kvmb Chapter 29 Red Star Tower (Part 2)
Chapter 29 Red Star Tower (Part 2)
In the center of the room on the fourth floor, as always, there was a table with many colorful balloons on it.
Looking at the balloons, Chu Qiuchi couldn't help but feel surprised. Was this challenge about blowing up balloons? But then she thought, the task certainly wouldn't be that simple.
Just as she was pondering, the voice from inside the tower sounded again, giving clear instructions.
"Hello, challenger! On the table are magic balloons, each with a different capacity for magic. Your task is to input magic into each balloon, precisely controlling it to reach its maximum capacity, but remember, you must not let any balloon pop!"
Chu Qiuchi instantly understood that this test was a test of precise control over magic and mental perception.
Having learned from the previous challenge, she remained calm and focused, carefully channeling magic into the first magic balloon. She had to be extremely careful, ensuring the balloon inflated to its maximum without bursting.
As the balloon gradually inflated, Chu Qiuchi subtly sensed the subtle changes in the magic power inside. She gradually found her rhythm and began to channel magic power into the balloon one after another.
Time slipped away unnoticed as she focused intently on the task. When she successfully got the last balloon to its maximum capacity without it bursting, she finally relaxed, satisfied with her performance.
"Challenger, your basic magic control skills and mental perception have both reached level A. You have successfully passed the level! Please proceed to the next level!" Chu Qiuchi stepped forward.
Upon entering the fifth floor, Chu Qiuchi looked around and saw balloons floating in the room, with a pile of darts scattered on the ground, foreshadowing a new round of challenges.
She sighed inwardly; the tests in this tower were truly endless and varied—they really knew how to play tricks. As she carefully observed her surroundings and pondered her countermeasures, the voice from within the tower sounded as promised.
"Challenger, please control all the darts simultaneously to pop 50 balloons flying in the wind at the same time. Friendly reminder: You only have two chances!"
As the notification sound faded, a strange, eerie wind suddenly swept through the room, causing the previously quietly floating balloons to fly around wildly, drastically increasing the difficulty of the challenge.
Chu Qiuchi's eyes were fixed on the swaying balloons. Her mind raced as she considered how to precisely control the dart and pop all the balloons in one fell swoop during her only two chances.
She knew that this was not only a test of her mental control skills, but also a test of her accuracy and predictive ability.
In this limited opportunity, she had to control each dart with perfect precision, ensuring that every balloon was hit simultaneously. Chu Qiuchi's eyes darted rapidly between the darts and the balloons, silently calculating the optimal timing and angle for her throws.
Finally, with a slight sound, Chu Qiuchi's mental power shot out like an arrow, controlling all the darts to rise into the air, ready to launch an attack.
Her movements were fluid and decisive; each dart seemed to be an extension of her will, drawing precise trajectories in the air and aiming directly at the flying balloons.
Chu Qiuchi held his breath, preparing to seize that fleeting, perfect opportunity in the wind and succeed in one fell swoop.
Now! In an instant, darts were launched in unison, and a series of explosions rang out in the air. Success! Chu Qiuchi was filled with excitement and joy. He succeeded on his first try!
A voice echoed from within the tower: "Challenger, your intermediate-level mental control skills and accuracy have both reached Grade A. You have successfully passed the challenge! Please proceed to the next level."
This sound, like a victory horn, inspired Chu Qiuchi to continue forward.
Upon entering the sixth floor, Chu Qiuchi's gaze was drawn to a table. On the table were nine bottles, each with a small ball of varying size resting at its bottom, and long tubes of different thicknesses inserted into the bottles, extending from the bottle openings and converging at the center.
"Challengers, please simultaneously channel magic into all the bottles through these long tubes, suspending the small balls inside. Note: Different sized balls require different levels of magic to maintain their levitation. Failure to suspend a ball or break a bottle will result in failure!"
Chu Qiuchi stared at the bottles and tubes, realizing that this test was about her ability to precisely control and distribute magic.
Each ball requires a different amount of magic, and she must precisely adjust the amount of magic injected to ensure that each ball can float stably and that none of them fall or the bottle breaks.
Taking a deep breath, Chu Qiuchi began to concentrate, and her magic was slowly released, like gentle ripples of water, flowing into each bottle through a long tube.
She carefully sensed the feedback from each small ball, fine-tuning the injected magic power according to their size and weight. With her control, the balls began to levitate one by one, like suspended stars, quietly resting within the bottle.
Chu Qiuchi was completely focused. Fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, but her eyes were firm, and she controlled the magic in her hands with increasing precision.
Finally, as the last ball floated steadily, a familiar notification sound came from within the tower: "Challenger, your intermediate magic control skill has reached Rank A. You have successfully passed the level! Please proceed to the next level!"
Upon hearing this voice, Chu Qiuchi finally relaxed his tense mind, and a satisfied smile appeared on his lips.
Upon reaching the seventh floor, Chu Qiuchi immediately noticed tiny sesame seeds falling continuously from the opposite wall, while countless exquisite embroidery needles were prominently displayed on the table in the center of the room.
She couldn't help but sigh inwardly; this testing tower was not only incredibly creative, but it was also getting more and more bizarre.
Faced with these sesame seeds and needles, Chu Qiuchi felt a sense of foreboding. This was clearly another challenge testing the precision of her mental control.
With the rules announced, Chu Qiuchi's anxiety finally subsided.
"Challenger, please simultaneously control all the embroidery needles on the table to pass through the sesame seeds that have fallen against the wall, and you cannot let any needle miss. Special reminder: You only have two chances to do so!"
Chu Qiuchi shook her head with a wry smile. Facing the hundreds of embroidery needles on the table, she realized that this would be a huge test of her mental control skills.
She quickly adjusted her mental state and prepared to meet the challenge. This challenge not only tested her precise control over her mental power, but also required her to have a keen judgment of the speed and direction of the falling sesame seeds.
Chu Qiuchi gently closed her eyes, trying to calm herself down. She knew that only by focusing intently could she perform at her best in this challenge.
As her breathing gradually calmed down, her mental energy seemed to transform into a fine, invisible net, quietly covering every embroidery needle on the table.
Under her careful manipulation, the embroidery needles seemed to come alive, beginning to tremble slightly. Then they all rose into the air, adjusted their direction, and pointed directly at the sesame seeds that were constantly falling against the wall.
Fine beads of sweat glistened on Chu Qiuchi's forehead under the lamplight, but her eyes were unusually focused, fixed on the sesame seeds falling continuously against the wall. Seizing the opportune moment, she swiftly shot the embroidery needle towards its target.
However, as the tower's notification sound appeared, her heart sank: "You missed 10 embroidery needles this time. You have one more chance. Please continue."
Chu Qiuchi calmed himself down again, refocused his mental energy, and began to perceive the subtle changes in each embroidery needle and the trajectory of the falling sesame seeds with greater care.
She knew that this time, she couldn't afford any mistakes; she had to go all out to ensure success, otherwise she would have to stop at this level. As the embroidery needle shot out again, Chu Qiuchi's heart was in her throat.
Time seemed to freeze at this moment, each embroidery needle tracing a precise path in the air, pointing directly at its target.
Sweat trickled silently down Chu Qiuchi's forehead, but she didn't bother wiping it away, anxiously awaiting the verdict from within the tower. When the notification sound of success rang out again, she almost burst into tears of excitement.
"Challenger, your advanced mental control skills have reached Grade A. You have successfully passed the level! Please proceed to the next level!"
Hearing the familiar notification sounds from within the tower, Chu Qiuchi felt incredibly proud and honored. Head held high, her steps firm and confident, she strode towards the steps leading to the next level.
As Chu Qiuchi stepped into the eighth floor, the sight before her made her hold her breath. The space on this floor seemed to be divided into countless bizarre and dazzling mirrors, each reflecting an exquisite illusion.
In the center of the room floats a dazzling crystal ball, emitting a soft and mysterious light, seemingly the core of this floor.
"Welcome to the eighth floor, challenger."
The voice from within the tower echoed in my ears, carrying a hint of mystery: "On this level, your challenge will be to decipher the truth reflected in the mirrors. Of all the mirrors, only one image is real. You must use your intuition and wisdom to find that one true mirror."
Chu Qiuchi's gaze wandered among the many mirrors. This layer not only tested her mental strength and insight, but also her ability to capture details.
The illusions in each mirror were so lifelike that it was hard to tell the difference between reality and illusion. She had to concentrate extremely hard to find even a trace of reality among the many illusions.
Chu Qiuchi carefully used her mental energy to wander between each mirror surface, trying to capture that subtle difference.
However, at this moment, the images in all the mirrors are flawless, without any flaws, as if each mirror reflects the real world without any error.
She couldn't help but wonder, how exactly could she make the image in the mirror change?
Could it be that magic needs to be input into the mirror to trigger some kind of reaction? Chu Qiuchi decided to try this method to see if he could trigger the differences between the mirrors.
She concentrated her mind and carefully channeled a tiny wisp of magic along the path of her spiritual power, slowly infusing it into the mirror in front of her.
Chu Qiuchi's gaze was as sharp as a falcon's, fixed on the mirror in front of him, not letting go of any possible clues.
At first, the mirror seemed to have no reaction to the input of magic, but as she continued to inject magic steadily, Chu Qiuchi began to sense a slight, almost imperceptible fluctuation.
Although the fluctuation was tiny, to her keen mental power it was like a flash of lightning in the night sky, illuminating the path to finding the Mirror of Truth.
She remained calm and composed, carefully channeling magic into each mirror in the room while closely monitoring the subtle changes in each mirror with her mental power.
As magic continued to flow, she felt the magic within her body becoming increasingly difficult to sustain, which made her realize that she had to accelerate her search for the Mirror of Truth.
So she began to increase the amount of magic she was inputting, and the images in all the mirrors began to change noticeably.
Chu Qiuchi used her spiritual power to perceive the patterns in every change, trying to find anything illogical. She knew that the image in the Mirror of Truth would differ from the illusion, and this difference would be the key to solving the mystery.