Chapter 1416: Escape

Boom boom boom boom!

The earth trembled.

Inside the war hub that had been silent for a long time, a large number of mutated beings surged forth like towering giants, blotting out the sky and covering the sun.

Either using their mutated limbs to soar through the air like a mountain peak, or running across the land.

Under the general's command, the several thousand mutated beings within the war hub all mobilized, like a destructive flood, rushing out in all directions.

Each mutated being was responsible for scouting a one‑kilometer area, which perhaps sounds large, but for mutated beings whose lowest strength reaches the fourth stage, a one‑kilometer scouting range is practically ultra‑close‑quarters combat!

As soon as they detect Lin An's trail, within a few tenths of a second they can mutually support each other!

Therefore, even logically, they form groups of many to prevent accidents.

But in order to find Lin An with maximum efficiency, sacrificing a batch of mutated beings is acceptable!

"Find Lin An! Kill him!!"

Floating in midair, the general with eyes constantly rotating coldly waved his hand to give the order, then instantly flew off alone toward the guessed direction.

He was certain Lin An had not left this area, so he was confident that with a dragnet search he could check every corner within at most half an hour!

If Lin An breaks through the red net, he will also leave enough traces for them to track!

Must kill! Under the same mindset as the alien species, his heart now holds only the resolve to kill Lin An!

Whether to obtain Lin An's corpse or for later civil considerations, even if Lin An is not considered an enemy, he can only personally send Lin An on his way!

Between the survival of species, there is no room for emotion.

Inside the core hub, Anna watched silently as all the mutated beings rushed out to hunt, standing in place without a sound, sighing silently.

She is the only mutated being who did not choose to pursue Lin An.

Of course, given her status, no one would say anything.

But for some unknown reason, even though the general told her this was the emperor's order and she understood that Lin An indeed could not remain, inexplicably she always felt a strange unease in her heart.

Perfect Ones... are they really that easy to kill?

Especially hearing the emperor's meaning, if Lin An truly escaped from their grasp, the emperor would not even mind cooperating with the alien species, joining forces to encircle and kill Lin An.

Of course, perhaps this would be used as a condition, making the alien species pay some price...

Lost, amidst complex emotions.

Anna silently raised her head to gaze at the sky of this world, wondering what she was thinking.

She always felt that Lin An and that person were too alike...

"Is this... the red net.."

Edge of the 77th mutated being's defense line.

Second Will looked with solemn eyes at the endless red net covering the entire perimeter outside the defense line.

As far as the eye can see, whether above or below, before the final stretch of leaving this area, the red net almost covered every corner.

He had already checked; no matter from which direction or angle he tried to leave here, he would inevitably come into contact with the red net.

Thinking back to when Lin An unintentionally approached the red net and was called out by a mutated being, even though Second Will did not know what this thing did, he easily realized it was problematic.

"No matter how one leaves this place, one will inevitably hit these red lines."

"Even if one uses teleportation ability, it will still pick up the aura..."

His brows were tightly furrowed.

"Lin An" approached the red net with extreme caution, repeatedly sensing its special fluctuations.

"It seems like a \"barrier\" for transmitting information? Like a product of some special rule and mental power..."

"Not only that, it also serves a stabilizing function in space..."

"If nothing unexpected happens, those three alien species I first saw would be dragged into pursuit; most likely they were discovered instantly after passing through the red net."

Standing before the red net, Second Will's expression was grim, rarely showing some hesitation.

His face was pale; despite doing his best to heal his wounds, he remains in a severely injured state.

It's not that his recovery ability is poor, but that his injuries are simply too severe.

At the time, facing the siege of many mutated beings, surviving instantaneously was already a miracle. If not for his mutated state having lost a life, plus the solidifying effect of the Eternal Body...

Replace him with any fourth‑stage being, and he would probably already be dead.

Even now, his whole body is like a torn ragdoll, utterly ruined.

"Should we wait for the causal sequence to cool down before escaping, or escape now?"

"Outside the red net ought to be the alien species' territory; otherwise there'd be no reason to set up the red net..."

Utterly calm, Second Will earnestly rehearsed various scenarios.

Theoretically, he should continue hiding to recover his injuries, at least waiting for regular combat power to return before thinking of how to escape this place.

After all, given his current state, if the red net itself carries some kind of attack, it could easily worsen his injuries.

Moreover, if he later encounters alien species, that would be even more troublesome.

But after quickly thinking through various scenarios, a strong sense of irritation kept welling up from his heart.

"No time...! There's no time left.."

"If I stay here, those mutated beings can completely use trilateration to lock onto my coordinates! Combined with the dead mutated beings..."

Rapid calculation.

But in an instant, Second Will calculated the theoretical time at which he would be found.

Less than seventeen minutes and thirty‑two seconds.

As long as the mutated beings have even a bit of brains, the time left for him is not even twenty minutes.

"So.."

He exhaled a clear breath and slowly closed his eyes.

Upon opening his eyes again, the Second Will's gaze had already regained its cold indifference.

He has experienced too many desperate situations.

Perhaps this time's difficulty has already become a desperate situation, but he will not give up.

"If I rush out now, and there's no special effect, as long as I flee at top speed, I might run into a primary Fourth Stage Alien Species on the way..."

"Then there is still a sliver of hope..."

One has considered that if Lin An forcibly charges into the Alien Species world, he will sooner or later face a desperate situation, or be forced to help Lin An survive.

But the Second Will never expected that he would not only need to help Lin An survive, but even fight alone while Lin An was in a half-dead state.

Moreover..

With a cold snort, the Second Will indifferently gazed at his own arm where white bone faintly showed, a hint of mockery flashing in the depths of his eyes.

Without the power of rules, spiritual energy is nearly exhausted.

All important skills are on cooldown, leaving only the basic abilities provided by the Death God Set.

Points cannot be used, and at the same time he is being hunted by the two major races.

In such a predicament, it truly is "pleasant"...

After a brief silence of a few seconds, he exerted himself to adjust his crippled body to the limit as much as possible; in an instant, the Second Will suddenly wielded twin swords, like a streak of black fire, decisively charging toward the red net!

Nothing more than a desperate struggle; having experienced countless life-and-death trials, he had long grown accustomed to all this.

"As long as you give me a chance, I still have hope!!"

As long as the first Alien Species encountered after rushing out is not an intermediate Fourth Stage, there is still room to breathe!

"Boom!!"

Speed pushed to the limit.

In an instant, Lin An instantly broke through the blood-like red giant net.

Just like a beast bursting out of the net.