A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 248 Retreating from the Old Church

In the ruins of the Chen family compound, the Zhou and Bai families swiftly carried out the divine decree, thoroughly searching every inch of the ground, uncovering all the secret rooms and basements, and finding all the hidden members of the Chen family.

After the deed was done, Old Bai trampled over the ruins and blood, found Nuwa, and said politely, "Today I have witnessed Nuwa's power and realized that I was ignorant and narrow-minded in the past."

After so much time, Nuwa has recovered a lot of strength. At least she can stand steadily without the help of her maids: "Old Bai, there's no need to be so polite."

"The Bai family has stood with our old church from beginning to end. I believe that the church, from top to bottom, has seen this sincere statement."

"If I ever have the chance to meet the church's chief priest in the future, I will definitely put in a good word for Mr. Bai."

Old Master Bai immediately beamed with joy and quickly cupped his hands in thanks: "Thank you for your guidance, Nuwa. In the future, if there are any matters, my Bai family will do our utmost to help you."

The Bai family has been busy for so long, isn't it all for the introduction of Nuwa?

Ever since a few members of the Bai family were fortunate enough to be led by the temple keeper of the Zhou family to pray and see the Heavenly Venerable, the Bai family knew that this was a once-in-a-millennium opportunity!

We must cling tightly to the powerful backing of the old church!
That's why they cooperated with the Zhou family in every way, contributing manpower, effort, and money. Now that they have received the promise from Nuwa, perhaps soon, outstanding members of their Bai family will also be able to build the Heavenly Venerable Temple and serve as its keeper.

After politely seeing Elder Bai off, Nuwa turned back to her companions in the church: "Are you all going back now?"

After resting for a while, Fingel's mental state improved slightly, and his headache subsided: "Yes, Principal Angers has already returned to the hotel."

“If we don’t go back soon, things could go wrong.” After saying that, Fingel pointed to his face: “Three hours are almost up. We have to leave before Mr. Error’s Faceless Man spell ends.”

"Do you need a car to take you?" Nuwa asked. The Zhou and Bai families had plenty of cars, so Fingel didn't refuse and went back to the hotel with Chu Zihang and Su Xi.

As for Chen Motong? Nuwa sent another car to take him to the high-speed rail station according to his wishes.

Chen Motong was busy in Tianjin to capture the real Chen Liyu and had no time to spare, so he had to ask Nuwa to lead a team to the fourth basement level of the Chen family's biotechnology industrial park.

That was the secret base where the Chen family conducted cloning research, which Mr. Error had previously divined for her.

……

At the same time, the members of the secret service who had left earlier returned to their respective hotel rooms.

Elizabeth Laurent let out a heavy sigh and sat on the sofa, rubbing her temples repeatedly. "Mr. Alfred, contact the family immediately."

"I hereby convey my latest command: no member of the tribe shall have any conflict with the old church."

"Tell them not to ask any more questions and to leave the situation in the capital for now. I will explain it to them properly when I get back."

"Yes, Miss." Alfred bowed respectfully, first set the tea he was about to brew down, and then left the room quickly and silently.

Alfred took out a monocle, wiped it clean, and put it on his right eye before contacting the family headquarters to relay the order, as Elizabeth had instructed.

Similar incidents have occurred within the Gogantin family and other major factions.

As for the two founding families of the Secret Society, the Sigurds and the Beowulfs, the surviving half-bloods, they really stopped pretending altogether.

The group returned to their hotel rooms, each took out their monocles, put them on, and found a place they liked to lie down; no one wanted to exert themselves.

"Hey, you there, make a call back to the family and tell them not to mess with the Old Church."

"No way, why can't you be the one to fight?"

"Damn it, the body I'm inhabiting has an injured arm."

"An arm injury won't affect your ability to speak."

"Stop, stop, stop. Let's have a small-scale, nationwide referendum."

Even Principal Angers, whom Fingel was worried about, was the same. He returned to his five-star hotel presidential suite, and when he saw that Caesar and Lu Mingfei were not there, he casually took out his monocle and put it on.

He lay back on the sofa, shaking his leg for a while before calling out, "Norma, find Schneider for me."

Norma is much more convenient; she can make a phone call with just a shout. Unlike the two elder families, who, to prevent Norma from eavesdropping, use their elder privileges to prohibit Norma from monitoring them privately.

This meant that the two elders had to proactively contact Norma to get help from artificial intelligence.

After waiting for a while, Norma still didn't move. Angers, being quite lively, patted his forehead and said, "I forgot, artificial intelligence isn't artificial stupidity. Artificial intelligence has a brain."

"Norma, I'm from the Old Church, please don't sound the alarm." The AI ​​remained silent.

Angers sat up abruptly, muttering a few words of annoyance: "Should I call Fingel? Or are you worried I don't know Fingel's code name in the church is 'The White Tower'?"

Upon hearing the keyword "White Tower," Norma finally spoke: "The behavior of Principal Angers is inconsistent with the records, suggesting he may be under the influence of mental manipulation techniques, with a probability of 68%."

"There is a 31.2% probability that someone else impersonated and disguised themselves as the principal of Angers."

"The possibility that the body has been occupied and controlled by the Old Church through some means that are currently incomprehensible is 0.79%."

"After re-verification, it was confirmed that there is a 99.99% chance that the person is a member of the Old Church. Alerts have now been stopped."

"Hello, this is Norma, an AI, at your service."

"Alright, alright, call Schneider, and let me see how Angers usually does video communication." The Time Worm clone that was deeply parasitizing Angers whispered.

Soon, Angers retrieved relevant experience from his memory, went to the wine cabinet to open a bottle of wine, and after Norma connected with Schneider via video call, Angers pretended to cut a cigar.

"Principal, something happened?" Schneider asked, keeping his words as brief as possible.

Angers nodded gravely: “Pass on my order: everyone in Kassel, including the executive department and all its members, must never again provoke the Old Church.”

"???" Professor Schneider couldn't believe it. Was this still the same iron-blooded Angers?

When facing the four major mixed-blood forces, Angers did not think of retreating. But now he has ordered that a force called the Old Church, a force he has never heard of before, should be avoided.
Am I crazy or is Angers crazy?

Angers, unusually, did not answer Schneider's question: "I'll discuss the specifics when I get back. First, convey my orders."

Upon seeing this, Schneider immediately realized the seriousness of the situation and obediently hung up the call to get on with his business.

"Impressive." Deep within his consciousness, Angers' true self uttered a sigh of admiration: "Is this the method of the Old Church? Truly impossible to guard against."

Even Schneider couldn't find any flaws. Your imitation of me, to use a Chinese expression, is incredibly lifelike.

Deep-level parasitism is a comprehensive form of control, taking over the other person's body, listening to all the host's inner thoughts, and understanding all the host's ideas. The original owner of the body is left with only their consciousness.

Angers tried various methods to save himself immediately after being deeply parasitized.

Unfortunately, all the struggles were in vain.

Whether trying to awaken the power of words or using Lionheart Society techniques to unleash bloodlust, all attempts were thwarted by the interference of the Time Worm, and he was unable to reclaim his body.

They could only watch helplessly as their bodies were controlled by the Time Worms, forcing them to do everything against their own will.

What Angers found even more terrifying was that the Time Worm could access all of his memories! This made the Time Worm's disguise completely flawless.

This means that no one he knows will be able to see through the Time Worm's disguise, and that the creature that parasitizes him can use his face and authority to do all sorts of things that Angers does not want to happen.

At present, Angers is not desperate, nor has he given up. He can only think about chatting more and getting more information from the Time Worms.

His determination to break the seal of the Time Worm and reclaim his body one day already demonstrates the extreme resilience of his will.

None of the other hybrids who were deeply parasitized could perform like Angers.

The Time Worm understands Angers' thoughts: 'Stop. It's pointless. In this state, what you're thinking is completely transparent to me.'

"Ha, you can't say that. How about taking pity on an old man? I need a little bit of your information to get by."

'Otherwise, one day I might not be able to endure this confinement any longer, and I might go insane.'

"Let's chat. Like your conversation with Norma just now. It turns out Fingel was one of you. No wonder we searched for so long using Norma and didn't find any clues about the Old Church."

'So Norma had already betrayed the Academy along with Fingel.'

Angers' consciousness was still chattering: 'To be honest, you can't blame Fingel and EVA; it was indeed the Academy that wronged them.'

'How did you manage to make Fingel…'

"So talkative." The Time Worm parasitizing Angers picked up its ear with a cotton swab: "So Angers is this talkative?"

(End of this chapter)