Chapter 603: Artificial Intelligence

The quiet, cold hall seemed cut off from the outside world.

Its shape resembled the original core fortress of Long'an Base, overall a flattened metal hall structure.

Several semi-transparent blue windows hung on the walls, through which the dense zombie horde outside could be faintly seen.

Although only a single transparent shield separated them, the blood zombies outside were as if paused, completely still.

His heart pounded wildly.

Lin An remained alert, keeping his combat stance motionless, patiently waiting for his strength to recover.

The aftereffects of erupting in four forms were huge, leaving him almost in a state of exhaustion.

Fortunately, his physical attributes had reached their limit, allowing him to quickly regain combat power in a short time.

"Your Majesty..."

He was still shocked.

Under the final charge, the few surviving ascetic practitioners in the army stared blankly and astonished at everything before them.

They were astonished by Lin An's final assault stage and the ruthless means of sacrificing the No. 2 ascetic practitioner.

They were also astonished that amidst the zombie horde there would be a strange-looking building.

They couldn't understand what it was, nor why Lin An had come here.

He frowned slightly.

Lin An turned his head to look at the exhausted soldiers behind him, then immediately set up a mental power barrier:

"Stay here, don't ask questions, don't move around."

The soldiers who received the order stared, then dared not move at all, staying completely still.

The resurrected Your Majesty... the First Ascetic Practitioner, really is somewhat strange...

In their unease, they always felt they were like mere tools.

On the other hand....

After Lin An finished speaking, he carefully observed the familiar technological device before him.

Is this a spiritual energy core?

This means of extracting energy really resembles that thing in Long'an Base.

Xiong Hanzi's guess also made his heart jump.

However...

After a few seconds, his brows relaxed, and he firmly rejected Xiong Hanzi's guess.

"It's not our spiritual energy core, just similar in shape."

"The spiritual energy node strength here is several times higher than our base's!"

Long'an Base's spiritual energy node is third stage.

Yet the energy fluctuations emanating from the node before him reached at least fourth stage or higher.

An idea sprang up.

His thoughts shifted.

His own celestial human form had always been incomplete...

Lin An remembered clearly that when he advanced his talent, the notes explicitly required a node of fourth stage or higher to complete his talent.

His gaze grew somewhat fiery.

As his strength grew, hardly anything could arouse his interest anymore.

Then.

He would obtain the spiritual energy node before him at any cost!

From power explosion to combat instinct, then to the celestial human form.

His own talent is the foundation of his survival and the root of his great strength!

Hmm...

One of them.

Beside him, the uneasy Xiong Hanzi glanced dubiously at Lin An, tiptoeing over.

He was all too familiar with that look in Lin Dui's eyes.

"Captain Lin, is there anything good here?"

"We've come in; how are we supposed to finish this mission?"

"Damn it, I keep feeling chills..."

"There doesn't seem to be any living thing around here."

Looking around, his face bore a sneaky expression.

Although Lin An denied his idea, this place was not the Long'an Base he had initially tested.

But seeing the familiar layout, his big head and small brain had already conjured up ten thousand conspiracy theories.

Villains destroying the world, virus leak?

For some reason, he kept thinking of Chu An...

The secret realm experienced an error loop, zombie outbreak, blood zombies appeared...

After discovering something here, he turned to despair... wanting to ask for help from their First Ascetic Practitioner.

All these events together made him feel this place was filled with a heaven-shaking conspiracy!!

Hearing Zhang Tie's question, Lin An did not immediately answer for a moment.

He simply stared thoughtfully at the layout inside the hall.

"Let's go inside and investigate..."

"If one were to say the layout here is extremely similar to the core of the Safe Zone..."

"Maybe there is also an artificial intelligence here?"

"Such a futuristic technological creation should retain some data."

"Not really sure."

"Lin An held his sword with both hands, and his mental power slowly spread out."

"There is definitely a problem here."

"But there should be no lethal threat, and we've come this far."

"The difficulty of completing the mission should not be great."

"The first Ascetic Practitioner wanted to help him out, reenacting at least five timelines."

"If there is danger here, or it's very troublesome."

"Thinking back, Lin An couldn't believe that person wouldn't remind him and leave a clue."

"Follow me, go to the inner area..."

"Just as the words fell."

"As Lin An had just finished scanning the conference room with his mental power, a sudden burst of mechanical, chaotic buzzing sounded."

"Zi-zi"

"At the same time, several dark blue ceiling lights lit up simultaneously."

"The sudden change startled Zhang Tie, his muscles tensed all over, and in the next second he was about to activate his bear transformation again."

"Almost instantly, Lin An also jerked back, staring fixedly at the lit ceiling."

"After a brief noise."

"A cold mechanical sound suddenly rang out:"

"Intruder detected entering the control hub."

"Detecting intruder identity..."

"The ceiling opened, and several scanning devices on rails shot out white light in a flash, sweeping across everyone."

"At the same time, waves of hidden spiritual energy rippled outward."

"Controlled by the mechanical arm, the spiritual energy node floating in midair suddenly began operating and consuming energy."

"Weapon defense facilities?"

"Zhang Tie, possessing beast-like instincts, felt his hairs stand on end."

"He felt a lethal threat."

"Within the seemingly ordinary shooting device, a lethal energy source was being brewed."

"Without hesitation, while the core hub was still scanning and analyzing, he directly transformed into a giant bear, crossing his arms to block Lin An."

"Captain Lin! Retreat!!"

"The moment the thought arose, mechanical synthesized sound and several locked-on beams appeared simultaneously."

"The defense system has been activated, initiating the high-energy laser net..."

"Detected modified experimental subject: 3"

"Experimental subject information error, unable to determine ID information."

"Verdict: Illegal intruder!"

"Detected unknown carbon-based lifeform: 1? 2"

"Verdict:???"

"Detected..."

"With a roar, Xiong Hanzi charged out with brute force, wanting to destroy this strange place before launching an attack!"

"Wait!!"

"His right hand poised to strike."

"Lin An's speed was not slower than Zhang Tie's."

"At the moment Xiong Hanzi sensed danger, he also prepared to strike first and shatter the weapon device."

"But after a quick thought."

"Lin An seemed to realize something, his face grave as he grabbed Zhang Tie, who was about to explode into action."

"Unknown lifeform 1? 2."

"Repeated scans, yet no clear judgment could be given."

"Thinking that the system had once given him a corpse disguise and added him to the corpse faction."

"In an instant, Lin An decided to wait and see."

"As expected."

"At the moment the energy at the launch port peaked, the intermittent mechanical synthesized sound continued:"

"Detected 【experimental subject】 1, leaking."

"Contacting base supreme commander..."