Chapter 1606

Whoosh—

Setting down the documents in his hand, Lin An suppressed his thoughts and looked up at Yuan Hong, who still had something to say.

"Any other problems?"

While thinking about how to handle the remaining Survivors in the Japanese war zone, he casually asked.

Lin An could tell; it seemed the trouble wasn't limited to just these.

As expected, the senior officials of the other departments exchanged glances, then hesitated before looking toward Lin An:

"Lord Lin An, following your orders, we have already notified the high-level officials of all countries and the Awakened Ones of Third Stage and above."

"But there are currently two main problems."

"One is that quite a few Awakened Ones have refused our invitation and are unwilling to attend the meeting."

"They said they don't want to participate and don't need to."

"Most of them are leaders of private Safe Zones, while a minority are outright cult leaders."

"Not to mention cooperating; they'd rather seal off their own war zones and treat the occupied war zones as their personal fiefdoms."

"Of course, in fact, many Awakened Ones of Third Stage and above also said that holding the meeting in Long An might not be appropriate; they also expressed a certain degree of concern."

"While speaking, several Long An high-level officials in charge of reporting had strange expressions, trying to put things more pleasantly."

"In fact, they have already clearly contacted all major war zones and told them the general purpose of this meeting."

"Even so, upon hearing Lord Lin An's name and hearing about joining forces to eradicate zombies worldwide, these Awakened Ones still showed resistance, even hostility."

"It's as if these people simply refuse to 'cooperate'."

"Even worse, some simply said that Lord Lin An could do whatever he wanted; it had nothing to do with them, and they didn't want him to impose his ideas on them."

"They don't need help, and their Survivors certainly don't either."

"Lord Lin An wants to be a good person, wants to be a hero—then let him do it himself!"

"The list."

"After hearing that, Lord Lin An nodded and simply demanded the list."

"After receiving a list over ten pages long, Lord Lin An looked through it while signaling to continue."

"With his intellect, how could he not hear the embarrassment and helplessness in the tones of these Long An high-level officials?"

"Seeing that Lord Lin An didn't get angry, Yuan Hong gave a light cough and hurriedly continued:"

"The second problem is that many Awakened Ones say they hold high positions and their time is very tight."

"They hope you, Lord, could relax the schedule a bit, not be so rushed, or better yet, personally go to them to hold the meeting."

"Moreover, many strong individuals in the major war zones are unreachable."

"According to your demand, we must notify all of Fourth Stage and above, but in practice the Fourth Stage we have actually contacted are mostly from Soviet Russia and North America."

"Furthermore, according to the data we've gathered, recently, especially these past few days, a number of newly Awakened Ones with suspected Fourth Stage combat power have appeared."

"They hardly have any prior records, as if they just suddenly appeared..."

"Having said that, Yuan Hong's eyes were also full of doubt."

"As Long An high-level officials, they roughly know what Lord Lin An intends to do."

"Therefore, to some extent, the more strong individuals attend the meeting, the more convenient it is for Lord Lin An. These people not only refuse to participate, but the continually emerging mysterious strong ones are equivalent to obstacles drifting outside."

"Around Third Stage it's fine; there isn't much impact."

"But when a lot of suspected Fourth Stage super-strong individuals suddenly appear, this becomes quite troublesome."

"The calling power of a single Fourth Stage can gather millions of Survivors' allegiance!"

"Many suspected Fourth Stage have appeared?"

"Not paying too much attention to the previous two pieces of information, Lord Lin An's eyes narrowed slightly, and his motion of flipping through the list paused."

"In an instant, he immediately recalled the power distribution chart he had seen in the Overseer's hands."

"Exactly."

"Back then he also felt doubtful; within the few seconds he saw, the progress representing global power kept increasing."

"Some increase is normal, but it absolutely couldn't be that fast, nor would it be a special gray."

"Cross-verifying the two, Lin An suddenly sensed a strange aura."

"There's a problem..."

"Specific location, specific number, suspected Fourth Stage combat?"

"Do we have any records of their actions?"

"He asked seriously."

"Lin An simply set down the list in his hand, and within his hyper-efficiently operating mind, he began constantly speculating various possibilities."

"His plan to advance to Fifth Stage is to be carried out after unifying the world, or simultaneously."

"On Kèláiēn's side, although he has continually advised him not to get stronger, just hiding would be enough."

"But after he 'stubbornly' indicated he wouldn't stop, Kèláiēn could only cooperate in producing amoeba original fluid."

"It is estimated that in about sixty days, the first batch of two million units of amoeba original fluid can be produced!"

"After Lin An's calculations, during this period, while exchanging Rule Fragments for digestion and absorption and gradually absorbing Faith Power, theoretically he could perfectly stall the progress."

"Around the third month, rules, faith, and the body will all be pushed to their limits!"

"Ultimately, through Faith Power, he will break through to Fifth Stage in one fell swoop!"

"Thus, after reaching Fifth Stage, the difficulty will be at its lowest, and it will be the state of greatest combat power!"

"With the Overseer's help swapping tasks, the Apocalypse crisis can be said to be reduced to the minimum!"

"Following the ideal scenario."

"Lin An, after becoming Fifth Stage, will take on individual tasks within his ability, buying time for Earth."

After that, we'll check the situation; through rules and Faith Power, quickly boost global strength!

Interlocking, this is the best solution he can think of, and also the only way with the most hope to survive the catastrophe.

Therefore, after suddenly noticing a problem with global power progress, Lin An naturally attaches great importance.

His plan cannot have any problems; if one link doesn't match, the ensuing chain reaction is immeasurable.

He had seen the list; it was both beyond his expectations and yet not surprising.

Besides Luo En from North America, who personally saw him take action, the Awakened Ones from the Soviet Union readily agreed to attend the meeting.

Awakened Ones in other war zones, making up about seventy percent, all found various excuses to opt out.

These people dread coming to Faction: Long An, fearing that Lin An is merely luring them in to wipe them all out.

Moreover, many simply scoff at the news Lin An has revealed.

While the few willing to spare time to attend the meeting are mostly motivated by a desire to probe Lin An's strength.

These people all express hope that he will 'share' the secret of how he grew stronger, namely the secret of Fourth Stage power.

As for integrating global strength, clearing dangers, and informing about the upcoming Apocalypse crisis?

Sorry, in the view of most high-rank Awakened Ones, they simply don't want to bother.

As for this, Lin An isn't all that disappointed.

Such is human nature.

He clearly knows that these people, who count as top-tier combat power among global Survivors, essentially wish for the zombie tide to be even more chaotic and the Mutants even stronger.

As long as their lives aren't endangered, the more chaotic this world, the better.

Everyone will think of their own interests; who cares about the subsequent Apocalypse crisis?

Not long after, an event lasting about half a minute.

Over four hundred-odd abnormal intelligence reports lay before Lin An.

Looking at the dense array of various abnormal situations that seemed to appear out of nowhere, Lin An narrowed his eyes and quickly flipped through them.

Ten minutes later.

Lin An exhaled slowly and gently set down the documents in his hand.

In the prolonged silence, the atmosphere in the Meeting Room felt somewhat oppressive; no one dared to disturb him.

Unlike the people of Faction: Long An, who still haven't realized what these abnormalities signify.

After viewing the abnormalities detected within just a few days, Lin An felt a heavy weight in his heart.

Problem.

Far more serious than he imagined.

"In less than four days."

"At least over one hundred thirty-two suspected Fourth Stage Awakened Ones have appeared?!"