Chapter 1600: Journey

bw}5 Above the silver heart.

The Judgment Eye slowly relaxed its own rules; at this moment, like a floating jellyfish, it gazed thoughtfully at Lin An's past records.

Although he had seen it before.

But this time, he intends to thoroughly study Lin An's growth process.

"Such an interesting little guy..."

"His reaction is also quite quick."

A soft chuckle.

The Judgment Eye casually cut off communication with Lin An and completely deleted the records.

Agreement reached.

Lin An readily agreed to help him with tasks, while he helped Lin An avoid an inescapable dead end.

It looks like he did Lin An a big favor, something he shouldn't have done given his position.

But only the Judgment Eye itself knows that he actually did nothing at all.

He merely issued a task.

That high-difficulty task was originally meant to find someone to get rid of.

Whether from the rules or from a personal standpoint, he avoided all risks and perfectly achieved his goal.

"A seed that those madmen placed a bet on..."

"One who inexplicably gained the power of cataclysm and is also a 'player' in my region."

"Helping out a bit is very worthwhile."

"Just..."

"A bit weak..."

Reviewing the thought process, correcting mistakes.

A Judgment Eye that likes to maximize benefits, after quickly reviewing, blinked satisfied.

If this little mouse is used well, perhaps it could actually help him do something in the future...

As a casually placed move, having this effect is already quite good.

He could reach this point by always leaving himself a hidden move, just in case.

"Apocalypse..."

After silently flying out of its own control room, the Judgment Eye gazed with some emotion at the blue gaseous planet before it.

A faint sense of regret flashed and vanished in his eye.

"Lin Dui!? Settled!?"

Inside the underground core, Xiong Hanzi looked curiously at Lin An, whose expression was quite relaxed as he lowered his head in thought.

As one of Lin An's closest people, he instantly felt that Lin Dui was relieved of a heavy burden, as if a major problem had been resolved.

Raising his head, Lin An looked at the concerned Zhang Tie, his mood not bad, and simply nodded.

Correct.

The crisis is mostly resolved.

According to his deal with the Overseer.

Even if progress surges, humanity encounters problems, or put another way, he could simply become Fifth Stage right now.

Then the upcoming apocalypse crisis will also only be of the single-target type.

Without further worries, Lin An naturally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling his tense, suppressed nerves completely relax at this moment.

(The task I issued will block the system's task.)

(The system won't simultaneously issue two high-difficulty tasks that would doom you. After all, the system is quite fair...)

Recalling the Overseer's casual explanation, Lin An silently noted down the information.

It sounds simple, but for him, and even for most civilizations, this information is extremely important!

According to the Overseer, although the task he issued is dangerous, it also means he can perfectly block the system's task. Like sorting, as long as Lin An blocks the difficulty, theoretically he can avoid all stellar crises and catastrophes!

Of course, that also means he needs to continuously carry out high-difficulty single-target crises.

"No matter how, using this well equals having the right to choose and the initiative!"

"Being able to roughly select crisis types, just this point alone is already monstrous!"

The information casually revealed by the Overseer, in Lin An's view, is of value beyond imagination.

In a sense, this is essentially a loophole!

How many civilizations and powerhouses have died under random tasks?

Perhaps they had an advantage against catastrophe types, but ended up unlucky, randomly encountering a special event. Perhaps individuals were strong, but ended up randomly encountering a war of death.

How many civilizations and powerhouses died resentfully? It's not that they lacked effort or perseverance—it's that their 'luck' was too bad!

"However, if we think deeply, does this also mean the system does not encourage all-around development?"

"The more single the power type, the more single the apocalypse faced, and the greater the advantage."

"If a race's internal power is mixed, everything is chaotic."

"It looks versatile, adept at handling all crises, but in reality it's just half a bucket of water, dying even faster..."

Lin An subconsciously glanced at his internal power composition, and recalled the previous roulette.

According to this theory, it's obvious he's unqualified.

Moreover, according to the power distribution he just saw, the entire Earth's power is not unified.

All three power systems are present, basically a mishmash.

"Just walk one path?"

So, the Faith Power path has such huge advantages, yet it's so difficult. In essence, it's about achieving a unified power system? And after unification, does the power perfectly supply the believers?

With both combined, the extracted task is simple, oneself also becomes strong, and naturally one can live better.

Seeing one leaf, one knows autumn.

After carefully analyzing this simple piece of information, Lin An obtained a large amount of useful information.

However, he always felt that perhaps this speculation could also be reversed.

He is perfect.

Before the Fourth Stage, he had always followed the All-Systems path.

How great the advantage of the All-Systems limit is, no one knows it better than him.

Although a single limit is simple, the combat power isn't much stronger.

Every added limit brings a heaven‑shaking, earth‑turning boost in strength! At his Third Stage, his combat power was over a hundred times that of a regular Third Stage! Lin An thus knew this path was actually the strongest!

"Walking the Three Systems together gives the strongest combat power—this is definitely correct!"

"However, with the difficulty so great, one either chooses the single‑system path and pushes to the limit as much as possible, or the Three Systems must all be at their limits!"

"Otherwise, each power system ends up neither high nor low—purely courting death."

"How... should I choose?"

He exhaled lightly, after grasping the whole logic, Lin An hesitated slightly.

Theoretically, Lin An also realized that just walking a single‑system path was already difficult enough. All the super‑existences of the various races he had seen—who among them wasn't a genius? Yet they could only choose the single‑system path.

Even so, those who walked it also faced extreme hardship.

Rationally, Lin An should also have self‑awareness and not be overly ambitious.

But...

He silently clenched his fists, Lin An took a deep breath, after a brief hesitation of a few seconds, a flash of determination appeared in his eyes.

He wants only the strongest! He wants only the path with the greatest hope!

If he were seeking stability, for the so‑called grasp and optimal solution, he wouldn't even be able to take this step!

One step back, and you'll retreat ten thousand steps!

"How about the limit of the Three Systems?"

"I, Lin An, will definitely be able to do it!"

His resolve is firm.

After forcibly dispelling all chaotic thoughts and shrinking them, Lin An looked at his bellyful of problems, and not daring to disturb his own Zhang Tie, he instead gave a confident smile.

There's nothing left to think about.

Next, it's just to assault the Fifth Stage!

"Let's go."

"Let Gao Tian notify all high‑level members to hold a meeting!"

As the words fell, Zhang Tie suddenly froze.

Although he didn't know what Lin Dui had just figured out, his aura suddenly became sharper.

But he knew that Lin Dui must have gained something new again.

"A meeting? Let everyone come over?"

"Lin Dui, what are you planning to do?"

He blurted out the question subconsciously.

Without waiting for Zhang Tie to scratch his head, full of doubt, Lin An wondered what he actually wanted to do.

The next second, Lin An, walking in the lead, strode forward and threw out a sentence without looking back.

"Tell them."

"Prepare.."

"Unify the world!"