<h4>Chapter 15: Shocking the Audience, The High Commander''s Astonishment!</h4>


    At this moment, not only were countless yers in Test Room No. 3 watching intently.


    Sterl''s battle footage was also captured by cameras and broadcasted to various bases participating in this pioneer assessment.


    In the God Mountain Empire, within Base 5677, situated in the municipal center, a conversation was unfolding.


    "Commander Miste, look, this young man seems very confident, as if he''s sure of himself," said a young man dressed in ck leather respectfully to the figure sitting in the main seat.


    The room was filled with yers, their eyes glued to arge screen broadcasting the event.


    The screen disyed thousands of surveince videos, covering the testing conditions in twelve bases for this pioneer yer assessment.


    What was shocking was the aura of the yers around; anyone with a detection skill would realize these were all professionals above level 20!


    Base 5677, identified by its four-digit code, was a mid-level base among Earth''s human forces and the superior to Sterl''s Base 71392.


    "He looks young and confident? Good."


    "Sterl from Base 71392... just became a yer this year? With only a D-grade talent level?"


    "Did hee across some opportunity, or was there a mistake in recording his talent level?" The person known as Commander Miste was a solemn-faced man dressed in a white robe.


    "Forget it, switch his surveince to my screen," Mistemanded.


    "Yes," his subordinate responded.


    Soon, another surveince feed appeared before themander, adding to the over one hundred and twenty screens he was already monitoring, showcasing rtively young yers facing elite monsters.


    However, Miste''s attention wasn''t on Sterl''s feed. After checking the data, he realized that this young man from Base 71392 seemed too ordinary.


    Even taking the time to watch his surveince video felt like a potential waste, as Sterl might indeed be overconfident and unable to ovee the challenge.


    "Base 71394''s Judy has awakened a B-grade mental talent, [Wind Mastery]."


    "Base 71388''s Verden, C-grade talent, and has triggered a hidden quest with high potential."


    "Base 71044''s Norville, C-grade talent, became a yerst year, participated in a boss hunt, and survived sessfully."


    "Base 71055..."


    Commander Miste pondered. These were the genius yers that emerged from the various bases under the jurisdiction of Base 5677 in this andst year''s batches, and they were his primary subjects of interest.


    ...


    Meanwhile, back in the testing room,


    Sterl was oblivious to the attention he had garnered.


    He had already nned his exnation if he won against the elite monster. He would im it was due to his [Attribute Enhancement] talent, which was of a very high tier, but not fully revealed during the initial testing.


    The awakening devices in the base were developed by Earth''s humans themselves, not originating from the "Transcendence" game system. Instances of misrecording talent levels had urred multiple times, ording to records.


    With such an exnation, Sterl believed no one could fault him.


    He was deep in thought, but the gically modified werewolf opposite him wasn''t about to wait idly by; instead, itunched a ferocious attack.


    "Aoooooo!!"


    With a low growl, the werewolf charged forward, bing a blur of motion!


    In less than half a second, Sterl could see the monster''s fierce canine teeth and smell its foul stench.


    Yet, to others, what might be an unbelievably fast attack was meaningless against Sterl.


    He directly activated [Descent of the Gods]!


    A faint golden light enveloped Sterl, increasing all his attributes by 50 points, in addition to doubling his base attributes. Given he was level 9 and hadn''t allocated his points yet, all his attributes reached seventy points!


    Now, his attributes were nearly three times those of the elite monster.


    With such a terrifying gap, Sterl had an overwhelming advantage even without using any skills. The werewolf''s charge was met with Sterl slightly sidestepping, dodging at an extreme angle.


    Then, he threw a punch, swift as lightning and with the force of a thousand pounds,


    hitting the target''s skull squarely!


    The werewolf screamed as its head was pulverized into a mist of blood!!


    Instant kill!


    The monster''s torso continued its forward momentum, neck spraying blood, before its body, following inertia, copsed on one side of the arena.


    And with that, the battle was over.


    A voice soon echoed in the air. "Congrattions to Tester No. 110 forpleting the test!" "Congrattions..."


    ...


    This scene left everyone present dumbfounded.


    No one had processed what had happened.


    "Wait, what just happened?"


    "Did that young man win??"


    "Did he just one-shot it, are you kidding me??"


    "Is there a bug in the virtual imaging system?"


    "An elite monster got one-shot, could it be that this young man is a professional?"


    The audience was in an uproar. It''s not that the yers present weren''t prepared for Sterl to win, but who could have imagined that a yer, evidently a neer, facing an elite monster that even yers near level 20 struggled with...


    Would achieve a one-shot victory?


    Is this world crazy, or are they mentally deranged?


    And it wasn''t just the people on the scene who were stunned.


    At this moment, in Base 5677, Commander Miste, watching one of the hundreds of screens before him disy the message "Assessment Sessful," was also bewildered.


    Just a second ago, he had nced at the screen, where the surveince showed the genius yers from various bases; most hadn''t started their battles, and the few who did were just beginning. How could one suddenly show a sessful assessment??


    Upon checking, Miste was even more astonished to find that the yer who had passed the assessment wasn''t any of the "geniuses" he had been focusing on.


    The ones he had noted down, Judy with a B-grade talent, Verden with a C-grade talent...


    On the screens, they either hadn''t started or were in the midst of a fierce battle with monsters.


    "Then, who exactly passed the assessment?"


    After asking the yers present, everyone was just as clueless.


    On the screen, a thousand people were taking the assessment at the same time, and Sterl finished his battle in less than two seconds. Unfortunately, no one happened to witness the moment he instantly killed the gically modified werewolf.


    Then, after their initial confusion, the yers immediately opted to pull up the system data, and the truth was revealed.


    "Is this the Sterl from Base 73192?? ording to the rey, he took down that elite monster in one move!!"


    "What? An instant kill? You must be joking."


    "Could it be a glitch in the virtual imaging system?"


    Despite being from a mid-level base, the yers and Commander Mister reacted just like those in Sterl''s testing room, unable to believe their eyes and suspecting a bug in the system.


    It was only after repeatedly watching the video that they confirmed... it couldn''t be a BUG!


    The speed and the force of the werewolf''s attacks, perceivable through the video, clearly demonstrated the strength of a level ten elite!The battle ended so quickly solely because the yer named Sterl... was too strong!


    "Damn!!"


    Mister couldn''t help but curse, and he even lost interest in watching the assessments of other yers.


    "You guys keep watching; I must report this new yer''s performance to the authorities at Base 131 in the Val Administrative Region."


    "I never expected we''d catch such a big fish during this exploration mission."


    "If this Sterl... Brother Sterl, is deemed qualified by the higher-ups to join the Spark Project, bing an important talent reserve for our human race on Earth..."


    "Our base''s funding for the next ten years would be secured!"


    Mister spoke with extreme excitement.


    The so-called Spark Project is a n by the human race on Earth to better cultivate yers with top-tier talents.


    yers who join can enjoy various rare resources collected by the human race, including ss change items, skills, books, rare titles, pets, and equipment.


    They also gain ess to important information, such as the initiation of certain hidden quests and strategies to increase favorability with important NPCs...


    Of course, these resources are not free. yers who join the project mustplete additional tasks and assessments. However, for many people, such high-level resources are out of reach.


    It''s no exaggeration to say that yers who join the Spark Project are bound to soar to great heights!