Previously, Wen Nan had chosen temporary binding again, and now, the testing space of the Divine Staff Sheath opened on time once more. Wen Nan landed steadily on a dark "pool of water." Ahead, he could clearly see the silhouettes of the other two candidates, and above their heads, a massive floating screen displayed line after line of familiar text— [Welcome to the Divine Staff Sheath - Sword Holder Candidate Qualification Test - Exclusive Space] [This time, there are a total of 3 Sword Holder candidates. The candidates’ status is as follows— Candidate No. 1: Holds 2.5 Fragments (pending confirmation); Candidate No. 2: Holds 1 Fragment (pending confirmation); Candidate No. 3: Holds 0.5 Fragment (pending confirmation).] [All candidates, please confirm whether to participate in this qualification test.] [Note: If you forfeit the test, you will be immediately removed from the space. If confirmed to participate, candidates must not leave midway through the test.] This time, all three candidates pressed the confirm button at the first opportunity. As before, the Divine Staff Sheath again selected topics from the question bank based on the conditions of the three testers. Evidently, the system was a bit lazy as well; the three topics drawn this time were exactly the same as last time. Unsurprisingly, the priority to select a question once again fell to Yu Shujun. This time, without the content judgment card, Yu Shujun did not hold back and directly chose the last option for him— [Topic 3. There’s nothing that one blast can’t solve, and if it can’t be solved, then two blasts will! (Topic keyword: Ultimate Charm)] [The test countdown begins now: 10:00:00——] As the countdown ticked, the system’s prompt to construct his exclusive test space once again sounded in Wen Nan’s mind. He squatted on the ground, dug his ears with his fingers, and waited for the system’s prompt of test space construction failure, which quickly arrived as expected. Wen Nan stood up again, stretched his arms wide, yawned, and then walked slowly towards Wei Zhe’s No. 2 test space nearby. Unsurprisingly, Wei Zhe was once again placed in that school bathroom, enduring the campus bullying from the giant puppet with two emerald eyes. In an almost complete repeat of the previous plot, Wen Nan, upon seeing the other person being pressed into the toilet again, turned away satisfied and headed towards No. 1 test space. The layout of the No. 1 test space was also nearly identical to the last time: the same spacious and cozy room, the same blood-covered floor, and the same faceless woman cooking in the open kitchen. However, this time, Wen Nan did not see the corpse with a fruit knife stuck in its back on the floor next to the living room sofa. This left Wen Nan puzzled. The corpse had been a significant source of Yu Shujun’s Fear Value in the last test, yet now, along with the fruit knife, it had disappeared? Wen Nan circled the room, and the view at the end of the hallway, previously in a blind spot, was fully exposed. As he saw the scene before him, Wen Nan was stunned. In the corner sat a flowerpot, and from it grew a money tree reaching the ceiling. From the money tree hung the corpse of a young woman. "Hung" was not quite the right word; "impaled" was more fitting—the money tree had pierced through the deceased woman from below, stretching out from her head, like a shrimp skewered by a bamboo stick. Her manner of death rivaled the cruel "Incense Torture." What had Yu Shujun gone through in the past? Why did such corpses always appear in her exclusive test space? Did she also have some mental disorder, like Wen Nan? Wen Nan was absorbed in the sight, and didn’t move for a long time. Until there was a banging on a storage room door nearby, snapping Wen Nan back to reality and reminding him of his intended task. As he walked towards the storage room below the stairs, the faceless woman approached as well. Just like last time, she stood outside the door, threatening Yu Shujun verbally, emphasizing for her to quietly remain in the dark with the urn. Wen Nan peered through the crack of the door, seeing once again Yu Shujun bound and suspended, wearing nothing but scanty lace attire. Upon hearing the faceless woman mentioning "darkness," "enclosure," "ashes," Yu Shujun showed fear once more, tiptoeing to distance herself from the small square box. These exclusive test spaces create a nightmare-like effect on those tested within. Like some people who repeatedly dream about taking the college entrance exam, clearly irrational, but still wrapped in the fear of sitting in the exam hall with a blank brain, waking up in alarm. Now, this No. 1 test space repeated nearly the same scene, yet Yu Shujun was still trapped and engulfed in intense fear. While pondering, Wen Nan saw a line of text appear above Yu Shujun’s head— [Fear Value: 13; Desire Value: 0; Conversion Rate: 0.] Seems like there’s some slight change? Wen Nan remembered clearly that the initial Fear Value Yu Shujun obtained during the last entry to this test space was 16. Even 16 was a low value last time, and now it had dropped another 3 points? It seems that the highly repetitive nightmare space, although not allowing Yu Shujun to immediately recognize it as a false scene, had significantly reduced its stimulating effect. With only a Fear Value of 13, it’s far too little for Wen Nan to use. While thinking, the person in the room made a flick of the wrist, followed by a golden light, and upon looking up again— [Fear Value: 12; Desire Value: 0; Conversion Rate: 0.] Alright, it dropped another point. Before Wen Nan could feel regret, the golden light slashed the room door, creating a crack on the outer wall of the test space, followed by— [Fear Value: 9; Desire Value: 0; Conversion Rate: 0.] Wen Nan screamed in his heart. Fortunately, the person realized that the conversion rate of their Fear Value hadn’t moved at all, so they promptly retracted the light sword. But seeing that 9 above, Wen Nan couldn’t accept it. This time, he intended to go all out. With this little Fear Value, he’s afraid that once he drops his pants and reveals his golden briefs, the next moment the Fear Value would all be converted. Would that mean his plan ends before it even starts... With this in mind, Wen Nan rolled up his sleeves, squeezed into the test space through the crack. He decided to rely on his own hard work to secure benefits for himself.