Chapter 671: Cooperation

Upon hearing matters concerning Lin An, everyone subconsciously looked up at Lin Zhan on the main seat.

There's nothing to be done; this name is really grating.

Throughout the military department and war zone channels, in everyday chatter, someone always brings up Lin An.

Especially given the predicament faced by the Capital Military Region, many feel that Lin An cannot escape responsibility.

For example, the hastily accelerated plan, for example, the out-of-control meme.

Although it seems somewhat laughable to blame a single person for trouble in such a vast war zone, this does not prevent those with ulterior motives from guiding public opinion internally.

After all, the meme incident—having just one Luofeng take the blame is far from enough.

After a moment's contemplation, Lin Zhan lightly tapped the table and slowly said:

"Two matters."

"First, to participate in the Trial Tower, the higher-ups intend to let Lin An join our team."

"After all, no one knows what one will encounter inside the Trial Tower."

"Setting that aside, given the system's brutality, it is highly likely to face hordes of zombies and events, fighting our way up layer by layer, or defending."

Just as his words fell.

Several Awakened Ones from the Internal Defense Army, implicated in the meme incident, immediately spoke up to question:

"Joint action!!"

"Commander Lin Zhan! Lin An is our enemy! It's already good enough if he doesn't attack us; having the higher-ups let him join us—isn't that inviting a wolf into the house?"

Mid-sentence, the Awakened One who spoke felt his wording might be inappropriate.

He hastily corrected himself:

"No, it's inviting a thief into the house."

"He even dares to threaten us and establish his own faction."

"In my opinion, we should seize this opportunity to jointly besiege and kill him inside the Trial Tower once and for all!"

His face was flushed with anger.

The esteemed capital, the foundation of the nation, is actually threatened by a single individual.

And before the apocalypse, Lin An was merely a "private".

If outsiders found out, they'd surely laugh their heads off.

It is only in this apocalypse that such absurdity could arise.

For many high-level officials, this is practically a disgrace.

Lin Zhan glanced at the questioning officer, showing little expression, merely smirking inwardly:

"Do you think I don't want to?"

"But the meaning from above is quite clear."

"Regardless of Lin An's decent strength, acting together is never harmful."

"Most importantly, in the eyes of outsiders, we have granted Lin An control over the Huanjiang Three Provinces."

"At least on the surface, he is one of ours."

"Especially this Trial Tower, foreign war zones will also participate; friction is inevitable."

"If the surrounding war zones learn that we can't handle a single person, it's hard to say they won't have ideas."

Somewhat helpless.

The Huaxia War Zone, too, cares about "face".

To stabilize the greater good, aside from these high-level officials knowing exactly how the Capital War Zone and Lin An are related.

The people below all mistakenly believe that Lin An is a seedling nurtured by the military.

Once exposed, those with ulterior motives in other war zones will realize that the military is actually so "easily" threatened.

Then the trouble becomes great.

Therefore, no matter what.

The attitude they display outwardly means Lin An and they can only be allies!

After hearing this, everyone quickly understood the subtext in Lin Zhan's words.

For a moment, no one could refute.

Their expressions were somewhat embarrassed.

Upon thinking about having to cooperate with Lin An, the Internal Army Awakened Ones couldn't help but feel as unpleasant as having eaten a fly.

"What if he refuses us?"

"This person acts without any principle, completely disregarding the greater good."

"If we extend an olive branch and the other side, relying on their strength, directly refuses, wouldn't that be a slap to our face?"

Lin Zhan sensed that this Awakened One high-level official was somewhat reluctant, and he slightly shook his head:

"It won't happen."

"Lin An's strength is not as great as we previously judged."

"The Trial Tower worries even us, let alone him."

"Setting that aside, this Trial Tower will definitely have many foreign war zones participating; if Lin An doesn't join us, isn't he afraid other war zones will eye his equipment and jointly raid and kill him?"

"Is Lin An's strength not as strong as we judged?"

A non-Awakened One, but a high-level official of the Political and Legal Faction, with a strange expression, unconsciously asked:

Not long ago, the military was still discussing just how strong Lin An's strength really was, weren't they?

That single sword, broadcast live across the entire war zone, truly left a deep impression on him.

One person alone annihilated nine forces, truly a case of one against ten thousand.

Lin Zhan nodded, not intending to hide anything.

He knew that upon hearing this, everyone would surely think the military was comforting them.

"Very simple."

We recently established an intelligence department dedicated to studying Lin An, and it has uncovered traces of his strength.

First, it cannot be denied that Lin An's basic strength has definitely reached the peak of the Second Level.

His speed nears the speed of sound, his mental power is formidable, and his methods are endless.

But he has two problems.

The first problem is his final sword.

That sword, the cat grease in it is huge.

By comparing the missing supplies in the prestige shop, we found he likely used the equipment resembling a sword sheath on his back to unleash a strike far beyond his strength.

Charging and nurturing, this should be correct.

This means he is actually not as terrifying as he appears.

Lin Zhan smiled, lightly tapped the table, and continued speaking confidently.

That sword, he finds it hard to unleash again.

Or, at most he can unleash one more sword!

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up.

This is truly good news.

In combat simulations, what they fear most is Lin An's final erupting attack.

The range is huge and the speed is extremely fast.

One sword strike could likely slaughter a whole area of Second Level beings in seconds.

Turns out, did he win by trick?

Seeing everyone's hearts settled, Lin Zhan's expression remained unchanged.

"The second flaw is the defense problem."

Believe everyone remembers, Lin An was once blocked by anti-aircraft artillery, finally using an unknown skill to fly down.

This means his defense might be stronger than an ordinary Second Level, but not by much.

For this operation, just the Second Level peak numbers are in the hundreds.

Ask yourself, does Lin An dare to fight us?

Awakened Ones' skills are not weakened by rules; one skill from a single person could turn even an iron-clad Lin An to ash.

Absolutely certain.

Lin Zhan asked himself, including the superiors who have already maximally overestimated Lin An's strength.

But after repeated simulations, Lin An's individual strength is no longer something to fear.

Especially the newly promoted Awakened Ones in the large-scale plan, many of whom display combat power not weaker than Lin An.

In just over two months, things are completely different now!

After releasing the information, Lin Zhan casually glanced around and concluded his remarks.

"That's about it."

"Have the subordinates contact Lin An's side and tell him."

"If he obediently listens, at least in this trial we can guarantee his life."

"As long as he has a bit of sense, he will likely agree."

"It's best to clarify the stakes, making him realize that without our help he'll face big trouble."

"If Lin An were a bit smarter, he'd know what to do..."

His expression was gloomy.

Perhaps this trial tower could extort a sum from Lin An.

Hearing that Long An recently could obtain a large amount of supplies, what use would a small base have for so much supplies?

It's truly too wasteful...