Chapter 1032: Test Subject

Half a minute later, on an armored vehicle surrounded by chaos, Lin An calmly looked at the three people lying on the ground.

Two third-rank individuals had their hands and feet instantly crushed by him, and as for another first-rank, he was knocked unconscious by his aura the moment he appeared.

"Who... who are you!? Why... why are you attacking us!"

Collapsed on the ground, Ke Lei's eyes were filled with shock, a sense of death he hadn't felt in a long time sweeping over his heart.

"My lord, what... what are your orders..."

Suppressing the pain, after a moment, Feng Lie, unlike the panicked Ke Lei whose hands and feet had been crushed, came to his senses.

He struggled to prop himself up and respectfully asked Lin An.

His face was pale, cold sweat dripping from his forehead.

He had indeed tried to resist and escape.

However, the moment Lin An appeared, just as he was preparing to unleash his skills and desperately pull away, that eerie Descent Domain, like a ten-thousand-ton hammer, instantly suppressed his attributes back to the second level, and Ke Lei, who instinctively wanted to attack, had his knee shattered by a kick from the youth before him.

The battle ended so quickly it was like an adult crushing a child.

Faced with the enormous gap in strength, Feng Lie decisively chose to abandon resistance, allowing that youth to shatter his shoulder blade with a single finger.

As an agility-type, a broken hand is still better than a broken leg...

Ignoring Ke Lei's astonishment, even a hint of sorrowful anger in his gaze, Feng Lie, without hesitation, threw all his Equipment to the ground to show he had no intention of resisting. In his judgment, the newcomer was very likely the super-powered individual from the recording!

"If my lord takes a liking to it, feel free to take it. If there's anything you need me to do, I will spare no effort!"

While speaking, his expression was sincere; if not for his grave injuries, one might have thought Lin An was his superior, merely coming to summon him.

The strangeness of the scene left Ke Lei stunned for a moment.

Paying no heed to Ke Lei's gaze, after speaking, Feng Lie lowered his head, displaying a humble attitude willing to do anything as long as he could survive.

What a joke—facing such a super-powered individual, he could no longer think of any way to resist!

Meanwhile, seeing the usually cold-blooded assassin Feng Lie, whom the outside world called the most cold-hearted, behave this way, Ke Lei's expression was as if he had seen a ghost.

"Feng Lie!? You!!"

"He's an enemy! He even crushed your hand!"

In an instant, just as he was about to get excited and say something more, Lin An, seated in his position, instantly unleashed a spiritual energy strike that slammed into him, making him cry out in pain.

"Keep quiet."

Slightly frowning, Lin An placed his palm on Ke Lei's head without expression, too lazy to say anything else.

Vast spiritual energy instantly turned into a dark-purple curse technique torrent, like a destructive venomous snake, moving within the cramped space.

Feeling the energy overflowing enough to instantly kill him, the resentful Ke Lei shuddered, realizing at last that the newcomer was that person from the recording.

In an instant, he, as if frightened, obediently shut his mouth, enduring the piercing pain as he lay on the ground.

What on earth is going on!?

Damn it! Things happened too fast, so fast that he now feels somewhat dazed!

In the seat, Lin An also couldn't be bothered with Ke Lei on the ground, merely watching with interest as Feng Lie stood with his head lowered before him.

If Ke Lei makes any further move, he doesn't mind instantly killing him.

But regarding Feng Lie, he instead developed a strong interest.

Before he could even speak, Feng Lie, who looked like a cold-blooded killer, immediately defected—such decisiveness is something ordinary people cannot achieve.

Under the system's translation, Feng Lie's words expressed his loyalty without a single flaw.

After a moment, Lin An slightly shook his head, indicating he did not need Feng Lie's Equipment:

"Don't be nervous; I just need you to do one thing for me."

As his words fell, the respectful Feng Lie facing Lin An felt a great relief, his sense of danger suddenly dropping by half.

"Running errands? No problem! As long as I can stay alive, helping Lin An kill people is fine. Few know how he has survived since the Apocalypse."

Having thought this through, Feng Lie immediately responded:

"My lord has given orders; I will spare no effort!"

"I just don't know what it is."

While speaking, he unconsciously glanced at Lin An with his peripheral vision, frantically comparing him to that figure in the recording.

"Exactly... they look the same!"

"With such monstrous power, and being nearby... this person... is the super-powered individual from the recording!"

Filled with fear, he now felt he had ten thousand questions to ask, unable to comprehend how this world could have such powerful Awakened Ones.

This sense of oppression is almost stronger than Lin An's initially!

Half-smiling, looking at the immobile Feng Lie, Lin An simply laid out his purpose:

"For the coming week, I need you to stay inside something."

"When I finish my business, I'll come back to find you."

Having said that, Lin An quietly waited for Feng Lie's reaction.

Before coming, he had already been clear: the experiment would definitely involve testing on outsiders.

Originally he planned to follow the scavengers to see if they would encounter any "vultures," or else return to the Safe Zone to capture a few tyrants.

But Lin An never expected that this group of scavengers would directly run into Ke Lei and even try to sell his recording.

Two minor troubles showing up together, Lin An simply switched his target to Ke Lei.

Since there's a grudge, and they seem eager to surround and kill him, he might as well make use of them.

After hearing that, Feng Lie's heart gave a jolt, and in an instant terrifying scenes of punishment flashed through his mind.

"Wait inside what!?"

One second later, as he glanced with his peripheral vision at the destructive Arcane Torrent seemingly sweeping faintly over his surroundings, he gave a wry smile and had no choice but to grit his teeth and agree.

Without further ado, Lin An didn't even ask Ke Lei for consent, directly tearing open the armored vehicle's surface with his bare hands and walking straight out.

Ignoring the panicked soldiers surrounding him, Lin An waved a white light from his hand, and the pyramid in his ring appeared at the spot.

He pointed at them and said:

"Take turns staying here during the day. I'll be back in a week."

His words were brief.

After the two behind him saw the pyramid's shape, they were stunned; a few seconds later, Feng Lie cautiously asked:

"Sir, this is..."

Without explaining anything, Lin An merely gave a half-smile as he looked at Feng Lie:

"Something to enhance strength."

"Just stay right here and wait until I return."

After saying that, Lin An, as if thinking of something, gave a light laugh toward Ke Lei:

"You don't need to return to the Safe Zone; if I discover you've leaked any information, you know the consequences."

After leaving that unexplained remark, Lin An didn't care whether the two dared to defy him, then activated stealth again and vanished instantly, departing directly.

Half a minute later, the two Third Stage leaders, stiffly standing in place, realized Lin An had really left and finally dared to move a bit.

Under the gaze of the soldiers, the two felt a surge of irritation and loudly rebuked them.

Exchanging a glance, Feng Lie unexpectedly saw that Ke Lei, after Lin An's last words, seemed to have thought of something, his expression shifting.

"Ke Lei, just listen obediently."

"If I had known... I shouldn't have accepted your invitation!"

"I don't know why this person is looking for us."

Carrying a grudge, unlike the respect shown to Lin An, Feng Lie felt he was simply bloody unlucky; the events of a short time made him feel as if he were dreaming.

Ignoring Feng Lie's complaints, Ke Lei, after a moment, suddenly shuddered, as if a startled groundhog, and thought of something.

Half-blood, powerful, and nearby...

That person just now... could it be Lei En, the one I seek revenge against!?

I actually thought of besieging a suspected Fourth Stage super expert!? Cold sweat poured forth.

After recalling Lin An's meaningful smile before leaving, Ke Lei felt his whole body like falling into an ice cellar, a sense of having survived a disaster filling his heart.

Meanwhile, Feng Lie sighed, preparing to study the pyramid before him, when he noticed Ke Lei's abnormality.

"Ke Lei, what did you think of?"

He asked irritably.

However, after realizing Lei En was the mysterious expert, Ke Lei felt guilty and hastily shook his head at Feng Lie, acting as if nothing was wrong.

"Nothing!"

He dared not say it.

Now it's already this bad; if Feng Lie finds out, my target is that mysterious person just now, and the invited Feng Lie would probably be angry enough to kill him!