Chapter 631: The evaluation mission begins

The window opened, night wind rushed into the suite, disturbing the heavy curtains.

"1 minute 45 seconds..."

Lin An looked at the mission countdown on the panel, and after confirming the time, he closed the panel.

The mission of the Second Level peak Mutant.

It should not be too difficult...

His thoughts flowed.

The only thing to note is whether the Mutant has any special abilities.

Is it a lone Mutant attack, or is it accompanied by a corpse tide?

Casually rehearsing the upcoming situation, he stood straight by the window, gazing toward the hotel entrance.

It probably isn't a large-scale corpse tide.

As of now, the spreading mental power has detected no abnormality.

Besides the wind, everything is so quiet.

Time trickled away.

The cold wind pierced to the bone.

Just as Lin An wondered why the Mutant hadn't appeared yet, a faint footstep sounded.

His gaze twitched slightly.

Outside the room, in the hallway.

Someone was coming over.

"Bang-bang-bang"

The knocking was light, and one could tell the knocker was somewhat nervous and uneasy.

The person outside the door was...

Li Enzhu?

The mental power enveloping the entire hotel easily sensed who the woman outside was.

Lin An furrowed his brow slightly.

He heard clearly the conversation of these few Survivors inside the room.

He simply chose to block out most of the content.

Li Enzhu wanted to follow him, just like Fan Bing had before.

As for that, he was not surprised.

Before the Apocalypse, the wealthy and powerful High Level were highly sought after, with countless people devoting themselves.

Not to mention now.

"Sir."

"Could you open the door, sir? I... found an administrative map of Fushan in the hotel."

"I have marked the location of the Twin Star Base."

Outside the door, Li Enzhu slightly hugged her arms, clutching a map in her hand.

On the empty hallway, she appeared somewhat solitary and alone.

Cool, her outfit exposed most of her skin, making it hard to withstand the night's chill.

The chill was biting.

After hesitating a moment, she still chose to pull down her collar a bit.

The night temperature is low, with a large day-night temperature difference.

Logically speaking... it is already wintertime now.

If not for the abnormal weather after the Apocalypse, it should have been snowing by now.

Delivering the map at night...

It's a rather clumsy excuse, but she had no better explanation.

She could only grit her teeth and try one last time.

Lost in random thoughts.

"Click-clack"

The door suddenly opened.

Li Enzhu, standing at the doorway, was slightly startled, and the map in her hand slipped and fell to the ground unexpectedly.

Unknown whether it was intentional or not.

She flusteredly repeatedly greeted Lin An, then instinctively bent over to pick up the map.

As she bent over, the light cast shadows of the grooves in front of her body.

"Go back to your own room."

The voice was calm, with no discernible emotion.

Upon hearing the voice like a command, Li Enzhu's motion of picking up the map stalled; she blankly squatted on the ground, lifting her head to look at that cold face.

"I..."

Her breathing was rapid.

Lin An's revealed strength and mystery gave her immense pressure.

Should she go back?

What should I do!?

Her own revealed intention was already quite obvious.

Unwilling.

I can't just go back like this...

In an instant, my thoughts turned a hundred times.

She instinctively brushed her slightly disheveled bangs, and a pleading look appeared on her delicate, small face.

"Sir, I know many things."

"Let me in..."

Her voice was timid, as if letting you take what you want.

Beneath her exposed short skirt lay the cold marble floor; the chill rising from below made her involuntarily tense her body.

Under the stimulation of the cold wind, she unnaturally pulled down the neckline of her chest with one hand, and her right hand tried to grab Lin An's lower garments.

"It's cold outside, please let me in..."

"I really do know some things... I have a friend in Twin Stars..."

"I'm very clean."

Her words were incoherent.

She felt that the words coming from her mouth were too vulgar.

Her right hand couldn't grasp Lin An, as if blocked by invisible air.

Looking at the girl beneath him, Lin An's expression showed no flicker.

He now only cared about why the mutants hadn't appeared yet.

"Why bother?"

His voice was clear and cold.

"You can follow me to Twin Stars."

"There, it's just as safe."

"I won't stay here long."

It was rare for him to say a few more words to an outsider.

If he hadn't heard Li Enzhu's conversation with Han Youzhen inside the room, he wouldn't have learned the girl's background.

He couldn't be bothered to say even a word of nonsense.

Perhaps unlike Fan Bing, who had wandered the world of fame and fortune for years.

After Li Enzhu understood his blunt refusal, a hint of sadness appeared in her eyes.

Won't stay long?

What does that mean?

Then why bother going to the Twin Stars Base?

Unwilling, not wanting to give up.

Seeing this.

Lin An frowned slightly, feeling he had already made himself clear.

When the mutants appear later, even if he were stronger, he'd have no leisure to attend to them; that would be purely foolish.

But Lin An was unaware of this.

Li Enzhu's persistence isn't just because of his strength; the most important point is his actions.

He gave food and was willing to step in to 'save' the girl being dragged away by zombies.

In their subconscious, people always give stronger individuals a higher evaluation.

Therefore, in Li Enzhu's heart.

He, Lin An, is a good person, a very reliable support.

Kneeling on the ground, Li Enzhu didn't mind her somewhat improper posture, hastily speaking to explain:

"Sir, the Twin Stars Base isn't a good place."

"People like us ordinary folk who go there won't have a good outcome."

"I have a friend there; rumors say they're conducting human experiments..."

"Huh?"

Lin An's eyebrows twitched slightly.

Just as Li Enzhu was about to say something, the door of the room where the girls were suddenly opened.

Holding a spiritual energy weapon, Han Youzhen stared in shock at Lin An's 'underneath' Li Enzhu.

One person stood expressionless in place, while the other trembled all over, head held high in revealing clothing.

This posture made her involuntarily think of something.

Must you do this outside?

Her face flushed red.

Han Youzhen glanced at Lin An with hurried breath; she had come out to return the equipment to Lin An.

Although she indeed wanted this equipment, she couldn't help feeling guilty.

One piece of equipment... is too precious.

Just...

Seeing the scene before her, she felt extremely embarrassed, a flush reddening her earlobes.

I seem to have come at the wrong time, Li Enzhu...

He sighed.

Just as she wanted to say something...

Only Lin An, standing before Li Enzhu, saw his expression suddenly turn cold, his gaze instantly locking onto the elevator in the hallway.

Ding-

The elevator is ascending, eighth floor arrived.

A gentle synthetic female voice.

The red elevator indicator light lit up, and the elevator doors slowly opened.

On the system panel, the mission information countdown ticked down to zero.

Go in!

Lin An let out a low shout, then with his left hand pulled Li Enzhu into the room, and with his right hand suddenly produced a dark red long sword.

The sword's point.

Inside the elevator, the white light flickered on and off.

A youth in tattered clothes lowered his head, his legs askew as he stood inside.

His lowered visage could barely be made out as that of Piao Zhengyan, who had stayed behind in the industrial area after leaving the team.