Chapter 1154

No wonder I can't find the source..

Suppressing the urge stirring in his heart, Lin An directly kicked the three Fourth Rank on the ground a hundred meters away, then continued testing.

Under precise force control, the kicked three Fourth Rank, like a cannonball, with a bang, smashed into the outside of the gathering place.

Facing Lin An's sudden move, this three Fourth Rank, after frantically feeling his whole body, then realized Lin An was not trying to kill him.

This is..

What is this doing?

Not minding that a few people around were startled, Lin An held his breath, and a faint blue spiritual energy barrier instantly rose on his body surface.

He wanted to test, at a distance, just how far he could still smell this scent.

Just a few seconds later, his heart sank, and he dispersed the spiritual energy, giving up the test.

It didn't work.

This strange fragrance is not transmitted through the air at all, but rather interferes with him through some extremely bizarre means.

I don't know if it's because this strange fragrance is not considered a negative effect by the system, but even the spiritual energy barrier cannot block the spread of this smell.

Although it seems to have little impact, at this moment Lin An's worries are even greater.

The system wouldn't casually create an abnormality.

With his thinking ability, it's natural to realize the system doesn't need to merely give them the urge to kill Heavenly Eye People after absorbing spiritual energy. This fragrance is likely not to attract them, but the worms.

Not spreading through the air, but directly pointing to the mind. This special means of transmission is extremely like the meme rule.

Like the three Fourth Rank just used for testing, after absorbing only one corpse's spiritual energy, it appears he didn't even feel his own abnormality.

But Lin An clearly knows that with his level of thinking, after absorbing three corpses it interferes to this extent; others will only be worse.

The more absorbed, the more killing.

Is it a chain reaction, a vicious cycle?

Consuming spiritual energy, 'eating' Heavenly Eye People to replenish spiritual energy. The smell spreads, the worm tide attacks. Under heavy consumption, 'eating' more Heavenly Eye People, the worms come even more.

In the end, the difficulty will soon increase exponentially.

Once the Heavenly Eye People are eaten up, eventually everyone will be submerged under the worm tide.

Even, driven by this craving for flesh and blood, the first batch of Awakened Ones who start using Heavenly Eye People to replenish spiritual energy will unconsciously prioritize seeking out the gathering place to eat other Heavenly Eye People. Thus, these Awakened Ones, whose bodies emit strong signals, will be like a disaster, constantly attracting large waves of worms that follow them.

"If that's really the case.."

"No matter how large the battlefield, if the worms can't find Awakened Ones, the Awakened Ones can!"

"In the situation where some Awakened Ones are being hunted by worms, they will inevitably bring streams of worms spreading across the entire battlefield. Especially for Awakened Ones, those unaware of this will also bring points in the gathering place. Awakened Ones seeking each other out is simply too convenient."

"In a vicious cycle, even hiding is impossible!"

His expression was solemn.

After realizing this, Lin An quickly contacted Zhang Tie, telling him to temporarily not absorb any Heavenly Eye People!

Although he wasn't sure how many insects there were in the tide, or whether there were high-rank monsters among them.

But just from the history of the Heavenly Eye People, Lin An could imagine that the terror of the insects was far more complicated than what they were seeing now.

What should we do?

His thoughts raced, and Lin An silently kept simulating various scenarios.

The plan has to change!

In the scenarios he rehearsed, the speed at which the difficulty increased would be terrifyingly fast—and it was completely beyond his control!

As long as Awakened Ones, after occupying a gathering place, begin trying to eat Heavenly Eye People, the subsequent insect attacks will inevitably become harder to defend. Once they can't hold, these Awakened Ones will naturally flee, wanting to occupy other gathering places or link up with allied war zones.

At that point, just like a virus spreading, even the gathering places that could originally be defended would fall. Large numbers of Awakened Ones would start fleeing, and internal fighting would break out. To survive, everyone would immediately eat any Heavenly Eye People they found to replenish their spiritual energy.

In this situation, Heavenly Eye People who could be used as resources would inevitably be wasted in large numbers.

There would even be cases where Awakened Ones, to prevent enemy war zones from replenishing spiritual energy, would kill all Heavenly Eye People even if they couldn't absorb them, just to cut off the opponent's supply!

Once the Heavenly Eye People are consumed in advance, in a world overrun with insects, they wouldn't even talk about earning points—just surviving seven days would be a problem.

Even if Lin An asked himself, he couldn't possibly survive to the end in a state of exhausted spiritual energy!

No wonder the system called this round of the competition, the first round, a survival trial.

After thinking through all the logic, Lin An suddenly felt it was thorny.

The situation was far worse than he had previously imagined!

What should we do?

How do we break the deadlock?

Should we stop others from eating Heavenly Eye People? Theoretically, if they don't eat Heavenly Eye People, Awakened Ones can maintain a mutual understanding of peace and non-interference. Even while conserving spiritual energy as much as possible, it's still possible to last seven days.

As long as the insects don't appear in overwhelming numbers, with everyone taking turns fighting, there is still hope, and they can also earn the most stable points.

But in this situation, Awakened Ones who cannot replenish spiritual energy will inevitably die in large numbers—who would accept that? As soon as one person starts replenishing spiritual energy, other Awakened Ones, knowing they can't hold out, will no longer bother with so many reservations!!

Unless everyone is a saint, capable of voluntary sacrifice, it's about the same!

Moreover, how to contact all Awakened Ones is also a problem.

Lin An didn't think that after he explained this logic, other Awakened Ones would believe him; on the contrary, many would instead suspect him.

"Some things have no solution..."

He muttered softly.

Once human nature is involved, anything becomes complicated.

He can control himself not to kill Heavenly Eye People, but he cannot control others.

"Should we preemptively kill all disobedient Awakened Ones before disaster forms?"

"Gather all Heavenly Eye People together and guarantee their Safety. Avoid attracting an unstoppable insect tide due to their scent."

Can it work?

It can be considered Lin An's only solution he thought of to break the deadlock. After a quick assessment, the chill in Lin An's eyes grew stronger.

Theoretically, it can work.

As long as he goes to each gathering point marked on the panel one by one, kills any Awakened Ones he sees, then takes the Tianmu people to the next gathering point. As long as his killing efficiency is high enough, he can exterminate the insect tide before the disaster strikes.

Even, be more ruthless.

Taking the Tianmu people along will inevitably slow him down; it would be better to kill them now! Not only kill the Awakened Ones, but also kill every Tianmu person in each gathering point!

Directly store the Tianmu people's corpses in the ring. Anyway, as long as they are not thrown into the spirit-energy furnace for absorption, the strange fragrance will not increase!

This way, he can also stockpile enough corpses to sustain him until the final moment!