CHAPTER 379: CHAPTER 178: POSSESSED? (PART 2)

However, most of it has been submerged in the long river of history.

It’s like this for others, and it’s the same for Jiang Yu.

If the Huaxia Army hadn’t found her and rescued her, what would her outcome have been?

Dying in a monster attack, without even leaving a name behind.

Just like any other outstanding, equally powerful person.

Lei Jie exhaled a long breath.

He suddenly recalled a saying.

"How can nobility be inherited by bloodline?"

If he unconsciously tries to grant some form of specialty to every capable individual, then his path is already way off track...

Thinking of this, Lei Jie smiled with relief.

Then, he said:

"This is great."

"Your example will encourage many people."

"Let’s go, continue flying south."

"If you see the target we identified earlier, don’t hesitate."

"As I taught you, push the control stick down and charge towards it."

"Drop the bomb on its head and blow it up!"

"Understood!"

Jiang Yu gently pushed the throttle, and the aircraft immediately accelerated.

In the whirring sound of the propeller, the "rookie" flying for the first time was filled with excitement.

She still didn’t know what kind of terrifying opponent she might face.

But she was ready to take it down.

"30 kilometers to the target area, we have entered the danger zone, stay alert!"

Lei Jie ordered, and as soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Yu gripped the control stick tightly.

It wasn’t her first time facing a monster.

But it was indeed her first time confronting a monster with the intent to "eliminate" it.

Complex emotions intertwined as Jiang Yu took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, answering with determination:

"Understood, entering the danger zone."

"Commander, I can’t see the ground clearly, do we need to lower the altitude?"

"Not for now."

Lei Jie shook his head and said:

"Continue heading south. We’re still within the reconnaissance balloon detection range, and I haven’t seen any signs of the monster."

As he spoke, Lei Jie carefully observed the high-altitude images on the smart goggles.

Even though they had already left the coverage range of the 011 base’s cellular network, thanks to the large number of reconnaissance balloons deployed earlier, they could still use image transmission signals to obtain reconnaissance images from the balloons.

However, due to the impact of the transmission rate, all the images he could see were delayed, and the coverage was relatively limited.

But it was enough.

He quickly scanned through image after image, and when the image from the farthest balloon came through to his PDA, his eyes lit up.

Fallen trees, exposed yellow earth, half-collapsed mountainsides, and tunnels exposed to the open air...

Found it.

"Turn 10 degrees east and maintain altitude to continue forward."

"We’ve found it!"

"Understood!"

As Lei Jie’s words fell, Jiang Yu immediately tilted the control stick to turn. Meanwhile, Lei Jie swiftly sent a maneuver directive to the reconnaissance balloon, activating the small propellers on the balloon to control it to fly along the tracks left by the monster.

Images continually streamed in, but at this moment, the speed of image transmission already lagged behind the speed of the flying bomber.

The distance of less than 40 kilometers swept past rapidly, and when the bomber flew over the first anomaly point, Lei Jie decisively issued the command to "descend in altitude."

The aircraft descended to 500 meters, the noise from the propeller disturbing the birds and beasts in the forest, as well as the monsters lurking among the trees.

They looked up at the "iron bird" gliding overhead from the sky, seemingly realizing the airborne threat after a brief confusion, and launched their unique forms of attack on the airplane.

Bone spurs shot from the back, thrown stones, "monkeys" leaping from treetops, and violently expelled toxic gas...

Such attacks might be enough to knock down opponents on the ground, but they couldn’t reach the aircraft above.

"Feels like Indians shooting arrows at the airplane..."

Lei Jie said with amused irony.

"Indians? What are they?"

Jiang Yu asked curiously.

The closer they got to the target, the calmer she became.

It was undeniable—a rare talent.

"They were a primitive people. They reacted the same way upon seeing planes."

"But that’s not important."

"Circle around, tilt the plane, and keep an eye on below."

"The monster should be in this region; we need to find it!"

"Understood."

Jiang Yu gently moved the control stick, tilting the plane to the right, perfectly providing Lei Jie with ample observational view.

Lei Jie had no time to ponder on how she had acquired such skills. Instead, he promptly engaged the zoom module, carefully scouring the ground for any signs.

But he found nothing.

The monster’s tracks abruptly ceased in the forest as if it had fully submerged underground.

This didn’t make sense.

From past experience, the monster’s digging depth wasn’t that deep.

After all, it wasn’t a true tunnel boring machine, and without structural support, deep tunnels could easily collapse under their own weight.

Thus, once it started digging, there should be some evidence on the surface.

Yet there was nothing.

Very strange.

Lei Jie frowned, about to order Jiang Yu to change direction, but then he suddenly noticed an unusual depression on the ground.

A basin?

Didn’t seem like it.

Wait a moment.

"Change course!"

Lei Jie shouted the command.

The next second, the ground suddenly cracked open!

Then, the long-hidden Whale Catfish shot out from the loose soil!

It rose fully upright, reaching an astounding height of thirty meters!

The scales on its body fully expanded; densely packed blisters released flickering electric arcs.

The distance was less than 600 meters.

If a high-voltage shock pierced the air and hit the bomber, the two of them would be done for!

At this moment, the airplane’s direction was directly aligned with the direction of the monster.

Even if the control stick was pulled in the opposite direction to escape, by the time a real change in direction occurred, the plane might have already flown straight into the electric charge zone!

Lei Jie instinctively wanted to pull the control stick, but he realized Jiang Yu moved faster than he did.

Jiang Yu didn’t pull the stick in the opposite direction based on intuition; instead, she pushed it hard to the right, instantly making the wings perpendicular to the ground.

Following this, the plane rolled, its nose pointing away from the monster.

Lei Jie watched, wide-eyed, as Jiang Yu lightly pulled the control stick to the left to easily change direction.

Behind the aircraft, flashes of electricity already engulfed a radius of nearly three hundred meters around the monster!

Damn.....

What was that non-coaxial roll??

Was this something this bomber capable of?!

Lei Jie was dumbfounded looking at Jiang Yu beside him, while she was tensely shouting:

"Almost flipped over, Commander!"

"We got out of there!"

"Should we go back?"

".....Go back, go back!"

Lei Jie forcibly calmed his wildly beating heart before saying:

"It can’t discharge continuously in a short time, this is our chance!"

"Increase altitude, circle wide, and accelerate to the maximum speed!"

"We can’t dive-bomb, line up for a horizontal bombing, and release when I give the word!"

"Understood!"

Jiang Yu’s hands were trembling; clearly, the earlier daring maneuver had also scared her.

But she quickly calmed down, following Lei Jie’s instructions to fly a wide loop and then pushed the throttle all the way forward, bringing the plane to maximum speed.

Closing the distance, Lei Jie noticed the distant monster was attempting to burrow back into the ground.

Opportunities vanish quickly; they had to be swift!

"Aim at the monster!"

He shouted the order, silently counting down in his mind.

3.

2.

1.

"Release!"

"Snap!"

The rack released, and the 500kg bomb fell smoothly down.

This bomb traced a beautiful arc through the air before plummeting straight towards the depression where the monster was located!

"Pull up! Pull up!"

No need for Lei Jie to explain, Jiang Yu had already instinctively pulled the control stick, raising the nose of the plane.

Altitude climbed, and beneath the wings, a massive explosion sounded.

"Boom!"

The depression was instantly enveloped in a cloud of smoke and dirt, with the bomb’s impact point less than 50 meters from the monster.

It was an incredibly precise bombing.

Theoretically, even if it didn’t kill the monster, it should have been heavily wounded!

Now, however, Lei Jie had no mind to care about the monster.

He looked at Jiang Yu’s pale face, affected by the overload, took a deep breath, and said:

"Kid... were you possessed or something?!"