Chapter 1904

The mountain flew away... The mountain really flew away...!!!

Didn't you say it was fake...!? High Priest! You said it was all fake, didn't you!?

People fled, screaming, as the constantly shaking earth seemed to shatter their last fantasies. Some stared blankly into the distance at the 'plain', at the tree stump flattened by a single sword.

Someone panicked and rushed up to the High Priest, pointing desperately into the distance and shouting for an answer, as if demanding these important figures give them an explanation.

However, the scene was simply too shocking.

The power to move mountains and overturn seas, to cleave heaven and earth, was far more shocking than any battle between Awakened Ones.

Faced with the desperate questioning of everyone in the Safe Zone, both the High Priest and Amierjin trembled all over, unable to utter a word.

People fled, screaming, as the constantly shaking earth seemed to shatter their last fantasies. Some stared blankly into the distance at the 'plain', at the tree stump flattened by a single sword.

Someone panicked and rushed up to the High Priest, pointing desperately into the distance and shouting for an answer, as if demanding these important figures give them an explanation.

It's pointless; any lies are pointless.

Whenever people saw the vanished Holy Mountain and the endless 'plain', they would recall today's fear.

This fear will last for centuries, even if Lin An dies, even if all who witnessed it perish.

But as long as human civilization endures even a day, everything that happens here will be passed down forever like an ancient myth.

Upon exchanging glances, Amierjin gave a desperate, bitter smile.

At this moment he finally realized how laughable all their ideas were in the face of true power.

"We... let's run..."

"Boss, what should we do next? The brothers... are all waiting for you..."

The biting cold wind, the dim winter light unable to pierce the thick clouds, made it seem as if viewed through a frosted glass, impossible to see clearly.

Standing on the rooftop, Jiang Haochen lifted his head blankly, his eyes slightly narrowed, empty.

Behind him, over a hundred High Level members of the Safe Zone looked at him with worried faces.

Since the global conference broadcast ended, the boss has become like this.

He neither spoke nor moved, seeming dead, saying nothing no matter what they said.

Yes, after watching the broadcast, they personally saw Lin An kick and crush that monster, and they were shocked for a long time; many still feel dazed even now.

It's too strong...! It's just that Lin An displayed too much strength, so overwhelming that they had no lingering thoughts, feeling it wasn't even a monster from their world, and after the shock they quickly accepted reality.

Humans can't compare to monsters, especially that man, who can already be called a god.

But for Jiang Haochen...

That man almost shattered his pride once again.

"Next step..."

"Hah..."

After a long while, Jiang Haochen didn't turn back, giving a self-mocking laugh.

"What else is there for the next step? How dare you still resist him? How dare you oppose that person?"

"Just go, all of you go to Long An; this Safe Zone has no reason to exist. I'm a good-for-nothing, unworthy to be your boss."

As soon as his words fell, the large group of Awakened Ones behind Jiang Haochen all started in surprise, never expecting their own boss to be struck into this state.

"Chief! Pull yourself together! Why would we join Long An? The brothers' lives are yours to save! You've been leading us since the apocalypse began, all the way to now!"

"Yes! That person is indeed strong, but we could never betray our principles; in our hearts, you are no inferior to him!"

With an urgent voice, a somewhat thin Third Rank, who before the apocalypse looked like a boxer, lunged forward in a single stride and grabbed Jiang Haochen's arm tightly.

"Boss! You're not like this! You told me you've always had confidence to surpass him!"

"Others don't know your potential, don't you yourself know!? We're just starting off a bit slow; you'll definitely surpass Lin An in the future!"

"That guy doesn't appreciate you, looks down on you—that's his blindness!"

Listening to companions desperately encouraging themselves to perk up, Jiang Haochen's body trembled, and a glimmer of light slowly rose in his previously blank, helpless eyes.

"My talent..."

"Yeah... my talent must be the most special...! I just haven't had enough time to grow; I'm stuck here because my talent is too strong!"

Slowly clenching his fists, Jiang Haochen instinctively turned around, and upon doing so saw the countless eyes behind him, full of unwavering belief and steadfast support.

I'm not inferior!

I may not be able to do what that pervert can—crushing a Fifth Stage with a single kick!

But that's only because I chose the hardest path! If I had also chosen the simple rules, without so many constraints, I might have been the first man to become a Fifth Stage!

"I...!"

Before Jiang Haochen could take a deep breath and intend to perk up...

Suddenly, he unexpectedly discovered that everyone before him had their mouths wide open, and horrified, he looked toward his behind.

Even the gaunt man beside him stammered, pointing toward his behind, as if he had witnessed something extremely terrifying.

"What's behind me!?"

"What's behind me!?"

As if realizing something, Jiang Haochen suddenly felt his head go dark.

Without thinking further, he abruptly turned back, trying to see what exactly behind him could frighten everyone into speechlessness.

The next second, upon seeing a vast, boundless mountain range in the distance—almost as large as the entire war zone—flying toward them like a continent, Jiang Haochen instantly stiffened, as if struck by lightning from a clear sky, frozen in place.

A long silence followed.

"Holy shit!!!!!!"

"Is that Lin An flying past!? Is that Lin An?"

"It's him! I see him clearly! My god, holy shit, he... he... he... he cut off something! That mountain, that mountain—where is it from!?"

"Where else could it be...? That's the Ximalaya Mountain! I can't take this... it's insane, totally insane!"

But we also need to consider that the glossary does not have this term, so we need to add to glossary list: raw_term: "Ximalaya Mountain", original_term: "Himalaya Mountain". However we need to check if the original term includes the mountain character; yes.

Alternatively, we could treat the whole as a place name and translate to "Himalayas". But that would be translating meaning, which is allowed if the place name is meaningful. Since it's not meaningful, we should not translate meaning. So we stick with pinyin.

Now also note line 58 includes the term "pervert" (meaning "abnormal"). It's a common word, not a named entity.

: "Watching Lin An just dragging along, compared to his own enormously huge—million times his size—the Ximalaya Mountain Range slowly flying away, this shocking scene is, for everyone present, no less than personally witnessing the sun explode and the universe reboot."

Under excessive fright, Awakened Ones with weak psychological endurance even plopped down on the ground, fearing that if Lin An loosened his grip, he would crush their entire battlefield into fragments!

Like everyone else, Jiang Haochen, who had just mustered his fighting spirit a second ago, had completely collapsed now.

If he could, he really wanted to jump off the building and just kill himself by falling.

Lin An seemed to be tormenting him, deliberately humiliating him; he didn't know why this pervert was holding up a mountain and flying it over his head!

Fifth Stage!? Even if he became a fiftieth-stage, he didn't think he had any hope of surpassing this man!

Especially, Lin An seemed to be merely passing by; that straight flight trajectory didn't even give him a glance.

For a moment, recalling the messages he had sent to Lin An, Jiang Haochen wished he could flee to outer space and never see Lin An again.

But soon, as he could barely endure this blow, he saw Lin An flying past from less than dozens of miles away.

Suddenly, the man staring fixedly at Lin An suddenly felt something extremely familiar, yet something that absolutely should not exist.

That was..

"Meme!? A living meme!?"

"Lin An, he!!"

Unable to believe it, Jiang Haochen widened his eyes; in his unique talent's perception, he actually sensed a strong deathly aura on Lin An.

In his eyes, Lin An, who was like a god, now seemed like shattered porcelain, his soul full of cracks.

A twisted black mist was continuously absorbing Lin An's life force, even his soul!

"Evil spirit" clinging to him! His soul is about to perish!

Jiang Haochen instinctively used his talent ability, trying to see clearly what that was.

But in an instant, the layer of black mist on Lin An's surface suddenly turned into a pair of icy eyes; in an instant, it spanned the distance between them and, in an extremely short time, shattered his mental power!

"Ah!!!!"

Blood poured from his mouth and nose.

A miserable scream.

Under the astonished gaze of the Safe Zone's high-level officials, their leader, Jiang Haochen, who was a Fourth Stage, fell straight down like an ordinary person!

"Leader?!"

"Boss!!??"