MCL CH116

Chapter 116: “I’m actually a little full…]

One thing wasn’t a lie Lin Xi told Yan Xingzhou: he had been really busy recently.

Not just within Hua Country’s borders, but rifts all over the world were spreading at an unbelievable rate. If they were initially within a controllable range, then the frequency of new rifts appearing now was almost more than ten times the original, and there was even a trend of further acceleration. In just a few short days, news had come of several regions successively falling.

The N City incident a while ago wasn’t the end, but just the beginning of everything.

It was in this environment that the Ark 2 Project was being carried out in full swing. At the same time, many dissenting voices were fermenting uncontrollably.

Lin Xi was no stranger to the so-called Ark Project.

When this plan was first proposed, it was during his tenure as Executor. As the name suggests, these “Arks” would become humanity’s last resort to continue the flame of life. It was just that this continuation came at the cost of sacrificing the vast majority of humanity—the core of the plan was to build Ark cabins in various places to provide housing for the part of humanity that had awakened supernatural abilities.

As for why it was only for ability users, the main reason lay in the ecological environment after the rifts occupied the Earth.

At that time, the entire globe would undoubtedly be shrouded in high-intensity contamination radiation. Ordinary humans, who had no resistance to this contamination, would instead become the biggest threat to increasing the number of contaminants due to the possibility of mutation. After countless modeling and deductions by experts in various fields, the final conclusion was that abandoning these unawakened ordinary people in advance and ensuring the safe life of all ability users was the only chance for human civilization to continue.

After this plan was proposed, it was once brought to an international conference, but before the discussion could even begin, Lin Xi had directly vetoed it with a single vote.

His tyrannical move undoubtedly caused dissatisfaction from all sides. At that time, to shut these people up, Lin Xi had immediately found Shen Nanyang and had him conduct a pre-simulation with the Ark Project as the starting point. The result of that pre-simulation gave a 0% survival rate for humanity, which finally shut everyone up.

Lin Xi really didn’t expect that, after so many years, this Ark Project would still be on the table, albeit with some improvements this time, upgraded to version “2.0”.

According to his observations during this period, this version, compared to the initial setting, did allow ordinary humans to enter the safe zone. It was just that this portion of humans who gained entry qualifications still needed to undergo a certain screening. As for the specific screening criteria, if he wasn’t mistaken, it should be related to the test subjects he saw at Shen Nanyang’s research institute.

Sometimes, thinking about it, the performance of those test subjects was indeed quite interesting.

Just like that little boy’s mother, who was originally just an ordinary human. But the last time he saw her, she was clearly emitting contamination radiation that only contaminants should have. At the same time, on the scene, Lin Xi had also captured a very faint fluctuation of supernatural ability.

When contamination radiation and supernatural ability fluctuations appeared in the same person… the development of this matter became subtle.

Was the 0.01 per thousand probability that Shen Nanyang mentioned based on this research he was conducting?

“Director Lin, we are ready.”

A voice by his ear pulled Lin Xi back to his senses. He glanced at the spatial ability users who were ready in front of him and nodded at them with a smile. “Thank you for your hard work, everyone. Send me over.”

A moment later, the scene in front of him changed, and what came into view was a stream of figures hurrying back and forth.

As the director of the Third Administration, Lin Xi’s job these few days was to shuttle back and forth between various emergency risk zones without stopping.

In S City, where he had just arrived, there were 4 A-rank rifts about to fully open. If they couldn’t be cleared in time, once the contaminants inside poured out, this place would undoubtedly become another fallen zone.

The moment Lin Xi landed, a group of people rushed up to greet him. “Director Lin, you’re finally here!”

Lin Xi extended a hand to shake theirs amicably. He noticed the other party’s expectant gaze desperately glancing behind him and smiled knowingly. “Team Leader Huang, right? Don’t look, I’m the only one who came.”

Team Leader Huang’s hand, which was shaking his excitedly, trembled at his words. He confirmed, unwilling to give up, “Just… just you?”

Lin Xi nodded and replied, “Mhm, just me.”

“Just… you?” Team Leader Huang’s voice was also faintly unbearable, and a trace of despair appeared in his eyes. “I remember a few days ago, 3 A-rank rifts appeared in W City, and your Administration also arranged for people to go and provide support. How come when it’s our turn… Director Lin, I’m grateful that you could come personally, but this time we have 4 rifts of A-rank or higher. The level of importance shouldn’t be lower than theirs, right?”

“How can you say that? Our Third Administration has always treated everyone equally and takes every support request with the same importance.” Lin Xi said, pointing to himself. “It’s not peaceful anywhere lately, and we’re also short on manpower. To save time, for situations like this with three or more A-rank rifts, I usually handle them.”

Team Leader Huang was obviously stunned. “What do you mean, you handle them?”

Lin Xi smiled. “I was the one who went to W City before.”

Team Leader Huang: “Huh?”

Lin Xi: “I mean, I went to W City alone too.”

Team Leader Huang for a moment suspected he was hearing things. “A-alone?”

Lin Xi frowned, finally getting a little impatient. “It seems the rift situation here isn’t very urgent, is it? At least Team Leader Huang still has time to stand here and chat with me.”

“Ah! Right, right! Please come with me!” Team Leader Huang then woke up as if from a dream. Although he still hadn’t quite accepted this information that was beyond his comprehension, he actively led Lin Xi to the front of the rift. “To briefly explain the situation, we previously arranged for three 20-person teams to go in, but… hey, Director Lin, listen to me finish! Director Lin, don’t…”

He wasn’t able to intercept him in time at all. Lin Xi, with extreme impatience, had already entered the rift, leaving only Team Leader Huang and the staff beside him looking at each other.

Team Leader Huang: “Director Lin, he… he just went straight in?”

The staff member was equally stunned. “I… think so?”

Team Leader Huang: “…Will there be any problems?”

Staff member: “Hopefully… not?”

The two looked at each other and fell into silence. “…”

At the same time, in the silent inner world of the rift, it was already engulfed in a sky full of flames.

[Crystal cores! Crystal cores! I want more crystal cores! Give me crystal cores!]

An incredibly excited voice appeared in his mind.

Lin Xi stomped down, crushing the soft flesh that was trying to escape into a pool of blood plasma.

He slowly bent down, casually tossed the crystal core he picked up into the air, and a string of flames rose, instantly devouring it. “I know you’re in a hurry, but don’t be… there are four A-rank rifts here, enough to feed you a good meal.”

[Hee hee hee, I knew you were the best to me.]

“I’m not being good to you, but to myself.” Lin Xi played with the flickering flame in his palm, his gaze falling on the boundless distance of this inner world. “Anyway, the contamination value is about to go out of control. I might as well take advantage of the time before my identity is completely exposed to grab a few good meals. This is the convenience of working at the Third Administration. As long as I pretend I didn’t hold back and the destruction was too severe, privately pocketing crystal cores is just too convenient.”

[It seems you’re finally ready to completely break away from humanity.]

[Congratulations, you’ve finally seen where your future lies~!]

[But if you want to completely restore your initial power, you still have to hurry up. The power of these A-rank contaminant crystal cores is still too weak. If possible, it’s best to grab some S-rank ones. It’s more conducive to getting it done in one step.]

“S-rank?” An image of a huge eye couldn’t help but appear in Lin Xi’s mind, and his brow furrowed slightly. “Like that Abyss?”

Although he couldn’t see its specific appearance, Lin Xi could vaguely feel a certain King of Contaminants instantly putting on a pained expression upon hearing this name.

[No! Anyone but him!]

[Not all of our S-rank contaminants are as perverted as him. We can totally find the non-disgusting ones.]

“Alright, if there’s a chance, I’ll ask you for advice next time on where to find non-disgusting S-rank contaminants.” Lin Xi replied nonchalantly. The spreading flames had already swallowed everything around them during his casual conversation. He slowly looked around and retracted his gaze with satisfaction. “Looks like this place is taken care of. Let’s go, I’ll take you to the next dining location.”

[Yay, yay, I’m not full at all. The more the better.]

The voice in his mind was full of post-meal satisfaction. At this moment, it seemed to remember something: [Speaking of which, at a time like this, you still haven’t planned to give your dear President Yan a heads-up? When the time comes, you’re not planning to just leave without saying goodbye, are you?]

“You don’t need to worry about that. Before I leave, I will definitely tell him.”

After completing the cleanup, Lin Xi passed through the rift opening again. As time shifted, his words were swallowed into the endless void. “Mhm… after I’ve considered my words…”

The scene in front of him changed, and Lin Xi heard someone’s anxious muttering not far away.

“It’s been 5 minutes… he’s been in for 5 minutes… Should we send someone else to check?”

“We can’t, there’s no one else here.”

“What should we do? Director Lin won’t just get killed in there…”

The rest of the words died away. Team Leader Huang heard the movement and turned his head, coming face to face with Lin Xi’s smiling gaze. He almost choked on his own saliva. “Di… Director Lin! You’re, you just came out like that?!”

“Mhm? What else?” Lin Xi glanced at him strangely. “Where are the other A-rank rifts? Take me to see them. Hurry up, I’m in a rush to finish. I might have to work overtime somewhere else later.”

Team Leader Huang choked a couple of times and didn’t dare to be slow anymore. “This way, please, this way! The other rifts are this way. We’re counting on you, Director Lin! Thank you for your hard work, Director Lin!”

[Burp, I’m actually a little full.]

“It’s nothing, a small matter.”

Lin Xi heard a certain contaminant burp in his mind and waved his hand with a smile. “I thank you too.”

Team Leader Huang: “Huh?”

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