Chapter 994: Coincidence

"Not in your mouth."

The voice was still Zhang Tie's voice, but with his hand over his mouth, it sounded somewhat muffled.

At this moment, Xiong Hanzi, with his hand over his mouth, felt as if he had been violated, his eyes widened into ovals.

Lin An saw this and waved his hand, signaling Zhang Tie to take his hand away.

Compared to Zhang Tie merely being 'afraid' and hiding the Chu Dabiantai inside his body, Lin An thought of much more.

Being able to control Zhang Tie shows that Chu An had already tampered with Xiong Hanzi's body.

Then,,, what about the others?

What about me?

Combining the whole incident, for a moment Lin An subconsciously glanced at the Mo Ling on his body, his gaze involuntarily turning solemn.

If it were only Chu An's previous actions, he could still understand, but involving controlling everyone to do something clearly made him feel he had crossed a line.

No matter how good the ending, nobody likes being a puppet.

"Having said that."

Lin An's tone turned cold; as his words fell, on the other end, Chu An seemed to notice his wariness and dissatisfaction.

Zhang Tie released his hand, and his voice immediately came out:

"Lin An, still the same words, believe me."

Familiar tone, familiar opening.

After a brief pause, 'Chu An' slowly opened his mouth:

"First, controlling a person isn't that simple."

"If it were simple and everyone could do it, then the Fire Seed Project would be unnecessary."

"Except for Zhang Tie, I haven't tampered with any of you; I can guarantee this to you!"

"As for Xiong Hanzi, it's purely his corpse inside the Amoeba Worm dungeon, so I can converse with you using his corpse."

"I can send you the specific principle later; after you read it, you'll know whether I've been deceiving you."

"Another point.."

After a brief pause, Chu An habitually lifted his glasses frame; reacting to Zhang Tie's actual body, it turned into a lifted empty air, and at a glance it suddenly looked somewhat strange.

"Why did I abandon using Zhang Tie as a messenger and instead choose to let you redeem the note...."

Raising his head, as he spoke, Xiong Hanzi felt an unknown force controlling him to spread his hands, thereby expressing sincerity:

"Nobody likes being monitored, and nobody likes having their companions nearby possibly being controlled at any time."

"I merely want to minimize unnecessary trouble and reduce your worries."

"But... I'm sorry... Lin An."

"Compared to obtaining information about your situation through text, real-time monitoring is definitely the most effective."

"I... must guarantee your survival; in this regard, I would rather you feel dissatisfied with me, even suspicious."

His tone was sincere; compared to Chu An himself saying these words, the him far away in the Amoeba Worm controlling Zhang Tie to speak actually felt several degrees more human.

Straightforward, with nothing else hidden.

Faced with Lin An's questioning, Chu An simply answered the questions Lin An hadn't even asked yet.

After hearing Chu An's explanation, Lin An couldn't help but fall silent, only able to say... he reluctantly accepted this point.

Afraid of provoking his own aversion, so he simply didn't say it?

Every explanation and every sentence from Chu An, the meaning conveyed behind them... all expressed that everything was for his own 'good'.

Besides being hard to accept emotionally, rationally Lin An found he could not find any fault at all.

As for not being able to control others... that probably wasn't deceiving himself.

Given Chu An's style of conduct, in a situation where everything would inevitably be exposed, in the recent incident, whether controlling himself or Mo Ling, it was more convenient than controlling Zhang Tie.

After suppressing the thought, Lin An's expression remained unchanged.

He stared intently at Xiong Hanzi's eyes, his gaze seemingly able to cross space, seeing Chu An in the Amoeba Worm world:

"Dream Meme, what on earth is going on?"

"Did you already know that this kind of thing exists here?"

"Also, what exactly do you intend to do?"

Compared to the matter of Xiong Hanzi being remotely controlled by Chu An, he cared more about the whole story's origins and developments.

If it were said that Chu An's previous arrangements could still be explained by strong reasoning ability, that cannot prove he was behind the scenes controlling things.

Then this time.

Lin An absolutely does not believe that Chu An would rely on on-the-spot reasoning to find the key to breaking the situation!

Leaving aside other things, upon seeing that tube of Amoeba Worm original liquid, in an extremely short time he understood exactly how Chu An broke the situation!

This is essentially entering the Amoeba Worm dungeon ahead of time before his departure, then using the synchronization between the worms to kill the Ghost Infant.

Such an unfathomable layout absolutely requires extensive preparation; any link cannot go wrong!

He thought a lot.

Under hyper-effective thinking, Lin An even deduced an ultra-long chain of logic.

And within that entire logic chain, Chu An, in order to resolve the Dream Meme, had at least buried a foreshadowing at the Weapon Test Facility.

At that time... the Apocalypse had just begun!

Just thinking about its implications, even the Second Will felt as if facing a formidable enemy, sensing the unbelievable.

Compared to Lin An, the Second Will's vigilance toward Chu An has now risen to its peak.

Interlocking, leaving no gaps in calculation, such terrifying layout ability—could it truly be something humans can achieve?

Heart-searching self-questioning, the Second Will would never believe, even to death, that Chu An's ability is merely as simple as checking information!

Their eyes met, setting aside Xiong Hanzi's helpless, aggrieved expression; their communication seemed to span two worlds.

As before, under Chu An's control, Xiong Hanzi showed a stiff smile:

"Lin An, if I say it's a coincidence, would you believe me?"

Sitting upright, without waiting for Lin An to speak, the voice sounded again:

"First, regarding the dream meme and the existence of such things here... I indeed know."

"But it's not what you think; I didn't secretly guide you here, nor did I create this, and I don't have precognitive abilities."

After three consecutive denials, Chu An continued:

"Knowing there was a problem, purely three days before the Apocalypse outbreak, the military received a distress signal from the satellite base."

"You know, back then the electromagnetic interference wasn't severe, and military communications were still smooth."

"In the report, the satellite base was hit by a small meteorite; after anti-air interception, the meteorite shattered into fragments, a small portion of which fell into Space City."

"Initially, no one paid attention; it was considered just an ordinary astronomical phenomenon, and the satellite base merely sent staff to collect meteorites."

"But after contact with the meteorite, a series of aberrations occurred."

"First, the earliest contacts exhibited gluttony and lust, beginning to attack other humans."

"Later, animals within Space City also began to mutate; domesticated pet rabbits could leap a hundred meters, mice could burrow underground..."

"Such abnormal phenomena naturally drew the military's attention, and I happened to be in charge of the Special Event Department, being the first to receive this information."

"After the Apocalypse outbreak, communications were cut off. But from the information obtained earlier, I already knew what this thing here would be."

"And when, through Zhang Tie, I could more directly see the meme's concrete manifestation, I could find a solution to the meme; that's not surprising."

"After all, I had already researched it."

After hearing Chu An's explanation, Lin An remained noncommittal.

"What about Mo Ling? What about that vial of medicine?"

"Don't tell me that vial of medicine is something you temporarily traded to Zhang Tie. I tried; it simply can't be done."

"That vial of medicine, you had prepared long ago."

As they spoke, Xiong Hanzi nodded heavily. He also clearly remembered that the medicine was taken from behind his own "butt".

"This shows that the amoeba worm primordial fluid, Chu An had long planned to use!"