Chapter 305: Disguise and the Thief

Lin An's heart jolted.

Reincarnation and the system are his biggest secret.

Since his reincarnation, he has never told anyone about these two things.

That Chu An could guess he had "cheated" was enough to surprise him.

Now he even bluntly pointed out that he had another system on him.

Before Lin An could speak, Colonel Chu directly explained:

Barring any mishap, you are the world's first Second Level.

Therefore the promotion announcement must have been triggered by you.

But I repeatedly compared the wording and frequency of the system announcements and found subtle differences.

This means the first announcement was definitely not from the Doomsday System.

Then the answer is obvious.

Your system announced the promotion to the world ahead of the Doomsday System.

Lin An nodded helplessly.

To be frank, if he hadn't heard many prompts from the Savior System and wasn't the party involved, he would never have guessed there were two systems.

Besides himself, only Chu An could figure it out.

Like Zhang Tie and Gao Tian, they would only think the system had made a mistake.

Even someone a bit smarter would at most think the first Second Level died during promotion, causing the system announcement to cut off halfway.

Since Colonel Chu had already guessed it, Lin An didn't intend to hide anything.

A flash of white light, and a key flowing with splendid colors appeared in his hand.

"That's right, I indeed have a second system on me."

"But I'm strange—why would my system do this?"

Lin An recalled the global "great battle" that occurred when he advanced to Second Level.

Were the two systems fighting each other?

No.

If the Savior System could truly beat the Doomsday System, why would it need to suppress his power and just directly crush the Doomsday System?

Moreover, deliberately not revealing his name gives a feeling of being timid and evasive.

Chu An nodded, then took the key and examined it closely:

"Lin An, are you thinking that..."

"Your system clearly doesn't want to be exposed, yet it strangely popped out?"

"Like a mouse hiding in a room, living secretly all the time, then one day suddenly dashing onto the table and squeaking loudly in front of the owner?"

"Exactly."

Lin An simply responded bluntly.

This matter altogether gives off an eerie feeling.

Chu An smiled faintly, then returned the key to him:

"It's simple; we can restore the true intent of your system from three aspects."

"First point."

"Your system is definitely not a match for the Doomsday System, right?"

"Otherwise it could completely empower you to invincibility and easily end this apocalypse."

"Then, combined with its deliberate disguise as a system, the answer to why it helped you make a global announcement is obvious."

"It is exploiting a loophole."

"Put simply, it is forging an imperial decree!"

Chu An wore a smile, as if wanting to express admiration:

"The Doomsday System is likely just a preset program, lacking intelligence."

"It can only do what it's programmed to do."

"Like a car, press the accelerator and it moves. It won't actively avoid pedestrians, nor will it drive itself."

"Moreover, it is probably composed of many modules."

"For example, issuing announcements is one function, triggering the virus is another, just like a company."

"There is logistics, there are salespeople. Although the boss has great authority, he cannot manage every employee in detail."

"So what your system is doing, the answer is simple."

"It disguises itself as a system announcement, masquerades as a logistics staffer, forges an imperial decree, and goes to the warehouse manager to swindle goods."

"Incidentally, it also impersonates the publicity department, releasing promotional information ahead of time."

"All so that the system itself, when making the announcement, does not speak your name."

"Thus the Doomsday System, being rigid, thinks the announcement has already been sent once and naturally won't send yours a second time."

"Even on the leaderboard, because of this, it cannot display you."

Lin An was stunned after hearing it, then burst out laughing.

Chu An's analogy is actually very easy to understand.

Essentially, the Savior System still doesn't want to expose him.

The leaderboard matter also reminded him.

One Long'an Base is already conspicuous enough.

Just as a company boss wouldn't care about how an employee in a thousand‑person company is doing.

But one employee's performance was too outstanding, he topped every list.

That would naturally attract the boss's interest.

Therefore, the Savior System would rather risk it and disguise itself as a system announcement?

Instinctively, Lin An couldn't help but look at the Savior System's panel.

What exactly is this thing...

Suppressing his doubts, Lin An frowned and discussed the second point of suspicion with Chu Colonel.

"I've also thought about that point. But isn't doing two things far riskier than doing one?"

"I can let the system's fake announcement on my body slide, but why also 'steal' a key?"

"Although the key is indeed the reward I deserve, if it wants to hide me, then having this key that can only be obtained first in my hand—doesn't that amount to covering one's ears while stealing a bell?"

This is like a murderer disposing of the corpse to prevent the police from finding him.

But his clothes are all soaked in blood, so no matter how he disposes of the corpse or his method of the crime, it's meaningless...

Chu An fell silent for a moment, then slowly walked up to him.

"Lin An."

"This problem is just as easy to explain."

"A person who is about to starve to death will choose to act, no matter how great the risk of stealing."

"Even if after being discovered he is beaten to death with sticks, he still has to steal..."

"If he doesn't steal, he'll starve to death; if he steals and covers it up, at least he can live a few more days."

Lin An's pupils suddenly contracted slightly:

"You mean!?"

Chu Colonel placed his right hand on his shoulder and let out a deep sigh:

"Lin An."

"No matter how rigid the Doomsday System is, no matter how good it is at deceiving..."

"When the system on your body would rather choose to use force and steal something for you..."

"Even completely disregarding future risks, drinking poison to quench thirst."

"That means one thing."

In the dim blue alloy basement, Chu An's gaze drooped, somewhat dim:

"Your system believes that."

"If we don't help you get this key..."

"You will surely die, and the probability of death is..."

"One hundred percent."