"I've got something to do today, so I'm logging off early. Bye, Old A."
"Old Zhen, you should find a chance to get out of there."
"Heh~ We'll see."
Ohio, Gu Town...
A handsome young man of Yuan descent had just finished his livestream call with Old A. With a faint smile, he left his room and drove to his landlord's place.
According to the cult's rules, it was time for another baptism today.
His landlord lived in an enormous, luxurious villa, almost like a medieval castle, complete with gardens, landscaped grounds, a swimming pool, and statues of gods...
The iron gates opened automatically, and he drove slowly inside. Cars already filled the grounds, but there was still an empty space beside the best spot. The young man parked in this space reserved exclusively for him.
Leaving his car with a servant for maintenance, he followed the butler into the villa.
As he passed through the entrance, two burly black men gave him peculiar looks.
The young man acted as though he hadn't noticed. He entered the villa, followed a quiet corridor through several locked doors, and arrived at the basement entrance.
The butler stopped there. After the young man completed a retinal scan, the heavy iron door slowly opened, revealing a dim, spacious ritual chamber.
A long medieval table stood in the middle.
More than forty people in black robes stood beneath the steps at the far end, their backs toward him, gazing respectfully at the cardinal on the platform.
Behind the cardinal stood a massive statue of a hideous, goat-horned evil god.
At the sound of the door opening, everyone whipped around. There were men, women, and even children. Their eyes were bloodshot, their faces haggard, and their teeth ground incessantly, giving them an air of sickening