69: Chapter 69 Supreme Archives

A flash of white light, and the familiar sensation of weightlessness washed over him. As soon as Lin Yan opened his eyes, several figures were already walking toward him.

They were all wearing black uniforms with the Federation emblem on their chests, but the style was completely different from the standard law enforcement teams.

The man leading them was middle-aged, with a cold expression and sharp eyes.

"Mr. Lin Yan, please come with us."

Lin Yan frowned slightly.

"What is this about?"

The middle-aged man showed his credentials and said calmly:

"Federal Special Affairs Bureau, routine investigation."

Lin Yan was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"Very well."

He was not surprised. The matter of his random talent had already been reported; it would have been strange if the Federation hadn't reacted at all.

Lin Yan boarded the hovercar. The surrounding glass instantly turned black, cutting off all perception; it was impossible for anyone outside to see or sense what was happening inside.

"Mr. Lin Yan, do not panic. We are going to teleport you to a location."

Before Lin Yan could react, a flash of white light and the familiar sensation of weightlessness occurred again, and he was teleported to an unknown location.

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

Jiang Ruoxue had already dialed a number, and the call connected quickly.

"Dad."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the line.

"Is it over?"

"It is over."

Jiang Ruoxue took a deep breath and briefly recounted what had happened in the Dungeon.

From the five Super-Large Titans to the forbidden mecha, and then the arrival of the Ancient Giant. Finally, she spoke of how Lin Yan smashed the Ancient Giant from the sky into the mountains.

The other end of the phone suddenly went quiet.

After a long time, a voice slowly sounded.

"I understand."

Jiang Ruoxue was stunned.

"Are you not surprised?"

A chuckle came from the phone.

"Ruoxue, from the moment he first entered my line of sight, I suspected this day would come. Now it seems my judgment was correct."

"But it seems Lin Yan has been taken away by the Federation."

After a pause, the voice sounded again.

"It is fine. Continue to keep in touch with him; do not break contact."

Jiang Ruoxue's pretty face flushed slightly; she knew the meaning of those words.

"I know."

The call ended. She looked into the distance, and the towering figure appeared in her mind once again, her heart skipping a beat for no reason.

...

When his consciousness returned, Lin Yan was no longer in the car.

What met his eyes was a pure white room. The walls, ceiling, and floor were integrated seamlessly, with no visible gaps, and the air was filled with a faint smell of disinfectant.

"Awake?"

A voice suddenly sounded.

Lin Yan turned his head to look; two people in black uniforms were sitting in the corner of the room.

They wore silver Federation emblems on their chests. One of them saw him wake up and pressed their headset.

"Target has Awakened. Condition is normal."

Soon, the door opened silently, and several staff members walked in.

"Mr. Lin Yan, please come with us."

The tone was very polite, but Lin Yan could feel that these people were strong—very strong—at least stronger than most of the Awakened he had encountered so far.

Lin Yan did not resist because he knew that if the Federation really wanted to deal with him, there was no need for such trouble.

They walked through several long corridors. Along the way, Lin Yan saw many thick alloy gates, each requiring multiple levels of authorization verification: fingerprints, iris scans, mental wave recognition, and some were even guarded personally by high-level Awakened.

Clearly, the security clearance here was extremely high.

Finally, they stopped in front of a silver-white door, which slowly opened.

Inside was a huge conference room, and over a dozen people were already seated.

There were old people, middle-aged people, and even a few young people who looked to be in their twenties, but the aura they exuded made Lin Yan feel a faint sense of danger.

Especially the white-haired old man in the very center; he was just sitting there quietly, yet he felt like a silent volcano, unfathomable.

Seeing Lin Yan enter, everyone's gaze fell on him simultaneously. The feeling was like countless precision instruments scanning him all at once.

The white-haired old man spoke.

"Sit."

Lin Yan sat down.

The old man nodded slightly.

"Let us introduce ourselves first."

"Federal Special Strategic Committee."

"Codename: Zero Conference."

"You can understand it as the department that handles the Federation's top-secret incidents."

Lin Yan raised an eyebrow. It seemed the status was even higher than he had imagined.

The old man did not waste words and went straight to the point.

"Lin Yan, you should know why we are looking for you."

Lin Yan nodded.

"Random talent."

The old man showed a hint of a smile.

"Smart."

In fact, from the moment Lin Yan reported his Awakening information, the Federation had already taken notice of him.

Random talent—this kind of thing was too special.

It was not as if similar cases hadn't appeared in history, but every time one did, they eventually grew into an extremely special existence.

Therefore, through special means, the Federation specifically retrieved all monitoring data from his Dungeon run.

From the moment he entered the Dungeon until he killed the Ancient Giant at the end, all footage had been recorded.

The old man waved his hand, and a holographic projection immediately appeared in the center of the conference room.

The footage began to play, from the initial killing of giants to the city defense battle, and then transforming into a three-thousand-meter giant to beat up the Ancient Giant.

The entire conference room fell into silence, even though these people had already watched it more than once.

Watching it again now, there was still a sense of unreality, especially that final scene.

Lin Yan, over three thousand meters tall, grabbed the Ancient Giant, flapped his wings of light to soar into the sky, and then smashed it into the earth like a comet.

That world-destroying blow—even they felt a sense of dread.

The video ended, and the conference room remained quiet for a long time.

Finally, someone spoke slowly.

"Let's discuss the results."

A researcher stood up, pushed up their glasses, and said in a slightly excited voice.

"According to the tests, Lin Yan is currently level 17. Strength 310, Constitution 220..."

"HP is over 260,000."

As the words fell, the corners of many people's eyes in the conference room twitched.

Level 17, 260,000 HP? Are you kidding?

The researcher continued:

"A normal level 17 Awakened with a full set of equipment generally has an HP between 20,000 and 30,000, and elite constitution-type Awakened are around 50,000. But he is over 260,000—more than ten times the average for his level."

Everyone was silent. This was no longer a matter of being a little stronger; he was a complete monster.

The researcher took a deep breath and continued the report.

"In addition, according to the Dungeon footage analysis and data analysis, he possesses an infinite-growth body-size amplification ability."

"And he can simultaneously increase his defense and HP. The theoretical growth limit is unknown."

"Currently observed maximum size."

The researcher paused, their voice sounding dry.

"3,107 meters."

The entire conference room fell silent again, even though the data was right before their eyes.

They still felt it was absurd; this had already exceeded many known giant BOSSes.

The white-haired old man asked slowly:

"What were the talent test results?"

Another researcher answered immediately.

"Still F-Rank Weak Constitution."

The atmosphere suddenly became strange, and everyone looked at each other.

F-Rank?

What kind of F-Rank can grow to three thousand meters?

What kind of F-Rank has 260,000 HP at level 17?

What kind of F-Rank beats the ultimate BOSS into the ground?

The conference room fell into an eerie silence.

After a while.

Finally, someone couldn't help but curse.

"Fuck the F-Rank."

This immediately drew many looks of agreement.

The white-haired old man rubbed his temples.

Apparently, the Federation's diagnostic equipment had encountered this situation for the first time. The machine showed F-Rank, but the real-world performance completely defied cognition. The facts were right in front of them; the test results were no longer important.

After a long time, the old man spoke slowly.

"Let us vote."

"Should we classify Lin Yan as an S-Rank strategic talent?"

Swish—

Hand after hand was raised; it was passed unanimously.

There was no opposition. The white-haired old man nodded.

"Record it."

The staff member next to him immediately began to record.

"By unanimous resolution of the Zero Conference."

"Lin Yan."

"Listed in the Federation's top-secret dossiers."

"Talent Rating—S-Rank."

"Dossier Level—Top Secret."

"Sealing Authority—Highest Level."

As the words fell, at the back of the conference room.

A brand new electronic dossier slowly generated, and beside that dossier.

There were surprisingly over a dozen other files that had been sealed in the same way, each containing only a codename.

No names, no identities, no public information whatsoever.

These were all top-tier geniuses secretly protected by the Federation.

They did not appear in the public eye, and most people didn't even know they existed.

Lin Yan was not the first, nor the only one; he was just one of them.

Seeing this, Lin Yan narrowed his eyes slightly. It seemed the Federation was hiding more than he had imagined.

At this moment, the white-haired old man suddenly looked at him, his expression becoming serious.

"What I am about to tell you must not be spread, including to your friends."

Lin Yan nodded.

The old man spoke slowly:

"In the Federation's public records, there are currently only eight S-Rank Awakened. Yes, but those are S-Rank Awakened who have already grown up. There are also S-Rank Awakened who did not have the chance to grow up..."

"Thirteen years ago, an S-Rank genius appeared in the Federation. He grew extremely fast and even had the potential to enter the Federation's highest combat sequence within ten years."

Lin Yan listened quietly.

"Later, he died."

The atmosphere in the conference room immediately became oppressive, and the old man's voice was low.

"He didn't die in a Dungeon, nor on the battlefield, but was assassinated in the real world."

Lin Yan's eyes narrowed slightly, and the old man slowly spat out a name.

"Void Cult."

The faces of everyone in the conference room were grim; they were clearly extremely wary of them.

The old man continued:

"They are a group of lunatics who believe the world will eventually return to nothingness. They think all resistance is a meaningless struggle."

"They worship destruction. They worship the apocalypse. They worship anything that can end civilization."

"And human geniuses are exactly what they want to destroy the most."

Lin Yan was silent. The old man looked at him and said seriously:

"To kill an S-Rank Awakened who hasn't grown up yet, they are willing to pay any price. Blowing up cities, attacking schools, slaughtering civilians."

"They might even lie in wait for over a decade, just to wait for one opportunity."

The entire conference room went quiet, and the old man finally said:

"So from today on, your dossier will be completely hidden."

"What the outside world sees will still be just an ordinary Awakened. And the number of people who truly know your situation will not exceed twenty."

"Before you grow up, this is the best protection for you."

After speaking, the old man stood up and extended his hand toward Lin Yan, smiling for the first time.

"Welcome to the Federation's highest security sequence. Lin Yan, from now on, you are one of the Federation's key protected targets, and all your benefits will be provided to you in a covert form."

Lin Yan looked at the hand, was silent for a moment, and reached out to shake it.

And at this moment, no one knew that a top-secret dossier with a completely encrypted number had already quietly entered the deepest part of the Federation's core database.

Dossier Name:

[ S-Rank Awakened—022 ]

[ Security Level: Highest ]