Chapter 916: Wrapping Up, Setting Sail

The way back... there is only one.

Seeing the white line marking the entrance to the previous area, now exposed after being flattened, Lin An hesitated for a moment, then merely glanced quickly at the harvest inside his ring before deciding not to linger.

Mo Ling is still in the rear area; the person who fled back there is very likely to harm her.

Lin An will not allow this.

Although this harvest is very tempting, especially that orange material and the phalanges, it makes him want to study it right away.

But time is pressing; weighing priorities, he can still tell the difference.

Moreover, after causing such a commotion in the city, the people of this world have already swarmed over, with one old Santana police car after another flashing their alarms continuously.

Ordinary people in blue uniforms hid behind the car doors, pointing their pistols at him.

In their eyes, that man floating above the abyss completely upended their worldview, as terrifying as a demon.

That huge explosion was clearly caused by that monster.

He glanced at the ever-growing crowd of humans.

Although there's no need to worry about these ordinary people, Lin An also knows staying here will cause some trouble.

The constant warnings from the loudspeaker and the panicked crowd make it clear.

These humans probably regard him as a monster; they dare not act rashly in the short term, only daring to surround him from afar and watch.

Half a residential complex flattened— to ordinary people, that's an earth-shattering event.

After a moment,

Feeling his spiritual energy nearly exhausted, Lin An unhesitatingly exchanged all his honor points for attribute points.

27 honor points, plus the remaining... actually enough to exchange for a full 14 attribute points.

Even as calm as Lin An, seeing the attribute points flashing on the panel, seemingly urging him to allocate them, he felt a moment of temptation.

This reward is truly too generous...

After adding them all, together with the newly increased 6 points of spiritual energy limit...

I don't know if my combat power in normal state can break through to Third Rank Advanced.

It should be possible.

The spiritual energy limit for Third Rank Advanced is only 30 points; I'm short by just 1 point, but the attribute boost can make up for that gap.

Even after advancing to Advanced, all constant effects will receive another boost.

He might be lacking in prolonged combat, but in a short burst, his strength is enough to match an ordinary Advanced!

If he wishes, after leaving Heiyu he could easily kill a few Third Rank Mutants and possibly advance directly to Third Rank Advanced...

Just thinking about it is terrifying.

While the world's top Awakened Ones are still struggling in Third Rank Elementary, he has already crushed others by two ranks—a gap even larger than when he was at Second Rank!

Announcing it would probably shock the world; who knows how many people would have their mindsets collapse.

However...

Advancing by barely passing the threshold, pursuing the so-called higher ranks, is absolutely not his style.

Lin An is very clear that his goal is not like ordinary Awakened Ones, who simply advance as far as they can.

He must become the strongest! And must adopt a crushing posture, leaving no one any thought of resistance!

The enemies he faces, and everything he must confront, are beyond what ordinary people can imagine.

He will not advance easily unless he reaches the peak of Intermediate with an 80-point spiritual energy limit!

Even thinking with your toes, the power gain from advancing to Advanced at 80 points versus 40 points is absolutely worlds apart...

He felt a bit sentimental.

Lin An never expected that before entering Heiyu he'd still be worrying about how to obtain spiritual energy points to complete the system task.

Who would have thought that in less than a day, his spiritual energy limit rose from 20 to 29 points, plus 15 attribute points...

Although there is also consumption, if such a huge increase were known to outside Awakened Ones, they'd probably go mad with envy.

But thinking about it, it's also normal.

Such a generous reward means the enemies faced are extremely dangerous.

If any mistake occurs midway, or he takes a wrong step, only mortal danger awaits him.

It can be said that since his rebirth, every step he's taken has been on a tightrope; a slight misstep would plunge him into a bottomless abyss.

With a thought,

Turning back to return to the previous area, after a moment's hesitation Lin An decisively allocated all attribute points to Will.

Other attributes, he can temporarily consider strengthening himself with Cataclysmic Power.

The Will attribute is the only one he can hardly strengthen without altering brain structure.

Furthermore, being ambushed and nearly killed instantly was largely due to that silver-haired man's Will attribute being slightly higher than his.

Defense has the Boundless, speed has Blink, damage has Cain's Hand and Cain's Blade.

The only shortcoming he has is probably his mental power.

Moreover, Lin An clearly feels that the higher his mental power, the better it can offset the negative effects of the Causal Sequence... and...

Mutation!

White light flashed; after rapidly clicking 15 times in one go, his previously exhausted mental power instantly surged.

His head felt slightly swollen; in an instant, under the high attribute boost, Lin An only felt his reaction speed increase a bit.

Even in this environment that suppresses mental power, his mental detection that could previously spread a hundred meters also increased by over ten meters.

The feeling of growing stronger is addictive.

For a moment, Lin An actually felt a craving for a few more 'experience packs'.

He shook his head slightly, suppressing other chaotic thoughts.

Just as Lin An finished all preparations and was about to return to the previous area, a somewhat staggering figure suddenly rushed out from the distance, breaking through the warning line.

Lin An... Sir!!

Wait for me!!

His face was pale; all he saw was a large crowd full of fear looking this way, as a young man strained to rush over.

His voice was drowned out by the piercing alarm, yet Lin An easily caught it.

That was...

He raised an eyebrow, Lin An casually spread his mental power to scan the opponent, and suddenly discovered that the person rushing over resembled Yuan Feng somewhat.

But his strength was only at the early stage of the Second Level.

He actually didn't die?

Lin An was slightly surprised, yet felt it was reasonable.

After all, Yuan Feng's main body was indeed not nearby, and he didn't know how the other had made a clone.

If the speed of severing the mental link is fast enough, he might not necessarily die.

But with his strength greatly reduced, it seems this is the price he mentioned? Dying once as a clone, dropping one level.

What's the matter?

Lin An asked calmly; Yuan Feng not dying was also a good thing for him, after all this guy seemed to know many secrets of the Heiyu.

If it weren't for him needing to first find Mo Ling, he would probably have searched this guy thoroughly.

On the other side, the young man who looked very much like Yuan Feng rushed to Lin An's side, wearing a bitter smile.

But upon hearing Lin An's calm tone, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and suddenly felt a hint of resentment.

Holy shit!? Still asking me what's the matter?

Good heavens, after being tricked by Lin An into signing the contract, he almost died beneath those red ripples.

After dealing with the enemy, Lin An instead acted as if he didn't care about his own life or death, turning and walking away.

Holy shit, you used me to deal with that monster and then just left like that!? What if I didn't die but was seriously injured and paralyzed there!?

For some reason, Yuan Feng felt that his feelings were like Lin An being a scumbag, having fun then pulling up his pants and running away!

He stopped, half struggling, half bitterly gazing at Lin An.

Um... could I first follow you out...?

With his strength greatly diminished, after hiding aside and watching the whole battle, after much consideration, he realized he could only follow Lin An.

With a tear-streaked face, if not for the contract, he wouldn't dare come over even if given ten courages.

Not mentioning the space equipment, he now only hopes Lin An will first bring him along.

No way.

The price of a clone's death is dropping an entire level!

Putting it bluntly, if Lin An just left, he even doubts whether he could still walk out of the Heiyu alive.