Chapter 2012

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Facing the sudden outbreak of pressure from 77, Lin An only felt himself like a worm, unable to resist!

The pressure was terrifying! Even the starry sky began to twist! Facing the wrath of a true god, Lin An strained to lift his head, forcing his body to hold up.

His bones creaked and groaned, as if screaming, begging for mercy!

An Overseer, especially a supreme existence among Overseers, his fury was something he could not bear!

Perhaps if it were any Fifth Stage, they would now tremble and kneel, too afraid to ask.

But for Lin An, perhaps it was his innate stubbornness, perhaps it was what supported him to get to today—just to oppose the System.

He truly did not want to let go of this clue; he truly wanted to know!

"I want... to know...!"

"I know you are... an Overseer! I know... what I am asking... but... but is this not... the reason I was chosen!?"

Without Lin An gritting his teeth, he desperately resisted the pressure.

Only hearing a "bang!" a tentacle like lightning instantly shattered his heart, accompanied by an impact force capable of piercing a planet, Lin An was blown away with a boom, exploding into a mist of blood!

But a light blow like that sent Lin An into a near-death state!

His gaze icy, No. 77 instantly moved, appearing as if by teleportation to catch the blown-apart Lin An, then its tentacles shot out and violently dragged Lin An before it.

Like looking down from above, No. 77 changed from its previous gentle attitude, now openly displaying its killing intent, its voice shaking the entire starry sky!

"Kid, do you really think you're important?!"

"Asking an Overseer about loopholes? Do you think I like you, so I can't bear to kill you?!"

"I tell you! Even if I cultivate you to Sixth Stage, Seventh Stage! Even if you walk that path, killing you would be like crushing an ant—no hesitation at all!"

As he spoke, the space behind No. 77 began to explode; an Overseer, especially his level of fury, could boil the Milky Way!

Even a tiny worm dares to question him!?

Truly absurd!

"Give up what you're thinking now; seeing as I've wasted so much time, I can tolerate you this once..."

The tentacles tightened; with only half his body left, Lin An spat out mouthfuls of blood. Looking at the giant eye above his head, at this moment he felt as if he had returned to the trial day, again sensing that supreme, overlooking all beings' insignificance.

Yet at this moment, Lin An seemed indifferent to his own life or death, instead forcing a laugh.

"You... won't kill me because of this..."

"If... if I ask these and must die... then you couldn't possibly help me! I want to die... I should have died long ago!"

It's hard to describe what Lin An is thinking right now.

If someone knew he had an Overseer backing him, and behind him was granted a Death-Star level entity as protection, they'd surely envy him to madness!

Swap any Awakened One, and they'd be terrified, not daring to offend No. 77 in the slightest.

But for Lin An, he could accept No. 77 using him as a test subject, even accept facing greater challenges because of it, walking a harder path.

But he must confirm one thing: that No. 77's purpose is to oppose the System!

If not, if it contradicts his beliefs, then even if Lin An became stronger and received more cultivation, it would be meaningless! He doesn't want to be a dog, never seeing hope!

"Creak creak"

His organs were squeezed into pulp; seeing Lin An still refusing to bow, in silent eye contact, the killing intent in No. 77's eyes grew ever stronger.

"Kid, it looks like you really want to know?"

"Then I'll have to send you on your way..."

As the words fell, boundless darkness enveloped Lin An in an instant.

Three seconds later.

"Bang"

Like throwing away trash, only see under a huge white light sphere, No. 77's tentacle loosened, with a plop it threw the non-human-shaped flesh lump beneath the light sphere.

"System, begin repair."

The killing intent faded; watching Lin An constantly "writhing" as he recovered, No. 77's eyes flashed with a hint of helplessness.

"Kid, you really have guts."

"Do you know there were other Overseers present just now?"

On the pure white ground, Lin An suddenly startled; he thought he had guessed wrong, that just then he really thought No. 77 would kill him.

"Other Overseers...? So I didn't guess wrong?"

"Then this place!?"

Everything that happened was too chaotic; Lin An couldn't react for a moment.

He understood No. 77's meaning.

He hadn't guessed wrong; No. 77 wouldn't kill him for asking about the System's loopholes. The earlier fury was because the place was wrong—No. 77 couldn't answer him there.

As for why he dared to ask, first he needed to confirm that No. 77's purpose didn't conflict with his beliefs; second, he wanted to verify some guesses.

But...

His body rapidly recovered; Lin An couldn't help but look up at the light sphere.

If there were other Overseers present just now, then this place would be even more under the System's nose; moreover, if there were other Overseers at that location, No. 77's conversation with him...

"No need to guess."

Drifting toward Lin An, No. 77 glanced at him and spoke directly:

Just now the place we were at is an observation point, you can also understand it as a space arranged by the system. The Overseer's true form belongs to a kind of system rule, thus it interferes with the system's blockade effect; when we carry out missions, we usually stay at the observation point waiting, only acting when necessary. And before you came out, other Overseers have already projected over.

However, you don't need to worry about our conversation; as long as you don't trigger the keyword, that bunch of trash still isn't qualified to eavesdrop on what I said.

He waved his tentacle, and No. 77 also couldn't be bothered to explain why he had to act.

Lin An's question just now has already triggered the keyword; although he isn't afraid of other Overseers causing trouble, this place has already been watched by multiple parties, and he also doesn't want to make things complicated.

Then if you bring me here, can you explain?

But...

It's fine, the system's redemption point is the safest place.

Knowing Lin An couldn't understand, even worrying about the system's problem, No. 77 blinked his eyes and didn't waste any words:

Just as I said just now, every rule of the system is independent. The redemption point's module differs from other modules; you can think of it as different departments.

Here, other Overseers can't enter either, and the system only has the redemption function. Otherwise, do you think that during the Star Battlefield, that Overseer would still have to nitpick for half a day to draw your reward? Overseers also have significant restrictions.

After saying that, Lin An immediately understood No. 77's meaning. He also couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Moreover, he even recalled how he initially obtained the third-rank key.

(The Savior System, it seemed back then also exploited a 'loophole' between different functions to help me steal the reward.)

Suppressing the stirring in his heart, Lin An turned his gaze toward No. 77.

His guess was correct! There really are secrets of the system inside the Ghost Skull!

As expected, seeing Lin An's fiery gaze, No. 77 shook his head and spoke in a low voice:

"Lin An, your guess is correct. There indeed is information about the system inside the Ghost Skull."

"It's not that I don't want to tell you, but letting you come into contact with this information too early, I'm not sure what effect it will have on you."

He also seemed somewhat hesitant.

After a moment, No. 77 looked at Lin An's somewhat unwilling gaze, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"Well, the Ghost Skull came into being because of a corpse."

"And that corpse belonged to the Savior Alliance."