Gacha games can't save this bizarre world.

Aglas looked aggrieved and frightened, as if it wasn't the one who wanted to act spoiled just now, but just a bullied little rascal.

This kid was so arrogant just a moment ago, but now he's such a good boy.

Don't believe such words; just deal with them severely.

Zhao Hao stretched out his leg and hooked him down, then stepped on him and rolled him on the ground.

"Speak! Tell me everything you know!"

Aggrass looked utterly dejected; if he weren't made of stone, he would have burst into tears.

This bastard in front of me is not only incredibly strong, but he also has absolutely no compassion. My adorable design was sculpted based on characters from movies and animations. And this guy shows absolutely no mercy.

"Boss, boss, listen to me~ It's like this..."

"What could be worth asking in this remote, impoverished place? Boss, you can't be here to ask me where there's oil, can you?"

"I knew right away what you were going to ask, boss, and I was scared!"

Zhao Hao stopped walking: "Oh, you know what I'm going to ask?"

Aglas quickly got up and turned himself into a square shape that was not easy to roll over, so that he would not be kicked again in a moment.

"That's how it is. Just three days ago, I suddenly felt an extremely terrifying sense of crisis. Boss, you know that we natural spirits are very accurate in our premonitions about this place. I knew then that something bad might happen."

It slammed its hand down, "It's all my fault. I got curious and went over to take a look. I really just wanted to take a look."

"Oh, what did you see?"

Aggras whispered, "I saw a jar!"

"A jar?" Zhao Hao and Xiluo exchanged a glance; there was hope.

"Tell me, about that jar. Where did you see it? Who had it? Where is it now?"

Aggrass rubbed his two stone hands together, making a cracking sound. "Boss, you're really putting me in a difficult position. That thing isn't just any ordinary object! That thing on top..."

It looked around nervously, as if afraid someone was nearby. "There's a... toad carved up there!"

If an ordinary superhuman encounters a toad-like symbol or relief in the Otherworld, they would think of voodoo, supernatural beings, demons, monsters, or the like.

However, those extraordinary individuals who truly understand this world more deeply will immediately think of an evil god—the Toad God.

This so-called benevolent father, this evil god, never intentionally harms living beings or believers. However, the number of lives lost because of him is probably greater than the sum of all other evil gods' deaths!

Plagues, diseases, viruses... He is another kind of god of life, the god of microorganisms. His followers often shed their previous life forms and become another kind of being.

The UN Security Council has an organization specifically targeting the Church of Toad God to prevent its followers from creating and spreading "blessings." Its full name is quite long, but it's commonly known as the "World Health Organization" (WHO).

The Toad God is a rather passive and cunning deity; it's rare to know what he does, as it's usually his followers who cause trouble. His influence is strongest in sub-Saharan Africa.

More than half of the world's most serious and deadly infectious diseases are caused by His followers.

According to His teachings, one should simply wait patiently, for life will eventually die and decay will become part of Him.

It is said that in ancient Egypt, the pharaohs were worried that their bodies would decompose after death and that the toad god would capture their souls, so they mummified their corpses.

He and Sally had a very bad relationship; Sally hated the Toad God. The main issue was the appearance of sexually transmitted diseases.

This thing greatly hampered Sally's ability to expand her influence; after all, getting sick is no small matter. And its spread is incredibly dangerous. Often, a flurry of activity turns out to be a waste of time and effort, ultimately benefiting the "Toad God" (a derogatory term for a powerful, influential figure).

Furthermore, among the seven rulers of Hell, the Fly King and the Toad God are also at odds, with the Fly King even regarding the Toad God as a mortal enemy.

Unlike the Toad God, one of the four extraterrestrial and mysterious deities, the seven demon gods of Hell are real historical figures who even enjoy influencing the human world. Especially in the mortal realm, their favorite pastime is manipulating the souls of intelligent beings. Competing with Heaven for the right to possess souls was commonplace before the psychic energy subsided!

Back to the Toad God, if that jar is related to the Toad God, then things are in serious trouble. If things go wrong, the whole of Texas could be in danger!

That would be the most terrifying large-scale spiritual epidemic!

Zhao Hao sat up straight and said, “Tell me carefully, from beginning to end, not a single word can be omitted!”

Aglas then began to recount the whole story.

It was a jar that appeared suddenly and disturbed the local psychic sea.

Aggrass, out of curiosity, took a closer look and was astonished to discover that this thing was actually related to the Toad God. He was so frightened he almost fell over.

Originally, it didn't want to respond to Zhao Hao's summoning circle. However, Zhao Hao's circle was very powerful, and it worried that if it didn't respond this time, Zhao Hao would use an even more powerful method to summon it.

Moreover, if you suddenly hide at this time, it will be like trying to hide something obvious, which will only arouse more suspicion. It is better to respond to the call and then use the method of throwing people away to scare them away.

Anyway, this isn't the first time we've done this. Who has the time to satisfy those human demands?

To my utter surprise, I kicked the city wall.

When the mountain appeared behind it, it knew that if it couldn't satisfy the human before it, it might perish. The kind of annihilation it wouldn't be able to escape even to the underworld!

"As for where that jar went? Boss, those things are extremely high-end. The only reason I was able to sense it when it first appeared in Desiwa was because I'm a Rock Spirit and have a close connection to the earth. And that jar was just placed directly on the ground. Now I really have no idea where it is!"

It's true. If it involves extraordinary items belonging to the four evil gods, ordinary divination techniques cannot detect them.

Zhao Hao suddenly asked again, "You said it was placed on the ground? Who placed it on the ground? Who brought it to this remote town?"

"I don't recognize it either. It was a black car, and the people inside were all wearing uniforms..."

"Uniform? What kind?"

Finally, Zhao Hao confirmed it again and again, and used the small stone sculpture to recreate the scene that Aglas had seen, including the car and the people, the shape of the car, the uniforms and equipment of the people, and so on.

When Zhao Hao heard that the person who brought the jars was wearing a uniform, he already had some ideas in mind.

After dismissing Aglas, he told Ciro to wait for him in the car. Then, he carefully took out his mobile phone and called Colt.

"Hey! Colt! Don't even mention it, there's still no news from here. Yeah, yeah, that's all for now. Oh, and get some sleep, or you'll lose your hair."

Colt put down the phone, lost in thought.

He had already become alert because of the sudden emergence of the "candidate program".

They hadn't heard a word about this plan, and the Security Council was completely unaware of it either. It's likely that the Secret Service has been heavily infiltrated, and someone is using the Secret Service to do something.

He had secretly agreed with Zhao Hao on a code word, so that if anything happened, they would use the code word.

For example, the "hair loss" was a reminder that he was worried about an inside traitor.

Zhao Hao hung up the phone, and sure enough, he received a call back from Colt a short while later.

This time, Colt used his own private encrypted communicator and activated the office's anti-detection system.

"What exactly happened?" he asked.

"We've made some progress, but it's not good news. That thing is probably related to toads."

"Toad..." Colt was taken aback at first, then realized that Zhao Hao was talking about the Toad God.

"A toad?! Are you sure?" He was getting a little anxious.

"Hmm. Most likely. And it seems like that thing was intentionally sent here. It was organized..."

"I'll put the information in your home email in a little while, please check it."

Zhao Hao directly entered the dream world, interfering with reality within it, and across thousands of miles placed the small stone sculpture in his hand into the mailbox at Colt's door.

……

Back in the car, Zhao Hao drove straight to Desiwa town.

We need to get back to that jar as soon as possible; if someone opens it, the consequences will be unimaginable!

But by then, it was too late.

Just as Zhao Hao and his group were driving towards the mine, a movie was being shown in the town of Desiwa.

Because it's a small town, there's no movie theater; instead, there are open-air movies.

There are no tickets required; the town pays for it, essentially a buyout. Those who want to watch can bring their own stools or drive there.

It's a kind of benefit, I guess.

This kind of movie screening model is definitely not allowed in the city; they have to sell tickets.

However, the Caravan Film Alliance, established a few years ago, specializes in screening movies in remote and underdeveloped areas on a buy-out basis. It's a different kind of rural-to-urban strategy. At least in those towns, it's very popular.

The same goes for Desiva. After all, it's not easy to watch movies here; the only options are to go to big cities or watch videotapes.

These mobile outdoor cinemas are now convenient, inexpensive, and have a style that's particularly suited to Texas.

Young people and a group of middle-aged people from the town had already driven to the open space on the edge of town early in the morning.

Some savvy vendors had already secured their spots, selling everything from beer and cola to popcorn and ice cream. If someone were to set up a BBQ stall here, it would be perfect.

However, perfection is impossible today.

Inside the makeshift warehouse, a disheveled young man sat dazedly in a chair. He thought he might have a fever. He felt hot all over, his mind hazy.

He originally sold butter, which was a popular local way of eating popcorn.

However, he felt unwell at that moment. The reason might be that he had caught a chill? But it wasn't cold at all!

Half an hour earlier, he found a strange jar in the warehouse. He was quite curious and fiddled with it for a while, and even sat on it to rest for a bit.

The jar had a toad engraved on it, which was already somewhat blurred.

This brings us to the origin of the Toad God Jar, which was originally created in East Africa.

At that time, a follower of the Toad God was researching various ancient diseases and strains in the area when he unexpectedly discovered a virus on a special plant in a local secret realm.

Combining local ancient witchcraft, he cultivated a strange virus that could turn the dead into the living dead!

It caused a huge uproar in that area, affecting several countries and resulting in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people!

This was largely thanks to the WHO's swift response, which promptly assembled several supernatural organizations to directly suppress the undead and prevent their complete spread.

Although the inventor was also killed, all the viruses seemed to have been eradicated.

But actually, before the WHO intervened, the local superhumans had already tried to save themselves. Some of them had even come into contact with the Toad God Church. As mentioned before, the Toad God doesn't force faith, so this person was still in the contact stage.

He attempted to use magic to seal the virus source in a jar, even going so far as to use the mark of the Toad God to suppress the collected virus.

Because of his actions, the local area withstood the first wave of the virus, which allowed them to receive aid from the WHO.

However, the jar remained. It was found by an unknown person and brought here, where it was then opened—not just by chance.

He has now contracted the virus.

Today's movie caravan was really lively. Eighty percent of the town's youth and half of the middle-aged people came to watch the movie and chat and catch up with each other.

Desiva now relies on monthly caravan movie screenings to keep things lively for the next couple of days.