Chapter 1610: Investigation

Their expression changed repeatedly.

Not long ago, the High Level of Tengyang Safe Zone were forced to submit to Wang Wei.

At this moment, everyone wore strange expressions and dared not speak.

Wang Wei, who had never even come into contact with, or rather never participated in any trials, might find it hard to understand what kind of existence Lin An is to the world's Third Stage.

His prestige had long been established.

From the start of the Apocalypse, he had crushed the globe, absolutely invincible.

Whether they hated or envied Lin An, deep down, no one dared to underestimate that freak.

Therefore, Wang Wei's words sounded extremely harsh.

They actually weren't quite sure how strong the Fourth Stage was; Wang Wei claimed to be Fourth Stage, and indeed he was far stronger than their previous leader.

But..

"What are you looking at! My brother said it!"

"What the hell is Lin An, to scare you like this!!"

"I tell you, as long as Lin An dares to face my brother, in a single move he can beat that kid until he loses control of his bowels!"

"Have you seen the divine light?! How did your previous leader die, you've forgotten!!"

"Damn it, at first he was acting all high and mighty, I thought he was so badass! But he was just instantly killed by my brother!"

Seeing these "outsiders" not quite believing, they claimed to be Wang Wei's sworn brothers.

Li Peng jumped out instantly, like a jumping jack, and began to scold with an arrogant expression.

In his heart, he already regarded Wang Wei as his future wealth and glory.

If Wang Wei is badass, then he naturally enjoys the good life; not believing in Wang Wei means not believing in him!

As the one who found the card together with Wang Wei, although he deeply regretted not having snatched it back then, but now that it's come to this, he naturally must follow Wang Wei's steps.

He knows just how mysterious and terrifying that card is!

"Alright, I said Long An doesn't need to fear, so they don't need to fear."

"Convey my command.. order!"

"Now count the personnel, I want everyone to gather!"

"Tell them, only by following me can they survive this Apocalypse! I am the divine spokesperson! To meet me is also your best luck!"

Listening to Li Peng's flattery, Wang Wei showed no pleasure on his face, instead feeling somewhat annoyed, he nodded slightly and didn't want to say more.

For some reason, looking at Li Peng's back standing before him, he always felt a bit nauseous.

He had already become a superhuman existence; how could this trash Li Peng be worthy to be his brother, how could he be worthy!

Looking at the timid crowd, unwilling to say more.

After suppressing the annoyance in his heart, Wang Wei couldn't help but start fantasizing about ruling the world, with billions of survivors kneeling before him.

Previously, these Third Stage, even the lowest-level Awakened Ones, were in his eyes lofty and unattainable existences.

But after obtaining the card, he suddenly realized that those so-called powerhouses were nothing more than ants.

He, is truly the Child of Heaven, the incarnation of God!

Immersed in his fantasy, without Wang Wei himself even noticing, a thing called greed and desire was spreading in his eyes.

"Why not kill Li Peng? First kill those who don't obey?"

"This trash, how dare he stand beside me?"

"Just a worm, nothing more!"

"Captain Lin, it looks like a battle just ended here..."

"The time, probably last night or this afternoon?"

Approaching nightfall.

Within the thick clouds, Lin An and Zhang Tie, whose aura had shifted to Third Stage, silently descended onto the outskirts of Tengyang Safe Zone.

Looking at the corpses littering the ground and the huge pit, Zhang Tie could see at a glance that a brief but fierce battle had once erupted here.

From the battlefield situation, the attacking side was extremely few in number; they first quickly blasted open the city wall, slaughtered a large batch of defending soldiers, and finally launched the final strike at the entrance of the safe zone.

Even the charred smoke had not yet dispersed.

It was obvious that the attacking side's strength completely overwhelmed the safe zone's defending forces.

"Rule Power."

Looking at the Tengyang Awakened Ones clearing the battlefield before him, Lin An glanced quickly and instantly gave a more accurate judgment.

With his super strong perception, he even simulated the scene in his mind, determining what rule caused the pit.

After merely focusing his perception for a moment, the coldness in Lin An's eyes intensified.

"Energy-converging attack, light attribute, fire attribute."

"Rule leakage severe, power dispersed."

"The lingering spirit energy is only one-sided; it should have been left by that deceased Third Stage."

Information summarized.

In an instant, Lin An locked onto the key.

There was Rule Power, but its use was extremely crude; it could be said they were just randomly smashing it.

Lacking spirit energy to counter, it showed the other side didn't know how to use spirit energy, so when facing spirit energy attacks they could only choose to overwhelm with Rule Power.

It's a simple logic.

Lin An asked himself, even if he went to kill a Third Stage now, he was so powerful that a mere wisp of Rule Power leakage could instantly kill the opponent, yet he would absolutely not use Rule Power.

Use mental power first if possible; if mental power can't kill, then use spirit energy; only after that comes Rule Power and physical combat.

This is not a restriction, but the combat experience a qualified Awakened One should have.

No matter how strong the power, it must be used to the utmost; not a bit can be wasted!

It's like two countries at war; even a stronger nation wouldn't directly launch nuclear weapons when facing a weaker opponent!

The little information gathered from a few glances was already enough for him to confirm that the newly emerged Fourth Stage here definitely did not come from the normal progression.

"Most likely, it's those fugitives causing trouble, right?"

He snorted coldly; Lin An didn't delay anything, with a thought he directly brought Zhang Tie into the city.

Although he couldn't startle the snake, as long as they made close contact, within a second he could determine exactly what the opponent's power was!

"Do you want to see our Divine Envoy?"

Lights blazing, outside the building where a large number of Awakened Ones kept entering, a guard-clad Awakened One stopped Lin An.

Hearing Lin An claim to come from a nearby gathering place, this time he came wanting to get to know the new Leader beforehand; the guard not only didn't hastily report upward, but merely snorted lazily and looked at Lin An and his companion.

"Just wait; if you want to see our family's elder, you have to line up!"

"Don't think being Third Level is impressive; the Divine Envoy Sir is Fourth Stage! Before you, many Third Levels have come."

The guard waved his hand; considering Lin An's revealed strength was at Third Level, he didn't really mind, but he also didn't say anything too harsh.

People like Lin An, he shouldn't see too many of them in a day.

Wang Wei's apparent Fourth Stage combat power surged, and before the eyes of many he instantly killed the previous Leader.

Such an outrageous achievement instantly spread throughout the war zone.

They're all crafty individuals; even high-level Awakened Ones near the war zone have many rushing over to curry favor, while also gathering information.

Seeing the guard actually ignore them, they still wanted to waste time.

Zhang Tie's heart flared with anger; he almost couldn't resist slapping the guy and sending him flying inside.

Damn it, at first he thought he and Lin Dui could just disguise themselves as First and Second Levels to avoid being too conspicuous.

After all, that's how it's done in movies; the less conspicuous the disguise, the better.

But he didn't expect that Lin Dui had anticipated this, deliberately keeping his strength at Third Level, which turned out to be useless!

Damn it, the people of this Safe Zone are pretty impressive!

He slightly shook his head, Lin An grabbed the displeased Zhang Tie, and straightforwardly pretended to pull out a white-grade healing potion from his waist, tossing it into the guard's bosom.

Before the other could even break into a grin, the next second Lin An calmly spoke:

"Let us go in now; I have something to discuss with your Leader."

"Done deal, a white-grade equipment."

Money opens the way; not wanting to startle the snake, out of caution Lin An also didn't mind spending money to settle things.

Charging in is simple; crushing the opponent is also simple.

But if it aroused the fugitives' vigilance, even the slightest change, Lin An would absolutely not make such a mistake.

As expected, seeing Lin An's lavish bribery, the guard was overjoyed and simply grabbed his rifle, intending to report upward.

"I think you just want to see if the Divine Envoy Sir really is that formidable, right?"

"I'll give you a piece of information for free!"

"Divine Envoy Sir, he can truly wield divine power! When he acts, there are omens—terrifying beyond measure!"

"They say, they say the Divine Envoy's power truly was bestowed by a god! He became this strong overnight!"

"Divine Envoy..."

"Omens? Overnight?"

After hearing the guard say that mysterious message, the chill in Lin An's eyes deepened.