Chapter 1568: Dawn and Darkness

Half a minute later.

"Control him, Huang Haitao, you go sign a contract with this thing."

He glanced at the distant annihilators who had given up resistance, or could only give up; Lin An's expression remained calm, and he softly instructed Huang Haitao, signaling the other to first control this tree.

The greater good is settled; all that remains is to wrap up.

He must kill the fugitives cleanly.

He also needs to know the fugitives' secrets and the apocalypse's information.

The eyeball giant tree, though pretending to be tough, is obviously weak to the point of death, yet insists on acting divine.

But even Lin An had to admit that the tree's rules were very special; after a few kicks, the tree surprisingly didn't die.

Moreover, the fruit, branches, and even blood condensed by the other party seem very useful for strengthening one's physique.

Such a treasure, he naturally plans to capture it and raise it in captivity.

In this battle, Lin An clearly felt that Long An—no, the combat power of the global Awakened Ones—was too weak and urgently needed improvement.

Hearing Lin An actually order him to sign a contract, like winning the lottery, the usually unnoticed Huang Haitao trembled with excitement, incredulously staring at the giant tree.

My god!!

Lord Lin An, he actually let him sign a contract to be a subordinate of a fourth-stage high-level!?

Although he knew it was just nominally under his name, such casualness and such an action suddenly made him feel overwhelmed by favor!

Not only was he excited, but Tai Er and the others were also stunned in place, as if they had become foolish.

Holy shit!?

Although they realized that Lin An wanted to capture such an existence,

but such a super lifeform shouldn't be for oneself?

On Earth, besides Lin An, who has this thing? Otherwise, they'd just walk around arrogantly!

Unable to comprehend, Tai Er and the others' hearts suddenly welled up with a sour feeling, almost to tears.

However, before Huang Haitao could utter incoherent words, wanting to say something, he discovered Lin An merely shook his head, signaling him to just do it.

A lesson from past mistakes.

After experiencing the annihilator incident,

When capturing fugitives again, or any random miscellaneous things, Lin An will not allow himself or team members to sign contracts.

Although the appearance of annihilators is an extreme situation, for Lin An, he will not make the same mistake again.

Inside the deep pit, the giant tree trembled all over.

Looking at a human no more than third stage, in his eyes as tiny as an ant, actually wanting to sign a contract with himself.

Instinctively, the giant tree became furious to the extreme, as if it could not endure this humiliation.

But with just a casual sweep from Lin An, it instantly trembled all over and honestly played dead.

Forget it..

Too terrifying!

He realized that, if it weren't for his still having value, Lin An would have already killed him!

Being alive is stronger than anything!

But at this moment, the giant tree couldn't help but look resentfully at the oncoming annihilator.

If it weren't for this bastard! How could he have ended up in such a situation!

Even monsters that destroyed a planet dare to provoke! Annihilators, such idiots! Dying ten thousand times is deserved!

Noticing the fugitive giant tree's resentful gaze toward itself, the annihilator overlord, struggling to fly over, at this moment remained silent, no longer caring about this at all in his heart.

A dog, a dead person—what else is there to argue about?

How could he not hate these fools?

But if he had known earlier that this would be the outcome, he would absolutely not dare to betray Lin An.

In just a few short hours, there were reversals upon reversals.

Despair, hope..

Despair! Hope!

This is simply more torturous than death!

He would rather not have had hope from the start!

Flying over, or rather being forced to land hard before Lin An under his mental lock.

The annihilator overlord, with only half its body left, looked at the large batch of complex, curious human insects observing itself.

For a moment, it felt utterly ridiculous.

How proud, how powerful an existence he was.

But at this moment, before this swarm of insects, he was humiliated to the point of only being able to wait for death!

Humiliated?

No...

He didn't lose to these insects; he lost to Lin An, to this pervert!

Their eyes met; looking up at the lofty Lin An, the annihilator overlord seemed to struggle, wriggling its mouth.

"Lin Emperor..."

"Give me one more chance."

His voice trembled, carrying struggle and unwillingness.

He truly did not want to die.

He only begged Lin An to let him return to face death; perhaps there was a chance... maybe... to let him go?

He swore!

As long as Lin An spares him, he will definitely never dare to betray again!

However, Lin An, although he heard the strong will to survive in the Annihilator's voice, and words that sounded like pleas.

But he showed no sign of wavering.

"I gave you a chance."

"I said, disperse your power, keep the rules, and I'll give you a swift end."

As his words fell, the Annihilator Overlord trembled all over, suddenly realizing why Lin An didn't kill him with a single sword!

He instinctively looked at Gao Tian beside Lin An, an indescribable sorrow nearly made him collapse!

Lin An, not killing him directly, is to make use of him as a disposable tool!

To let this worm "inherit" his power!

That sword was deliberately to toy with him, making him exhaust his last strength!

How cruel!

"No!! How can I die at the hands of such a worm!"

"Lin An! Kill me! If I must die, I want to die by your hand!"

"I'm not resigned! Why! Why must I, the Annihilator, fall to such a fate! Why! Why aren't you dead!"

Reason instantly collapsed.

Already in despair, the Annihilator Overlord seemed to go mad, struggling wildly.

He refuses! He truly is unwilling!

He clearly did nothing wrong!

He clearly committed no mistake!

But why can't he kill Lin An! Why must his death be so humiliating!

Resistance is futile.

Under Lin An's vast mental power lock, the Annihilator Overlord can only roar in despair.

"Actually, I'm quite grateful to you."

"There's no question of deserving or not."

"In my eyes, you're nothing but a worm."

Lin An finally glanced at the Annihilator Overlord and spoke softly.

"Gao Tian, kill him."

Dawn just began.

When the first ray of sunlight shone again on the earth, falling on Lin An.

The whole world seemed to return to tranquility.

As Gao Tian 'killed' the High Annihilator Queen, the people who had recovered from the long shock all looked at Lin An with awe.

Just as Zhang Tie and the others were about to excitedly ask Lin An what all this was about and what his current strength was...

But the expression in Lin An's eyes did not relax at all; he merely gazed solemnly at his own system information.

"Lin Dui!!"

"Lin Bro!!"

He raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

Lin An took a deep breath, hesitantly looking at the unopened message.

Although he still had many things to do.

The fugitives in the instance haven't been concluded.

The corpse tide of the North American riots still remains.

Breaking through to the Fifth Stage and the matter with Chu An are also imminent.

But at this moment, in Lin An's eyes, it seemed that nothing was as important as this message.

"Beep, Apocalypse player Lin An, you have received a new message."

"Message source: Level 2 River System Overseer (Fifth Stage)."

The message came from the Giant Eye.

That Judgment Eye that almost killed him, leaving him unable to resist.