Chapter 363: Cloud Bomb

The violent, powerful explosion's Shockwave swept across the inside and outside of the Safe Zone.

The bright white sun rose once again from the earth.

The earth shook and the mountains trembled.

Unlike the bombardment from dispersed high explosives, this explosion was heart‑shaking.

Under high temperature and pressure, the castle at the blast's core instantly turned to dust, and a pit tens of meters deep appeared out of nowhere.

Dark‑green silicon dioxide formed, and at nearly 8000 °C, all matter broke down into its original molecular state.

Even several li outside Ke Rui'er, the shockwave rivaling the speed of sound swept over everyone like a raging wind.

People and horses were overturned.

Breathing grew heavy.

One could say that, under the world's gaze, Lin An unhesitatingly slaughtered everyone in Ke Rui'er's inner city.

Brutal, cold‑blooded, without a shred of mercy.

In his eyes, living beings were as insignificant as ants.

"They..."

"Didn't they surrender?!"

The reconnaissance officers of all factions stared in disbelief at the lingering smoke and dust, as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.

Clearly Ke Rui'er had already abandoned resistance, yet why did Lin An still slaughter everyone?!

No one answered his question; everyone watched fearfully as the figure slowly descended.

"A divine emissary?"

"No! He is a demon!"

In religious propaganda, aren't the gods supposed to love mankind?

Shouldn't he mercifully pardon these sinful souls and give them a chance?

Even before the cataclysm, in the countless wars that erupted in this world, no country ever dared to detonate a cloud bomb in a city.

Inside Bolaka City, Gao Tian let out a sigh as he watched the intermittent images being transmitted back.

Others might not know why Lin An did this, but he does.

There is nothing particularly special about it.

If nothing unexpected happens, Lin Dui simply couldn't be bothered to search underground for the fleeing Jin Hancheng.

Just like Bolaka, Ke Rui'er's Safe Zone also possesses a large arsenal and is similarly built upon a military base.

The underground structures are labyrinthine, and Lin An also couldn't be bothered to catch Jin Hancheng like catching a mouse.

Anyway, all of Ke Rui'er's high‑level officials are to be executed, including nobles and slave owners.

So why not keep it simple and just blast them to death?

Xiong Hanzi patted Gao Tian on the shoulder, also not knowing what to say.

He knows what Gao Tian is suffering from.

The power of a cloud bomb is far less than that of a nuclear bomb; at most it can destroy the entire inner city.

Many people died, but the most miserable slaves in the outer city should be unharmed.

Although the inner city is mostly under military rule, inhabited by nobles and important figures.

But there are also large numbers of enslaved ordinary people.

In this destructive explosion, these ordinary people also perished.

They were innocent.

"Gao Tian... don't think too much; what we lack now is just time and efficiency..."

"Think of Long'an Base; think of ourselves."

"Lin Dui gave them a chance to surrender, but they themselves didn't take it seriously..."

"Those ordinary people..."

Zhang Tie also didn't know what to say.

He let out a long sigh, his voice muffled, his expression complex:

"Lin Dui previously made it clear to us: the people of this world have something wrong with their heads."

"They simply don't want to return to a normal world."

"Better dead than reborn; do you remember Lin Ruolan? She previously even wanted us to personally help her be freed..."

"If we don't kill them, these high‑level officials will surely scheme behind the scenes."

"If you go easy on them, when we later launch an all‑out war against the zombies, the death toll won't be just this small."

"This pack of bastard beasts; we too are forced into having no choice."

"How did Lin Dui put that line again?"

After a moment.

Gao Tian gave a bitter laugh and took up Zhang Tie's thread.

He recalled the line Lin An left before departing.

(Kill to stop killing, violence to stop violence.)

(Sacrifice is inevitable; the more people die now, the more will survive.)

As Lin An landed, he stepped toward the joint positions of the several largest factions.

The Bolaka propaganda officer, already arranged, hurriedly came up to meet under Kosman's lead.

Hundreds of soldiers scattered and ran to the reconnaissance positions of each faction, forcibly controlling the communications equipment.

No one dared to resist.

Lin An is right before us.

Resistance means death; they have no doubt that even the slightest resistance on their part would bring utter disaster upon their safe zone.

If he can massacre one safe zone, Lin An wouldn't mind slaughtering a second.

In an instant, the leaders who had arrogantly replied to the Bolaka message a few days ago all felt their guts turn green with regret.

Especially the three factions that openly declared war, their leaders were desperately pondering what to do.

Run away?

How far should they run? Run to a deserted corner and hide?

Not only them, but their subordinates were also thinking of ways to break the deadlock.

Or maybe tie up their own boss?

Undercurrents surged.

In just three days, the amoeba world, once as still as dead water, was like having a depth charge thrown into it.

"Lin An, Your Majesty!"

Cosman ran all the way, his face full of respect, leading soldiers to Lin An's presence:

"All communication outposts have been secured."

"Should we announce the news now, or...?"

Lin An's face was expressionless as he looked around.

He felt somewhat fatigued.

After repeatedly activating the Heavenly Human form and stepping into the void, his mental energy had been exhausted twice.

If it weren't for returning to Long'an Base to recharge the energy core, and having an ability core to replenish his mental power, he actually couldn't have done what just happened.

Even with the perfect control enhanced by the Heavenly Human form, simultaneously operating so many weapons and precisely destroying the outposts still placed too great a burden on his mental power.

There was no other way; only by creating an unmatched power could he possibly thoroughly intimidate all factions.

A faint ache throbbed at his brow.

Lin An waved his hand, indicating that the plan should proceed as usual.

Time has already been dragged out too long.

On the seventh day in the instance world, he still hadn't completed unifying the world under his faction.

After receiving Lin An's permission, Cosman, face flushed with excitement, led people running to the largest communication outpost.

The soldiers had already linked all the channels together.

Under forced coercion, all factions will broadcast the live scene at this moment.

His heart surged with emotion.

Under the gaze of millions, Lin An slowly walked up to the makeshift platform.

"Zizz—"

Equipment debugging.

The forthcoming speech will completely change this world.