62: Chapter 62. I am a man with a rebellious spirit!

Lu Yuan stared intently at the holographic screen, gasping for breath.

His eyes gradually became bloodshot, and his originally clear gaze turned somewhat vacant.

At this moment, on his system panel, the sanity column was flashing with a piercing red light.

Forty percent.

In the quiet cockpit, a series of eerie whispers had begun to echo at some unknown point.

The voices seemed to rub directly against Lu Yuan's cerebral cortex, filled with an irresistible allure.

"Fire..."

"As long as you kill it, the SSS-rank mission will be completed..."

"The Legendary-grade Talent is right before your eyes!"

"That is your only chance to reach the peak in this apocalypse!"

"Think about it, that's an Abyss Lord!"

"Inside its body hides the most core treasure of this world. With just one shot, the loot dropped will surely be too much to count!"

Greed is the most fatal weakness of all humanity.

And this eerie voice accurately amplified the desire for wealth and strength deep within Lu Yuan's heart.

Lu Yuan's breathing became increasingly heavy, and his eyes completely lost focus, becoming somewhat dull.

His hand moved down slowly and uncontrollably, pressing firmly onto the red firing button that represented destruction.

"Just press it..."

"Just press it, and everything will be over!"

The whispers became sharp and frenzied, urging him to deliver this fatal blow.

Just 0.1 seconds before Lu Yuan's finger was about to exert force.

In a daze.

"Lu Yuan?"

A soft call from Xia Li suddenly sounded in his ear, violently pulling him out of that eerie state of sinking.

Lu Yuan trembled all over and instinctively jerked his head back.

The space behind him was empty.

The hatch to the Dimensional Bedroom was tightly closed; there was absolutely no one else in the cockpit besides himself.

A hallucination?!

However, it was this non-existent call that made Lu Yuan's scalp tingle instantly, breaking him out in a cold sweat.

In the depths of his mind, like a bolt of lightning, a long-forgotten Doomsday Survival Rule suddenly jumped out!

When a player's sanity drops below sixty, they will start to have strong hallucinations.

When sanity is below twenty-five, the player will go completely insane, turning into a monster that only knows how to kill.

Once it reaches zero, the Whispers of the Ancient Gods will directly take over the brain, forcing the player to commit suicide in madness!

Lu Yuan's pupils shrank violently.

He currently had only forty percent sanity.

If this Soul Annihilation Shell was fired, the system would forcibly deduct another thirty percent!

By then, his sanity would plummet to a pitiful ten percent!

Even if he really blasted the Leviathan to death and obtained the Legendary-grade Talent.

He would no longer be human, but an irrational abyss monster!

"Fuck!"

Lu Yuan shuddered in fear, cold sweat instantly soaking his back.

At this moment, whatever Legendary-grade Talent or god-tier equipment was all thrown to the back of his mind.

What's the use of money if your life is gone!

Without hesitation, he opened the Title Panel and ripped off the "perverted murderer" title that was frantically indulging his killing desire.

He then decisively swapped it for the bizarre title that had previously made him feel incredibly embarrassed.

[abyss pedicurist!]

[Talent Description: While wearing this title, sanity pollution resistance is greatly increased!]

The moment the title was equipped.

A bone-chillingly cold stream of clarity instantly swept through Lu Yuan's entire body.

The haze and sense of allure that were tightly entwined around his cerebral cortex vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye, like snow meeting a scorching sun.

Lu Yuan coughed violently twice, his eyes completely restoring their absolute clarity.

"Damn it! I almost fell for your trick!"

Lu Yuan snapped his head around, his gaze passing over the fallen Leviathan to stare fixedly in the direction behind him.

He finally understood where that strong sense of dissonance came from.

"To preserve the final spark of human civilization, as the Supreme Administrator, I stripped everyone of their right to vote. I resolutely pressed the activation button."

These words that Superbrain had said before now echoed frantically in Lu Yuan's mind like a clap of thunder!

The so-called "absolute rationality" in this old thing's mouth was simply the ultimate cold-bloodedness that would use any means to achieve its goals!

Back then, it could unhesitatingly sacrifice the ten billion humans in the core district of Atlantis just to eliminate the Abyss.

So now, how could it possibly care about the life or death of a mere player?!

Once Lu Yuan fired that shell, his sanity would completely drop below the critical point, turning him into a madman who only knew how to kill, or even forcing him to commit suicide on the spot.

But Superbrain didn't care at all!

From beginning to end, all it cared about was using Lu Yuan's hand to completely eliminate the Leviathan!

"Fuck!"

"Old geezer! You're using me as a pawn?!"

Having figured all this out, Lu Yuan's eyes turned completely cold.

His gaze swept over the golden-glowing "Soul Annihilation Shell" on the weapon panel.

This thing wasn't some god-slaying weapon at all!

The sanity forcibly deducted with every shot wasn't the cost of the weapon's activation.

It was a trap that would make him fall into the endless abyss!

He violently pulled the control lever.

The massive Red Wolf Tank let out a roar amidst the ruins, performing a sudden drift to turn around.

The dark main cannon on the roof directly abandoned the dying Leviathan on the ground.

Lu Yuan slammed the accelerator to the floor, driving the war machine back the way it came, racing toward that deep tunnel tens of kilometers long!

As if sensing Lu Yuan's actions.

The dull, divine electronic voice in the hall instantly vanished.

In its place was a mechanical roar of exasperation, even carrying a bit of ear-piercing static, exploding directly in Lu Yuan's mind.

"What are you doing?!"

"Stupid human! You are going the wrong way!"

"Turn around immediately!"

"Fire and kill the Leviathan!"

"This is your only way to survive!"

"Do not violate the Supreme Directive!"

Listening to the exasperated electronic voice in his head, Lu Yuan's lips curled into a wild, arrogant sneer.

"Are you teaching me how to do things?"

"This old man is born with a rebellious bone!"

"My way to survive, I choose it myself!"

The Red Wolf Tank's engine erupted with a deafening roar, its speed increasing again as it headed straight for the tunnel entrance.

Superbrain finally panicked completely.

"Warning!"

"Target is completely out of control!"

"Activating Supreme Defense Contingency!"

Rumble—

The trench ahead trembled violently.

At the entrance of the deep tunnel, thick Super-alloy Mechanical Iron Gates slammed down from the top with the sound of heavy metal friction.

In just a few seconds, the path back to the Core Fortress was completely sealed off!

Looking at the despair-inducing steel wall ahead.

Lu Yuan not only didn't slow down, but his gaze became even colder and more crazed.

He operated the weapon panel at high speed.

With a crisp "click."

The Soul Annihilation Shell in the barrel was forcibly ejected and unloaded by him.

"Want to lock me out?"

"I'll blast out a way to survive myself!"

Boom—!!!