Chapter 383: With My Death

Amoeba Worm Instance, Day 179.

Black Tower.

The waste paper taken out from the ring piled up the entire hall.

From entering the tower to now, over three months, Lin An led Gao Tian and others in trying to deduce any possible solution.

However, just as Klein said, they found no hope at all.

In the half‑human‑high stack of draft paper, Gao Tian lifted his head with vacant eyes.

The bearded man scraped, and the empty cans he had eaten lay scattered around him:

"Lin Dui..."

"I... we really seem to have no way left..."

After extensive and repeated calculations, every plan was overturned.

The voice was hoarse and low.

The sole plan that offered a glimmer of hope was finally rejected today.

Gao Tian envisaged making a hot air balloon in advance inside the tower, then, after exiting, desperately climbing to the top so Lin An could use telekinesis to escape the Black Tower area.

After returning to the wilderness, they gathered survivors to rebuild civilization.

Rebuilding civilization would also take fifty years or a hundred years.

The full army of Second‑Rank zombies requires an extremely high‑tech civilization to oppose.

That would be a prolonged struggle.

As for the time issue at Long'an Base,

We could first return to Long'an Base via Mo Ling's (Ghost Infant) teleportation ability to resist the zombie tide, leaving Lin An alone here.

But, setting aside whether the Ghost Infant's teleportation ability can bring us back,

they also had no confidence that Long'an Base could definitely be held.

Without Lin An's martial force to suppress things, nobody had confidence.

The most crucial point.

The outside survivors have mostly died off.

At most, only those tens of thousands in the wilderness who refused to merge remain alive.

It's too hard.

After repeated simulation calculations, the hope of this road is vanishingly close to zero.

Lin An said nothing, only feeling a blank emptiness in his heart.

Actually, Gao Tian's plan still has a fatal flaw.

Or simply put, this instance is actually unsolvable.

Human corpses killed by psychic power likewise strengthen the zombies when they decompose.

Although the efficiency is lower, it does indeed strengthen them.

This world is merely a sealed petri dish, endlessly cycling.

Except that.

The decomposition speed of zombies is far faster than that of humans.

As for what exactly I have overlooked, Lin An also figured it out.

The system task had stated one point from the very beginning, but they unconsciously overlooked it.

Mission requirement: resolve the apocalypse crisis.

Heh.

This world is a catastrophe crisis, not an apocalypse crisis.

The so‑called apocalypse crisis refers to the 【Apocalypse Player】 who entered the Amoeba Worm World!

It is they who have «invaded» this world!

The so‑called undercurrents refer to their actions.

For the «humans» of this world, the apocalypse‑player and awakened one who possess psychic power are the beings that bring them the apocalypse crisis!

Before players enter the instance, the «humans» of this world ultimately die from the catastrophe.

But once players enter, it becomes an apocalypse crisis.

A bitter feeling welled up in his chest.

During this time, he also came to understand the meaning of the punishment instance.

According to Huang Shaohua's vague hint, all players who entered the punishment instance are those who exploited a «loophole».

For such players, the Doomsday System gave the same punishment.

Just like a rapist.

For such people, the best punishment is chemical castration.

Then, for those awakened ones who gained power by exploiting loopholes and were rewarded, the best punishment is to prevent them from using their power.

If you dare to use psychic power, to use the system's power, that is digging your own grave.

Wanting to survive is possible.

Honestly using only mortal martial power to unify the whole world, then achieving victory in the long struggle.

How ironic, yet full of educational significance.

As for the way out that the system task will surely provide,

then it becomes even simpler.

Take the path of professor, take the path of the Amoeba Worm.

Players not only can survive, but also can obtain immortality.

This copy world has no time limit.

As long as players finish reading the notes, and then transform their bodies according to the notes' content, and then let zombies eat themselves.

Thus, players "live" on.

The eternal imprisonment of the soul is in this world, imprisoned in this punishment copy.

Cold, mocking, cruel, yet again gives you hope.

Just like playing.

The whole punishment copy perfectly matches the system's style.

One hundred and eighty days.

At the black tower transmission exit, a simple yet sturdy hot air balloon was stored into the ring.

The atmosphere was silent.

Zhang Tie, Gao Tian, Mo Ling three people sadly looked at the calm Lin An.

Only three days left until Long'an Base encounters the zombie tide impact; no matter what, they must make a decision.

Lin An's idea is very simple.

By him using all his trump cards, using a third-rank key to unlock the gene lock.

After rushing out with all his might, let Mo Ling bring Zhang Tie back to the real world, while he will forever stay here.

After repeatedly asking Klein, Mo Ling can again use the ability of the infant ghost outside the tower.

As long as they rush out, Mo Ling can bring people to teleport back to Long'an Base.

Thus, the base still has hope to hold.

At least An Jing Tian still has hope to survive, at least everyone still has hope, maybe AnXia can also continue to be found.

Gao Tian's voice choked, he grabbed his arm:

"Lin Dui!"

"Let me stay!"

"The copy needs at least one person here, I staying is the same!"

Lin An gently pushed away Tian's arm, gave a bitter smile.

"Not the same."

"I am the captain, the main target of the punishment copy is me. The one who accepted the mission is also me."

"If I fail to complete the mission and leave the copy, it's still eradication."

"You are different, you haven't encountered punishment, just been pulled in by me."

"If you leave, the system will not move to eradicate."

"So, actually I harmed everyone."

Lin An's eyes complexly smiled, then took off the space ring and handed it to Mo Ling.

"Hold it, if one day you complete the set, remember to burn a picture for me to see."

The little loli listened to Lin An's teasing, just with red eyes shaking head desperately.

"Lin An! I don't want you to die! You hide in the tower! We definitely have a way to save you back!"

Wailed loudly.

Mo Ling clung to him like an octopus, afraid that if she let go, Lin An would rush out.

She doesn't want Lin An to die, not at all.

Seeing Mo Ling's emotional agitation, Lin An just sighed and shook his head.

Who wants to die?

Just no way.

If I die, the copy counts as automatically failed.

If I don't die, Mo Ling and them, once they encounter a new copy, will cause a system error and be directly eradicated.

Not to mention how they'd get back in after escaping; even if they got in, what's the use?

The amoeba worm copy is unsolvable.

As for whether to become an amoeba worm, barely surviving eternal life...

Lin An chose to give up.

Being able to rebirth once is actually already fortunate enough.

Just.

What a pity.

AnXia hasn't come back, I also haven't become fourth rank, didn't see the day the apocalypse ended...

Maybe it's just random thoughts before death.

Having experienced one death, at the second death I became much more calm.

I just don't know what Chu An's words really mean.

Maybe I'm just too stupid, haven't thought of it until now.

As for the letter Chu An left behind, he instructed me not to open it until the last moment.

It's a pity, after he read it he still couldn't understand what Chu An wanted to express.

The letter only has one sentence: Find the flower on the arm, take it away.

Flower? Where is there a flower?

Having given up thinking, Lin An plans to relax a bit before dying.

Standing before the teleportation array exiting the tower, Lin An squeezed out a gentle smile and patted Zhang Tie on the shoulder:

"If AnXia comes back, remember to take good care of her."

Not knowing whether he was unable to accept such a fact, Xiong Hanzi lowered his head, silent, his fists clenched tightly, and he remained speechless for a long time.

During this time, Xiong Hanzi had also been looking for a way to break the situation.

He had sought Kelaisen over a hundred times, and unexpectedly the two could chat together.

"All right! Rescue Squad! Prepare to charge out!"

With a low shout, Lin An drew a deep breath, his eyes filled with resolve.

One last glance.

"Looking at Mo Ling, who was on the verge of tears, Lin An began to comfort her softly:"

"Don't cry, maybe I won't die; Chu An has not constantly said death is..."

"What if I use the third-rank key and become especially strong? One move could instantly kill all the zombies."

Although it was somewhat self-deceptive, Lin An really didn't know how to comfort everyone at the moment.

Perhaps Chu An's meaning was to let himself die so that everyone else could live.

At the moment he stepped into the teleportation array.

"Lin Dui..."

Xiong Hanzi suddenly looked at him with bloodshot eyes, his voice hoarse.

"I..."

"Bear Transformation!"

"Boom!!"

Zhang Tie, transformed into a black bear, suddenly struck out, his left fist slamming heavily into Lin An's chest with full force.

The sudden change left everyone stunned.

Only see the black bear snatch the third-rank key from Lin An's hand and then rush out of the teleportation array without hesitation.

"At the moment of disappearance, the black bear let out a determined roar:"

"Kelaisen! Shut down the teleportation array! Trap them!"

Outside the black tower were endless zombies.