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They need your help.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The matter is urgent, so we’ll skip the formalities. This is intelligence regarding the Misty Village in Brazil.” Walter Ward immediately played a video on the large screen; with his explanation, Yang Yi understood what had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The United Nations officially named this incident “Misty Village.” It began half a month ago when a strange white fog descended upon Masala Village, on the outskirts of Baria City in Brazil. At first, no one paid attention to the fog. It initially appeared only at night, but gradually it lingered even during daylight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strange events followed one after another: first, pets in the village vanished, then people began disappearing one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, the International Awakened Alliance had not yet been announced, and local police classified the incident as a serial murder case, conducting investigations with no results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only ten days after the fog appeared did it permanently envelop the entire village, day and night; no residents emerged, and no communication could reach inside. Only then did Brazil realize something was wrong and dispatched over a hundred fully armed soldiers into the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But those hundred soldiers vanished after entering the village, never again contacting the outside world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, Brazil’s military and police jointly deployed drones, robots, and trained police dogs into the village—but any machine entering the fog’s range suddenly lost signal, and the police dogs never returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brazil deemed the situation too dangerous and imposed a military lockdown on the village, repeatedly deleting all information related to Misty Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On someone’s suggestion, Brazil sent a team of officially recruited covert awakened individuals into the village, including one B-rank earth-controlling awakened and three C-rank awakened. All of them vanished without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, the International Awakened Alliance publicly announced its formation, and the public became aware of alien biological invasions. Brazil, with no other option, directly reported the Misty Village incident to the United Nations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon receiving the report, the United Nations immediately dispatched an awakened mobile team to investigate and rescue—but like everyone else, they entered Misty Village and never emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the white fog’s range was expanding rapidly; initially confined to the village, it had now begun extending toward the outskirts of Baria City. Baria City is Brazil’s fifth-largest city—if it were engulfed, the consequences would be unimaginable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As of today, over four thousand people have disappeared within the mist of Misty Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no other choice, the UN Strategic Analysis Department turned to Yang Yi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given Yang Yi’s current status, no one would dare issue her a direct deployment order as if she were an ordinary awakened; instead, they must negotiate through the Xia Nation’s Awakened Administration Bureau.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After briefly explaining the situation, Director Zhou and Deputy Director Zheng immediately cut off the remote connection, saying they needed to convene a meeting within Xia Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Zhou and Deputy Director Zheng looked grave; they had many concerns regarding this UN mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This incident was not like the Fire Demon case, where Yang Yi’s sheer power alone could resolve it. “One force can overcome ten techniques”—when facing opponents whose strength can be measured, Yang Yi’s power is terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with such a bizarre event—where even now no one knows what exactly transpired within the fog—it would be wiser to refuse. Even if she acted, she must first understand what had happened and have certainty before launching a rescue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s my stance. Still, I’d like to hear your thoughts,” Deputy Director Zheng said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This incident belongs to the rarest category of inexplicable phenomena globally. Such events cannot be resolved by strength alone. You are our nation’s invaluable talent—indeed, unique. Your value will manifest far greater in the future; you cannot afford any misstep in this matter,” Director Zhou said solemnly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ceng Guosheng, Director of the Alien Biological Prevention Research Institute, frowned silently beside them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Yi picked up her thermos and sipped osmanthus tea—the osmanthus flowers were picked from her secret base; since moving to the seaside, she collected them every year to brew tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Refuse outright? That doesn’t seem right,” Yang Yi said. “Won’t it make us seem heartless?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry about that. Our country has many alien biological invasions—we’re still overwhelmed with our own problems. Why rush to save other nations?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Zhou smiled: “Previously, our alien invasions were all within manageable limits, so deploying you—a great Buddha—would be overkill. Provincial police and awakened management branches handled them independently. But now we’re in an ‘emergency period.’ Moreover, they can first investigate the cause—so when you act, you won’t be flying blind!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly. Now, going there is like walking straight into an unknown trap—who knows if this isn’t some nation or faction’s conspiracy against you?!” Deputy Director Zheng considered all possible angles more thoroughly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Yi listened to the two directors’ advice, deep in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She recalled the white fog on the screen—it gave her a familiar feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hands unconsciously gripped the thermos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What if the mist’s range continues expanding? What if this happens in our own country?” Ceng Guosheng, who had remained silent until now, spoke up. “What if some alien organism is breeding and growing there, waiting for its chance? The sooner we act, the better. If we let it grow unchecked, we’ll miss our opportunity. After all, our own country has had this precedent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his words, Director Zhou and Deputy Director Zheng both frowned—they remembered the “Mountain Village Zombie” incident six months ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It happened in a remote village in southern China, where an elderly, lonely man died alone in his house; because his home was far from the village, no one noticed his death for days. Then strange events began: livestock in the village disappeared one by one, followed by the disappearance of left-behind children, and panic spread among the villagers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A month later, every single person in the village vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young villagers working away from home couldn’t reach their families and contacted other villages—but no one answered. Someone reported it to the police. When officers entered the village, they found it filled with zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These zombies fed on humans and animals, consuming every living thing in the village. They possessed immense strength and some degree of intelligence. Even the two officers who entered armed with pistols were killed by the monsters. In their dying moments, they livestreamed to their colleagues, who watched in horror as their comrades were torn apart by zombie claws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when a fully armed military unit entered did they finally exterminate all the zombies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The incident caused a massive uproar. Later, the Alien Biological Prevention Research Institute studied the zombies and discovered they were parasitized by a type of insect that could inhabit the human brain and control movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mother organism resided within the solitary old man; all other zombies were his parasitic insects’ offspring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mother killed its prey, then implanted its eggs into the prey’s body through biting or other means. The eggs hatched inside the host, took control of its brain, and reproduced endlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, a cruel cycle of life repeated itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the double-disk trematode parasitizing snails—the trematode eggs hatch inside the snail, grow by feeding on its nutrients, and once mature, control the snail’s movements, turning it into a zombie snail. The trematode deliberately exposes the snail to predatory birds, ensuring it gets eaten. Inside the bird’s organs, the trematodes reproduce and lay eggs, which exit with the bird’s feces. The feces are then ingested by snails, restarting the parasitism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Alien Biological Prevention Research Institute named this never-before-seen insect the “Zombie Parasite” and unanimously concluded it was an alien species.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, everyone who had entered the village underwent strict physical examinations. The village itself was incinerated at high temperatures and remains a forbidden zone to this day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of the 112 villagers—mostly elderly people and left-behind children, along with two police officers—all died in the incident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the outbreak had been detected and contained earlier, the consequences wouldn’t have been so severe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Extinguish a spark before it becomes a wildfire—that’s a principle everyone understands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fear is that the Misty Village incident is already a fire that started as a single spark and has now become a raging blaze. If it spreads globally, it will be too late to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Zhou and Deputy Director Zheng fell silent. Indeed, Brazil’s current incident bore similarities to the early stages of the “Mountain Village Zombie” case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll go,” Yang Yi finally said, her tone gentle but her expression resolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Zhou and Deputy Director Zheng exchanged glances, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment’s deliberation, Director Zhou made his decision: “Though we’re blind to the nature of this event, we must prepare in advance to minimize unforeseen risks. Qingjiang, contact the Intelligence Department—see if they detected any suspicious activity before Misty Village’s outbreak. Also, assemble a study and observation team: take several top members from the Strategic Analysis Group and the Alien Biological Prevention Research Institute. One, to guard against sabotage by hostile forces; two, to ensure proper logistical support for Comrade Yang Yi.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1713,"2026-06-20T07:52:47.920Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","1b99535b48941c52b724ee78eedb00d6762667792f6830ea2809fe4de8bf8b51","after-becoming-a-god-among-humans-i-just-want-to-chapter-22","after-becoming-a-god-among-humans-i-just-want-to-chapter-20",246,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-becoming-a-god-among-humans-i-just-want-to-cover.jpg"]