Cthulhu America, I can see the kill line.

"boom!"

After passing through the small gate marked by the signs in the lower town, Kong Jiu slid down the transparent passage that resembled a slide and landed in a haystack.

"What a novel mode of transportation!"

Kong Jiu patted the grass clippings off his body, watched the transparent slide he had just passed gradually disappear into the air, and exclaimed in surprise.

Then, his expression hardened, his reconnaissance system activated, and he warily surveyed his surroundings.

The lower district of Lixin Township is also a forest of reinforced concrete. Unlike reality, the sky here is hazy, and the surrounding buildings are not towering into the clouds, but only a few dozen stories high.

LED screens and various neon tubes have been replaced by posters for newspapers and operas, as if time has suddenly been turned back several decades.

Steampunk.

This was Kong Jiu's first impression of the area.

"This is the rural town of Lixin? It looks like London from the last century in a TV series, but I don't know if London even exists in this world."

Kong Jiu could feel a will similar to the 'concept' in his palm, pulling him toward a certain place.

Right here in this downtown area.

The "Mina" described by Viperi and the "Mina" she is looking for are both in this district!

"Looks like we need to prepare for the worst..."

Kong Jiu's eyes darkened as he thought to himself, and then he strode toward the direction indicated.

Suddenly, a yellow figure darted out from the side of the street.

Although it was described as a sudden leap, the speed was actually not very fast.

However, the figure was not detected by the system, which startled Kong Jiu, who was focused on the investigation.

His heart tightened, but he quickly calmed down and looked carefully.

It was just a blurry human figure.

It was translucent, emitting a blurry yellow light, with no slashes on its head and no detectable information. It was clearly not a living person, and was staggering through the street.

Revenant?

Kong Jiu immediately thought of what Viper had just told him.

The purpose of connecting Lixin Township with Purgatory is to attract countless souls and materialize their souls.

Kong Jiu stepped forward, got closer, and tentatively beckoned.

The figure completely ignored Kong Jiu, passing straight through his palm like smoke.

What a novel existence!

Kong Jiu, filled with curiosity, followed after him, wanting to see where the wandering soul was headed.

Suddenly, a notification appeared in his reconnaissance signal.

[Strength 9, Agility 7, Intelligence 9, Gunslinger Priest.]

Five hundred meters away, the unit that had entered Kong Jiu's detection range seemed to have noticed Kong Jiu and was rushing over.

Kong Jiu's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately turned to face that direction.

Four hundred and eighty, four hundred and sixty, four hundred and fourty...

The newcomer was incredibly fast; in less than half a minute, he was about to reach Kong Jiu!

Kong Jiu's heart tightened, and he quickly reached into his pockets with both hands.

He certainly has weapons.

With his left hand gripping the glass dagger he'd brought from the "Between of Sins" in reverse, and his right hand holding a fully loaded Beretta given to him by old Chad, Kong Jiu tensed his body, assuming a standard dual-wielding defensive stance.

One hundred and twenty, one hundred, eighty!

The unit rushed out of the alley and came into Kong Jiu's view.

The newcomer was a middle-aged white priest with a cane. He looked somewhat like a Gaul, with a cross around his neck, a peaked hat on his head, and a single-lensed spectacle on his eye. He tucked his cane under his arm like a gun.

He rushed out of the alley and was visibly taken aback when he saw Kong Jiu.

"Hey, you over there, what are you doing? That ghost behind you is about to slip away!"

Upon seeing Kong Jiu, the old man stopped running and instead put down his cane and limped over quickly.

"A wandering soul?"

Kong Jiu was taken aback, then lowered his stance and looked back at the slowly advancing yellow figure. "What should we do?"

"Are you a newcomer?" The priest in the big hat strode up to Kong Jiu, sizing him up. "Hmm? The son of the Red Dragon? Bringn by Viper?"

Kong Jiu nodded. The priest had already walked up to him, grabbed his hand without ceremony, and examined the dagger, which looked like glass.

"My God, a dagger that ended so many lives? Where did this young man get his hands on such a magical weapon?"

Kong Jiu was momentarily taken aback by the priest's overly familiar manner, but still humbly asked, "May I ask who you are?"

"Urban Grandi, I am a priest, even you, the successor who will be holding the muskets of the future, can tell, can't you?"

Father Urban took Kongjiu's dagger by the hand and swung it at the dead soul.

The glass dagger flashed with purple light, and the pale yellow figure instantly vanished, turning into specks of yellow light that disappeared into Kong Jiu's body.

[Spiritual power increased (2/1000), gaining three points to overall attributes upon reaching 1000.]

Kong Jiu frowned, a sense of astonishment welling up inside him.

No, did this system originally have a leveling-up function?

More than five years after I transmigrated here, the system finally told me that I could upgrade?

How is this any different from a novel with over fifty chapters where the protagonist only gains experience by killing a small monster for the first time?

"Young man, what are you daydreaming about?"

Father Urban patted Kongjiu on the shoulder, his tone urging, "With a newcomer like you who can quickly handle the souls of the dead, our previously troublesome problems will be easily solved!"

As he spoke, Father Urban warmly pulled Kongjiu along and led him to a street.

"I look like someone from the past? Hahaha, I must be someone from hundreds of years ago in your time. Everyone here looks like this. Viper, I think you were told there are even knights in armor here, right?"

"Didn't Viper tell you how to tell if someone's one of your own? Was that girl just careless, or was she trying to make you look bad? Look, people from our Red Team headquarters have a faint red glow above their heads. I recognized you the moment I saw you."

"Dealing with the dead? Just swing that dagger wildly, it's fine, it won't break. When you die and go back to reload, the bullets in your empty gun will be refilled!"

"The most pressing problem right now? To be honest, we on the Red Team are trying to stop the psionic storm! The efficiency of dealing with the dead is just too slow, you know? It takes me at least half a minute to recite a soul-sending prayer for a wisp of soul, how can that be faster than you slashing it with your knife?"

"Mina? How do you know that crazy woman's name?"

Father Urban patiently answered Kong Jiu's questions one after another, but when he heard the name Mina, his face turned pale and he became nervous.

"You have no idea! Mina, that vampire bat, was already crazy enough. But for some reason, starting yesterday, she's been acting like a female leopard in heat!"

Father Urban's face showed a hint of fear, and he lowered his voice.

"She waves that black umbrella at everyone she sees, or grabs them and sucks their blood... Damn it, I've already fallen for her twice!"

As he spoke, he turned his head to the side, exposing his neck, as if trying to show the scar, even though there were no teeth marks or anything like that there.

He said with a pained expression, "It was disgusting, that cold feeling of having your blood drained... God, I never want to go through that again!"

"Oh, that's really..." Kong Jiu echoed with sympathy, then his eyes suddenly sharpened.

Strength 1 (+10), Agility 1 (+10), Intelligence 20, Blood Mage, Bloodline.

Five hundred meters away, a brightly lit unit appeared in the reconnaissance field of vision.

"Oh, damn it." Kong Jiu took a deep breath and shouted to Urban, "Father, is there a neutral safe zone nearby?"

Urban shook his head.

"Then I regret to inform you," Kong Jiu said in a deep voice, "that Mina is charging towards us."