BepinEx on Current Patch Not Compatible?

I've been trying to Install a mod from nexus namely: "https://www.nexusmods.com/hollowknight/mods/152" and from what I gather I need BepinEx installed in my game root for it to work. I tried installing Lumafly and the mod gets recognized, but upon launch the game crashed and corrupts files which forces me to clean install the game.

I've tried many ways of installing BepinEx to no Avail. My first try was with the Silksong BepinEx 5 loader which was obviously incompatible. Then I tried using the dedicated BepinEx 6 HK mod loader by daltonyx, which DID actually create a plugins folder, but I could not pull up the BepinEx UI menu, nor did the mod work when I placed the dll in the plugins folder.

Lastly I tried to install BepinEX ver 5.4.23.5 win_x.86 directly from the BepinEx's GitHub, but upon launching the game, the plugin's folder does not get created.

I asked chatGPT and it seems to think there is a hook issue with winhttp.dll but I don't really know where to go with that since im not crazy knowledgeable on BepinEX or manual modding environments.

I will try downgrading the game version, since I've seen users say that is a potential solution but i'd rather not have to, so any information or solutions would be greatly appreciated.