The screen went dark. Li Ang and Chai Chai looked at each other, a hint of seriousness in the depths of their eyes.

For a long time, local authorities, when faced with very serious abnormal events, usually tried to cover them up first.

If they could cover it up and block the news, that would naturally be the best course of action.

It could prevent widespread panic and stabilize social order.

Only when abnormal events could not be covered up, or when covering them up would lead to more serious consequences, would local authorities officially issue announcements.

The Global Supernatural Alliance's admission that other worlds were trying to invade Earth

was by no means good news for Li Ang, who just wanted to live a peaceful life.

Li Ang rubbed his brow and sighed, "There's going to be a war... troublesome..."

"Yeah."

Chai Chai also had a solemn expression, and said in a deep voice, "If there's a war, it'll be even harder to buy a PS5..."

"Why are you always thinking about your PS5?"

Li Ang's eyes twitched, and he lightly tapped Chai Chai's forehead with a hand chop, "Play, play, all you know is play.

Have you practiced that *Ji Du An Chi Jiu You Yin* recently?"

"Ouch, why are you hitting me?"

Chai Chai covered her forehead and said aggrievedly, "Who said I haven't been practicing? I've been working hard when you're not home, okay?

Externally training my muscles and bones, internally training my breath.

As long as I don't die from training, I'll train to death."

"Really?"

Li Ang narrowed his eyes, "Shuang Dao Huo Ji?"

A beautiful girl with black hair reaching her waist immediately emerged from the study next door. She looked to be in her early teens, dressed plainly, with six cyan-black thorny tentacles growing out of her back.

Each tentacle held props such as a rag, mop, or vacuum cleaner.

It was the brain worm Shuang Dao Huo Ji (literally, Twin-Knife Turkey), used by Chai Chai as a tool bug—the human girl's appearance was both Chai Chai's wicked taste and part of the Flesh and Swamp Lord's missionary plan.

According to Chai Chai, Li Ang was now a demigod, but he was limited by the need to perfectly control the Zerg, and dared not relax the limitation on the number of brain worms.

This led to an insufficient number of believers and a low rate of divine power recovery,

further restricting the scale of the brain worms.

If he wanted to break the vicious cycle, he might be able to expand the group of believers beyond the brain worms,

and let mortal races also believe in the God of Flesh and Swamp—anyway, Li Ang didn't need to control and monitor these people. He only needed to collect the power of faith like harvesting leeks.

The burden on his sanity value would naturally be greatly reduced.

Therefore, the Zerg had reason to set up a "missionary" sequence, and through tireless evangelism, let the glory of the Lord of Flesh and Swamp spread throughout the universe.

This special "missionary" sequence required both sufficient martial strength (to subdue those who refused to obey, and to protect oneself in the process of evangelism)

and a certain degree of affinity (to be able to transform into the mainstream species of the local intelligent civilization).

When necessary, they could take some special measures (such as mind control hypnosis, large-scale brainwave interference, etc.).

As one of the most loyal brain worms,

Shuang Dao Huo Ji was honored to become the first missionary brain worm, possessing a human-shaped body (looking like a very ordinary junior high school girl, but actually able to hammer an elephant to death with her bare hands).

Although so far, she, or rather, she, mainly serves as a maid in Li Ang's house, responsible for cleaning the room, washing clothes, cooking, serving tea and water to the Holy Maiden and Benevolent Father,

and taking over the mouse to dominate the game when the Holy Maiden is at a disadvantage,

but as time goes on, she will definitely be able to spread the doctrines of the Lord of Flesh and Swamp to every corner of the world like a true missionary.

"Come here,"

Li Ang beckoned Shuang Dao Huo Ji to come closer, and pointed at Chai Chai, "Has the Holy Maiden been practicing recently?"

Chai Chai faintly felt a sense of foreboding, staring at Shuang Dao Huo Ji, her eyelashes trembling rapidly as she continuously sent eye signals.

Shuang Dao Huo Ji nodded, "The Holy Maiden has been very diligent recently. She hasn't had lunch for several days in order to play games. When this subordinate made a suggestion, Her Highness the Holy Maiden said that she was practicing Chinese fasting."

"???"

Li Ang craned his neck and glared at Chai Chai with his head tilted, "Puns will be fined."

"Oh,"

Chai Chai glared at Shuang Dao Huo Ji in annoyance and rubbed her hands awkwardly, "Isn't this combining work and rest?

Besides, you know that

that *Ji Du An Chi Jiu You Yin* is super advanced and hard to learn..."

The so-called *Ji Du An Chi Jiu You Yin* was the cultivation scripture that Li Ang had bought for Chai Chai at a high price before entering the Doorway Contest.

It was said that this scripture was written by a great ghost cultivator from another realm, and was divided into three layers, upper, middle, and lower, each layer divided into three stages, for a total of nine stages.

Each stage could grant the spirit body a new ability.

According to what it said, when practiced to the ninth stage,

one could achieve a state of pureness with a single thought, enter the netherworld, transcend the yin, and the image of the gods would be unclear, transcending reincarnation, traveling freely in the void, without birth or death...

"You have to learn even if it's difficult."

Li Ang gave Chai Chai another chop on the head, "What stage have you reached now?"

"Third stage."

Chai Chai covered her forehead and honestly replied, "This scripture is specially designed for spirit bodies.

The entry-level stage is to consolidate the ghost's spirit body, so that the yin energy can circulate in the body, so that it won't dissipate on its own due to lack of yin energy a few months after death.

I already knew this stage.

The first stage is daytime travel. Not afraid of the scorching sun during the day, although it will be a little uncomfortable under the midday sun, it will not cause the soul to fly away.

I know this too.

The second stage is manifestation and object movement, which can manifest a form, allowing mortals to see it directly, and can also move objects and drive utensils.

The third stage, which is the stage I am practicing,

is possession and illusion,

which allows me to possess animals, and even martial artists with strong blood energy, controlling their bodies,

and can also create all kinds of illusions that are indistinguishable from reality..."

Li Ang nodded, "That's good.

This stage is basically the level of a vengeful ghost in most horror movies, right?

Did you encounter any bottlenecks?"

"Yeah."

Chai Chai nodded and said, "This *Ji Du An Chi Jiu You Yin*, designed for ghost cultivators, is a bit like your mental ability,

and pays more attention to insights,

rather than simply improving energy levels and skill proficiency like some cultivation methods.

The third stage of possession and illusion requires me to experiment frequently,

to control creatures with blood energy, create illusions to intimidate them,

and absorb the emotions of fear produced by creatures in desperate situations,

and then comprehend the 'realm' of yin waxing and yang waning, and yin waning and yang waxing,

before I can break through the barrier and advance to the next level."

Chai Chai scratched her hair with some distress, "The problem is that it's not easy to find blood energy creatures with intelligence.

The brain worms all have psionic protection, and they all know that I am the Holy Maiden, so they won't have any fear of me at all.

And your blood energy is too strong, possessing you has no effect at all..."

"Hmm..."

Li Ang also frowned. In that case, he could only go outside to find some "volunteers"?