Chapter 1395: Who Is the Monster?

How could a human appear here!?

Or rather, a humanoid creature!?

After confirming the opponent posed no threat, Lin An's expression changed slightly, he directly released a burst of mental power illusion, then cautiously approached.

He had actually noticed some abnormalities earlier as well.

For example, this dead alien species had clearly been attacked, yet it acted against its nature by trying to grab the monster, as if grabbing the opponent were very important.

This is contrary to common sense.

A monster is a monster—just kill it! Just as Lin An asked himself when facing a mutant attack, his first reaction could never be to hold back, but to kill it outright first!

In less than half a second, as Lin An observed up close, the strange color in his eyes grew more solemn.

Exactly.

It's a person!

Even if the opponent suffered heavy injuries instantly from a rule attack, with skin burnt to charcoal all over, yet both limbs and blurred features were exactly like a human's!

Moreover, the humanoid figure before him unmistakably had feminine traits; the arrow‑like charge just now clearly intended to impale that alien species with the spear in hand.

Never having imagined he would see a human in the alien species world, Lin An couldn't help but be surprised.

This feeling was like seeing a zombie before the apocalypse broke out...

Fourth Stage, capable of wielding weapons... actively attacking alien species, being regarded as a monster by them...

Could it be that this is a survivor left behind in the alien species world?

With a thought, Lin An simply released a stream of pure vitality into the opponent's body.

He saw that, under the alien species' suicidal attack, it had suffered grave injuries and was now in a near‑death coma state....

Given the lack of understanding of the alien species world, if communication were possible, perhaps it could be a way to obtain information.

An enemy's enemy is not necessarily a friend, but at least they are not an alien species.

Moreover, Lin An secretly suspected that this initial Fourth Stage humanoid creature actively attacking the alien species might have realized he was also preparing to strike.

Is that possible? Did the opponent regard him as a fellow kind?

With too many questions, Lin An decided to first save the opponent and then talk.

If all else fails, kill it first and ask questions later!

Ten minutes later.

"Ahhhhh!!"

Amid a shrill scream, Lin An, without changing expression, used mental power to stimulate the opponent awake.

The more contact, the stranger the feeling.

As his vitality flowed in, the opponent not only showed no rejection, but quickly absorbed his vitality.

Moreover, as the wounds healed, the original appearance was suddenly revealed.

A very typical Earth human appearance, not old, about twenty‑something years old.

However, in his perception Lin An unexpectedly discovered that the opponent's Fourth Stage strength had issues; the rule‑based power including spiritual energy he sensed seemed nonexistent.

What existed was a mental power fluctuation almost comparable to his own.

It was as if this Fourth Stage humanoid creature, though physically extremely fragile, managed to erupt with a strength comparable to Fourth Stage solely through massive mental power output.

Including the use of rules, Lin An recalled the scene of the opponent employing a rule and quickly realized it was the most basic rule.

Speed Rule.

Pure acceleration, using mental power to simulate rule acceleration?

"Who are you? A survivor? From another civilization?"

Directly using mental power to lock onto the opponent, Lin An calmly asked, not minding the woman's startled gaze upon waking.

However, faced with his question, this somewhat strange woman did not answer first but instead let out a shout even more shocked than his.

"You're not human!?"

"You're a monster!?"

Lin An:???

After about three minutes, Lin An gave a strange look at the human named Luo Si.

The information overload.

He never expected the opponent to also be human.

Not a survivor, not a creature from another civilization mistakenly entered this world, but thoroughly and completely a true human of this world!

As for why she mistook him for a monster, it was simply because in the earlier battle Luo Si saw him using a rule and displaying physical strength beyond their comprehension.

Only monsters possess such ability.

Humans of the Fei Yi Shijie world do not have this ability.

All they have is pure mental power!

"So, the alien species call you monsters, and eating you can greatly enhance their mental power—perhaps even the key to their advancement to Fourth Stage?"

"Likewise, to you, the alien species are also monsters?"

Having always regarded the alien species as this world's "humans," and Lin An also being able to infer that the alien civilization, unable to sustain itself in this world, would think of invading the human world, the information he just received instantly overturned all his judgments.

"That's right..."

"Those damned monsters, do you call them alien species?"

"Another world's human civilization? You're actually a human from another world?"

"This really is, too hard to imagine..."

Likewise shocked.

Luo Si repeatedly gazed at Lin An before her, her eyes filled with uncontainable envy and shock.

She couldn't imagine humans also having such a powerful physique, let alone mastering rules beyond the four basic ones!

Isn't this a trait only monsters have!?

Just like zombies spread viruses, humans definitely don't have this ability!

"Alien species? The name you gave them is quite fitting; they are indeed as disgusting as alien seeds!"

"They are both monsters parasitic on zombies and monsters parasitic on humans! They have plundered our civilization!"

Still feeling some pain all over, Luo Si looked at Lin An with a complex expression.

Actually, it's much like what Lin An imagined; she would recklessly charge forward to fight the aliens to the death, purely because her powerful mental power had already sensed Lin An's arrival early.

Thus, at the moment she sensed Lin An preparing to strike, she mistakenly thought Lin An was of the same kind and also prepared to attack him!

Just because she thought Lin An's mental power might not be as strong as hers, she didn't want Lin An to bear the first wave of attack, so she simply rushed forward first.

That's what led to the scene just now.

There was some silence.

Lin An reorganized his thoughts about the aliens—no, the true situation of the Fei Yi Shijie—and couldn't help but feel somewhat incredulous.

From Luo Si's information, he learned that humanity in this world was on the brink of extinction, so no human would lightly abandon any fellow; even if it meant a suicidal sacrifice, they would not forsake each other.

From the aliens' perspective, these humans are called native monsters.

There is also another group: mutated humans, existing in the Land of Death Battle.

One could say that from Luo Si's information, Lin An suddenly realized that the world's complexity far exceeded his initial understanding.

This world is an apocalypse where four 'races' are locked in a massive melee!

Moreover, what surprised Lin An most was how Luo Si's native monsters perceived the aliens.

"You mean... you are actually this world's native civilization!? The aliens are in fact mutants!?"

"In the earliest apocalypse, you also suffered a zombie outbreak. Among you, a group of mutants mutated into aliens, gained intelligence, and by devouring you became the planet's overlords?"

"After becoming a brand‑new race, they took your place facing the apocalypse, while you degenerated into monsters to fight against them?"

Listening to Lin An's words, Luo Si nodded and shook her head:

"More or less..."

"However, the aliens didn't replace us in facing the apocalypse; rather, their emergence triggered a new round of apocalypse."

"Actually, I don't know much, or to put it another way, those of us hiding here aren't really clear about what happened back then."

"The truth might only be known by going to the Land of Death Battle. The mutated humans there are the ones who originally experienced the first wave of apocalypse."

"To fight the aliens, they chose to become monsters themselves and gained greater strength from the system."

"And as for us, how should I put it..."

"We're basically a resource for the aliens, actually... the humans of this world can already be considered extinct... we... have very few left..."

Listening to Luo Si's bitter explanation, Lin An took a deep breath and roughly understood her meaning.

Subject Transfer!

He never imagined that if the various civilizations in the apocalypse underwent a subject transfer, this situation would actually arise!

This world first saw zombie mutants, and then the aliens emerged as a new species from those mutants!

Like the Corpse Emperor, these aliens gained entirely new power by devouring humans, becoming a new species! Just as the Corpse Emperor does not regard zombies as kin and considers itself a brand‑new 'Overlord'!

In this situation, as the aliens gradually came to dominate the world's main systems, they turned into the 'masters,' thereby triggering a second round of apocalypse!

Meanwhile, after humans bearing the mantle of the main civilization were forced to become monsters, some chose to actively become mutants to fight the original monsters in the Land of Death Battle!

Moreover, according to Luo Si's description.

The mutated humans seem poised to win this war.

The aliens intend to flee.