What do you mean by saying that the corpses I sew are all ominous creatures?

"Setup complete. Targeted demolition; expected to only break the right-side door hinge and incidentally shatter the inner door latch."

Gunpowder retreated while reporting to Zhang Xuanqing.

"Everyone retreat 30 meters and find cover!"

Zhang Xuanqing gave the order in a deep voice.

We quickly retreated to the edge of the burial pit and hid behind several huge rocks.

I crouched behind the rock, my left hand pressing against its surface, the malevolent energy within me already at its peak.

Although the investigation revealed no mechanisms on the door, no one knew what kind of monster might rush out the moment the door was blown open.

I must prepare for battle.

Gunpowder crouched on the ground, holding the black remote-controlled detonator in his hand, his eyes fixed on the bronze door in the distance.

"Detonation countdown, three, two, one, detonate!"

Gunpowder thumb pressed hard on the red button.

"boom--!!!"

A muffled, deafening roar exploded in the underground space.

Because energy-absorbing clay was used for directional blasting, the sound of the explosion was not as deafening and sharp as one might imagine.

It was more like a heavy hammer blow to everyone's heart.

The rocks beneath my feet trembled violently, and a shower of dust and gravel fell from above.

But the load-bearing wall, just as calculated by gunpowder, held firmly in place.

The flash of light from the explosion was fleeting, followed by a strong smell of gunpowder and dust spreading in all directions.

We peeked out and looked in the direction of the bronze door.

The massive bronze door, which had once been perfectly sealed, now had its right hinge completely deformed and twisted from the explosion.

With a series of metallic tearing sounds and the dull thud of wood breaking, the bronze door, weighing several tons, lost its support and then slowly tilted inward.

Finally, it slammed onto the ground behind the door with a "bang".

A gap about two meters wide suddenly appeared in front of us.

The moment the door was blown open, a gust of cold wind, ten times colder than the underground river outside, surged out from the darkness behind the door.

The cool sensation between my brows began to throb wildly at that moment, like a siren blaring its highest-level, ear-piercing wail.

The door opened.

I squinted, peering calmly through the swirling dust at the darkness deep within the gap.

"Everyone be careful, something's coming out of there!"

As soon as I finished speaking, pairs of scarlet eyes suddenly lit up in the thick darkness.

Accompanied by a series of roars, more than a dozen tall, dark figures surged out of the two-meter-wide gap like wild beasts that had smelled blood.

It's the same kind of strange corpse we encountered deep in the miasma forest.

Because the gap was only two meters wide and the creatures were nearly two meters tall, a dozen or so monstrous corpses rushed up and immediately crowded together at the entrance.

"Gunpowder, suppressive fire! Break their joints!"

Shan Yan shouted in a deep voice.

Gunpowder, who had been crouching behind, pulled the trigger instantly.

"Puff puff puff puff—"

The silenced submachine gun was equipped with a silencer, so the sound of the gunshot did not sound harsh in the open underground space.

Gunpowder's marksmanship was extremely accurate; the bullets intertwined in mid-air to form a dense net of fire, specifically targeting the knees and ankles of the first few monsters charging forward.

Amidst the splattering of blood and flesh, the two monstrous corpses at the forefront instantly lost their balance, their massive bodies crashing heavily onto the pile of rubble.

But they felt no pain, and continued to brandish their sharp claws, howling as they tried to get up.

Just then, a burly figure charged forward like a tiger descending a mountain.

It is a rocky mountain.

As the leader of the Third Action Group of the Ninth Division, this tough man did not carry any firearms.

His weapons were his well-honed body and the specially made large tactical knife in his hand.

"Go back to where you were!"

Shan Yan roared, and a strong military aura suddenly erupted from his body.

He kicked a strange corpse that had just gotten halfway up in the chest hard.

With a cracking sound, the nearly two-meter-tall monstrous corpse was kicked away by him, crashing into its kind behind it and causing chaos.

Immediately afterwards, Shan Yan, like a tiger among sheep, transformed his tactical saber into streaks of cold, icy light.

He completely abandoned defense, and every move he made was aimed directly at the monster's throat and back of the head, its most vulnerable points.

A monstrous corpse swung its poisonous claws at his side, but Shan Yan neither dodged nor evaded. Instead, the muscles in his left arm tensed, and he took the blow head-on.

Although the claws tore through his black combat uniform, they did not injure his skin or flesh.

At the same time, his right hand swung the military knife back and sliced ​​open the carotid artery of the monstrous corpse.

Then, Shan Yan twisted his wrist, severing most of its neck.

Thick, foul-smelling black blood gushed out, but Shan Yan didn't even blink before turning around and lunging at his next target.

The hounds roamed the sides of the rocky outcrops, machetes in hand, reaping like ghosts the corpses of monsters whose legs had been broken by gunpowder or whose bodies had been severely injured by the rocks.

Faced with this chaotic battle, I did not choose to rush in and engage in hand-to-hand combat.

At this moment, the jade-colored baleful energy within my body was fully activated, and a fifty-meter-long Qi-sensing network enveloped the entire battlefield.

My right hand hangs naturally, my fingers moving slightly.

"Whoosh!"

A black afterimage shot out from my chest.

Under the control of mental power, the bone needle drew a zigzag line in mid-air and silently bypassed the rocky body.

It then pierced directly into the eye socket of a strange corpse that was about to attack his back, and then came out through the back of his head.

The violent baleful energy erupted the moment it penetrated, instantly turning the monster's brain tissue into a lump of mush, and its massive body crashed to the ground.

After killing the corpse monster, the bone needles did not stop.

Under my control, its tail trailed a semi-transparent mirage silk.

With a thought, I swiftly pierced through the horde of corpses twice, then bound the neck of the three-headed monster together with mirage dragon silk.

Then, I suddenly pulled my fingers back.

"laugh--"

The terrifying cutting power of the Mirage Dragon Silk was revealed, and the heads of the three-headed monster rolled to the ground in unison.

The entire battle lasted less than three minutes.

With the precise firepower of gunpowder, the violent strangulation of the rocks, and my elusive bone needle assassination, the dozen or so monstrous corpses were quickly reduced to a pile of minced meat and limbs.

At this moment, a strong, fishy stench filled the entire passage.

"Safety."

The hound shook the black blood off the dagger, glanced warily behind the door, and whispered a report to its leader.

Shan Yan took a few deep breaths, put away his tactical knife, turned to look at me, and grinned:

"Advisor Chen, your skill with concealed weapons is truly amazing."

With you watching me from behind, my back is completely relaxed.