The system is the proficiency panel

The test site on the north side of Tianshu City is covered by layers of formations, and the towering black iron walls around it are engraved with reinforcement runes to ensure that the energy will not leak out.

Xiao Ningxue stood on the high platform in a white dress, her cold eyes slightly narrowed, her frosty gaze swept over the busy formation masters and weapon refiners below, a barely perceptible expectation flashed in her eyes, she opened her red lips slightly, her voice was light but carried unquestionable majesty.

"Lingling, let's start."

In the test field, Hu Lingling had already put on protective equipment. Hearing the command, she took a deep breath, and her slender fingers unconsciously tightened the silver-white pistol in her hand. The gun body shone with a cold metallic luster in the sun, and the thunder crystal core on the handle faintly flickered with blue light. This was a plasma beam pistol improved according to the design provided by Garnier, combined with the refining technology of the cultivation world.

Hu Lingling took a deep breath, raised her pistol and aimed it at the target a hundred meters away - a black iron plate with a thickness comparable to that of an ordinary foundation defense. She pulled the trigger, and the runes on the barrel lit up instantly. The electrical energy in the Sky Thunder Crystal Core was extracted and converted into a dazzling blue beam of light.

The light beam hit the black iron plate, instantly melting a bowl-sized hole on its surface, with traces of high-temperature burning still remaining on the edge.

"It's indeed powerful enough to reach the level of a normal foundation-building stratagem, but the consumption of the Sky Thunder Crystal Core is a bit high, and it can only be fired seven times at most."

Hu Lingling sensed the Sky Thunder Crystal Core at the handle and found that one seventh of its power had been consumed, so she reported to Xiao Ningxue.

Then she continued to attack another target three hundred meters away. The blue beam was shot out again, but this time the effect was greatly reduced, leaving only a scorch mark on the target, which was about the destructive power of an ordinary Qi-cultivating monk.

Xiao Ningxue was not surprised by this result. The advantages and disadvantages were similar to what she expected. The speed of the plasma beam was extremely fast, reaching over Mach 1,000 the moment it left the muzzle. As the distance increased, the speed of the plasma would quickly decrease to over Mach 100 due to diffusion and cooling in the atmosphere, and its power would also be greatly reduced.

The range is the only drawback of this weapon, and it is difficult to improve due to its size, but its speed, destructive power and cost all satisfy Xiao Ningxue.

"Next, let's test [Yin Ting's] speed."

After thinking it over, Xiao Ningxue wrote down the data and signaled Hu Lingling to continue with the next test.

The central area of ​​the test site was cleared, and a twenty-meter-tall mecha stood in it. Its armored shell had a cold metallic luster, and its silver-gray body cast a jagged shadow in the sun. Blue energy lines flowed through the seams of each composite armor plate, like veins flowing under the skin.

The shoulder armor extends backward with a sharp angle, the right arm is equipped with a multi-barreled rotating particle cannon, the main weapon is a large plasma beam rifle, the secondary weapon is a high-energy laser sword, there is a fist-sized sky thunder crystal core under the cab on the chest as the core energy source, and a small psychic energy converter is buried in the back, which is engraved with a soul-absorbing formation, absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy to provide power for the whole body.

Hu Lingling was flying in the air. After she passed the jade token authority and soul test and was certified by Yin Ting, she entered the cockpit with great curiosity.

The silver-gray cabin walls converge inward, forming a nearly elliptical enclosed space. There are no joysticks or buttons in the traditional sense in the cabin. Instead, there are countless hair-thin nerve conduits hanging from the top, swaying gently like the tentacles of some creature. Their ends are glowing with a faint blue light, waiting to connect with the driver's consciousness.

A holographic chair was suspended in the center. When Hu Lingling sat in it, the neural catheters wrapped around her silently. Seeing this, she relaxed her body's spiritual defenses and allowed these neural catheters to contact the interfaces of her limbs, back of the neck and temples - there was no pain, only a cool touch, followed by a flood of data.

"Neural link established, synchronization rate 67%...82%...95%."

Garnier's electronic voice rang directly in Hu Lingling's mind. Without using her mental power, her field of vision suddenly expanded. The image from the mecha's external sensor was projected directly into her retina, allowing her to perceive the 360-degree battlefield without turning her head.

He didn't need to move his fingers, as a thought flashed through his mind and the mecha's heavy artillery was already charged, and with a thought, the thrusters spurted out a fiery blue tail flame and the mecha took off into the air.

The cost of using this technology is also obvious - according to Garnier, the mecha will feedback a real sense of load, as if the flesh and blood body is really bearing the G-force squeeze. When the mecha is damaged, the driver's brain will flash a pain warning. When the mental power is over-used, blood will ooze from the nasal cavity, and noise-like snowflakes will appear at the edge of the field of vision.

But as a cultivator, these side effects were not very obvious to Hu Lingling. She controlled the silver-gray mecha to fly in the air, gradually increasing the speed to test its limit.

Mach 1…Mach 5…Mach 10…

It eventually accelerated to Mach 20, which was completely beyond the reach of Hu Lingling's own strength. If it weren't for Garnier helping her control it, it would have crashed into the defense formation above Tianshu City in the blink of an eye.

Hu Lingling took a deep breath, feeling the perfect fusion of Yin Ting and her own consciousness. At a speed of 20 Mach, the surrounding air seemed to be torn apart, forming shock waves visible to the naked eye. If the shield on the surface of the mecha had not offset most of the air resistance, the high temperature generated by the friction alone would have been enough to melt ordinary metals.

"Testing weapons."

Xiao Ningxue's voice was transmitted into Hu Lingling's mind through her mental power.

After receiving the order, Hu Lingling moved her mind, and the large plasma beam rifle on the right arm of the mecha quickly charged up. The rune array lit up layer by layer inside the gun body, and the energy of the Sky Thunder Crystal Core was extracted and compressed, emitting a dazzling blue light. She locked onto a black iron rockery in the distance that simulated the test of the artistic conception foundation defense power.

Several plasma beams with a diameter of one meter burst out, instantly creating a ripple of bright white energy on the black iron wall. A hole was melted in the center of the rockery, and the edges showed a vitrified crystalline state. The high temperature even ignited the surrounding air, forming a short-lived plasma fireball.

"Its power is close to that of a cultivator's single state of mind foundation building, and it can fire continuously, but the Sky Thunder Crystal Core will enter an overheated state and needs time to cool down."

Garnier floated beside Xiao Ningxue and analyzed calmly.

Xiao Ningxue nodded slightly. This result was beyond her expectations. She looked at the mecha floating in the air and continued to give orders.

"Testing melee weapons."

Hu Lingling raised her lips slightly, and the laser sword on the left arm of the mech was instantly activated. The sword was made of pure plasma, emitting a dazzling blue light. She controlled the mech to dive down, and the laser sword drew a graceful arc -

Swish!

A black iron pillar in the center of the test site was cut in half. The cut was as smooth as a mirror, without even a trace of melting. The high temperature of the laser sword directly evaporated the material in the contact area.

"It's less destructive than a rifle and consumes less energy, but it will still overload. It's best not to use it continuously for more than ten minutes."

Garnier added as he looked at the data transmitted back by Yin Ting.