After being led into a hallway and pointed towards a wide collection of bathrooms, showers, and changing rooms, Achilles washed the blood away from his body before he put on the white shirt and pants; the three Evolutius Crystals smoothly transferred into the pockets of these new pants before he stepped out again.
The Attendant of the Evaluation Center was waiting for him with a smile outside the changing room as she asked.
"Where would Sir like to go?"
The temperaments of Advanced Humans could change at any time as when normal humans dealt with them, there was always a level of care and respect- whether forced or not.
"I need to have my ranking evaluated."
"Oh?"
Surprise arose in the eyes of the attendant as normally, one would have to obtain their rank first before entering the Catacombs!
So how did this Advanced Human have so much blood on him?
She shook her head soon after as this wasn't her business, and Achilles was led across the winding halls of the Evaluation Center.
He saw other Advanced Humans moving about. Many Attendants held clipboards as they watched for anyone who needed help.
And eventually, he was led into a wide auditorium where the Attendant pointed him through with a smile.
He nodded at her and entered as within the wide auditorium, explosions resounded ever so often.
Reinforced walls were seen all around as at the very forefront, Advanced Humans in suits holding shining tablets looked towards Achilles.
A man with a shining bald head locked onto Achilles as he entered, his expression calm as he asked.
"Initial Evaluation or Re-evaluation?"
"Initial."
The procedure was fairly simple.
Achilles pulled out his phone as the barcode that had popped up since he selected the yes option was scanned, his information rising up on the tablet as the Advanced Human Examiner in front of him was surprised.
"Achilles Maxwell, 21…you're a late bloomer. But, better late than never."
His information was processed as he was led into the auditorium, passing through multiple white reinforced hallways and walls before he was led into one of the many isolated rooms within this wide auditorium.
There were cameras in all corners of the white room he was in- along with multiple test dummies made of tough materials.
Achilles was called a late bloomer as normally, by the age of 18, those who would awaken did so.
Rarely did those older awaken if it didn't occur then.
On one of the walls to his left, he saw his profile laid out as currently, a section with [Evaluation Pending] could be seen.
"The Evaluation for Advanced Humans is simple. Most newly awakened humans fit into the category of Low Tier Body Modification. Your cells become increasingly active towards change as your innate ability develops, gradually changing your body- modifying your body."
As he spoke, the Advanced Human Examiner raised his left hand, and a clump of brown earth slowly formed on his palm until a sharp stone formed!
"You are made stronger, faster, and depending on which innate ability you awakened, you can even gain elemental qualities early. Above Low Tier Body Modification, your body takes a qualitative leap when it takes a step forward to become an Advanced Human with Middle Tier Body Modification, and above that, an Upper Tier Body Modification Advanced Human. After that, Body Modification reaches a peak as past it is the Stage where those who delve deepest into the Evolutius Catacombs to help humanity clear Evolutius Beasts- Advanced Humans at the Meridian Transformation Stage. Anything past that is too far for people like you or me so…which ability did you awaken?"
"…"
Which ability did he awaken?
He looked at the panel visible only to him in the corner of his eyes.
[Achilles Maxwell]
[Assimilation]:: Organic Crystal(Evolutius Crystals)(3%)- Obtained qualities of Regeneration, Energy Conversion, Flexibility, Light Manipulation
[Existence Corruption Value]:: 0%
[Complexity]:: Negligible
He was assimilating Organic Crystals as they actually gave him four things.
He did not know the extent and power of all of this, so to be cautious, he kept it simple.
"Body Reinforcement."
He could reinforce his body. Make it stronger.
"Oh?" The Evaluation Examiner had a light of disappointment flash as he pushed up his glasses and selected a few things on his tablet.
"The Dummies behind me have the hardness of Low Tier Evolutius Beasts. If you can dent or tear through them, I'll be able to assign you a Low Tier Body Modification ranking right away."
Dummies.
Achilles looked at the Dummies that had angry faces drawn on them, their humanoid figures stationed in place as he nodded!
He just came for the official ranking of an Advanced Human.
Everything else would follow after this.
He went forward and stood in front of one of the dummies, breathing in and out as he remembered the scorched Evolutius Beast that his hand had crushed the skull of.
He remembered the burning feeling of power in his body.
The cameras on the corners of the room focused on him as in the next moment, a purple glow covered his body as his fist shot out like a snake!
…!
BOOM!
A heavy impact echoed out as the chest of the dummy had a gaping hole in it; the dummy itself pushed back and smashed onto the wall as wired and electrical impulses spazzed out!
"…"
The Examiner raised his brows at this as Achilles looked at the Dummy with a surreal sensation.
It was real.
It was truly real.
"Fairly powerful to be able to explode with power like that. A Low Tier Body Modification Advanced Human Evaluation is yours."
The disappointment in the eyes of the Examiner faded away entirely as he made some selections, Achilles feeling his phone buzzing as when he opened the Lunaris Advanced Human application, he found his profile had changed from white to green, and under his name, in bold green letters…
[Low Tier Body Modification Advanced Human]
A ranking was assigned to him.
Him!
He controlled his emotions as he turned to the Examiner.
"Where can I go to exchange Evolutius Crystals?"
"Oh?" The surprise on the Examiner was evident, but he tapped his tablet a few times as he spoke.
" The Evaluation Center has a Trading Hall Branch where Evolutius Crystals, Evolutius Armaments, and other Resources can be exchanged. I have enough authority to even do an exchange with you right now. Are you exchanging for a specific resource or cash?"
The attitude of the Examiner entirely changed towards him after the power he displayed, and he was even doing something he didn't need to do right now as Achilles followed along.
"Cash."
The Examiner nodded at this.
"That makes things even easier. How many Evolutius Crystals are you exchanging?"
…!