Chapter 2171 - 2164: He Actually Fell Asleep

Zhang Menglong followed the examiner’s instructions and walked into the glass enclosure. Soon, the glass door closed, and a deep red hue appeared on it, making it difficult for him to make out the situation outside.

"In the Blood Pond, your naked eye visibility won’t exceed two meters. This instrument can almost completely recreate the conditions you’re about to face," the examiner’s voice sounded from outside.

"Knock, knock!" Zhang Menglong lightly tapped the glass. He was surprised to feel no vibration from the glass, or perhaps it was made from entirely transparent material.

"This thing is really strong!" Zhang Menglong muttered to himself, but on further thought, considering the strength of the pressure, if the container wasn’t strong enough, it would be unable to withstand such pressure.

"Are you ready?" The examiner’s voice sounded again, "If you’re ready, you can press the button on your left hand side."

Zhang Menglong fumbled for a moment and found the button. As he pressed it, a thick red liquid slowly overflowed from beneath his feet.

"Wow, this thing really reeks of blood!" Zhang Menglong frowned. His body was slowly lifted by the liquid, indicating its high density!

When the liquid lifted Zhang Menglong to the top of the container, it finally began to slowly engulf his body. As the liquid reached his knees, he felt a significant pressure, akin to a pair of hands crazily squeezing his legs. As the garment rose just a few centimeters, his palms almost bore the pressure found at several hundred meters under the sea.

In less than a minute, Zhang Menglong was immersed in the liquid and suspended in the center.

"The compression hasn’t started yet, but this pressure is already enough to make some weak Transcenders struggle to breathe. This guy’s physical condition is impressive!" said a female examiner looking at Zhang Menglong’s instrument, his various indicators were very normal, blood pressure stable, heart rate calm.

"Hmph, I reckon he’ll top out at around 20,000 meters," the chief examiner chuckled, "Remember that little guy from four or five years ago? So young yet reached Level Two Transcender status, thinking his Gift was extraordinary, he joined the assessment. At 18,000 meters, he began gasping for air. These young people nowadays are really getting more and more impatient."

"Let’s start the pressure test!" The chief examiner glanced at Zhang Menglong, thinking in his view, young people sometimes need to experience setbacks to understand the brutal reality of society.

With the instrument’s activation, Zhang Menglong clearly felt the pressure on every inch of his skin rapidly increasing, this attempt was simulating the Explorer’s dive in the Blood Pond.

This is just a depth of several thousand meters, aside from Zhang Menglong, all other participants are above sixth order Transcender, at this depth, almost no one faces any issue. Generally, it takes a depth over 150,000 meters to enter the danger zone for regular candidates.

The three examiners directly walked up to Zhang Menglong; they wanted to see to what extent this youngster without fear could endure.

"I bet 100 Supreme Coins he can only reach a depth of 10,000 meters." said the seventh order Transcender male examiner.

"Hahaha, in that case, I’ll ante up, I bet on 15,000 meters!" The woman let out an unsettling giggle.

"How about you, boss?" both looked at the chief examiner.

"Boss?" Within the instrument, Zhang Menglong heard their conversation, what kind of strange title is ’boss’? Are these three part of some organization?

"Should be able to reach 20,000 meters?" said the chief examiner.

"20,000 meters? Boss, you have too high expectations of him!" said the male Senior Explorer, "An ordinary First Grade Transcender, being able to endure 8,000 meters is considered qualified. Usually, upon reaching sixth order Transcender, one can obtain a Junior Explorer license. If one surpasses 15,000 meters, perhaps they can meet Junior Explorer standards at the fifth order Transcender peak, surpassing 20,000 meters would mean a real prodigy."

"You just watch, this guy might give us a surprise!" the chief examiner stared at Zhang Menglong’s life signs.

The depth now exceeded 5,000 meters, Zhang Menglong’s vital signs were still unchanged, which surprisingly caught the attention of the two Senior Explorers. Generally, for a First Grade Transcender, post 5,000 meters, there would be notable vital sign fluctuations.

"8,000 meters, vital signs are still stable, this guy’s got potential!"

"10,000 meters, still no change?"

"15,000 meters..."

Their expressions gradually shifted from calm to astonished, a First Grade Transcender at 15,000 meters depth in the Blood Pond didn’t exhibit any vital sign alterations, even his muscles remained very relaxed!

Usually, at significant depths, they can’t maintain muscle relaxation, requiring tension to resist the formidable external pressure.

But Zhang Menglong’s muscles even now were completely relaxed, indicating that a depth of 15,000 meters was far from the limit his body could endure.

"Could he really reach 20,000 meters?" the two deputy examiners were keenly observing the instrument, gradually realizing they underestimated Zhang Menglong, even at 20,000 meters, his muscle condition remained 100% relaxed, almost as if asleep, if not for Zhang Menglong’s stable vital signs, they’d doubt whether Zhang Menglong had died!

"30,000 meters, is this guy a freak?"

At this moment, the chief examiner’s expression was somewhat strained, under such pressure, several screaming candidates had started their muscles to tense slowly, though slightly, only about 5%-10%, proving they needed bodily adjustments to adapt the current depth, yet Zhang Menglong’s muscle tension remained at 0%.

The few exchanged glances, "Today we might witness the rise of a prodigy!"

So far, there were indeed no young Transcenders participating in exams, their goal wasn’t to obtain a Searcher’s license, but to evaluate their physical strength.

Currently, the maximum depth record created by a First Grade Transcender is 5,421 meters, sustaining over 30 seconds at this depth.

"50,000 meters!"

"Muscles still relaxed, vital signs peaceful, brain waves active, his condition... appears asleep!"

"What? Asleep?" All were dumbfounded, in such a condition, ordinary people maintain a high level of concentration, yet Zhang Menglong fell asleep? This indirectly indicates the environment not only posed no pressure to Zhang Menglong but felt extremely comfortable!

"This is not a freak, this is a real monster!"