Chapter 1188

He let out a long sigh; Ariel watched Lin An, who spoke of benefits with righteous confidence, and could only explain helplessly:

"Your Excellency, the Perfect One, the bug tide crisis indeed has our involvement."

"But it's also because those Awakened Ones are too brutal..."

He quietly defended himself with a sentence; after all, in Ariel's view, Lin An and the Alien Species were together. Although this monster didn't seem like the type to care about his own kin, the many dead certainly had Lin An's subordinates among them.

"As for how to farm points, we have two plans."

"First, we cannot help you exterminate the bugs, nor can we intervene."

"But we can briefly make the bugs identify you as one of their own."

"Plan One: you can let the bug tide continue spreading, then after it ends harvest the points of the remaining people. You can also hand over their equipment to us; we have a way to exchange equipment for points."

"Plan Two: you can mix into the bug tide; we'll give you the coordinates of several bug mothers. Under interference with the bugs' judgment, you can kill them without taking damage and gain points. Of course, the interference may not last long, and as you kill more bugs, the system that creates bugs will accelerate production, possibly leading to some unknown changes..."

"As for how the Alien Species previously passed through..."

"It's actually simple; we couldn't possibly collect too many Awakened Ones' corpses, and if we truly prevented people from passing, the System would detect our interference with the process."

"Basically, when the bug tide siege reaches its later stage, we will mass-release pheromones to temporarily lure the bug tide elsewhere."

"In this situation, the surviving Awakened Ones of each faction will seize the brief opening and begin a frenzied slaughter."

"They will fear the bug tide continuing to encircle them and will want to seize the 'fuel' inside other gathering places."

"Once the System determines that more than half of the war zones have been completely wiped out, it will basically open the next stage."

Upon saying this, Ariel revealed a mysterious smile.

"Your Excellency, the Perfect One, this is actually also a little trick."

"If your strength is sufficient, you can deliberately leave a few war zones' Awakened Ones alive, letting the System continuously judge that it hasn't ended."

"You can actually calculate this; the time to farm points certainly won't reach seven days. It will generally end around four or five days."

"Whether they die to the bugs or to the Awakened Ones' slaughter... reaching half the standard will happen soon."

The two simple plans, after Lin An heard them, a hint of unusual color flashed in his eyes.

He originally thought this survival trial required breaking the situation, but he didn't expect that simply having enough deaths would suffice.

He had overcomplicated it. Or perhaps the Heavenly Eye's covert maneuvers, which he had caught, misled him into thinking about traps.

Which plan to choose?

Obviously, the first plan yields the most points, but in this situation, Faction: Long An and the capital's military would likely suffer heavy casualties.

The second plan yields little for him; although he could kill the bug mother, turn around, and snatch points, by then he would likely have little spiritual energy left.

"Your method to make me immune to bug attacks—can it still work after I absorb spiritual energy?"

He wanted both methods.

Lin An asked Ariel without hesitation.

"You mean you want to block the pheromones (alien fragrance)?"

Ariel almost instantly understood Lin An's meaning, hesitated a moment, then had to shake his head.

"Your Excellency, the Perfect One, we have monitored that you haven't eaten too many... uh... of our people; this blocking method only works then."

"Actually, if you hadn't realized this early on, we couldn't help much either..."

"The System... wouldn't let us interfere too much in the competition..."

"After all, we are merely 'janitors'; the System letting us survive to now is already merciful..."

He understood Lin An's meaning.

Lin An planned to kill the bug mother to farm points, then turn back to replenish spiritual energy, and then in one go wipe out everyone.

One must admit, this approach is indeed crazy; neither side will let it go...

"Can't be done...?"

Lin An's face sank.

Actually, it's not as simple as Ariel thought.

In fact, besides planning to wipe out both sides, he also intended to make a trip to the European theater. Over there at Tel, they probably won't hold out much longer.

Global massacre; he needs to replenish an extraordinarily huge amount of spiritual energy.

Unable to shield, that means he must abandon one side.

In Ariel's information, the bug tide will ultimately appear with third-rank peak bugs.

Having eaten too many Heavenly Eye people, he estimates they will list him as their primary target and hunt him to death.

Under such circumstances, where would he still have the energy to kill others?

In his contemplation, Ariel also dared not disturb Lin An's deep thought.

He could tell that this Your Excellency, the Perfect One, was typical of being ruthless and merciless, seeking maximal benefit. Without sentiment, even if many more died, he wouldn't blink.

Putting himself in Lin An's shoes, he would likely just choose the second option directly.

Although the points gained are few, it's safe and can still protect his own kin.

But in Lin An's case, he seems not to care at all about human life or death, only pursuing his own strength.

"No wonder he can become the Perfect One..."

"Not absolute rationality, not enough cruelty... how could he grow this fast..."

Without Lin An knowing, the image he displayed at this moment had already taught Ariel a lesson.

At this point, Ariel had come to believe that the Perfect One is the embodiment of a civilization's extreme will to endure.

Everything is for strength, unbound by worldly morals...

That is naked, the most primal survival instinct.

They cannot give birth to a Perfect One because they lack this soil. Don't look at them sacrificing the surface-dwelling Heavenly Eye people; their true kin are not even living well in the heavens.

Just as Ariel was lost in random thoughts, Lin An suddenly lifted his head:

Since you can shield against the insects attacking me, conversely, could you also make them speed up their assault?

Is there a way to directly trigger the final insect swarm? To trigger it in a designated area?

Huh!?

Ariel stared, completely unable to understand how Lin An could ask such a question.

Just under the gaze of those eyes, he instinctively nodded.

But sir...

If that's the case, you won't be able to hold out for long... Triggering it in a designated area, once the people there are dead, the remaining insects will still attack you.

Don't worry about it, just do as I say.

As his words fell, a strange glint flashed in Lin An's eyes.

He thought it through clearly.

The Japanese in the Asian theater—he definitely needs to deal with them. To be honest, given their strange abilities, he isn't sure he can definitely take them out. Even if he did, he wouldn't have the strength left.

Rather than that, he might as well trigger the insect swarm and kill them beforehand.

Scoring points is minor; winning the final victory is what matters! For any dangerous signs, preemptive elimination is the truth!

The insect swarm's difficulty will have a limit; after these insects and the Japanese fight to the death, the pressure on the Huaxia theater will inevitably lessen somewhat.

By then, however many points he can score is how many he'll get—let Zhang Tie, holding half the death quota, go finish off the rest!

And he, meanwhile, will head to the European theater to rack up points there!