Leng Feng briefly recounted their previous experiences, leaving the members of the Wolf King Special Team astonished.
Despite lingering doubts, they joined the task of placing stones under Long Chuzhi's guidance.
With everyone's joint efforts, a complete Eight Array Diagram soon appeared before them.
However, Han Zuan and others looked at the pattern formed by stones, expressing suspicion.
"This doesn't seem special at all," Han Zuan muttered.
Long Chuzhi was also puzzled, wondering why he was following Lin Beichen in doing something seemingly absurd.
In response to everyone's doubt, Lin Beichen merely smiled serenely.
He walked to the northwest corner of the Eight Array Diagram and placed a stone.
At that moment, the entire Eight Array Diagram seemed to be activated, emitting a mysterious light.
The scene before them underwent a tremendous transformation.
Suddenly, wind and sand rose sharply around the previously ordinary stone formation, dust billowing, drawing everyone's attention.
Soon after, dark lines vaguely appeared between the stones, like veins, skillfully connecting the stones to form a complex array diagram.
"Heavens, what's happening?" someone exclaimed.
"What's with the wind and sand around the Eight Array Diagram? The surrounding trees are totally unaffected!" someone else asked in bewilderment.
"Could this Eight Array Diagram really transform on its own as the legends say?" someone guessed incredulously.
"Am I seeing things? This is too bizarre!" another person said, scratching their head.
The members of the Wolf King Special Team witnessed this series of changes, eyes wide, faces full of shock.
They never expected these unremarkable stones to reveal such phenomena!
Even the prepared members of the Venomous Snake Special Team were surprised by the spectacle before them.
Lin Beichen glanced at everyone's astonished expressions, chuckled lightly, and said, "This is just the beginning."
He hinted that when those mercenaries stepped in, an even more spectacular scene would unfold.
"What should we do next?" Xia Luyao asked Lin Beichen.
Lin Beichen smiled serenely and replied, "We retreat and wait for them to walk right into the trap."
Thus, the two special teams orderly retreated backward.
Meanwhile, a group of mercenaries was lurking in the dense grass ahead.
"Jason, something's wrong, they've been silent for a long time," a mercenary communicated to a companion through a headset.
The mercenary called Jason furrowed his brow, seriously watching the front: "Strange, could they have escaped?"
They had been ambushed for a long time, ready to fire at any movement, but the opponent's prolonged silence was unsettling.
"We can't wait any longer, we have to go up and check."
At this moment, another mercenary called Bat suggested.
"No, they're all special forces; we can't act rashly."
Jason was very cautious, not confident in facing the special forces head-on.
"What's there to fear? They have no live ammunition now, they pose no threat to us," Bat said dismissively.
Jason and the others hesitated for a moment, feeling that Bat's words made sense, so they decided to advance and investigate together.
A dozen mercenaries cautiously moved forward and suddenly discovered the silhouettes of the special forces ahead.
"There they are!" Jason exclaimed, and the group immediately raised their guns and fired.
However, to their astonishment, not a single bullet hit the target.
The bullets, after being fired, seemed to vanish into endless space, without even an echo.
"Damn it! How could none of them hit?"
Jason cursed angrily, waving his hand to signal the group to charge forward.
But no sooner had they run a few steps, the surroundings changed dramatically.
"What's going on? Everything around has changed!" someone yelled in shock.
They seemed to be caught in a sandstorm vortex, the surroundings a blur, direction unrecognizable.
Even as experienced mercenaries, they couldn't help but feel panic and confusion at this moment.
The scene was too strange, too terrifying.
They tried to turn and retreat, but to their dismay, they couldn't find the way back.
"We only walked two steps, how did it turn into this? Why is it the same when we try to go back?" Bat yelled frantically.
They tried retreating further, but the scene before them remained unchanged, still suffocating wind and sand.
At this, someone fearfully said, "Could we have encountered ghosts?"
Suddenly, Jason had an epiphany, exclaiming, "I understand! We might be trapped in an ancient Eastern Array!"
He had a keen interest in the ancient culture of Huaxia and had read related books.
The current situation was very similar to what he had read before.
"What? Jason, do you know what you're talking about?" Bat asked in confusion.
Jason said solemnly, "I once read a book from Huaxia, 'The Romance of the Three Kingdoms,' which described an Eastern Wizard named Zhuge Liang. He could trap enemy troops with stones, making escape impossible. The current situation is exactly as described in the book!"
The others all looked bewildered after hearing this; was Huaxia's culture truly so magical?
Bat paused and hesitantly asked, "Since you've read that book, do you know how we can escape?"
"How should I know this?" Jason responded somewhat helplessly.
Huaxia's ancient arrays, each was filled with mystery and depth; he only knew a little from the books.