Chapter 60 With Ji Ling Here! What the Hell Is There to Be Afraid Of!

The firsthand footage they captured served as the most direct material for the Divine Bureau's research into the black fog and anomalous creatures.

This was their mission.

Ji Ling truly did not understand, yet such was the reality.

Hearing their conversation over the radio, General Lin immediately interjected, "Ji Ling, she is right. The war correspondents of Qingyun Terrace are tasked precisely with this. They deserve our respect. We have our mission, and they have theirs!"

"We should respect their work. As long as her work does not interfere with our normal combat operations, we have no right to meddle in it."

"Rest assured, General Lin! We journalists of Qingyun Terrace have our own professional ethics. Never interfering with the military's routine combat and rest is our number one commandment!" Having said this, Nangong Lingyue pouted at Ji Ling, her expression clearly showing she was picking a fight with him.

"Alright then." Ji Ling let out a helpless sigh, glanced at Nangong Lingyue, and said, "Then stay a little further back. This invisible anomalous creature is massive. Once it suddenly strikes, it might hurt you. If I get distracted trying to save you, that would count as interfering with my normal combat, and then I'd have the right to chase you away!"

Hearing their exchange over the radio, General Lin turned to General Xu beside him and said, "Look at these two comic relief characters. Even now they still have the mood to bicker, neither willing to yield an inch."

"They are clearly a pair of destined rivals!" General Xu said with a grinning smile, "The two of them fancied each other long ago. They're both worried about the other's safety, yet neither has the guts to admit it, so they can only hide behind commandments and whatnot as an excuse!"

"Ha! These youngsters, not brave at all. Aren't young people today supposed to be very direct? How come these two are even less bold than I was back in the day?"

"Do you remember my wife?"

General Lin shot General Xu a sidelong glance and said, "How could I not remember? Back then, you, old Xu, proposed in front of the entire army, making sister-in-law's face turn as red as a monkey's bottom! Who else could be as daring as you?"

"What kind of damn adjectives are you using? If you don't know how to use them, don't use them randomly, alright? Who compares a blushing young woman's face to a monkey's bottom?"

"Hahahaha!" General Lin burst into hearty laughter, then immediately turned serious and said, "Alright, stop joking around, we're in the middle of a battle!"

"What is there to fear!" General Xu chuckled, looking at General Lin. "Don't you know Ji Ling's capabilities? He could summon even the true form of Yinglong into the Void Arena and emerge completely unscathed. With that kind of strength, he can't handle a tiny anomalous creature?"

"Besides, there are thirty Punisher drones equipped with death-ray weapons capable of inflicting effective damage on anomalous creatures to provide him with fire cover! What is there to be afraid of?"

"You old rascal, if you didn't have absolute confidence, would you be chatting about such inappropriate nonsense with me at a time like this? Now you're acting like a good guy! Why do I find your hypocrisy so hard to stomach?!"

"You old bastard!" General Lin shook his head helplessly and said, "I only said one sentence, how many sentences are you using to block me?"

While the two old men were chatting idly, Ji Ling, stationed on the distant peak, had already initiated his attack!

Thunderclouds rolled across the high heavens, and a bolt of purple-gold lightning plunged from the sky, striking heavily upon the body of the invisible anomalous creature!

The instant it was struck by the lightning, a piercing shriek of agony that shook the heavens rang out, and the invisible anomalous creature finally revealed its true form!

It was indeed a wolf-like creature, as tall as a mountain. Unlike ordinary wolves, it lacked thick fur; instead, its body was a flawlessly smooth mirror surface. Its entire form seemed to reflect the starry sky, glowing with a deep blue akin to the cosmos!

Amidst this deep blue, a terrifying wound was continuously gushing dark green blood.

Clearly severely wounded by this strike and driven to fury by the blow, the anomalous creature immediately leaped up, lunging straight toward Ji Ling!

For a giant wolf of such immense size to leap, soaring nearly tens of meters into the air, its colossal form blocked out the sky. Just the impact of its weight alone was enough to crush Ji Ling to death.

Seeing this, General Lin did not dare to be careless in the slightest and immediately shouted his command: "Punishers! Counterattack immediately!!!"

At General Lin's command, the thirty Punisher drones instantly fired a total of thirty death-ray beams, collectively bombarding the giant anomalous wolf!

Death rays possessed absolute lethality against anomalous creatures, their destructive power even surpassing that of a low-tier divine contractor.

A full thirty death-ray beams converged on the giant anomalous wolf. The creature's airborne leaping body instantly tilted, and like a kite with a broken string, it was sent flying backward, crashing heavily into the sea and disappearing from sight.

Everyone watched the sea before them with bated breath. No one could be certain whether the giant anomalous wolf was dead or alive, and thus not a single person dared to lower their guard.

Meanwhile.

The military broadcasting studio was also livestreaming these events.

[Is that giant anomalous wolf dead?]

[Who knows...]

[This must be the boss, right? Anomalous creatures with special skills are generally bosses!]

[Then it's not dead yet. Data from the Divine Bureau shows that the death of a boss is invariably accompanied by the large-scale receding of the black fog!]

The host then tossed this question to the father-and-son duo, Ji Tianxing and Ji Yun.

Ji Tianxing glanced at Ji Yun, signaling him to answer well and redeem himself for his foolish behavior in the Void Arena yesterday.

Ji Yun instantly understood, nodded, and said, "What the netizens in the chat are saying is actually correct. First of all, based on my combat experience in the southwest region and the insights accumulated over many years, when a boss from a black fog invasion dies, it is definitely accompanied by a large-scale retreat of the black fog. Even if there are multiple bosses and only one or a few die, this phenomenon still occurs! Currently, we do not see any signs of the black fog receding in the footage, which should be sufficient proof that this giant anomalous wolf is not yet dead."

In truth, Ji Yun had never set foot on a battlefield in his life. These so-called experiences were actually various data and materials Ji Tianxing had collected for him by abusing his authority, combined with the eager accounts Ji Ling had given his family last time he returned home, which Ji Yun had carefully memorized.

As for his so-called personal observations on the southwest battlefield, those were entirely Ji Ling's observations and had nothing to do with Ji Yun whatsoever.

Yet at this moment, Ji Yun brazenly presented these points as his own firsthand observations, without a single blush or a flutter of his heart, acting as calmly as if he had truly witnessed them himself.