The Last Person to Disappear

"Team Leader Lin!"

Zhang Tie uneasily raised his head and met Lin An's gaze, only to discover in horror that Lin An's eyes were filled with killing intent.

Lin An's words just now had also stirred up a storm in his heart.

Could Team Leader Lin really be tempted? Did he want to create Mutants artificially?!

A chill traveled up his spine, and Zhang Tie hurriedly spoke up to dissuade him.

"Team Leader Lin, you can't do this!"

"How is this any different from being a monster? Wake up, Team Leader Lin!"

The atmosphere suddenly grew tense.

"If you want to do this, you'll have to kill me first!"

He nervously swallowed, ready to face death without flinching.

Although he would have been powerless to stop Lin An if he really attacked, he would rather die than let Lin An do this!

"Oh? You want to stop me?"

"Strength Burst!"

Pale golden psychic energy surged forth once again, but this time it was tinged with an eerie blood-red hue.

Lin An's voice was cold as he instantly appeared behind Zhang Tie.

Ignoring Zhang Tie's terrified expression, Lin An directly kicked him in the back!

"Step, Charge Forward!"

"Team Leader Lin!"

The force was immense. Zhang Tie instantly felt his back suffer a tremendous impact, and his entire body hurtled uncontrollably toward the Blood Cocoon in the corner.

Despair and heartache.

Zhang Tie turned his head toward Lin An in disbelief. Overcome with grief and indignation, he couldn't help roaring.

"Bear Transformation!"

"Team Leader Lin, I don't want to fight you! But even if I die today, I won't let you do something like this!"

After transforming into a bear, Zhang Tie charged back at Lin An without regard for the consequences.

"Idiot! I want you to kill it!"

Lin An suddenly chuckled. In an instant, his figure left behind an afterimage as he pressed one hand against Zhang Tie's palm.

"Backhand Straight Thrust!"

"Sssht!"

The Bone Spike pierced through the Two-Faced Head on the Blood Cocoon, and scarlet blood gushed out.

The Two-Faced Head suddenly opened its eyes and let out a shrill scream, its deathly pale face filled with resentment.

"Downward Slash!"

Lin An's gaze was icy as he delivered the final blow for Zhang Tie.

The Bone Spike slashed toward the Blood Cocoon like lightning. Under the full-force strike, it was instantly flung apart into two halves.

The Blood Cocoon split open, revealing a frail body inside, like that of a young child.

The monster, bearing a Two-Faced Head completely disproportionate to its body, quickly tried to flee through the side.

"Trying to run?"

Lin An spun around and kicked Zhang Tie, who was still standing there in a daze. He deliberately controlled his strength, sending him behind the monster instead.

"Kill it, quickly!"

"Bang!"

Zhang Tie instinctively followed Lin An's words, and his pair of bear paws slammed heavily into the monster.

Blood seeped out from beneath the bear paws. When he raised them again, only a pile of fragments remained on the ground.

System Notification: Player Zhang Tie killed a Mutant and gained one point of psychic energy. Level increased!

Current Player Level: Level 1. Current Awakened Rank: Rank 1!

All Attributes +3!

System Notification: Player Lin An killed a Mutant and gained one point of psychic energy.

System Notification: Player Lin An was detected as the primary killer. Special item obtained: Blood Stone.

Item Name: Blood Stone (White)

Item Effect: A mutated crystal containing life force. Upon use, it restores half of one's vitality, stamina, and Mental Strength. (Uses remaining: 3/3)

As the System Notification ended, a dark-red gemstone instantly appeared in Lin An's palm. The gem seemed to be filled with liquid, and a faint scream came from it as it swayed slightly.

Lin An was delighted and looked at the Blood Stone with satisfaction.

This was an excellent item. He hadn't expected the Mutant he killed last to drop a special item with such a low probability.

With luck like this, he could go buy a lottery ticket.

Restoring vitality, stamina, and Mental Strength—wasn't that the equivalent of both mana and health potions in a game?

Its fifty-percent restoration effect was undeniably powerful, even though it had a level restriction and could only be used three times.

But at Lin An's current stage, it could completely serve as a trump card.

"Team Leader Lin, what was that about just now?"

"Could you possibly..."

"Could you attack everyone?"

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Tie asked. His face showed both joy and confusion, along with a trace of doubt.

Everything had happened too suddenly. Although he had gained even greater strength from leveling up, he was still worried about Lin An.

For someone with his personality to experience so many emotions at once was a rare occurrence.

Lin An put away the gemstone and replied:

"Are you asking whether I would turn everyone into Mutants, torture them, and then kill them?"

Zhang Tie hesitantly nodded. That was what worried him most.

After all, he had thought about it himself. If they really did that, they could indeed raise their levels and gain strength quickly.

Lin An sighed softly and shook his head.

"Don't worry. I won't do that."

"Then, Team Leader Lin, just now..."

"Just now?"

Lin An walked toward the split-open Blood Cocoon. With his back to Zhang Tie, he seemed to be explaining it to Zhang Tie, yet also speaking to himself.

"The conclusion I reached just now was wrong, and that monster interfered with me."

"It wanted to trick me into killing all of you. I don't know what its intentions were, but it was probably either trying to Delay Time or absorb something from you while you were transforming!"

"An incorrect conclusion?"

Zhang Tie was puzzled. Although he didn't approve of Lin An using such a method to gain strength, his overall reasoning had seemed correct.

Lin An patiently began to explain.

"First, that monster interfered with my thoughts and made me believe that Mutants like the Bloody Witch could be mass-produced artificially."

"Moreover, it should be able to read some of my memories."

"Indeed, the Bloody Witch was formed when a human being infected with the Zombie Virus after suffering betrayal, then condensed resentment and transformed into a Mutant."

"But the crucial point is the resentment!"

"The Bloody Witch possessed that degree of resentment because the person she loved most had betrayed her."

"If two complete strangers were involved, and one tortured and brutally murdered the other, it would be impossible to generate resentment of that degree. At most, it would only amount to hatred!"

"So, to create a Bloody Witch, you would have to find lovers, spouses, or even blood relatives, and have one betray the other!"

"That's far too difficult. Yu Shihao probably used deception before as well, making the Bloody Witch mistakenly believe while she was alive that the other person loved her."

"So mass-producing Bloody Witches isn't that simple."

Zhang Tie immediately understood this point after listening, and he couldn't help letting out a huge sigh of relief.

"Is there anything else?"

"It wanted me to use Wen Ya as the person who tortured you because the Blood Woman needed to complete her revenge before she could fully transform into a Mutant."

"So it told me that to create twenty-four Mutants, I would have to sacrifice all twenty-five people, including Wen Ya!"

"That... what's wrong with it?"

Zhang Tie racked his brains but still couldn't figure out what the problem was.

"The problem lies in the numbers."

Lin An's gaze turned distant as he stared straight at him.

"That monster must have read part of my memories to know the exact number of people in the hotel. Or perhaps it didn't read my memories and had been observing us from the shadows all along."

"But in my memories, there were twenty-six people alive in the hotel."