Apocalypse: The Primordial Pearl Recognizes Its Master, Starting with Infinite Space

Lin Chen stood in front of the crowd.

Having been intimidated by Lin Chen, the crowd had no choice but to stand obediently.

"Captain Tan, could you please assist me?"

"Okay." Tan Zhaohui nodded quickly. Although Lin Chen's methods were ruthless, he managed to intimidate everyone in a short time.

In the apocalypse, he did not find such methods objectionable; on the contrary, he felt they were justified.

"Attention everyone, men stand on the left, women stand on the right. Quickly!"

The crowd stirred for a moment, but under Lin Chen's calm gaze and the urging of the security guards, they quickly lined up on both sides as required. Although there was some chaos, the crowd was generally orderly.

"Stand still and look me in the eyes." Lin Chen's voice seemed to carry a strange rhythm.

As his gaze slowly swept across the crowd, an invisible spiritual fluctuation quietly spread.

The power of mind suggestion has been activated! Lin Chen hasn't used this power for a long time since he met Bai Xin.

"Now, tell me about the crimes you've committed, the evil deeds that trouble your conscience or are unknown to others." Lin Chen's voice echoed in everyone's mind like a hypnosis.

At this moment, his mental strength was extremely powerful, and he felt no pressure even when using it on so many people at the same time.

The next second, a chilling scene unfolded.

Those 1,400-plus people, regardless of age or gender, all had somewhat unfocused and vacant eyes, as if sleepwalking. They began to mutter to themselves, their voices initially disordered, but gradually coalescing into a low and eerie wave of repentance:

"I stole some cured meat from my neighbor's house..."

"To get a promotion, I gave my boss gifts and spoke ill of my competitors..."

"I cheated on my wife, while she was pregnant..."

"I...I cheated on my best friend with her boyfriend and got pregnant..."

"The biological father of my child... is not my husband, but my lover whom I met at a bar..."

"I...I killed my wife because she found out I was embezzling public funds to gamble on soccer...I pushed her into the Pearl River..."

Various "crimes," large or small, despicable or horrifying, are uttered from the mouths of these puppet-like individuals, weaving together a vivid picture of the dark side of human nature.

Duan Rong, Tian Tian, ​​Tan Chaohui, and other security guards were stunned and felt their scalps tingle.

They never expected that Lin Chen possessed such a bizarre and terrifying ability, nor did they expect that their seemingly ordinary neighbors, colleagues, and passersby harbored so many unsavory secrets.

Some of the confessions were so shocking that several young female security guards couldn't help but turn their faces away, blushing.

Lin Chen listened expressionlessly. The sins of these ordinary people were mostly trivial and despicable, but in this apocalyptic context, they were not unforgivable.

What he needs to screen are those truly dangerous, incurable, or deeply hidden scourges.

Suddenly, a clear, calm female voice, so different from the numb murmurs around him, caught his attention.

The voice came from the front row of the women's line on the right. She was a woman who looked to be about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, and even in such a disheveled state, her outstanding appearance and demeanor were still evident.

She has a classic oval face with delicate and well-defined features, a high nose bridge, and slightly deep-set eyes, giving her a mixed-race appearance. Her long hair is messy but of good quality.

She was wearing ill-fitting men's clothes, but her posture was upright, subtly revealing a sense of competence from a workplace elite.

At this moment, her eyes looked slightly dazed, but her words were exceptionally clear:

"I...I have actually awakened a superpower. It's a spatial teleportation portal, F-rank, with a maximum effective teleportation distance of about five meters and a long cooldown time."

"Theoretically speaking... I am capable of leading a small group of people to a short-distance relocation, and may even find an opportunity to slowly leave this place."

"But I was afraid... afraid that if I were exposed, I would become a target of public criticism, be forced to carry out dangerous missions, or be imprisoned and used as a tool... so I kept it a secret and didn't tell anyone."

A teleportation portal?! A spatial ability!

Lin Chen's gaze froze instantly, a sharp glint and surprise flashing deep in his pupils.

He had encountered various superpowers before, but spatial abilities, especially strategic-level abilities like "teleportation," were something he had never seen in a living person other than himself before!

Despite being only an F-class vehicle with short transmission distances, long cooling times, and a host of other drawbacks, its significance and potential value cannot be measured by ordinary standards!

F-rank? That's not a problem at all.

What Lin Chen has in abundance is the methods and resources to improve his superpower level!

Lin Chen was deeply shocked: "This woman's value may far exceed the combined value of the more than one thousand survivors inside this tower! This is probably the biggest unexpected gain, even a pleasant surprise, of today's trip, besides rescuing Duan Rong's best friend!"

Lin Chen forcibly suppressed the turmoil in his heart, and his face remained calm.

He gave the woman, whose mixed-race features were clearly visible, a deep look.

Seeing that everyone started talking about trivial matters, Lin Chen took the initiative to withdraw the supernatural effects from everyone.

The effects of the suggestion began to fade slowly, and people gradually regained their senses, mostly looking bewildered and feeling confused and vaguely afraid of their "nonsense" just now.

Only a few people who actually revealed the major secret were pale-faced and avoided eye contact.

"Alright." Lin Chen's voice pulled everyone back from the eerie atmosphere. "The selection process is over. Next, Duan Rong..."

He turned to look at Duan Rong, "Now you know who can be saved and who can't, right?"

"I understand." Duan Rong nodded quickly, her voice slightly hoarse.

Only now did she truly understand why Lin Chen had demanded in such an unquestionable tone before their departure that she must completely follow orders and not act on her own.

"Captain Tan, you can leave these people to your police station. I'll take you away once those people return or are all dead."

Lin Chen was true to his word; he promised to give those people a chance to live, so he certainly couldn't leave prematurely.

"Okay." Tan Zhaohui nodded quickly and led the security guards to appease the crowd and deal with the exposed "scum".

This time, Lin Chen didn't even bother with the complicated trials or scenarios he had set up in the hospital to test human nature, but instead directly adopted this crude method that was almost like "mind reading".

Those who, under the influence of supernatural abilities, reveal acts of murder, serious betrayal, extreme selfishness, or cruelty are undoubtedly included in the "cannot be saved" list.

Most of the crimes involved are minor thefts, common mistakes, or moral blemishes, which fall within the scope of those that can be taken away.

Lin Chen murmured, "Aside from that mixed-race woman with the 'spatial portal' ability that we discovered by chance, the vast majority of the other survivors are not qualified to join my team."

"Their destination will most likely be the outer city. Zhou Tiannian, Huang An, and others are in charge of managing it. I can just leave these people to them; I can't be bothered with them."

"If the water is too clear, there will be no fish. As for the future? We'll see."

Lin Chen glanced again in the direction where the mixed-race woman was, and walked over.

The beautiful woman felt a little nervous as she watched Lin Chen walk towards her.

"What's your name?" Lin Chen smiled at the beautiful woman, trying his best to appear harmless.

"Hu Shanshan," the beautiful woman replied with a forced smile.

Although Lin Chen was smiling, she was still very scared when she thought about how she had just killed people like dogs.

"Want to join my team?" Lin Chen asked directly, too lazy to argue for long.