Arkinslize
I believe there is a need to work on the speed of the novel... 1/3 of the chapter is about how each person looks like... is that helping in progressing with the storyline? Nope... if it is adding value? Personally for me - not... if there would be 4 chapter per day and 1 (in total) would be focused on it - than fine. But if there is just 1 chapter per day or less... it is a bit frustrating to read :( I like the concept of the novel, but in that speed second orderal will be introduced in 5 chapters and it will be finish in 40...
Survival should be one of Jake's specialty considering that is what he prepared for before he even ended up on the Seed world. Of course now he has the combat experience and techniques to actually stay alive longer than he could have when he first arrived on the Seed World. Plus his bloodline makes him a warrior who specializes in a long drawn out fights that have periods of rest, where Jake can hopefully heal underground. It does kind of suck that there have been people who have survived the entire second ordeal because it would be nice to see Jake break all of the other Earthling's records. But I guess he is not quite at that level yet.
Really interested how the time move different. The old man lasted almost 2 months in his test, but in the mirror universe were just a few minutes? I wonder how the time in the mirror universe adjust to the time in the different ordearls? Each ordeal seems to have its own universe, so each one of these universes has a different time speed?