Chapter 1355: Insignificant Numbers

"Dad!"

Almost as soon as Lin An entered, the keen-sensed small alien species' eyes lit up; on its ugly snake head, the two slit-like nostrils twitched quickly.

Seeing one big and one small, the two little ones happily ran toward Lin An.

As if wanting Dad to praise it, the smallest alien species blinked its eyes, lowered its head, as if letting Lin An touch its head.

On the elongated, bloody crown, several scales with Second Level aura were inlaid.

For the Alien Species, lacking any resources, the scales shed from their bodies are the best Equipment and clothing.

"Hong Ya? You're back!!"?

Inside an underground cavern the size of two rooms, the female alien species also seemed somewhat excited.

Unlike the clueless small alien species, she, seeing Lin An's disguised state with a swollen belly, anxiously took out a blob of mucus from the nearby cave wall out of pity.

After carefully holding out a bit, she quickly walked to Lin An's side.

It seemed that this mucus had the effect of healing wounds.

"Is it more dangerous outside than before?"

"Sit down and rest quickly; next time, I'll go out instead..."

As they spoke, the alien species covered in milky-white scales looked at Lin An's wounds with pity, reaching out a finger to apply the mucus, even trembling when touching the wound.

With so many wounds, they must have encountered those snake-eagles. Hong Ya's entire back was burned by the monsters' acid...

Seeing Hong Ya's wounds not healing, if possible, next time she would rather go out herself.

Outside is too dangerous; for weak alien species like them, each must strive hard just to survive.

"Dad, is there food in your belly?"

"I'm so hungry..."

It hissed, sticking out its tender tongue; the small alien species gazed hopefully at Lin An's belly, as if it were full of delicious food.

However, as soon as the words fell, the white alien species with slightly red eyes gently scolded.

"Let Dad rest a moment, little hungry snake.."

"Go, bring Dad a basin of water."

Having said that, the white alien species hastily held back its tears.

Since the Apocalypse broke out, water resources have been too precious. They aren't even qualified to cry; a drop of water, when vaporized, can moisten the skin, so tears cannot be shed lightly.

Although Hong Ya had not vomited food since entering, she also thought Hong Ya was just too tired.

She knew Hong Ya was reluctant to eat, but keeping more crystals in its belly for a while would let Hong Ya absorb more precious energy.

Meanwhile, Lin An, who had not spoken since entering, his eyes flickered; seeing him, he tried his best to imitate the expression of the dead alien species, squeezing out a smile and lightly nodding.

He had never spoken, merely constantly gathering information from the alien species' conversations.

Not speaking wasn't because he couldn't.

With the system translation, his communication posed no problem. But every civilization and race has its own language habits; he must minimize exposing himself as much as possible.

Watching the well-behaved small alien species run into another room, Lin An felt nothing much.

To be honest, the scene before him was quite "warm-hearted".

Whether it was the small alien species or this white alien species, he could feel that their feelings toward his disguised alien species were sincere from the heart.

Worry, care, pity, fear...

The whole cavern resembled an Eskimo igloo, except it was built underground.

In the simple environment, yet it did not prevent the place from being tidy and clean.

On the smoothed rock walls were carved niches of various sizes; the two rooms were respectively for the small alien species and his sleeping quarters.

Judging by the energy (food) stores inside the cave, the three alien species must have been hungry for a long time...

And under his mental power scan, the entire underground gathering place was as large as over ten football fields.

Unlike human settlement habits, the alien species here seemed lacking a communal consciousness. Instead, they dug thousands of small caves of various sizes underground; the deepest part was a huge underground plaza, apparently used for gatherings.

For Lin An, this was obviously not good.

Although it could avoid him initially contacting large numbers of alien species and exposing himself,

But...

It's too scattered; killing them would take some time.

"Dad, drink water."

Wobbling, a small alien species held a plastic cup carefully and brought it to Lin An.

The cup contained nothing like water; it was basically mud-like substance, filthy and even corrosive-smelling. Lin An had no doubt that if an ordinary person drank it, they'd likely suffer severe intestinal damage.

But noticing the small alien species' longing look, it was obvious that this so-called water was the muddy water with moisture that the alien species had painstakingly dug from underground.

"Because to avoid corrosion from acid rain, and also to stay near the "water source"...."

"So these alien species choose to live underground?"

"No, there should also be a reason to avoid monsters."

Lin An squeezed out a stiff smile, raised his hand to refuse the water. This stuff, he could drink it without problem, but there was no need to.

He noticed that the alien species' skins were severely peeling; moreover, their bodies could hardly grow hard bony scales. Thus, to reduce water consumption, during the "evolution" process, they likely forced self-mutilation, grinding away the fragile flesh that needed much water to maintain, replacing it with pure bone.

"A very tenacious species; the place I'm at should be a remote region of the Alien Species civilization."

His gaze fixed on the plastic cup, Lin An looked thoughtfully at the small alien species cautiously drinking the water.

Plastic cup, a typical industrial product.

The Alien Species civilization once also had advanced technology, which he knows.

But according to what he sees now, the alien species here are worse off than the surface-dwelling Heavenly Eye People, which is clearly abnormal. Alien Species do have Sovereign-level existences; Lin An doesn't believe this group of alien species would end up as miserable as extermination.

The reasons are only two.

One, he relies on the point where smugglers usually enter, located in the most barren zone of the Alien Species world; the number of Alien Species here is not large, and the retained level of civilization is also not high.

Two, the interior of the Alien Species world is extremely cruel, practicing an absolute power rule system. The survival conditions of low-rank Alien Species and high-rank Alien Species differ enormously!

Of course, it's also possible that both are true.

For Lin An, he needs to quickly gather information to find several large and, within his slaughter limit range, an Alien Species gathering place.

If it is the former, after settling this he must find a way to locate the specific location and leave.

If it is the latter... then it's a bit troublesome.

A world system that practices absolute power rule often also means a high concentration of power...

It is very likely that, at a certain gathering place in the Alien Species world, there are hundreds of millions of third-rank beings, and an unspecified number of fourth-rank beings...

First clarify the situation; if they are all concentrated together... then it means...

In the midst of three Alien Species being undetectable, Lin An's heart faintly flickered with a hint of resignation.

If quantity is lacking, make up for it with numbers.

If Alien Species are concentrated together, it means he wants to level up quickly; in the early stage he can only slaughter these low-rank Alien Species...

One second-rank Alien Species, reward points...

Compared to third-rank, it's almost 30,000 times less...

After fourth rank, one point of attribute requires eighty points; this means I need to kill eight hundred thousand second-rank Alien Species to accumulate one point of attribute...

If it's rules, three hundred points equal three million.

And the amount of points I need is at least...

Thirty thousand!

One hundred rule fragments might be enough for me to forcibly advance from fourth-rank elementary to advanced?

So...

Sitting on the bed, Lin An's eyes flashed with a hint of indifference to life, a deep chill.

Three hundred million Alien Species?

Sounds like it's not that many...

Right now, there are just a few thousand.