บท 49: Five minutes? There was no need; one move was enough

The text before Mike's eyes faded, bringing an almost suffocating sense of oppression. The entire testing room began to distort. 

Mike noticed that the walls around him had vanished, and unbeknownst to him, he had been transported to a new space!

The space was filled with mist, obscuring his vision. Directly ahead, a white figure appeared, slowly walking towards Mike. 

The two were not far apart, yet a hazy mist separated them, obscuring their faces from each other.

A congenial voice sounded, "You're early."

Through the mist, the figure spoke slowly, "Level 60, your second class change, that's when you should have come. You are still too naive now. This projection of mine was left when I was at level 199, and even at one-tenth of that strength, the gap between us is too vast."

Mike nodded thoughtfully and asked in return, "So, should I leave?"