Leaving Nanying's residence, Ender returned to his dormitory with a joyful mood.
Back in his dormitory room, he reached for his chest, and his Force Armor automatically separated, revealing the crimson light box inside.
Upon taking out the crimson light box, a faint, profound, and terrifying aura surged out as soon as Ender opened it.
After using his Spiritual Force to extract the note with the secret pattern for operating the crimson light box's switch, he closed the crimson light box, isolating that profound and terrifying aura.
"The dormitory area is crowded and has many eyes, and the aura isolation effect is not good, so it's not suitable for comprehending that fifth-order Spiritual Energy Weapon fragment."
Ender knew that a Treasure Trove like the fifth-order Spiritual Energy Weapon fragment was too precious; if others found out, it would inevitably attract covetous gazes.
"A Cultivation quiet room is a good place to comprehend; the soundproofing there is very good, and the aura isolation effect is also decent."
After learning the crimson light box's switch secret pattern, he tried opening and closing the crimson light box a few times to ensure it worked, then headed to the Cultivation quiet room of the Sand Sea Stellar Cultivation Camp.
Entering an unoccupied quiet room and closing the door, he took out the crimson light box, opened it, and extracted the fifth-order Spiritual Energy Weapon fragment containing the Law secret pattern of the Origin of Fire.
A faint, profound, and terrifying aura emanated, and he carefully examined the fiery red fifth-order Spiritual Energy Weapon fragment, not missing a single trace.
Unfortunately, he looked for a long time and gained nothing. "Law is indeed not that easy to comprehend. I haven't even comprehended the Domain of Fire. Wanting to comprehend Law with the help of a fifth-order Spiritual Energy Weapon fragment, I was a bit too greedy."
Placing the fiery red fifth-order Spiritual Energy Weapon fragment back into the crimson light box, Ender thought to himself, "Besides the Law secret pattern of the Origin of Fire, the residual aura of an Immortal it carries is also a Treasure Trove; this seems to be able to temper my will."
When he was observing the Law secret pattern on the fifth-order Spiritual Energy Weapon fragment, he also had to divert his attention to resist the intrusion of that profound and terrifying aura. After a period of resistance, he felt that his will seemed to have improved.
Will is very important; the original work once said that the Soul is the soldier, and the will is the general!
If the will is weak, then even a powerful soul will falter when facing the soul attacks of a Soul Master of the same realm.
"Coming to the quiet room to observe the fifth-order Spiritual Energy Weapon fragment at regular intervals allows me to both attempt to comprehend Law and temper my will."
Ender pondered, "My points are not enough. While Borswell is still in the Sand Sea Stellar Cultivation Camp, I need to quickly raise my Gene Energy Rank. It seems I'll have to apply for a trial mission to gain points."
Thinking of this, he opened his communicator and applied to the Stellar Training Camp for a trial mission.
He had originally thought that after applying for a trial mission, there would be at least ten days to half a month of buffer time, but he didn't expect to receive a message from the Stellar Training Camp's dispatch headquarters in just two days.
This trial mission came so quickly!
After boarding the large spaceship bound for the trial mission planet, Ender suddenly remembered that due to the extremely high mortality rate of the last planet Hunting Mission, the Sand Sea Stellar Cultivation Camp seemed to have entered a state of intense competition.
He estimated that the other two Stellar Training Camps were in similar states, especially the one that only had one student survive; the internal competition there was probably even more severe!
"This trial mission is a collection mission. Hmm... what's going on?!"
Ender looked at the information sent by the Stellar Training Camp and suddenly widened his eyes, "There are actually 132 people participating!"
Of the three trial missions he had participated in, the most participants were in the planet Hunting Mission, which had only 57 people, but this collection mission actually had 132 people.
Ender felt that the Stellar Training Camp might be playing tricks again. "It's a bit abnormal that the mission type for this trial mission was released so early."
Indeed, in the Stellar Training Camp information he received a few days later, he found something different from previous trial missions.
"Time Race?"
Ender read softly, "This trial mission will Rank students based on their completion of the collection mission and the time taken to complete it. Students ranked higher will receive additional points, students ranked lower will have their basic mission reward points reduced, and students in the middle Ranks will receive no rewards or penalties.
"Both the higher and lower Ranks are divided into three levels: top three, top ten, and top thirty; bottom three, bottom ten, and bottom thirty.
"The top three receive the highest rewards, while the bottom three have the most basic mission reward points reduced. The top ten receive the second-highest rewards, and the top thirty receive the third-highest. The rules for point reduction for the bottom ten and bottom thirty are the same as for the former."
"Time Race, the Stellar Training Camp is indeed playing tricks. Currently, there's no prohibition on students fighting, no prohibition on students forming teams. This encourages student competition!"
Ender thought to himself, "If you have trustworthy teammates, you'll gain a huge advantage in this collection mission, as collection missions don't require you to do the work yourself.
"If you and your teammates have many of the same collection targets, it will be even easier. This is like multiple people doing one person's job; the advantage is enough to crush a lone wolf who is by himself."
"To avoid being ranked low, I can only find other students to cooperate with."
Thinking of this, he frowned slightly, "If there's no prohibition on students fighting later on, it's also possible to seize Materials collected by other students."
The reason he frowned was that he didn't want to be a bandit; this would not only ruin his reputation but also go against his principles.
If these students were criminals, he naturally wouldn't be soft-hearted, but they were all students; although there was competition, they were also comrades.
"I have to find other students to cooperate with. I wonder if there's anyone trustworthy."
He didn't want to be ranked low in this trial mission and decided to go out and see if he could find teammates.
Leaving his room, Ender headed to the spaceship's common lounge. Before he even entered, he saw many people talking in groups of two or three in the corridor, seemingly all looking for teammates.
Entering the lounge, his gaze swept over all the students in the vast lounge, but to his disappointment, there was no one familiar.
Indeed, he had only been at the Stellar Training Camp for a little over a year. During this year, he was either on trial missions or Cultivating secret technique scriptures, rarely interacting with other students, so it was normal to know few people.
When Ender entered the lounge, the other students in the lounge also noticed him. All these students knew him because he was currently the only Planetary-Level Domain Genius in the Sand Sea Stellar Cultivation Camp, and his reputation was immense.
If it were just because he was a Planetary-Level Domain Genius, they wouldn't pay so much attention to him. More importantly, he was a survivor of the last planet Hunting Mission, which had an extremely high mortality rate, and he was the only student who completed the sudden mission for 100 extra points!
Seeing that other students noticed him but no one came forward to talk, Ender sighed inwardly with helplessness, "Alas, it seems I'm only suitable for being a lone wolf."
He left the lounge, intending to return to his room to rest; he no longer thought about teammates.
Just as he walked past the corridor outside the lounge, he met someone at the corner, and this person actually came up to greet him!