#105 - Chapter 105: The Red Cult's Internal Support

"Have you ever considered that, by doing this, the entire Red Robe Sect will face the full force of the Chinese army's blockade and suppression?" Dongfang Chen asked.

"I was also worried about going against the army before, the risk is too great. But the Holy Son said it wouldn't happen."

"What's the reason?" Dongfang Chen didn't understand.

"I'm not very clear either," the Holy Envoy replied.

In fact, this is related to the "2055 Ark Project" passed by the council.

In order to build the Mosang Ark base, 90% of the Central Military Region's forces have already been transferred to the uninhabited area of the Mosang Gobi in western Xinjiang. At the same time, the Southwest Military Region, Northwest Military Region, and Northeast Military Region have each transferred two divisions, totaling 60,000 people.

As a result, the forces responsible for maintaining security and peacekeeping in each military region are very insufficient.

In addition, the casualties of soldiers are very high, and the handling of injuries is too inhumane, so each military region basically adopts a strategy of preserving strength as much as possible, avoiding war if possible.

And the commanders of each military region are members of the council. After the "2055 Human Survival White Paper" was issued, they knew that the resettlement sites had been abandoned in name, and they could only seek their own survival, so they were even more reluctant to let soldiers take risks.

"Then even if you control the entire Southwest Military Region, what can you do? What's the plan after that?" Dongfang Chen asked.

"I think it's very likely that they want to use this as the Red Robe Sect's headquarters," the Holy Envoy replied.

"You're guessing?" Dongfang Chen asked.

"Yes! The Holy Son hasn't explicitly said it, but I can hear it in his words, that he has intentions in this regard," the Holy Envoy replied.

"How many Holy Sons are there in your sect?" Dongfang Chen suspected that such a large plan could not be handled by just a few people.

"I don't know about that. I haven't seen other Holy Sons, and I've never heard the Holy Son mention them," the Holy Envoy replied.

"You said at the beginning that Enforcers can't be promoted to Holy Envoys, what did you mean? How did you get the position of Holy Envoy?" Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of him, Dongfang Chen changed the subject.

"To become a Holy Envoy, you must undergo the baptism ceremony within the sect. But Enforcers and Divine Envoys cannot accept baptism," the Holy Envoy explained.

"Why?" Dongfang Chen asked.

"Because they have actually been infected. Accepting baptism requires drinking holy water. The Holy Son said that if they drink the holy water, the virus will be out of control and they will eventually become zombies," the Holy Envoy explained.

"So, only healthy people can drink the holy water you mentioned?" Dongfang Chen asked.

"That's right."

"Besides allowing you to avoid being attacked by zombies, what other effects does the holy water have?" Dongfang Chen asked after a moment of thought.

"As far as I know, it doesn't seem to have any other effects."

Dongfang Chen was a little curious about this holy water and wanted to get his hands on it if he had the chance.

"Can it make you immune to the virus, or become a mutant?" Dongfang Chen asked.

"That's not possible," the Holy Envoy said very definitely.

"Then what's the method you mentioned before that can prevent you from being infected by the virus?" Yan Fangfang interjected.

When he first broke into the headquarters, he said something like that, but Dongfang Chen didn't hear it.

"It's the medicine we take. After taking it, you won't be infected by the virus, and you'll have certain abilities," the Holy Envoy replied.

"Do you have any on you?" Dongfang Chen asked.

"Yes!" the Holy Envoy replied.

Dongfang Chen found a medicine bottle from his pocket, opened it and looked at it. There was still a lot left.

He planned to go back and analyze it to see what the ingredients were.

"Where did you get this medicine?" Dongfang Chen put away the medicine bottle and continued to ask.

"The Holy Son bestowed it."

"Then how did your Holy Son obtain it?"

"I don't know about that."

"One last question, why were you able to find the specific location of the headquarters directly?" Dongfang Chen asked.

"Because... because there was an inside informant," the Holy Envoy replied.

"Impossible!" Yan Fangfang interrupted directly.

"It's impossible for people from the military to collude with you!" Yan Fangfang didn't believe this at all.

The army is different from other places. Which of the people who join the army hasn't been carefully vetted? Besides, after the virus outbreak, the entire military was sealed off, and soldiers were not allowed to go home to visit relatives. In this situation, it's impossible for the Red Robe Sect's forces to infiltrate the military region.

"It's indeed not someone from the army," the Holy Envoy admitted.

"Then who is it?" Yan Fangfang asked curiously.

"Do you know that you captured a group of bandits more than two months ago?" the Holy Envoy asked.

"Could it be them?" Yan Fangfang certainly knew, because she personally led the people to arrest them.

"No!" The Holy Envoy shook his head.

"Are you playing with me?" Yan Fangfang was angry.

"It's the person who reported the news," the Holy Envoy gave the answer.

"That woman with the child?" Yan Fangfang was surprised.

"Yes," the Holy Envoy nodded.

"You guys, go and control that woman in the military camp, don't let her run away!" Yan Fangfang reacted and quickly ordered.

"Yes!" The soldiers guarding the door obeyed and left.

"What's going on?" Dongfang Chen asked.