Chapter 230

Lin An's expression remained unchanged, his gaze calm as he looked at the somewhat respectful Chu An before him.

Unlike his unruffled face, his inner self was as if he had seen a ghost.

He had clearly heard the words 'senior commander' from Zhang Hai's mouth.

What the hell!?

Isn't Chu An a colonel!?

How could he pass the identity verification?

As a retired soldier, he knew full well how stringent this identity verification system was—there was basically no possibility of forging it.

So Colonel Chu's so-called cracking is just face‑scanning?

Using his identity to directly shut down the self‑destruct procedure!?

General...

How many people of that rank exist in the entire Huaxia war zone—two hands?

Psychic communication:

"Chu An, what are you up to?"

"How did you become a general commander again!?"

"Why are you suddenly putting on this posture?"

Compared to Chu An's status, what shocked him more was the attitude Chu An was now displaying.

It was as if he were the subordinate and Lin An the superior.

Lin An never cared about status or honor from start to finish.

He also never demanded that others bow and scrape to him, treating him as a leader.

Zhang Tie calling him 'Lin Dui' is merely out of habit.

Mo Ling and Wen Ya simply called him by his name.

And the base members calling him 'sir' were purely out of spontaneous awe of his martial prowess.

How others addressed him, what attitude they showed him—

Lin An simply didn't care.

In the apocalypse, as long as you have strength, power, status, and honor, others will place these things into your hands with both hands.

Chu An slowly straightened his body, as if he hadn't heard anything at all.

Within the psychic communication, his voice remained unchanged:

"I'll explain my situation to you later."

"First pretend to be my superior, then speak."

"These researchers are valuable, but winning them over isn't that simple."

"Especially their director Zhang Hai—he cannot be intimidated by your force."

"Threatening death is useless against someone like him."

"But if you want to control the research institute, you need his assistance. This equipment test facility is a great help for you."

"As for the reason, I'll explain it to you later."

Lin An's heart jolted; he roughly guessed Chu An's meaning.

Their psychic communication was extremely fast; a moment later, Lin An gave a slight nod:

"Open the highest authority; hand over the personnel here for you to handle."

Having said that, Lin An turned his body so the researchers couldn't see his strange expression.

Chu An remained straight, saluting his back, then gave a stern look at the researchers standing dumbfounded.

"I am Chu An, commander-general of the Capital Military Region; I now order your unit to report to me the situation of the test facility..."

"This unit has been requisitioned; no personnel may leak information to the outside; violators will be treated as traitors..."

Behind the monitoring room, Lin An sat upright in the meeting room.

Wen Ya and Zhang Tie sat at his sides, their expressions calm.

Unlike their expressionless faces, the team's internal channel was almost shouting itself hoarse.

Like him, these two also received Chu An's psychic transmission.

The content was roughly the same as what Lin An heard.

In short, it's two words: showing off.

Showing off to the point that these researchers dare not even imagine their identities.

To be honest, Lin An felt it was a bit over the top.

What a fellow—Chu An, a general, stands before him respectfully taking orders.

In the eyes of those researchers outside, his status must be how high?

Capital**? Military Region***? Huaxia**?

In the team channel, Zhang Tie shouted loudly, somewhat frightened, asking:

"Lin Dui!?"

"Just who is Chu An!?"

"And who are you!?"

"Holy shit, you wouldn't be here incognito, would you!?"

Wen Ya also couldn't help glancing at Lin An, her eyes full of astonishment.

To be honest, if she weren't one of the first to meet Lin An, she'd probably think the same as Zhang Tie.

Lin An secretly gave a wry smile.

He's just an ordinary discharged soldier...

The highest position he ever held was squad leader...

Not bad, he was in a special unit, but then he was inexplicably discharged.

Chu An's little stunt here is also a bit much for him to handle.

Although after the apocalypse, these positions and such are no longer important.

But the apocalypse has only been going on for over half a month now, and many people's concepts haven't changed yet.

He pondered for a moment, then slowly spoke:

"Chu An once told me that he is the person in charge of the China Peace Plan."

"I originally thought it was just an ordinary plan codename."

"Just like many military regions would set up their own special forces teams, special departments."

"Like the Dragon Fang Squad, the 0751 Combat Team, the Huaxia Shield, and so on."

"Sometimes even a battalion commander can come up with one."

"But looking at it, the China Peace Plan might not be that simple..."

For some reason, Lin An suddenly recalled the two words 'Long An' that kept appearing in his flashback memory fragments.

Long An... China Peace.

Is there any connection between them?

Suppressing the thoughts in his heart, Lin An continued speaking:

"As for me, you don't need to guess."

"I don't have anything special..."

Zhang Tie was somewhat doubtful, staring at his eyes on Lin An's face for a while:

"Captain Lin!"

"To be honest with you, I've always thought you were too... that thing?"

"What's that word again?"

"Anyway, anyway, you're just especially mysterious. It seems like you know everything, and you're especially powerful."

"You say you're an ordinary person—I wouldn't believe it even if you were beaten to death!"

Zhang Tie recalled the first time he met Lin An.

The scene of Lin An slashing the licker to death with one blow left an indelible image in his mind at that time.

That was just how many days after the apocalypse broke out?

When most people couldn't even beat zombies, Captain Lin could ignore mutants.

And after subsequently killing the splicer, Lin An's strength increased even more rapidly.

To be honest, as one of the few people closest to Lin An, he doesn't even know how strong Lin An is now.

Looking at Xiong Hanzi's mysterious, mumbling appearance, Lin An secretly sighed.

After a while.

Zhang Tie also stopped nagging about his matter, and instead curiously reached for the box in his hand:

"Captain Lin, why are you putting this monster away?"

"And you want me to bring it back to the base?"

"What if this thing comes back to life one day?"

"Didn't you say the same method doesn't work on this monster?"

"If this monster escapes next time, what are we supposed to do?"

Lin An took the long box assembled from the Regulation Grounds, his eyes flashing:

"Don't worry about it escaping."

"In the short term, this monster won't revive."

"Furthermore, after returning to the base I will stimulate it awake."

!?

Wen Ya heard the voice and was startled, somewhat puzzled:

"Why do you want to stimulate it awake!?"

"Isn't that too dangerous? I've calculated the monster's rate of strengthening. If it gets stronger..."

Lin An's mouth curled up as he felt around the dark purple long box in his hand:

"The reason for unsealing it is simple."

"I need it to keep regenerating."

"And then..."

"Eat meat."