Chapter 772: Permission

In the brief silence, after Lin An digested the information, he tentatively asked again:

"Are there people who have come out from inside the door? Or anything else?"

The question came from the Second Will.

The Second Will's revenge target is that person who came out from inside the door.

If we calculate based on the time of the previous life, the Second Will should have learned of the news about the people inside the door four years ago, or even five years ago.

The other party must have come out a long time ago.

This likely means the underground city plan was also the work of that person behind the door.

"Come out?!"

"Impossible!"

"Nothing can possibly come out of the door!"

The reaction was intense.

The awakened one who was asked shook his head quickly, as if he didn't even dare to think about the question.

"Comrade Lin An, we are quite certain that nothing will come out of inside the door!"

Everyone's faces showed fear; the few most tense people, as if by instinct, turned deathly pale:

"If something really came out, we would all be dead! We are already dead!"

Unexpected.

Lin An glanced at several people in surprise, discovering that this fear seemed etched into their bones.

You should know, these people were carefully selected elite warriors with wills far beyond ordinary.

I merely mentioned it, and they seemed to have heard news more terrifying than the apocalypse.

With such an intense reaction, Lin An quickly realized the military might have come into contact with the existence inside the door.

So, these few people previously said they didn't know what was inside the door...

Is it that they cannot say, or that they are unable to say?

Silently noting this question, Lin An simply marked it as extremely dangerous.

The situation in the capital seems a hundred times more complicated than I imagined.

The Huá'ān Project, the altered Long'an Project, the people inside the door, the underground city, the bronze door... all sorts of abnormal policies before the apocalypse..

Suppress the thought.

He asked again:

"Then what about ghosts?"

"What do you think, the ghost that Zhao An'guo spoke of has come out—what is it?"

Dead soldiers would rather sacrifice their lives to leave this message.

Lin An doesn't believe the other party would lie with their lives.

"Ghosts came out..."

His expression struggled.

Several people's faces were tense and conflicted to the point of distortion.

They instinctively chose not to think about Zhao An'guo's last words, but this is likely true.

The existence inside the door cannot come out, otherwise they wouldn't be alive today.

But Zhao An'guo said it came out...

Waiting patiently.

An awakened one who appeared most composed, his face painful, spoke in private chat:

"Captain Zhao, probably mistaken..."

"Impossible, impossible..."

"Perhaps some supernatural incident occurred here, causing him to mistakenly think something from inside the door was following us.."

"It must be like this... it must be like this..."

Lin An looked at those clutching their heads, almost on the verge of collapse, his gaze solemn.

This is no longer just disbelief in thought, but several people have developed a limitation in their thinking.

On one hand they firmly believe nothing will come out of inside the door; on the other hand, rationally they still want to believe Zhao An'guo's words..

Thought Steel Implant!?

A specialized term surfaced in Lin An's mind.

This is a specially classified piece of information, existing only as a control method in sci-fi.

Once the keyword or related information is triggered, it will cause immense pain to those who have been implanted with the steel imprint.

It is because...

If they think something will come out of inside the door, it means they know what is inside the door?

The military, just in case, implanted the thought steel imprint in the brains of all those who know, preventing them from even conjuring related information?

Even logical association is not allowed!?

Just as Lin An was about to ask something, he discovered the youngest awakened one's eyes bulging, as if enduring immense pain, he slammed his head into the hard stone wall.

"Bang!"

Blood spattered.

The speed was so fast, the change so sudden, even Lin An didn't anticipate it.

The skull burst open, a vivid blood flower imprinted on the wall.

In the dead silence, Lin An's gaze turned cold; he could only silently look at the corpse slammed against the wall.

The world seemed to quiet down, shrouded in gloom.

Inside the door, what exactly is it..

Able to let the military implant such a terrifying belief in the minds of all those who know...

Triggered.

Instant death.

Outside the Trial Tower, Chen Yangtian, who had broken free from the return, stared fixedly at the death toll.

He came out alive.

At the moment he sensed the monster's appearance, he took advantage of his disengaged state and decisively withdrew.

Of course, the price was to employ some unique means.

Unease, restlessness, doubt.

He felt such complex emotions for the first time,

After returning alone, he not only faced repeated questioning from the military, but also discovered, to his bewilderment, that the death toll in the Agility Trial had actually stopped.

What happened inside?!

Just like those who waited outside the tower during the first trial, no one could guess what had happened inside.

After withdrawing from the trial alone, his excuse to the military was...

Inside, it was all monsters; if he didn't escape, he couldn't get out alive.

He was doing it to preserve the fire seed of the Third Rank.

But the situation now was clearly slapping him in the face madly.

One could tell just by looking at the death numbers...

Inside, no trial participant had died in the past hour.

Lin An...?!

In his irritation, Chen Yangtian subconsciously recalled that name.

Had he really found a way to kill the monsters? The people inside were frantically farming points!

Couldn't believe it.

If he didn't feel that staying longer would mean certain death, how could he have given up farming points and fled?

"General Chen, the situation inside... doesn't quite match what you said."

"Moreover, you seem to have something on your mind."

Floating in midair, Lihao crossed his arms, gazing thoughtfully at Chen Yangtian's back.

Not only did the situation seem off, but ever since Chen Yangtian came out seriously wounded, he could always detect a faint, strange smell from him.

Not only does the situation seem not quite right, since Chen Yangtian came out after being seriously injured, he always could smell a faint, strange odor from him.

It's like, some kind of rotten smell.

Forcing a difficult smile, Chen Yangtian suppressed his thoughts and couldn't help but look again at the death toll.

Damn! Could it really be Lin An pulling the strings?!

Damn! Could it really be Lin An pulling strings!?

Not long ago, he received a special transmission from the Biological Armor.

A group of Huaxia Military Survivors had survived and made contact with Lin An.

The method of transmission was primitive; that was the most concealed function of the Biological Armor.

Unable to break through system limits, it could only transmit a small amount of information to him.

He remembered clearly that, when he revealed his true form, some of the military Awakened Ones were still alive.

But the situation was too urgent then; if he didn't unleash his power, he would be slammed to death by that monster.

Probably... everyone who saw me is dead.

If someone hadn't died... they would have revealed the information...

Chen Yangtian's gaze turned grim; he had already made up his mind.

"They're out! They're out!"

Several hours later, tens of thousands of Awakened Ones gathered outside the Trial Tower suddenly pointed excitedly at the vortex that had just unfolded.

Their gazes snapped toward it.

After a long wait, they were desperate to know what had happened inside.

Only saw figures flashing quickly, emerging from within the vortex.

Unlike the Awakened Ones who emerged from the Strength Trial, the first humans to come out almost all wore expressions of joy.

"Points! We've earned a huge amount of points!!"

The Awakened Ones who had broken free from the trial ecstatically shared the news.

But everyone seemed to be deliberately avoiding something, shying away from what lay behind.

As if there were something behind them that they didn't want to face, still not having appeared.

The crowd sensed an anomaly; amid the gaze of ten thousand, a hundred‑person squad emerged escorting a masked man slowly out of the vortex.

In the Huaxia War Zone, Chen Yangtian and Lihao looked over at the same time.

Hostility, astonishment, curiosity.

Amid countless gazes, a squad avoided by the trial participants appeared.

Within the hundred‑person squad, the masked man was none other than Lin An.

Compared to the jubilant expressions of other trial participants, the squad guarding Lin An almost all looked at the central Lin An with reverence.

Compared to the excited expressions of the other trial participants, the small squad guarding Lin An almost all looked at the central Lin An with reverent gazes.

The uncontrollable excitement on his face was even greater than that of others.

Beneath the mask, Lin An calmly opened the message sent by the system to himself, but his slightly unsteady right hand revealed that he was not so calm.

Ding, trial-taker Lin An, this perfect trial is complete, completion 97.7%, earning an extra 200 points.

Continuously completing perfect-level trials, special reward: D-rank special permission *1.

The next stage reward will be issued after all trials are completed.

Current total points: 4319!