Chapter 607: Suspicion

Lin An's expression also carried a hint of strangeness.

When he found this information from the artificial intelligence, his thoughts were the same as Xiong Hanzi's.

One could say, the disaster that should have ended was completely ruined because this unlucky worm loved to burrow around.

Thanks to it, the manual wrote **the world's engineering builder.

The two exchanged a glance, and Lin An also said that the whole story was like this.

The rest are just minor details.

For example, why did Chu Renmei appear in the deserted village incident.

The answer is also very simple.

That place is exactly the exit where the sand worm burrowed through.

At the damaged node, that area of the Secret Realm was likewise "invaded" by the real world.

"Alright."

"Later you just go show up at the control hub and keep triggering errors."

"Normally closing the Secret Realm world is no longer possible; the system here has fallen into a dead loop."

"So the first Ascetic Practitioner and I have placed our hope of closing on you."

Xiong Hanzi nodded without hesitation, feeling somewhat emotional.

As if he had thought of something.

"Then, Lin Dui."

"We'll close this place..."

"Are the people here... all dead..."

There's a little reluctance.

Actually, he had wanted to ask this for a while.

After hearing, Lin An hesitated a bit, unsure, and frowned as he replied:

"Not necessarily."

"Maybe it's just a normal restart."

"Maybe it's a complete crash."

"After all, this Secret Realm world has been burrowed through by sand worms in too many places."

"Besides... completely closing it is best."

Deep down, Lin An still held a hint of vigilance.

Although that higher civilization said it had cut off contact between the main world and this place, the apocalyptic disaster still spread over.

The sand worm, however, has connected the three worlds.

It's best to completely close it.

Otherwise, wait for the higher civilization's main world apocalyptic disaster to spread to Earth...

That would be too terrifying.

One Doomsday Game is enough for Earth to bear...

If another comes, we might as well just wait to die.

Even the somewhat dim Xiong Hanzi walking beside realized Lin An's worry, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

Listening to the roaring mechanical processing sound nearby.

His eyes shifted, and he couldn't help but reach out to touch the constantly running large assembly line, licking his lips.

"Lin Dui, let's move this thing back!"

Sneaky.

Looking at his posture, he clearly intends to move hundreds of production lines back.

For the assembly line capable of producing aerospace vehicles, he is extremely envious.

This thing's tech level could be several tiers higher than the real world!

Who knows how many years have passed, yet the production line still keeps running without breaking...

Lin An helplessly glanced at Xiong Hanzi, who was about to dismantle the machine:

"What's the point of moving the production line?"

"Don't think you need to bring stuff everywhere you go."

"Use your brain and think, can my ring hold all this..."

He smiled helplessly.

"Just move the industrial robots; this assembly line is what they produce."

"Don't get your hopes up too high."

"The real world has spiritual pollution; even the most precise, cutting-edge tech will be affected."

"Whether it will work after moving back remains to be seen."

"But... we could let Chu An study modifying it."

After saying that, a white light flashed in Lin An's hand.

He directly stored some diligent industrial robots into his ring.

"Hehe. Let's stuff a few more in, Lin Dui!"

"I'll go look for anything else!"

"I bet the ammunition inside those blood corpses is also tampered with by the assembly line!"

"Right, Lin Dui."

Where the hell is that control center?

Xiong Hanzi slapped his forehead, feeling reluctant as he looked at the spaceship on the assembly line.

This thing is crude, but with a few modifications back at base, it'd be a combat transport!

Walking ahead, Lin An sensed Xiong Hanzi's thoughts.

"The control center for completing the mission is right under your feet."

"You can just go yourself later."

"I still have other things to do."

As he said that, a hint of hidden heaviness flashed in Lin An's eyes.

It seemed, some things had been weighing on his heart.

He changed the subject.

"As for the good stuff..."

Lin An forced a smile, pointing to the AI constantly shining blue light above his head:

"Here we have a preserved complete basic tech tree; at least we can bring it back to implant."

"The means of knowledge transmission of an advanced civilization are quite interesting."

"They have mastered the means of implantation technology, able to batch-produce engineers and technical personnel in a short time."

"And it doesn't require much time to study."

"This helps the development of Long'an Base greatly."

"After all, most researchers probably died in the first wave of zombie outbreaks."

"With this method, the base's psychic technology can also spread quickly."

His expression relaxed a little.

Lin An patted Xiong Hanzi's shoulder and gave a few casual reminders.

"Remember to dismantle the psychic nodes here before shutting down the Secret Realm system."

"I have a big use for it."

Having said that.

Lin An walked straight past him toward another location:

"Let's go."

"You go complete the mission; I still have other things to do."

He stood in place.

Zhang Tie eyed Lin An's back dubiously, feeling uneasy.

Lin Dui...

Won't you come with me?

Even though he's usually careless, he clearly noticed.

Lin Dui, it seems he's hiding something in his heart...

Even such an important task as completing the mission, he lets him go alone.

He shook his head.

He gave a goofy grin.

Forget it.

Screw it.

Lin Dui has a lot on his mind; since he's not telling me, there must be his reason.

Damn, this godforsaken place, he doesn't want to stay another second.

Thinking about completing the mission, he could still get the extreme value reward.

He felt a warm, satisfied feeling inside.

Tsk, there's also reputation to exchange for equipment; I don't know what completion degree will get what.

Thinking of it, just do it.

Xiong Hanzi, carefree, dashed straight toward the control hub.

Secret Realm reward! Your Grandpa Zhang is here to claim you!

Secret Realm base, underground third level.

Two directions completely different from the control hub.

In another hall surrounded by reflective metal walls on all sides, emanating a dim blue light.

Lin An silently gazed at the long metal control console before him.

The deep-sea-like blue cast his face into shadow.

On the empty control console, an hourglass-shaped groove was engraved.

Outside the hall, a silver metal plaque announced the name:

【Time Loop System - Control Center】

On the console, a laser-engraved plaque in the lower right corner indicated what had once been here.

【Causal Hourglass - Control】

In his right hand, the S-rank prop Causal Sequence taken from his ring fit perfectly into the groove.

The icy touch constantly reminded him.

Chu An.

He had come here.