Chapter 1899: Lin An's Surprise

Five-Star Mission?

Lin An's eyes narrowed, and he couldn't help but feel somewhat astonished.

He never would have imagined that Andre too had returned from a Five-Star Mission! Although for him it wasn't exactly shocking news, it still genuinely surprised him.

No wonder Andre's strength had leapt forward, and no wonder he could bring back a War Star Level corpse!

But in just an extremely short time, Lin An's brow furrowed again.

Wrong, if Andre truly had returned from a Five-Star Mission, how could he have no knowledge of combat power beyond the Fifth Stage?

Moreover... aside from his special case, after coming out Andre should have been at the Fifth Stage at least.

It seemed he saw Lin An doubting him; Andre let out a cold laugh, and a flash of unwillingness suddenly crossed his eyes.

"Don't doubt that I'm deceiving you, Lin An."

"Strictly speaking, the mission I entered truly doesn't count as a Five-Star Mission; it can only be considered half of one."

"That's a mission so terrifying even Star-Destroying Level and mid-Fifth Stage beings would fear it! The special instance I entered has part of its space located at the entrance of that mission!"

"You can't imagine its horror; you are indeed strong now, but in that mission, merely at the entrance I saw hundreds of Fifth Stage corpses!"

"You also absolutely cannot imagine how I managed to survive!"

As he spoke, Andre suddenly seemed to lose emotional control, as if the price he paid to survive there was too painful!

"I'm not reconciled! I won't accept it!"

"You think I lost to you for what reason!? You think I became like this for what reason!?"

"If I hadn't died in there, if I hadn't abandoned my body, given up everything! How could I possibly lose so easily!"

Staring fixedly at Lin An with both eyes, Andre suddenly surged into midair, level with Lin An, as if driven by the pride in his bones, he refused to lower his head!

"Yes! I misjudged your strength, but strength doesn't represent everything!"

"If I were still my former self, I would absolutely not make so many mistakes! I would never lose so easily!"

Listening to Andre's words, which seemed to vent his emotions, extremely unwilling.

Lin An's gaze shifted slightly, as if he had thought of something; an extremely absurd idea flashed through his mind.

He indeed realized Andre was abnormal, but what Andre meant by "died" was...!?

Before Lin An could not help but voice his question.

The next second, Andre seemed to self-mock, as if even he found it laughable, and couldn't help letting out a low laugh, his whole body trembling.

"That's right, you probably already guessed it, Lin An."

"You're not asking whether I didn't kill Fiona, are you?"

"Then let me tell you.."

Suddenly raising his head, Andre actually closed the distance between him and Lin An again. Seeing the two almost face to face, Andre spoke word by word with a light laugh:

"I am Fiona."

Having said that, Andre looked at Lin An's suddenly widened pupils, couldn't help bursting into laughter; she could imagine how shocked Lin An was, as if taking revenge, an indescribable pleasure made her even appear to have gone mad.

"Quite shocking, huh.. Lin An!?"

"Strictly speaking, I am now using Fiona's body, employing her thoughts, so I am Fiona."

"However, after fusing our two minds together, perhaps it's not exactly..."

"You think I became like this for what reason?"

"Her foolishness, her weakness and kindness, plus that messy female way of thinking, are like a virus in my brain."

"And I, the main consciousness that was split off, also lost all 'knowledge', able to think only with her impoverished mind."

Pointing a single hand at himself, Andre gave a self-mocking smile, and a flash of disgust inevitably crossed his eyes.

In order to survive that hopeless scenario, he had to abandon himself, retaining only basic personality and a trace of self-awareness.

The two fused, transforming him from a "perfect" artificial body possessing great mental ability and rational godlike status into a furious, foolish wreck that even has to struggle against himself!

Thus, he must constantly expend most of his mental power to suppress Fiona's personality!

Even possibly Lin An doesn't know.

Under Fiona's mental influence, he truly does not want to kill Lin An; the things he said earlier were all true.

Deathly silence.

Lin An stared with his mouth open; frankly, this might be the most absurd thing he has encountered since his rebirth.

This is hard to comprehend, yet upon careful consideration it is the only reasonable explanation.

Perhaps when Andre initially feigned death, borrowing Fiona's body to "rebirth", something in the dark had already been destined.

No wonder Andre feels unreconciled; no wonder he has acted so strangely from beginning to end.

After a long silence, Lin An couldn't help but want to ask the question he was most curious about, although this question might not be appropriate:

"\"So, are you now considered half Fiona and half Andre? Or perhaps neither? \""

"\"Then you.. uh.. aren't you just a hermaphrodite? \""

As soon as the words left his mouth, Lin An couldn't help but feel a bit pity for Andre.

"If he suddenly turned female... his thoughts also became female thoughts, still a holy mother..."

Given his and Andre's equally proud personalities, this would be no different from being more painful than killing them.

However, once again it exceeded Lin An's expectations.

Only seeing Andre, after hearing it, showed no anger, nor even a feeling of humiliation; instead he gradually regained composure and spoke calmly.

"\"Lin An, do you think I care whether I'm male or female? \""

"\"Gender is nothing more than a foolish, backward lowly product of human thought that still retains primitive animal instincts. \""

"\"Besides, have you ever wondered why I initially chose to control Fiona? \""

As he spoke, Andre let out a scoffing laugh:

"I am a product of the laboratory, I have no gender."

"If a gender must be assigned, the ones who designed me originally made me more female, to facilitate updates and iterations, so I could become the matrix for the iterative god-creation plan."

"Strictly speaking, I am female. The previous male identity was merely for convenience in controlling North America."

The words fell, Lin An froze again, suddenly recalling that sentence Zhang Tie had complained to him about during his first time in the trial tower!

"Lin Dui.. this kid looks like a woman! He's actually quite handsome!"