Chapter 1709: Stars Fall 3

A civilization leader who was forcibly elected?

A civilization under the shining stars?

Lin An nodded, and a drop of blood on his fingertip silently surfaced.

He didn't doubt Liliel's words; in fact, he could see that this girl was utterly inept at combat, her experience pitifully lacking.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be so simple.

Lin An casually reached out to touch Liliel's pointed ears, asking offhand:

"Tell me about your civilization."

"Are you close to the stars? Your physique seems somewhat special; are these ears made of metal?"

It felt cold to the touch.

Relying on her keen observation and mental strength, Liliel, who lacked any rule power, appeared almost naked in Lin An's eyes.

With a casual glance, Lin An noticed that this beast-eared girl's brain structure was actually half metal, half flesh.

Those long ears were like antennas?

"Ah..!"

As soon as Lin An touched her, Liliel instinctively cried out.

Her whole body trembled, and she instinctively tried to evade Lin An's hand.

The ears are of utmost importance to the Wind Beast Clan; only those closest may touch them, like the dragon clan's reverse scale—this is their most sensitive spot.

However, she quickly realized she couldn't dodge.

Liliel endured the fear, staying still, allowing Lin An to knead her long ears.

Already weak with no strength at all, her face instantly turned a sickly pallor.

"Star-Shatterer... sir..."

"Our physique is indeed special... I..."

Her voice trembled.

After Liliel painfully recovered, although she felt utter humiliation and helplessness, she actually felt a sense of relief, feeling more hopeful.

Just being of interest is fine; facing Lin An, this invincible superpower, her greatest fear was being killed outright.

"We are evolved..."

"Are you asking why we are half flesh, half metal?"

"Before the first Apocalypse appeared, our bodies were purely flesh. After those Plasma Demons emerged, we had to fuse with metal to fight those monsters..."

Her reaction was fairly quick.

Liliel explained without hiding anything.

She saw that Lin An seemed interested in their civilization because of the electromagnetic rule.

This is good; the more she says, the more likely she might actually survive.

"As for..."

"Plasma Demons? What are they?"

Curiosity interrupted.

Lin An raised his eyebrows upon hearing, his eyes showing even more intent to explore.

Almost the moment Liliel finished speaking, he associated it with the amplification of elemental rules through elemental transformation.

"Strengthen electromagnetic rules with a metal structure? Transform oneself into something akin to a technology-side product?"

That's an interesting line of thought.

"The water rule turns one into a spirit‑energy water elemental; the electromagnetic rule turns one metallic, becoming a semiconductor, a superconductor?"

Faced with Lin An's interruption, Liliel froze for a moment.

"Ah.."

"Plasma Demons are a terrifying monster. They are disasters born from within stars."

"Their bodies are either electric flames over a thousand degrees or frigid cold ions. These monsters feed on us; an ordinary Wind Beast, upon contact, is instantly burned to ash."

"The energy we produce when burning is their food."

"After death, we too can be infected into new Plasma Demons."

As she spoke, a deep‑seated fear lingered in Liliel's eyes.

Their civilization has fought these monsters for far too long; unlike Lin An, who was forced to take on the mission, she entered the Star Battlefield merely because they could barely resist those monsters any longer.

She came here hoping to earn some points to delay the disaster.

Who would have thought that even becoming their civilization's strongest Fifth Stage, she would be mere cannon fodder here?

Just thinking that she had failed her civilization's hopes and ended up like this made Liliel want to cry.

"Burning? Infection?"

Unmoved by Liliel's sorrowful gaze, Lin An pondered briefly and then simulated the image of a Plasma Demon in his mind.

"A ball of fire? A ball of fire with consciousness and a lust for killing?"

After burning the flesh of those Wind Beasts, they absorb the energy released and then transmute it into a new monster.

This sounds literally like a supernatural zombie.

"So you use electromagnetic storms to disrupt their consciousness when fighting these Plasma Demons, weakening them before killing them?"

"But..."

"Don't you have any other rules? Does your civilization send you into battle relying solely on this rule?"

His brows furrowed slightly.

Lin An always felt that something was off.

Electromagnetic interference can at most control the plasma demon, right? Wanting to kill it is still quite difficult. With only control and no other attack methods, how are we supposed to fight?

So, the Wind Beast Civilization must still have mastered other rules.

The power a civilization evolves between life and death should be continuous. Electromagnetic force directly interfering with bioelectricity already counts as an advanced application of electromagnetic force.

The strongest of a civilization is a Fifth Stage Electromagnetic Branch, which means the lower Fourth Stage and Third Stage should also have mastered other branches.

This whole set of 'knowledge' is what Lin An cares about.

In Lin An's view, if the Wind Beast Civilization truly sacrificed all resources to cultivate a Fifth Stage, it shouldn't have cultivated a Fifth Stage like Liliel.

Relying on electromagnetic interference rules to enter the Star Battlefield—isn't that courting death?

Among the Fifth Stages that advance via other paths in electromagnetic rules, which one isn't stronger than this ability?

It seemed she heard the doubt in Lin An's tone; Liliel's face drained of color, and she hurried to explain.

"Lord Shatterstar!"

"I really haven't deceived you!"

"Our civilization hasn't mastered other rules... no... it's that our survival planet is a strong magnetic planet; we can use electromagnetic waves from birth! So we only know this... no... we can only rely on this power first...!"

In her flustered explanation, Liliel became so anxious that her speech became incoherent.

Lin An's doubt was nothing more than doubting how their civilization could possibly send her in.

But in reality, this was merely a helpless move, something they had no choice but to do!

Their civilization had reached a dead end; for survival, they could only rely on their sole advantage and walk down that one road to death, with no time to master other rules.

Naturally, their civilization could only cultivate a Fifth Stage like her.

Of course, the Wind Beast Civilization never expected a Fifth Stage to be so worthless in the Star Battlefield. Otherwise, with Liliel's rules, she would actually be quite decent in small-scale battles of the same rank.

"Understood."

Nodding, Lin An listened to Liliel's explanation and suddenly understood.

A civilization that can master electromagnetic waves from birth—because the Apocalypse came too suddenly, the difficulty too great—forcing these Wind Beasts to only tap their talent and desperately grow stronger.

Walking down that single path to the end, they barely survived, but also entered a dead end due to their overly singular power.

As for the other reasons why they couldn't master other electromagnetic rules, Lin An also thought of the answer.

A strong magnetic planet means the Wind Beast Civilization simply cannot produce precise technological instruments, and naturally cannot study science.

"So, you are indeed your civilization's only hope."

"Because your talent is exceptional, your people sacrificed themselves to send you in, hoping you could bring back other rules?"

"It must be very hard..."

He smiled, casually took off his mask, and a softness flickered in the depths of his eyes.

He had pretty much figured it out; needless to say, the information Liliel provided was still very useful.