Chapter 231

With Lin An's explanation, the two also roughly understood what it meant.

In his memory, the undead Asura of his past life could evolve into a terror of a war zone, largely due to the greed of the various Safe Zones.

Although the undead Asura's body is immortal, its weakness is equally apparent to other special life forms.

Its attack methods are poor, hardly different from a zombie's, and it even lacks the ability to spread viruses.

Another is that it can be restrained by psychic attacks.

When the undead Asura was first exposed to other players' sight, it was still weak.

Thus the players had ample opportunity to probe the monster's breaking point without worrying about danger.

But, after the undead Asura was first sealed.

At that time, the Safe Zone that sealed it thought of the monster's characteristics.

Its body is immortal, endlessly regenerating—isn't that the best food source?

Many smart people exist; this is not hard to think of.

Especially, the undead Asura's flesh is rich in vitality, akin to a simple recovery potion, and can also strengthen one's physique.

An inexhaustible, inexhaustible 'spiritual energy fruit'—no one can resist this temptation.

Therefore, the first Safe Zone secretly began to frenziedly harvest its flesh.

Each time flesh was cut, the monster's strength would increase again, and the effect of the flesh would also increase.

In this endless cycle, people fell into madness.

They feared the monster escaping control, yet could not restrain their own greed.

Everyone thought that no matter how strong the monster's physical strength, it still feared psychic attacks.

So.

Until one day, when the first Safe Zone, harboring a fluke mentality, cut off the last piece of flesh.

The Asura went berserk.

When the Safe Zone's fourth-rank psychic Awakened Ones acted, they despondently discovered their attacks had no effect on the monster.

At that moment, they realized.

Eating the monster's flesh and digesting its vitality means you have become part of it.

How could a psychic attack on oneself be useful?

There was no accident.

The monster killed everyone in the Safe Zone,

and then 'took' their flesh.

It made a sculpture out of those players who had eaten its flesh.

Forged from their flesh and blood, it became a sculpture of an eagle.

When Lin An saw this news in the channel, he absurdly conceived a wild idea.

He thought of the story of the Buddha cutting flesh to feed an eagle.

But unlike the story, the players were indeed that eagle.

But the monster is not that Buddha.

It is an Asura, an Asura innately addicted to slaughter, butchering all living beings.

The subsequent story is simple and ordinary.

Every Safe Zone that resealed it thereafter followed the path of the first Safe Zone.

Either the monster went berserk, or it was seized by other Safe Zones eyeing its flesh and attacking.

Eat flesh, die, seal, eat flesh again...

History repeated itself; when everyone realized that continuing like this would truly destroy the entire war zone, some high-ranking Awakened Ones stepped forward.

They joined forces to seal the undead Asura, then sank it to the riverbed.

If human greed cannot be countered, the best solution is to make the source of greed disappear.

And Lin An wanting to eat flesh is not to repeat the absurd tragedy of his past life.

He has learned these lessons and will naturally not do such a foolish thing.

Eating the Asura's flesh indeed can strengthen one's power, but it also means one's psychic nature will be tainted by its aura.

Anyone who eats the flesh cannot seal it.

Then.

Just don't give the players any to eat.

Lin An plans to put the monster's flesh into the spiritual energy tower to provide spiritual energy for the base.

A ceaselessly regenerating undead Asura would provide spiritual energy not much inferior to a fourth-rank node.

As long as the news does not leak, the monster is equivalent to a gushing well's 'oil field,' accelerating Safe Zone construction.

When the Safe Zone gets on track, it will be the time to repay Lin An's strength.

To advance to the fourth rank and unlock the gene seal, one must have corresponding spiritual energy facilities matching the node.

"Bang!"

After a gunshot, chaotic footsteps sounded.

"Boom-boom-bang"

Outside the meeting room, Chu An, with researchers who had already been 'intimidated,' knocked on the meeting door.

After entering, a group of senior researchers and Zhang Hai looked with reverence at Lin An seated in the center.

Under Colonel Chu's deliberate hint, they had already regarded Lin An as a mysterious big shot executing a secret mission.

No leaks allowed, strict confidentiality, absolute obedience.

Under their strength and the suppression from above, these people completely extinguished any other thoughts.

Especially Zhang Hai, the excitement in his heart was indescribable.

"Sir."

Chu Colonel gave a proper, respectful salute, gesturing for everyone to sit and enter the Meeting Room to arrange work.

Traitor Yao Haiping has been killed on the spot; the remaining senior researcher Deng Xiang also participated in the defection and attempted to threaten superiors.

But considering this person is an Awakened One and did not participate in the Yao Haiping affair, we have brought him here temporarily.

The few people sitting honestly in their seats felt their hearts jolt.

After Chu An held a meeting to 'brainwash' them, he immediately shot and killed Yao Haiping without hesitation.

His decisive methods made this group of researchers tremble with fear.

Chu An gestured for Deng Xiang, who stood behind him in a white coat, to step forward:

"Please give your instructions."

Lin An heard the voice, looked up at the solemnly reporting Chu Colonel, and felt somewhat amused inside.

He really seemed like that, his speech carrying a strong systemic flavor.

Deng Xiang's face was pale; he dared not raise his head to look at Lin An.

He was terrified inside; originally drawing his gun to threaten Zhang Hai was just a spur-of-the-moment impulse.

Watching Yao Hai Ping not even being interrogated, he was directly shot dead...

He now feared that Lin An would blurt out 'take him out and execute him,' and his own head would be blown apart.

I originally thought these outsiders were Military Region rescue personnel, but I didn't expect they weren't at all.

According to Chu An's statement.

They are a secret operations unit, heading to the Linjiang War Zone to carry out the highest-secret mission.

According to Chu An's meaning, if they weren't still of some value, the capital side would need them to cooperate with the mission.

In cases like theirs of defying orders, they would have been completely purged long ago, leaving no one except Zhang Hai and Xie Dingnan.

Their harshness in conduct reminded him of the rumored Military Intelligence Sixth Bureau.

Lin An expressionlessly gazed at the fearful, timid Deng Xiang:

"Open the talent panel."

Trembling with fear, Deng Xiang hurriedly opened his own information upon hearing it, his mind racing with random thoughts.

Is this to see if I have any value?

Is it because my ability is trash, and I'll be dragged out later for target practice?

Wanting to cry but having no tears.

He knows his talent is not good, his combat power is almost zero, and he doesn't even know what his talent is for.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have needed to rely on a pistol when threatening Zhang Hai.

Since becoming an Awakened One, aside from his body improving to be comparable to special forces, nothing else has changed.

Player Name: Deng Xiang 0 Fourth Rank, 0 Level

b-rank Talent: Electronic Consciousness