Chapter 198: Desire Comes

After saying that, Yun Lin hugged her knees tightly, curled up in a corner, as if only concealment could give her a sense of safety.

Lin An listened, expressionless, to the meaningless description:

"If you only saw these, why would you say...

"I am a demon?"

Corpse mountain, searching for something.

There's nothing particularly significant about it.

A mountain piled with human corpses, yet it cannot prove that I did it.

Silence lingered for a moment.

Lin An grew impatient:

"Tell me, don't try to hide anything."

"Did you also see something else?"

Yun Lin's expression struggled, and she slowly spoke:

"I saw the wings on your back, resembling a demon from Western mythology."

"Black, like bat wings, or rather like dragon wings."

"Someone whose appearance is no longer that of a normal human, standing on the corpse mountain searching."

"At that time, I naturally thought of the word 'demon'."

But there was one sentence she didn't dare say.

In the vision, Lin An seemed to have noticed her.

Those scarlet eyes stared at her, which is why she felt so afraid.

Lin An frowned after hearing that.

"Can you confirm the approximate time frame?"

Yun Lin shook her head, hesitated a moment, then replied:

"I only know it won't be long."

"Because I've seen many visions of Yun Tian before, most of them recent."

"Exactly when, I'm not sure."

Lin An's heart sank.

"Recently?"

The Apocalypse broke out only a little over half a month ago.

What Yun Lin calls 'recent' is merely a span of three to five days.

If she isn't lying, then it means that before long, the scene she saw will come to pass.

But...

"How could this be possible?"

In my past life's Apocalypse, demon-like creatures did appear, but only in the later stages.

Moreover, humans and demons are fundamentally different.

"How could he possibly turn into a demon?"

Furthermore, his talent is already fixed; it couldn't turn him into a monster because of talent.

A sudden, inexplicable irritation rose in his chest.

The irritation isn't because he might kill many people while searching for something.

After all, if he really did that, he would surely have his own reasons.

The problem lies in becoming a demon.

He couldn't imagine what kind of affair would befall him, turning him into such a monster...

Lin An took a deep breath, suppressing the question.

What Yun Lin saw might be far in the future; if he keeps brooding over this, it will only affect his thinking.

Moreover, now that he knows, the future will bring corresponding changes.

There's no need to expend too much mental energy on this.

As long as he doesn't die, it's fine.

As they neared getting off the vehicle, Lin An seemed to think of something, suddenly turning his head to look at the young policewoman curled up in the corner:

"Can you use your skill on me again? Or rather, use retrocognition?"

Hearing this, Yun Lin raised her head in doubt.

In her view, nobody would enjoy being 'peeped at', especially after having experienced it.

After a moment's hesitation, she replied:

"My skill can be used on the same person only once per week, and if I use precognition, I cannot use retrocognition."

"It's like watching an old videotape; having chosen to observe your future, I cannot rewind to observe your past."

Lin An furrowed his brow slightly.

He had just remembered wanting Yun Lin to look at a fragment of his past, after all those flashback fragments had troubled him for too long.

As for whether it would expose his secret—

"If it did, he'd kill her to silence her."

It's that simple.

After confirming with his mental perception that Yun Lin wasn't lying, Lin An got straight off the vehicle.

Yun Lin's ability now seems to have an additional limitation.

No wonder such an aloof ability rating is only B.

Clang!

Jumped off the armored vehicle and closed the door.

Lin An at a glance saw Zhang Tie and the three not far away.

Among the three, Yun Tian looked over here with a worried face, somewhat nervously asking:

"Um, sir."

"How is my sister? After you finish asking about the matter, could you..."

Lin An waved his hand to interrupt what Yun Tian wanted to say.

He was trying to recruit the Yun siblings, after all their skills are not bad.

But it's better to keep Yun Lin locked in the vehicle.

A holy mother type, there's no need to let her out to cause trouble.

If he didn't think he'd break his hands and feet by acting, Yun Tian would hate himself.

Given his temperament, someone like Yun Lin with special skills would naturally be kept for use as a prop.

If Yun Lin could understand after hearing his explanation, Lin An wouldn't mind using her as a tool.

After all, there's no deep blood feud between him and the Yun siblings; it's purely a difference in ideology.

Of course, if Yun Lin couldn't see reason, even bearing hostility toward him.

Then Lin An wouldn't mind killing her outright, and there's no need to keep Yun Tian either.

No matter how strong the talent or how rare the skill,

If it cannot be used for oneself, it poses a potential threat.

Such people are better off turned into corpses.

Raising a tiger invites disaster; kind-hearted, soft-handed people have no right to survive the apocalypse.

Seeing that Lin An had no intention of releasing Yun Lin, Yun Tian couldn't help but feel extremely anxious.

No matter how frightening his power, the person detained inside is still his sister.

Steeling himself, Yun Tian still wanted to ask:

"Da..."

Lin An looked at his eyes and also understood that if he didn't tell Yun Tian how to handle his sister's matter, he wouldn't give up.

Thus, after pondering a moment, he calmly said:

"She's fine, but she can't get off the vehicle."

"If your sister can figure things out, I naturally won't do anything to her."

"You two are useful to me; after returning to the safe zone, I'll keep her at the base as logistics personnel."

After hearing that, Yun Tian's worried expression lessened considerably.

But his mind was full of doubts.

"Safe zone? Base?"

He hadn't even thought of the Long'an Base direction.

Nowadays, every faction on the channel claims to have built a safe zone and has a base.

Looks like another faction imitating the Long'an Base?

Ever since running into Lin An's group, he's been full of questions.

Mysterious, powerful, and ruthless in action, yet the team also has many relaxed-looking students.

7 Awakened Ones, 20 ordinary people.

Apart from the ferocious Zhang Tie and the cold Lin An, the others don't look like bad people.

Even when he first went outside, many students kindly brought him food and chatted with him.

Looking at their demeanor and tone, they don't seem to be coerced into being here.

Such a combination is truly bizarre.

As for Lin An's killing of those people, he had hardly any reaction.

After all, on one hand he had long wanted to teach that bunch of white-eyed wolves a lesson—greedy for life, fearful of death, bullying the good and fearing the evil.

On the other hand, after Lin An pointed out that these people wanted to harm him and his sister, his last reluctance vanished completely.

These bastards deserve to die.

Just thinking that his motorcycle had been tampered with and his pistol stolen, he couldn't help but feel a lingering fear.

If he really died or couldn't come back...

"Hey, brat."

"What are you standing there thinking about?"

"Want some yellow peach? I heard you haven't eaten anything all day."

Zhang Tie swaggered over, shaking a canned food, not knowing why he never gets tired of this stuff.

"Ah..?"

Yun Tian was interrupted by Zhang Tie's loud voice, then took the can and hesitantly asked:

"Zhang Tie, big brother, what did that sir just say about the base and safe zone mean?"

"Are you imitating Long'an Base? Do you plan to also go complete the safe zone mission?"

"Or are you survivors who came out of the military region?"

Yun Tian had wondered whether these people came out of a military base.

Although Zhang Tie said they weren't a search-and-rescue team, they could be survivors who came out to scavenge supplies.

Leaving the military base, but finding it a hassle to save people isn't unreasonable.

If someone is building their own force, they're just like those people in the chat channel.

I just don't know how large the force is or how many people it has.

Since the Long'an Base appeared, now every faction is learning to outwardly claim that their xx is the base, aiming to set up a safe zone.

Originally some private forces, such as the Hong Qing Gang and the Three Blades Society, liked to take names even before the apocalypse.

Now they have all been changed to the Hong Qing Base and the Tang Gate Safe Zone.

According to them, if you haven't finished the mission, you become a safe zone.

But later it will definitely be.

If you don't join now, later when the safe zone is built, they won't accept just anyone.

Even if it's odd, survivors generally can't resist this.

Zhang Tie stared, as if listening to someone talk.

After a moment, he suddenly broke into a grin.

"We're from Long'an Base; the one just now was our boss."

"Lin An."

"Clang."

The can fell to the ground and rolled to the feet of a heart‑broken Zhang Tie.

Xiong Hanzi hurriedly picked it up:

"You brat, if you don't eat it, don't waste it!"

Yun Tian didn't answer.

His arm stayed stiff in mid‑air, mouth agape, he stared blankly at Lin An's fading back.