in the text file is a hex that finds the nearest item and scans the area surrounding the caster for that block type, and writes all the coordinates to a list.
using the hex makes the game lag serverside forever/crash if it finds too many matching blocks.
gamecrash or scanning hex.txt
this is on 1.19.2 quilt 0.17.8 with hexcasting 0.10.3 (and hexal 0.2.6)

decoded for your viewing pleasure

@Talia-12 Do you know if this is still an issue on 1.20?

This should be fixed by #721.