Gacha games can't save this bizarre world.

Zhao Hao's high hopes were dashed; Black Iron 2-star, too weak.

However, it looks quite cool; wearing it around your neck gives off a hippie vibe.

What's worse, today is also the first day of school at Liberty City University. He would have forgotten if Elena hadn't reminded him while brushing her teeth.

Yes, I'm still a student!

The Mysterious Bureau is illegally hiring students as temporary workers, underpaying them, and not providing insurance. Are you going to do anything about it?!

What? Capitalist countries don't care?

What a waste! If this were... well, in China, the school would probably arrange for him to do an internship in a factory, and the salary would probably be even lower.

That's settled then.

Now that school has started, Zhao Hao is already a junior, and many of his classmates have already begun preparing for their future paths.

Whether you join a company after graduation, work with a professor on research, or do other similar things, this year is already the peak of students' social life.

This relates to where you'll end up after graduation. The son of a wealthy businessman will naturally go into business, the son of a white-collar worker will remain a white-collar worker, and the son of an official... well...

Zhao Hao was in the middle of class when suddenly his phone and the ring on his hand reacted at the same time.

Zhao Hao raised his hand to ask to go to the restroom. He first answered the phone, and it was Colt on the other end.

"Zhao Hao, hurry and help!"

"What help do you need? I'm still in class, dude~ For a student, nothing is more important than attending class!"

Colt replied, "I'd like to crack a few jokes with you, but there's no time now. Go help Marinana; she's fighting in the Otherworld right now..."

"Holy crap!" Zhao Hao put down the phone, thinking he was probably going to have to skip class to pee.

At this moment, the shadowy ring on his finger felt even hotter, so he decided to see what those guys were up to this time.

The Enderman projected his consciousness over and found two empty seats besides himself.

The team leader, who was even darker-skinned than himself, was questioning the group.

"Right now, who's in America? Preferably on the East Coast, Ruth needs help..."

Zhao Hao glanced around, and everyone said they weren't there.

The only William in America is in Los Santos on the West Coast.

Zhao Hao raised his hand. "I'm on the East Coast, but I don't want to help anyone. If I can't complete the task myself, do I need someone else's help? Is this some kind of babysitting agency?"

Everyone was used to the Enderman's sarcastic and mocking tone. He completed his missions incredibly quickly, and his strength and identity were shrouded in mystery; no one wanted to mess with him. Except for William of Holy Blood…

William was, after all, one of the "chosen ones," one of the few chosen ones born from thousands of carefully selected experimental subjects. He possessed divine blood and already displayed remarkable strength at a young age. He was proud!

He'd disliked the Enderman ever since he first joined the Shadow, let alone now. His temper is especially bad right now!

After being tricked by "Chanem Zhao", he became "Holy Dog".

Although he has made up for his lack of strength through some methods, his current image is truly indescribable, and even within the Holy Blood Church, people are no longer very optimistic about him. After all, it's a bit of a stretch to call this kobold image holy! They do need to consider LPI (Limited Personality Index) scores internally.

William went from being a saint to this beastly monster in an instant. He hasn't gone mad and become a dangerous beast yet, which just shows that his character is actually quite good.

Unfortunately, William is currently in Los Santos searching for his enemy, the mysterious puppeteer, and can't get there to help Ruth anytime soon.

He was about to retort to the Enderman and start their usual verbal sparring.

However, the Shadow Leader clearly had something important to do, and directly interrupted the spellcasting, saying to the Enderman, "Of course, we won't let you help for nothing. If you help Ruth, the organization will give you more resources, and Ruth will also owe you a favor."

It seems this assistance is also important to the Shadow Organization! Zhao Hao pondered.

He nodded. "Alright then, I'll go take a look. Give me the location..."

After learning of Ruth's location, the Enderman disappeared without a trace.

"Holy crap, these two are together?" Zhao Hao sat on the toilet and compared the positions of Ruth and Marilena. Sure enough, they were in the same place.

"Good grief, am I going to have to fight myself this time?"

……

Zhao Hao began to recall Ruth Harry.

This woman is no ordinary person; according to the Bureau of Mysteries, she was born in the 2010s!

The most noteworthy act of hers in the records, which attracted Zhao Hao's attention, was that in 1934, when the Song Dynasty was in its most chaotic period, she followed the Instinct Church to infiltrate the Song Dynasty's Illusionary Realm (the name of the inner world of the Song Dynasty) and stole the corpse of a Crimson Beast in Sichuan.

The Iron-Eating Beast, also known as the Iron-Eating Beast, feeds on metal, and the metal it excretes is a natural material for divine weapons.

According to legend, Chi You's mount was an iron-eating beast.

Even during the period of spiritual dormancy, that thing was a top-tier bronze-level existence. Even if it wasn't a divine beast, it could still be classified as a mythical beast.

Although the Instinct Church suffered heavy losses as a result of this operation, they ultimately succeeded.

Among the survivors was Ruth Harry, who was known as "Eve".

She had only been a member of the Instinct Church for a few years then, in her early twenties, and now almost fifty years have passed.

The woman was at least seventy years old, but she looked like she was under thirty! Young and possessing an unusual charm, at least William the Holy Dog was fascinated by her and kept trying to win her favor.

Zhao Hao decided to set off. Although he had to help both sides, it wasn't a difficult problem. He could simply create a mental clone.

Then, a mysterious Enderman and a mysterious temporary worker from the Bureau of Investigation will simply put on an acting show.

Of course, since he had no connection with Eve, he would secretly favor Mariana.

Zhao Hao had just left the school gate and gotten into his monster off-road vehicle when Fatty called again.

"Zhao Hao, I need your help, it's very important!"

The fat man, Chen Wen, spoke seriously for once and did not call Zhao Haoritian.

Zhao Hao was completely bewildered and cautiously asked, "Brother Fatty, what's wrong here?"

The fat man cut to the chase without keeping anyone in suspense: "I have a major enemy, and I've just found her trail!"

"Okay, I understand. Tell me the location!"

What else could Zhao Hao say? He could only push himself to the limit... In the end, he had to shoulder everything alone.

When the fat man mentioned the location, Zhao Hao was completely bewildered.

You guys agreed to mess with me, didn't you?

Today is not the Ghost Festival, it's April Fools' Day?

Zhao Hao asked, "Fatty, the location you mentioned is the same as Marilena's? Is she your enemy?"

The fat man was also taken aback: "Who? Marilena? That wavy-haired girl from your department? What grudge do I have against her? It's not her!"

He immediately realized: "No, you mean where is she right now?"

"Yes, Colt just called me and asked me to go and support her. It seems she's encountered a formidable enemy!"

"I understand, let's hurry... Wait, come pick me up, I don't have a car!"

"No, Fatty, when are you going to learn to drive? How can a man not know how to drive?"

……

Zhao Hao found the fat man, picked him up, and rushed to the secret tunnel controlled by the Bureau of Mysteries, from where they would go to the Inner World.

Although he can take shortcuts through dreams, it's best not to expose this.

On the way, the fat man told him some things about his past. Unexpectedly, this involved the Instinct Church.

First, we need to clarify a concept: many organizations and religious sects that represent both the real and the virtual world are derived from Christianity.

For example, the Holy Blood Church initially worshipped God, but later found a ready-made "God" and changed its ways.

The same goes for the Instinct Church, and its "Christ content rate" is even much higher than that of the Blood Church, which is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

They still have a sign that says Jesus on it!

However, the Vatican considers this to be pure heresy.

The Instinct Church claims that divinity is inherent in human nature, and that with proper spiritual practice, one can retrace the path to godhood.

There are no problems up to this point.

After all, in the West, many schools of thought share similar ideas, pursuing the path to godhood. Alchemists, for example.

The goal of this instinctive teaching is correct, but the method is so ingenious it's mind-boggling.

They want to cultivate their own "god"!

Their history is much longer than that of the Holy Blood Church. A hundred years ago, they came up with things like the Advent of Adam and the Black Mass plan, and even claimed to complete humanity, nurture the Holy Son, bathe in the Holy Blood, wash away original sin, and bring forth the Holy Spirit...

The first step in all of this is to unleash your instincts! If you're a pervert, be as lewd as you want; if you love food, eat your fill. Unleash your instincts to the fullest and find your own hidden "divinity" within them!

This set of theories completely alienated the Papacy.

You should know that heretics are not as hateful as non-believers, which is like how traitors are more hateful than Japanese devils.

The reason I'm saying all this is to talk about a person, a perfect man whom the Church of Instinct almost successfully molded—the Son Adam.

Who do you think he is? His name is Hong Xiuquan!

During the turmoil of the Song Dynasty, the clash of Eastern and Western ideas and cultures led to the recurrence of our old tradition—internal strife.

The Heavenly King Hong was chosen as the vessel for the Holy Son, and with the covert support of the Instinct Church, he began his journey of "earthly divine kingdom and human ascension." He almost succeeded in the end!

In the stagnant, spiritually dormant era of Dharma decline, he actually achieved the peak of the Bronze realm in just twenty years! He also gathered a group of extraordinary individuals under his command, raised an army to occupy a large area of ​​land in Jiangnan, and even plans to establish a nation and a kingdom!

However, just as the Instinct Church was excitedly thinking that its plan had succeeded, that it had nurtured a Holy Son, and that it only needed to bathe in his blood to take the most crucial first step on the path to godhood, the other side turned against them!

Hong Tianwang is no pushover either. They were just using each other back then, but now that he's all grown up, does he still think he can tolerate you foreigners?

They'll just retaliate with a massive raid!

They eradicated all the influence that the Instinct Church had subtly built up over decades in the Song Dynasty's inner world. They even turned around and hunted down the Instinct Church's superhumans.

This is a feud between the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Instinct Church, so what does it have to do with the fat man?

This brings us back to the fat man's old profession: tomb raiding.

He was a prodigy, having become self-taught. Not only did he master the skills, but he also possessed considerable talent.

As a result, one time when he was hunting in the Otherworld, he was chased by a supernatural creature by chance and ended up falling into Shi Dakai's tomb!

Shi Dakai was once promoted to "Wing King Five Thousand Years Old" by Hong Tianwang!