"But the roads we've traveled could have crossed the Baikal Remains dozens of times," Wang Xiyi said, "and I still can't fly... This is really becoming a type of ground dragon."

"We're almost there," Yan Yu'an said, "we're only two blocks away from Victory Avenue."

"Last time, we were three blocks away from Victory Avenue, and we ended up taking a huge detour, only to get further away," Wang Xiyi said. "If you ask me, since we're so close now, why not just push straight through with brute force? Even though the structures in the Baikal Remains are quite strong, I can still manage to break through them."

"We've already wasted so much time; a little more won't hurt," Sun Hang shook his head and asked Yan Yu'an, "How much effective time is left in Liu Li's dynamic model?"

"One and a half hours," Yan Yu'an replied.

"Then if we don't reach the destination within an hour and twenty-five minutes, I'll allow you to use brute—" Sun Hang abruptly stopped speaking.

"Looks like we'll have to use brute force right now," Wang Xiyi finished his sentence.

"Detected an abnormal memetic fluctuation," Yan Yu'an said grimly. "A strange entity is approaching us rapidly... at four o'clock!"

No sooner had he spoken than a massive black figure crashed through the second-floor wall of a building on the right and lunged at Yan Yu'an from above!

Yan Yu'an hadn't reacted yet when the danger sensing and self-avoidance programs in the "Willow Leaf Saber" armor were activated first. The six hidden nozzles on the front of the armor ignited simultaneously, and the massive thrust forcibly propelled Yan Yu'an several meters sideways.

"Boom!!!" A deafening roar echoed down the street. The giant shadow missed its target, then rose up on its hind legs and slammed both massive paws down towards Yan Yu'an!

It was only then that Yan Yu'an could see clearly—a giant bear, over eight meters long, had smashed through the wall from the second floor!

However, this giant bear was covered in horrifically decomposed flesh, with many areas so decayed that bones were visible. Thick white maggots, larger than human fingers, crawled in and out of the bear's flesh.

"Zombie bear?" Wang Xiyi frowned. "That's kind of disgusting."

The fuel for the previously activated thrusters had already been exhausted during the evasive maneuver—these hidden thrusters were designed as single-use life-saving devices. To be compact enough, each thruster contained only about four grams of fuel, allowing it to operate for less than a second.

Of course, the "Willow Leaf Saber" armor had more than just these six thrusters, but since Yan Yu'an had already reacted and received the corresponding neural signals, the remaining thrusters were not activated.

Yan Yu'an's body instantly fell backward. As she narrowly avoided the bear's strike, several pairs of wheels popped out from the back, lower legs, and heels of the "Willow Leaf Saber," propelling her towards the zombie bear in a sliding maneuver.

The next second, the metallic spine of the power armor suddenly engaged, supporting Yan Yu'an's upper body as she sprung upright. From the forearm armor emerged a high-temperature fist sword emitting a crimson glow, stabbing ferociously into the zombie bear's abdomen!

The stench of charred rotten flesh quickly spread through the street, causing Sun Hang to hold his nose and loudly protest: "Fight if you must, but don't turn it into a septic tank!"

Yan Yu'an ignored Sun Hang's complaints and did not stop. The "Willow Leaf Saber" armor carried her body around the giant bear, and the high-temperature fist sword embedded in the bear's body further tore the wound from tens of centimeters to nearly two meters!

Guts and rotten pus spilled from the zombie bear's belly cavity. Yet, apparently feeling no pain, the bear turned to pursue Yan Yu'an despite such severe injury.

However, the act of turning only served to further tear open the wound on its belly.

At that moment, Yan Yu'an had already leaped three steps onto the bear's back. The foot and leg armor of the "Willow Leaf Saber" was equipped with claws, allowing her to stride securely even on a ninety-degree vertical surface, let alone the giant bear's back.

Yan Yu'an let out a low cry, swinging her fist sword down heavily, severing the zombie bear's spine!

Though it was an abnormal entity, the zombie bear seemed to follow biological laws to some extent. When its spine was severed, its lower body instantly paralyzed, and the massive body collapsed to the ground again as its front paws thrashed wildly, smashing the pavement into fragments.

"Aim for the head! This thing is a zombie. To kill a zombie, you have to attack the head!" Sun Hang shouted from a distance.

Yan Yu'an still didn't speak, but it seemed she took Sun Hang's suggestion. She walked forward on the bear's body until she reached its head.

The bear's head was enormous, even scaled down proportionally. It was much larger than the head of an average black or brown bear—being eight meters long, it resembled the cab of a semi-trailer, with ample space for a game of mahjong atop.

With a "zing," the length of the fist sword in Yan Yu'an's hands extended another fold. She exhaled forcefully, aligning the swords in both hands before driving them fiercely into the back of the zombie bear's skull!

The zombie bear's cranium was indeed hard, but it couldn't withstand the technological wonders of human industrial civilization. The arms of the "Willow Leaf Saber" produced a teeth-gnashing metallic collision, forcibly driving the swords into the zombie bear's skull like stakes.

After more than three minutes of violent struggle, the zombie bear finally grew still.

"It's a pity; the bear paws are already rotten. Otherwise, such large bear paws could fetch a lot of money," Sun Hang lamented. "Most of the fur is also decayed. The only thing probably worth any value is the skull... If someone were to process it, there might be a wealthy fool who'd buy it to hang on their villa wall as decoration."

"Even if you dare to sell it, I doubt any wealthy person would dare to buy it," Wang Xiyi said with a laugh. "After all, it's an abnormal entity; there's no telling when it might suddenly come back to life one night."

"Then we should sell it to Dubhe Tower. The original palace renovation is too dull. It'd be perfect as a decoration," Sun Hang said. But in the next moment, he noticed that, following the zombie bear's death, its skeleton began to dissolve, causing the body to collapse like minced meat without skeletal support.

"Now it's truly worthless." Sun Hang attempted to absorb a bit of the zombie bear's meme, only to find its inherent ability was to "induce self-decay," making him hastily abandon the meme in fright.

"Damn, that almost messed up my stomach," Sun Hang angrily kicked the zombie bear, yet this action caused the street to change suddenly.

Countless small holes, each only a centimeter in diameter, appeared on the ground. The tiles crushed into powder by the zombie bear leaked through these holes like sand in an hourglass. The surrounding buildings were scattered into countless small pieces, like a Rubik's cube being rapidly twisted by numerous hands.

"What's happening?" Wang Xiyi warily surveyed the surroundings. "What does Liu Li's dynamic model say? Which way should we go now?"

"The dynamic model... is unresponsive." Yan Yu'an jumped down from the zombie bear's remnants. "These changes seem to exceed the calculation range of the model."