Chapter 7: Damn it, a Complete Wreck with Zero Mental Strength

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Lian Fei arrived at the medical examination center. By this time, everyone else had already completed their check-ups and left.

When the doctor saw Lian Fei enter, he barely glanced up before lowering his head to continue his work.

“Fingerprint and facial recognition over there; log into the system, then follow the prompts to the designated area for your examination,” the doctor said without looking up.

Lian Fei nodded and braced herself to approach a large, impressive-looking piece of equipment nearby.

So many buttons—such advanced technology.

She dared not touch anything, knowing that breaking it would be an expensive disaster.

Lian Fei glanced at the doctor, then scanned the room.

There was only one doctor in the entire medical room.

Well, it seemed she’d have to figure it out herself.

Wiping nonexistent sweat from her brow, Lian Fei activated her light-brain and began searching for the operating instructions for the equipment.

Using online searches, Lian Fei clumsily completed the height and weight measurements.

Next, she lay in the examination pod for a full body scan.

Finally came the mental power test.

The entire process took nearly two hours.

Lian Fei exhaled heavily and looked toward the sole doctor in the room, who had already fallen asleep on the patient bed.

Lian Fei: ?

So relaxed?

Forget it; she really didn’t want a second person to know her personal information anyway.

She looked at the screen, watching her personal data appear line by line.

As the mental power section drew near, Lian Fei held her breath.

What would her mental power be?

In this world, almost everyone possesses mental power.

Mental power represents a person’s upper limit of strength.

Its most notable application is in piloting mechas.

The higher one’s mental power, the easier it is to pilot a mecha and the more effectively one can unleash its capabilities.

A strong mental power also means a person is less susceptible to confusion or manipulation—

Some insectoid aliens possess mind-confusing abilities. Individuals with low mental power can be easily manipulated into turning their weapons on themselves.

In short, the higher the mental power, the better.

Lian Fei thought to herself that she would at least have an S rank, right?

Yet, when the zero appeared on the screen, her eyes widened in disbelief.

“Ah?”

“Ah??”

“Ah???!”

Zero?!!

Her mental power was zero?!

Lian Fei’s shocked exclamation woke the doctor, but he merely turned over, mumbled something, and went back to sleep.

Lian Fei stared at the screen, mouth agape, unable to close it for a long time.

No, she really was a useless weakling?!

That can’t be!!!

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How could she be so useless?!

Lian Fei felt dizzy and stepped back two paces, then sat on a bench.

She smiled bitterly. For the past ten years, she had dealt with mountain prey with ease. Even monsters with confusing abilities hadn’t affected her at all.

She had thought herself quite formidable.

Even if she didn’t have an S, she should have at least an A for mental power.

But now it seemed that was all just coincidence back then.

After all, that dungeon was so difficult, yet those interstellar warriors could solo it. She had barely scraped through by taking shortcuts.

It turned out her mental power was zero!

But if someone with zero mental power could clear the dungeon like those with mental power did, wouldn’t that mean she still had a chance against those interstellar beings?

Thinking this, Lian Fei felt relieved.

No mental power or not, she could find a way and still hold her own in battle.

Still, the fact that she had no mental power really hit her hard.

Lian Fei recalled Lilith saying that if her mental power was invisible, it could mean zero or that it was classified too highly for ordinary people to see.

After some thought, Lian Fei decided to pretend it was the latter.

She couldn’t let anyone know she was a zero mental power weakling.

She might end up as the scapegoat.

Lian Fei pressed the “Data Destroy” button on the screen and left the medical room without looking back.

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Lian Fei grabbed a quick meal in the cafeteria, then returned to her dorm to shower and take a short nap.

Xia Lin sent her the class schedule. Over the next half month, the government of Gessero Star would send the planet’s best instructors to teach them knowledge that might be useful in Eden.

In the afternoon was the mecha tutorial.

Lian Fei had only piloted mechas in the DOL.

She was very much looking forward to piloting a mecha in the real world.

To avoid being late again, Lian Fei woke up an hour early and went to the class location.

It was a vast outdoor field, as large as five football stadiums.

In the center stood two mechas.

The two mechas looked exactly alike—dark gray bodies radiating the cold, oppressive aura unique to mechas.

Upon closer inspection, both were covered with numerous irregular scratches and repairs.

Though not falling apart, they looked quite unsightly.

From these marks, it was clear these mechas had been in service for a long time.

According to information on the StarNet, Gessero Star had very few mechas.

Lian Fei guessed these were probably D-class mechas.

“So early?” An elderly man with white hair jumped down from the cockpit in the center of the mecha.

Lian Fei did not recognize him—he was the commander of the Tenth District Military.

Her eyes widened as she looked up at the mecha.

No way, it was over ten meters tall, and the cockpit alone was about ten meters high!

He just jumped down like that?!

Interstellar beings truly were terrifying.

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Lian Fei nodded, full of admiration.

As she pondered the man’s impressive agility, he was also sizing her up.

“A promising talent.”

The Tenth District commander thought more and more that Lian Fei was a rare gem.

As a military commander, he had no obligation to participate in the Eden contestants’ training.

But just for Lian Fei, he decisively canceled all his other plans and set aside a day to observe this mysterious talent.

After Lian Fei logged out of the DOL, several commanders who remained in the meeting room, with the chairman’s help, also experienced the Hell Insect Nest dungeon.

Battle-hardened as they were, they fully appreciated the dungeon’s difficulty.

When facing Tatuo, they were even more astonished by its strength.

All the commanders had mental power rankings above A, plenty of insectoid combat experience, and were top-notch fighters.

Yet against Tatuo, they unanimously thought:

They could never beat Tatuo one-on-one.

Tatuo’s reactions were too fast; the commanders were forced into a purely defensive stance with no chance to attack.

And this was with them fighting as a team!

Recalling Lian Fei’s battle with Tatuo, it was a fierce, evenly matched contest.

After killing Tatuo once, they wisely abandoned the path of killing it nine more times and, like Lian Fei, chose to make a wish.

Upon exiting the dungeon, they exchanged glances and raised their estimation of Lian Fei considerably.

This year’s Eden might truly break the stalemate.

“Since you’re here, let’s start with piloting the mecha,” the commander said after a pause. “My surname is Shen. Just call me Teacher Shen.”

Lian Fei nodded obediently and said, “Teacher Shen.”

The commander was very pleased with her politeness.

So young, humble and calm—quite impressive.

Lian Fei asked, “Are we not waiting for the others?”

Teacher Shen hesitated, then shook his head. “They don’t matter.”

They’re cannon fodder.

Lian Fei was stunned.

They were already giving her special treatment?

Yet she felt a thrill of joy.

Fine, let them isolate me.

But now, it wouldn’t be them isolating her—it would be her isolating them!

Thinking this, Lian Fei involuntarily straightened her back and lifted her chin.

Teacher Shen was somewhat puzzled but didn’t comment.

With a wave of his hand, he used his mental power to shrink the two mechas into necklaces.

He handed one necklace to Lian Fei and said, “I’ve temporarily transferred the mecha control rights to you. As long as you use your mental power to connect with the mecha, you can deploy it. When the mecha unfolds, get inside the cockpit and set your control preferences.”

After scratching his head, he added, “This is a sensory mecha. If you want to control it manually, you can switch to this one.”

Lian Fei looked down at the mecha necklace in her hand, deep in thought.

The problem was, she had no mental power—how was she supposed to pilot the mecha?