Chapter 1263: Chu An's Layout 1

Ke Lai En sealed it up—what does that mean? 」

"Space rift? Passage?"

Bringing a hint of doubt, Lin An simply went ahead and asked. Whether it was an illusion or not, that abnormal feeling soon vanished without a trace.

If it's true.. Chu An doesn't want me to go to Phoenix Singing Road?

He felt a slight doubt.

Regarding Chu An knowing that he had always planned to go to Phoenix Singing Road, he wasn't surprised at all.

In fact, even before he set out for Soviet Russia, he had already sent Faction: Long An's soldiers to check the surroundings.

After all, in his memory, when he first took the ring, it was obvious that something terrifying was about to burst out from inside.

The Apocalypse Ring—it concerned his ultimate trump card and secret; how could he not take it seriously?

That's why, considering its special nature all along, he subconsciously delayed until now.

But they were about to face the impact of the Alien Species; a danger right near Faction: Long An naturally needed a thorough check. If any trouble arose, it would be better than erupting during battle. Being attacked from front and rear, Lin An thought it would be quite tricky.

A smile appeared on his face; Chu An habitually took out a piece of chocolate from his pocket, eating it as he said:

"Nothing too abnormal."

"It's just a tiny space rift there. I noticed you seemed to have encountered something there, so I went to take a look."

After discovering the rift, I had Ke Lai En hand me a Props to temporarily seal it.

Do you remember when I went out before? That's when this happened.

Explaining in detail, Chu An remained calm, as if there really wasn't anything important there.

Without waiting for Lin An to frown, he immediately changed the subject:

"Lin An, compared to these trivial matters, our biggest problem right now is time!"

"Have you noticed? The Military Region around the capital has already detected something wrong."

"Although the communication cutoff has been less than a day, the capital losing contact is no different from a heavy bomb."

"Chaos will erupt soon..."

"Those Alien Species won't give us much time—maybe a few days, maybe a week—and we'll have to face them head-on!"

"Faction: Long An cannot become the main battlefield!"

"We can let them come, but we must also intercept their Fourth Stage!"

Without any doubt, Chu An didn't mention the Third Stage at this point, because both knew that when the Alien Species launched another extermination campaign, they would pour out all their forces—fight to the death!

Perfect Ones + Destroy Alien Species Plan + peripheral war zone discovered capital abnormality...

With these three combined, the Alien Species no longer needed to hide.

Judging by how the Alien Species treat the Perfect Ones, they will surely exhaust all their trump cards, possibly deploying any level of being!

At least two Fourth Stage, at most.. unknown!

Next, it all comes down to what kind of qualitative change in strength will occur after one becomes Fourth Stage!

"Not fighting in Faction: Long An...?"

Nodding, Lin An did not oppose this.

Faction: Long An is better suited for dealing with large numbers of low-level enemies; Fourth Stage battles are basically inaccessible to them.

Rather than wasting Faction: Long An for nothing, it's better to give Faction: Long An time to grow. Of course, if he dies, forget it... Having obtained technology from the Heavenly Eye People, combined with psychic technology, a single Faction: Long An, under normal progress, is fully capable of following the path of the Heavenly Eye People.

Seeing Lin An not objecting, Chu An suddenly turned and walked into the lab, taking out a system Props similar to a magnetic card.

"This was obtained from a Second Level Awakened One during a transaction of supplies in Faction: Long An."

"It's a Special Event dungeon; perhaps you could consider taking Zhang Tie inside."

Huh?

Lin An's gaze instantly flicked to the magnetic card in Chu An's hand, looking at Chu An with some surprise.

What does that mean?

The great battle is imminent—should we enter the dungeon now?

At the moment of touching the magnetic card, the system prompt sounded as well:

"Ding, obtained blue special Props, 【Intelligent Body Manufacturing Permit】"

"Prop effect: After use, enter the Glow World."

"Time flow rate: 1:10"

"Mission reward: none"

"Difficulty:???"

Lifting his head, Lin An actually guessed Chu An's meaning.

"You want me to bring Zhang Tie in, using a different time flow rate to strengthen strength? You want Zhang Tie to also enter Fourth Stage?"

It's a simple logic.

Now, the only one in Faction: Long An who can help him is Zhang Tie.

Mo Ling's enhancement requires Heiyu; no one knows how she could become Fourth Stage. Others aren't even Third Stage, so it's not strange that Chu An would think of this.

Zhang Tie entering Fourth Stage is indeed strong.

If Lin An remembers correctly, Zhang Tie himself has also exchanged a bunch of things; given his special nature, reaching Fourth Stage doesn't seem difficult.

But he has also considered this, trying to delay time to strengthen strength.

But...

High-speed dungeons are usually difficult, and the situation is unknown; no one knows what will happen inside. Once delayed too long in the dungeon, everything is over.

Why wouldn't the Alien Species also want to delay time?

Not only that, the difficulty of some instances is, however, adjusted according to the entrant's strength. No matter how confident Lin An is, he also has no absolute certainty that he will definitely come out alive.

Risk and reward are not proportional, so he rejected the idea early.

In their talk, there was no need for idle chatter; Chu An nodded, aware of his current worry.

"This instance is somewhat different."

"Several batches of Awakened Ones have entered and come out alive, and the general feedback is that it's not difficult."

"Of course, the mission rewards are almost nonexistent."

"According to their information, this instance is more like a 'vacation,' spending a period of time peacefully in a human world. There are no monsters, nothing at all, and then one leaves safely."

"Combining the above information, I think you can bring Zhang Tie in."

"After you reach the Fourth Stage, you need more time to harmonize your abilities. Zhang Tie reaching the Fourth Stage can also greatly reduce your pressure."

After hearing Chu An's analysis, Lin An hesitated for a moment, but ultimately still took the card.

"Okay, I'll think about it."

Is it a very safe instance?

Doomsday System, would it really allow such an instance to exist?

Half an hour later, just as Lin An was getting up to leave and go test his new ability, the Second Will that had suddenly vanished abruptly surged forth.

As if forcibly controlling Lin An's mental power, in an instant, a somewhat cold will projection suddenly appeared between the two.

At this moment, the Second Will's eyes showed no concealment of hostility, coldly staring at Chu An.

"Are you planning to attack me?"

"Chu An!"

"Alien species.. monster.."

"Is this your trump card?"

With a scoff, in the Second Will's simulated image, the solemn and vigilant look in its eyes rose to a peak at this moment.

Turning back, Chu An, who was preparing to continue testing, gave a faint smile and looked toward the Second Will.

"Oh?"

"You've discovered me.."