According to the usual rules, the assessment of newcomers by the Arbitration Department mainly focuses on four aspects: strength, speed, mental power, and control.

This fifteen-day special training revolves around these four points of improvement. Nanjin is responsible for "strength," Zhong Wei is responsible for "speed," Senior Sister Luo is responsible for "mental power" and "control," which coincidentally correspond to the transcendent characteristics of the three of them.

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"I'm back..."

Late at night, 11:30.

Gu Shen, who had finished a day of training, returned to the apartment, weakly pushing the door and leaning against the wall, barely stabilizing himself.

Today's training was too brutal.

After the end of the Awakening Dream, Nanjin dragged Gu Shen onto the boxing ring. It was supposed to be strength training, but it was actually a training of getting beaten up. Nanjin was a top expert in close combat, proficient in key points, and tortured Gu Shen relentlessly. Gu Shen was beaten like a sandbag, barely able to stand, but still had a bit of strength left.

Calculating the time, this bad woman trained him for a full six hours... with intermittent breaks of less than twenty minutes.

These six hours felt like a century.

So much so that Gu Shen's legs were trembling on the way back.

"Meow!"

As soon as Gu Shen's voice was heard, the orange cat happily meowed and ran out of the room.

"Here... food."

Gu Shen didn't have the mood to pay attention to the silly cat. He opened a large bag of cat food, threw it in the corner, and quickly went to wash up.

Then he collapsed on the bed, extremely exhausted.

His whole body felt like it was falling apart... It's hard to imagine that in Nanjin's words, this was just an "appetizer" and "warm-up exercise."

How terrifying would tomorrow's training be?

In fact, Gu Shen was not afraid or timid. On the contrary... every time he was knocked down on the boxing ring today, he immediately got up.

Getting up was not to show off, but because he didn't want to fall down like that.

He let out a long breath.

Gu Shen stopped thinking too much. He stretched out his hands and looked satisfied at the calluses in his palms.

Today's training was quite fruitful.

He had already started to get used to using "Awakening" instead of normal breathing, and every breath took away three points of mental fatigue.

Many times, Gu Shen only felt that he truly existed in extremely quiet and limited spaces...

Like now.

In the closed room, there was not a single sound.

Not even the sound of the wind.

Gu Shen slowly closed his eyes and fell into a light sleep. The experiences of the past few days flashed through his mind.

Real and yet dreamlike.

He didn't know when he had opened the door to the transcendent world.

His heart was not very stable, as if something was missing. Gu Shen reached out a hand and touched under the pillow. After touching the ruler of truth, he felt much more at ease.

Hmm... now he felt at ease.

In the future, when going out, it would be better to bring the ruler of truth, just in case something unexpected happens... After all, he was the lucky one who could encounter A-009 even on a train, so encountering anything strange wouldn't be surprising.

"You've finally become the tail of the crane... How does it feel?"

The big orange cat pushed open the door, tiptoed onto the bed, and its eyes sparkled.

Chu Ling came online.

Gu Shen smiled bitterly, "To be honest... I regret it a little. Senior Sister Luo said that if the comprehension time is within two hours, it will be directly evaluated as 'S' level. If I had known, I would have broken the record. Maybe the results of the Arbitration Department's assessment would have come out."

"No..."

"Looking at it now, your choice at that time was actually correct."

Chu Ling slowly said, "Someone in the Arbitration Department has already set their sights on you. Being too outstanding is not a good thing."

Gu Shen suddenly became alert.

"Someone in the department... has set their sights on me?"

"Yes. This person is called 'Han Dang.'"

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The big orange cat licked its paws. It came to Gu Shen's side, raised its paw, and the bedroom projector automatically turned on, displaying page after page of files in blue light.

Chu Ling controlled the system from a distance, playing Han Dang's information.

Gu Shen frowned as he watched.

He had vaguely guessed that there were struggles and disagreements within the Arbitration Department.

When the last judgment on himself ended, Chief Judge Yan Shi Cheng mentioned a name—

Zhu Wang!

At that time, he felt that there would be some twists and turns in the future.

"Han Dang is Zhu Wang's favorite disciple. His status and strength are on par with Senior Sister Luo. He is also a transcendent with mental abilities."

In the Deep Sea's archive, all of Han Dang's information was retrieved by Chu Ling, from his birth date to his honorary medals... After browsing through it, Gu Shen couldn't help but sigh.

This man named Han Dang had outstanding achievements. He was indeed a shining star among the new generation in the Arbitration Department.

He was truly on par with Senior Sister Luo.

And when Gu Shen saw the latest information about Han Dang, everything suddenly became clear in an instant.

He was wide awake."He arrived in Dateng City and immediately went to the old building where the fire occurred..."

Gu Shen sat up, the fatigue on his body disappeared in an instant. He quickly flipped through the electronic file. In the distant clouds, a packaged video was still being uploaded.

He knew very well that those with spiritual abilities often developed the ability of "side writing." Among them, the top-notch individuals like Senior Luo could even recreate the environment of a fire incident a day after it happened.

Senior Luo revealed her extraordinary abilities and almost saw through the truth.

This person named Han Dang was Mr. Shu's number one disciple and his archenemy. He came to Dateng this time... it was obvious what he was here for.

He was here for him!

He came to investigate the fire incident and his own transcendent abilities!

"This is the action video I captured."

The video from the cloud finished downloading and immediately popped up.

In the video, smoke filled the air, and the view was blurry. Gu Shen saw the scene of a helicopter arriving at the scene of the fire incident... The next scene was truly shocking. After Han Dang fell from the sky, all the security personnel prepared to counterattack, but something happened. They all stood still like puppets and gave up their weapons.

"Are these people 'hypnotized'?"

Gu Shen shuddered, recalling his encounter in the afternoon.

Facing Senior Luo's dream invasion, he had no resistance... Without exception, all the security personnel of the fire incident were suppressed by Han Dang's transcendent power.

"He went to investigate the old building... Due to the lack of surveillance, we don't know what happened inside." Chu Ling's tone remained calm and composed. "Fifteen minutes later, Han Dang erased the memories of these people."

"This is too terrifying..."

After watching the video, Gu Shen asked cautiously, "With Han Dang's transcendent power, who can still be his opponent?"

"Han Dang is indeed formidable."

Chu Ling paused for a moment. "But perhaps... he is not as powerful as you imagine. Undoubtedly, only a transcendent can defeat another transcendent... but no one is perfect. Everyone has weaknesses, and in a life-or-death battle, these weaknesses become fatal flaws."

Gu Shen noticed a striking red document among the retrieved files.

Is this a confidential file about Han Dang?

Gu Shen was curious. He manipulated the cursor and hovered over it, making a crisp clicking sound--

Instead of opening the file, a strong alert sound popped up.

Then came a series of garbled characters.

Finally, the screen was filled with a big red cross and four bolded words.

"Insufficient permissions."

Gu Shen was shocked.

He had always believed that Chu Ling was capable of anything... Linking to the Deep Sea, providing all-encompassing surveillance, analyzing real-time data, planning strategic deployments... It was like having another Deep Sea with the highest authority.

But this time, he hit a wall.

"You seem surprised?"

The orange cat calmly licked its paw. "I don't think I ever said I could do everything."

"Yes..."

Gu Shen subconsciously spoke, "But... this is just Han Dang's file..."

"You're thinking that this is just Han Dang's file, and above Han Dang, there's Zhu Wang, and above him, there are the members of the East Continent Council, and even higher..." The orange cat turned its head. "I'm not almighty. There are still many things I can't do now, maybe I can accomplish them in the future."

She suddenly asked, "If I could open the file of the Speaker of the Five Continents now, would you want to take a look?"

"I want to... but I dare not. Isn't that too much for my brain to handle?" Gu Shen understood the sarcasm and instantly became timid. He mumbled, "Have I already boarded the thief ship?"

It was quite ironic.

He was the one who initially advised Chu Ling not to engage in illegal activities.

Now, he was the one who confidently said it was great.

"You boarded the thief ship a long time ago. Do you want to repent now?" The orange cat stretched its paw and earnestly advised, "If you repent now, you might get a life sentence. If you're discovered later, it might be the death penalty."

"Phew, why are you saying such ominous things?" Gu Shen held up the orange cat seriously. "We are law-abiding and upright young people who never do anything against the rules... as long as we're not caught, who knows?"

The orange cat was not used to being held up.

It struggled and protested.

But to no avail.

So it gave up.

"In short... you need to know that someone is watching us, and we must remain vigilant at all times." Chu Ling sighed, "That guy named Han Dang is not to be underestimated. He came all the way to Dateng, probably to sabotage your review and then take advantage of the 'amnesty order' to make a move and further overthrow Zhou JiRen."

Gu Shen fell into deep thought."The worst-case scenario is that he has discovered the existence of the 'ruler' and has begun to suspect your Transcendent abilities. If you come into contact with him in the future, he will definitely test you. You need to think of a countermeasure."

The orange cat swished its tail, the glow in its eyes slowly fading.

"Alright, I'm tired now, you may leave."

A cat's meow jolted Gu Shen from his deep thoughts.

The large orange cat, who was halfway through its meal when it found itself being lifted into the air, was first shocked, then extremely angry. It growled, then clung to Gu Shen's face, puffing out a cloud of yellow smoke, before huffily striding away.