I, Lord of Prayer

A voice soaring with reverence, a fervor tinged with sacredness. 💥👺 🎉👻

His frenzied yet devout appearance resembled that of a fanatical believer who had been completely brainwashed.

—If the testing equipment hadn't shown that Zhou Chen's reason and soul hadn't been corrupted, Jiang Che and the others would have believed it.

Although Zhou Chen's rationality had fallen below the warning line, it was recovering slowly, and overall he was not in any major danger.

This made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

"How did he do that?"

Yang looked on incredulously: "Even though it's just a record, he's still an Abyss King. I felt dizzy even through the protective screen... How did he manage to hold on?"

—The King of the Abyss.

It is no exaggeration to call it a god. Even a blurry video recording carries unimaginable terrifying power, enough to trigger a red alert.

Jiang Che watched as the sanity value on the screen slowly recovered, narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he had some guess, and finally said calmly, "Perhaps this is another advantage of his: strong willpower."

The Eternal Flame wouldn't be foolish enough to let newcomers see the true form of the Chaos King, as that would lead to the deaths of every single one of them.

Those who glimpse the divine will pay the price for their blasphemy—either go mad, die, or become corrupt—simply because mortals cannot look directly at the divine.

Unless the gods will.

However, even with its image blurred and its power greatly reduced in various ways, the profound chaos and calamity it brings are still beyond the capacity of normal people to bear. Most would likely be driven mad and corrupted by the power of the abyss, perhaps explaining why so many cultists of the abyss are insane. 🐉💎 ❻➈𝕊ĦＵ᙭.¢𝔬ᗰ ♛👻

Only those with extremely strong willpower can withstand this terrible mental pollution.

"More money! I demand more money!"

Zhou Chen was screaming desperately into the communication channel, filled with lingering fear.

That's fucking terrifying! Looking directly at the Lord of Chaos—is that something an ordinary person could do? This could easily make it into the top 100 of the Star Society's annual list of the most reckless people!

Even now, his soul still trembles with fear, he still hears delirious hallucinations, and his brain still aches intensely as if it were being churned by a red-hot iron rod.

If he hadn't made a wish beforehand to protect his mind from the influence of the abyss's power, he probably would have already transformed into the form of the Chaos King and revealed all of the Star Council's plans.

So we have to pay extra!

"..."

Jiang Che remained silent for a moment, speechless: "Don't worry about that, I'll definitely give you a high salary and subsidies. Hmm, I can also upgrade your privileges and, depending on the situation, apply for a suitable forbidden item for you..."

Zhou Chen didn't reply. He was currently following Li Xiaoxiao in the elevator, leaving the Crack Room. Neither the villa nor the Crack Room had any jamming or shielding devices installed. Of course, there must be some kind of matrix inside the Crack Room, isolating the abyss's power from leaking out; otherwise, it would have been detected by the Star Society's detection equipment long ago. But that matrix didn't seem to affect the communication equipment, which was why it could continue operating normally. 💙👽 69ᔕhυא.匚Ⓞм 😝😝

Back at the villa, Zhou Chen slumped onto the living room sofa, his expression still feverish, as if he had found the meaning of life and the truth of the world. But his face was ashen, his body convulsed and trembled involuntarily, and he was covered in cold sweat.

Li Xiaoxiao thoughtfully poured him a glass of water to calm him down, wiped the sweat from his face with a tissue, and comforted him, "Don't be too nervous. Our Lord is very merciful to His believers and will generously bestow strength, life, wealth, and even everything you want."

Is there anything you want?

"Of course it's... Star Mango."

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Zhou Chen said, "You know, right? Birdman promised to give it to me."

"Star Mango..."

Li Xiaoxiao thought for a moment, "We plan to give it to you at the next festival as your initiation gift. The next festival is in three days, so you don't need to rush."

"Three days... okay." Zhou Chen nodded, then asked in confusion, "The festival? Here?"

"Of course not here. I'll let you know the specific time and place a day in advance, but given your current status, you'll probably be too busy."

"I can take leave. A missing soul is a level ten disability; they won't be able to find me if something happens." Zhou Chen's face lit up with fanaticism. "I want to participate in the ceremony and offer my devout faith to my lord!"

"Very good, Zhou Chen." Li Xiaoxiao smiled with satisfaction: "Now, I have a task for you."

"I will do anything!"

"Now that you're an Ascended Being, you should have made contact with the Special Operations Group, right?"

"Yes, the higher-ups are interested in transferring me to the Special Operations Group," Zhou Chen replied.

"Then you should know that a new special operations team leader recently arrived in Jinzhu, right? I think his name is Jiang Che?"

"..."

Oh... that person is sitting in the secret hut right now, listening to you talk.

Zhou Chen inwardly scoffed, but outwardly nodded: "I know."

"Your task is simple: infiltrate the Special Operations Group and gain the trust of the group leader. No, gaining trust is too difficult; you just need to get close to her."

Li Xiaoxiao told him, "You need to find out about her character, personality, preferences, past experiences, whether she is an Ascended Being, whether she is an Alchemist, whether she has ever had a boyfriend or girlfriend, and what she plans to do next..."

If you have the chance, it would be best to find out her measurements as well.

In short, investigate everything. Remember every word she utters, even just a single syllable, and tell us. If you obtain any information that is beneficial to us, you will receive a generous reward.

Ah, it's here after all.

Mission Impossible.

The organization I infiltrated wanted me to infiltrate back into my original organization.

There's enough of nesting dolls.

However, the fact that they entrusted him with this undercover mission shows that Eternal Flame thinks highly of him and probably wants to cultivate him into an important pawn to be placed in the Society of Stars.

"I understand. I'll try to contact her."

Zhou Chen nodded solemnly: "All I know right now is that she's going to make a move against Fu Qing. This shouldn't be a secret; it seems like it's been mentioned in the news."

"Fu Qing... do you think he's amazing?" Li Xiaoxiao asked playfully.

"Of course, he is one of the most powerful people in Jinzhu, and he is very famous throughout Asia," Zhou Chen replied truthfully.

"But in our eyes, such a person is just bait. You don't think all this recent trouble just appeared out of nowhere, do you?"

Now, Li Xiaoxiao has little wariness towards Zhou Chen. After witnessing the greatness of the King of Chaos, anyone would willingly become His believer.

"It won't be long before Fu Qing is fully exposed, and we will use the impact of his downfall to achieve our goals."

Zhou Chen's heart tightened, but he asked without changing his expression, "What's your purpose?"

"I can't tell you~"

Li Xiaoxiao shook her finger and smiled mysteriously, "This is top secret. Not even the birdman knows much about it, let alone you."

After a moment of silence, Zhou Chen did not ask any more questions, as further questioning would only arouse the other party's suspicion.

He glanced at the clock on the wall; it was already quite late. He decided not to linger any longer, stood up, and said, "I should go. Going back too late will arouse suspicion."

"See you in three days then."

Li Xiaoxiao flashed a youthful smile and waved goodbye to him.

Don't forget the mission!