I discovered a world bug.

The sky was almost as dark as night, the car headlights illuminated the road ahead, and Qin Lang heard Jin Yue's indistinct voice calling out in his earphones.

"We have...locked...the...location..."

"Coordinates... Updated..."

"At your 2 o'clock position... 100 meters... Chaoshan Village..."

......

"grass!"

Qin Lang cursed and reached out to pull back the bolt of his Type 191 rifle.

"The signal is being jammed—the electromagnetic interference in the air is so strong it's like someone has put us in a giant microwave oven."

"The magnetization reaction wasn't this strong before, what happened this time?"

Empiricism.

Huo Qing gripped the steering wheel tightly with both hands, shook his head, and said:

"The most fatal error is the one made through empiricism."

"We don't really understand rituals, so you can't use past experience to predict the outcome next time."

"It's possible that they changed just one tiny step, and it led to a completely different result."

"Right now it's just communication interference, but if it continues... wait, I see Jin Yue."

Huo Qing's lecturing stopped abruptly, and he swerved to the right.

In that direction, several houses loomed in the dim light, and two ghostly figures stood in the middle of the path at the village entrance.

Huo Qing slammed on the brakes, the Lynx kicking up a cloud of dust as it came to a sudden stop in front of Jin Yue, who was already covered in soot.

Without exchanging any pleasantries, Qin Lang rushed forward the moment the car stopped.

"How is it?"

He asked eagerly:

"Where is the target?"

"Front!"

Jin Yue replied, panting heavily:

"The position has been completely locked. The helicopter's light machine gun fired twice, basically confining it to a radius of 200 meters."

"It is hidden in a cemetery—the ancestral graves of Chaoshan Village."

"The Qingming Festival has just passed, and the nearby weeds and shrubs have been basically cleared out, making the terrain very clear."

"If you're going to take action, then do it now, right here!"

"clear!"

Qin Lang's spirits lifted. He glanced at Xu Feng standing to the side—Xu Feng's right arm hung limply at his side, with a wound that almost ran through his entire upper arm.

The blood wouldn't stop flowing, and in the dim light, Xu Feng's face was as white as blood.

"Thanks a lot."

Qin Lang spoke:

"Huo Qing, administer first aid, then wait where you are."

"We don't need so many people over there. Jin Yue and I are enough."

"clear."

Huo Qing enjoys lecturing, but when faced with real orders, his answer always seems to be the same.

That is "understanding".

He deftly pulled out a first-aid kit and a tourniquet from his waist and walked toward Xu Feng, while Qin Lang and Jin Yue, guns in hand, rushed toward the direction Jin Yue had pointed.

The two walked very quickly, following the mountain path upwards, and the first tombstone came into view.

Based on the previously tested kill range of the Taiyi Fire Palace Thunder Array ritual, Qin Lang knew that he didn't necessarily need to stick the talisman on the Kun Corpse.

As long as the talisman can be ignited within a range of about 50 meters, and combined with the final "directional" left and right lightning hand seals, heavenly lightning can be triggered to strike the target directly.

Therefore, he neither needs nor will give that Kun corpse a chance to confront it head-on.

As long as you catch a glimpse of its shadow...

Even a fleeting shadow!

Qin Lang's heart pounded violently.

Jin Yue stopped about 100 meters from the cemetery.

He took the rifle from Qin Lang and placed it on the ground beside him. Then he took out a spare drone from his backpack, preparing to take off and conduct reconnaissance.

Since the military forces were deployed temporarily, the two sides did not establish a data link connection at this time, and all information about the target could only be transmitted via radio communication.

In previous raids, this method had achieved the desired results.

But now that we've entered the close-quarters combat phase, we can only rely on ourselves.

"Buzz----"

The racing drone took off, and the footage was transmitted to the flight helmet.

From the footage, Jin Yue saw Qin Lang still moving forward and shouted instructions:

"There's a high vantage point to your right! Stand on the tombstone!"

"clear!"

Qin Lang's muffled reply came through the earphones, and in the blink of an eye, Qin Lang had already stepped onto the tombstone.

His hands repeatedly clenched and unfolded, preparing to quickly form hand seals after igniting the talisman to attract lightning.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and although there was a fierce wind all around, the air felt as thick as liquid.

Qin Lang's body was trembling slightly—not from tension, nor from fear.

It's an instinctive reaction when adrenaline is secreted in a frenzy.

Where are you...?

Qin Lang kept turning around and twisting his neck, his gaze sweeping everywhere.

He couldn't rely entirely on Jin Yue. If he could find the target first, it would give him a huge advantage in terms of time difference!

At a glance.

Just one glance!

Qin Lang's breathing gradually became rapid. At this moment, he stood alone on the tombstone, almost the best target.

If the worm-like corpse discovers him before he does, he will be at a huge disadvantage.

But such a thing will absolutely not happen.

There are two helicopters and one small racing drone in the air.

There were no bushes to provide cover on the ground.

All you can utilize are a few grave mounds, burial pits, and low trees.

Tell me, where are you going to run to?!

Darkness was spreading, but a ray of sunlight, like a slender sword, pierced down from the gradually gathering thunderclouds.

The lighting conditions improved immediately, and in that very instant...

"Left side! 10 o'clock position!"

Jin Yue's shout suddenly rang out.

coming.

Qin Lang turned around abruptly, and at that moment, he finally saw the "legendary" Kun Corpse.

Its body was also covered in wounds.

Pierced by bullets, cut by long knives...

The dried flesh and blood resembled an open garment, swaying precariously on its chest.

Yet its movements were incredibly agile, as if it were completely unaffected.

Now is the time!

Qin Lang suddenly rubbed the talisman in his hand, and flames shot up.

The back of the talisman had already been coated with red phosphorus, and the talisman would burn out in just one second.

Qin Lang tossed the talisman into the air, his hands already forming hand seals.

But at that very moment...

The insect corpse stopped eerily.

Its head turned 180 degrees in an instant, its empty eye sockets staring straight in the direction of Qin Lang.

It seemed to have blown a breath.

Or perhaps it simply glanced at the burning talisman.

The next instant, the flames that had been burning fiercely suddenly went out as if all the air had been sucked out.

Then, the Kun corpse turned around and charged down the mountain.

It seems to want to return to Shuangxi Village!

"Holy shit!!"

Qin Lang had no time to be surprised—he clearly realized that the ritual methods had failed.

"Jin Yue! Get out of the way!"

"Make way!"

"Army Air Force, prepare for takeoff!"

There was no response on the radio.

He then realized that all he could hear in his earpiece was static; the communication had been completely cut off.

Fortunately, Jin Yue nimbly dodged the impact the moment the Kun Corpse charged forward.

Meanwhile, the helicopters in the air did not require any instructions and automatically aimed and fired.

"Bang bang bang bang----"

The sound of light machine guns rang out one after another, and the army aviation was clearly still showing some restraint.

There's still a chance...

Qin Lang jumped off the tombstone.

Although the Kun Corpse has already run into the forest, as long as it remains in this area, there is still a chance!

"Huo Qing!!!"

Qin Lang rushed down the hill and abruptly pulled up Jin Yue, who had fallen to the ground and was still standing.

"Drive! Turn back!"

"Switch longwave communications! Tell the Army Air Force to open fire!!"

His voice carried for hundreds of meters, and Huo Qing on the other side was already preparing to return.

The other side certainly knew that the ritual methods had failed, and also knew that the most important thing now was to return to the starting position as soon as possible and redeploy.

If the Kun corpse really did head towards Shuangxi Village, and the helicopter couldn't lock onto the target in the dense forest, then the four of them had to intercept it!

At the very least, we need to buy our teammates over there some time to react!

In less than 30 seconds, Qin Lang and Jin Yue jumped onto the cat cart.

With a sudden acceleration, Xu Feng, unable to hold onto the handrail, fell straight down—but at that moment, there was really no one with the capacity to stop the car and bring him back.

"...Let's go first!"

Qin Lang shouted:

"I'll come back to pick him up later!"

"I know!"

Huo Qing gritted his teeth, and the cat car made a sharp turn of nearly 60 degrees.

The view here is excellent; you can even see Shuangxi Village below, the starting position on the edge of Shuangxi Village, and the altar.

Qin Lang raised his binoculars and saw that everything there was still calm.

The Corpse Kun isn't that fast. Even if it wanted to attack the altar, it couldn't possibly be faster than a helicopter, right?

He felt a little relieved, but almost at the same time, an incredibly strong turbulence rushed towards the helicopter in the air.

The helicopter was forced to turn to a stable position, and then a dark shadow appeared in the rice paddies on the edge of Shuangxi Village.

That Kun corpse...

Damn it! So fast!?

Two kilometers, in two minutes!?

Qin Lang's muscles tensed instantly—but fortunately, the Kun Corpse was still nearly a kilometer away from the altar.

Meanwhile, the attack helicopters in the air had already changed direction and were aiming at the approaching Kun Corpse.

"Fire! Get the fuck out of here..."

Qin Lang silently recited in his heart.

The next second, the sky lit up.

It wasn't firelight.

Instead, it was a bolt of lightning that cleaved the sky!

A strong wind blew from behind, and all the free electrons in the space seemed to be instantly drawn into that bolt of lightning.

Then came the second, the third...

A massive thunder pool formed between heaven and earth, and lightning bolts slanted down like a torrential rain, relentlessly and fiercely striking the rice paddy on the ground.

The earth trembled, and the air resonated with a deep, resonant sound—a shockwave that arrived faster than sound itself.

next second.

"boom!!!"

The deafening roar was like thunder!

Huo Qing stepped on the brakes.

Qin Lang held up the binoculars, his hands trembling slightly.

He saw that behind that pool of lightning, a figure was raising his hands, forming a mudra, and pointing towards the target ahead.

In the howling wind, his messy hair stood on end and his clothes billowed out, as if he were about to fly away.

Like... a celestial being!