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The old man in the black robe vanished without a trace, as if he had never existed.

Li Haotian stood at the door, looking at the empty front yard, his face expressionless.

He looked down and met the silver vertical pupils of the little black dog on his shoulder.

"Meow?"

Xiao Hei tilted its head, and the tip of its tail gently brushed against Li Haotian's neck.

"He said you are a calamity." Li Haotian stretched out a finger and scratched Xiao Hei's chin.

Little Black squinted comfortably, making a gurgling sound in its throat.

The surrounding air rippled with the sound of its purring, creating invisible ripples. A few falling leaves paused strangely in mid-air before continuing their descent.

Li Haotian withdrew his hand, turned around, and walked back to the villa.

"Su Wan, take over the list for the imperial mausoleum."

"The final payment will be made in the form of antiques or rare metals of equivalent value; I do not accept ghost money."

Su Wan snapped out of her shock and nodded quickly.

"clear."

She looked at the harmless black cat on Li Haotian's shoulder, still somewhat bothered by the gravedigger's warning.

"Boss, that cat..."

"It's just a cat, being able to eat is a blessing," Li Haotian replied casually.

He walked over to the sofa, sat down, picked up the remote, and turned on the TV, which was playing a boring midday soap opera.

It was as if the old man in black robes who could annihilate aliens with talismans and was forced to bow his head by ten times the gravity was just a door-to-door salesman.

Seeing her boss's expression, Su Wan swallowed back the words she was about to say.

She walked to her worktable and began processing the order handover with the gravedigger.

About two days later.

The winds in Binhai City have quietly shifted behind the scenes.

Initially, it was just some insignificant rumors circulating on online forums.

"Have you heard? There was a Level 15 'Rotten Wolf' projection at the junkyard in the southern suburbs last night. Dozens of players teamed up to fight it, and they got wiped out!"

"I was nearby, and I was terrified! Then a group of people in matching uniforms appeared, knelt down and prayed before the monster, and the rotten wolf actually didn't attack them; it just walked away!"

"Really? That's amazing!"

"It's absolutely true! Those people call themselves the 'New God Cult,' saying that as long as you believe in their 'true god,' you will be protected and immune to all evil!"

Su Wan reported the compiled intelligence to Li Haotian, who was feeding Xiao Hei A-grade crystal cores in the garden.

"New God Religion?"

Li Haotian threw a fiery red crystal core over.

Xiao Hei opened its mouth, and a miniature spatial vortex appeared, swallowing the crystal core. Then it licked its lips with satisfaction.

"Boss, this sect is growing very fast. In just two days, it already has more than three thousand followers."

Su Wan's expression was somewhat solemn.

"They preached that the end of the world was coming and that only by believing in the 'true God' could one be saved. Many people who lost loved ones in the monster projections or who were desperate about life joined them."

Li Haotian wasn't interested.

"A bunch of swindlers spreading feudal superstitions, doesn't D.H.I.E.L.D. care?"

"I can't control it," Su Wan shook her head.

"They did not commit any direct illegal acts, and every time a monster appeared, they were able to resolve it 'peacefully,' leading many ordinary citizens to regard them as saviors."

"I conducted an in-depth investigation using the channels of the 'Tianji Pavilion' and discovered that their so-called 'peaceful resolution' involved feeding the monster with living people in front of its projection in exchange for the monster's temporary docility."

Li Haotian stopped feeding the baby.

He looked at Su Wan.

"A living person?"

"Yes," Su Wan nodded, "Most of them are homeless people, or people from other places who have been tricked into coming by them using various means."

Li Haotian didn't say anything, and threw the remaining crystal cores in his hand to Xiao Hei.

"Just a clown, he won't last long."

He didn't intend to get involved; such dirty work would naturally be handled by D.H.I.E.L.D.

However, things took an unexpected turn.

Another day later, the leader of the "New God Cult," a middle-aged man who called himself a "divine messenger," publicly pointed the finger at Yunfeng No. 1 Villa at a gathering of thousands of people.

"People of the world, open your eyes!"

"Those who dwell on Yunfeng Mountain are false gods! They are demons!"

"He and his monstrous creatures bring only slaughter and destruction! They are the root of all calamity!"

"The true God has issued a divine decree: we must unite to purify that evil lair! With fire and holy light, we must completely drive the demons out of Donghai City!"

The enthusiastic shouts were broadcast live across the entire Donghai City.

That afternoon, thousands of thoroughly brainwashed believers, armed with homemade Molotov cocktails, sticks, and iron tools, converged into a torrent and surged toward Genting Highlands.

"Boss! They're here!"

Liu Hu held the binoculars, his face pale.

"The foot of the mountain is packed with people, blocking the road! D.H.I.E.L.D. agents have set up a cordon outside, but they're too afraid to make a move!"

Su Wan also ran over, looking nervous.

"Boss, what do we do now? They may be ordinary people, but there are just too many of them!"

Li Haotian was standing on the second-floor terrace, holding a cup of black tea, calmly looking at the dark mass of people below the mountain.

The frantic screams and curses could be heard from a great distance.

"Purify the demon!"

"Burn the false gods!"

"It's so noisy."

Li Haotian put down his teacup, his tone completely calm.

The little black dog lying at his feet stood up, its silver pupils flashing with a dangerous light.

"Since they want to see God."

Li Haotian turned around and spoke softly to the air.

"Then let them have their way."

The moment he finished speaking.

hum-

The sky above Yunding Mountain suddenly darkened.

It wasn't the kind of darkness that comes from dark clouds obscuring the sun, but a deeper, purer kind of pitch black, as if even the light had been swallowed up.

An enormous, indescribable shadow began to slowly emerge in the sky above the villa.

The silhouette of the shadow was filled with a bizarre beauty of non-Euclidean geometry, as if it were composed of countless twisted carapaces, grotesque bone spurs, and flowing shadows.

Its form cannot be described in any language; just one glance is enough to shatter one's sanity.

The projection of the mythical unit, [Voidwalker Alien Queen], has descended.

Although it was just a blurry projection, it didn't even have one ten-thousandth of the power of the real body.

But that terrifying pressure, originating from the deepest part of the genes and transcending dimensions and laws, was like an invisible mountain, instantly enveloping the entire Cloud Peak Mountain and even the surrounding area of ​​tens of kilometers!

at the foot of the mountain.

The thousands of believers who had been shouting fervently suddenly fell silent, as if a mute button had been pressed.

The fanatical expressions on their faces froze, then were gradually replaced by bewilderment and fear.

Everyone instinctively looked up at the sky.

When they saw the terrifying shadow that covered the entire sky, their minds went completely blank.

"Th-what is that...?"

A believer dropped a Molotov cocktail and it shattered on the ground.

But something even more horrifying happened.

Behind the crowd, a dozen or so projected monsters—rotten wolves, giant soldier ants, three-headed lizards—were kept in iron cages by the "New God Cult" as proof of their "miracles"...

These monsters, which are ferocious in the eyes of ordinary players, seemed to have met the most terrifying natural enemy the moment they sensed the Queen's aura.

Their manes stood on end, and they let out mournful cries before collapsing to the ground, defecating and urinating, leaving the huge iron cage in a mess.

No matter how the cult guards whipped them with electric batons, they lay firmly on the ground, not daring to lift their heads.

False gods don't even have the right to kneel before the true god.

"No...it's impossible..."

The cult leader, the "divine messenger," standing at the very front of the crowd, was deathly pale as he stared at the scene in disbelief.

His trump card, the "miracle" he used to bewitch people, proved to be as fragile as a joke in the face of the opponent's pressure.

Just then.

The enormous shadow in the sky let out a silent shriek.

This is not a sound that travels through the air, but a spiritual impact that directly affects the soul.

hum-

The thousands of believers at the foot of the mountain suddenly shuddered.

The fanatical gleam in their eyes, a result of brainwashing, vanished instantly, like a flame extinguished by cold water.

Instead, there was a sense of bewilderment upon waking, lingering fear, and an extreme terror of the presence of the sky.

"What...what was I just doing?"

"My God! What kind of monster is that?!"

"Run!!"

The crowd instantly collapsed.

People dropped their weapons, screaming and crying as they fled down the mountain in complete chaos.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the cult leader's eyes flashed with a ruthless glint, and he turned to try to blend into the crowd and escape.

However, he had only taken two steps.

In the vast shadow of the sky, a slender tentacle, seemingly composed of pure darkness, extended down in an instant, ignoring the distance in space.

The tentacles, as if alive, precisely wrapped around the cult leader's body.

"No--!"

The cult leader let out a desperate scream.

The next second, the tentacle lashed out violently.

His body, like a tattered sack, was thrown hundreds of meters into the air and landed precisely in the huge iron cage behind him that held more than a dozen monsters.

The monsters, who were originally terrified, had their eyes replaced by a bloodthirsty glint after smelling the fresh flesh.

They roared and swarmed forward.

Li Haotian stood on the terrace, coldly watching the bloody scene on the screen.

Su Wan walked to his side and handed him a tablet.

"Boss, this was taken with a miniature worker bee on that cult leader just now."

The image is magnified and freezes on a small patch of skin exposed on the back of the cult leader's neck before he is torn apart by the monster.

There was a strange black tattoo there.

It was a mark composed of twisted lines and eerie runes.

Li Haotian's pupils contracted slightly as he looked at the mark.

He had seen this mark before.

It is exactly the same as the one found on the high-ranking members of the "Sea God" guild that was destroyed, and the one found in the "Venus Hospital".