Chapter Fifty-Six: Lin Chuyin Is a Bit Confused

About seven minutes left, perhaps.

Lin Chuyin, her body surging with golden primal energy, veins bulging on her forehead and her face twisted with a trace of savagery, silently counted down in her heart.

The terrifying gene energy unleashed by her “berserk mode” was tearing apart every cell in her body, causing each one to explode with dreadful power.

But this eruption was far too thorough—it was self-destructive.

The wounds on her shoulder had already vanished… even some of her old scars had disappeared completely by this moment.

In her current state, her genetic vitality was astoundingly strong, granting her unmatched powers of recovery.

Her strength soared, her speed soared, her healing ability soared…

She had surpassed the limits of what a gold-tier Evolver could achieve.

But all of this would last only briefly.

Even while standing still, this state would last at most about seven minutes, no more.

When time ran out and her gene energy was exhausted, she would fall into a deep coma.

If she didn’t die, she would be gravely injured.

Her level of existence might regress, her path of evolution could be severed…

At this thought, she fell briefly silent. But soon she mused, given the current situation, would it not be a miracle if she actually survived?

So...

Was she really going to die?

The moment this realization struck her, Lin Chuyin’s mind became somewhat dazed.

She was only fifteen—a prodigy, a gold-tier Evolver. In half a year, she would depart for the capital of Feiluo Star, enter its most prestigious academy, and begin a whole new chapter of university life.

Her life had only just set sail, with a brilliant and limitless future ahead.

Death had never seemed to exist in her world until now.

Yet she never imagined that, when it finally came, it would arrive so suddenly, catching her utterly off guard.

Did she regret it?

A little, perhaps.

But letting Fu Hui cover her retreat?

Her pride would not allow her to accept that so easily.

She had orchestrated this operation herself. Since trouble had arisen, she should bear the consequences alone.

Even if the price was her life.

“Aunt Xu’s white fungus and lotus seed porridge is so delicious. I wish I could have another bowl… no, two… maybe three.”

“When Dad finds out I’m dead, he’ll probably cry his eyes out… Oddly enough, I kind of want to see him sob for once…”

“Luoyu will probably cry a lot too… She was already crying earlier. That girl just can't help it… If I hold out a bit longer, she and Fu Hui might be able to escape…”

“And…”

Lin Chuyin’s thoughts began to blur, drifting into a haze. People important to her, trivial matters, all floated through her mind.

“…And that guy, he’s lucky he didn’t come with me. Otherwise, he’d probably be dead too this time… After all, a guy who isn’t even at iron-tier, yet is so annoyingly cocky, would never survive this mess… Well, at least Aunt Xu won’t be as heartbroken…”

In the end, even Fang Mu’s face surfaced in her mind.

She had only met Fang Mu a handful of times.

Truth be told, her impression of him was rather poor!

“Aunt Xu often sits in a daze late at night, probably thinking of him, right? After finally finding him, he treats Aunt Xu so coldly…”

She felt a surge of indignation.

Buzz, buzz...

As her mind drifted in and out of clarity, a sudden buzzing sound snapped her back to awareness.

Someone was calling her communicator.

Who could it be at this moment?

She pulled it out, glanced at the screen—

And a flicker of surprise appeared on her face.

It was him?

She hadn’t expected that the last call she’d receive before dying would be from him.

Lin Chuyin hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she chose to answer.

She pressed the connect button, her cold gaze sweeping into the distance… The few gold-tier Evolvers from Greed Wolf all frowned, staring at the communicator in her hand, clearly displeased to see her answer the call.

Yet after exchanging uneasy glances, none of them dared to act…

In her current berserk state, she was unbeatable.

Chasing them down and killing them wouldn’t be easy.

But if they dared to attack her now—

They’d be courting death.

“Damn it, what are Shen Tian and the others doing? I said any one of them could cover our retreat, but under no circumstances are they to use their communicators! If the enemy uses a communicator, we must strike! Now they’re all running, so why aren’t they firing?!”

Zhou Potian growled in a furious whisper.

The other three gold-tier Evolvers looked equally grim, but in the end, none of them made a move.

They clearly had no intention of clashing head-on with Lin Chuyin in her berserk state.

Thus, Lin Chuyin answered the call without obstruction.

“Hello…”

She connected.

“You idiot, what are you trying to prove?! Haven’t you heard the saying ‘where there’s life, there’s hope’? Trying to play the hero? Do you think you’re some kind of martyr?”

No sooner had she answered than the other end spat a curse, teeth clenched in irritation.

“???”

Lin Chuyin was dumbfounded.

Her mind was a mess in this state, confused and uncertain.

But even so, she couldn’t help but feel shocked and blank.

He… was scolding her?

“Don’t stand around! Who’s the biggest threat to you right now? Point them out!”

But the voice gave her no chance to question, barking out another order right after the scolding.

For a moment, Lin Chuyin just stood there, stunned, unable to react.

“Hurry up!”

He growled again.

Jolted, Lin Chuyin snapped back to her senses. She wanted to snap back at him, but the words caught in her throat for some reason.

Point at him?

Fine, she would point at him—so what?

Fuming, she swept her icy gaze across the four before her, then raised her hand and pointed at one of them…

It was the berserker who had joined Zhou Potian in attacking her earlier.

The berserker was the fastest among them, and right now posed the greatest threat to her.

This man had given her several wounds just moments ago—naturally, she pointed at him first!

“Where are you?” she asked reflexively after pointing.

But before she could process it, a tremendous roar blasted through her earpiece.

The boom stunned her for an instant.

Then she heard a surprised exclamation on the other end, quickly followed by a low, urgent voice: “Don’t just stand there—hurry after your two companions… I’ll hold these people off for you.”

“????”

Lin Chuyin’s mind was now overflowing with question marks.

She wanted to ask—

Brother, what on earth are you talking about?

But in the next instant—

Bang!!!

A thunderous explosion, followed by shrieks of alarm, erupted!

“Wang Li!!!”

“Damn it, it’s a gene bomb!!! Shen Tian and the others are down!!!”

The gold-tier Evolvers of Greed Wolf cried out in shock.

And the berserker Lin Chuyin had just pointed to—his head had burst apart.

Like a watermelon, shattered clean through. As if a cluster bomb had detonated inside his skull. Blood and brains splattered everywhere!

With such injuries… even a gold-tier Evolver was doomed!

Just like that, a gold-tier Evolver died?

“???”

Lin Chuyin’s eyes widened in astonishment, her mind utterly blank.