Chapter 1598: Attitude Shift

Within the Silver Core region, the Judgment Eye coldly looked at the star map before it.

The light point representing Earth's coordinates suddenly appeared before him.

It seemed that in the next second he would confirm the coordinates and descend directly.

Completely different from Lin An's perspective.

Something of utmost importance to Lin An held no meaning in his eyes.

Therefore, upon seeing Lin An's message, especially seeing Lin An claim that he had to flee down.

To the Judgment Eye, however, what he heard was another meaning.

He let Lin An go, releasing a fugitive most despised by the system!

Moreover, Lin An still possessed cataclysmic power!

Combined, they were no less than him personally releasing a virus‑filled mouse!

If the system detected it, or other Overseers discovered it, even he would be punished!

With that thought,

He hardly gave Lin An a chance to say anything else.

The giant eye's killing intent surged; in an instant, while preparing to issue the descent command, it simply wiped out this mouse!

But just as it was confirming the descent, the giant eye suddenly seemed to think of something and looked again at Lin An's previous message.

Wait.

Fifth Stage?

That little mouse was worried about becoming a Fifth Stage too quickly?

"What makes you think you can become a Fifth Stage so quickly?"

Underground Core.

Lin An was drenched in sweat, and beside him Zhang Tie, as if facing a great enemy, protected him with a deathly pale face.

Just moments ago, both felt a terrifying presence from the void staring at them.

"Captain Lin!? What the hell was that just now!?"

In shock, Zhang Tie gasped heavily, utterly unable to comprehend what level of being Lin An was in contact with.

Damn it! Just an instant! That very moment gave him a feeling of being immobilized, as if he would die instantly from immense pressure!

There was no time to answer Zhang Tie's question.

Lin An also struggled to regain his composure, striving to control his thoughts from interference.

He knew that the locking on just now must have been the Overseer developing killing intent!

But since no move was made, it meant there was still a chance!

Moreover, he was certain the Overseer necessarily knew the means to resolve it!

But...

Turning the question back on himself...

Why did he feel he could become a Fifth Stage soon?

"I'm already at Fourth Stage Peak... becoming a Fifth Stage isn't that normal? As long as the rule level breaks through a bit, or the path of faith..."

"Once attributes exceed the limit, becoming a Fifth Stage is simple. Could it be that the Overseer doesn't know I have points to exchange for rules?"

"Or perhaps I misjudged?"

With doubts, Lin An straightforwardly laid out his situation, although he didn't think the Overseer would be unaware of these.

"Overseer, I still have roughly ten million points, enough to exchange for sufficient rule fragments."

"Including Faith Power, in my calculations, about a month should satisfy my breakthrough conditions."

"Moreover, as far as I know, isn't the system's progress calculated by overall strength?"

"As long as more high‑level beings appear on Earth, the progress will rise likewise."

Unbeknownst to Lin An,

At the same time, likewise puzzled, the Judgment Eye, as if having thought of something, began to think rapidly.

He temporarily set aside the thought of killing Lin An, not because of the value in Lin An's claim that he would soon reach Fifth Stage.

But rather...

The significance behind it.

Without reason.

With his abilities, including having the system's rule detection at hand, he clearly knew Lin An's details.

From rule abilities down to skill equipment, in his eyes Lin An was practically transparent.

In fact, he estimated Lin An's time to reach Fifth Stage would be at least several years later!

During that period, following the enhancement progress of Earth's survivors, it just happened to reach the standard for increased difficulty.

After all, Fourth Stage is already extremely difficult for humans, with only one in hundreds of millions able to achieve it!

"Points? Exchange for rules?"

Looking at Lin An's "naive" idea, the Judgment Eye flashed a hint of contempt.

"Exchanging rule fragments to assist in breaking through Fifth Stage is impossible."

"Don't think breaking the limit equals Fifth Stage; the bodily enhancement from rules and the critical point of qualitative change in the Body System are vastly different!"

"You greatly underestimate the difficulty of Fifth Stage."

"Moreover, do you think you can absorb Faith Power? Have you tried?"

Without further explanation, the Judgment Eye coldly replied, and its speculation grew clearer.

Lin An possesses a vast amount of points, which he knows.

The mouse's experience is extraordinarily bizarre, and the amount of resources it possesses is also considered extremely special in his cognition.

Otherwise, given his status, he wouldn't have the slightest interest in Lin An.

Simply using points exchange rules, it's essentially still an external force.

Without digesting, absorbing, understanding, or self-generating new power, it is fundamentally impossible to become Fifth Stage.

In his judgment, even if Lin An's talent were stronger, without three or five years it would be impossible to digest.

As for those worms on Earth, they are even more trash.

"Critical point? Rule strengthening can't do that?"

Looking at the Overseer's returned message, Lin An also froze.

He didn't expect that he would actually judge mistaken.

Just from the Overseer's message, Lin An keenly sensed that the other side seemingly didn't care about the previous content, but suddenly became interested in his ability to absorb Faith Power.

How quick the reaction.

In an extremely short time, Lin An instantly reacted.

"Overseer, you don't even know about the amoeba worm?!"

"That's right!"

"The amoeba worm's original fluid is in the instance! Moreover, I didn't have this on me at the time!"

"So in the Overseer's eyes, his judgment of me is exactly the same as that of the escapee!"

"However, actually I was worrying unnecessarily!? Kelaisen deceived me!"

Lin An's expression changed, his gaze solemn as he looked at the amoeba original fluid in his own ring.

"Incorrect."

According to the Overseer's expressed meaning, he actually doesn't need to worry about the progress issue at all!

One is that he doesn't achieve Fifth Stage through faith, then it's fine. Another is that, in the Overseer's judgment criteria, the Survivors on Earth also won't trigger progress in a short time!

If there were a few years as a buffer, I could completely master the rules!

So.

"Kelaisen deceived him!? He deliberately exaggerated the actual situation!?"

It's hard to describe Lin An's mood at this moment; in less than a second, a large amount of speculation and doubts quickly rose in his mind.

Just as Lin An hadn't hesitated whether to speak of the amoeba matter, the next second, a message from the Overseer that seemed somewhat 'anxious' arrived instantly.

"What did the Savior Alliance give you?"

"Forget it, I know what you got."

"If you have that thing..."

"Little guy, then you indeed need to consider the problem of a sudden surge in difficulty..."

Hovering in midair, he looked at the star chart before him.

The Judgment's Eye gazed deeply at all the messages Lin An had sent, his eyes full of profound and strange colors.

Without Lin An knowing, at this moment he seemed to instantly think of many possibilities, and in a moment his mood suddenly grew solemn.

"It seems, I misjudged? This little mouse seems to have not only obtained the basic seed?"

"What do those lunatics want to do?"

"Are they testing me? Contacting me through Lin An? Have I been schemed against?"

Looking at the words in which Lin An claimed to have received the message, the strange color in Judgment's Eye's eyes became even more eerie.

The information Lin An received is not exactly wrong, but neither is it very correct.

From his perspective, this is actually a means of letting this little mouse Lin An proactively contact him.

Therefore, in his eyes, everything is quite thought-provoking...

It seems he is wary, hesitating about something.

In an instant, imagining a lot of information, the Judgment's Eye actually warily glanced at the void above.

The next second, only seen he instantly shrank his own form, as if shielding himself, employing rules to wrap himself.

"Little guy, if you really encounter a sudden surge in difficulty..."

"Then you indeed need to consider the issue of your clan."

"I have a way to resolve this matter; of course, the price is that 'you' will face even greater difficulty."

"If you can survive, you need to do something for me."