Los Angeles, KABC Television Station.

“Good morning, dear viewers, I am your host, Linde Field.

First, before watching this program, I need to make a special statement to everyone.

That is, this program is not suitable for anyone suffering from neurasthenia and heart disease.

If you consider yourself a coward, if you believe you are not ready to be a witness to psychic magic, seance rituals, spiritual entities, ghosts, and supernatural abilities.

Then you had better turn off the TV right now, run to the sofa, and tightly wrap yourself in a blanket.

But if you have enough courage, and you are sure you are ready.

Then ~ hehehe, we officially invite you to enter – the dark side of the real world – the Domain of the mysterious.”

After smiling and saying these words to the camera, the host, Linde Field, silently gestured to the cameraman, guiding him to point the camera at the outdoor filming location behind him.

At this moment, under the camera's lens.

On the lush green rugby field behind the host, temporarily borrowed by KABC Television Station for filming purposes.

Thousands of men, women, and children of various ethnicities, dressed in all sorts of strange costumes, were scattered about.

There were elderly Eastern European women with messy hair holding crystal balls; Gypsy witches gnawing on dried frogs bite by bite;

Native American priests with painted faces and strange clothes; Japanese Yin and Yang Masters with masks, high crowns, and white hunting robes;

White old men with thick robes and long white beards, looking like Santa Claus; African Black Shamans in slippers, feathered crowns, and draped in large red cloths;

And Southeast Asian sorcerers in black striped clothing holding various bottles and jars; and even Chinese Qi Great Masters with silver aluminum pots on their heads, wearing Zhongshan suits, meditating in place.

Among so many “eccentrics,” only Li Hai's attire was the most normal.

Having just arrived at the stadium, he stood in a corner, observing his surroundings with his hands behind his back, dressed in a suit and tie, and even had his hair neatly slicked back.

At first glance, Li Hai looked more like a stockbroker than a cult leader.

So, with so many people at the scene dressed so strangely, Li Hai's overly normal attire seemed somewhat abnormal.

But it was this abnormality that made the program host, Linde Field, spot Li Hai at first glance.

“Oh, dear viewers.”

Linde babbled into the camera, pointing at Li Hai, who was dozens of meters away, looking bored and lost in thought, and said with a smile:

“You must have seen that somewhat unusual contestant at a glance, just like me, right? Aren't you curious why among so many practitioners of the mysterious, there would be someone dressed like an office worker? What is his background? What is his story? Come, follow me, let's go interview him, let's go!”

Saying that, he held the microphone and, followed by the cameraman, jogged all the way to Li Hai, shaking his hand and conversing:

“Hello, I am Linde Field, the host of this Psychic War. Can you introduce yourself to our viewers?”

“Oh, of course.”

Facing the camera and microphone, Li Hai suddenly revealed a perfect smile, showing eight teeth as he laughed, “My name is Anthony Williams, and I come from Yuanha Town in the southern region of California.

I am the leader of the Saint Anthony Loving Gospel Church; I am a Saint blessed by God; I possess a physique and strength beyond ordinary people; I possess an invisible holy sword that can cut through all things in the world.

I can also regenerate severed limbs, and I can even find anyone I want to find, even if he is hidden in the Arctic Ocean, I can— Wait, I haven't finished yet! Why are you leaving?!”

Before Li Hai could continue, Linde walked off to another contestant.

Li Hai was naturally annoyed and confused by this and wanted to go over and ask.

But at this moment, a staff member on site pulled Li Hai aside and apologized to him:

“I'm sorry, Mr. Anthony, the host didn't mean it; it's mainly because our program time is tight, and there are many contestants we need to interview and introduce, so you can't say too much or take up too much screen time, otherwise, we won't have enough time.”

“OK, OK.” Li Hai pouted and shrugged, “I understand.”

“Thank you, thank you.” The staff member shook hands and bowed repeatedly, then quickly left.

Leaving Li Hai alone, sighing in annoyance: “Sigh, I didn't expect this kind of supernatural program to have auditions.

It's really f*cking messed up.”

In fact, Li Hai only understood after he arrived at the TV station and the staff explained it.

It turned out that this Psychic War was a mysterious version of a talent show, similar to Super Girl or Happy Boy.

And because this was the first competition, the prize money for the champion was very high, a full eight million US dollars.

Therefore, the number of mysterious practitioners participating in the audition phase of this program was very large, reaching over a thousand.

Among these contestants, there were practitioners of feudal superstitions from California itself, like Li Hai.

There were also practitioners of the mysterious from other states in the United States, and even from various overseas locations.

In short, there was a wide variety of people, all sorts of individuals.

And all these contestants, including Li Hai, were to undergo the first round of the Psychic War's Top 100 Qualifying Match today.

As for the content of the competition system, it had not yet been officially announced, so Li Hai did not know.

Of course, as long as it wasn't cross-dressing, acting cute, singing, or dancing, he didn't care.

At the same time, out of boredom, Li Hai also began to observe the personal interfaces of the various contestants on site.

This observation was not a big deal, Li Hai almost laughed his teeth off.

Because he found that almost ninety-nine percent of these contestants around him, dressed in various strange outfits and appearing to be very skilled,

Were actually just putting on an act, like a pig's snout with a scallion—pretending to be an elephant.

Perhaps these people had indeed studied mysterious knowledge, and some might have even studied it very deeply.

But just as a humble beast of burden, no matter how hard it tries, can only barely make ends meet, its efforts are equivalent to pure waste.

No matter how much mysterious knowledge these people learned, or how deeply they learned it.

If they failed to activate and master even one supernatural ability, then they remained ordinary Mortals, not even as good as Peter, who possessed the “Heart of the False Human.”

However, Li Hai could still understand this situation.

After all, the world he was currently in was essentially a low-magic world where mysterious elements were very weak.

Therefore, unless one's supernatural talent was extremely powerful, people with average talent could only end up like this,

Unable to truly become supernatural.

As for the genuine practitioners, who accounted for less than one percent of the thousand contestants on site, each had their own unique brilliance.