Chapter 1881: Prologue

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"Lord Andre, will the creators behind you really also attend this conference? How many people have they brought, and how many are fifth stage?"

The massive venue, capable of holding nearly six hundred thousand people, was filled with a din of voices.

Like on the upper seats of the ancient Roman senate, three fugitives disguised as North American fourth-stage beings kept looking up at the sky, then couldn't help but whisper to Andre, who held a scepter.

Compared to Andre now towering above, looking down on all beings, even the once‑proud gods had to lower their heads.

"The Creator Alliance will naturally send an inspection team over, but probably only after we have unified."

"You lot, what exactly are you afraid of?"

Andre furrowed his brow slightly, wore a smile, but his gaze swept coldly over the fugitives gathered beside him.

If it weren't for the fugitives' grasp of much apocalypse information and their deep roots among humanity for years, he would really not bother with this bunch of trash.

He just didn't know why, but he always felt that these fugitives were worrying too much.

"Lord Andre, it's not that we're afraid of something; we're mainly worried that Lin An might react! You know, that kid is sly and deceitful—he might very well try to sabotage this conference!"

"According to the agreement, our cooperation condition is simply to guarantee that we..."

"Reaction? Sabotage?"

Without giving the fugitives a chance to finish speaking, Andre let out a cold laugh and cut them off directly.

"No need to say any more nonsense."

"You're just worried that Lin An will show up over there and attack you!"

"Rest assured, since I've already promised you, I will naturally guarantee your safety!"

"Moreover, do you really think Lin An would dare appear here?"

"If he dares to show up, I'd actually look forward to fighting him! Only that can prove who is number one in the world!"

Absolute confidence.

Being also a fourth-stage peak, Andre asked himself whether the set rewards he had collected in that special dungeon would be enough to give him an advantage in fourth-stage combat!

Times have changed! Besides himself, no one knows just how strong he is now!

He had already imagined countless times the scene of fighting Lin An again, and each time he pictured himself winning!

(Rule System overwhelms Body System! The various special effects of rules are something a crude body system could never resist!)

This is the information revealed to him by the Creator civilization. Knowing that the fugitives would be slaughtered so miserably by Lin An is purely because this bunch are trash, and thus Andre fears no body-system Lin An!

It seemed they could see that Andre simply did not put Lin An in his eyes at all.

A few fugitives exchanged glances and couldn't help cursing silently. They felt that not daring to say Lin An might be a fifth stage was just like lifting a stone only to drop it on their own feet!

Damn it!

"Lord Andre, we believe your promise. But Lin An also has helpers, especially that archer beside him—his rule‑based power is nothing to scoff at!"

They only dared to hint to Andre that Lin An, no matter what, possessed power threatening to him.

However, as soon as the words fell, the three saw Andre furrow his brow again:

"Are you talking about that self‑styled demon hunter who is a fourth stage? He's indeed a bit troublesome, but isn't your emperor also a fourth-stage peak?"

With so many fourth-stage beings here, plus my power, even if Lin An brings people to kill us, it's just a dead end! Even if he empties his nest...

Unwilling to waste more words on this bunch of cowardly fugitives, Andre suddenly paused and bluntly stated his greatest reliance:

"Frankly speaking, if something really goes wrong, I can also call upon a super-being with fifth-stage combat power to act!"

"The gap between fifth stage and fourth stage, you should be well aware of."

As the words fell, Andre raised his scepter; the tip of the legendary weapon Despair Prayer flickered with a faint spatial ripple.

"What is that?!"

The three fugitives, upon hearing this, were overjoyed and instantly realized Andre still had a hidden trump card!

Fifth stage? It looks like Andre not only hooked up with that super-civilization in the dungeon, but also brought out something else!

(If it's fifth stage... then even if Lin An is also fifth stage, our safety is guaranteed!)

"Then let us congratulate Lord Andre on becoming the new federation leader, and Lin An's brat's fiancée's family shall be our gift to you."

Respectfully lowering their heads, the three fugitives forced to appear outside, all fourth-stage and full of obsequious smiles, finished speaking and gestured for Andre to look toward the rear.

All that could be seen was, under the control of a hulking fourth-stage being, the family of Tang Wan, who did not fit in with the long-standing Awakened Ones, looking pale at everything before them.

The aura of every Awakened One present made them panic, every pore of their bodies screaming.

Unable to imagine how Lin An could have provoked such super-beings, Tang Tian's legs went weak as he desperately kowtowed to Andre:

"Sir! Please don't kill us! Give us a chance! Give us a chance! We will surely persuade Lin An to surrender! He provoked you without knowing the immensity of heaven and earth! It has nothing to do with us!!!"

Turning around, Andre watched with interest as Tang Tian sobbed bitterly, and Tang Wan trembled, seeming half-mad, half-wit.

For a moment, his eyes actually showed some pity.

It was not pity for the miserable state of Tang Tian and the others, but pity for how laughable the past between him and Lin An was.

Although Lin An seemed not to care much about the three, at least their identities could still pose some threat to him, right?

Having reached that thought, Andre simply walked up to Tang Wan and looked down on her indifferently:

"You are Lin An's... fiancée?"

"Heh... do you know what you should say later?"

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Huaxia theater, Morning Star Safe Zone

"Boss, the meeting really seems to have started, and the Long An people are really being excluded!"

"Damn it, these people won't really join forces to attack our theater, will they?!"

"Yeah! Boss, what should we do? I see many safe-zone leaders already preparing to flee our theater! Lin An really has ruined us!"

The wind howled fiercely; on the highest building of the Morning Dawn Safe Zone, a pale-skinned youth stared intently at a system private message.

Unlike all the tense and anxious subordinates, he was just struggling in his heart, repeatedly deleting and typing a line of text, then sending it to that man.

"Lin An... I, Jiang Haochen, am giving you one last chance!"

"If you just speak up, I can, seeing as we're both survivors of the Huaxia war zone, fight alongside you!"