Chapter 1618: Severing the Chain

Who can save us?

Who can save us, ah!!

The defeated Awakened Ones were like a herd being driven, fleeing in despair.

Although everyone knew the sea beasts were unstoppable.

But no one could have imagined that the entire defense line would collapse so quickly.

Compared to the mutant and zombie armies, the terror and eeriness of these deep-sea monsters far surpassed their imagination.

In midair, the Weihai Safe Zone Leader clenched his giant axe with bloodshot eyes, his frequent glances backward filled with unwillingness.

Without delaying time, those ordinary people in their Safe Zone could not possibly escape very far.

In the rout, not to mention how many would die, the painstakingly assembled team would be torn apart!

He had not failed to try again to organize forces to intercept the sea beasts.

After all, the arrow fish, the greatest threat among the third rank, had not come ashore; theoretically they could still retreat and rebuild the defense line.

But when, among the subsequent sea beasts, those covered head to toe in spikes, rolling like wheels, sea urchins appeared, the defense line collapsed a second time.

These things, which couldn't even move before the apocalypse, after mutation could actively fire steel spikes.

A single volley from one sea urchin could pierce through an entire squad.

Moreover, the steel spikes fired by these sea urchins carry deadly toxin; often just a scrape beneath the skin, the struck Awakened One will begin melting from within in an extremely short time, then swell and explode like a balloon.

Perhaps it's vibrio toxin, perhaps something else.

Such a horrifying and miserable death is something no Awakened One can accept.

Thus, in an extremely short time, the defense line collapsed a second time.

"Leader! Hurry and flee!"

"Even bigger sea beasts have landed behind us! If we don't flee now, it'll be too late!"

Beside the Weihai Safe Zone Leader, a young third-rank Awakened One watched in despair as a mutant crab tore a soldier's body in half; the wounded could only crawl on the ground, wailing, his heart filled with hopelessness.

This is essentially a war.

Compared to the mutants on land, the variety of these sea creatures is too great.

After mutation, their abilities are even more eerily extraordinary!

Crab-type sea beasts are like tanks! Spiderfish are like piercing daggers! Those sea urchins and corpse whales often equal heavy artillery barrage with a single attack!

Even without any coordination, they don't know how to respond!

"Should we flee..."

Dazed and unwilling.

He had already contacted Long An.

As a Safe Zone relatively close to Long An, he knew just how strong Long An's Awakened One army was!

Although he didn't know if they had spare strength to help, as long as they were willing to act, he still had hope of preserving his Safe Zone!

Of course, the premise is that they cannot collapse so quickly!

As the middle-aged third-rank trembled his lips and struggled, a ring of icy-blue light instantly spread from afar.

In an instant, the large number of sea beasts that had landed were frozen into ice sculptures.

Under this powerful rule-based force, in a single breath, the situation was brought under control.

That is!?

"Long An! Are Long An's people coming!?"

Excited ecstasy.

But before the Weihai Safe Zone Leader could eagerly go greet them, the next second, the figure appearing in the distance gave a cold chuckle, and a huge phantom emerged behind him.

"Long An?"

"No."

"How could Long An's people possibly come to save you?"

"The one who will save you is me!"

"Lin An, that coward, is only looking out for himself now!"

Above the Weihai war zone, at an altitude of thousands of meters.

Lin An silently watched the youth below making a move, the mental storm condensed in his hand slowly dissipating.

Although the distance was extreme, with his abnormal senses, even without using mental power, he could hear what that youth was saying at that moment.

"You still count on Lin An? Do you really think he can save you!?"

"I tell you, the sudden outbreak of sea beasts now is because that guy raised the difficulty! Lin An, for his own selfish gain, took a piece of equipment from a secret realm in the deep sea, causing the sea beasts to riot!"

"Otherwise, why do you think Lin An hasn't shown up lately!?"

"That guy, to become stronger himself, killed everyone!"

"He's probably hiding in the base, afraid to come out!"

Listening to the youth's fabricated lies, Lin An felt no disturbance in his heart.

If nothing unexpected, the youth should be a false Fourth Stage fabricated by fugitives.

According to his usual character, once he confirms it, he will strike to kill without any mercy.

But in these past two days, after seeing and hearing so many versions of slander, Lin An no longer feels anything.

To be precise, he clearly realizes that killing the opponent would be useless.

A global large-scale outbreak of sea beast disaster.

He alone cannot possibly handle it all.

Although these monsters pose no threat to him, he is only one person.

The personnel dispatched by Faction: Long An, including those from Tai Er.

Whenever there is no Fourth Stage leading the team, when rescuing Survivors they will be attacked by these false Fourth Stage.

Besides being able to dispatch personnel from the war zones around Faction: Long An, other regions' crises simply cannot be handled.

These Fourth Stage controlled by the Survivors, on one hand spreading various versions of rumors, on the other hand rescuing Survivors in the guise of saviors.

Therefore, in this situation, Lin An only needs to kill these false Fourth Stage, and then the rumors will be substantiated.

For the global Survivors, they cannot tell who is the enemy and who is the true culprit.

They only know that these newly emerged Fourth Stage are indeed saving them, while Lin An killed those who helped them.

Unable to resolve the sea beast disaster by his own strength, and unable to clarify things, Lin An also has to admit that he seems to have fallen into a deadlock.

"One link after another.."

"I want fewer deaths, so I can only let these false Fourth Stage share the pressure."

"But as these Fourth Stage increase, the disaster progress will increase even faster."

"If I want to stop the progress increase, I can only prioritize killing these traitors, not stopping the sea beast riot."

"But in the end, the progress will still increase."

In the long silence, Lin An gave a light chuckle, then slowly closed his eyes.

Yang plot is the most unsolvable.

He actually thought of that too.

The Survivors doing this is essentially forcing him to flee.

He does not flee, nor does he have the 'hope' to advance to Fifth Stage.

In the weariness of handling disasters, whenever a mission appears, Lin An will surely die.

If he flees, the Survivors will take advantage and regain control of this world.

Although many will die in the disaster, for the Survivors they can actually use the disaster to gather faith; anyway, it's all about selection, so for them it's not too much of a loss.

Just.

Really unsolvable?

In the trap set by the Survivors, all threats come from the difficulty of the Fifth Stage mission, namely not giving him time to become Fifth Stage.

All calculations are based on this as the core.

So..

In the long silence, Lin An seemed to have made up his mind, and instantly opened his eyes.

"So I just need to complete the mission."

"Bet I will definitely die, bet I'm afraid to die and dare not face it?"

"Heh..."

Inside the Silver Core, the Judgment Eye floating in midair resembled a jellyfish, as always processing various information.

Suddenly, with a notification sound.

A few seconds later, looking at the content of the message, the ever-calm and indifferent Overseer giant eye was suddenly stunned.

"Inspector, Your Excellency."

"If I now prematurely start the Fifth Stage mission, will the civilization I'm in only have Fifth Stage disasters?"