Chapter 228: Sealing the Undying Asura

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Heavy punches bombarded, deforming the metal.

Inside the alloy corridor, Lin An's successive punches violently broke through doors.

Safety doors capable of blocking rocket artillery were like mud before him, offering no hindrance to his steps.

After blasting a hole with a punch, Lin An swung his sword casually, cutting open the second safety door.

Zhang Tie followed closely behind, holding a box containing the corpse of the Undying Asura.

Lin Dui?!

Is this thing dead?

Xiong Yan's eyes widened in shock; he still hadn't reacted even now.

Wasn't this monster supposed to be unkillable? Why is it completely motionless now?

Wen Ya's eyes were full of astonishment; it was her first time seeing Lin An summon the Death God phantom.

That Death God phantom, wielding a scythe and standing over four meters tall, was heart‑pounding.

Chu An gently adjusted his glasses, following behind:

Is it a spiritual power attack?

Lin An nodded slightly, his spiritual power locking onto the survivors behind the three walls like flowing water.

That monster's body is immortal; no elemental or physical damage can kill it.

Zhang Tie hurriedly stepped over the broken alloy gate, unable to refrain from speaking:

Lin Dui, did you kill it with a spiritual attack?

It didn't die.

Boom!!

Lin An didn't turn his head, raised his right fist to gather power, then blasted the third‑from‑last safety door with another punch.

That monster is nearly indestructible; each of its cells possesses a spark of life force.

Unless all its life force is erased at once, it can keep regenerating.

But it also has a trait: when its body is about to be completely obliterated, it can instantly regenerate from nearby corpses.

Moreover, the range of its regeneration is unknown.

So, this monster can be said to be unkillable.

Zhang Tie stared agape, scratching his head:

Then... why has the monster stopped moving again?

What is life force again?

It's... simple.

Chu An spoke in Lin An's stead; his physique was poor, only that of an ordinary Awakened One, making it somewhat taxing to keep up with Lin An's pace.

I guess...

Spiritual attacks can erase part of the life force.

If erased enough, the monster will pause its ability to reorganize and revive.

For example, when the monster's HP drops to 1% it will rebirth, and at 2% it will choose to heal its wounds.

So, by precisely controlling damage to reduce the monster's HP to 1.5% and then using the nature of spiritual power, we can trap it at the threshold between rebirth and wound healing.

Of course, the exact value would likely need precision to three decimal places.

Thus achieving a state where it appears dead but is not.

However, this demands extraordinarily high precision in spiritual power control.

Moreover.

Chu An paused briefly, then calmly asked Lin An:

I guess.

The Death God phantom that appeared last, does it have rule‑level damage?

Did you use the Withering consumption points trait to achieve precise damage control?

(Withering: from the Death God gem ability. Resentment collection: when a human target dies, it extracts and stores the pre‑death negative emotions.

It consumes negative emotions and releases them at a designated target; 【Withering】 inflicts special damage equal to 2 × Will attribute × soul points (rule‑level: cannot be weakened, ignores resistance).

Lin An:....

Colonel Chu's statement is correct.

But he felt that Chu An wasn't guessing; he was reading it off his equipment attributes.

Without the Death God crystal in hand, Lin An wouldn't dare recklessly practice on the Undying Asura.

Nor would he think of sealing the monster and taking it back.

Spiritual power attack is the only means to seal the Undying Asura.

This is the experience countless Awakened Ones in past lives paid for with their lives.

However, pure spiritual power damage is useless; precise control is also needed.

With his current control, without reaching the third rank he cannot achieve such precision.

He also, on a sudden whim, thought of using the Withering technique to achieve this effect.

Inside the monitoring room, everyone was in chaos.

Some wanted to flee immediately; others stood frozen, not knowing what to do.

Director Zhang!

Can the self‑destruct procedure be stopped?!

Several middle-aged people looked at Zhang Hai with anticipation.

Although we don't know how those outsiders destroyed the monster, the monster is dead now—why are they still fleeing!

There is a large amount of weaponry and equipment here, and it is located a hundred meters underground in a safe location.

Compared to the perilous outside world, one has no idea how much stronger this place is.

Aside from the food not being sufficient enough, that is also because they never dared to go out to search for supplies.

Zhang Hai gave a bitter smile and shook his head, feeling extremely distressed inside.

Once the self-destruct program is activated, it cannot be stopped.

This is also to prevent the research institute from, after an enemy invasion, activating self-destruct at the last moment only to have the occupying enemy shut it down again.

Therefore, he could only watch helplessly as the countdown ticked down to zero.

Unless...

He let out a bitter laugh in his heart.

There's nothing left as an 'unless'...

Seeing this, the crowd couldn't help but feel regret, with many beating their chests and stamping their feet.

They only hated themselves for not waiting another minute.

Among the crowd, Yao Haiping's face darkened, and he couldn't help shouting:

"What's the point of regretting now!"

"Hurry up and escape! If you don't flee now, this place will explode. Do you want to die here?!"

Deng Xiang heard the sound and looked toward Yao Haiping, who was preparing to open the elevator, a flash of dissatisfaction crossing his eyes:

"There are still 11 minutes until the explosion; there's still time."

He turned his head to look at the crowd, then glanced at the monitor screen:

"We'll wait here for those outsiders a moment."

"We need to tell them this place is going to explode."

"Furthermore."

"Once the escape elevator is opened, going up will put it into a locked state."

"Let's go together with them."

Hearing this, the crowd hesitated and nodded.

Yao Haiping sealed the safety doors on the upper and lower seven floors; if they don't go straight to the outside via the elevator, climbing up from the safety doors

would simply not be enough time to escape before the explosion.

Even if the sword‑backed man leading them in the video is extremely fast, they would still absolutely not make it in time.

Yao Haiping kept pressing the escape elevator, trying to make it unlock quickly.

A cold glint flashed in his eyes as he shouted loudly:

"Are you idiots?!"

"We previously locked those people and the monster together; do you think they wouldn't notice that the safety door behind them was shut by us?"

"Once they enter the core monitoring room and see the explosion countdown..."

"Even a fool would know we intend to abandon them and let them die here!"

"If we don't flee now, are we just waiting for them to rush in and settle scores with us?!"

"Don't you realize those people never responded to our intentions at all!"

Zhang Hai froze upon hearing that; he had indeed noticed that Lin An's group completely ignored them.

Just that.

He recalled Colonel Chu's military uniform and hesitantly replied:

"What we did was indeed wrong."

"But if the other side are military region rescue personnel, I think after an explanation they should understand..."

"Stupid!"

Yao Haiping furiously pressed the unlock code, his heart burning with anxiety.

It was he who locked Lin An's group and the monster together and sealed the safety doors on the upper and lower seven floors.

Even if the other side truly are military region rescue personnel...

Letting others go is fine, but it's absolutely impossible to easily spare him!

"A bunch of idiots! Even if they are rescue personnel, can you guarantee the monster is really dead?!"

"If you won't run, I'll run first!"

His gaze turned fierce as he drew his gun and aimed it at Zhang Hai:

"Don't stop me! If you're leaving, hurry up and follow me!"

"Anyone who blocks me, I'll shoot dead!"

"By then, nobody will even think of escaping!"

"You...!"

Zhang Hai was furious; he never expected Yao Haiping to outright threaten everyone this time.

Once he dies, the triggered lockdown protocol is not as simple as just closing the safety doors.

Under the lockdown protocol, the entire test facility's power will be cut off, the elevator shaft will automatically explode, and all passages will be sealed.

Moments later.

"Beep, the escape elevator has been opened."

Yao Haiping heard the prompt behind him, a flicker of joy crossing his eyes as he raised his gun and backed into the elevator:

"Go now! If you don't go, then none of you will go!"

The crowd heard the sound and their expressions froze; many gritted their teeth and rushed straight for the elevator.

Can't worry about that anymore.

They also feared that if they waited longer, Yao Haiping would go crazy and kill Director Zhang.

By then, no one will be able to escape.

As for that group of outsiders, all we can say is that they're unlucky.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a tremendous booming sound came.

Repeated piercing sounds rang out.

Before the crowd in the monitoring room could react, a teasing voice sounded:

"Go?"

Lin An walked into the monitoring room with a calm expression, curiously staring at the armed Yao Haiping.