Chapter 2188: with translation of chapter title

Are you sure Gu Yi can understand these messages?

Inside the virtual space, twelve giant High Level all looked at the rankings, and the Head Elder, his eyes full of solemnity, at the critical moment, even he couldn't help but become nervous.

Although the compressed information is transmitted according to encoding, the cost is only a few dozen points, but the investment before and after could go to waste; it's not true that he doesn't feel heartache.

Like a gambler who has sat down at the table, should he cut his losses in time, or go all in here?

"Head Elder, rest assured. The questions we are transmitting are very simple; Gu Yi over there only needs to answer yes or no twice."

"Personal information can be toggled at most four times, and then the truth will be completely revealed!"

Absolutely confident, the Star-Destroying Level speaker nervously stared at Gu Yi's personal ranking information.

The information they transmitted was carefully considered; the first question was asking whether Lin An is strong enough! The second was asking whether Lin An is outside, whether he has been captured!

As long as they confirm these two key points, they will know what to do!

"I hope so, and I even more hope that this human really is that strong..."

With the confirmation that Gu Yi had received the message, Gu Hong let out a long breath, merely waiting for Gu Yi inside to answer the question.

Although reason tells him hope is slim, Gu Lun's logic is the most reasonable. But who wouldn't hope for a miracle to appear? Especially, they would become the first to discover a miracle.

If correct, they would ascend in one step; if wrong, there would be no hope left.

The wait was long yet brief; this short two-word answer might just decide their future fate.

Outside the virtual space.

"Lord Gu Lun, the Head Elder over there has already started asking; what should we do?"

Above the giant planet, Gu Lun looked coldly at the information sent back by his subordinate; it's laughable, as the heir to the next Elder, he was actually 'driven' out of the virtual space.

The reason is simple: those who were willing to believe the high-level fools from Ancient Flame Mountain thought his words would disturb everyone's judgment, so they politely asked him to leave.

Of course, he also knows that this is also because those fools are afraid that if Lin An is that strong, his previous actions would have offended Gu Shan, offended the 'financial backer'.

Heh, what a ridiculous logic.

That human hasn't even broken into the top thousand yet, and this group of high-levels has already started fantasizing about the future.

"No need to pay attention; Gu Yi over there can only answer two nos!"

"These old fogeys are beyond foolish; with those points being wasted, they might as well give them to me! I'd rather believe a Fourth Stage native than trust me, a true genius; in my view, they should be replaced!"

Gu Lun, as the fastest-advancing Fifth Stage in giant civilization's history, is only one step away from breaking through to Star-Shattering.

Therefore, in his eyes, he is the true genius, the hope of the entire giant civilization!

If he weren't born in giant civilization, his achievements would be far greater than this!

The so-called God Ascendants, in his eyes, are merely a bunch of self-indulgent wasters suppressing their strength. If it weren't for exceeding strength limits, with his strength back when he was at War Star Level, he also has the confidence to charge into the top ten thousand, even the top thousand!

Perhaps it's the arrogance of every genius, but he harbors a natural hostility and contempt for the suddenly appearing Lin An.

"No need to waste more time; once the answer comes, I'll go find Gu Shan to talk, to avoid prolonged trouble. Those old fogeys will probably still not give up."

Unwilling to waste any more time, after speaking, Gu Lun planned to rush straight to the prison where Gu Shan was detained.

He believed his judgment; the answer could only be...

"Lord Gu Lun! Gu Yi's message has come back!"

Midway, Gu Lun heard the news and stalled, hurriedly looking at the information sent back by his subordinate. Although he was confident his judgment was correct, at this moment he actually felt a bit nervous. Especially, hearing the tone of the subordinate left in the Radiant Space, the answer seemed rather off?

Damn it? Could it be two yeses?!

Soon, after looking at the subordinate's returned answer, Gu Lun first froze, then broke into a weird low laugh.

He never expected that Gu Yi's answer would actually be this.

"It's neither yes nor no, but 【switch on】, meaning unknown?"

"How interesting, truly interesting... I really don't know how wonderful the expressions of those old fogeys will be..."

"Head Elder, what should we do now?"

Inside the virtual space, everyone wore bitter smiles, some feeling disheartened as they looked toward Gu Hong.

No one expected that the answer they received would be this. If it were yes, they would stake everything on a gamble; if it were no, then it would end right there, and they would no longer suffer.

But unknown? What does unknown mean? Did Gu Yi not even see Lin An? Or is it, as Gu Lun judged, that the two were seized separately?

Hope and disappointment, hope and disappointment, back and forth, they only felt like clowns, merely indulging in wishful self-fantasy.

For a moment, many giant High Level no longer wanted to waste time:

"Head Elder, why not just give up? If we keep wasting time, verifying anything further would be meaningless. Although the answer is unknown, at least it shows one thing: that Lin An never engaged in battle with the Thunder Lizard squad."

"Although other possibilities may exist, their likelihood is too low."

"Hmm."

After a brief silence, Gu Hong heavily nodded his head; beneath his seemingly calm eyes flashed a deep disappointment, or perhaps self-mockery.

"Then let it be this way; you leave a few people here to barely see if we can compensate for a bit of loss. The rest follow me back to continue discussing countermeasures for the crisis."

Even a giant High Level couldn't help but blurt out that Gu Lun had already gone alone to find Gu Shan, yet he paid it no heed.

He knew what Gu Lun intended to do; speaking of it, all this stemmed from Gu Shan.

"Really, what a farce.."

"Lin An.."

"Heh.. how could I believe that a miracle could happen on a Fourth Stage?"

As his words fell, Gu Hong shook his head with a self-mocking smile, then decisively withdrew from the space.

Two hours and forty-four minutes later, the giant prison.

"Gu Shan, what are you still fantasizing about? I'm giving you one last chance; if you still want Gu Yi to have a chance to survive, then do as I say."

"You should be well aware that the final stage of the Radiant is about to begin, and the teams inside have already started reaping."

Lowering his gaze to look down at Gu Shan, Gu Lun spoke calmly; the light screen ranking opened beside him seemed to verify his words.

He wanted to devour Gu Shan's spiritual energy while he was alive, which is far more effective than a corpse; moreover, he no longer wanted to wait.

As the words fell, only on the ranking list could be seen that the points of the top ten thousand teams began to surge rapidly; although the overall ranking hadn't changed much, the points gap beyond ten thousand was already like a heavenly chasm.

It is obvious that the teams returning to the Eternal Summit are now 'slaughtering sheep.' Thanks to the huge points gap, as long as they are not at the Eternal Summit, outside teams, no matter how many competitors they previously killed, cannot possibly climb in ranking.

A few seconds later, looking at the silent Gusman, Gulun, impatient, barked lowly:

"Gusman, what are you still fantasizing about? Even if you imagine that kid wasn't caught, his current points at least prove he didn't obtain the layer reward. Without reaching the summit, his ranking at most would be thirty or forty thousand—this ranking means nothing!"

"If I absorb you, our clan will at least gain one more Star-Shatterer!"

"You should be well aware of our predicament! Moreover, I personally offered a hundred points to ransom Gu Yi's life; although a hundred points may not guarantee release, it's at least a hope, isn't it? Or are you, Gusman, simply a utter coward, disregarding the Greater Good, selfish and indifferent to the life and death of your own kin!?"

Every word pierces the heart.

Listening to Gulun's heart-piercing words, Gusman slowly closed his eyes; when he opened them again, they were filled with deadly intent.

Although Gulun was forcing him to voluntarily be eaten, every word he said was correct.

If Lin An truly wanted to challenge the ranking and really hadn't been caught, then at this moment he should be on the Eternal Summit, and his ranking should continue to rise.

But there was none; it was like a pool of dead water, completely still.

Even if there's only a one-in-ten-thousand chance, if Lin An now begins to reach the summit, what awaits him is Fifth Stage sniping in the hundreds of thousands on each level! This is the common strategy of the top ten thousand teams; at such difficulty, only a Star Summoner could possibly lead the whole team to the summit!

But Lin An is just one person—how could he achieve that?

"Go ahead and eat; maybe I'm really mistaken.."

"I only hope you can keep your promise.."

With a sigh, Gusman gave a bitter laugh, then a muffled groan, and released the spirit core within his body, allowing Gulun to suck it like blood, eating him alive.

Yes, he might truly have misjudged, and also mistakenly trusted Lin An. In the Skull Mission, Lin An although performed extremely strong, but ultimately it had nothing to do with combat power.

What they expected might not be a miracle, but a divine trace.

But 'gods' do not exist.

Starlight Battlefield, underground space.

Looking at the narrow bone sword in his hand, Lin An's expression was strange; he didn't know whether to be happy or regretful.

After returning to the underground space, he tried to convert every corpse he could find, splicing, smelting, even not letting any organs go.

The bad news is that perhaps the internal power capable of converting into Equipment has been exhausted, or perhaps it's too scattered; these remnants simply cannot be converted.

The good news is that the two Body System corpses were unaffected; he actually managed to combine them successfully, converting them into the bone sword in his hand.

"Amani's Hell Echo, a Star-Destroying Level weapon."

"Strength+200; after converting to physical strength, it increased roughly 11%. It comes with a Rule-Break effect, plus a half spatio-temporal nature Rule Ability, Hell Echo."

His left hand gripped the bone sword, feeling waves of scorching yet icy power constantly drilling out from the blade; Lin An only felt that this sword was indeed somewhat eerie.

The whole blade resembles a pre-Apocalypse Malaysian sword on Earth, looking like two spines twisted together into a torture device. Just a glance fills it with an evil aura.

Inheriting the abilities of the two Body System corpses, this sword's power is actually quite formidable. Setting aside Cain's Blade's sacrificial ability, speaking frankly, this sword truly overwhelms Cain's Blade.

"The Rule-Break effect should be the ability of the first Body System corpse. Its effect is comparable to a superior armor-breaking rule, perfectly compensating for my deficiency in rules. At least when killing War Stars, I don't need to use force to break shields; even corpses are hard to leave behind."

"As for Hell Echo.."

Lin An's eyes flickered; he instantly held the bone sword horizontally before him. Upon first encountering a spatio-temporal type rule, after a simple test, he couldn't help but marvel at the sword's power.

Upon activation, it forcibly slows the surrounding time flow, while simultaneously marking multiple enemies, converting the speed difference between us and them into damage to achieve a high-speed instant strike! As long as each hit can kill the target, the number of instant strikes and movement speed can keep stacking, until everyone within the echo zone is slain!

Without exaggeration, this is practically Judgment + Destruction + an enhanced version of his self-created sword style!

Lin An can imagine that, while simultaneously coordinating with rule-breaking, at four hundred times the speed of sound, he could unleash what kind of destructive power in an instant!

"Group Battle Divine Skill! Although the instant strike's damage depends only on the speed difference between us and the enemy, combined with the Omniscient Domain, I can completely in a major war find the slowest batch of Fifth Stage, then through echo stacking damage, instantly kill everyone in one breath!"

Suppressing the awe in his heart, Lin An also temporarily dismissed the idea of merging this weapon into Cain's Blade.

Although when he tried to fuse this weapon into Cain's Blade, he found that the Star-Destroying Level Equipment, as he had expected, was far stronger than War Star—one piece roughly equals ten. But after careful consideration, he still decided to use it for now and see.

Anyway, he fights with dual swords; if it weren't that Cain's Blade cannot be swapped, he would want to take this sword as his main weapon.

"Or perhaps Star-Shatterer Level corpses are more usable... If I sold this weapon to outside Star-Destroying Level forces, those Speed System folks would probably go crazy fighting over it at any cost! No wonder Dayanzhuzi dares to let me participate above my level!"

No longer thinking further, Lin An took a deep breath and directly rushed out of the underground.

Feeling that his internal state had fully recovered, with power nearly surging like a star sea, at this moment his long-suppressed fighting spirit rose steadily.

After glancing at his own ranking, which had already fallen to forty-eight thousand, Lin An didn't care about anything else; he merely took a quick look at the points of the top ten.

Compared to his mere six hundred plus points, the top-ranked Heavenly God's Flaming Spear already exceeds twenty times his, reaching thirteen thousand points!

Lin An raised his eyebrows, slightly surprised; he knew his points were far behind, but he didn't expect the gap to be this unreasonably large?

But it doesn't matter; just slaughter layer by layer.

At the same time, Zhang Tie, Lei Meng, and others who had been guarding outside, upon seeing him come out, all excitedly gathered around.

Especially Lei Meng, who at this moment was the first to rush to his side, anxiously saying:

"Lord Lin! You've finally come out! Damn it! The situation is worse than we previously judged! Although you starting to rush layers now isn't conspicuous, I also didn't expect that the teams on the Eternal Summit seem to have reached some agreement, their situation of exchanging kills is too brutal!"

"In order to lock the rankings, the teams of the first three layers actually gave up rushing layers, choosing only to defend and farm points!"

Lei Meng secretly regretted letting Lin An delay his summit push; given the current points gap, even if Lin An had the strength to kill into the top hundred, he would fall behind other teams due to insufficient points.

After all, in the whole team, only Lin An and that little girl truly have the ability to reach the summit. No matter how much they can kill, it's not much. Points are too concentrated; Lin An might need to rush to the sixth layer just to barely catch up with the top thousand's gap.

No need to think; not only is the danger several times greater, but he also can't obtain a good ranking.

However, facing Lei Meng's worry, Lin An merely gave a light chuckle, not caring at all. If he really cared about this, he would have come out earlier without Lei Meng saying so.

"After saying that, where is the team you mentioned that has points on their hand?"

"If that's certain, I'll start from there."

As the words fell, Lin An silently looked up at the huge countdown above his head.

Although there are still thirty-six hours and forty-four minutes left until the competition ends.

But for him, forty-four minutes is enough.

The remaining thirty-six hours, he will make everyone only able to look up at the peak!

Witness..

What is invincibility!