Chapter 686: Secret Trials

He strode into the central meeting room.

Click—

The alloy door slid open.

As soon as he entered, all team members instinctively looked toward the door and nervously greeted him.

Not only the rescue squad, the huge meeting room resembled a lecture hall, filled with the base's newly promoted high-level officials and technicians.

This was probably the first time this group of newcomers had met Lin An face-to-face for a meeting.

They each had their own thoughts.

But when they saw the girl in red following behind Lin An, many eyes filled with doubt.

Especially the mental and detection-type Awakened Ones.

Vaguely, they always felt that this seemingly harmless, even somewhat weak girl.

In their perception, she seemed like a monster.

I feel like I'll die if I face her...

Her red dress is covered in blood...

Lord Lin An... did you save another "child" again?

They respectfully saluted.

"Captain Lin (Lord Lin An), hello."

"Brother Lin!"

An Jing Tian quickly walked to his side, holding a few sheets of white paper.

Pairs of scorching gazes stared at Lin An, as if looking at a legendary figure.

Lin An slightly waved his hand, suppressing the noisy chatter, indicating he disliked wasting time.

As soon as he entered, he noticed that Wen Ya and the others' complexions were not good.

They seemed worried.

Casually taking the main seat, Lin An took the white papers and quickly flipped through them.

An Jing Tian told him the capital had sent a message, which surprised him quite a bit.

He had thought those people in the capital would want to stay a hundred thousand miles away from him,

but he hadn't expected them to take the initiative to contact him.

"There's nothing much for this meeting."

"I only have two points."

"First, arrange the base's affairs."

After hearing An Jing Tian's report on the recent situation, Lin An directly got to the point:

"First, you should all know that I'm heading to the Trial Tower imminently."

"Anyone in the base who wants to advance to third rank can come with me."

"But I must say first, try to raise your naked-equipment attributes to around thirty before going!"

"Otherwise, you bear the risk of life and death."

Looking around, Lin An's words were meant for the base's newly promoted Awakened Ones.

The squad members had been given his dead order; the minimum standard was also thirty points in all attributes, and it was best to have one attribute break through the limit before advancing to third rank.

Lin An couldn't bear to see his members not die in the zombies' mouths but instead die on the path of promotion.

Each one is a precious partner of his, especially An Jing Tian.

Even if their strength is weak...

Lin An can still protect them!

As soon as his words fell, the newly promoted Awakened Ones present exchanged glances.

"Naked-equipment thirty points?"

"That's too exaggerated, right?"

"The Trial Tower's minimum requirement... isn't it enough to just gear up to around thirty?"

He sighed.

"Now, less than half a year after the apocalypse broke out, where is everyone as much of a freak as Lin An?"

"Ignoring the solemn, embarrassed expressions on everyone's faces after hearing this, Lin An continued:"

"Second, after I go to the Trial Tower, the base will continue to shrink its expansion range."

"No contact with the Xi'an War Zone direction or the Huanjiang War Zone defense line."

He spoke very seriously.

"He really has no confidence in resolving these two places in a short time."

"Don't look at Long'an Base developing extremely quickly, its armed forces can be called luxurious."

"But when truly facing various events in the apocalypse, it won't be that strong."

"In his past life, a continent's four united war zones' built super safe zones could be destroyed in a short time by a cataclysm-level event."

"He had to be more cautious."

After hearing this, everyone solemnly nodded.

"Anything that makes Lin An feel tricky, they naturally dare not be careless."

After finishing the two points, Lin An immediately turned his head to look at An Jing Tian.

"Speak, what does the capital mean?"

"Private messages closed."

After exposing his ID in the war zone channel, he receives thousands of private messages every day.

Simply, Lin An couldn't be bothered to even glance at them.

Nothing more than pleas for help, wanting to follow, or perhaps a madman spewing provocation.

Seeing Lin An ask toward himself, Jing Tian instinctively glanced at the people in the meeting room, noticing Lin An merely gave a slight nod.

Indicating the message could be made public.

"Brother Lin."

An Jing Tian took a deep breath, his tone heavy.

"News came from the capital: they obtained information about the Trial Tower."

"This trial not only requires facing disasters of various difficulties and tests, but rumor has it there are also life-and-death battles."

"They mean the Trial Tower is less a trial and more a way to boost players' strength."

"Rather, it's like raising gu..."

Some worry.

Outside there are zombie mutants, inside the military harbors hostility.

The team members could almost imagine that Lin An's trip to the Trial Tower this time would likely be battle after battle.

If not for Lin An forbidding them from going now,

otherwise, none of them would want to see Lin Dui fighting alone, a lone army struggling.

I don't know if that's possible.

Lin An didn't pay attention to this news.

The threat to humanity can be ignored for now.

The difficulty of the Trial Tower shouldn't be a problem for him.

Even with his full-attribute limit, he couldn't pass it.

Then all of humanity's Awakened Ones might as well just wait to die.

"Anything else?"

He raised an eyebrow.

After Lin An gave a slight nod, he signaled An Jing Tian to continue.

If it were just these, the team members shouldn't have such expressions.

Gao Tian beside him hurriedly added, his expression a bit angry:

"The capital also provided another piece of information."

"It means whether this trial's promotion is based on ranking or performance."

"It will affect the disaster level each war zone will face next."

"High rank brings preferential treatment, lowering the apocalypse difficulty somewhat."

"Low rank not only yields no reward, but may even accelerate the cataclysm, causing a huge number of meme events!"

Lin An's eyes narrowed as he suddenly recalled the appearance of the Trial Tower in his past life.

Indeed, many war zones swiftly headed toward destruction.

Could it be that the reason is poor ranking?

Judged as trash by the system, then directly "cleared"?

After suppressing his speculation, he planned to ask Huang Shaohua later if he knew any related information.

The Trial Tower is information accessible only to those of third rank.

With his past-life strength, he could never access any genuine information.

"So, the capital hopes I join them."

"To obtain a good placement?"

"Or rather, to take first place and ease the pressure on the entire Huaxia war zone."

His expression remained calm.

If the capital's war zone had this idea, he could understand it.

After all, no matter what, he is still a Hua Guo person, bearing the bloodline of this land.

However, after seeing Lin An's unchanged expression, Gao Tian bitterly shook his head.

"They mean more than just that."

"Brother Lin."

"The capital says the cataclysm's progress was triggered by you in advance, disrupting their plans."

"Therefore, if any problem arises in their trial this time, causing the Huaxia war zone to face a higher-level apocalypse,"

"then you are the chief culprit, bearing the main responsibility."

The team members' faces turned awful, including everyone in the meeting room, all of them suddenly stunned upon hearing.