Chapter 1608: Investigation and Deadlock

Lin Dui? Where are we going?!

Another enemy has appeared!? Are we not holding the global meeting?

Desperately followed behind Lin An.

Fortunately, Lin An intentionally controlled his speed to avoid causing heavenly phenomena upheaval; his speed was not considered fast.

Zhang Tie struggled to follow behind, his eyes full of anxiety.

Clearly, there's nothing wrong; the enemies that needed to be dealt with have been dealt with.

But Lin Dui suddenly became this urgent, ignoring the agreed-upon time to teach him the rules.

Without a doubt, something big must have happened again!

Watching Xiong Hanzi follow behind him, Lin An silently locked onto the nearest "Fourth Stage" emergence point, and for a moment did not reply.

He couldn't explain this kind of thing.

The information involved is too much; the fugitives meddling like this is also his guess.

Therefore, Lin An could only go investigate himself first before speaking.

Although this could be arranged for subordinates to do, knowing that the fugitives dare to scheme against him in this situation, they must have huge plans.

With such a hidden crisis, how could Lin An dare to be careless?

Others don't understand what the large-scale emergence of Fourth Stage means, and they also don't know the fugitives' methods.

Only he knows.

Lin An thought back and forth, feeling that only he could handle this matter.

These newly emerged Fourth Stages are abnormal.

Behind these people, it's very likely that the fugitives are secretly pushing them.

After a brief explanation, Lin An, while recalling the information he had read, also thought about what he should do.

There are two problems before him now.

First, is it done by the fugitives? If so, what method is used?

Even with all the fugitives hiding, they can still interfere with reality. This shows that the real world has left behind many hidden hands of this group of termites, and many more...

Compared to the newly emerged Fourth Stages, the hidden hands capable of mass-producing Fourth Stages are the key.

Second, if it's done by the fugitives, what should he do?

Kill them all?

His brows furrowed slightly.

Lin An recalled the abnormal reports he had seen.

Basically, what can be exposed are battles between this group of newly emerged Fourth Stages and other Awakened Ones, mostly over seizing territory or infringing on existing forces.

The veteran Awakened Ones, angry, directly attacked, but ended up being killed instead.

Without a doubt, these suddenly emerged Fourth Stages share a common goal, are very anxious, and completely disregard the impact of their actions.

Moreover, Lin An could also infer something quite interesting from these clues.

These newly emerged Fourth Stages are probably all from the "lower strata".

They act without restraint, showing off their power without any scruples; in many reports, these Fourth Stages are arrogant to the extreme, even calling themselves gods.

If it's through their own efforts, or if they were originally a core force that grew stronger through some chance encounter, they wouldn't be so arrogant.

Those who gain power from the Apocalypse will only become more "reverent" and cautious toward the Apocalypse.

If we deal with it...

Killing them all might possibly result in mistaken killings.

Moreover.

A slight annoyance rose in his heart.

From an absolutely rational standpoint, Lin An clearly knows what he needs to do.

A small number of Fourth Stages appearing is not a problem; he could even proactively cultivate some Fourth Stages.

But if the fugitives are behind it, or if Fourth Stages appear through abnormal means, let alone discussing whether their actual combat power helps resist the Apocalypse.

Simply being uncontrolled and continuously emerging from the lower strata, this is a disaster for each major war zone.

Territorial and resource struggles are fine, but constant fighting means humanity cannot survive, nor even think of banding together.

Today you are the leader, tomorrow he is the leader; in chaos, all energy and resources are wasted in internal conflict.

This is also the biggest reason Lin An plans to unify the world.

But even if he kills them all, Lin An cannot guarantee there won't be mistaken killings.

He doesn't have that much time to investigate one by one.

Moreover, would killing them all solve it?

What if more appear later?

Who knows what the fugitives rely on to produce Fourth Stages?

Kill a batch and another batch appears, or simply they appear en masse.

Could it be that Lin An just kills anyone who reaches Fourth Stage? Kills anyone who gets stronger? Kill until he becomes Fifth Stage?

But what if this continues even after reaching Fifth Stage?

Could it be that the fugitives just want to drag him to death alive?

Perhaps Lin An, including those inside Long An, knows these Fourth Stages are useless and actually hinder the Apocalypse's progress.

But to the global survivors, Lin An is just an executioner, killing without reason, out of jealousy and wariness toward these up-and-coming talents.

Claiming to unite Earth and jointly resist the Apocalypse, essentially it's to maintain his iron-fisted rule!

Lin An may not care about these voices, but Faith Power cannot be ignored.

Even if I rely on amoeba worms to cultivate fanatics, once this kind of voice appears, there will always be people who resent me, and under mutual influence, it will be like a time bomb.

After quickly deducing a large number of possibilities, Lin An immediately made a decision in his mind.

We must eradicate the root cause.

We must find out how the fugitives did it.

"Should we now kill our way into the fugitives' interior again..."

"No... I still don't have confidence in leaving none alive; if anyone escapes, it will always be a hidden danger."

"So..."

His resolve was firm.

Lin An decisively looked toward Zhang Tie behind him and again lowered his speed.

After a few brief words, the two transformed into the appearance of Second Level Awakened Ones and approached the nearest anomaly point.

He had a way to forcefully break into the fugitives' copy, but after careful consideration, Lin An still intended first to figure out exactly what these anomalies were.

We cannot startle the snake by beating the grass.

He simply didn't believe that these fugitives could strengthen humans in the void.

If it really is this bunch pulling tricks, they always need a pathway.

And the best investigative method is to secretly make contact with this batch of Fourth Stage beings! Find out the source of their power.

Fugitives' copy, Heaven.

Above the God's Throne, many dimmed radiant lifeforms sat high upon it.

Watching the power accumulating inside the copy continuously being drawn out as 'disappearance,' his mood not only did not worsen, but actually improved.

Each time power is exported outward, it means Lin An's death draws a step closer.

With such a great situation, how could he not be happy?

"God King, the number of cards already sent out has exceeded 1,441, most of which, according to your request, have appeared in Asia."

"The number of cards to be sent next is expected to increase to around 4,000 within fourteen days."

Respectfully reporting the situation.

Beneath the God's Throne, a giant lifeform whose body flowed with flames looked anxiously at the First Generation.

Although their plan was proceeding extremely smoothly, better than expected, but...

"God King, we've sent out too many cards..."

"If we do this, we simply cannot supply that much Fourth Stage power..."

"Right now, all Fourth Stage beings, even Third Stage ones, are contributing their power; I worry... if this continues, we ourselves won't be able to bear it."

They couldn't quite understand the true intentions of the First Generation.

Especially since the First Generation demanded that cards prioritize appearing in the Asian region, this made them even more unable to comprehend.

If Lin An discovers that they are behind this and begins to exterminate the enhancers they have selected, wouldn't that just be handing over heads?

Seeing the doubts of his subordinates and within, the Light Orb gave a scoffing laugh and spoke calmly:

"Can't supply? So what if we can't supply!"

"We're not actually helping humans strengthen their power; we're just letting the system record them!"

"As long as they display Fourth Stage combat power once, this bunch of bugs will be counted as Fourth Stage! Each person only needs to use Fourth Stage power once, and there's no need to consider consumption!"

"As for Lin An discovering and killing those people?"

"Hah, I'd like to see whether Lin An kills faster or we produce faster!"

"Furthermore, at most one week later, after detonating the Meme, Lin An will have to face the Fifth Stage Apocalypse! Then I'll see how he manages to survive!"

"If one attempt doesn't kill him, then ten! One hundred!"

His face showed absolute confidence.

Having long considered all factors and set up the layout, at this moment the First Generation Fugitives have victory in hand, their eyes full of pride.

This is an indefensible yang plot!

This is a war that cannot possibly be lost!

From the very beginning, they have held an invincible position!

"Lin An..."

"Just a lucky bug..."

A low chuckle.

The First Generation slowly rose to his feet, his gaze icy as he looked toward the sky, his eyes seemingly able to pierce the copy and reality, gazing at Lin An.

Just a bug that has merely survived two years in the apocalypse.

Who would know, the horror of this world?