and looked Chen Mo up and down.

"It's alright. The simulated me doesn't have much difference from the one in the outside world."

Chen Mo nodded, his eyes glancing from time to time at the simulation pod in the examination room.

He seemed to have discovered a bug.

The self simulated by this thing could allow his Limit Burst, which could originally only last for 18 seconds, to be extended to about 30 seconds.