Chapter 445: Troublemaking

"Ha--ha"

Lin An gasped heavily, even his specially made combat uniform was somewhat damaged beyond repair.

The monster's many pairs of huge eyes had a binding-like effect.

"Boom!"

The inner city's dormitory buildings collapsed into ruins in the impact, and a series of deep-pit-like footprints crushed the ground.

He dodged the Thousand-Eye Zombie's high-speed impact like a phantom, and after evading and jumping, he stared fixedly at the monster's rear.

Thousand eyes locked, the gaze stinging.

Like everyone else, he couldn't help but want to curse.

However, this monster is not what others thought; it is one of the missions.

It is unrelated to the system.

Lin An knew clearly that this newly appeared monster was undoubtedly a ghost created by the Spider Maker.

A lingering ghost, I never expected it to have been hiding in my own base all along!

Not only did it create a second Mo Ling, but it also lurked within the corpse tide.

As expected, it should have possessed a soldier and then taken the opportunity to mix into the corpse tide.

In the city defense mission, the two unknown mutants posed some difficulty, but they were merely enhanced versions of rotting giant corpses.

They couldn't even hide from mental power detection.

Being able to stay hidden all along, even using zombies to consume themselves as if intelligent, is entirely due to the Spider Maker's covert command.

He even thought it was the system's doing!

An enemy not part of the mission is what made this mission so troublesome.

And under the Spider Maker's methods, the two mutants were somewhat like the Dominator and Rat King encountered in the granary; they secretly collected dead mutants and then transformed them into an enhanced mutant.

However, while continuously activating the Judgment Eye, Lin An finally detected an anomaly during this period.

"Detected Second-Level Special Mutant: 【Thousand-Eye Zombie】"

"Zombie traits: rapid, sharp, impact, corrosive, mental shielding, gigantification..."

"Zombie description: a special mutant formed from the dissolution of many mutants by compound-eye spiders, possessing traits of other mutants and controlled by the Spider Maker."

"Weakness: fears fire, lethal attacks."

"Note: This mutant has the effect of shielding mental power detection."

Through the monster's rotting body, Lin An could faintly see a red dot.

The Spider Maker was hidden within it.

A troublesome monster...

Lin An thought of that piece of skin he had seen in the restaurant on the fourth floor of the mall, and couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh.

I never expected that despite his vigilance, he still overlooked this point.

(That's my.. skin)

That monster had been deceiving him from the start, rather than seeking trust.

Rewinding the logic, he finally realized what he had overlooked.

The Spider Maker arises from an Awakened One parasitized by a marrow-sucking spider; where would it need humans as incubation nutrients?

Those skins left after the spider drank milk like a beverage are clearly used to feed the second spider.

In fact, details exposed this, such as the advertisement flyer left in the restaurant, which stated that there used to be another kind of spider.

But he was misled by the Spider Maker, mistakenly thinking there was only one mother spider.

Suppressing his self-reproach and the thought that his vigilance was still insufficient, Lin An couldn't help but ponder how to deal with this monster.

Fear of fire is a weakness, but his subordinates, the Awakened Ones, are too weak.

That fire-elemental skill isn't even enough to scratch an itch.

Rainy weather also hindered the power of using explosive bombs.

Afraid of lethal effects.

This point is consistent with the monster killed earlier.

But Gao Tian is already unable to fight further.

A cold laugh.

To be honest, Lin An still admires this guy.

The whole layout can be called perfect.

It has always been lurking inside the base, likely having gathered much base intelligence.

Taking advantage of the corpse tide's attack, it then launched its assault.

To prevent Gao Tian from restraining it, it even made two contingency plans.

First, control the Red Spider to infiltrate the core fortress, then manipulate the Ghost Infant's body to simulate Mo Ling.

Second, force Lin An to guard the core fortress, thereby indirectly causing Gao Tian to expend his mental power on the corpse tide.

Thus.

If Lin An hadn't thought of the Ghost Infant, the base would have been breached.

Even if discovered, it could still appear without hesitation.

Not only did it calculate these, it also deliberately let the mutants in the corpse tide consume Lin An's mental power, just in case.

As for why he wanted to control the Ghost Infant and then pose as Mo Ling, Lin An only guessed part of the possibility; uncovering the truth still requires discussion with Chu An.

A very clever opponent.

The Spider Maker, indeed, is a special monster that devoured over a hundred human brains, mixing their thoughts together.

However.

Fortunately, I have plenty of trump cards; otherwise I would really have capsized in a gutter.

Use the Causal Sequence?

After dodging the monster's attack again, the thousand-eyed zombie controlled by the spider maker showed obvious impatience.

Under the gaze of thousands of resentful eyes, Lin An couldn't help feeling a chill.

After discovering that spiritual power attacks were ineffective, he simply put away his spiritual energy.

The last third-rank zombie soul in the Death God Crystal has not been used yet.

Once used, the spider maker before me would only be able to be instantly killed.

Two methods.

First, use the third-rank soul to convert into a vast amount of spiritual power, then employ the Soul-Soothing Sword Sheath.

Second, directly initiate causal reversal to gain pseudo-third-rank strength.

However, these two trump cards are both last resorts.

In his hesitation, Gao Tian's voice came over the team comms:

"Lin Dui!!"

"I saw the information you shared!"

"I was wondering if I could drag the mutant corpse to the spiritual energy tower and then use the defense tower?"

"Lava ray!"

"The lava ray at maximum output belongs to fire-attribute damage!"

"Maybe it can solve this monster!"

His speech was extremely fast.

Gao Tian carefully observed the zombie corpses slain by Lin An, and even a thought arose in his mind.

Throwing the corpses into the spiritual energy tower, Wen Ya could also recover her spiritual power via the energy core.

That way, I might even be able to fire an arrow!

But I don't know if Lin Dui can hold on.

Lin An heard this, his brows slightly furrowed, then he quickly glanced at the corpses littering the ground.

Gao Tian's method is not impossible.

As long as he recovers his spiritual power, the second-level Gao Tian is capable of instantly killing the thousand-eyed zombie.

He only has one third-rank soul in his hand.

Let alone causal reversal.

It's estimated that after using it once, using it a second time would cause me to lose my sanity.

After rapid thinking, Lin An no longer hesitated:

"Good!"

"I'll hold back the thousand-eyed zombie! You take Wen Ya and some of the Awakened Ones and rush over to operate the defense tower!"

Just as his words fell, a message from Fan Bing suddenly came through:

"Lin An!"

"The Wangjiang Military Region is willing to intervene! But you need to hurry and bring people to evacuate."

"They say they... can launch razor tactical missiles, but Long'an Base will be partially destroyed."

Huh?

Lin An suddenly froze, and the thousand-eyed zombie that had almost missed the opportunity was almost stepped into meat paste.

After breaking out in a cold sweat, he hurriedly replied:

"No need!"

"If he dares to launch missiles, I'll kill him tomorrow!"

Without worrying whether Wang Meng was well-intentioned, Lin An felt this person was simply causing trouble.

"Just let you watch, you watch! You still want to blow up my nest!?"

Originally, much of the base's regulated land had been destroyed, causing him great heartache.

Although it can be slowly repaired, it requires a considerable amount of spiritual energy.

If Wang Meng were to launch a few tactical missiles, never mind whether the dead monsters get blown up, I would essentially go bankrupt!

Unlike what outsiders imagine, he was merely hesitating over whether to use his trump cards!

He hadn't even put this monster in his eyes.

Inside the Wangjiang Military Region Meeting Room, Gao Yan looked at Wang Meng with an embarrassed expression, not knowing how to speak.

The commander before him was full of righteous sacrifice on his face, as if he had made an extremely difficult decision.

His gaze was firm, and he simply felt he truly had resolve.

As the saying goes, adding flowers to brocade is easy, but giving charcoal in the snow is hard.

I, Wang Meng, will stake everything today!

What is resolve? This is resolve!

I'll send you, Lin An, a king bomb!

I'll help you out!