Chapter 493: I also don't know

9:00 PM.

The winter sun was warm, but it could not warm the hearts of the modern Safe Zone members, which had fallen into an ice cellar.

In the picture, Lin An stood on a ruin; where he looked, a burst of blood mist exploded.

Follow the same method.

As soon as they appear, they are destroyed.

When gathered together, the forces engaged in a death match will face bombardment by tactical missiles.

If separated, they will be picked off one by one.

It's not that there are no forces wanting to flee.

They have tried.

But under an absolute disparity in strength.

They hid underground, hid among crowds, hid at the edges of gathering places, and even hid within the Corpse Horde.

The outcome remained unchanged.

The Awakened Ones hiding underground had their vitality taken by the Undead Body, turning them into cold corpses.

The Awakened Ones hiding among the crowds had their brains blown apart by an invisible mental shock.

Hiding at the edges of gathering places also did no good.

That fierce red light, as if it had eyes, ruthlessly pierced their chests.

Whether they begged for mercy or not, no matter how abjectly they behaved, they willingly submitted.

But Lin An seemed to only want them to die.

Even the Awakened Ones deemed 'precious' by the major forces seemed worthless in his eyes.

Even ordinary civilians were more important than they were.

As of now, Lin An has slain over nearly four thousand Awakened Ones, but ordinary civilians....

Almost zero.

The only thing that made them feel fortunate was that this demon would only kill 70% of the Awakened Ones before ceasing pursuit.

Thus, by the time they reached the last few gathering places,

Rebellion began.

When Lin An appeared, they had already begun infighting; lower-ranking Awakened Ones united to strike at the high level.

The faction leaders frantically slaughtered their own subordinates.

Following a deafening explosion, an Awakened One guarding the ammunition depot, eyes wild, ignited the explosives.

They could not think of how to counter Lin An.

Rather than face an invincible demon, it was better to strike at their companions.

At least.

If enough people die, they hope to survive.

Everything lay in ruins.

Hovering above the chemical plant, streams of invisible energy were stripped from the dead bodies and flowed into Lin An's embrace.

The few survivors who had managed to stay alive stiffened in place, not daring to lift their heads.

At the distance where Lin An stood, a single shot could hit.

Yet no one dared to move.

They were terrified, truly afraid of being killed.

The seed of death grew vigorously; the life force contained within almost overflowed.

More than enough to revive Xiong Hanzi...

Lin An smiled at the corner of his mouth.

To be honest, he did miss that foolish fellow a bit.

Three thousand Awakened Ones' lives exchanged for his one.

It was worth it.

To outsiders, Lin An truly had no feelings.

Having experienced death in his past life, if he still felt affection for unrelated humans, that would be seeing a ghost.

Even saying, he and the second Lin An are indeed one entity.

The two 'people' are alike in many ways.

Only Lin An was unwilling, like the other him, to completely abandon all emotions, or rather, the last vestiges of human feeling.

Moreover, he had too many reasons to kill them.

Perhaps someone would say that those who oppose him are mostly the high-ranking forces and leaders, but it has nothing to do with ordinary Awakened Ones.

Killing them is neither fair nor just.

But in this world, where is there so much fairness to speak of?

Because of his appearance, the direction of this world, or rather the Huaxia war zone, has undergone a tremendous change.

In his past life, at this time humanity still fought each other, scattering to avoid monsters.

But the early appearance of the Safe Zone subtly caused them to gather together.

Moreover, the Military Region, forced to launch rescue operations ahead of schedule, led the Huaxia survivors to band together early.

There were both good and bad aspects.

The benefit was that, in the early stages of the disaster, they could survive more easily than in their past life, and could even establish a Safe Zone early on.

The advantage is that, in the early stages of the disaster, they find it easier to survive than in their past life, and they can even establish a Safe Zone very early.

The downside is that a large number of survivors gathered together are, in the subsequent zombie tide riots, no different than a lump of congealed meat.

Even the effort to make zombies struggle in pursuit is saved.

Imagine that.

Even if Lin An were as compassionate as possible and wanted to save this group, to the point of announcing that you should quickly join Long'an or else you won't survive the zombie tide turmoil.

Would anyone believe it?

Certainly not.

Just like the former Linjiang Academy, people will only think he is spreading alarmist rumors.

So these people were bound to die.

Even strictly speaking, their deaths could help more people survive.

After this battle, whatever Lin An says will be believed by someone.

Rather than being scoffed at, or even falsely accused and viewed as an enemy.

Nothing to think about.

After picking up the equipment on the ground, Lin An recalled the aircraft again and headed straight for the last force.

On the aircraft, Lin An frowned slightly, listening to the message from Colonel Chu.

"Chu An, are you saying the Encircling River Military Region has suddenly started acting?"

"Has a large force been sent to support them?"

On the other end of the line, Chu An tilted his head to look at the map on the screen.

"That's right."

"Probably after you summoned the undead legion, a large number of armored units were dispatched there."

"The Encircling River Military Region is originally close to the Modern Safe Zone."

"Moreover, not only troop support, in the battle scenes I monitored, 'something' was traded to the leader of the Modern Safe Zone."

"They want to preserve the Modern Safe Zone."

He neither confirmed nor denied.

Lin An lowered his head to think for a moment, then forced the aircraft to accelerate again.

Under strong thrust bursting forth, the aircraft flew at high speed.

"What's going on? Didn't you say you had a backup plan in the capital?"

"As for the Military Region, they won't get involved in the short term."

"They resolved the issue so quickly?"

The Military Region's sudden intervention made Lin An feel slightly troublesome.

After all, the Encircling River Military Region is not like the Wangjiang one; even its air force base has been occupied by mutants.

With more troops and a large amount of strategic weapons.

The Encircling River Military Region is indeed no small trouble.

After hearing Lin An's doubts, Colonel Chu paused upon hearing the voice, then began to explain rapidly.

"No. It's probably not an order issued from the capital side, but rather a decision made by the Encircling River Military Region itself."

"They didn't deploy strategic weapons, only sent out the armored corps."

"It seems the Modern Safe Zone is very important to them."

"However, it doesn't have much impact."

"Even saying..."

At the Long'an Base side, Chu An gave an unnatural smile and slowly spoke.

"Use the Causal Sequence."

"Anyway, you're about to go into the Secret Realm, so you might as well unleash all your power—there's nothing to hide."

"Even if the Fearful Body's progress increases again, it doesn't matter."

"After emerging from the Secret Realm and advancing to the third rank, I believe you can suppress 'him'."

After a moment of hesitation, Lin An gave a soft hum.

"Use the Causal Sequence?"

"In the original plan, he only needed to use the Soul-Consoling Sword Sheath and Cain's Blade."

"At this stage, the combined bursting power of the two is enough for him to disregard everyone."

"But since the Encircling River Military Region wants to get involved, then..."

"Play it big."

Lin An slightly shook his head and smiled, his gaze fixed on the Causal Sequence in the ring.

"Pseudo third rank combined with Demonic Form, then stacked with the Soul-Consoling Sword Sheath?"

"To be honest, even he himself doesn't know what level this stacked bursting power will reach."