I discovered a world bug.

Chapter 97 Rebellion

As the drone took off, Lin Shu quickly drew a talisman in his palm and began to perform the "Suppression Technique" according to the familiar procedure.

The world he saw was changing rapidly, but to his surprise, the ban did not react to that target.

Based on previous experimental results, the principle of the containment method is actually to transform abnormal "regular activities" within a certain range into visible markers.

Such a transformation is not complete and not necessarily accurate, but as long as a ritual is initiated, it will definitely have a response.

But now, there isn't.

In other words, the existence of that goal is natural and consistent with basic logic.

So, that was...

A living person?!

A living person wearing a funeral shroud?

That's not entirely incomprehensible, it's just that the other person's face was truly terrifying.

Having found nothing, Lin Shu lifted the confinement spell.

The drone continued to track the person, but since no one had been active in the area for many years, the woods near Huawu Old Village were already quite dense.

Even with the aid of thermal imaging, it is extremely difficult to achieve results in environments with dense foliage.

After tracking for less than two minutes, Jin Yue had to report to Lin Shu.

"We lost them."

He said with a furrowed brow, "The other person moved very quickly; they don't seem like an elderly person at all."

"This shouldn't be the person we're looking for, right? The one we're looking for, Bumo, is almost 90 years old. A 90-year-old shouldn't be able to run that fast, right?"

"Not necessarily. What if it's the effect of some ritual we don't understand? And no facial information was recorded?"

Lin Shu has now completely learned to think like a "civil servant," so he doesn't really care about "keeping up." What he cares about is whether he can confirm the other party's identity.

The opponent cannot control the snake.

Either they are carrying powerful talismans, or it is the effect of some kind of ritual.

And the rituals...

What they were looking for was a clue to a "method of avoiding disaster" that could "avoid the influence of rituals," and the other party had already demonstrated this ability.

Isn't that just a gift delivered to our doorstep?

Therefore, verifying the other party's identity is of paramount importance.

Once their identity is confirmed, we will definitely be able to find them!

He looked at Jin Yue expectantly, but the latter shook his head and replied, "It wasn't recorded—she had her back to us the whole time."

"pity."

Lin Shu sighed, and at this moment, Chen Zhu, Lu Ran and others had caught up.

"What's going on?"

"We've spotted a suspicious target, but we're unsure if it's the person we're looking for."

"Suspicious target? Didn't catch them?"

Chen Zhu looked at Jin Yue with a puzzled expression.

How far away are we from you?

"At its closest point, it was twenty meters away. Lin Shu originally planned to use a snake to control it, but she failed."

"I reacted a beat too slow and couldn't keep up. I tried following them with a drone for a while, but I lost them there too."

"So fast?!"

Chen Zhu stared in astonishment at the distant mountains and forests, his gaze gradually becoming profound.

"Yes, very soon, and..."

"Don't speak."

Chen Zhu suddenly raised his hand.

Then, as if she were sleepwalking, she walked away into the distance.

Profile.

Lin Shu and Jin Yue exchanged a glance, and the latter quickly organized the special forces members in the team to begin vigilance and deployment, while Lin Shu and Lu Ran followed Chen Zhu's footsteps.

Chen Zhu remained silent until she reached the bushes, at which point her pace noticeably slowed.

However, it wasn't because the dense bushes blocked her way.

She was just observing.

Observe in a way that Lin Shu doesn't easily understand.

Chen Zhu's gaze wandered around, seemingly unfocused.

But she accurately located the spot where that person had been.

"She appeared here—not appeared, but stayed."

"Here, she found you. She didn't hide herself or crouch down; she just stood there, quietly watching you."

"You didn't see her, so she stood there for a while... maybe a few seconds, maybe a minute or two."

"And then... you found her."

Chen Zhu pointed to the ground.

"She took a step back here, not because she wanted to run away, but because she was afraid; she took a step back instinctively."

"She's afraid of you... She's not a monster."

Chen Zhu continued walking forward, turned around, and stood in the spot where the "mysterious man" had stood.

She took a step back and stumbled slightly, but quickly regained her balance.

"wrong."

"She stepped back when she saw you turn around... but after making eye contact with you, she stood still."

"She seems to want to communicate with you; she's even trying to move forward."

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"But what has changed..."

"I yelled."

Lin Shu added from the side.

"Hmm, it's possible he was frightened."

"In short, from here on, she turned around and ran."

"The trail is very clear. If we keep following it, we might find her soon... but there's no need."

no need?

Isn't finding the other person the most important thing right now?

Chen Zhu continued walking forward.

"We don't need to know where she went, we just need to figure out where she came from."

"She smelled very strong... no, not on her, but on her shoes."

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"Her shoes were covered in sheep droppings... This is clearly the person we're looking for."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Shu's spirits lifted.

He had previously worried that when he came to find the person, he would be an old man who was frail and mentally unstable.

But now it seems that's not the case.

Although the other party's state was a bit strange, it was still better than having nowhere to start!

"We don't need to chase after her, she'll come back."

"We just need to know what she's doing."

"She didn't come over after she found you. This stretch of road, from that wooden house to here, has already been worn into a path."

"This road stretches all the way to the edge of the cliff—look, it's very clear from this angle."

Lin Shu looked in the direction Chen Zhu was pointing, and sure enough, a faint path, resembling a "beast trail," appeared before her eyes.

"She walks this road often, maybe even every day."

"But why? What is she doing?"

Chen Zhu quickened her pace. Although there were many details along the way, they seemed unimportant to her.

Soon, the group followed her closer to Huawu Old Village. The village entrance was paved with bluestone slabs, and there was a mud imprint on the slabs that looked like it had been pressed out by a cart.

"Footprints... She passes by here every day; the mud is stuck to the stone slabs."

It hasn't rained here for several days...

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"Her steps were steady, her goal was clear... she was heading in the direction of her home."

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"But the footprints on the other side of the cliff are very messy... and the strides are obviously much larger."

"She ran there and walked back... She often fell... Here, here."

"Why...why is she in such a hurry..."

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Following the footprints forward, the group approached the only remaining wooden house that was still inhabited.

When Lin Shu saw the iron pot outside the courtyard, she had already guessed the old man's purpose in repeatedly going back and forth to the cliff.

"She's having malaria."

Lin Shu said, "Like picking out a sick ghost, she wants to take the sick ghost on her body to the cliff and throw it away!"

"That's obvious."

Chen Zhu nodded slightly.

"Anyone can see it, but there's something different here..."

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"Look, there's nothing next to this pot—no firewood, no tools for starting a fire, and the stove is just three stones piled up haphazardly."

"But she goes to play the 'pill-throwing' game every day," she said. "If it's a regular activity, she should try to prepare as thoroughly as possible."

Chen Zhu closed his eyes and squatted down in front of the stove.

Her movements were bizarre—she was holding firewood that wasn't actually there, and she was putting it into the stove one piece at a time.

"We don't have enough firewood."

"The fire was about to go out, but she didn't go to get firewood; she just squatted here."

She was hesitating whether to go and get it...

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Chen Zhu pushed himself up and slowly walked into the courtyard.

"She gathered two pieces of firewood and came back."

"Two pieces of firewood weren't enough, so she went again..."

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"She was very resistant to this."

"She's gambling with herself."

"She's gambling that if the firewood runs out before the ritual is completed, she'll just give up."

"But the beans were ripe... She grabbed a few, chewed them a few times, and spat them here... Then she went up the mountain."

Chen Zhu let out a long breath.

She stood up and continued walking towards the kitchen, whose doors were open.

"The porridge...has meat in it, but she won't eat it..."

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"There's still goat milk here; she can milk it, but she doesn't drink it..."

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"The goat milk was all rotten, so she poured some out on the ground outside."

""

She seems very negative...

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When Chen Zhu opened her eyes again, she had broken free from that "sleepwalking" state.

"This person—this Bummo, she wants to die."

"The ritual of throwing the 'pencil' kept her alive, but she wanted to die."

"But something was binding her, forcing her to live."

She kept hesitating, unable to let go of something...

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"What exactly is it...?"

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Chen Zhu looked at Jin Yue and said, "Captain Jin, search the house."

"clear."

Jin Yue turned and left. While Chen Zhu was still thinking, he spent only a few minutes leading his men to search the entire house.

There are no clues.

"It seems we'll just have to wait."

Chen Zhu sighed.

"Her life was too monotonous; we can only deduce this much from the beginning."

"But I'm sure she'll come back."

As soon as she finished speaking, Jin Yue immediately gave the order.

The group removed their equipment, preparing for a long stay.

—But it was at this moment.

Lin Shu suddenly walked up to the pot.

Then he squatted down and put his hand into the iron pot.

It's cold.

Lin Shu's expression suddenly changed.

You guessed most of it right.

Looking at Chen Zhu, Lin Shu said, "There are indeed soybeans in the pot, but she hasn't started frying them yet."

"You've got it backwards, we've got it backwards."

"This process is reversed; it's the opposite of the actual 'ballet toss' ritual..."

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"She's not having a seizure."

"She's going to the other side of the cliff... to bring back the plague demon!"

"She's summoning a ghost!"

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