Chapter 1507: with translation of chapter title

Inside the noisy external liaison department, weary shouts rose and fell.

"South China War Zone, Tianxiong Safe Zone requests support, report to the external operations team, see if they can save!"

"Sea beasts have appeared in the Southeast Asian waters; that bunch of monkeys wants us to dispatch psychic fighter jets for support—how many fighter jets do we have left!? They're offering a high price!"

"Just passed the Gold War Zone provides new intel! Indicates a possible spatial gate has appeared! They want three sets of blue equipment for further investigation!"

"The source is the Yalu River! Korean Awakened Ones have crossed the border!"

Workstation 063.

One of the liaisons responsible for the Americas theater, Zhou Nan looked dubiously at the information he had just received.

Before him, countless messages from the American continent streamed in, from suspected high-rank mutants appearing, to local overseas Chinese requesting support; as the Faction: Long An Safe Zone possessing the world's strongest, in every major theater worldwide, there will always be many who turn to them for help.

Naturally, the Faction: Long An military, to train soldiers or gather important intel, would sometimes respond by deploying troops.

However, the Americas theater is too far away; much of the information they can only ignore.

"Souls at peace..."

"The Americas theater... just this one sentence?"

The work was tedious; whenever Zhou Nan saw such junk messages, he would usually choose to ignore them.

But this time, he always felt there was some special significance.

Cross-border transmission of messages comes at a cost that is still considerable for ordinary Awakened Ones. Usually there will be some junk messages sending meaningless words, but most still have some motive.

And distress messages will even give detailed content, sometimes even bypassing the system, directly translating into Now we need to output lines: English before transmission.

All for the hope that the Faction: Long An side, upon seeing it, would pay more attention.

Whether selling high-priced information or asking for help, Zhou Nan was still seeing for the first time a message that contained nothing, still in the original English.

"Souls at peace... what does that mean?"

"The sender is the most common war zone broadcaster."

"Just to say a religious phrase after crossing so many continents?"

He unconsciously furrowed his brows; as a clerical staff with extremely weak combat ability, he still took his work very seriously.

"Zhou Nan!? What are you standing there for!? Hurry up and organize the useful information!"

"The high level has already issued orders down, demanding we gather any information related to spatial fluctuations! Those distress messages, don't bother with them anymore!"

Inside the external liaison department, a team‑leader‑type Awakened One was frazzled, anxiously looking at the huge volume of information constantly being summed up.

Although they didn't know what exactly Lord An Jing Tian needed for information, nor what they were looking for again.

But from the issuance of the top order until now, they haven't found a single useful piece of information!

Not only that, recently sea beasts suddenly attacked coastal regions, and distress messages to them have surged!

How difficult!

Wanting to sift through the massive information for what the High Level needs, they've gone four or five days without sleep!

I heard the satellite team's side is even more desperate, with several thousand Awakened Ones day and night nonstop watching the global "monitoring"! Their eyes are almost going blind!

Hearing the team leader somewhat dissatisfied with his efficiency, Zhou Nan secretly sighed and had to give up that strange piece of information in his hand.

Religious terminology...

Really can't understand its meaning.

Just as he was wearily about to look at the next item, his whole body suddenly jerked, as if a flash of lightning had instantly streaked through his mind.

English?!

Souls at peace!?

Ling An!?

Lin..

An!?

"Bang!"

With a bang, Zhou Nan suddenly widened his eyes, looking at the slogan hung on the department wall.

"Forever loyal to Lin An!"

The black‑red slogan was glaring, enlarged.

He wasn't sure whether his guess was correct, nor whether it was merely a homophone, just a coincidence.

But as soon as it involves that existence, it is top‑level information!

Without hesitation, amid the astonished gazes of everyone in the office, Zhou Nan's face changed repeatedly, and he directly pressed the highest‑level information alert before him.

According to Faction: Long An regulations, once any information concerning that existence is discovered, it can be directly reported beyond the chain for verification!

Three minutes and forty seconds later, inside the Faction: Long An inner city, the core command room.

Under the escort of a squad of third‑rank Awakened Ones, Zhou Nan walked in with trepidation into the core area representing the Faction: Long An's supreme authority.

Seeing many people hurrying past, the third‑rank individuals moving quickly, as well as one after another of the High Level whom he had only ever seen from afar, he felt his calves trembling.

After more than a year of development, the Faction: Long An has now grown into a colossus, commanding nearly a hundred million survivors across three provinces!

Under Lin An's near‑invincible deterrence, the Faction: Long An is like a giant beast; the entire Huaxia theater has already radiated out dozens of subordinate Safe Zone branches.

It's no exaggeration to say that, in the eyes of many external Survivors, this place is the second capital after the Apocalypse! Those who can enter the core area are all super‑existences capable of shaking a region with a single stomp.

Such intense pressure..

Just how many third‑rank individuals are working in here!?

Having never entered the core area before, and lacking the qualification to do so, Zhou Nan looked at the sci‑fi‑feeling core area before him, and at the drones scanning everywhere for surveillance, feeling as if he had unintentionally strayed into a military stronghold like an ant.

Feeling the overwhelming pressure of numerous third‑rank individuals coming at him, Zhou Nan, face pale, was brought into the command room.

At this very moment, he suddenly feared what if he had overthought things.

You see, the person he's about to meet later is none other than the Faction: Long An's number four figure, Gao Tian!

Don't even mention the Faction: Long An's number-four figure; even their department head is someone whom countless external Safe Zone Leaders fawn over!

If I make a mistake, wouldn't I offend this big shot?

Lost in random thoughts.

After quickly passing through a series of alloy doors under special approval, before Zhou Nan could nervously speak, he saw a youth carrying a war bow staring solemnly at him in front of thirteen huge electronic screens.

"Zhou Nan? Communications officer 063 of the External Liaison Department?"

"In your report, you said you found news possibly about Lord Lin An?"

Taking a step forward, Gao Tian instantly appeared before Zhou Nan, his voice hoarse as he asked.

Although similar reports about Lin Ge's news have appeared many times, many High Level officials said there's no need to verify every one at their level.

But afraid to miss any news, he has gone a full seven days without rest.

Seeing the bloodshot eyes beneath his gaze, though his expression was exhausted, Gao Tian looked at him with utmost solemnity; Zhou Nan trembled all over and hurriedly spoke:

"Yes! Lord Gao Tian!"

"Just three minutes ago, I received an international message from the North American war zone!"

"Although there's no extra information and it just looks like religious terminology, I wonder if it could be related to Lord Lin An?"

Stumbling over his words, Zhou Nan, afraid he wouldn't express it clearly, directly wrote that sentence on the spot.

"Sir, this sentence is originally in English, untranslated. Of course, we can directly see its Chinese meaning."

"That sentence roughly means 'soul'..."

"Peace?"

"The abbreviation is... Ling..."

Before his words even fell,

In an instant, Zhou Nan suddenly felt a terrifying aura sweep across the whole scene.

All he saw was that he had been worried his guess wasn't correct and wasn't enough to draw the attention of the High Level.

At this very moment, upon seeing the information, Gao Tian seemed to have suffered a huge shock, his aura erupting uncontrollably from his whole body.

His heart violently shook.

Gao Tian stared fixedly at those four characters; for a moment, an indescribable ecstasy and excitement nearly made him collapse.

Heedless of how undignified he looked, he seemed to think of something, his face going mad as he rushed to the command center and without hesitation pressed the highest alert button.

"Wu! Wuwwu! Wu! Wu!!!"

The piercing alarm stunned the entire Long'an Base.

Before anyone could react, the highest-level orders sounded off one after another.

"Lock down the entire zone!!"

"Inner and outer cities immediately enter highest combat readiness! No survivors may enter or exit! Cut off all external communications! All Long An High Level, attend the emergency meeting immediately!"

Veins bulging, after issuing a barrage of combat readiness orders in one breath, An Jing Tian trembled all over, suppressing his excitement as he contacted Zhuanxu again.

"Zhuanxu! Lock down all members inside the base!"

"Anyone who goes out to initiate communication will be killed on the spot!"

"All warplanes and three Fourth Rank, prepare for combat immediately! Right away! Recall all units! Abandon all missions!"

"Notify Zhang Ge and the others! I.."

"Found Lin Dui!!"

His voice choking, looking at the slip of paper with just four characters in his hand, Gao Tian seemed to have lost all strength, unable to stand any longer.

Hard to imagine, in these six days, how much pressure those who knew the Inside Information have endured.

Can't find Lin Dui, no matter how we try, we still can't find Lin Dui.

Dare not imagine whether Lin An will meet with mishap, or whether they need help now; since Lin An's accident, he feels his nerves have been stretched to the limit!

And now, he seems to have seen hope.

"North American war zone..."

"Lin Dui!!"

"Whoosh—Boom!!"

A sound ripped through the air.

As alarms rang throughout the Faction: Long An's interior, the highest orders spread like a spiderweb, quickly transmitted to all subordinate war zones nationwide.

Troops, Awakened Ones, Special Operations Units, Air Force units, Armored Corps...

Within just thirty seconds, if viewed from space, the war zone map of Hua Guo now shows a horrifying scene.

Just like ants returning to their nest, large numbers of psychic warplanes executing missions abroad swiftly return, while millions of ground troops likewise abandon combat orders and rush back to the Faction: Long An at the fastest speed.

Each Awakened One fighting abroad suddenly changed expression, without hesitation flying toward the Faction: Long An.

In the incredulous gaze of countless external survivors, the battle troops continually converging on the Faction: Long An are like a sky‑covering swarm of bees, terrifying beyond compare.

"What the hell!? What are they doing!? Mutants killed halfway and then stopped!?"

"No way!? The corpse tide isn't even finished yet!? Are these Long An people crazy!?"

"All assemble!? Damn, this isn't about to go to war, is it!?"

Heart pounding with fear.

Across the Huaxia war zones, large numbers of survivors stared in shock at the warplanes streaking overhead.

They had no idea what had actually happened.

All they knew was that the Faction: Long An units performing missions everywhere, now like crazy, abandoned everything and rushed back.

It's as if some earth‑shattering event is about to happen.

Not only did external survivors feel terror, but even the survivors of the Faction: Long An's outer city now gaped at the sky‑darkening fleet of warplanes overhead, and... the three Fourth Rank Awakened Ones continually gathering via portals.

"Holy shit.. We Long An have this many third stage!?"

"How could there be so many things wrong!? What the hell happened!?"

Even the grassroots of Long An don't know much about Long An's true strength. With rapid development, many newly joined Long An members don't even know how many troops their safe zone actually has.

Under martial law across the zone, in just a few short minutes, Long An and all its subordinate safe zones seemed to simultaneously enter a global silent state, causing endless speculation from the outside.

With such a massive show of force, they could never imagine what big event could make Long'an Base so 'tense'!

Like a giant gathering all its strength, Long An is now exerting every effort, preparing to 'throw a punch'!

"Gao Tian!? Are you sure this is Lin Dui's message!?"

"Boom!!"

In one breath, they smashed the alloy door to pieces.

Accompanied by an terrifying-to-the-extreme aura that made countless third-stage tremble, Zhang Tie, who had instantly rushed into the core area, suddenly lunged in front of Gao Tian, his bear-like eyes seeming about to split, as he grabbed Gao Tian's collar and shouted angrily.

Hard to imagine, even more excited than Gao Tian, Zhang Tie felt like he was about to go crazy, his mind full of the news Gao Tian had conveyed.

Lin Dui! They found Lin Dui!

Watching the Long An High Level and squad members rush over at top speed, Gao Tian's face flushed red as he slapped Zhang Tie's big hand, indicating he was about to be choked to death by him.

This clueless bear, does he not know how great his Fourth Stage strength is!?

Realizing he was overly excited, Zhang Tie hastily let go of Gao Tian, but his ragged breathing still showed just how urgent he was.

"That's right! It should be Lin Dui's information!"

"The message was reported by this communications officer! The source is North America!"

"The content is just this sentence!"

Without wasting a moment, Gao Tian, seeing Wen Ya and the others' excited gazes, hurriedly projected the information onto the big screen.

Amidst the bewildered gazes of many Long An High Level, several squad members, upon seeing the four characters 'Ling An', instantly froze.

Yes, perhaps to outsiders these four characters pose no problem; even the two characters 'Ling An' aren't particularly strange.

But to them, not a single one is an idiot!

Ling An! It's exactly the religion that Brother Lin cooked up in the Amoeba Worm World!

This term, only those few of them know; no outsider knows it!

The person capable of sending this message can only be Lin Dui!

Just as excited as when Gao Tian first saw the message.

In an instant, several people lost emotional control; seeing that extremely familiar phrase, Wen Ya couldn't help covering her mouth and burst into tears, while Zhang Tie rushed to Zhou Nan's side, frantically questioning.

"Just these four characters!? Where are the coordinates!? Lin Dui didn't say exactly where he is!?"

"Information! Any other information!?"

"Boom!!"

Zhang Tie and Jing Tian both lost composure, suddenly questioning Zhou Nan.

These four characters could have been sent by Lin Dui, but what about other information!?

No coordinates at all—what kind of finding is this!?

Almost stunned by the pressure, seeing Long An's two top figures lose composure, Zhou Nan's face turned deathly pale, unable to speak, only shaking his head.

There is no other information; he also didn't know that this piece of info, which he almost missed, would cause such a commotion.

Before Zhang Tie's face could change drastically, as if unwilling to believe, Gao Tian beside him hastily grabbed the frantically crazy Xiong Hanzi and quickly said:

"Brother Zhang! I've confirmed it! It's exactly this information!"

"But the more this is so, the more it proves this was sent by Lin Dui!"

After the words fell, Gao Tian gratefully glanced at Zhou Nan, comforting him not to be afraid; the next second he took a deep breath, doing his best to steady everyone's excited emotions.

He knew everyone had been near crazy lately, exhausting every possible means to search for Lin An's whereabouts.

Emotional agitation is normal.

But the more this is so, the more we need to stay calm now!

Staring fixedly at the four characters on the screen, Gao Tian's mind raced; compared to the impulsive Zhang Tie, he thought of much more!

Lin Dui has no reason to only send this message; sending it this way must have his reason!

Moreover, he could imagine that Lin Dui suddenly sending a message now must mean they need us!

Lin Dui, needs help!

And he.

Also needs to understand Lin An's meaning!

Then, at any cost, go rescue Lin Dui!