Chapter 669: Before Departure

Long'an Base inner city, residential area.

Along the way, Lin An strolled leisurely on the broad road.

Not far away, a large number of survivors looked excitedly at his figure.

"Lord Lin An, hello!"

"Lord Lin An, thank you for sending people to rescue us!"

A female Awakened One holding a seven- or eight-year-old child stared at him, unusually excited.

Her husband turned into a zombie when the apocalypse broke out and devoured both sets of parents.

Only she and her child remained, desperately hiding in the basement.

Fortunately, after Long'an Base prepared to take in survivors, her hopeless news attracted the attention of the base's rescue team.

Thus, just as she was about to starve to death, help arrived.

Following the rescue team back to Long An, she, with extraordinary willpower, fortunately became an Awakened One.

Recalling her past suffering, the woman clutched the child in her arms tightly.

Long'an Base had ample food and was safe.

There was no oppression, no so-called exploitation by the high level.

Compared to the lives of survivors outside, she cherished her current days immensely.

Voices of thanks and greetings rose and fell without cease.

Under the promotion of the newly established External Propaganda Department, the current Long'an Base and Lin An enjoyed high prestige.

They specially hired many PR experts skilled in public opinion to handle this, coordinating with the Awakened Ones planted abroad for publicity.

Lin An was almost crafted into a rising new star of the Three Provinces of the Ring River, and even the Huaxia war zone.

Especially after issuing the first announcement to accept survivors, the base also deliberately rescued many survivors.

By various means, the entire base's internal attitude toward Lin An was sincere respect and admiration.

People are very realistic, and in some ways also quite simple.

Whoever can bring them safety is good.

No matter how brutal or even cold-blooded Lin An's previous methods were.

But as members of the base, many even felt reassured.

Especially the first members of Long'an Base, they went from Linjiang Academy to establishing the Safe Zone.

They virtually experienced all of Lin An's deeds in full.

Under spontaneous promotion, there was a faint trend of deifying Lin An.

However, to them, this was also an added honor.

Any first-generation member held at least a mid-level position.

Within the Safe Zone, hailed as the strongest in the Three Provinces of the Ring River, their status rose with the tide.

Many students often lamented.

I, a student before the apocalypse, could actually command a thousand-strong regiment; former big shots, whoever saw them would not fail to be respectful.

Especially Awakened Ones from the outer city wanting to enter the inner city were eager to crack their heads trying.

On the way to AnXia, or rather, the road to their own homes.

Lin An, thinking while wearing a smile, kindly nodded to everyone.

His mood was good.

Watching the Safe Zone he built flourish day by day, the sense of achievement went without saying.

Residential area, industrial zone, firepower defense zone...

As the most important inner city, its current construction was unusually orderly.

The ground was clean, full of a technological feel.

Everyone looked relaxed; in the newly built small park, many Awakened Ones could be seen playing with their children.

Were it not for the occasional silent passage of vigilant Awakened One patrol teams, all this would seem as if it were before the apocalypse.

It felt like a dream.

In the distance, the sandworms still digging underground seemed to sense his aura.

"Sa!!"

Having grown plump all over, its ox-like body tried to crawl over, instantly causing a panic among the crowd.

Standing on the sandworm's head, the engineer wearing a hard hat clung desperately to its tentacles in fright.

The usually gentle sandworm—why is it so agitated today?

He stood in place.

Lin An, seeing this, was somewhat speechless; his mental power reached out, signaling it to just work honestly.

Watching the brainless sandworm sway its body twice, Lin An always felt it rather absurd.

From Chu An's mouth, including the ordeal in the Secret Realm.

Lin An thus realized how terrifying this seemingly weak sandworm had once been.

Capable of boring through two worlds, it could even be said that because of it, the Secret Realm world descended into destruction.

A monster comparable to a heavenly disaster, now it merely puffs and digs holes.

His own luck could also be considered good...

If encountered during the sandworm's heyday, he estimated it wouldn't even be enough for a single bite.

He just didn't know which world the sandworm came from—that *** world, exactly where.

Is it another mysterious human world with extremely high technology currently undergoing an apocalypse, or...

Did the sandworm not just drill through there?

After thinking for a moment, Lin An still chose to give up.

This matter is really too far away.

It's rare to relax.

Lin An suddenly recalled what Chu An Colonel had just said.

（「The amoeba worm original liquid has already been researched almost completely. 」）

（「Just as I said before, I want to inject the original liquid to give some groups the amoeba worm's long-distance emotional transmission trait. 」）

(\"Otherwise, your talent's ability to absorb emotions would be equivalent to wasting... \")

（「The current problem is only the raw material. However, I am looking for a substitute. If you need anything, I will tell you.... 」）

When Lin An heard this, he was suddenly startled.

It wasn't that he was surprised to have known this all along.

But rather, he just realized that his talent had already changed from Heavenly Man to Uninterrupted.

In the description of Uninterrupted, there is no characteristic of absorbing emotions.

However, after a hasty test, he discovered that the characteristic of absorbing positive emotions had already become a hidden effect.

It still exists, it's just not reflected in the description.

This is not.

Walking on the main road, the emotional power just absorbed is enough to match the power of an extra First Level increase.

Hard to imagine.

After Chu An Safety finishes transforming a large number of people, the effect of his own absorbing emotions to strengthen his power will reach what extent?

The distance to the house where AnXia is located is still seven or eight hundred meters.

Lin An's gaze was gentle as he looked at the garden villa specially built for AnXia.

As the only non-militarized residence in the entire base, this counts as the sole privilege Lin An grants himself to use.

「Lin An!! 」

Not yet having reached the home's door that resembled a garden, he saw a white flash instantly put down the 'toy' in its hand and rush over.

Knowing that Lin An had just returned with many matters, AnXia had been staying here feeling wronged, waiting for him to finish his affairs.

He hugged her tightly.

Lin An looked at AnXia with some heartache, although along the way the ground had been instantly stepped on by AnXia, exploding into a trench.

The terrifying power, if stepped on an Awakened One's body.

It could probably instantly kill even a Second Level.

But this in no way hinders his heart, where AnXia has always been a fragile, pitiful little girl needing his protection.

「AnXia, today brother will always accompany you, do you have anything you want to play? 」

He pinched AnXia's chubby little cheek, and Lin An's face rarely showed a doting expression.

Inside the villa, Xiong Hanzi sat cross-legged on the ground, beside him piled a heap of strange and wondrous spiritual energy Props.

These little gadgets are all exchanged from the reputation store.

If the outside Awakened Ones knew he spent three hundred reputation points to exchange a heap of 'toys', they'd probably vomit blood from shock.

「Holy shit, Lin Dui is here！？」

It seemed like he thought of something.

Xiong Hanzi bared his teeth and hastily stood up, patting Youwei's little head, making a move to escape through the back door.

「Youwei! Brother will play with you next time! You mustn't tell Lin Dui that you saw me here! 」

After saying that, Zhang Tie sprang out, bursting with agility mismatched to his build, and darted out the back door.

Damn it, if Lin Dui sees him, he'll definitely grab him and throw him back to Chu An Colonel!

That pervert wants to put a missile in his own belly!