Chapter 592

As Leon and the Red-haired Bureau Director exchanged direct contact, the moon-white pearl oyster continued its announcement: “Apart from not requiring physical presence, this round of promotion evaluations will have no significant differences compared to previous ones. It will still be divided into three phases: Phase one is basic talent assessment, phase two involves random combat level testing, and phase three consists of large-scale group task practical operations. The estimated total evaluation time will last between 72 to 120 hours.”

“All participating cleaners must handle their current tasks beforehand, prepare for sleeping 3-5 days, and after today’s sunset, relax your consciousness. Enter the Dream Realm via [Dreamplay Fungi]. Afterward, someone responsible for guiding you will bring you to the evaluation site. No delays will be tolerated!”

“Click!”

With a light sound of shell collision, the pearl oyster that had finished all announcements abruptly closed, leaving complete silence.

After putting the pearl oyster back in his drawer, the corner of the Red-haired Bureau Director’s mouth couldn’t help but curl upward. He then leaned back in his chair with an expression of pure satisfaction, picking up the wine bottle to sip some tea.

“Pretty good. This time, others can only fight for second place.”

“…”

Indeed…

Looking at the Bureau Director in front of him with a face full of “absolute certainty” and “advantage on my side,” as if pondering how they could possibly lose this round, Leon couldn’t help but chuckle slightly and nod before glancing at a badge on his panel.

[Nightmare of Nightmares: Extremely crazy and completely disregarding consequences, seeking temporary pleasure even at the cost of destroying an entire world, you have become the most terrifying nightmare in the heart of the Nightmare King.]

[Wearing Effect: Deeply feared by the Lord of Nightmares, you are equivalent to reigning above all nightmares. No nightmare has the qualification to influence you.]

[Advancement Route: None]

[Hidden Trait (No Need to Wear): As a world-class villain planning to thoroughly destroy the entire Dream Realm, your infamous name will echo throughout the Dream Realm. All dream creatures below True God level will experience immense fear just by sensing your presence.]

Even though celebrating prematurely isn’t ideal…for someone who can completely immunize against nightmares and instill mandatory fear in all dream creatures below True God level, it’s genuinely hard to see how you could lose this time.

Even if his talents were subpar and he flipped during combat, leading to the lowest scores in the first two tests, by the third stage of practical tasks, the combined efficiency of all remaining participating cleaners wouldn’t match his.

And even more absurdly, there was Snow Maiden on the Dream Realm side—his personal “nightmare.” With the Nightmare King yet to resurrect, the seven Nightmare Messengers ruled supreme over the Soulfall Black Abyss, possessing the power to command all nightmares within its range.

Even if something unmanageable came up, a simple “call” would summon at least hundreds of thousands of nightmares to assist, perhaps even more than one Nightmare Messenger. Even if the mission involved hunting a Dream Realm True God, this lineup might give it a shot.

“Little Leon~ Apart from taking the exam seriously and reclaiming the first place that belongs to you, don’t forget to help me vent some frustration~”

Upon learning the test location, the Red-haired Bureau Director, now completely at ease, quickly finished the tea in his bottle and smiled, reminding him:

“Scorpion, Libra, Aries… these three branches’ white-eyed wolves, each cleanup gets you a 5 Golden Wheel subsidy~”

“I know, I’ll remember that.”

“Director, the practical operation tasks of the third stage are confidential. What about the first two stages? Is there any intelligence you can share with me ahead of time?”

“There is~”

Seeing Leon, who despite already having such a huge advantage, didn’t forget to gather intelligence, the Red-haired Bureau Director couldn’t help but reveal a hint of admiration in his eyes. Smiling, he said, “The purpose of the first stage evaluation is mainly to test your potential. In other words, it checks the ‘speed’ at which you can increase your Leon Value and the ‘upper limit’ of Leon Values you can accommodate while keeping your spirit relatively stable.

Given the situation in the bureau now, they’ll probably take a mild high-level anomalous item, let each person participating in the evaluation hold it in turn, and check the fluctuation of Leon Values through changes in soul state;

Or directly use a special anomalous item where people with higher Leon Values or better mental stability can see more things, get closer, or climb higher… In short, although the specific method isn’t clear, it will likely be chosen from among these few methods.”

Meaning… primarily examining the ability of cleaners to accept “taint” from anomalous items? After hearing the Red-haired Bureau Director’s words, Leon considered his own situation and nodded confidently.

Since joining the Clearing Bureau, it’s been just three and a half months, but his current taint value is already at 17 points, and his mental state has remained very stable… well… basically stable, so for this first evaluation, even if he doesn’t take first place, his results won’t be bad.

“As for the second stage evaluation, it’s purely testing combat skills. Group battles, one-on-one, one-against-many are all possible, and the venue conditions are also quite random, mostly decided by drawing lots.”

At this point, the Red-haired Bureau Director paused briefly, then proudly declared,

“When I took the Level One exam, I drew several medium and small venue one-on-ones, maintaining a perfect winning streak, entering the finals completely unscathed… Little Leon~ You can’t be worse than me!”

A perfect run into the finals, then getting beaten in the final match, resulting in an eighteen-game undefeated runner-up title, huh? Tsk… Sometimes having too clever subordinates isn’t always a good thing…

Seeing the glimmer of understanding in Leon’s eyes, the Red-haired Bureau Director’s proud smile slightly dimmed, followed by an annoyed pout:

“In any case, at your current level, out of these three stages of evaluation, you must secure at least two first places for me. If you miss one, buy me ten bottles of good wine!”

“Oh…”

…

“Alabaster Maiden.”

Unconsciously touching his neck, looking at the stubborn white-clad girl in front of him and six or seven subordinates with dissatisfied expressions, the Scorpion Bureau Director sighed helplessly, saying with a headache-inducing tone: “Although you may not believe it, postponing your participation in the evaluation for another half year is truly for your own good…”

(End of Chapter)