Chapter 1559: Taking Their Place

His face twisted, as if roaring, Huang Shaohua, in his urgency, had no choice but to threaten again.

Deep inside, he actually had always been afraid Lin An would come back to kill him!

Who knows what state that pervert is in now!

Even if it wasn't Lin An returning, if that bear returned, he'd still get into trouble!

This opportunity before him was his only chance to turn things around! It was his hope to become stronger!

He could never give up, no matter what!

However, no matter how he threatened, that cold mechanical voice was like a curse, making him nearly go mad.

In extreme anger, the blood corpse's eyes turned blood-red.

Already suppressing his bloodthirsty instinct, he now even wanted to rush forward and unleash a massacre!

If they didn't give him clearance, he would kill everyone!

Not on the clearance list? He had no qualification!?

Then he would, in front of that damn AI, kill all those with clearance!

He didn't believe that, with these people dead, that AI would just watch...!

Wait!

His gaze froze.

Just as he was thinking of rushing up to seize and kill the Long An high-ranking officials, Huang Shaohua's head suddenly turned, looking at Fan Bing cowering in the corner.

"Doesn't meet clearance, needs identity verification.."

"The list..!?"

"Boom!"

In an instant he burst to Fan Bing's face, Huang Shaohua's expression went mad, excitedly grabbing her neck.

"Can you turn into anyone!?"

"Can you disguise me as Lin An! Don't try to deceive me! You've turned into that girl before! Even the aura is the same!"

When mountains run out of water and doubt there's a path, willows darken, flowers brighten, another village appears.

Recalling how even Li Lei's near-Fourth Stage perception couldn't discern Fan Bing's transformation ability, Huang Shaohua felt as if fate had destined it, staring fixedly at Fan Bing.

That's it!

He remembered correctly, Fan Bing could disguise herself as anyone!

Even at First Level she could do this, now she's Third Level! Her ability must have strengthened! Maybe she could even "become" Lin An to deceive Zhuanxu!

Breathing difficult, painful.

Being tightly gripped by Huang Shaohua at the neck, Fan Bing's heart was filled with bitter panic.

Correct, just as Huang Shaohua thought, her ability could be used on others at Second Level, and at Third Level she could even imitate others' talents.

Although the effect would be greatly discounted, essentially she could indeed become another person.

But facing Huang Shaohua's threat, Fan Bing just closed her eyes, refusing to say a word.

She didn't know why Huang Shaohua wanted to control the base so badly, but she knew she definitely couldn't do that!

Vaguely she sensed that if she helped Huang Shaohua, it would likely cause an unimaginable "disaster"!

He saw Fan Bing's resolve to die rather than yield.

Huang Shaohua's face went manic; instinctively he didn't want to waste words, planning first to tear off Fan Bing's limbs and then talk! He didn't believe anyone could endure this pain!

However, just as he was about to act violently, an almost instinctual force within him instantly stopped him.

Damn!

Feeling that the one restraining him was "Li Lei", Huang Shaohua's expression changed drastically, he couldn't help but curse loudly.

That damn sycophant! Still stopping him at this time!

But who is he?

Realizing he couldn't harm Fan Bing, Huang Shaohua took a deep breath and loudly threatened again.

He couldn't act against Fan Bing, but he could act against others!

"Little girl! You're not afraid of death, right!? I don't believe you're not afraid of those people outside dying!"

"Three seconds! If you don't help me, I'll kill that girl! If I remember correctly, that girl's name is AnXia, right!?"

"I'll eat her bit by bit in front of you! I'll kill everyone, making them scream in agony before you, dying painfully before you! And all this is because of you!"

Hearing Huang Shaohua's threats, Fan Bing's face turned deathly pale, her whole body trembling.

She knew, this monster occupying Li Lei, could really do such a thing.

In an instant, she felt an unimaginable huge pressure suddenly weigh upon her.

What should I..

What to do!?

North American continent, Houston war zone.

Huge, like a chasm-like sword scar, as if piercing the entire war zone.

Smoke filled the air.

Rocks melted by high temperature emitted a dark red glow.

In the valley, the earth's scar seemed to split the land in two; countless utterly collapsed refugees, at this moment all hopelessly knelt on the ground, daring not to move.

Just like the refugees.

Whether the Awakened Ones of the Soviet war zone, or members of Long An.

In the deathly silent valley, everyone felt awe, even fear, looking at Lin An.

When power exceeds imagination, when facing an existence more terrifying than a "god", even though Lin An belongs to humanity, at this moment everyone instinctively felt dread.

Human true god!

Supreme martial power!

This is the only thought in the minds of Awakened Ones from the Fourth Stage down to the Third Stage.

Especially for Luo En and the others, Lin An's sword once again refreshed their understanding of power.

If the earlier scene of Lin An instantly slaying the fugitives was already shocking, then a single sword almost cleaved the entire battlefield, and a single sword, nearly heaven‑opening, massacred the fourth‑stage Awakened Ones.

They even bitterly discovered that they could no longer gauge Lin An's true combat power.

They didn't even know whether this was Lin An's ultimate form.

"This is what a god is... this is what the Fourth Stage is..."

"Or is it a gap of hundreds of times? This guy... is he really human!?"

He let out a bitter laugh; victory clearly belonged to them, yet at this moment Luo En only hated himself for having emerged so early.

His confidence, his belief, his pride—all were shattered together beneath Lin An's sword.

If he could, he would rather remain ignorant.

"Humans simply can't compare to a monster; I actually realized this long ago..."

Perhaps because he accepted it more readily, the blow he actually endured was far greater than Luo En's; Tai Er let out a long sigh, couldn't help patting Luo En's shoulder to comfort him.

He could understand Luo En.

In such an apocalypse, aren't all of these later fourth‑stage Awakened Ones extremely proud, seeing themselves as standing at humanity's pinnacle and being one of its hopes?

But living in the same era as Lin An can only be described as both their fortune and their sorrow.

Unable to defeat, unable to surpass, unable to imagine.

Only... to follow?

When the gap grew so vast as to cause despair, he could not even feel envy; he could only forever gaze up at that man.

Like Luo En and the others, Zhang Tie and the others who had regained their composure were all excited.

Just seeing that Lin An seemed to have something else to do, the crowd, though excited, dared not disturb him; they only kept thinking about asking Lin Dui after it ended just how strong he really was!

In midair, after gradually absorbing the power, Lin An slowly shrank back to normal human size.

All they saw was him raise a hand; his matchless psychic power instantly dragged the remaining fugitives before him.

Without daring to resist in the slightest, the last few dozen third‑stage fugitives and two fourth‑stage ones immediately began begging for mercy.

Too terrifying! Not one of them could withstand a single sword strike from Lin An!

As for the fugitives' High Level, they abandoned them and fled outright!