Chapter 1172: Simple Thoughts, Heavenly Eye

The speaker says it without thinking, but the listener takes it to heart.

After hearing Xiong Hanzi's constant nagging, Lin An began to think hard.

That's right, the difficulty of the survival trial shouldn't be this high; he must have overcomplicated something.

He's not the only smart person in the world.

Even if the Europe War Zone is utterly useless, there should still be a few wise men. Tael and his crew couldn't think of a way to break the deadlock; perhaps they subconsciously wanted to rely on him, but in dire straits they should have thought of something.

With so many Awakened Ones and high-level figures, they can't all be useless, right?

But there is none, no clue at all. This shows that other war zones are in the same situation. This situation should be like this!

The core of the war zone competition is ultimately confrontation; the system wouldn't just dump them into a desperate situation to see how many survive, then have them fight another round.

If that were the case, what kind of war zone competition would that be? It would simply become a clash of the strongest!

Smart people... think of...

Lin An felt he could control the insect swarm's difficulty, because he could smell the strange fragrance, which allowed him to realize this.

Perhaps his willpower attribute had reached its limit, or perhaps some chaotic ability of his had taken effect.

But combining Lin An's earlier train of thought, he also realized something.

That is, each war zone's smart people will always have some of this. Taking the Europe War Zone as an example, they didn't realize this point; it actually has nothing to do with IQ, it's simply that they lacked this concept!

If he himself hadn't smelled the strange fragrance, even with a high IQ he wouldn't immediately deduce that absorbing the Heavenly Eye People is problematic.

Conversely, the intensification of the insect swarm's difficulty is inevitable!

He, Lin An, is the one who is 'wrong'!

"If we plug this line of thought in..."

Lin An's eyes flickered as he began to simulate various scenarios through multiple lines of thought.

The insect swarm's difficulty will inevitably increase; then, once it reaches a certain level, what will happen?

First, the most likely scenario is that everyone gathers together and begins to flee incessantly.

Between war zones, they would first set aside their confrontation; anyone slightly clever could see that the largest gathering place in the central region would be the best spot for them and the insects to fight to the death.

Wherever there are enough Heavenly Eye People, that's where they must go.

"So, assuming I don't intervene, would each war zone actually head for the central region at roughly the same time?"

"Only the Europe War Zone is being forced by the insects, while the Asia War Zone is being forced by itself.."

"If enough people die, will something be unlocked? Or will the insect swarm, time, or any single condition being met trigger something?"

He muttered to himself.

Lin An put himself in the perspective of an ordinary third-rank individual and began to deduce the situation.

Using reverse reasoning, first eliminate the possibility that the insect swarm would wipe them all out; then the system must at some point provide a solution to the insect swarm.

"Is it to find the insect mother?"

"No..."

"Assuming I were Tael, with the insect swarm's difficulty skyrocketing, I could hardly search for the insect mother."

"Just being able to hold the line is the limit; even if all war zones joined forces to organize elite third-rank fighters, they couldn't break into the insect swarm to aimlessly search for the so-called insect mother!"

Not every Awakened One is as strong as he is.

All the lines of thought and scenarios he had considered before were based on his own monstrous strength as the starting point!

He can temporarily block the insect swarm's difficulty, he can charge into the swarm to seek the so-called insect mother, and that's because he is Lin An!

Moreover, if it requires all war zones to team up, what kind of war zone competition would that still be?

"So, the real line of thought has nothing to do with Awakened Ones, nor with the insects?"

"Perhaps it's only related to the Heavenly Eye People?"

Combining clues, relying on.

After adjusting his way of thinking, Lin An instantly recalled his earlier doubts.

Heavenly Eye People, how have they managed to survive to this day?

After the insect swarm began to erupt on a large scale, this group of Heavenly Eye People would die even faster than the Awakened Ones. Yet they have experienced countless openings of alien-species battlefields, so they must have their own way to survive.

If we think that way, the train of thought becomes much simpler.

The Heavenly Eye People in the central region must have some special means, whether it's an ability or something else; in any case, they can resolve the insect swarm.

The method to resolve the insect swarm should appear when the difficulty has increased to a certain point in time, or after enough Awakened Ones have died.

At that point, the Awakened Ones forced to flee into the central region will come into widespread contact with the Heavenly Eye People.

In the face of a desperate situation, naturally someone will think of this.

Then, at that point, it would naturally occur to one that the Heavenly Eye People might still be hiding some secret.

Putting the clues together, Lin An subconsciously gazed into the distance.

Following this line of thought, it actually fits the theme of the competition quite well.

First, in the early stage, when no one realized they couldn't absorb spiritual energy, each side seized gathering places, leading to insect swarm attacks. After the difficulty surged, everyone was forced to head for the central belt.

During this process, whoever first thinks to dig deep into the Heavenly Eye People's secrets in the core region will be able to find a breakthrough method the fastest.

The earlier it is found, even if they realize they need to withdraw as the insect swarm's difficulty begins to rise, that war zone can retain its maximum strength and thus gain an advantage in the subsequent competition.

It's a very simple line of thought, almost a main storyline.

Especially, this point actually corresponds to a system trap.

"The longer one occupies a place, the more points one gains.."

"This means that any Awakened One, after seizing a gathering place, will subconsciously not leave it, lest they interrupt the accumulation of points."

"The greedier one is, the more reluctant to leave, and the quicker one dies."

Combining this with a phenomenon he had previously observed, Lin An grew more convinced of his judgment.

All Awakened Ones, after entering the Apocalypse War Zone, have their appearance points distributed in the outer region; he has already confirmed this!

Taking his initial line of thought as an example, he initially also thought about occupying a nearby gathering point, not even considering wasting time on the road.

Everyone can think of this.

After all, wanting to go to the Central Region will inevitably waste precious point‑grinding time.

Moreover, in the early stage, each war zone will unconsciously disperse its forces, trying to occupy as many nearby gathering points as possible. Once they realize they need to go to the Central Region, they have to regroup the dispersed forces, which also wastes a lot of time.

Even someone with a little elementary school math would feel it's not worth it.

"Thinking about it this way, my approach isn't wrong either.."

"Going first to the core area is indeed the correct choice."

"Disguised as a Second Level of the Brahma War Zone, Lin An easily mixed into a gathering point in the Central Region."

"In the Central Region, gathering points are not many, only about seven or eight. Consequently, after a large influx of Awakened Ones, each gathering point is packed with Awakened Ones from all war zones."

"However, it's obvious that the Huaxia Military occupies one piece, and the Faction: Long An occupies another."

"Under his intimidation, the three sides tacitly maintained 'peace,' with no one daring to cross. The remaining Awakened Ones from other war zones tightly banded together, guarding against Lin An's appearance."

"First contact the Heaven's Eye People.."

"Perhaps the progress isn't enough yet, but making first contact is never wrong."

"First obtain the solution to break the situation as a trump card.. Next, either use the insect tide to drain other war zones' strength, or resolve the insect tide at the last moment and then eliminate them.. The initiative is in our hands.."

"Watching the Heaven's Eye People being captured together, Lin An walked over without changing his expression."

"Just as he judged, the Heaven's Eye People here are obviously of a higher civilization level than those in the outer region; they no longer look like savages."

"However, Lin An could also feel that this batch of Heaven's Eye People, snatched by the Awakened Ones in a surprise attack, now all look at them with hatred."

"In their eyes, these Alien Species are occupying their homeland and killing their clansmen!"