I Worship Ancient Gods in the City

— Spreading madness in exchange for divine power; I worship ancient gods in the modern city.

Li Yunfeng's life was originally like a cup of weak tea, until he bought a strange black game console at a flea market.

That night, the screen lit up, and a whisper echoed in my mind:

The cognitive artifact "Whisperer" has been activated.

[Initial task: Hum this "pleasant melody" to the three people]

[Failure Penalty: Permanent Cognitive Impairment]

He did as instructed.

The next day, the three colleagues began frantically dividing everything—cactus thorns, reports, even mobile phone screens—precisely into two halves.

He received his first blessing: "The art of cooking divided into two parts."

—It turns out that he wasn't bound to any legitimate system at all, but rather to an evil worship system that required him to "spread madness" in exchange for "offerings" and power from unspeakable ancient gods.

From that moment on, his life spiraled completely out of control:

The hummed melody plunges one into a bizarre and obsessive state;

The exchange abilities are all increasingly bizarre.

Colleagues, families of cultivators, government "relevant departments," multinational giant "Faith Technology"... all regarded him as a "source of pollution";

But the real threat goes far beyond that—

Beyond the starry sky, the ancient rulers are slowly awakening;

Behind the system lies a millennia-old game of chess between ancient gods;

He is both a pawn and the one who is about to overturn the chessboard.

This is a path to godhood from which there is no turning back.

—It is also a final war for the survival of civilization.