"Tum-thum-thum"
The sound of footsteps echoed down the stairs.
Thinking, heavy-minded.
Neither of them said anything else for a while, but remained silent in tacit agreement.
One piece of evidence doesn't mean anything.
Lin An believes it.
The truth of the world and the meaning behind doomsday games cannot be restored to their essence just by relying on this.
These things may need to be explored in the future, but definitely not now.
Wasting too much energy on such vast and unsolvable problems will only waste your energy.
What we have to do now is to survive and become stronger.
The siege of zombies, possible hostility in the capital, catastrophe, alien space invasion, monsters...
Every disaster is like a checkpoint.
These questions should be explored after clearing the level...
After suppressing his thoughts, Lin An walked in the front.
Behind him, Colonel Chu suddenly said:
"Lin An, I hope you can maintain your status as a superior in the future."
"Maybe you think that means nothing."
“I feel like it’s just a tedious and meaningless behavior.”
"But your image must be established."
"Mysterious, powerful, and unfathomable."
"Just like ancient emperors, popes in faith, and gods."
"This image will be of great help to you in the future."
Lin An was noncommittal and frowned slightly.
Of course he knows the nature of people's desire to be strong. In fact, he has done this before.
Like Conquering the Academy, you are essentially creating the image of a half-savior and mysterious strong man.
The reason why power is powerful is that it is unknown.
Just like fear.
The root of all human fears comes from the unknown.
"I'm doing this, do you want to talk about Zhang Tie's attitude towards me?"
"They are my partners, my friends. I don't want this to happen to them."
After hearing this, Chu An shook his head and opened the chat channel:
"I don't mean treating them."
"It's about the image we create externally."
"Now the outside world has a very bad opinion of you, and almost everyone wants to step on you and rise to the top."
"Insult, slander, satire, rumor, slander..."
"If you let it go, it will be very detrimental to your expansion of power in the future."
Chu An clicked on the chat channel and saw a lot of news about Lin An, which was unsightly:
"Long'an base has been invaded by zombies. All their previous awakened ones are dead. We found Lin An's body. Does anyone want to buy his head? Interested in chatting privately."
"The world's first safe zone still dares not to appear? What a shame for China."
"The coward Lin An is just a loser hiding in a corner, afraid of making any effort."
"We are the Long'an base. Our real boss is the Blood Wolf King Meng. The traitor Lin An is dead. All awakened people are welcome to defect to us. We are in the South China War Zone..."
"I'm fucking Lin An'an at home, and he's kneeling at my feet. It's so fucking exciting. I'll change Long An's name soon. Then everyone remembers that we are the God of War!"
...
Chu An pointed to the information that was refreshed from time to time in the chat channel and continued:
"For some forces, it costs very little to have some people send this kind of message every day, and it can attract attention."
"There are no less than 100,000 people pretending to be you and claiming that you are dead."
"Crowds are easily incited, and they are used to relying on rumors and hearsay to judge facts."
Lin An didn't stop, turned around and expressed his thoughts:
"That's just temporary."
"I will show up in a month."
"Without strength, any image created at this stage is false."
"After a month, I believe that the base will have completed its prototype, and my strength will break through to the second level."
"When the time comes, just kill the chicken to scare the monkeys."
"As long as a group of people are killed, these remarks will be self-defeating."
Lin An's idea is simple.
Just like the keyboard warriors and trolls in previous lives.
Do you expect to convince them with words and slap them in the face with facts and logic?
Not realistic at all.
The best way to deal with this kind of person is to find him.
Then let him completely disappear from this world.
If a dog bites you, he should not bite you back, nor should he scold you back.
Peel it off and put it in the pot.
Anything other than that is a waste of your time.
Lin An was not going to let go of anyone who spread rumors and insulted him.
Broad-minded... don't care and let others insult you?
Then why did I become stronger?
"Lin An, I can understand your thinking."
"It's really inappropriate for you to waste your time dealing with these things."
"But, your approach is still too rough."
"Killing is indeed the fastest solution, but it is definitely not the best."
"Once you do that, it's hard to win people over."
"And it will also give others an excuse to attack you."
"Sometimes righteousness can crush people to death, and it can also achieve great achievements."
“Everyone who achieves great things in history will be punished by justice for his actions.”
"Many times, 'lies' are more effective than killing."
Lin An stopped for a moment and turned to look at Chu An in the darkness:
"Then what do you want to do?"
"It's impossible for me to come forward at this stage, and neither is Long'an Base."
"I can't take that risk."
"You should have listened to Zhang Tie and the others. The base will soon face the pressure of the zombie attack."
To be continued...