#207 - Chapter 207: The Red Lotus Cult Joins in the Fun

Although they were still wearing the red-clothed cult's cloaks, they had already put on protective suits, equipped with digital eye implants and second-generation bone microphones.

Previously, when they went out on missions, they had no way to contact their superiors. They could only transmit information via telegram after returning to their base. Now, that was no longer necessary. They could make calls and video calls anytime, anywhere.

It was simply too convenient.

"Speak," Qu Zhengping replied.

Qu Zhengping had never given these Holy Envoys a good look. If it weren't for the needs of the plan, he really couldn't be bothered to manage these people.

Not to mention that these people had a lot of lives on their hands, their fickle character alone made Qu Zhengping completely uninterested.

Moreover, if he was too polite to them, it might make them think they were important, and it would be difficult to manage them.

"It's like this, Protector Qu, the Changjing Settlement in Jingmen City suddenly opened its gates wide, and the people are pouring out of the city, presumably wanting to cross the Changjing Bridge and move towards Jiangbei," the Holy Envoy said.

"The Changjing Settlement is not within our sphere of concern. Just follow the plan and harass the Baisha Settlement. Ignore the rest," Qu Zhengping said.

"But the Baisha Settlement is in Jiangbei. I'm worried that this will cause some trouble," the Holy Envoy said.

Qu Zhengping was silent for a moment, then instructed:

"Go and investigate what happened at the Changjing Settlement."

"Okay!" The Holy Envoy readily agreed.

He was very happy to be assigned a task by the Protector. In these times, it was hard to get by if you were worthless.

Now that the sequelae of being a Holy Envoy had been cured, they could completely disguise themselves as ordinary citizens and mingle in the crowd to gather information.

An hour later.

"Protector Qu, I've found out what happened. Something did happen at the Changjing Settlement," the Holy Envoy reported.

"What happened?" Qu Zhengping asked.

"It's like this, this afternoon, a large number of giant ants appeared on the south side of the Changjing Settlement. I went to check it out, and it's true. The ants are a few centimeters long, and the large ones are one or two meters long. They are all over the mountains and plains, as far as the eye can see. The person in charge of the Changjing Settlement was worried that these ants would attack the city, so he led the people to evacuate to Jiangbei urgently," the Holy Envoy said.

"Okay, I understand. You guys should act according to the circumstances when carrying out the harassment plan, and try to stay away from the people to avoid causing riots," Qu Zhengping said.

"Okay!" The Holy Envoy responded.

Qu Zhengping quickly reported this information to Dongfang Chen.

Dongfang Chen could view the distribution of settlements nationwide through the miniature queen bee distribution map on the screen. This was because each settlement had a miniature queen bee pre-buried under the guise of deploying ultrasonic transmitters.

Looking at the distribution map, the Changjing Settlement was already the southernmost settlement in the Hanzhong area. Except for Yan Zhengping's headquarters in the southwest direction, there were no other settlements.

The area south of the Yangtze River had basically become a no-man's land.

Dongfang Chen guessed that the giant ants, like the giant cockroaches, were mutated insects.

The temperature in the south was high, and the climate was humid, which was very conducive to the breeding of these insects. In order to obtain more living space, they would definitely continue to migrate north.

The decision of the Changjing Settlement was undoubtedly correct. Instead of holding on to their position, they might as well retreat to Jiangbei and form a natural defense line with the Yangtze River as a natural barrier.

As long as these giant insects did not cross the Yangtze River, the vast settlements in the Jiangbei area could be temporarily safe in the short term. In other words, guarding the Yangtze River line meant guarding the living space of all Chinese people.

However, it would definitely be difficult to defend this line with the strength of one or two settlements alone. This defense war was not just a matter for the settlements along the Yangtze River, but a matter for all Chinese people.

"It seems that we need to add fuel to the fire when necessary," Dongfang Chen pondered.

The person in charge of the Baisha Settlement would definitely report this matter to his superiors. However, he guessed that the news would probably only spread to Yan Zhengping's Southwest Military Region. Since there had been no major chaos yet, Yan Zhengping would not report this matter to the council.

Then this fire had to be lit at this time.

Sure enough, after Mayor Xu returned to the Baisha Settlement, he quickly did two things.

The first thing was to send people to find new settlements for the people of the Changjing Settlement nearby.

The second thing was to report this situation to the Southwest Military Region.

After receiving the news, Yan Zhengping, as Dongfang Chen had guessed, ignored it.

He was single-mindedly focused on raising rats. His mind was now full of getting crystal cores, and he ignored everything else.

Why was this?

That was because his soldiers were still exposed to the threat of zombie bats, which made him feel uneasy.

Besides, those mutated ants were not zombies and did not produce crystal cores. Eliminating those ants would consume a lot of weapons and ammunition, which was a losing business, so he didn't want to get involved even more.

After receiving Yan Zhengping's eight-character reply of "No troops will be sent, solve it yourself", Mayor Xu's heart turned cold. Without the help of the army, it would be extremely difficult for them to defend the Changjing Bridge.