Chapter 2187: Starlight Eternal 24

As his words fell, Lei Meng trembled all over, and the scales on his body even exploded instantly.

But soon he regained his composure, and he frankly and sincerely looked toward Lin An.

"Lord Lin, I admit that the Heaven Walker was lured by me, but I didn't say a single extra word."

"After that I haven't secretly contacted anyone else; you can see that I've already shut down all communications."

"To be honest, I surrendered to you because I don't want to die, but temporary survival doesn't mean I won't die later. Therefore I must see your true strength. Otherwise, it's death either way, and I might even be branded a traitor by my clan, dragging others down. How could I possibly consent to be a dog?"

Seeing Lei Meng openly admit, a flash of surprise crossed Lin An's eyes, and he instantly felt this lizard had a bit of courage.

"What about now?"

Lin An asked casually.

He basically didn't care about Lei Meng's little tricks, but if they could be used, they'd still be quite good.

"Now?"

Lei Meng's waist bent even deeper.

He then spoke respectfully without hesitation, not intending to hide his ambition:

"If that's the case, I naturally won't have any second thoughts! I will do everything I can to serve you! Anything I know, can deceive, or can betray! Besides my life, I am willing to offer you everything!"

"Of course, I only ask that Lord Lin grant me a small reward, just enough to stand by your side."

"I know who to prioritize killing, and I know their details!"

Lei Meng gave a dry laugh, his long, sharp fingers pointing at the Eternal Summit.

This monster's strength is too great; he has no doubt that as long as Lin An isn't surrounded and killed, he has a good chance to break into the top ten! By then, he could even sneak in!

The only thing that unsettles him is that this human is overly arrogant; he truly fears that if Lin An continues like this, he will attract the attention of the Heavenly Gods!

However, before Lei Meng could say anything else, a somewhat weary, icy female voice suddenly sounded from behind him.

"Lin An, don't trust him."

"This lizard didn't even tell you where Gu Yi is."

"Gu Yi?"

Lin An turned around, only to see Mo Ling, who had woken up at some point, already standing behind them.

Facing Mo Ling's words, Lei Meng's expression changed slightly, but he immediately and without hesitation respectfully spoke to Lin An:

"Lord Lin! It's not that I intentionally concealed it; rather, that ogre was sent back to our civilization's main force by others before it came looking for you!"

"If you want to rescue your friend, I'll take you there now to kill them! You don't need to worry about traps; I'll lure them out to make it easy for you to kill! I also know who's hiding points on their person!"

Hearing Lei Meng directly betray his own people without hesitation, even the just-awakened Mo Ling couldn't help but be a little surprised.

This lizard really is a talent.

"Not kill? Capture?"

Lin An frowned, then recalled Gu Yi's matter. It wasn't that he forgot the ogre squad; rather, when he previously checked the rankings, Gu Yi's information had already been closed off. He had thought that squad was completely dead.

"Lin An, Gu Yi is a descendant of Gu Si Man, not bad; in the end he didn't want to drag me down, so he gave up fleeing on his own."

She didn't urge Lin An to definitely go rescue, even though Gu Yi had helped them. But in Mo Ling's heart, Lin An's affairs come above all. Without saying whether rescue is possible, if going to save Gu Yi would affect Lin An's upcoming plans, she would rather not go.

"How far away is it? Can you get your people to send him back?"

Lin An pondered for a moment, but still intended to keep Gu Yi safe.

Although it would waste some time, based solely on his friendship with Gu Si Man, he still decided to try to rescue the other party first. After all, without Gu Yi, he's still stuck underground, unable to move.

Clear gratitude and grudges—this is his consistent principle.

Hearing that Lin An indeed wanted to go rescue people, Lei Meng gave a bitter laugh and simply shook his head:

"Lord Lin, I can take you there, but bringing him back is hard. We sent that ogre back to the main force precisely to use him as a hostage, coercing the external ogres to 'buy their lives.' If I now ask for him, it will easily raise suspicion."

"It's not that far either; it's probably on the second level of the Eternal Summit."

"But frankly, you don't actually need to rush. Before the final stage, we usually don't prematurely kill hostages like this—first, they aren't worth many points; second, if we reach the final stage and our ranking is still decent, we can actually use a ranked approach to demand points from external civilizations."

"Rest assured, I'm absolutely certain your friend won't die! After all, killing him now yields only a little, but keeping him for later is worth far more."

After a simple explanation of the reason, Lei Meng felt uneasy.

Although he could harden his heart to betray his own people, it's still better not to let that monster go on a killing spree. Moreover, once Lin An heads to the Eternal Summit, it's easy to prematurely draw the attention of other squads.

Of course, if Lin An truly goes his own way, then he can only grit his teeth and follow.

"Eternal Summit second level.."

Lin An raised his head, gazing up at the towering Eternal.

Though called a mountain, the Eternal Summit's size already rivals dozens of Earths. To speak plainly, it's practically another world.

From where he is to the second level, unless ignoring any obstacles, even flying at full speed would take nearly half an hour.

Moreover, once he acts, he'll surely draw other squads' attention; a simple rescue might even turn into a melee. By then, not only would he have no time to return underground, but whether Gu Yi could survive the melee is also a question.

He quickly made up his mind; soon Lin An nodded and gave up the idea of attacking now.

"Contact your people, no matter what method or what you say—just keep Gu Yi until the end."

"If he dies early, then let all of you be buried with him."

Lin An spoke coldly, not hiding his threat.

Facing Lin An's threat, Lei Meng's face turned deathly pale, and he could only nod repeatedly. He knew that if Gu Yi really died, they would all be dragged by that monster to be buried with him—not even that, but something even more miserable than death!

He wasted no more time; seeing Mo Ling yawning repeatedly and rubbing his eyes, Lin An also simply brought Mo Ling back underground together.

Thinking of those fragment-star-level corpses, Lin An couldn't help but feel a surge of heat in his heart!

Meanwhile.

Thunder Lizard Regiment position.

"Yi! Lin weak strong!? External no!?"