Chapter 2197: Star Eternity 34

Master Lin! Master Lin, wait for me!

Seeing Lin An charge straight to the second layer, Lei Meng hurried to catch up, holding the corpse feather in his hand—neither could he throw it away nor keep holding it!

Too conspicuous, too arrogant!

Although he suddenly realized this man was far more terrifying than he imagined, human strength has its limits! Above them, there are still hundreds of thousands of Fifth Stage!

Master Lin! Hear me out—I know you're extremely strong! But from the second layer onward, each layer's teams will only get stronger!

You should know that even among War Stars, the difference is vast! Killing these ordinary War Star Level ones is easy, but if they get just a bit stronger, under overwhelming numbers you must be careful!

Especially since you've wiped out so many teams, the people on the layers above surely know! Charging up like this, even if you're not afraid, you'll be worn to death!

One can almost imagine that from the second layer onward, especially with Lin An not changing his route, countless teams are gathering overhead. Right now, Lei Meng feels his scalp about to explode—he's never seen such a monstrous freak like Lin An!

I know, about twenty teams now know of my existence.

This just saves me the time of searching.

If you keep nagging, I don't mind taking it myself.

Without looking back, Lin An flew straight toward the second layer, a straight-line distance of roughly over a thousand kilometers.

This lizard is really noisy; if it weren't still somewhat useful, I wouldn't mind turning Lei Meng into a lizard skin.

However, facing Lin An's threat, Lei Meng's face turned deathly pale; he couldn't help but curse quietly, yet he steeled himself and continued to advise:

Master Lin! I know you're not afraid of them! As a Body System cultivator, you don't fear attrition either! But a siege is nothing like you imagine—it's not just those teams coming for you! This Star Eternity War has long been unfair!

Do you know how much the outside investment has reached now? 1.8 million points! With such investment, do you think those civilizations will tolerate a monster like you breaking out? No! They've staked almost everything they have; they will absolutely not accept defeat! If you recklessly keep killing alone, believe me, it won't be just dozens of teams besieging you—it'll be hundreds, even thousands!

Can you kill everyone?

He almost roared it out in a near‑shout.

For Lei Meng, who's good at calculations, he both envies Lin An's formidable strength and resents why it isn't him.

If he had this strength, he would never act like Lin An! With a bit of maneuvering, forming alliances, he could easily secure a top‑ten spot with virtually no risk.

Seeing Lin An seem swayed by his words, his body suddenly halted; Lei Meng took a deep breath and blurted it all out:

Master Lin! To be honest, I admit you're strong, and I'd love to borrow your strength to achieve a higher rank.

But some things in this world simply cannot be done—they're unfair.

If you break into the top hundred, maybe it's nothing—perhaps only the lowest‑ranked among them would try to take you out, and some might even root for you! But if you reach the top ten, those hundred teams will all want to kill you! They'll be like gamblers who've lost red‑eyed, raising the stakes wildly, giving every team a way to stop you! If you're first, every civilization that bet wrong will spare no expense to kill you, forcing your civilization to abandon you, forcing you to surrender!

Saying this, Lei Meng suddenly felt a bit downcast, looking at Lin An with genuine feeling:

Master Lin, the Star Eternity War is unfair.

Wanting to reach first place by strength alone is impossible. You, I, and the civilizations behind us—how could we match those top‑tier civilizations?

They can keep raising the stakes, letting their people exchange for goods. And us? What do we have to fight them with? Even if you're stronger, could you kill those with infinite resurrection? Could you break out of the Star Eternity to stop them from descending upon your civilization? Yes, I admit your excellence will earn favor from many civilizations, who will stand by you.

But this time is different—every civilization is drawn in; no one can escape.

First place—only they can take it; we're not qualified. All we can do is try to curry favor with them and just make it into the top ten!

Some things are simply fated from birth—just as under the Apocalypse, our fates are all controlled by the system. So‑called effort, so‑called resistance, are merely self‑comfort.

If you were a member of the God Ascendants, perhaps you wouldn't even need to join the Star Eternity War to gain vast resources! You'd have protectors, countless strong ones who'd favor and help you. But we, coming from a small civilization, can only scrape by in the cracks, giving up unfounded fantasies.

Having said that, Lei Meng closed his mouth.

These words were less for Lin An to hear and more for himself to hear.

He's very smart; he can foresee what will happen next outside, he doesn't doubt Lin An has the strength to reach the top, but some things are simply destined to be impossible.

Even a genius, no matter how outstanding, a Fifth Stage—no, a Fourth Stage—before those truly mighty civilizations is nothing but an ant.

Before absolute interests, death is not worth regretting.

Just like those Fifth Stayers left on the first layer, no matter how unwilling or hard they try, they can only look up at those who have long been stationed there.

Is it useless no matter how hard we try? Are we undeserving?

After a brief silence, Lin An suddenly smiled.

Half a year ago, I was nearly pressed to death by the wayside by a Fifth Stage cultivator with a casual swipe. He told me, a worm like me doesn't even qualify to stand beside them.

I barely scraped through everything, only making it to the mission point at the last second.

They're all stronger than me; I don't even deserve to look up at them. Some mock me, viewing me like a bug, and they even discuss what kind of fool would send a Fourth Stage like me onto the battlefield.

But ten days later.

They were all dead, and only I remained standing at the end.

Having said that, Lin An didn't look back and continued flying.

What Lei Meng said wasn't wrong, and it wasn't just about the present.

But his dictionary has never contained the word 'give up'.

This is what he truly possesses—and the only thing he has.