Volume 1 Chapter 441

Chapter 441: The Ailuo Race’s Taste Is a Bit Curious

After finishing the "performance," Yi put down the instrument and looked at Lolth and the others with a confused expression.

In just three minutes, her four teammates seemed to have gone through some sort of mental shock and became weak and tired.

Especially Lalea, who looked like she could barely stand.

But if it really was a mental shock, why didn’t she feel anything?

"You all… were ambushed?"

Yi asked with curiosity.

"In a way, yes."

Lalea, leaning on the stage, managed to stand and showed a sorrowful look in her eyes.

Yi frowned and looked at the silver puppet beside her.

Clearly, Yi instinctively thought that the Autonomous Guards from the Ailuo race were up to something.

Just as the real culprit was about to argue with the innocent Autonomous Guards, Lolth interrupted her.

"Alright… Yi, it’s okay," she said, pointing at the stand, "We haven’t sustained any serious harm, so don’t interrupt the ‘review’ process."

Yi also looked at the stand.

She noticed that the magical virtual figures seemed to be whispering to each other!

This amazing scene made her momentarily distracted.

The others, who had recovered a bit, also showed faces of curiosity.

Only Lolth understood the principle behind this.

"Wow… the Ailuo race really understands the essence of the soul."

"But do they have any connection to the Divine Kingdom of the plague world?"

Although it seems like a simulated interaction, Lolth knows…

These whispers are actually ‘information sharing.’

The magic synthesis sound has ‘lied.’

These spectators are realistic.

But in the final review stage, it’s not about how many of them decide if she passes.

The Ailuo race… took a shortcut.

These spectators are a whole.

Their simulated souls were like pieces, working together to decide if "Yi’s performance passed."

It was not that each person calculated alone, produced results, and then all the results were counted to find the pass rate.

In other words, everyone’s opinion would be a kind of result.

Lolth had seen a similar technology before.

In the core of the "God of Plague’s" Divine Kingdom, including the technology used for the Divine Throne at the bottom of that Divine Kingdom…

It was very similar to this.

That is why Lolth wondered if there was a connection between these two ancient ruins.

Although she was one hundred percent sure that the ruins did not belong to the Ailuo race, there were no Ailuo race features, the writing and symbols were independent and completely new, and the architectural style was very different from the Ailuo race…

But the familiarity of this technology was just too strong.

The difference is that the Ailuo race uses souls as independent magic runes.

But essentially, they are both magical networks formed by the connections of individual, highly independent components, creating some large and complex effects.

Considering both are ancient civilizations, Lolth thought there might have been some communication between them.

However, no matter the principle, once it was clear that this was not a true "audience vote," but rather a complete sham and a black box operation…

Lolth became very concerned about the final results provided.

Because this is a cumulative calculation result.

Therefore, there exists something similar to a "formula."

At the very least, it is a "standard."

Understanding this "standard" is very helpful for Lolth in deliberately failing next.

Especially in such a bad situation with Yi, Lolth wanted to see what her "score" was.

Yes, the so-called "number of viewers who approved" is, in Lolth’s eyes, actually just the score.

In essence, it is just a different way of saying it, a more ceremonial way of scoring.

The Ailuo race’s civilization still did not really simulate hundreds of real souls.

Essentially, it is still a one-man show by some "core."

Under Lolth’s expectation, the communication gradually calmed down.

Lolth knew that the "calculation" was nearing its end.

Just as she expected…

In the next moment, the sound of magical synthesis rang out.

"Yi, the audience’s votes for your ‘skill’ are…"

"636 votes, approved!"

"Approval rate, 91.907%!"

"Congratulations, you have earned a Proof of Trial and entered the second round of evaluation!"

This result only made Yi nod slightly.

"Just as I thought."

She said calmly, as if she was not surprised by the result.

Although it was her first time playing an instrument, Yi felt…

Folk music is also something she is interested in.

Although it is not as exciting as a sword fight, it is still a nice way to pass the time.

Indeed, taking a walk is good for oneself.

She thought to herself.

"What a ridiculous thought!"

However, the other four clearly could not accept this result, and after a moment of surprise, Lalea cursed directly.

Qiong and Julie wondered if they should just give up if they drew their own name next.

Everyone confirmed one thing from Yi’s performance…

That is that the evaluation standards for this round must be broken due to time passing!

If that is not the case, it only means that the souls of the Ailuo race created are even more unusual than expected.

They have good reason to doubt that the people of the Ailuo race have some kind of crazy ideas.

After all, which normal race would think that is a "peak" skill?

The shocking part is definitely enough!

But this level of absurdity is just like thinking that strong acid and granite are tasty; no race… uh, at least no race from the main plane would do that!

At the same time, Lolth was also completely stunned.

Because she knew that what this thing was doing wasn’t actually a real soul giving scores, she was even more shocked.

A passing rate of "99.9%" was actually the score given by the core Autonomous Guard that controlled this trial of the Ailuo race.

Lolth was a bit confused by this standard.

If it were reversed scoring, the worse it was, the higher the score…

Lolth thought this thing should get 100 points.

At least 95 points.

So she was not very clear about what "excellent" and "impressive" really meant, or what "highly skilled talent" was about.

Since there are "standards" that can be measured, those standards must not be completely subjective.

If she went ahead without thinking, she might also pass with a high score.

But what if she didn’t go ahead… what if her score turned out to be normal?

And what if the skill she ended up with was something she couldn’t do at all?

What if she was forced into a bad situation and passed anyway? That would be a big problem!

After thinking it over, Lolth made a decision.

I need to look at another person!

Among my three remaining teammates, some really plan to be the second one to go on stage.

"Senior, this trial is very strange… So, I will help you take a look!"

Julie walked towards the silver puppet in the center circle!