Chapter 1861

Ten minutes later.

In the quiet, dark hut, Mo Ling silently spat out a drop of bright red blood from her mouth, which landed in her palm.

Looking at the blood bead in her hand, after a long silence, she clenched it tightly.

"Lin An, I won't let you die."

She murmured in her heart.

Mo Ling carefully drew the blood bead back into her body; on her lowered little head, her eyes flickered silently with a hint of regret.

It's not enough; the information contained in a single drop of blood is too little.

Just in case, she still needs more.

"Not doing it, even using my mouth would work... idiot Lin An."

Half an hour later.

Long An inner city, the highest council hall.

In the vast hall capable of holding ten thousand people, Lin An frowned slightly, his heart filled with uncertainty.

He paid no attention to the excited, reverent gazes of the crowd waiting for him to start the meeting; at this moment, he actually drifted off.

"Is it related to Heiyu?"

"What exactly has Mo Ling come into contact with? What does she want to say? What is threatening her?"

"Looking at me... a Meme? Alive?"

Too many questions.

From leaving Mo Ling's hut until now, Lin An still cannot determine what exactly Mo Ling wanted to tell him.

But he also realized that Mo Ling's abnormality was not a momentary impulse; the so-called desire for a child had another reason.

Recalling the scene where Mo Ling was unwilling to discuss Heiyu, and recalling her insistence on having him give a drop of blood.

Lin An faintly sensed that behind this lay an unimaginable secret.

It's obvious that Mo Ling knows but cannot speak; or perhaps speaking would be even more dangerous.

"Is she being monitored? Or is it that what Mo Ling wants to do cannot be exposed, so she can only use this method?"

The information is too little to deduce anything.

For a moment, Lin An's mood also grew heavy.

"Lord Lin An, the meeting can begin."

"All the high-level members have already gathered."

"Lin An... are you alright?"

At the same time, an extremely nervous girl who looked like a meeting minutes taker cautiously reminded Lin An, while on the other side sat Wen Ya to his left.

Her eyes showed worry; seeing that Lin An had clearly summoned all the high-level members to start the meeting yet remained silent, Wen Ya couldn't help but feel worried.

"If there's something, perhaps we should first suspend the meeting. I.."

They subconsciously made eye contact.

Before Wen Ya could finish, Lin An quickly came to his senses and slightly shook his head.

Suspending is unnecessary.

Although Mo Ling's matter may be significant, the urgent priority is to settle the matter at hand. The next mission will begin soon. According to No. 77's meaning, if he cannot complete the prototype of the Three Systems before the mission, he will likely struggle to survive that mission.

Moreover, his every move after returning will affect the morale of all Long An. Leaving now could cause the people's hearts to fall into chaos.

Without further hesitation, Lin An suppressed all distracting thoughts and spoke solemnly:

"I am Lin An! Believe you all should know who I am!"

"Cutting the nonsense, I know that during my absence, whether in Long An or worldwide, many of you have felt lost and doubtful!"

"Doubting whether I, Lin An, have fled, doubting whether we can persevere, questioning whether those so-called gods are speaking the truth!"

Consistently decisive, Lin An suddenly stood up, unreservedly erupting with his own aura!

In an instant, everyone felt a powerful, almost life-level crushing pressure envelop the entire hall!

His voice suddenly rang throughout the conference hall; Lin An instantly mobilized psychic energy, condensing a massive light sphere at the center of the hall, which was clearly a miniature of Earth.

"Then I will tell you now!"

"The so-called gods are merely trash that fled to Earth!"

"No one will be our match!"

"The apocalypse currently befalling Earth, I will end it with my own hands!"

"After today's meeting ends, I will lead you to slaughter all enemies! All forces of Long An, from this moment on, will fully engage in battle; within one week I will unify the world and establish the Long An Empire!"

Directly laying out his plan, Lin An did not conceal his 'ambition,' nor did he use the words 'federation' or 'safe zone'.

Unifying the world, gathering all strength, he is determined to do it!

If it weren't that the path of faith is hard to explain, Lin An would even directly declare to the world that he wishes to become the sole true god and establish a divine kingdom on earth!

There is no democratic co-governance, nor any so-called peaceful unification that allows other forces to exist.

After encountering those star destroyers on the stellar battlefield, Lin An realized that for a civilization, a species to survive the apocalypse, there can only be one voice!

Rule by the strongest alone! Lead everyone to survive!

Internal strife, power struggles—he absolutely will not allow such things to happen!

As Lin An's thunderous proclamation fell, the many high-ranking Awakened Ones in the hall all stared in shock, looking at him. For a moment, everyone felt both excited and somewhat overwhelmed, not knowing what to do.

Although everyone knows that his return will surely bring a major move, in many people's imagination, the most they expected was unifying Asia as the limit.

It's not that they don't believe Lin An can't do it; rather, in human history, no one has ever been so domineering and crazy!

"Build an empire!? Unify the world!?"

The news was so shocking that quite a few high-level members panicked. 'Unifying the world in a week—could this be...!?'

Overlooking the whole scene, he noticed many people still couldn't accept this information for a moment; Lin An didn't mind, gave them no time to think, and spoke again:

Who opposes, who supports?!

If you don't dare, if you think I, Lin An, shouldn't do this, then stand up!

The whole venue fell silent; in the brief hush, everyone's faces turned ashen. Many high-level officials still clinging to old-era ideas, under Lin An's immense pressure, dared not speak out rashly.

Anyone can imagine that once the plan starts, it will likely be an unimaginable global war!

Their understanding of Lin An's combat power remained at the Fourth Stage Peak, or rather they couldn't grasp his true strength, and they still thought this was too crazy.

Lin An may be strong, but there are countless Awakened Ones worldwide, especially the rulers of each war zone—who would willingly submit to rule?

By then they'll join forces...

With various thoughts in mind, soon the first wave of enthusiastic agreement rose—it was Lin An's most loyal supporters, and also the earliest high-level members of Long An.

I agree! Lord Lin An is right! Why can't we unify the world? Why must we let factions keep fighting internally?

Human strength should be united; humanity also needs a leader to lead us to victory!

Besides Lord Lin An, who else has this qualification!

I also agree!

Now the continents are all in chaos; those masses... refugees are further dividing humanity, spreading so-called faith!

Each war zone's rulers wage war for their own interests; if this continues, we won't even be able to resist the Apocalypse—national conflicts will exhaust us to death!

Now the global population has lost over tens of billions! We must rise up, eliminate all tyranny, and establish a unified government!

I think the same!

Internally, humanity shouldn't waste itself over faith and ethnic-national divisions! For thousands, tens of thousands of years, we've been slaughtering each other! Lord Lin An is right; we should abolish all obstacles, erase all divisions, build the greatest empire in human history, concentrate all power to resist this Apocalypse! Whoever dares to oppose, we will destroy them! Long pain is worse than short pain—all humanity should unite under Emperor Lin's throne!

Whether they're going with the wind, fearing Lin An's power, or being sincere.

Whether they truly hate humanity's divided state or also desire to follow Lin An in building a human empire.

In an extremely short time, over 90% of Long An's high-level members rose in unison, their eyes fervent as they expressed their stance.

Even amid the excited shouts, someone already cried out the title 'Emperor Lin'.

Such a scene directly made even some dissenters dare not stand up to oppose.

In Long An, Lin An is the spiritual pillar in the eyes of the vast majority of survivors; after An Jing Tian and Chu An secretly carried out brainwashing propaganda, his decisions naturally gain support.

Very good!

Seeing the fervent atmosphere of support across the venue, Lin An's expression remained calm, a hint of a threatening smile appearing on his face.

Although he also noticed that some Third Stage, even Fourth Stage Awakened Ones who had just joined Long An seemed to have other thoughts, but given the prevailing trend, he didn't care about these at the moment.

Just keeping quiet would be fine, but if any of them harbored dissent or even dared to secretly oppose him...

Then he wouldn't show mercy; he'd treat it as an internal purge, clearing them all out!

In one hour, all combat personnel from each region will gather, all combat units will enter a war state, after gathering all military forces, await orders, and prepare to launch an attack!

Now, report the strength lists of each war zone at all levels.

I need to know... who dares to be my enemy during my absence!