Chapter 1212

"Are you injured...."

Lin An instinctively glanced toward the Huaxia Military's position, only to see Lihao, who was patrolling the outermost wounded, indeed changed his previous slightly floating gait, merely bending down step by step to examine the soldiers' injuries.

Lin Dui, it seems to be true.

I see that thing on his chest isn't shining much anymore..

Zhang Tie quietly added a sentence, a hint of complexity flashing in his eyes.

He doesn't need any points; his attributes come entirely from taking hits. Lin Dui also told him that reaching the Fourth Stage isn't too hard—just turn his messy talents into rules.

In the silence, Lin An nodded, his gaze calm as he looked toward Zhang Yong.

Thirty thousand points—consider it a gift from me to you.

Having said that, he directly transferred half of his points, then said nothing more.

As for the military, he finds it hard to describe his feelings. Unlike the Second Will, which swore to kill every participant in the plan and destroy the military.

As for him, at most he would take out the mastermind behind the scenes.

He knows that the military's attitude toward him is largely due to alien species meddling.

The soldiers beneath him have objections, which he can understand.

After all, public opinion always obscures the truth.

As for these soldiers, Lihao... those Awakened Ones who also died for the country in his past life, he still feels a degree of respect.

He didn't hold any hope.

Zhang Yong stared in shock, then accepted the points Lin An had traded.

After a moment's hesitation, he seemed to be struggling with something.

Only to see him suddenly whisper a few sentences quickly, then bow and run off without looking back.

Huh?!

Captain Lin, what did that kid just say to you?!

After sucking down a dry pig leg, Zhang Tie glanced at Lin An in surprise.

Zhang Yong spoke too fast; he didn't catch what that kid just said.

Nothing..

Standing in place, Lin An's eyes flashed with an odd hue as he thoughtfully glanced at the two Awakened Ones in the center of the military's position.

Zhang Yong indeed didn't say anything,

merely hinted that he should be careful of those two brothers.

An advanced third-rank card holder? The mission is already at its final step; once we go out, it'll be the Fourth Stage?

Kind of interesting...

Enter the final showdown in ten minutes.

According to the rules, the top three war zones of each continent will respectively face off against the top three war zones of the other continents.

In this showdown, the Antarctica war zone has obtained a bye privilege and cannot be selected as a target.

As time trickled by, at the moment of final target selection, everyone hearing the system's sudden announcement couldn't help but startle.

Antarctica war zone gets a bye!?

What a joke! This isn't blatant favoritism, is it!?

You know, in the repeated discussions, almost half of the war zone leaders had considered choosing the Antarctica war zone as an opponent!

North America has Andre, famed for his mysterious means of stubbornly resisting the insect swarm.

The Huaxia war zone has the most third-stage individuals! Plus Lin An and Zhang Tie, two superpowers!

The Soviet war zone rose the fastest; rumors even speak of a third-stage peak who single-handedly subdued all of Europe! He is hailed as the most terrifying Awakened One of this showdown!

No one wants to pick these three war zones; their best targets would be Africa and Antarctica!

This isn't fair! What gives them the right to a bye!?

What does a bye mean? Does the final winner still have to face Antarctica, or are they just taking up a slot!?

What a joke! We fought tooth and nail, only to let them swoop in for the cheap win!?

Who's ever seen an Awakened One from the Antarctica war zone!? Why haven't I seen a single one!?

In the vast showdown plaza, voices of doubt rose and fell one after another.

The war zones already wondered who was in the Antarctica war zone; the system's announcement only pushed it to the extreme.

However, people's doubts were of no use.

After issuing the announcement, the system merely mechanically started the countdown.

Antarctica war zone..

Lin An, who had originally intended to pick this war zone as an opponent, also couldn't help but startle.

He had been curious about them from the start, so he planned to see what they were like in the showdown.

Anyway, in the first round, Huaxia, North America, and the Soviet war zones would never pick each other as opponents.

But he never imagined the system would actually grant a bye outright..

Is it because one of the seven continents must get a bye?

Or is it for some other reason?

Lin An's eyes showed contemplation; deep down he felt it wasn't that simple. Without saying more, even with his observational skills he couldn't see where the Antarctica Awakened Ones were distributed.

Unless the other side... has only a handful of people intentionally hiding among the various war zones..

Captain Lin, who should we choose?

According to the system's meaning, do we also have to bring East Sea and Brahma to fight against other war zones?

Isn't this just dragging us down..

No longer the previous careless appearance, Zhang Tie wiped the oil off his hands and subconsciously asked him.

The Brahma War Zone doesn't care; those Indians are at most useless; if they fight, they'll probably run and hide.

But Japan is a time bomb.

Who knows if that bunch of madmen will care about victory or not. He even suspects that those Japanese madmen would rather betray their own continent and serve as dogs for other war zones just to kill them. Just thinking about those paranormal entities gives him a terrible headache.

Normally speaking, it should be the Africa or Oceania war zone; it just depends on who's quicker.

The Japan war zone, no need to worry about him. I should be able to handle them.

Actually, it doesn't matter whether we choose or not; in the system's judgment, it's the military that decides, and it has nothing to do with us.

After Lin An pondered for a moment, he glanced at the rules on his panel without changing his expression.

Status stable..

Combined with the Spiritual Energy Shield, plus I also understood the rules.

Facing those strange Japan Awakened Ones, Lin An is confident there shouldn't be too big a problem.

Next, it's up to how the military chooses.

Just as Lin An was about to ask Zhang Yong who the military had chosen, a private message that hadn't lit up in a long time suddenly flashed.

"Lin An!"

"Don't pick the North America war zone! Don't go up against Andre!"

"He's more terrifying than the rumors! What he summons isn't even a normal creature!"

"Its power system is completely different from ours!"

Affiliated with North America, inside the Latin America war zone, Fiona wore white War Armor, her face pallid as she looked at Andre who suddenly appeared before her.

"Miss Fiona, leaking secrets like this isn't good, you know."

With a smile on his face, Andre spoke softly, his slender fingers slowly moving to his lips, making a shushing gesture.

"You saw that, right?"

"Then sorry, I can only figure out a way to make you shut up."

Inside the Combat Space, Lin An's heart jolted, and he stared blankly at his private message function.

Just seen, Fiona, who had been sending a message a second ago, now her avatar went dim.

"Beep, the other party's Awakened One ID is invalid, cannot send private message."

Rarely, a flash of shock crossed Lin An's mind.

His private message sending failed.

Fiona..

Dead!?