Chapter 1124: Extreme Will

After the battle ended, taking advantage of leaving, Lin An directly waved his right hand, putting all of Xiao Peng's posthumous relics into his ring.

As expected, there should be a card inside the opponent's ring.

After opening the ring and quickly glancing inside, Lin An raised his eyebrows slightly, unable to hide his delight. Indeed, there was a card, and inside there were seven or eight blue props, looking like a treasure chest.

This kid is pretty fat, huh.

Ignoring the middle-aged man Li Xiang who was watching him 'collect the corpse', Lin An tilted his head slightly, as if considering whether to silence him.

At that moment, Li Xiang and the two others seemed to come to their senses, noticing the faint killing intent in Lin An's eyes.

In terror, the two desperately begged for mercy, waving their hands repeatedly:

"Sir! We don't know anything! We didn't see anything!"

"I swear, we will absolutely not leak any news about today!"

Their eyes filled with pleading.

Although Lin An killed his 'good brother', he currently had no thoughts of revenge. As the saying goes, 'dead dao friends don't die poor dao', at most he would go back to offer a stick of incense for Xiao Peng.

Especially, Xiao Peng seemed to have to die; after being possessed, he was actually already dead. If Xiao Peng didn't die, he would.

Seeing the two begging for mercy, Lin An pondered for a moment and then also gave up cleaning up.

He feared that disguising his identity would provoke Alien Species from the capital war zone to come assassinate him, but now that the mission is complete, he can just leave.

"Lin An, what are the rules this time?"

Before leaving, Mo Ling gave the entire manor a thoughtful look. Originally just out on a mission, she had been full of confidence, wanting to shine, but in this instance she actually hadn't contributed anything. Especially, she still wondered why Lin An could be so certain about something.

Guess wrong, and you die.

Asking clearly now, if you encounter it alone later, speaking it out might save your life.

Seeing Zhang Tie and Mo Ling both interested, Lin An smiled and spoke slowly:

"As for the rules, it's actually that you cannot look inside from the outside; once you do, it will immediately trigger a death attack or possession."

"As for how I figured it out.."

After pondering for a moment, Lin An tried to explain simply:

"First, in the cause of death of the first victim, his action was the only thing different from others: he stuck out his body."

"Second, I've been thinking about what the optimal solution for this instance is."

Huh?

Mo Ling blinked slightly, not knowing why Lin An again mentioned the optimal solution.

Smiling, Lin An spoke quickly:

"Let's first set this rule aside, assuming we're not sure."

"Then let's assume, what way to get through this mission would be the safest?"

"The answer is simple: definitely stay outside and go nowhere. Don't search, don't scatter."

"The whole manor is full of ghosts, which means if you stand outside, for a ghost to kill you it must reveal its presence. One person might not react in time, but a group together can always react—should we request an inspection?"

"The instance has neither a time limit nor a location limit, so we can completely wait patiently; there's no need to search at all!"

"The system's hint to search is actually misleading us, wanting us to tire from searching and slowly die here."

After a pause, Lin An looked at Mo Ling, who seemed to be vaguely understanding, and nodded.

"Then let's reverse the logic: if the system doesn't want us to exploit this 'loophole', it will necessarily impose restrictions. For example, not being allowed to look at the manor from outside, forcing you to go inside!"

Zhang Tie smacked his lips, hearing this he suddenly understood; this time he actually got it.

However, puzzled, he curiously asked:

"Captain Lin, how are you sure Xiao Peng definitely had a problem?"

After hearing, Lin An smiled and laughed, he didn't answer this question; actually, in the clues he previously found, he wasn't too sure whether his guess was correct.

But considering how difficult this instance was in his past life, Lin An quickly realized the system must have set some traps to mislead.

Furthermore...

Even if he killed the wrong person, so be it... that card he was determined to obtain.

With so many reasons stacked, Lin An naturally had nothing to hesitate about; to blame, only Xiao Peng's bad luck meeting him, or his own self-destructive behavior.

"During instance settlement, current rating: A-level"

"Obtained Soul Crystal*10, obtained blue prop: Replica Statue*1"

"Obtained blue equipment, life-drain, gloves."

The reward was fairly generous, but after witnessing the grand scene of the Corpse Emperor dropping gear, Lin An now felt this way.

A-level rating, not S-level..

The reason the rating isn't high is likely because they didn't investigate what happened at the manor, missing several side quests.

For a manor that can become a ghost instance, Lin An easily could think that something quite tragic or even terrifying must have happened here. Even the method to break through might not be simply brute-forcing the true form of a fierce ghost...

It doesn't matter anymore.

After quickly glancing at what the Silent Manor dropped, Lin An couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

Soul Crystals? Useful for those with willpower below fifty points, four units raise one attribute point?

Good stuff.

Not having heard much about this, Lin An held up a Soul Crystal and quickly realized it must be a special product of a high-level ghost instance.

Not bad, can give to Gao Tian and Mo Ling; both benefit greatly from willpower attribute.

As for the life-drain gloves, they're perfect for Mo Ling to supplement her attack methods.

Another blue prop, the statue, Lin An glanced at and found it to be a substitute-type prop. After using the Replica Statue, one can copy oneself into any object to avoid mental probing, but once turned into an object, one cannot move.

It's somewhat rib-like, but if used well, it can also be considered a life-saving prop.

"Mission completed confirmed!"

Outside the instance, Lin An looked expectantly at the Savior System panel. Unlike before, where it would auto-complete, this mission seems to carry some special meaning.

At the moment of confirmation, a pure energy that appeared out of nowhere suddenly exploded in his sea of consciousness.

Barely able to react, Lin An felt a dazzling silver flash explode within his Thought Space; his originally not-small Thought Space suddenly expanded, like a cosmic big bang, as surges of willpower rapidly widened its boundaries.

"Hoh.."

His breathing slowed.

In Lin An's perception, he seemed to return to the feeling when he first obtained the celestial-human form, and everything around him slowed down.

Thump-thump.. thump-thump..

In his slowed thoughts, the surging blood rushed into his heart like war drums.

He slowly raised his hand, and an afterimage like a sliced frame broke down frame by frame.

It wasn't that time had slowed down..

It was that his own thoughts had accelerated again.

Feeling the surging will attribute, Lin An actually had a sense of mastering everything, as if he himself were observing the world from a third-person perspective.

Are you not used to the surging will attribute?

As the silver light gradually faded, Lin An struggled to regain his composure, and the next second he heard the Savior System issue another cold prompt in surprise.

"Fulfill extreme will."

"Added will-system advanced title level options: 【Mind Master】, 【Dimension Creator】, 【Soul Walker】...."

"Note, after triggering the Fourth Stage promotion mission, once you choose the promotion title, you will automatically obtain the rule ability corresponding to the title."

His expression froze.

Seeing the several additional title paths, Lin An suddenly realized that the way to master the rules at the Fourth Stage is not necessarily relying on his own comprehension or learning.

Once the title is chosen, the corresponding ability will be automatically obtained.

So, the path Chu An chose for himself is actually the most difficult one?