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The four drove towards the church in a car Hu Tingting had found by the roadside, a local brand similar to an SUV.

Xu Changnian was driving, guided by Zhou Wen. He floored the gas pedal, creating a high-speed sensation in the fog.

Hu Tingting: Should we test the waters first or just go in guns blazing?

Lin Ye: Test the waters while going in guns blazing. Ideally, we should resolve this in one fell swoop.

Lin Ye focused his mind, took out the CL0 pistol, and closed his eyes, pressing the gun against his forehead.

The internal structure of the CL0 pistol was complex, but Lin Ye quickly located the flesh-and-blood bullet that had already completed its mutation within the flesh extraction device.

Lin Ye began to try to engrave temporary Collapse runes on the bullet. The pistol already had other runes running inside, and this was the first time he had engraved runes in such a complex environment.

He had to engrave the runes into the bullet without affecting the normal operation of the other runes. This was also why Lin Ye didn't take the bullet out to engrave the runes; first, he had to ensure the pistol would work.

Zhou Wen: Brother Lin! There's a layer of complex psionic protection outside the church!

Lin Ye: Ram it! Ram into the church through the main entrance! Prepare for battle!

Hu Tingting: Huh?

Xu Changnian: Roger!

Completing the final stroke of the Collapse rune, the mutated bullet was about to collapse. Lin Ye pulled the trigger, aiming at the main entrance of the church.

Thump!

The mutated bullet collided with an extremely strong layer of psionic protection. The Collapse rune triggered, and the psionic protection began to collapse in all directions from the point of impact.

The SUV crashed into the church without resistance, and the flying architectural debris was crushed by an invisible force, scattering the remnants everywhere.

The four quickly abandoned the car, which was also crushed by that force.

In the center of the church stood a priest wearing black and white vestments. He only crushed the SUV that crashed in front of him and did not continue to act.

Lin Ye didn't continue to attack either, but silently engraved runes on the walls of the church. Although this church was not as good as the previous theater, it was still a good source of psionic material.

"What a pity. I wanted to let you die painlessly tonight, but you came anyway. Isn't this the tragedy of humanity?"

The priest said with a sorrowful expression.

"Humanity is not tragic. What's tragic is a moron with an abnormal brain."

Lin Ye engraved runes while sensing the surrounding environment, checking the other party's arrangements.

"Your pistol should be useless now, right? I was originally planning to trap you outside the church, drag it out until tonight, and then mutate you into materials."

The priest suddenly probed.

"These are my masterpieces, the essence of all life in the town. I'm waiting for them to come. What are you waiting for?"

The priest commanded the monsters to attack Lin Ye and the others and began to inscribe mutation runes in the church. The church was the only safe point in the town. If Lin Ye and the others hadn't broken into the church, he could have easily exhausted them.

Both monsters were pieced together from various highly mutated organs and mutated again. On every part of their bodies, every piece of skin, one could see traces of different humans left behind.

Lin Ye: Zhou Wen, stop him from inscribing runes. You guys deal with those two monsters. I'll control the situation.

Zhou Wen: Roger.

Hu Tingting: No problem.

Xu Changnian: Roger.

Zhou Wen retreated behind Lin Ye and activated his talent ability.

His talent ability could hinder others from using mental power. Of course, the degree of hindrance was related to the target's mental power.

The priest was interrupted by Zhou Wen just halfway through inscribing the mutation runes.

He looked at Zhou Wen, but only saw Lin Ye, who was ready to strike.

The two mutated creatures were strong and difficult to kill, but they were, after all, mindless fools. With the support of Lin Ye's runes, Hu Tingting and Xu Changnian easily blocked the two monsters.

Seeing how resistant to killing the two mutated monsters were, Lin Ye abandoned the plan to quickly kill the priest and instead prepared to fill the church with runes, then exhaust the priest to death.

"I'm waiting for you to play your cards. If these are all your trump cards, then I suggest you commit suicide. That way, we can save some effort, and you won't have to be tortured to death by us."

Lin Ye said with a calm expression.

Although these two mutated monsters were resistant to killing, they could only last for ten minutes at most. This was only because most of Lin Ye's attention was on the priest.

"...I didn't expect that a few investigators who haven't even reached Tier 1 would force me to this point. I admit that you are stronger now, but even so, I must save you. This is the raison d'être of the Redemption Church."

The priest took off his vestments, and his once well-proportioned figure began to mutate and deform. His entire body turned into a three-meter-high, one-meter-diameter cylindrical mass of flesh covered in slender tentacles.

"Sorry, I've never been good at fighting since I was a child, so I can only transform myself into this shape. You can attack now. Just like I said, I'm not good at fighting."

Lin Ye swung a blade of psionic energy, but the blade struck the priest's body surface and was blocked by a strange layer of psionic protection, without even scratching the surface.

At the same time, a large number of complex mutation runes appeared on the priest's body surface. Affected by the mutation runes, using psionic energy within the church would accelerate the body's mutation.

Zhou Wen: Brother Lin, I can't affect the runes inscribed on his body.

Hu Tingting: These two monsters are mutating again. If this continues, we'll mutate into monsters before we can deal with them.

Xu Changnian: I can kill one, but after that, I won't be able to help.

Lin Ye: That's not necessary. You guys prepare yourselves. We'll work together to take care of the priest in a moment.

Lin Ye controlled the psionic protection to block the attacks of the two mutated monsters and quickly inscribed mutation runes on the walls of the church.

The difference between mutation and evolution lies in the degree of stability.

Mutated creatures are inherently in an unstable state.

The priest's mutated monsters were pieced together and mutated from various mutated parts, and they were extremely unstable existences among mutated creatures.

However, this instability was under the priest's control. He didn't need these creatures to exist for long. On the contrary, he needed them to bear and unleash power that a stable system couldn't withstand.

As a mutation expert, the priest was naturally able to control this power, which could lose control at any time.

But what if Lin Ye also interfered?

Although Lin Ye was not a mutation expert, he could also use mutation runes. As long as he kept inscribing mutation runes in the church, that delicate balance would be broken, and the two mutated creatures would completely unleash their final power, while the priest would reveal flaws due to the imbalance.

As a mutation expert, the priest naturally noticed Lin Ye's little tricks. He hurriedly stopped urging the mutation runes on his body surface, but it was already too late.