Black looked at his Communicator and waited. It had been stating that it was evaluating the Formation Array for about a minute now.
'It usually doesn't take that long,' Kyle thought.
A moment later, Kyle felt space warping, which was the sign of someone teleporting.
Just as expected, a person appeared inside Kyle's Workshop just a bit later. Surprisingly, the person was not exactly a human but some kind of humanoid insect. It was a bit smaller than Kyle and had several tentacle-like appendages covered in chitin. Its massive head comprised almost 30% of its entire mass.
"Hey," Kyle said when he saw the newcomer.
"Evaluation is in progress," the insect transmitted with a machine-like cadence.
"Sure," Kyle commented as he kept waiting.
A moment later, the appendages of the insect placed several Formation Arrays around Kyle's Formation Array and activated them. Within less than a second, Kyle's Workshop was covered in over 30 Formation Arrays.
'Dude, this guy places Formation Arrays like ten times faster than me!' Kyle thought. 'Based on the Energy around it, it's only an Adept Immortal, and yet, it's so much faster! I really am still a beginner.'
Some seconds later, the insect retrieved its Formation Arrays again.
"Evaluation complete," it transmitted. "You have passed the Screening. This one is the Supervising Engineer of Auxiliary Manufacturing Plant 8 of the Elemental Branch. Supervisor is sufficient. State your identity."
"My name is Kyle," Kyle transmitted.
"Declare your priorities, Kyle," the Supervisor transmitted.
"Not sure what you mean," Kyle answered.
"Everyone has a purpose or goal. You entered the Screening. You want to contribute to the cause with Formation Arrays. Engineers have strengths and weaknesses. We require more details."
"Well, I want to learn more about Formation Arrays, for starters," Kyle transmitted. "I'm pretty good with the Elements. I know a lot about Karmic Luck. I guess my weaknesses are the Primordial Forces."
"Kyle, you know the Major Law of Primordial Forces. This is your weakness?" the Supervisor asked.
"Yes," Kyle answered. "I know much more about the Elements. I have all of the Level Six Laws of the Elements and four of the Level Seven Laws."
Naturally, Kyle wouldn't tell the Supervisor that he already knew all of the Laws of Immortal Elements or that he had already combined them to create a Refined Law.
"Omni-Elemental specializations are rare but valuable. Given sufficient resources, how much time will be required to finish comprehension of the remaining Immortal Elements?" the Supervisor asked.
"Not entirely sure," Kyle answered. "Probably something like 200,000 years, assuming I have access to a Complex Artificial Law Well and Comprehension Fruits."
"Estimate of time without Comprehension Fruits?"
"More like 600,000 years."
"Acceptable efficiency," the Supervisor answered. "Auxiliary Manufacturing Plant 8 is willing to recruit you as a Formation Materializer Trainee."

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