Chapter 657: Walking Out of the Nuclear Explosion

You guys look... rather surprised"

His expression calm, Lin An looked warmly at the people frozen in place, casually shaking off the blood on his hand.

The falling blood droplets splashed onto the military commander's face, splashing into his eyeball.

Very itchy, the blood droplets still carried a hint of warmth.

He dared not wipe it, dared not reply.

Everyone present was like a lamb encountering a wolf pack, their brains crashing and losing response.

If not for the constant reminder of Jin Yicheng's corpse, they would surely think they were hallucinating.

"How could you possibly... survive... from... the nuclear... nuclear blast..."

His lips twitched, hoarse.

The residual high temperature at the explosion crater left the commander's body in a dehydrated state, his cracked lips devoid of color.

As a high-ranking officer of the National Defense Army, commander of the Awakened Ones Legion in Han City after the apocalypse.

He, who had always been solemn and calm, now seemed to encounter the most absurd thing in his life.

Even on the day the apocalypse broke out, he had never been this shocked.

For no reason...

Even if Lin An appeared mortally wounded or had escaped the blast's epicenter alive, he could understand.

But he knew exactly how close that space-system Awakened One had to be to detonate the nuclear bomb.

As a soldier, he was all too aware of the power of a nuclear explosion.

Even if only a tactical nuclear bomb was detonated, it's still a nuclear bomb!

Watching Lin An's body rapidly repair, his heart filled with despair.

Several Awakened Ones lying on the ground, startled back to their senses, instinctively cried out.

"Run! Run!!! He's a monster, he's not human!!"

Constantly healing, Lin An using his Demonic Form, paired with a wasteland-like scene.

He truly seemed like an evil spirit emerging from hell.

Wings flapping, sulfur fire.

Like headless flies running wildly, they wanted to escape this area.

Out of instinctive fear, no one thought about equipment anymore.

The next second.

Before they could even escape the pit, a series of faint mental shocks shattered their skulls.

"Plop-thud"

"Plop-thud"

The bodies swayed and fell one after another, like crawling straw in a wheat field.

The soldiers died instantly, shocking the commander into a full-body shudder.

He hunched his body, as if losing hope, plopping down onto the ground.

The residual heat on the ground scorched his palms, making a sizzling sound.

He ignored it.

How ridiculous.

Just a few seconds ago, he had been seriously fantasizing with Jin Yicheng about future matters.

But now.

Jin Yicheng, who could be called a dominant figure and a half-hero, died without even a whole corpse left.

Of the people who rushed forward, only he remained alive.

From beginning to end, they had never seen Lin An personally take action.

Each time he killed them, it seemed as casual as a light tap in the void.

He didn't give the commander much time to react.

Lin An gave a light laugh, instantly holding him in place.

His goal had already been accomplished.

Xiong Hanzi, following his cue, took the Rat King Ring and emptied the supply warehouse.

By the way, he rescued the remaining Huaxia survivors.

Jin Yicheng fled with the most valuable equipment, while the other supplies at Twin Star Base were nothing special.

The air force of Long'an Base had also arrived.

In the entire Fushan war zone, there was nothing he needed.

Except.

The final matter.

Closing the mask, his pupils gradually returned to normal.

Lin An lifted the military commander's body with a feigned grab, staring directly into his eyes.

With such a huge gap in strength, even just eye contact, the overflowing mental power gave the officer intense pain.

Breathing difficult, the commander's face ashen, he couldn't help a grim smile.

They lost utterly.

"Kill... me..."

"Give me a quick death!"

"I know... you won't let me go!"

No option to beg for mercy.

The soldier's final dignity made him abandon his meager struggle to survive.

Or rather, given Lin An's disposition, it was utterly impossible for him to let him go.

The victor becomes king, the loser becomes bandit.

Lose, and you must pay the price.

He never imagined that the military had already exerted all its effort, truly having no intention to slight Lin An in the slightest.

But why, why did we still lose?

Is there really any weapon that can kill him?

I was already decisive enough!

There was some resentful unwillingness.

Subconsciously, he couldn't help but think of a saying.

Guilt unrelated to battle!

The fault is not mine!

From beginning to end, he committed no mistake.

The only mistake was that the opponent's strength was simply too great.

On what grounds! On what grounds, as fellow Awakened Ones, the power gap is this huge!

His eyes showed hatred.

Knowing he must die, the commander gazed at Lin An with hatred, hating him for shattering his ambitions, hating him for not dying.

Hating the Doomsday System, how could it allow such a monster to appear.

Aren't we all players?!

This is too unfair!

Lin An saw the commander's unwillingness and resentment in his eyes, and smiled indifferently.

"If anger and resentment were useful, what would we need strength for?"

"Do you want me to give you a quick death?"

"No, you're still useful."

As he spoke, his mental power turned into an information stream, shooting directly into the commander's brain.

It was a passage of text, a statement he had made in the warzone channel.

A few seconds later, the commander's face showed shock, his eyes wide with anger.

"No! I cannot possibly cooperate with you!"

"Even if I did, you could never let me go!"

Having said that, the commander struggled desperately.

The man before him was nothing short of a demon! A villain!

His train of thought was very emotional.

His throat convulsed.

The text Lin An sent turned out to be a statement he was to broadcast to all survivors on the warzone channel.

The nuclear attack was carried out by the military.

It was because Lin An wanted to save the Fushan warzone and stop the military's human experiment conspiracy.

Meanwhile, the higher-ups disregarded ordinary lives, twisted the facts, and sought to bury this secret completely!

The military itself is the true executioner.

Even the earlier incident of embezzling supplies was fabricated by the military, who pocketed it themselves.

Under such rhetoric, if it were to come from his own mouth...

A chill ran down his spine.

The entire Greater Korean warzone would likely instantly lose all trust in the government.

Already unstable, the scattered hearts would soon become a laughingstock.

This is to destroy our nation, exterminate our people!

Even if he harbored thoughts of defecting from the military, it was only to establish his own army, no longer subject to the inefficient system.

Essentially, he remained patriotic.

"Kill me! You damned demon! You'll go to hell!!"

"I will never submit to you!"

With a death wish, the commander struggled frenziedly, trying to provoke Lin An into killing him outright.

Once this message is sent, the consequences will be dire, and his family still in the Military Region will also be implicated.

As the roar faded, Lin An slightly shook his head, looking at the commander with a hint of pity:

"What makes you think I need your consent?"

He gave a light chuckle.

Only seen, a black glimmer flashed in Lin An's eyes, the title skill of the Fool, instantly activating.

Deception, deceiving the heart.