Chapter 133: The Fire Thief

Lin An?

Wen Ya nudged Lin An, who was lost in thought, and her eyes held some inexplicable emotion.

Not only was she shocked, but everyone in the base, from top to bottom, from Zhang Tie to Jing Tian, felt as if they were dreaming.

They knew Lin An wanted to establish a safe zone, but they thought it was just a name change.

The sole safe haven? The hope of continuing human civilization?

A title heard only in epics and legends has appeared in reality—how could one not feel terrified?

Even they were participants in it.

They had no experience of rebirth, never even encountered anything like this, and never imagined Lin An would cause such a huge commotion!

Global announcement! Number one worldwide!

That's number one out of tens of billions of people...

Lin... Dui!!

Still, Zhang Tie's voice works.

A loud, excited shout directly woke Lin An from his reverie.

Only to see Zhang Tie charge at him like a train, lips trembling, constantly looking left and right at everything around.

Captain Lin! This is the safe zone you wanted to build?!

My goodness, this good buddy turns out to be the damn human hope!!

His voice was so loud that it not only carried outward but also startled the dazed everyone.

In an instant, the student crowd outside the fortress exploded in an uproar.

The system said the safe zone is us?!

Lin An!? Is he our Lord Lin An?!

Lin An looked at the excited black bear with a helpless expression, a faint bitter smile at the corner of his mouth.

He also hadn't imagined the commotion he caused would be so great.

When the first safe zone was built in his past life, there was no commotion at all; if there was, it was probably just a notice in the local war zone.

However, the continuation of human civilization, the sole safe haven, is not what everyone imagined.

Every safe zone has such a description; the system is a placeholder indicating what nature the safe zone has.

Just like a real-estate advertisement ('This is your warm home').

That is, Zhang Tie didn't think and misunderstood the meaning.

However, if we wait for Long'an Base to develop, judging by the construction list given by the Doomsday Base Vehicle, perhaps it will truly become the hope of human civilization.

'Wait half an hour, then gather everyone in the base; I have something to say.'

Lin An calmly gave the order to Jing Tian.

In fact, not only did the global announcement shock him, but the sudden appearance of the chat channel and rankings also exceeded his expectations.

Clearly, in his past life memories, the channel function was supposed to gradually open after half a year—so why is it appearing now?

First came the theater channel (limited to same-theater chat), then the national channel, then the global channel.

The rankings are no big deal; exposing names doesn't matter either.

Anyway, no one can cross the endless corpse tide to cause him trouble now.

Just a name.

Without satellites or internet, as long as he orders the whole base to forbid leaks, no one will be able to find him in the short term.

Moreover, keeping a low profile has never been Lin An's style.

That is, because food is insufficient now, we can't recruit more manpower; later we will surely announce the base's location and mass-recruit Awakened Ones.

If personal strength rankings come out later, he won't choose to hide his name.

If you're weak, who else would I bully?

Being looked down on, then revealing strength to slap faces back—such a dog‑blood trope Lin An will absolutely not do.

His style is to crush all opposition, avoid nonsense if possible—either submit or die.

Human nature admires the strong; you must display great strength to earn others' respect.

Just as big companies love to advertise their name everywhere, nations flaunt their military power.

Only by telling everyone I am strong, that following me brings a future.

Only then can forces grow and gain others' conviction.

'Received, Brother Lin.'

'Anything else?'

'If not, I'll get on it right away. There are still people outside the base who haven't come in.'

Jing Tian felt a bit dazed; after instinctively accepting the order, he hesitated a little, showing he had many questions.

Lin An smiled gently.

'Leave the few outside the base as they are; later I will spread my mental power so they can also hear the sound.'

'We'll stay here for now; staying a full half hour will bring unexpected benefits.'

Jing Tian startled at the sound, then after careful perception realized his physical quality seemed to be slowly increasing.

His whole body felt like soaking in warm water, cozy and warm.

Lin An closed his eyes and said nothing more.

He pondered in his heart.

Because he built the safe zone relying on the Doomsday Base Vehicle, has the game progress been altered?

The timings of the chat channel and safe zone tasks have been moved up—could something else have been moved up as well?

Trial Tower, Warzone Confrontation, Death Battlefield, Secret Realm...

These things that only appeared in the past life in the following years, will they also appear early?

If that's the case, many of his ideas and plans also need to be changed.

Even, the crisis might come even sooner...

Pressure, urgency.

Opportunity and danger coexist.

Lin An let out a bitter laugh inwardly, no longer wanting to think about these annoying matters, turned his head and began to study the base.

"Zhuanxu?"

"A tentative sound."

"Respected Commander, Long'an Base's dedicated AI Zhuanxu is on standby."

Unlike the system's cold mechanical tone, Zhuanxu's voice, although also synthesized, sounds relatively softer.

"What special effects does my newly acquired title 【Fire Thief】 have?"

Lin An was somewhat doubtful; establishing the first Safe Zone not only gave him 100 prestige points, but also gave him a special title.

He knew what prestige was for; this thing could be exchanged for equipment in the prestige shop.

However, after looking at the system interface, he searched around but couldn't find where the shop was.

As for the 【Fire Thief】 title, besides being written in personal information or directly displayed, it seems to have no use.

What can the 【Fire Thief】 title displayed above one's head do?

Besides looking somewhat mysterious and imposing, he really couldn't find any useful aspect.

"Respected Commander..."

"Can we first change the form of address?"

Lin An slightly frowned; this AI is somewhat rigid, each time addressing him it adds a bunch of prefixes.

"Respected Commander, Apocalypse Base's dedicated AI is here to answer for you."

"You can change the form of address; are you dissatisfied with my interaction program? You can choose other interaction modes."

"1. Professional (provides all information during interaction, ensures accurate information transmission)."

"2. Humanized (uses brief language, but does not guarantee information..."

"Humanized!"

Lin An unhesitatingly chose Humanized; this guy knows nothing about flexibility, his speech is even more bureaucratic than bureaucratic...

"Answer my previous question!"

"Answer Commander, the 【Fire Thief】 title's current level enjoys a 10% reduction in spirit energy for base construction; you can check in the building list."

"Upon unlocking the next-level title 【Fire Keeper】, one enjoys a 20% reduction in spirit energy for base construction and gains special development options."

"1. 【Special Option, Extra】 Share base technology with other Safe Zones, can collect corresponding fees (custom handling fee)."

"2. 【Common Option】 After destroying other bases, annex their spirit energy cores to raise base level!"