Chapter 1363: Search and Enter the Fortress

Ash fire rain never stops.

The scorching heat turned into waves of heat, disturbing the clouds in the high sky.

A corrosive acid rain is about to fall.

Standing dazedly outside the basin, an alien species with somewhat mottled scales stared blankly at the distant disaster, his mouth trembling, the bag of fine spirit crystals on his shoulder fell with a thud to the ground.

The dim spirit crystals rolled away; even if he was starving to the point of dizziness and could only crawl forward bit by bit, he was unwilling to eat the spirit crystals, which now seemed like trash that no one cared about.

At this moment, none of the alien species hastily returning from outside had the thought to pick them up.

The red inverted image filled the sky and was reflected in the vertical pupils.

He saw the earth continually being swallowed by the falling lava, and saw his home turned into a fire lake amidst the layers of fire.

They saw their relatives die in this disaster.

"Ah Zhi! Flower Scale!!"

He plopped down on the ground; this strong alien man's eyes instantly turned red.

He wailed loudly; even the middle-aged alien who hadn't cried out when a snake-eagle snatched half his arm now lay on the ground like a helpless child, bursting into tears.

His hands and feet twisted; his convulsing body in grief resembled a real snake, his flesh scraping the ground and drawing blood.

From his mouth came meaningless, heart-rending screams, as if he could no longer speak.

Several alien species around likewise staggered in place, unable to accept this, feeling as if the sky had collapsed.

The volcano erupted.

They did not know why the volcano erupted at this moment, nor why it was so huge and violent.

They only knew that the children, wives, families, and friends they were waiting to return to were likely buried in this fire rain, leaving no whole corpses.

Amid the shrill cries and resentful accusations, they knelt on the ground like madmen, uttering anguished "ah" sounds.

Several alien species unwilling to accept this miserable state even tried to rush into the molten fire that had spread across the whole basin, hoping to find their families.

However, restrained by their companions, they could only kick wildly with red eyes, emitting hissing sobs.

If Lin An were present now, witnessing these alien species grieving like humans, he would probably fall into a long silence.

But, that would be only silence.

The time allotted for these alien species to grieve was not long.

Just a few minutes later, a series of piercing sonic booms suddenly rang out.

In midair, three black-bodied third-rank alien species flew swiftly; upon noticing the volcanic eruption here and the alien survivors crying on the ground, they instantly halted.

After a casual glance downward, the leading third-rank alien species realized that these ground-dwelling alien species must be mourning their destroyed homeland.

It is recorded on the map that there is indeed a gathering place here.

Yet there is not the slightest sympathy; see him slam down with a boom, his narrow vertical pupils coldly locking onto the alien species before him.

Not long ago, the Overlords had issued an order demanding they investigate everything in every region!

Obviously, although this place appears to have suffered only an ordinary disaster, any abnormality is suspect.

Ignoring the panicked expressions of several low-rank alien species, he seized the throat of the nearest alien species, speaking sternly as if interrogating a prisoner:

"When did the volcano erupt!?"

"Did you see any abnormal situation!? Any unfamiliar person!?"

Killing intent locked on; for the lowest-rank alien species, as a member of the Third Rank Black Armor Legion, he possesses absolute power of life and death!

No sympathy can be spoken of; in his eyes, even if these alien species are of the same kind, as long as there is suspicion, they can be executed on the spot!

Trembling all over, still in grief, the middle-aged alien species frantically waved his claws.

"Sir! No! No!!"

"We just came back and saw the volcano erupt! We saw nothing else..."

As an instinctive plea, he pointed at the distant basin while crying, looking at the other with hope, begging:

"Please, can you help us..."

"Bang!"

After casually throwing the middle-aged alien species to the ground, the questioning third-rank alien species' face remained cold, too lazy to waste words on this alien species.

It seems this group of alien species knows nothing.

But he subconsciously glanced at the distant fire rain and felt the scale was somehow too large.

"Everyone, open your mind-sharing! Share the memories of the past week!"

"If I discover any concealment, all will be flayed!"

The threat issued, the three third-rank alien species immediately surrounded the small team in an encircling formation.

The order from above is too important; although these alien species appear to have no problem, they still treat them cautiously.

After a few minutes, having forcibly examined the memories of the entire team, the three alien species departed indifferently, utterly disregarding the pain they caused; the few alien species rolled on the ground in agony from the forced search.

"Go!"

There was no special news in the memories they saw; they only saw these alien species struggling to find food during this period.

They did not know that, in the memories they saw, a red-tooth alien species that returned earliest was the first to encounter Lin An.

"The fortress should be nearby."

Moving swiftly close to the ground like a ghost, Lin An cautiously continued toward the coordinates on his scales.

At his speed, even if deliberately concealed, he could probably reach the so-called fortress within about half an hour.

Extremely stealthy; unless a fourth-rank Overlord scans the ground inch by inch, his traces would hardly be found; under normal circumstances, even a peak third-rank alien species could not hope to "see" him.

But just a few minutes ago, Lin An suddenly felt something was off.

"Here again..."

He instinctively looked up at the sky; in his perception, he had already sensed three waves of third-rank alien species flying past in quick succession.

This isn't right.

Although the combat power of a Third Stage is no different from the lowest-level Alien Species in his eyes, to the Alien Species civilization such power is still considered a main force and would certainly not be deployed so lightly.

Given such frequent and abrupt appearances, he instantly realized that the Alien Species civilization very likely already knew he had entered here.

Having never underestimated the Alien Species world, Lin An knew that if he exposed his whereabouts, he would face a worldwide manhunt.

Just..

Too fast...

"The time left for me is not much..."

It's a simple logic.

Lin An himself wondered whether the place he appeared had absolutely no knowledge from the Alien Species; otherwise, he would have already been besieged by a large group of Fourth Stages.

Then even the areas where he randomly appeared have started searching for him, which means the entire Alien Species civilization may have launched a global manhunt!

Slaughtering Alien Species, in the early stages when numbers are low, could possibly be disguised as a disaster outbreak.

But once the numbers and frequency increase, his whereabouts will surely be discovered!

Just like a virus outbreak, when a region frequently begins to see deaths, the only possibility is that he, Lin An, is there!