Chapter 1289

Bang!

He smashed through the half-wall before him, Lin An spat mouthfuls of black blood, frantically fleeing through the ruins.

On his body, rings of dark silver light were desperately repairing his injuries, but under the unknown attack they had already grown dim.

Damn it!

His gaze fierce, Lin An ran at high speed without looking back, his blown-off right hand slowly regenerating. On his lower back, a bloody hole revealed faintly twitching entrails.

Under the suppression of his strength, he had already lost his former regenerative ability.

Especially as he sensed the rule power he had painstakingly born being continuously drained, Lin An felt it extremely troublesome.

By now he already knew what was attacking him!

It was the words from Shen Yan's mouth! Each sentence was like a rule attack, continuously bombarding his constant state!

If it weren't for his eternal body preventing state changes, Lin An suspected he had already turned into the same state as Zhang Tie.

In his view, at that moment Zhang Tie, standing on the city wall, was sprawled before the equally strange Countess, his face full of pleasure as he enjoyed the whipping. His whole body was twisted into a knot, like a crab with a broken leg.

Fortunately, this guy was tough enough to endure a whipping that could flog any Awakened One to death; for now it had only beaten him into serious injury.

The change was too sudden; Lin An didn't even have time to think about what was going on.

"Lin An..."

"How can you be afraid of me.."

"You said you'd do anything for me!"

"Would you eat me.. or let me eat you..."

Weeping and lamenting.

I don't know if it's because the intelligent entity appeared, but the original target NPC would be replaced. At this moment, Shen Yan's attire kept shifting, like girls from different eras, desperately trying to change her appearance in an attempt to "retain" her lover.

But such a pleasing sight only made Lin An's face grow darker.

With each word the girl spoke, the eternal rule on his surface dimmed a bit. Clearly, he couldn't hold out much longer.

Fortunately the opponent wasn't fast, and under his desperate energy blast they briefly opened a distance.

But if he were caught again, or if his rule power ran out, without a doubt he would truly be left here forever by Shen Yan...

"The difficulty instantly climbed from zero to this level..."

"This monster's rule is absolutely higher than the initial Fourth Stage! And its principle cannot be found at all! It's nearly infinite!"

Thinking rapidly, Lin An forced his thoughts to turn, ignoring the horror behind him.

This difficulty is so high that even entering the Fourth Stage would mean death! This is unreasonable! Moreover, according to Zhang Tie's earlier warning and the abnormality far away, Lin An could tell with his toes that the other Awakened Ones in this instance world have probably all died!

That group of Awakened Ones who recklessly indulged their desires probably never imagined they would die so tragically and laughably; how miserable their death was depends entirely on how perverted they were.

"Speak.. await time-logic speech.. enforce command..."

"Target becomes hunter..."

"The attacks I receive and my manner of death are exactly the words I once said..."

"This monster's... no, is it the intelligent entity? Is their attack pattern a reapplication of our past actions onto us?"

His eyes flickering, based on the clues Lin An frantically guessed the attack pattern of the intelligent entity.

In his past experience, only by finding the cause of the crisis could there be a chance to find a lifeline!

Damn system, it simply couldn't generate a safe instance! The simpler it seemed, the more twisted the difficulty!

What should be done? What is the lifeline?

Retrieve the original Shen Yan? That girl, though a yandere, wouldn't go so far as to want to eat me.

No, even if retrieved, it's uncertain whether Shen Yan would replace the current girl.

Moreover...

Listening to the distant screams gradually fading, they were replaced by a dozen or so intelligent entities charging in; Lin An could also imagine that once these intelligent entities surrounded him, he estimated he wouldn't even be able to flee.

The time left for him was at most one minute...

So what exactly is the lifeline? Or has he simply overlooked it, missing it completely?

He desperately recalled his memories after entering the instance, Lin An tried to find clues within those memories.

No matter how he simulated it, he found he simply couldn't find any plausible way to survive.

Breaking through with strength, impossible!

These intelligent entities are on par with the three major events; unless he breaks through to above Fourth Stage now, there's no chance of violently cracking it!

Let the intelligent entities fight each other?

Not very likely; if that were really the case, when that batch of Awakened Ones in the distance instinctively curses in pain, they should also trigger the corresponding command.

Using command against command?

There's no way to test...

If it worked, that would be too simple; it's impossible that no Awakened One has tried this method.

While leaping over a collapsed wall, Lin An wiped the blood from his mouth with one hand, unable to resist glancing back at the girl.

「Can it be awakened? 」

「Using love to sway him? Shen Yan's current emotions seem to be chasing me because of my escape? Is it possible that, as long as I stop resisting... 」

「If I can make her give up killing me, perhaps I can drag it out until the battle state ends and directly escape the instance? 」

In battle state, he cannot leave the instance.

And while waiting for time to end, there is still a period left.

For the first time, Lin An began to regret how high his mission completion was... he had already maxed out the favorability; even if he exited battle state, there were still twenty-two days before being forcibly kicked out of the instance...

Should I give it a try? If I keep fleeing, I won't even have a chance to gamble.

Sensing the weakening defense on his body's surface, Lin An took a deep breath, preparing to stake everything on one try!

Although this breakthrough method sounds really bizarre, he can't think of any other approach.

However, as Lin An hesitated, a line of simple writing suddenly appeared on the note inside the ring.

"Lin An! Return quickly!"

"The Alien Species is about to emerge!"

His body stalled for a moment, Lin An's face turned cold instantly; he never expected the Alien Species to appear so soon, and yet it was so fast!

Damn it!

If the dungeon had no anomaly, his progress here would be just enough to get out; but in this situation, he can't even protect himself!

Not bothering to hesitate any longer, Lin An took a deep breath and suddenly turned to rush toward Shen Yan.

He can only gamble now, betting that his guess is correct!

He hasn't issued many commands; if the girl mechanically repeats previous orders, as long as she doesn't directly eat him, he might still be able to withstand the later commands!

After all, aside from using some psychological tactics, he hasn't done anything perverted in the subsequent tests!

However, at the moment Lin An turned and rushed out, a voice from the Second Will suddenly sounded.

"Give up, Lin An."

"You're dead."

His words carried a hint of heaviness and mockery; the Second Will seemed to have just realized the danger, and for some reason, let out a snicker.

"How could you think of using love to change a monster?"

"Do you think this is a love game?"

"If you go over now and tell her you won't leave her, do you believe that in the next second this monster will kill you and then start eating you from the beginning?"

"At most, under your influence, it would leave you a whole corpse, turn you into a puppet, and keep you by its side...."

"Perhaps she'll, while using you for pleasure, still know to tighten up a bit in the *tide so you don't slip out. After all, you're already a dead person...."

With a light chuckle, the Second Will shook its head, as if recalling something.

"Being liked by a yandere usually ends with death at her hands."

"Have you never considered what your difficulty is?"

"Obviously, Shen Yan's character setting is the greatest difficulty. Even if you made no mistakes in this dungeon and instinctively sensed something wrong, once you start raising affection and make a yandere like you..."

"You're doomed."