Chapter 1081: with translation of chapter title

Lin Dui, what does this mean?!

Not wanting to wade through the dense detailed explanation, Zhang Tie, still shocked, habitually asked Lin An.

He could understand when the trial tower opened, but he didn't grasp the warzone confrontation.

After a moment's thought, Lin An simply explained to the two of them:

"Warzone confrontation can be understood as a death match between nations."

"Moreover, unlike the final death match in the trial tower, in warzone confrontation fallen Awakened Ones cannot be revived. Furthermore, during the death match the system forcibly halts the corpse tide mutant attacks, giving each warzone a breather."

"Other rules are roughly the same as the death match."

Having said that, Lin An silently sighed.

He wasn't actually worried about his own warzone losing the death match; in fact, it was unlikely.

The only thing he cared about was that, as a human, he clearly knew the warzone confrontation was like raising gu, consuming humanity's vital strength.

If the apocalypse treats all humanity as the gu, then the warzone confrontation does so by nation.

To avoid defeat, one must dispatch the strongest Awakened Ones, but if they suffer heavy losses in the confrontation, the entire warzone will completely lose its ability to resist.

Without high-level Awakened Ones resisting the mutants, even a large remaining population has no room to grow.

The strong stay strong and devour everything; the weak lose all.

Recalling his past life, the Huaxia warzone's performance was merely average, which led to many high-level Awakened Ones dying in vain; to some extent, this was also a key reason the Huaxia warzone struggled to sustain itself.

Moreover, the surrounding warzones seizing Huaxia's territory also happened at that time.

One could say the global human landscape will be rewritten by this large-scale death match.

"Understood."

With a light oh, Xiong Hanzi smacked his lips and summed up in one sentence:

"Anyway, it's just fighting; kill others and we get the reward!"

"So is our enemy in this death match Andre? That kid is pretty twisted."

Recalling the performance of several warzones in the trial field, if anything could make Zhang Tie remember, it would probably only be Andre.

After a moment's hesitation, Lin An uncertainly shook his head:

"Andre definitely needs attention. But other warzones might also cause trouble."

"The card has now clearly appeared; it's hard to say whether a warzone that gets the card will directly mobilize the whole nation to cultivate a high-level Awakened One."

"Or perhaps there is indeed a group of Awakened Ones whose talent undergoes a qualitative change after the third stage."

Lin An recalled the card in his hand; although he hadn't pushed the task with full effort, he had also ordered Long An and Ying Shan (New Long An) to dispatch personnel to speed up progress.

Theoretically, if the card's built-in task is relatively low, perhaps someone could reach the fourth stage faster than him.

After all, he only has one card in hand, and he isn't sure how the card's mechanism works, or whether the task difficulty is the same for each warzone.

Leaving other matters aside, if those trash warzones produced a card, there would hardly be any third-stage mutants in the entire national region—how high could the difficulty be?

Lin An even suspected that, in his past life, the fact that every warzone could produce a fourth-stage Awakened One might have been due to the cards.

"It's fine; I believe you, Lin An, are definitely the strongest!"

Indifferent, Xiong Hanzi didn't think much after understanding; anyway, Lin An tells him what to do and he does it. Thinking about so many useful or useless things is just a waste of brainpower.

Sitting aside, little Mo Ling unintentionally blurted out a question:

"Then Lin An, what about the Soviet warzone?"

Without needing to say much, Lin An furrowed his brows slightly, thought briefly, and quickly replied:

"Let's not worry about it for now."

"We'll see how things go when the time comes."

The Soviet warzone surely wants Rayen to participate in the death match; no need to think about it.

The problem is Lin An doesn't intend to participate under the Soviet banner. After all, the death match is a genuine life-and-death battle; having him face his own warzone's survivors, even if Lin An were coldblooded, he couldn't act without psychological burden.

If too many are killed, the Huaxia warzone could collapse; by then, the unfortunate party would still be Long An.

When the nest is overturned, how can any egg stay intact?

His mind is now entirely on the newly released series of missions and on quickly increasing his strength.

He is not far from reaching the advanced level.

Moreover..

Lin An's gaze turned to the trial tower fifteen days hence, his eyes flickering.

Card, trial..

He had actually been somewhat hesitant about the card's path to advancing to the fourth stage. Knowing the system's temperament, Lin An naturally realized that if the card could so easily promote one to the fourth stage, its effect probably wouldn't be great. This thing is purely a luck-based product; whoever gets it can just grind their way to the fourth stage.

Connecting it with the newly added promotion title in his own epithet, Lin An keenly realized that the strength of the fourth stage might not be the same.

Gao Tian, Wen Ya, An Jing Tian...

After quickly weighing his options in his mind, Lin An somewhat considered giving the card to Gao Tian.

First, although Gao Tian's talent is terrifying, he might not have the potential to advance to the fourth stage; otherwise he wouldn't have been stuck at the peak of the third stage in his past life. Even if this lifetime I help him compensate his attributes, relying on himself alone, the time for him to reach the fourth stage would definitely not be short.

But once Gao Tian uses the card, Lin An is confident he can raise Gao Tian to the fourth stage within a few months! Then, relying on his annihilation talent, Gao Tian's combat power will definitely undergo a burst.

Zhang Tie and Mo Ling aren't considering it; each has their own strengthening path, so using the card or not is not urgent.

Having reached this conclusion, Lin An simply opened a teleportation gate and returned directly to Long An.

"Lin An!?"

"Lord Lin An!?"

"Holy shit!? My eyes are playing tricks? That's Commander Lin An!?"

Within the core of Long An, covering thousands of square meters, in the tidy metal halls surrounding it, hundreds of Awakened Ones in various uniforms halted in unison, mouths agape in surprise as they watched Lin An walk out of the teleportation passage.

Although Lin An hadn't been gone long, facing him who always appears and disappears mysteriously, the base members even felt a sense of pleasant surprise.

As the spiritual leader of Long An, many people excitedly tightly gripped their companions beside them.

Boom

Jumping out of the passage one meter above the ground, little Mo Ling yawned, ignored the gazes, waved her hand, indicating she was going to Lin An's resting room to catch some sleep.

On the other side, Wen Ya, who was standing before the holographic sand table, froze for a moment, blinked her eyes, then suddenly reacted.

She had just been discussing the legion's supply allocation with several combat personnel, but seeing Lin An arrive, she naturally lost the will to continue the discussion.

She hurriedly ran over to Lin An's side.

You..

You're back?

Unconsciously brushing her hair, Wen Ya watched Lin An as he closed his mask, at that familiar yet slightly strange face, and for a moment didn't know what to say.

Clearly she had many things she wanted to say.

Pressing her lips tightly, Wen Ya's gaze drifted, her fingers unconsciously behind her back.

Since the trial, even when they met, they hardly exchanged any words.

I'm back.

And Gao Tian?

Lin An glanced at the much more mature Wen Ya, smiled, and gave a greeting.

Facing Wen Ya, he also felt an inexplicable feeling rise in his heart; the Wen Ya before him still wore the combat uniform he had once given her, her neat ponytail swaying behind her, exuding a youthful yet mature aura, and having long been in charge of managing Long An, she had already transformed from that former student into a steady authority.

As if recalling the scene of their first meeting, Lin An's eyes involuntarily softened with a touch of tenderness.

Back then, that little girl who had been frightened silly on the car roof has now grown to this extent.

Unconsciously, he softly added a line:

How have you been lately?

Her gaze trembled, Wen Ya opened her mouth, facing Lin An's rare concern; to outsiders she seemed a strong woman, but at that moment her heart actually shuddered.