I discovered a world bug.

"Lin Shu, the situation has changed."

Qin Lang's voice came through the radio.

According to members of the Hongyuan Society, their boss is likely to launch a "nationwide" attack.

"This attack has a wide impact area and is likely to have extremely terrifying destructive power."

"You are no longer safe in the sky. I need you to be transferred as soon as possible."

"Mengxiu does not have an airport; planes will land in Ruili."

"We have dispatched a new medical team to Ruili, where you will meet up with them."

national!?

Lin Shu was so startled that she sat up abruptly from her seat on the plane.

Are you kidding me?

It seems like just over a month ago, I was only doing some light research on rituals.

The arrival of a Kun corpse and the triggering of the "Taiyi Fire Palace Thunder Formation" is already considered a major event.

But now, only a short time has passed, and the destructive power of the rituals has already begun to be measured on a "national" scale?

How is that possible...?

Not right.

It's not right.

Lin Shu subconsciously shook her head, then spoke into the microphone:

"That's impossible!"

"Based on the rituals we currently understand, the more powerful the ritual, the more complex the rules that trigger it, and the longer the preparation time required!"

"They couldn't have been prepared to overturn the table from the beginning, so they couldn't have set up the conditions for triggering the ritual from the start!"

"This completely fails to meet the requirements of the four elements of ritual—at least it's unacceptable in terms of the element of 'time'!"

"Rituals are not perishable; you cannot stop after completing most of the steps, leaving only the last step to be triggered."

"Even formations require seamless execution during setup! Isn't the Taiyi Fire Palace Thunder Formation just like that?"

"They may be bluffing—or they may have other schemes, schemes that don't necessarily involve rituals!"

"I know."

Qin Lang's voice came through the radio, sounding slightly muffled.

"We have considered this scenario, but we must be prepared."

"Reinforcements are on their way. If, as that man said, this is indeed a large-scale attack..."

"After today, the whole world will be turned upside down."

"No matter what, you must survive."

"The situation has become increasingly urgent, and we don't have time to find a new key—because the keys in this world may not even know they are keys!"

"You are our most important trump card to turn the tide; you must survive!"

Qin Lang repeated "survive" twice, and Lin Shu was naturally aware of the seriousness of the problem.

But... how can we survive?

If a large-scale attack were directly aimed at you, you wouldn't have any chance of surviving, right?

Master of the Swords...

A flash of lightning seemed to strike Lin Shu's mind.

He suddenly understood why Xu Changshun was so persistent in searching for rituals to "avoid disaster".

It's very likely that he has already witnessed this scene.

Even if it's not the exact same scene, it's at least similar!

But now, it's too late for him to recreate the Master Sword Altar.

This incomplete ritual ultimately couldn't save his own life.

The only hope is... to find the person who performed the ritual as soon as possible.

Once we take him down, everything will be over.

----That doesn't necessarily mean so.

What if he didn't use "ritual methods"?

Or perhaps he wasn't using "simple ritual methods"?

Lin Shu shivered.

He recalled the faces in the divination images.

At that moment, a terrifying thought popped into his mind...

.......

The man dressed in black walked with difficulty through the deep tunnel, with snakes, insects, and rodents scurrying past his feet.

He hated these things—although his job required him to deal with them all the time, he would instinctively feel nauseous and want to vomit every time he came into contact with them.

Fortunately, this disgusting "job" is about to end.

I will die.

It's okay, I've already died once.

For me, as long as the rituals are in place, death is merely a way to escape.

Complete your final mission, and then die here.

A few hours later, I will be resurrected in a foreign land thousands of kilometers away.

This was absolutely a perfect strategy—the only imperfection was that it forced me to use up another precious opportunity.

Damn it.

They shouldn't have risked returning to China in the first place.

If remote control works just as well, why do I have to come back?

A deep attachment to one's homeland?

Perhaps.

I always wanted to see with my own eyes the country that had caused me so much suffering, as it gradually moved towards a new world.

pity......

Plans can't keep up with changes.

Those savage dogs!

They can be foolish at times, but also very clever at others.

They disrupted their plans; what was originally an orderly operation had turned into complete chaos.

And I, too, have been forced into a corner.

The man let out a heavy breath and quickened his pace slightly.

immediately.

We're almost there.

At the end of the tunnel, a huge collapsed area appeared before us.

Sunlight streamed down from above, and the trees that had been blocking the collapsed gap had all been cleared away.

Directly below the gap is a tent.

A tent that had been prepared long ago, now ravaged by rain and mud.

It's been here for a long time, and a man would never use this trump card unless he truly had no other choice.

But now...

What else is there to say?

With a "whoosh," the man swung his knife and cleaved the tent open, tearing it open completely and tossing it aside.

The contents inside were exposed.

It wasn't a weapon of mass destruction, just a...

Satellite dish.

Or to be more precise, it was a satellite communication system.

This system allows men to easily connect to the global internet.

This is crucial to what he needs to do next.

Turn on the emergency power and the configured laptop. After a few moments, the network setup is complete.

It's connected.

The man took a deep breath and pulled out the necklace he always carried with him from his pocket.

It was an encrypted USB drive.

It is also the most powerful weapon he has ever been able to wield.

He plugged the USB drive into the computer, and a document popped up.

The document's name is quite unusual.

How to kill someone without being detected?

He didn't open the document—there was no need.

After all, he edited all the content of the document bit by bit and had already verified it many times in practice.

Time was running out; he could even hear the roar of helicopters overhead.

Without the slightest hesitation, the man opened the software he had prepared beforehand and dragged the document into it.

Within seconds, the document was uploaded to the cloud.

Then, within seconds, it will be distributed to tens of thousands of pre-locked IP addresses.

A smile appeared on the man's face as he watched the progress bar flash.

I used to think that it would be a great pity if the people of this country didn't have guns.

Now they have guns.

So...

Where will their bullets land?