Chapter 1291: Chaos and the Great War

Capital Safe Zone, sky.

Thirteen howling black shadows recklessly crossed the airspace, flying south at extreme speed.

As a series of piercing sonic booms sliced over the boundless corpse horde above, several high-level mutants instantly became agitated.

Before the mutants hidden in the corpse horde could attempt to leap up and intercept these humans, two successive terrifying auras instantly blasted a deep pit in the corpse tide.

"These brainless idiots! We don't even know them!"

As the flight leader, White Fang sneered at the giant frog‑like mutant whose screams were suppressed by his gravity field, his eyes full of contempt.

After taking over human bodies, as long as they didn't deliberately leak their aura, this bunch of stupid mutants couldn't help themselves.

"Enough, don't get entangled with them; there are special beings among them."

"We haven't torn faces yet; they're still considered our allies."

Flying ahead, Qing Ya coldly halted his companions' protests, merely constantly checking the responses in the battle channel.

Just four hours ago, they had already controlled many military personnel and posted in the channel the message to destroy Long An; now we just wait to see the effect.

Retracting the gravity field, the alien species named White Fang nonchalantly crossed his arms, clearly not taking it seriously.

Among these mutants, perhaps some had secretly reached the Fourth Stage, even possessing intelligence. But in his view, they were mere chickens and dogs; once the Fourth Stage beings descended, they could be killed in minutes.

That is, in the early stage they needed these brainless monsters to cooperate.

"Lord Qing Ya, will the message we're releasing actually be useful?"

"Using the destruction of Long An as bait to lure Lin An out to fight? I'm afraid... he might just hide... Moreover, in the battle channel, many surviving third‑stage non‑military forces have posted unfavorable remarks about us. We might not be able to fool everyone."

Worried‑looking, as a military‑officer‑type Awakened One who had only just reached the peak of the Third Stage after gaining strength, he saw the constant doubts flowing in the chat channel and instantly felt their plan was too rushed.

In the confrontation match, many third‑stage private forces had survived and returned to reality. Perhaps they weren't sure the capital was truly overrun by monsters, didn't know the facts, and even dared not believe it was real.

But seeing is believing; anyone with a bit of sense would speculate whether what Lin An said was true.

Besides, given the capital's earlier oddities, many of those scattered third‑stage individuals realized the capital itself was the monster! Thus, in the chat channel now, many Safe Zone Leaders stood up to question them, even bluntly saying the capital is now doomed!

"The message is fake! The military are the monsters!"

"It's fine; none of this matters."

"We released the message only to prevent Lin An from escaping. As long as he shows himself, after we kill him we'll naturally have plenty of time to continue brainwashing these humans."

"Even if subordinate military officers jump out to question us, we can simply re‑brainwash public opinion by occupying the narrative."

"Humans are hopelessly stupid; repeat a lie a thousand times and they'll believe it."

Qing Ya spoke indifferently, he didn't care at all whether anyone believed the capital's message. Deceiving just one percent of people was enough for them; indeed, they don't even need to deceive people now—only later will they need to.

But once this message is sent, it will surely provoke great panic in Long An. If Lin An still wants to protect Long An, he must accept this situation.

They had already sent the message to Long An through the neutral faction they previously occupied.

The content is simple: if Lin An comes out, they will abandon the plan to destroy Long An.

If he doesn't come out, they'll blow it up!

This can be said to be the simplest and most direct threat! As for the meme weapons Long An previously mastered, they don't care at all. Before, without fourth‑stage aliens they might have hesitated, but now? As soon as a meme appears, they can neutralize it before it spreads.

"But Lord Qing Ya."

"Our method of forcing Lin An out is this simple; if he really doesn't come out, will we really blow up Long An?"

"Once it's blown up, there'll be even less way to force him out..."

"With such obvious moves, Lin An probably realizes that showing up means certain death..."

As non‑combat‑power third‑stage‑peak alien species, their task is to consume Lin An's strength with their lives. For those willing to sacrifice everything for their species, they aren't afraid; what they fear is Lin An escaping.

Facing his subordinates' doubts, Qing Ya remained silent and did not answer.

Indeed, even if they had absolute confidence and had prepared battlefield props to prevent Lin An from escaping, if Lin An doesn't show up, it's all for nothing.

"If he doesn't come out, we'll destroy Long An just the same."

"Moreover, capturing him and everyone he's ever known, we'll torture them by every possible means."

"Only by showing our determination to destroy everything he has will Lin An possibly be forced out."

"If he abandons these and chooses to flee, then let him flee."

"Within three to five years, as long as he hasn't reached Sovereign level, once we occupy the whole world, where could he flee? Victory will ultimately belong to us..."

"No matter how strong a perfect being is, without its own race, without anyone's support or belief, it's ultimately just a stray dog..."

Long'an Base.

"Gao Tian!? Chu An, where is he!?"

Inside the core base, many Long An members stared in disbelief at the message from the capital. Perhaps, as squad members, An Jing Tian and the like knew the capital had been occupied by alien species, but others at this moment could not fathom why the military would suddenly attack them.

Could the military have gone crazy to this extent?

Lin An a monster? Long An the monsters' lair!? As base members, they simply didn't believe it!

Even if some core personnel knew of AnXia's existence, they well knew that girl was hardly different from ordinary people; after long association, they only felt AnXia and the red‑clad one were just another kind of Awakened One.

"Chu Colonel is missing; I don't know where he went!"

"Jing Tian, should we withdraw now? What does Lin An say?"

Suddenly faced with enormous pressure, with Lin An and Chu An both absent, Wen Ya forcibly steadied everyone's emotions and urgently asked An Jing Tian.

Indeed, Long An had indeed rehearsed a nuclear strike, and the defensive power provided by the Rule Land was also sufficiently strong.

But they knew that if alien species dared say such a thing, it couldn't be as simple as dropping a nuclear bomb. The great war Lin An had spoken of had already arrived!

But now...

"Lin Ge hasn't replied to my message; I don't know how he's doing now!"

Just as grim‑faced, An Jing Tian held another sheet of paper, frantically writing the current message. According to reason, Lin Dui had told them before entering that this dungeon posed no difficulty, so there should be time to reply.

But there was none; Lin An's side seemed not to have seen it at all, and simply didn't reply.

Clenching his fists tightly, An Jing Tian took a deep breath, looking at the crowd of anxious duties, feeling only that immense pressure weighing on his shoulders.

Especially, he had received another message sent from the capital's authorities.

Have Lin An appear, at the location of the former Wangjiang urban district.

Otherwise, destroy Faction: Long An.

Such a message almost explicitly says that Lin An must go to die, otherwise destroy Faction: Long An! This is taking all of their lives to threaten Lin Dui!

Furthermore, within the entire Faction: Long An Safe Zone, a large number of Survivors, while seeing the official announcement, began to panic. The inner city is somewhat better; for now no one believes the official message, but they also don't know what to do.

And among the large number of newly joined Survivors from the outer city who have been absorbed into Faction: Long An, many already want to flee.

Even through rumor spreading, many actually came to believe the official statement.

Now, with Lin An not having appeared and Chu An also disappeared, a major choice lies before him.

Is it that everyone flees first, completely abandoning Faction: Long An, or wait for Lin Dui to come out!?

If Lin Dui comes out late, everything is over!

But if they withdraw personnel now, they must all disperse, yet in that case, everything painstakingly built by Faction: Long An will also be over!

Jing Tian subconsciously clenched the card in his pocket.

Once again, he began to hate himself for lacking the strength to stand alone, and even having no use at all..