At dawn, while the sky was still barely light, Lin Yi got up and left the tent.
He still headed toward the Old Department Store, intending to meet with Zhang Weidong first.
Whenever the patrolling Armed Police Soldiers encountered him along the way, they immediately stopped, stood at attention, and saluted. Their eyes held the same respect as before.
Yet Lin Yi keenly noticed that beneath that respect lay a trace of restraint, even an almost imperceptible... awe.
He understood at once.
The news of his 2,000 Source Energy Units had likely already spread throughout the Armed Police.
These soldiers were the people in the settlement who had the most contact with Abyss Beasts and Source Energy, and the deepest understanding of them.
They knew very well what a Source Energy Intensity of 2,000 points meant.
This young-looking officer before them had utterly surpassed conventional understanding in individual strength, reaching a level comparable to—or even beyond—the despair-inducing Leader-level Abyss Beasts.
In other words, the man before them could easily slaughter his way through the entire settlement, massacre everyone within it, and then leave unscathed.
It was like facing a ferocious tiger that had not been locked in a cage—an instinctive fear and wariness brought about by the vast difference between two species on entirely different levels.
Lin Yi was not surprised by this. In his previous life, when he stood at the pinnacle of Blue Star, he had long grown accustomed to such gazes.
There was nothing laughable about it. Being wary of the strong was not shameful. Even he himself had been extremely cautious when facing Star Vortex-level and Star Domain-level beings after entering the universe.
Thus, Lin Yi returned their salutes with an unchanged expression and continued onward without saying much.
When he arrived at the Command Center