Chapter 1281: Contention

Under the violent explosion, the two dazed Awakened Ones looked at each other like madmen, their eyes filled only with killing intent.

Struggling to rise, though unsteady from battle, the first Awakened One to get up shouted angrily, commanding the nearby humans to attack the other side.

"Kill him! Kill him by any means!"

"Yes, just like that! Bite off his flesh for me!!"

His face was mad.

Under suppressed strength, it was simply like playing chess, issuing commands over and over.

No matter how absurd their spoken commands were, and even though the humans on both sides belonged to the same nobility, under those commands not a single native human could resist.

Staring fixedly at the Awakened One like himself, the somewhat thin middle-aged man on the left panted heavily, shouting his commands nonstop.

Damned trash!

How dare he compete with me!

He must kill the opponent, kill the other Awakened One just like himself!

In the NPCs' eyes, they might not even know that the conflict between him and the other Awakened One actually began a few days earlier when both simultaneously took a liking to a noble girl.

Perhaps in this instance, each Awakened One who mastered the command method stood like a deity above all, wielding unlimited authority.

With just a single sentence, they could make any human sacrifice everything for them, even give their lives.

But when the two deities collided, they were astonished to find that their commands had failed.

Yes, having grown accustomed to controlling everything, they could not control each other.

This was an indescribable intense stimulation! It was as if they were violently wrenched from the immersive world where they themselves were like supreme deities.

They could make the humans of this world do anything, yet they could not control each other!

How can this be!

In this world, another deity is not allowed to appear!

Immersed in illusion, when the two began to fight over their beloved toy and failed, their conflict began to escalate continuously.

Strike first!

Although the instance presented no difficulty, at this moment they suddenly realized that an Awakened One of their own kind was the greatest threat! If they wished to control everything and continue enjoying it, the only thing that could stop them was another Awakened One!

Thus, the slaughter began.

Having lost combat ability comparable to ordinary people, they began constantly ordering every human they encountered to charge at each other. When the humans they could command were all dead, they cautiously avoided each other until they brought more people!

And this battle that erupted outside the city was the result of the two colliding again these past few days.

"You were my most loyal servant yesterday, you swore to fight for me!"

"You promised me an hour ago to bring back that person's head!"

As both sides' troops continued to slaughter each other in an extremely brutal manner, eventually the two Awakened Ones both fixed their gaze on a burly warrior.

Constantly issuing commands, the two were like the deities of their respective factions, continually vying for control of that warrior.

Bewildered, collapsed.

Under the unknown force, the burly warrior at this moment seemed schizophrenic, often charging left toward one Awakened One, then in the next second his eyes glazed over as he rushed toward the other.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

Perhaps neither of their commands could be defied.

In the repeated tugging, the burly soldier let out a horrific scream; his right hand desperately tore at his own left leg, and with the agonized scream reaching its peak, a ripping sound was heard as his left leg was torn completely off.

Repeated action.

In actions surpassing human limits, a corpse torn apart quickly appeared on the ground.

Under the command, this brave warrior actually tore himself apart alive.

Just like the noble girl from four days ago.

When both Awakened Ones simultaneously commanded the girl to be their slave, the poor girl likewise tore her own body apart bit by bit, like a toy snatched by a child, becoming a mutilated corpse.

Meanwhile, on the distant castle.

Lin An, hastily summoned by Xiong Hanzi, looked at this perverse battle to the extreme with an extremely solemn expression.

What caught his attention was not the two hostile Awakened Ones, nor the brutal, gruesome scene before him.

But rather...

the manner of command spoken by the two Awakened Ones.

In his view, it was impossible for them to have obtained any title in this world, or to have won over people's hearts, causing these native NPCs to fight to the death like this.

In his view, every NPC appeared to be controlled before death.

And all of this stems entirely from the commands spoken by the two Awakened Ones.

This is unreasonable and illogical.

Even if the NPCs were incredibly stupid and blindly loyal, they could not produce the current situation.

"Two days ago..."

"One hour...!?"

His eyes flickered.

With Lin An's mental capacity, he instantly understood how these two had obtained this strange control!

"If you add a time specification to the language, then no matter how absurd the command, the NPCs of this world will believe it?"

"Why is this? Is it a system loophole?"

A flash of unusual color crossed his eyes; even though Lin An himself had used loopholes before, he had never seen this method.

"What is the principle?"

"Time... command... conversation..."

Suddenly, a great interest arose.

A few seconds later, Lin An seemed to realize something, and subconsciously he looked down upon the crowd of humans inside the castle.

It's because... the humans here don't follow any temporal logic!!

They can't tell whether the past and future have ever happened!? So as long as we add a past time label, they'll mistakenly think all of this has already happened!!

Upon instantly deducing this loophole, Lin An couldn't help but his expression froze, and his usually calm demeanor also shifted slightly.

He suddenly recalled some anomalies he had noticed during this period.

So, the reason this instance is so popular among the Awakened Ones is because they discovered this loophole!!

There's no need to guess human nature; you can raise favorability by any means.

You just need to keep issuing descriptive sentences with time commands, and you can control everything!

This "ability" is completely equivalent to "what you say becomes law," almost like a deity's power!

He took a deep breath.

Under hyper-effective thinking, Lin An instantly realized how terrifying this loophole could be!

If he wishes, he could even use this method to make all humans in the instance world die!

Conversely, he could also infinitely farm favorability until the NPC's sanity collapses, unable to comprehend what the limit of favorability is.

This instance can be stayed in for a very long time, and one can enjoy everything in the posture of a deity!

He suppressed the shock in his heart.

Lin An lightly exhaled, and he actually felt an urge to experiment immediately.

No wonder he hadn't noticed this.

Under hyper-effective thinking, he has already figured out how the first Awakened One who discovered this loophole did it.

This is a loophole that only a failure, a frustrated and incoherent person, could discover.

"Lin Dui! Should we capture them back!?"

Looking at the shocking scene in the distance, Zhang Tie subconsciously blurted out.

All that could be seen was Lin An's eyes flickering, and he directly nodded.

After coming to his senses, he seemed to faintly realize what the crisis of this world was.