Chapter 433: Answer

There's nothing good to see anymore, let's disperse.

Inside the Wangjiang Military Region meeting room, Wang Meng, somewhat weary and impatient, announced the dismissal.

To scout the details of Long'an Base and, incidentally, learn from the Safe Zone's city-defense situation, he specially dispatched some Awakened Ones to watch.

For nearly three days, no one got any rest.

Fortunately, everyone is an Awakened One, with ample mental strength to endure.

Otherwise, no matter how fierce the battle, they wouldn't be able to see now.

In the feed, the surveillance camera aimed at the wall from a bird's-eye view was occupied by zombies.

A group of zombies trailing behind greedily gnawed at the severed limbs on the ground.

After the wall fell, the scene here was exactly like hell.

Several zombies howled as they walked back and forth beneath the camera, as if they had broken away from the main horde.

In the feed, there was even a zombie standing blankly before a camera, occasionally thrusting its rotting, tooth-exposed face toward the lens to sniff.

Ugly, nauseating.

The zombie skull filling the screen swayed back and forth.

Everyone kept shaking their heads and sighing.

Indeed, there's nothing worth seeing.

From this angle, one cannot see the remaining survivors of Long'an Base, nor how they fare under the zombie onslaught.

Even if they could see it, they wouldn't be very interested.

They've seen far too many scenes like this.

Many heard the occasional pain and screams from the feed, and for a moment felt heavy-hearted.

After all, being human, their compassion hasn't been worn away too much.

But when someone heard the survivors of Long'an Base calling out loudly, their faces filled with mockery.

What's the use of still shouting Lin An's name now?

Wang Meng rose, patted Gao Yan's shoulder, and sighed:

"Miss Gao Yan, try to be more open-minded."

"I can only tell you, not attacking Long'an Base is already our utmost sincerity."

"If Lin An escapes and lives, fine; if he doesn't..."

"Then he deserves to die!"

"But I think you don't need to worry either."

"Judging by his performance, this fellow probably fled as soon as he saw the situation."

He shook his head and involuntarily recalled a saying, one he liked very much:

"Being weak is fine, but arrogance and ignorance are the start of a civilization's downfall."

"Lin An may not deserve that saying, but I think it fits quite well."

Having said that, he casually picked up his thermos, ready to unscrew it.

A habit formed before the Apocalypse, he was indeed a bit thirsty.

Beside him, Gao Yan sat motionless in her chair, staring intently at the broadcast.

Watching the stubborn Gao Yan, Wang Meng shook his head and unscrewed the cup lid.

Just.

Unnoticed by anyone, as Gao Yan watched the screen, her pupils suddenly dilated.

The picture moved.

Or rather, the camera at Long'an Base suddenly panned, aiming the lens at the inner city.

An Awakened One about to tidy the meeting room inadvertently turned around and noticed that, on the central screen among the six feeds, a dazzling white light flared from the edge of the backdrop.

What's going on?

That light curtain was so glaring it clashed with the dim projection.

The Awakened One tidying up instinctively rubbed his eyes, preparing to get a closer look.

In an instant.

In the delayed footage, a cluster of white light suddenly flashed at the center of the screen and hovered in midair.

The sudden change left him stunned, not knowing what to do.

What... is this!?

The blinding white light made him involuntarily squint.

On the face of Gao Yan, who sat in her chair refusing to leave, a flash of ecstasy suddenly appeared.

Unlike the others, who still hadn't realized what was happening, she felt her whole body trembling with excitement.

He's come... he's come!

She recognized that familiar holy-gold radiance, and the figure appearing within the white light.

Throughout Long'an Base, no one else possesses this ability.

The radiance belongs to spiritual energy, spiritual energy surging to its peak.

"Lin... An!"

A trembling voice squeezed from his throat drew Wang Meng's attention.

"Lin... An?"

Wang Meng instinctively turned his body and looked at the screen.

Almost in an instant, the dazzling white light soaring to high altitude filled the entire projection.

Most of the Military Region Awakened Ones carrying projections also noticed that the dim meeting room seemed to have brightened somewhat.

Where did the light come from?

When they turned around following Wang Meng, the ball of light simultaneously burst to its extreme.

The light shone brilliantly.

Pure white mixed with gold; even in the broadcasted image, the brightness reached the extreme of color presentation.

That was the color of spiritual energy.

Everyone stood frozen in place, just like that bewildered Awakened One.

They heard the name spoken from Gao Yan's mouth.

That name was the person they had thought had long since escaped.

Before anyone could react.

In the high sky, like a blazing sun tearing through night, a meteor-like object suddenly rushed toward the corpse horde hunting the survivors.

Gorgeous, like a shattered star tearing the sky.

"Boom!!"

The earth trembled.

Near-supersonic high-speed impact.

The violent explosion sound transmitted through the speakers.

The deafening impact sound even far exceeded the sound of artillery explosions.

Even if not on the scene, the terrifying momentum caused by the impact shocked everyone's hearts.

What a terrifying impact!

Under pure physical impact, the suddenly erupting sonic boom shattered the corpse tide's center.

Like encountering a bombardment, the rolling expanding air wave tore apart the zombies within a hundred-meter radius.

It lifted, it rose.

Severed limbs, blood, and shattered sand swirled up into midair under the violent impact.

The silent air wave.

The shockwave spreading in a ring did not diminish, sweeping along the surrounding corpse horde across the ground.

"What... is this!?"

The staff officer holding documents stared wide-eyed at the screen.

Everything that erupted in an extremely short time left him no chance to think.

He could not comprehend how the power of a high-altitude impact could compare to heavy artillery bombardment.

No! This was simply equivalent to detonating an ammunition depot!

The damaged ground sank into a pit.

Even the camera fixed on the wall trembled slightly.

Instinctively, a Body System Awakened One flashed a hint of doubt in his mind.

Such an impact would shatter even a Body System Awakened One, wouldn't it?

No one answered his question.

In the slightly trembling image, a figure radiating intense spiritual energy slowly rose from the deep pit.

Like the first ray of light rising from below the horizon.

Through the blinding white light, Wang Meng, breathing somewhat rapidly, looked at the face within the light.

"That... is Lin An!?"

His voice was full of disbelief.

He remembered that face, remembered that man who had briefly appeared on the screen before.

As the sky-full of sand and blood mist scattered down from midair, it seemed to foreshadow his appearance.

Zombies howled and charged, and the mutants that had previously hunted the Awakened Ones all turned direction in unison.

Unlike the dazed survivors, the emotionless monsters driven by desire showed no hesitation.

In an instant, tens of thousands of zombies madly rushed toward the blast epicenter.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

A bloodthirsty craving.

Like covering the sky and blocking the sun, a huge number of mutants almost simultaneously leapt and charged; all monsters, relying on instinct, locked onto Lin An at once.

Seeing the man about to be engulfed by zombies, Wang Meng exclaimed in astonishment:

"What on earth does he want to do!?"

The sudden appearance of Lin An refreshed his understanding.

That terrifying impact was indeed terrifying.

But why charge into the zombie horde?

Under the onslaught of so many zombies and mutants, it was tantamount to seeking death.

However, the next second.

A fierce sword light flashed.

Lin An wielded his sword, giving his answer.