Chapter 1894: Dead

The entire venue fell silent instantly, and everyone's gaze turned to the sky.

Almost as soon as Lin An stepped out of the passage, a suffocating smell of blood spread.

His black battle armor seemed soaked in thick blood, faintly glowing red.

As if even the sun were blocked.

Even though Lin An said nothing upon emerging, merely standing there indifferently, amid the horrified gazes of millions of Awakened Ones, his silhouette seemed to swallow light, turning the whole world black and white.

And in Lin An's right hand, a "Corpse Dragon" stitched together from countless fugitive corpses made everyone's scalp tingle!

As Lin An casually dragged the Corpse Dragon out of the passage,

clatter—, thousands of divine corpses of various forms poured down like an endless flood.

"Boom!!!"

The corpses crashed heavily onto the ground, like in ancient myth where the gods fell, forming mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

The venue was deathly silent. Compared to the corpses of dead Awakened Ones, these "gods'" corpses were visually striking.

At a glance, winged angels, ferocious dragons, magma‑flowing demons—each corpse, if it had appeared in reality alive, would likely be worshipped as a god by many survivors.

Yet at this moment, they were piled up like garbage!

In the deathly silence, every Awakened One held their breath tightly, not daring to even gasp for air.

All killed...

With so many corpses, it felt as if the whole world had been slaughtered! Suddenly, many high‑level figures grasped the meaning of Lin An's words.

Ignoring the fearful gazes all around, Lin An casually glanced at the two fugitives of the Fourth Rank he had left behind behind him and coldly ordered,

"Bury them."

"Make use of waste."

After giving the order, Lin An turned his gaze toward the vicinity of the deep pit, where Andre, isolated by everyone, stood.

Near the super‑deep pit that he had shattered with a kick, Andre seemed to have regained his sanity, no longer mad, yet he stood like a corpse, like a sculpture, head bowed, gazing into the abyss.

Lin An frowned slightly at the sight.

Just as he was about to finish up, trying to see if he could get the Creator's information from Andre, a frightened shout suddenly trembled from among the Fourth Ranks of various nations.

"Lin... Lord Lin An! No, Emperor Lin!"

"We are willing to submit to you! We all want to join Long An!"

The pressure was too much to bear any longer. Although Lin An hadn't even glanced at them after emerging, seemingly not intending to strike them again,

but knowing Lin An would certainly not spare them, a Fourth Rank from the North American War Zone planned to surrender first and worry about the rest later.

"Monkey see, monkey do."

The remaining thirty‑plus national representatives all hurriedly echoed the sentiment, except for a few from the Soviet War Zone who bitterly dared not speak, only willing to let Taylor speak for them.

In that moment, millions of Awakened Ones from various countries, led by their high‑level leaders, collectively surrendered, daring not to resist any further.

At the same time.

Seeing Lin An remain silent with no reaction, a Hua Guo Fourth Rank mistakenly thought Lin An still would not spare them.

Instinctively, he hurriedly rose from the crowd and shouted nervously.

"Emperor Lin! Lord Lin An! We... we are innocent!"

"Look who we found for you!? Among those monsters, we found...!"

"Lin An! Sis... brother‑in‑law! It's me! I'm Tang Tian!!"

On the ground, with no trace of Awakened aura, amidst the crowd Lin An had overlooked, Tang Tian leapt up excitedly, waving his arms and shouting.

Fear, excitement, tension.

Noticing that Lin An had already seen him, Tang Tian hurriedly helped up the flustered Tang Wan, who was even more nervous than he.

"Sis! Say something quickly! Make Lin An recognize us!"

"Hum!"

Before Tang Wan could hastily collect her thoughts and say something,

the next second, Lin An, who had been far away several kilometers off, instantly appeared above her head.

Beneath his mask, Lin An's gaze was icy as he looked down.

"Tang Wan?"

As if recalling something.

Amid the crowd's sudden shock, Tang Tian, though his legs went weak from the sudden appearance of the frightening, even unfamiliar Lin An,

but upon thinking that his future glory and wealth hinged on this very moment, his heart filled with boundless "courage," and he shouted excitedly at Lin An.

"Yes! Yes!"

"Lin An! It's me! I'm your brother‑in‑law, Tang Tian!"

"Do you still remember us!? This is my sister Tang Wan! We've been searching for you with great hardship! You have no idea how much we suffered to protect you!"

"Those monsters torment us every day, demanding news of you! But I and my sister know nothing..."

"Tang Tian?"

Before Tang Tian could boast, implying how much suffering Lin An had endured because of them, Lin An suddenly, as if confirming, cut him off.

At that moment, Lin An's eyes flickered as if recalling something, continually flashing with icy coldness.

For some reason, he seemed not to remember the three of them well.

It must be that during the memory‑burning, he burned away some fragments that weren't important to him.

Regarding Tang Wan and the others, he only vaguely recalled that he indeed knew them, with a few scattered fragments in his memory.

Especially...

the abundant weeds and white bones covering the ground.

"Lin An! Lin An! Oh dear! My good son-in-law, you've really gotten us into trouble!"

"Do you have any idea how much suffering your little brother Tang Tian endured after those damn monsters dragged us away? You're powerful now, you've made it, but you... you must never be heartless and deny us!"

"Before Tang Wan could even feel an indescribable surge, as if a killing intent from hell had instantly enveloped her."

"Tang Mother, snot and tears streaming, suddenly pushed herself up from her wheelchair and began to pour out her grievances to Lin An."

"She didn't understand what Awakened Ones were, nor could she see what Lin An was actually doing."

"She only knew that these troops, these extremely powerful big shots, even those monsters feared Lin An! As long as Lin An acknowledged them, her family would never suffer again and could have whatever they wanted!"

"Shouting loudly, Tang Mother both spoke and wailed bitterly, continually telling everyone that she and Lin An were truly deeply connected!"

"She believed that as long as she poured out her grievances in front of all these people, if Lin An didn't want to be stabbed in the back behind his back, he'd better quickly admit fault and recognize them!"

"That's her daughter's fiancé! She is Lin An's elder!"

"However, seeing that Lin An still hadn't spoken and hadn't acknowledged them, Tang Mother suddenly became anxious!"

"Lin An! Come down quickly! Could it be you have someone else outside!? You don't want to acknowledge my daughter anymore!? Oh my goodness! You must not be so heartless, or people will gossip and look down on you!"

"No matter how well or powerful you get, you can't abandon your own family and pretend not to know us!"

"Tang Mother was so anxious she kept slapping her thighs. Although she also feared Lin An deep down, the scene of him slaughtering a Fourth Stage almost made her faint!"

"But wealth and honor were right before her eyes; she couldn't believe Lin An wouldn't fear being looked down upon! Ruining his reputation!"

"Midair."

"Lin An listened to Tang Mother's words, and at that moment an indescribable absurdity welled up in his heart."

"This old lady, actually ignorant enough to use this method to 'threaten' him?"

"Just like those shrewish women before the Apocalypse, using so-called rules and traditional feudal morals to suppress the younger generation."

"Perhaps having been imprisoned too long, she was completely unaware that Tang Mother was no longer the person from before the Apocalypse, and utterly oblivious to how absurd and laughable each of her words was."

"Forgot? Remember?"

"Lin An couldn't help but let out a low laugh; beneath his mask, he could barely contain this feeling of extreme absurdity, his shoulders shaking with laughter."

"I remember, I certainly remember."

"How could I possibly forget you?"

"Bang!!!"

"As the words fell, within 0.01 second, a cruel face with eyes full of extreme violence instantly appeared before Tang Mother's eyes."

"Really, I've always wanted to find you."

"I actually almost forgot you all."

"Screech!"

"In an instant, amid the sudden shocked gazes of the crowd, Lin An suddenly grabbed Tang Mother's left hand and crushed it into a pulp."

"Ahhhhh!!"

"Intending to keep Tang Mother conscious so she wouldn't pass out from the pain, Lin An shook his head and directly tore off her right hand as well."

"Old thing, you're still as foolish and disgusting as before.."

"Bang!"

"Ten seconds later."

"In the empty circle where the crowd fled in shock, Lin An slightly turned his head to look at Tang Tian, who was screaming in fright and continually kicking his legs backward on the ground."

"At his feet, a lump of unidentifiable rotting flesh made a gurgling sound and then rolled to Tang Tian's front."