Chapter 1404: We Have No Choice

"Perfect One?"

The sharp teeth that nearly covered her whole face suddenly parted slightly; at that moment Anna seemed a little surprised, her gums constantly wriggling.

She glanced thoughtfully at Lin An, then slowly spoke.

"It seems you know a lot..."

"Does your race have a Perfect One? Or... are you it?"

With an inquisitive look, Lin An did not directly answer the question after hearing it, merely nodding.

He wasn't sure what being a Perfect One meant in the face of mutated humans.

After all, he is a Perfect One fused with alien species; although the other party might not sense it, he still had to be wary.

Fusing with alien species might also become a reason for them to act against him.

Moreover, Lin An always felt that these mutated humans were essentially no different from alien species.

Seeing Lin An not give a direct answer, Anna smiled, and the voice from her opened chest cavity sounded again.

"He is our Perfect One, or rather, the Perfect One among original humans."

"That being indeed died, what a pity..."

In the pause, Lin An's heart gave a slight jolt, then he observed Anna's expression without changing his demeanor.

The answer was completely different from what he had imagined.

Chu An told him that he had fused with the Perfect One of the alien species! Naturally, in his view, if there were any problem with the Perfect One he had fused with, it could only be on the side of the mutated humans.

After all, both are considered monsters; otherwise, how could his mutated state be explained?

Moreover, according to the information Chu An provided, that batch of alien species in the trade clearly had problems... no matter how you look at it, they are most closely related to the mutated humans.

The answer to the question also seemed to catch the attention of the Second Will.

Like something slipping out silently, facing the Perfect One and one of the main body's greatest secrets, the Second Will also wore a solemn expression in the Thought Space, silently gazing at Anna.

Without giving the two much time to think, after a brief pause Anna sighed deeply as if recalling something.

"You're asking how the Perfect One in your question died, aren't you asking that for yourself?"

"Of course, you don't need to deny anything; if you truly are a Perfect One, we would have no hostility toward you."

As if uncaring of Lin An's suddenly tense nerves, Anna, as though seeing through people's hearts, continued speaking.

"The Perfect One is very strong, and is the civilization's crystallization with the greatest hope of resisting the Apocalypse."

"This is the last potential a race erupts with when faced with life-or-death circumstances."

"In theory, a Perfect One should also be the hardest existence to kill. For a civilization, the Perfect One itself is a microcosm of that civilization; to kill him is no less than destroying the entire civilization."

"Our Perfect One died at the hands of the alien species."

The same realization.

Lin An listened to Anna's narration, a hint of obscurity flashing in his eyes.

For some reason, he suddenly had a special idea pop into his mind, though he still lacked sufficient information to prove it.

Died to the alien species?

"Around the middle of the Apocalypse outbreak, original humans died in great numbers under the Apocalypse, and at that time the first Perfect One was born among the original humans."

"He is very strong, very strong! As a Perfect One, he rapidly grew to the Fourth Stage at an almost miraculous speed, not only largely continuing the civilization of original humans, but also single-handedly opposing the alien species!"

"It's just a pity that this being was too kind, even to the point of being... stubborn."

"Please forgive me for using this word to describe him; he indeed made this mistake."

With extremely complex emotion in her gaze, Anna said this, as if she didn't know whether to blame or sigh.

"In a large-scale battle that could be called a decisive showdown, the safe zone where his loved one was located was betrayed by a traitor and quickly breached. At the same time, the alien species side threw in all monsters to force him to make a choice."

"Is it to abandon the frontline's final elite troops to save his loved one, or to press forward and sacrifice for victory?"

"However... it's regrettable that he chose neither of these two paths."

Anna shook her head, not knowing what to say.

"He chose to spare no effort, even at the cost of heavy injury, to fight desperately against a large number of high-level alien species, then rush at top speed to rescue his loved one."

"But in this world, what situation could possibly have it all?"

"He wanted to save both sides, but after he left, the advantaged human side, having lost his combat power, saw pressure skyrocket; with traitors inside, it did not have the ability to end the battle as he had imagined."

"The last elite of the original humans died off completely in that battle, and when he alone charged into the rear of the alien species to try to rescue his loved one, he personally witnessed an even more horrific scene..."

"That group of monsters, suffering heavy losses and enraged, massacred that girl—all to thoroughly provoke him."

"Faced with defeat on the frontline and the tragic death of his loved one, he could no longer maintain his rationality. Therefore, no matter how strong he was—even if, despite heavy injury, he still possessed near-invincible power—the moment he lost his reason, everything became meaningless."

"He fought his way out of the encirclement, exhausting his last drop of blood, but in the end he was still locked onto and found."

"Endless alien species pursued him from behind, as if appreciating his final struggle, patiently waiting for his death."

"In the end, he died, leaving no corpse behind."

"I don't know whether he regretted anything before his final death, or hated the traitor. Or perhaps he regretted being influenced by human emotions.... But I know he must have felt very unwilling...."

Listening to Anna's somewhat heavy narration, Lin An remained silent, as if he had seen that scene.

That might have been a very tragic scene.

A civilization's hope?

Strong enough to simultaneously oppose the alien species and the mutant side still at its peak?

Even in a heavily injured state, still confident to single-handedly charge into the alien species' rear to rescue his loved one?

Even without any description of combat power, without having personally witnessed that scene.

But at this very moment, Lin An still felt a shock.

That Perfect One must be terrifyingly strong; no wonder the alien species would be so wary of him....

"Just as Anna said, that Perfect One was just a bit away from ending everything, ushering in victory."

For the Alien Species, isn't it also just a step away from racial extinction, with everyone dead?

But in the story, Lin An also heard the hidden information.

Anna kept saying it was the primitive humans, not them, and in the story no mutated humans appeared.

So..

"You appeared after the perfected humans died?"

"Was his corpse taken away by the Alien Species?"

He asked in an instant.

The question is very important; this question can rule out many possibilities.

Listening to Lin An's probing, Anna slightly split the lower part of her skull and opened her chest cavity, as if wanting to swallow him in one bite.

As a Fourth Stage existence, her emotional fluctuations did not last long.

But after facing many of Lin An's questions, she seemed a little "tired."

"You have many questions, child..."

Fearless, Lin An silently clenched his fists, merely waiting for Anna's answer.

There's no way; the only place he can get answers now is Anna.

Some questions are too important for him; he can only keep asking.

Asking one more is crucial for him.

As for whether doing so would anger the other party, or whether it's inappropriate?

Lin An clearly knows that the other party's attitude toward him and whether they answer the questions are predetermined; for Fourth Stage beings who constantly maintain superhuman thinking, worldly affairs are utterly unimportant.

If they wanted to kill him, they would have done so already. Under high rationality, he believes that if Anna has goodwill toward him, she will not grow weary of his many questions.

As expected, a few seconds later, Anna spoke again.

"Yes, we have no other choice."