Chapter 399

Unbelievable—I couldn't believe what I saw.

She had long memorized everything about Lin An.

From the surveillance, Lin An's appearance had already been extracted.

The man before her was about eighty percent like the Lin An in the surveillance footage, yet the real person seemed to have undergone some changes—his appearance and demeanor were completely different.

If the Lin An in the video could only be called a decent-looking youth, at most he bore the air of a retired soldier.

Just one glance at the present Lin An made his eyes sting.

His sharpness was fully exposed, like a knife suddenly appearing in an ink painting—abrupt and conspicuous.

After hearing the captain's incredulous voice, the others panicked, lifting their heads to look at Lin An's profile—like ducks with their throats choked.

Obviously his body was filled with holy aura, yet it gave people a terrifying feeling.

These two utterly different feelings formed a strong contrast.

"I ask, you answer."

Lin An's voice was ice-cold, his gaze fixed straight on the woman before him.

He noticed the armband on Gao Yan.

First Level Awakened One, captain of the reconnaissance team.

His aura locked on, the pressure he released made several people present feel their hearts palpitate.

Zhao Zhiping, slumped against the wall corner, barely regained consciousness, and instinctively shouted:

"We are from the Wangjiang Military Region! You—"

"Bang!"

His figure flickered.

Like a phantom, as Lin An instantly appeared before Zhao Zhiping, a grating bone‑crushing sound rang out.

"Pfft"

Like a squeezed tomato.

0.1 seconds later, the corpse violently crushed into a biscuit was casually tossed beside the soldier.

Brutal and cruel.

A demon‑like voice sounded:

"I asked you?"

The words were meant for the dead Zhao Zhiping, but sadly he could no longer answer.

Absurd and laughable.

Gao Yan's face turned pale as she looked at the lump of meat wrapped in camouflage on the ground, her body trembling uncontrollably.

He hadn't even finished a sentence before he wanted to kill someone?!

Such conduct almost exceeded her understanding.

How ridiculous—just seconds ago that man was chatting away, not taking Lin An seriously, and now he's turned into a biscuit.

With no power to resist, the gap between them was as vast as that between a human and an ant.

Zhao Zhiping... he was actually a peak First Level!

If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, Gao Yan would almost think she was hallucinating.

Zhao Zhiping is definitely not weak! The vines he summoned are extremely powerful.

He himself is also a half‑agility‑type talent, which is why the military region's high ranks look favorably on him.

No matter how uninterested she was in Zhao Zhiping, after personally seeing her teammate die, Gao Yan couldn't help but feel a strong shock.

"You."

"Looking for me?"

The voice sounded again.

Lin An calmly scanned the surroundings; no one dared to meet his gaze.

After a moment, a soldier nervously swallowed a mouthful of saliva:

"No... no..."

"But we mean you no harm!"

Even if they had, they wouldn't dare say it.

The soldier who spoke hastily raised both hands, his eyes flashing with deep unease.

What a joke.

Even the squad's strongest deputy captain is dead—what the hell are they resisting for?

Having courage and seeking death are two different things.

Damn it!

Several people felt a surge of rage.

Wasn't it said that Lin An doesn't have a Second Level?!

Isn't his name missing from the rankings?!

Then what did I just see? This terrifying speed is several notches faster than a Second Level commander of the military region.

Damn it, just his aura is enough to make them unable to breathe.

Deep down, several people couldn't help but nervously guess Lin An's true strength.

Damn, could this guy have broken through to Second Level?!

One strike left the deputy captain heavily injured—this strength is simply exaggerated.

Without paying attention to the soldiers' changing expressions, Lin An gave a half‑smile and turned his head toward the speaking soldier:

"No ill intent?"

"Speak, what orders did your superiors give you?"

"Three seconds."

"If you can't say it, go die."

"They were hardly given any time to react before the countdown suddenly sounded."

"After killing Zhao Zhiping, Lin An only felt a brief sense of relief welling up inside."

"Just like drinking a cold cola on a summer day."

"Restless, he craved blood."

"In his bones, flesh, and consciousness, under the influence of the Fearful Body, he craved that sweet, bloody taste."

"If not for his reason still suppressing his desire, Lin An would even want to strike now and kill everyone before him."

"Even if they posed no threat to him at all..."

"The rapidly rising killing intent made the surrounding air seem as if frozen."

"Gao Yan took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the fear in her heart."

"The information is wrong! The judgment is mistaken!"

"She cannot die."

"Lin An possesses information at least of Second Level or higher that must be transmitted!"

"We truly have no ill intent."

"Her voice was urgent, not daring to waste a moment."

"She spoke rapidly, trying to fabricate an explanation:"

"We... we are indeed looking for you, but we want to cooperate with Long'an Base."

"Or rather, we want to help you!"

"We are the authorities; please believe we have no ill intent!"

"In the apocalypse, shouldn't we all unite?"

"As fellow survivors... we hope..."

"Cooperation?"

"Lin An let out a light laugh, his eyes full of mockery."

"He had read the notice from the Capital Military Region; the precondition for cooperation was to hand over the Safety Token and then voluntarily surrender."

"No need to think; the Capital side absolutely believed he possessed some shortcut to establishing a Safe Zone."

"After surrendering, he estimated he would be seized like a lab rat for interrogation."

"Of course, perhaps the authorities would be generous, giving him a few nominal posts to keep him alive—also not impossible."

"But the problem is, he has neither the Safety Token nor knowledge of the so-called shortcut."

"Therefore, he could never possibly satisfy the authorities."

"He couldn't possibly conjure another Savior System to hand over to the authorities, could he?"

"Moreover, Lin An, bearing memories of his past life, had no fondness for those people from the Capital."

"In his past life, the Capital Military Region survived by bleeding others, finally unable to hold on, and thus issued the order to retreat to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau."

"Plan codename: 【Gonggong】"

"Rumor had it that the plan involved fleeing with a batch of Third-Level seeds, and of course a large number of high-level officials."

"Hundreds of millions of survivors broke through the zombie tide and migrated."

"That was a breakout battle the most tragic in human history."

"In that foolish, nightmare-like escape battle, the resulting devastation nearly destroyed the entire Huaxia war zone."

"Along with the surrounding war zones that were 'bled dry,' they were outright annihilated."

"Having sensed Lin An's inexplicable hostility and contempt, Gao Yan had no choice but to steel herself and utter her sole bargaining chip:"

"You might not yet know what you are about to face."

"Six hours ago, we detected over a hundred thousand zombies marching toward you."

"Among them are at least four Second-Level Mutants!"

"As she spoke, Gao Yan stared fixedly into Lin An's eyes, trying to discern any panic."

"She thought very clearly."

"The man before her was nothing like the person Tang Wan described!"