Chapter 1604: with translation of chapter title

Lin Dui, how's Colonel Chu doing over there?

Do you have any ideas?

Damn it! Those doctors told me they can't do anything! They said Colonel Chu might never wake up!

Leaving the hospital, I passed line after line of Awakened Ones soldiers saluting me as they patrolled.

Lin An rarely walked with his head down along the inner city's main street.

Beside him, Zhang Tie, whose whole body glowed with heat like a fireball, walked alongside, speaking cautiously.

Leaves littered the ground, the howling icy wind had no effect on this big bear.

But Lin An could see Zhang Tie's palms sweating from nervousness.

Nothing's wrong, don't worry.

In the brief silence, Lin An forced a smile and looked at Zhang Tie.

That guy's vitality is strong; he should be fine after a while.

After softly comforting him, Lin An did not reveal the truth.

He knew that Chu An's importance in everyone's hearts was only slightly less than his own as the official captain, especially since Chu An often went out on campaigns and was rarely at the base.

To many, Chu An was the brain of Long An, the one they could rely on to solve any problem.

He didn't want to tell Zhang Tie the truth, or rather, he himself, Lin An, didn't want to believe it.

He always felt it was too fake.

Damn! I just knew those quack doctors know nothing!

Damn it! We're Awakened Ones! Colonel Chu the pervert isn't an ordinary person! How could we treat him by ordinary standards?

Well... let the pervert sleep if he hasn't woken up; saves old Zhang the trouble.

Hearing Lin An's words, Zhang Tie instantly broke into a grin; his previously grim, chrysanthemum‑wrinkled face instantly became bright and cheerful.

Although I dislike Chu An, I dislike that pervert who always uses me as an experiment.

But in Zhang Tie's heart, he truly does not want anything to happen to Chu An.

Especially...

Lin Dui, letting that pervert rest a bit would also be good.

Actually, Colonel Chu the pervert has been working hard; while you were away, I never saw him sleep.

Every time I look for him, he's either handing a huge stack of plans to Wen Ya and the others, or hiding in the lab tinkering with things.

The last time I saw him, I felt he had no strength left...

Walking alongside Lin An.

Zhang Tie kicked aside the fallen leaves on the ground; the crushed maple leaves crackled under his feet like the sound of ice breaking.

He lowered his head and let out a long sigh, as if recalling that day at the mountain's base.

The Alien Species Emperor is truly terrifying.

Perhaps others in Long An don't know how close that monster came to Long An, or how terrifying it is to face it directly.

But he knows.

However, no matter how Zhang Tie asks himself whether he fears heaven or earth, or whether he would dare to fight the enemy even unto death,

At the mountain's base, watching that afternoon when Chu An faced off against the Alien Species Emperor, Zhang Tie still couldn't help but shiver.

Chu An blocked the opponent; he could not even imagine what that would cost.

Chu An, who fell from the shattered mountain peak, was like a lightweight sheet of paper.

Then let him rest.

The road ahead, we'll rely on ourselves.

Just as Lin An similarly sensed Zhang Tie's wistful mood, he let out a light sigh and gently patted the big bear's shoulder.

To be honest, although he had often guessed and doubted Chu An,

but that man, at least up to now, has truly never harmed him.

It's like a riddle—he always stands silently behind him.

Should be.

Nothing will happen.

Subconsciously, Lin An recalled that after seeking the Overseer, he had also sought out Ke Lai En.

('How is Chu An? I really don't know.')

('He didn't tell me anything either, but that guy probably wouldn't get into trouble so easily... And... if he really did get into trouble, he'd probably tell me something.')

Ke Lai En, who was determined to break through to the Fifth Stage, also didn't seem to think Chu An had met with trouble.

Or perhaps, no one wanted to believe it.

Lord Lin An!

The temporary meeting is ready.

General An Jing Tian and Minister Gao Tian are waiting for you.

But the situation seems off!

Before Lin An's thoughts could drift, he heard hurried footsteps chasing him from behind, and quickly reported the situation.

Situation not right?

Lin An lifted his head and at once saw the freshly printed report in the hand of the soldier who had come to find him.

Lin Dui, according to your arrangements, we have already notified all high‑level leaders and Safe Zone Leaders of every major war zone worldwide.

The global meeting is expected to be held in about four days. The venue is Long An, and likely over four thousand representatives from all sides will attend.

"It's just that we still haven't made contact with some areas of the African theater, the Korean theater, and the Japanese theater."

The Africa War Zone is because they have many subordinate war zones that haven't even formed a complete force; even the Safe Zone doesn't have.. We don't know who to notify.

The Korea War Zone fell into chaos recently; their military seems to have fled, and local survivors also don't know where they are.

We can only contact the local Chinese forces, and have them simply take part instead.

As for the Japan War Zone, the situation seems to have a big problem.

They too have disappeared..

At the Long An High Level meeting, Huang Haitao, responsible for external affairs, together with Gao Tian, carefully reported the orders that Lin An had arranged.

Everyone's faces were somewhat grim, and on the projected global map, a red unknown alert was conspicuously marked.

After receiving the documents, Lin An frowned slightly, but finished reading all the situation within a few seconds.

Is the main problem in the Japan-Korea two war zones?

The Korea War Zone's military fled, sea beasts ran rampant, and Seoul fell.

It seems a fourth-stage sea beast has occupied the city cluster...

According to the satellite-detected images, behind the sea beasts' movements, there seems to be a higher-intelligence life form directing them.

Flipping through the documents, Lin An looked thoughtfully at the satellite-captured images.

Two key images: one inside the city cluster shows countless sea beasts and mutants fighting fiercely, as if competing for territory, the image finally freezing on a whale-like sea beast battling multi-headed zombies.

The other image is near the coast.

Only see a huge shadow covering a large sea area, like a black tide landing ashore, the 'fish school' having sharp claws, charging onto land like crabs.

And in the center of a shadow over a thousand square meters, a huge tentacle stretches straight up into the sky.

After quickly calculating in his mind, Lin An instantly realized that this shadow is likely a high-level sea beast; based solely on the length of this tentacle, the main body's size is probably no less than several kilometers.

A deep-sea monster with a size exceeding the third-rank limit...

Looks like it's fourth-rank.

Just don't know the specific rank.

After noting this, Lin An didn't pay too much attention.

He has seen monsters that devour whole planets; an island-sized sea beast might be a natural-disaster-level nightmare to other survivors, but to him it's just that.

Compared to that monster that makes the coast fearful, Lin An is instead more concerned about the sea beasts in the city cluster.

What a strange movement, occupying and not leaving? And they've captured quite a few humans?

According to intelligence gathered by Long An, the sea beast occupying the city cluster has actually perfectly adapted to land conditions.

Moreover, the occupied city is exactly the Busan area he had previously visited.

These sea beasts are almost organized; according to Busan survivors' accounts, after capturing humans they don't eat them on the spot but strangely 'tie them up' and take them away.

And when trying to get a clearer shot with global satellites to find out what the suspected higher-intelligence monster behind them actually intends to do...

The situation in the core area was actually disrupted by chaotic spiritual energy.

Can't capture the core's image? It seems the monster commanding these sea beasts can sense something looking at it.

Or rather, it is creating some kind of zone?

That's not too surprising.

After the global satellites were reactivated, although the effect is good, Lin An clearly knows that this forcibly activated modern monitoring method is easily interfered with by spiritual energy.

Take Heiyu as an example.

Even now we can't capture Heiyu's situation; what we get is just a large black area.

"Find a chance to go take a look; dealing with the sea beasts shouldn't be a problem."

Putting down the report in his hand, Lin An turned to look at another one.

"Tokyo Ghost Realm..."

"All survivors, completely out of contact?"