The text message came from Xing Hechou.

The Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra, India, had indeed run into trouble.

Previously, the European Heavy Industries Group discovered a King Shibi who was slowly awakening inside the Ajanta Caves.

Faced with enormous profits, greed overwhelmed fear.

They sealed off the area, sending personnel into the caves to remove the treasures and resources inside, while conducting research and planning outside the caves in an attempt to control King Shibi.

Undoubtedly, this action was extremely dangerous, comparable to lighting a cigarette to calm down at a dangerous gas leak site.

However, after exchanging opinions in secret, official organizations such as the Global Supernatural Alliance ultimately did not stop the actions of the European Heavy Industries Group.

Instead, they sent an investigation team to the site in Maharashtra to investigate and supervise.

On the one hand, the European Heavy Industries Group had been working in India for a long time, with its network of relationships and interests deeply rooted, as if it had returned to the days of the East India Company.

The whole of India was like the European Heavy Industries Group's private territory, its back garden.

It was not easy to intervene forcibly, in order to prevent international disputes.

On the other hand, organizations such as the Global Supernatural Alliance also had the idea of letting the European Heavy Industries Group test the waters first, to see how it would go.

If it really didn't work, they would intervene to prevent the disaster from escalating further.

Therefore, with the tacit observation of all parties, the European Heavy Industries Group pushed the plan to the final step—

They locked onto the specific location of King Shibi, a stone statue, and tried to put shackles and fetters on him.

This matter happened about ten days ago.

Judging from the previously observed results, the European Heavy Industries Group's plan initially succeeded.

As the stone statue was placed in a special container and transferred to the laboratory, the Buddhist light and sounds surrounding the Ajanta Caves gradually dissipated.

The researchers from the European Heavy Industries Group even restrained the entire Buddhist kingdom with a device similar to the Stargate.

As long as they crossed the Stargate, they could reach the depths of the Buddhist kingdom and conduct further research there.

Everything was developing in a good direction, until thirteen minutes ago, when the stone statue carrying King Shibi suddenly shattered.

The light of the Buddhist kingdom, centered on the stone statue, rapidly expanded outward in a spherical shape.

It not only devoured the European Heavy Industries Group's laboratory, but also directly submerged the entire Vindhya Range, as well as the soldier barracks and advisory groups stationed at the foot of the mountains.

Internal and external information was completely cut off, and none of the people inside were able to escape.

Li Ang frowned slightly as he looked at the information sent by Xing Hechou.

Across the table, the Sides of Truth seemed to have received relevant news as well, his fingers lightly tapping the tabletop.

The European Heavy Industries Group's failure at the Ajanta Caves was entirely their own doing, and not worthy of sympathy.

However, the subsequent developments of the event became bizarre.

The Buddhist light of the Ajanta Caves remained at a radius of 1200 meters, no longer expanding or moving outward.

At the same time, temples in major federal cities across India began to rise with the exact same spherical Buddhist light as the Ajanta Caves, swallowing the surrounding areas as well.

From the Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar, to the Golden Temple in Amritsar, from the Mahabodhi Temple, to the Lotus Temple.

All the famous temples were shrouded in Buddhist light, and internal and external communications were cut off.

Anyone who touched the Buddhist light would be sucked in and disappear.

This was very strange. According to the Global Supernatural Alliance's estimate, King Shibi's danger level should only be A-rank.

How could he affect most of the temples throughout India in one fell swoop?

Even some small temples and shrines overseas, established by immigrants, had also experienced the phenomenon of Buddhist light.

However, because the Buddhist light was relatively dim and calm, it failed to expand further and cause greater casualties.

Moreover, the Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar is the shrine of Shiva, the main god of Hinduism.

The Golden Temple in Amritsar is the largest temple of Sikhism in India.

The existing Mahabodhi Temple can be traced back to the time of Emperor Ashoka in the third century BC and is the sacred place where the Buddha sat in meditation, attained enlightenment, and became a Buddha.

And the Lotus Temple in New Delhi is even more bizarre.

It is made of white marble and shaped like a lotus flower.

It is neither a Sikh temple, nor a Buddhist or Hindu temple.

Instead, it was built in the 1970s by a new religious sect, the Baha'i Faith.

The Baha'i Faith, also known as the Great Unity, originated in Iran in the nineteenth century and emphasizes the oneness of God, the unity of mankind, and equality and universal love.

The Lotus Temple it built has no rituals, no objects of worship, and no thresholds. Anyone, regardless of race, color, creed, gender, or age, can enter it for worship and meditation.

The only requirement is that worshipers need to coexist harmoniously and not engage in disputes or conflicts.

How could a King Shibi from more than two thousand years ago hook up with Sikhism, Hinduism, and even the Baha'i Faith, which was established less than two hundred years ago?

This was simply too bizarre.

Li Ang pondered for a moment. According to the information sent by Xing Hechou, as of now, the mutation caused by King Shibi had affected more than seventy cities, more than three hundred temples, and more than nine hundred thousand people had disappeared into the Buddhist light.

And this number was still increasing over time, as reports were sent back from the front lines.

Judging solely from the scope of the impact, the King Shibi incident had exceeded all previously recorded cases by the Global Supernatural Alliance and had been classified as the most serious S-level disaster.

"Have you heard?"

Li Ang closed the communication page and looked at Sides of Truth.

The latter nodded and said calmly, "About King Shibi?

I had previously thought that he would be the first ancient god to awaken, but I didn't expect him to possess such great energy.

The Global Supernatural Alliance is going to be busy."

"One bad news after another."

Li Ang stood up. "I'll be leaving first. Let's chat again when we have the chance."

"Take these materials with you."

Sides of Truth also stood up, his palm sweeping across the covers of dozens of books, using his Mind Creation-based ability to directly create copies of these books. "Consider it the Demon Scientist Alliance extending its goodwill to you."

"Alright."

Since the other party wanted to give them away, Li Ang did not decline.

With his current level of psionic skill, there should be no possibility of being misled by the books and going in the wrong direction.

He immediately accepted the books and reminded him, "Regarding that psionically rich plane where the Strange Demon is located,

I advise you to be cautious.

If the mental energy in that plane is so abundant that it can be breathed like oxygen,

then there must be extremely powerful psionicists there as well.

Perhaps, the Strange Demon itself is a bait released to target psionicists."

"A bait..."

Sides of Truth pondered for a moment, then slowly nodded and sent Li Ang out of the Demon Scientist Alliance headquarters.