Chapter 2054

After a moment, looking at Lin An beside him, with a face of exaggerated shock, even somewhat bewildered staring at his own Zhang Tie and others, Klein instantly realized that, including Lin An, the others had no idea how shocking Lin An's battle record was!

Just look at Wen Ya's bewildered expression, eyes full of concern for Lin An, and you'll understand.

These people probably don't realize that if Lin An's battle record were spoken, it would shock countless supreme beings, even provoke their scrutiny.

If this were the wizard world, Lin An would definitely be taken as a personal disciple by the divine domain wizards!

"Lin An! How exactly did you do this!? No, after achieving this, surely no one is paying attention to you!? Impossible... absolutely impossible! Even if the system rules differ, you killed so many... no, after blowing up the battlefield, there must be higher beings noticing you! They just let you go like that!? No one stays with you? No one cares for you!?"

Seeing Klein obviously overreacting, Zhang Tie beside him scratched his head, looking at him with a bewildered expression.

Before Lin An could speak, Xiong Hanzi shrugged and interjected:

"Klein, kid, why are you so worked up? What's impossible? Lin Dui is a genius; being a bit awesome is totally normal."

"Blowing up the battlefield is nothing; you don't know, in our just-finished previous mission, Lin Dui cleared it solo! Those useless fifth-stage fools were useless! We only succeeded because Lin Dui carried us!"

"Hey, if Lin Dui hadn't taken pity on them and thrown them a little reward, they wouldn't have gotten anything!"

Compared to Lin An's 'caution,' when Zhang Tie talks about this sort of thing, his whole face lights up with smug pride.

Seeing Klein shocked like a country bumpkin, he just felt it was damn satisfying!

Back then, this kid was also arrogant, acting all mysterious!

"Cough cough... that, Klein."

"I understand what you mean, Lin Dui knows an Overseer. Honestly, our safe return this time is probably thanks to that person's help."

"Don't listen to Brother Zhang, this time it was really dangerous."

Vaguely aware that Lin An had attracted the attention of an Overseer, Gao Tian quietly explained on Lin An's behalf.

However, Gao Tian didn't realize what his explanation for Lin An actually meant.

As the words fell, Klein's expression seemed to freeze, his mind going completely blank.

After a long while, Klein's voice sounded as if squeezed out of his throat, distorted and warped:

"Overseer..!?"

"You mean Lin An has an Overseer backing him up behind the scenes!?"

One minute later.

The group, each with different expressions, followed behind the dazed and dispirited Klein.

In the group, Zhang Tie even more embarrassingly scratched his head and cheek, his eyes darting back and forth between Klein and Lin An.

"Lin Dui... what's up with this kid..."

"That wizard civilization isn't that impressive, is it? Why is Klein reacting like this?"

After Lin An briefly explained his situation, Klein fell silent, saying nothing, his whole person seeming dazed, having suffered a huge shock.

Faced with Klein's strange reaction, Lin An also felt somewhat puzzled.

In his view, Klein, who stands behind the wizard civilization, shouldn't be this overly shocked. From 77's attitude toward him, it can be seen that Lin An receiving 77's favor is purely due to his philosophy, or rather his belief.

Looking across the entire universe, even the multiverse, individuals as abnormal as him are far from few.

According to 77, some civilizations' individuals can even be born as Fifth Stage! Just by existing, they can warp rules and become disasters!

Hearing Zhang Tie muttering quietly to himself, Klein, walking ahead, gave a wry smile, feeling a mix of emotions.

Yes, as a member of the wizard civilization, Lin An's current strength is indeed nothing remarkable, far from enough to shock him!

But some things aren't measured that way!

Without exaggeration, he's also been watching Lin An grow up, seeing Lin An from that little guy who once hid in the black tower, all the way to now!

How long has it been!? Though ages have passed in the dungeon, in reality Lin An has experienced at most a little over a year!

Especially knowing how weak and barren Earth is, not to mention providing Lin An with resources, just not holding him back is already good!

"Over a year, at most two years, rising from a primitive planet, growing from the most ordinary human identity."

"First Level to Third Stage took over half a year, Third Stage to Fourth Stage took three months, Fourth Stage to peak took one or two months!? Fourth Stage peak to star destruction took one month!"

"During this period, he also unified civilization, destroyed a civilization, cleared out fugitives, established a belief system, and even gathered energy to come find me..."

"Single-handedly overturning a Fifth Stage battlefield, and also gaining the favor of the system Overseer; according to Gao Tian, the Overseer behind Lin An even willing to deceive the system for him!"

As each battle record was listed, Klein felt it somewhat unbelievable, his scalp tingling.

He couldn't imagine what Lin An had experienced out there these days, or what price he had to pay to achieve this.

Perhaps there are also some monsters who can grow as fast as Lin An, or are innately capable of these feats.

But which of those monsters isn't backed by a civilization, having countless experts point the way from the start and countless resources to nurture them?

"Growing faster and faster.. the speed of growth keeps increasing! This talent, this mindset.. no wonder Chu An holds such high expectations for him!"

His thoughts in turmoil, dazed, Klein suddenly realized he could no longer imagine how far Lin An could go. Perhaps some impossible things, some despair, might not lack a turning point!

At the same time, noticing Klein's reaction was truly too strange, Lin An quickened his pace and walked up beside him;

"Klein, do you have something you want to tell me?"

"I feel you seem to care a lot about my current situation? Or perhaps you've never encountered such a situation? In the wizard civilization, could it be..."

His steps stopped, Klein fell silent for a moment, then gave a wry smile and turned his head to interrupt Lin An's question:

"Lin An, are you trying to say why I reacted so strongly? Given the wizard civilization's foundation, I shouldn't be like this, right?"

"No, you might have gotten something wrong."

Klein looked at Lin An's eyes, full of complexity:

"First, I truly haven't seen anything like this; I've only heard rumors of someone as heaven-defying as you. This kind of monster isn't from my world."

"I'm not as mysterious as you imagine; I'm just an ordinary researcher."

"Lin An, if I say this you might understand: before the apocalypse, you were also a soldier, right? Your status in the military counts for something? Then tell me, how many state secrets do you know? You might not even know what cutting-edge weapons your civilization has."

Klein gave a self-deprecating laugh:

"Forget it, Lin An. Don't ask me anything for now."

You are a genius, really, your potential and future are limitless. And precisely because of that, there are some things I find it even harder to tell you.

Upon saying that, Klein slowly clenched his fists, then with a bitter shake of his head, he pointed his hand forward:

Go in and see Chu An first, give me some time. After I've thought it over, I'll come find you to talk...

By the way, you can also go talk to Yun Lin.

Lin An's gaze froze, and he instinctively looked toward the laboratory at the end.

Just then, Yun Lin happened to open the laboratory door at that moment, shivering from the cold, staring at him with eyes full of surprise.

"Lin... Lin An!?"