Chapter 968: Set Components

Stood in place.

The Awakened Ones streamed out in single file, unable to help but look toward Tai'er, who had just been preparing to join the battle; for some reason, Tai'er seemed to have seen something, his face full of excitement.

The artillery fire roared nonstop, and the battle did not stop despite the information being restored.

Many third-rank individuals could only harbor doubts, so they simply joined the battle first.

Although they found it strange, they would not doubt Tai'er's courage, nor would they suspect the other side of cowardice.

Looking at Tai'er's expression, perhaps he had found a way to break the stalemate?

Ignoring the surroundings.

Tai'er blankly stared at the private message Lin An had sent, a flash of ecstasy involuntarily crossing his eyes.

Lin An actually replied to him!

Although his speaking style remained as cold as ever, those few words clearly revealed that the other party had not rejected him!

But after the ecstasy, he realized he didn't even know what he wanted.

Did he need some kind of Props to terminate the mission? Or perhaps a high-level wide-range lethal weapon, like Lin An's area-of-attack means?

After hesitating a moment, he quickly sent his own war zone's situation over, then anxiously waited.

Actually, he wasn't very confident about his own message receiving a reply from Lin An.

After all, the two weren't familiar, their relationship at best ordinary; at most I knew Fei'ouna a bit, and besides, I had never felt any hostility toward Lin An.

Not exactly close, but not enemies either.

Moreover, the reason he could find Lin An and send a help message was largely because he subconsciously felt that Lin An had a good relationship with Fei'ouna, and he himself knew Fei'ouna; given such a roundabout connection, perhaps they could be considered friends?

On the other side.

Inside the combat aircraft, Lin An quickly glanced over the information Tai'er had sent, a hint of doubt in his eyes.

Meanwhile, Zhang Tie beside him also noticed his abnormality.

"Lin Dui, what's up?"

"I think you're sending a message to someone."

Without answering Xiong Hanzi's question, Lin An merely shared the message, tapping his fingertips lightly on the seat beneath him, and for a while did not reply to Tai'er either.

Red Tower zombies? War zone mission?

No memory, not even a bit.

Whether he didn't know it in his past life, or it simply never happened.

As for the two words 'Red Tower,' he had never even heard of them. Moreover, in his impression, the Soviet Russia war zone, although it had suffered somewhat in the later stages of the apocalypse, had persisted until the end.

At least before his rebirth, the war zone channel occasionally carried news of the Soviet Russia war zone.

After all, the Huaxia war zone and the Soviet Russia war zone were not far apart, and the militaries of the two major war zones had maintained contact before the apocalypse.

Was it the butterfly effect again?

Regarding Tai'er's plea for help, Lin An was briefly startled, then also came to some understanding.

Based on his performance in the trial, he had indeed given Awakened Ones worldwide the impression that he mastered many unknown means, and many even suspected he had received the system's favor.

He had swallowed all the trial rewards, especially the final disaster reward, and almost every war zone's High Level was speculating whether it was also related to authorization.

Under the pressure of the Red Tower crisis, Tai'er thought it was not strange for himself either.

With the mission failed, the entire war zone fell into a special disaster state... a third-rank every hour, plus the enhanced-version zombies described...

Combined, the Soviet Russia war zone could easily disappear if one wasn't careful, and it's no wonder Tai'er panicked and sought medical help.

Just...

After a brief moment of thought, Lin An burst out laughing.

What use is Tai'er finding me? Go look for the capital...

Putting it bluntly, his power base is in Faction: Long An, located in the southern part of Asia, as far as one can get from the Soviet Russia war zone on the Asian plate.

The capital war zone, at least still official, located in the north, is even closer to the Soviet Russia war zone.

Shouldn't such a request for aid between war zones be directed to the authorities?

Lin An shook his head.

As for the other party's request for help, he had no particular thoughts.

It's too far away; he couldn't possibly fly over to help. Such situations exist everywhere around the globe—never mind whether he could help, even if he worked himself to death he couldn't finish helping.

Thinking of this, he directly replied:

"Go find the Huaxia Military."

"You came to me—what can you expect me to do?"

Face-saving aside, it doesn't matter how many survivors of the Soviet Russia war zone, according to Tai'er's description, will encounter a catastrophic crisis.

For him, the crisis he faces is no smaller than the other party's, and he dares not waste a single minute or second.

Watching Lin An's somewhat cold reply after reading the information, Tai'er's heart suddenly turned icy.

After the other party looked at it... did they just reject him?

Just like the surrounding war zones.

Tai'er showed a bitter smile; he also knew his approach was somewhat abrupt, even absurd. But he was really on the verge of going crazy.

The Safe Zone behind him was the largest gathering place of Survivors in the far eastern part of the Soviet Russia war zone.

Thanks to the climate and geographical factors here, the Survivors of their war zone quickly gathered after the Apocalypse, using the eastern and western forward outpost war zones as centers, jointly resisting the Apocalypse.

Relying on numerous industrial districts and military bases, the Safe Zone developed quite well.

Originally this approach was advantageous in the Apocalypse, but facing the Red Tower disaster, it was instead completely wiped out, making escape difficult.

As for seeking Lin An instead of the Huaxia Military...

It was purely his instinct to cast Lin An in the role of representing Huaxia.

Just like him, the strongest person of a war zone is usually regarded by that war zone as a major High Level and leader.

After all, the strong represent everything.

Especially Lin An, who is this strong.

In his imagination, Lin An probably had already been hailed as Huaxia's 'hope' as soon as he came out of the trial tower, right?

Gritting his teeth, Tayel, struggling, had no intention of giving up:

"Lin An, I know my request makes no sense! But please help us!"

"I know, you're the one who completed the perfect-level mission, right?!"

"Do you have any system rewards on hand, like something that grants difficulty reduction permission?!"

"I saw it! When the final settlement rewards were given, I saw an apparition above the trial tower; the system must have rewarded you with something similar!"

"As long as you're willing to act, you will gain our sincerest friendship!"

Regardless of how sensitive his sent message was, Tayel nervously waited for Lin An's reply.

In fact, it wasn't just him guessing; the Third Ranks worldwide felt that terrifying aura reward, and then something was thrown to Lin An.

Combining the final reward, which grants catastrophe mitigation permission, with the suddenly soaring trial difficulty.

Among the smart, they privately wondered: could it be... that Lin An can control mission difficulty?

In fact, his guess was not wrong.

On the other end of the private chat, Lin An raised his eyebrows, merely looking at Tayel's message.

Indeed, he indeed had a B‑level permission that could lower mission difficulty.

But he had already given it to Chu An.

Moreover, unlike all Third Rank fantasies, a B‑level permission can at most lower B‑level tasks, falling short of Tayel's fantasy of being able to lower war‑zone‑level tasks by a hundred thousand eight hundred li.

If this permission were that awesome, Lin An would have long issued himself a war‑zone‑level task, the simple kind, and just farmed rewards!

Looking at Tayel's final stance, Lin An smiled slightly and replied briefly:

"Lowering difficulty—if it's low‑level, maybe I could help you. But this difficulty, impossible."

"As for other aspects, what I can do is also very limited."

"As for the reward you mentioned, don't you think it's too empty..."

War‑zone friendship? In other words, it means the Soviet war zone can help me do things.

To be honest, this condition is indeed tempting. Aside from that, with the entire war zone mobilized, the energy released is still huge.

The scale of the Soviet war zone far exceeds the material resources of the deceived Korean war zone.

But, it's too vague.

As for what I can do, Lin An doesn't mind speaking frankly. Tayel knows I once completed a perfect‑level mission, which shows Fiona told him many things, and there's nothing to hide.

Stiffened in place.

Tayel bitterly watched Lin An's usual cold reply, his face a deathly gray.

After a while, he seemed to think of something, gazing at the Third Rank war‑zone fighters already charging into the corpse tide, took a deep breath, and sent his final message:

"Other aspects?"

"Lin An! Do you still have any way to help us?!"

"Do you have a suit? Just that mask!"

"If you don't fancy the Soviet friendship, how about a legendary set? Equipment like your mask?!"

"If I'm not mistaken, that's the Death God set, right?!"

Inside the cabin, just as Lin An was about to close the private chat, his gaze suddenly tightened.

He hadn't told anyone about the suit, not even Fiona. Although he wasn't surprised that Tayel knew about the suit, nor that the other party guessed he had one.

But the two words 'Death God' should not have come out of the other party's mouth.

After a moment of silence, Lin An's eyes flickered, and in less than a second he realized:

"Do you have other components of the Death God set?"