Chapter 1413: Two Clans Hunt

Answer me! Why would you do this! 「

As if questioning, at this moment Anna's eyes seemed to flash a hint of resentful anger.

Having just received the news, she almost rushed here the moment she heard it.

Without showing any fear, she stared straight at the high-ranking General, at this moment seeming angry, coldly voicing her angry question.

Facing Anna's questioning, the General's face first darkened, and after a moment he had no choice but to sigh and speak in a low voice.

He couldn't hide anything, or rather, there was no need to hide anything.

Because of historical reasons, Anna, as an extremely special existence among the Aberrants, is someone even he dares not offend.

"Miss Anna, killing Lin An is indeed the Emperor's order."

"Do you think the other side belongs to the Perfect Ones, and that they are mortal enemies with the Alien Species, so we shouldn't take action?"

He directly pointed out the source of Anna's anger; although the General vaguely felt that Anna's anger was somewhat strange, he also had no intention of investigating it.

He knew that Anna had a natural affection for human form, or simply put, for human existence.

"Yes!"

"That child, I am ninety percent sure he is a Perfect One!"

"His psychic power is very strong, and his attributes are strong in all aspects! His body is stained with much Alien Species 'blood', and he has not deceived us!"

"I also sensed the aura of primitive humans on him, and that aura is benevolent!"

"I believe you have verified his identity, right? He is not an enemy, but a human sharing our situation!"

"Emperor, on what grounds do you demand his death!"

Incomprehensible, with a hint of anger.

If Lin An were still present now, he would probably also be surprised by Anna's defense of him; this behavior is as if she truly regards him as a kinsman.

Hearing Anna's questioning, the General could only explain in a low voice:

"What you say is correct; actually, I initially had no intention of killing that guy."

"But the Emperor's meaning is precisely because he is a Perfect One and has tremendous potential! This means the Alien Species will absolutely not give up hunting him!"

"Wherever Lin An is, the Alien Emperor will appear there! If he stays with us, even if we act together, it will trigger another Sovereign War!"

"As long as Lin An lives, the Alien Emperor cannot possibly give up!"

"The Emperor's meaning is that we have no need to start a pointless war!"

Hearing the General's explanation at this moment, the Aberrant Anna first froze, then instantly split her chest open, unable to help but retort:

"This is wrong!"

"Could the Emperor possibly be afraid of those monsters?!"

"That child has great potential! He could grow to the point of helping us! And he is a Perfect One!"

"If, according to you, our race also produced someone with tremendous potential, would the Emperor personally kill them to avoid a great war, just to prevent the Alien Species from acting?! That's ridiculous!"

Looking at Anna, who seemed unable to understand and even grew more angry, the General fell silent for a moment, then shook his head:

"No, Miss Anna. You have misunderstood."

"First, killing Lin An benefits us; a Perfect One's corpse might allow us to research the secrets of Perfect Ones. According to the Emperor's hint, we might even try to 'resurrect' our own Perfect One."

"Although the probability is small, it is still a hope."

"Second, killing Lin An will certainly bring a reward, which is also greatly beneficial to us."

"Furthermore..."

The General suddenly gave a cold chuckle, then turned his gaze toward the approximate direction of the Alien Species.

"Miss Anna, you seem to have overlooked an issue."

"That is, we fundamentally neither need nor can we engage in a deathmatch with the Alien Species."

"Even if we hold the advantage, the Alien Species have already prepared to abandon this world and flee. But if we truly drive them to desperation, the planet will be destroyed. Moreover, no one knows what the Alien Emperor gained from obtaining that person's corpse back then."

"The Alien Species definitely have a desperate trump card up their sleeves; otherwise, the Emperor and their Emperor would not have tacitly maintained the current situation."

"Therefore..."

"Lin An, as their world's hope, must die! Only when Lin An dies will the Alien Species be able to occupy that world with peace of mind, and only then will they truly flee!"

"Otherwise, unable to establish a foothold in the new world and constantly facing a ticking time bomb situation, what do you think the Alien Species would do?"

"When the Alien Species are utterly hopeless, they can only choose to fight us to the death!"

"So..."

Having said no more, after the General finished speaking he sighed inwardly.

In fact, he hadn't even thought of this at first.

Only the Emperor, only a sovereign whose thoughts far surpass theirs, realized this, and thus decisively ordered them to kill Lin An first.

Do not pursue a desperate foe; a cornered beast will still fight.

They also don't care about Earth's fate, nor whether human civilization will be destroyed.

For the Aberrants, they only need this planet, only needing to guarantee the interests of their own civilization and race.

As for the Alien Species, let these monsters flee, let them occupy that world and merely survive...

They even hope more than the Alien Species that Earth's humans perish, so that the Alien Emperor can directly lead his people away from here.

In this situation, they could even make letting the Alien Species go a condition, demanding to keep a batch of Alien Species to devour. Perhaps then a new Perfect One might be born...

All benefits and no drawbacks, so Lin An is also an uncertain factor for them.

Hearing the General's explanation, Anna froze on the spot.

Even if her mental processing speed were faster, after understanding this point she couldn't help but feel a moment of blankness.

Is it because... like this...

Upon careful thought, the Emperor's idea is indeed correct; on the contrary, they are too naive, having thought too little....

Even from a deeper perspective, the Alien Species and them in human eyes—how could they not be strange monsters?

Who knows if this Perfect One, after gradually growing up, might go back on their word and also pose a huge threat to them?

So-called promises, so-called help—are meaningless in the face of interest.

Just...

For some unknown reason, perhaps because she still retains human feelings from before her transformation into a mutated one, Anna always feels an inexplicable emotion welling up in her heart.

She always felt that Lin An carried a scent extremely familiar to her, as if, a few hundred years ago, she had once followed that person.

She didn't know whether all Perfect Ones possessed this trait, but her instinct told her it was certainly not a "bad thing".

Without waiting for Anna to say anything else in her silence, the General, unwilling to waste more time, coldly swept his gaze over the detained subordinates and directly gestured for immediate action.

The urgent priority is to kill Lin An first, then talk!

In the worst-case scenario, if they let Lin An go... he wouldn't mind directly notifying the Alien Species, so both sides could join forces to encircle and kill him!

Seeing the General issue his order, as if wanting to let Anna see reality, he then suddenly spoke again:

"Miss Anna, have you seen the bone fragments on the ground?"

"Just now, while Lin An was fleeing, he ate one of our clansmen."

"Heh..."

"This worm definitely has a problem!"

"I think he's the monster! He can devour us to gain power!"

He spoke coldly, reverberating.

In an instant, Anna then noticed the pure white bone fragments on the ground.

Moreover, the General's words reverberated in her ears like a thunderclap.

Eat... eaten!?

That kid, he ate their people!?

"Hum"

Accompanied by a sharp, abrupt space-tearing sound.

Above a black-and-yellow expanse of desolate land, a black flash of light suddenly appeared.

In midair, a creature covered in a crimson hue, altogether pallid and ferocious—a white bone monster—suddenly dropped from the air.

"Eat..."

"Eat...!!"