Chapter 1117: Chapter 452 I am Master Sido Chapter 1117: Chapter 452 I am Master Sido “So you’re saying that Changhe Base has always been hunting down our Dusk Church outside?”

Wang Tao asked, his expression unchanged.

“To be precise, not only are they hunting down our Church, but they also chase down and kill other survivors they find!”

“…”

Well, well, Wang Tao was utterly speechless.

The “facts” concocted by the Dusk Church were even more outlandish than he had imagined. He had originally thought that “Changhe Base hunting down the Dusk Church” was preposterous, especially since the Church hadn’t been exposed at the time.

But unexpectedly, it turned out to be “Changhe Base hunting down so-called non-Base humans”… which was even more implausible!

Because there were clear rules within the Base, if survivors were found outside, as long as they weren’t infected with the Zombie Virus and their Internal Impurity levels weren’t high, they could be brought back and the Base would give out generous rewards.

Back when Wang Tao and the others were trapped in Zijing City, the Base had made contact and immediately sent people to rescue them!

So where was the so-called hunting? The people of the Base weren’t stupid; infighting at a time like this was the stupidest behavior…

These people also said they had joined the Dusk Church out of desperation before the heavy snow, because the Church had promised them sanctuary and said there were Church moles inside the Base who would warn them in advance if anyone pursued them. And since they joined the Church, they really hadn’t seen any pursuit, so they believed the Dusk Church’s words even more…

“Wait a minute, you just said you joined because you had no choice? How were you forced?”

Wang Tao asked again.

“Master Sido, it was like this…”

The people explained hastily, and after hearing them out, Wang Tao was again speechless.

Their so-called being forced was entirely based on hearsay–they heard one day that survivors were being killed here, then heard the next day that survivors were being killed there, as if all the survivors around them had been killed. They panicked enormously, and just at that moment, members of the Dusk Church showed up, and they joined the Church.

After they followed the Church’s people away, the news of survivors being killed stopped immediately, and they seemed to have truly found safety…

Hearing is deceptive, seeing is believing… Everyone understands this principle, but when things actually happen around you, it’s possible to get flustered and easily exploited by others.

The Dusk Church was obviously doing this, deliberately creating fake news for these people, instilling a sense of urgency, and then saying that by joining the Church, they would be protected. In these “precarious times,” they obviously saw the Church as their Savior…

All of these were self-directed plays by the Dusk Church, but unfortunately, the people of Changhe Base didn’t know about it, so they couldn’t expose the scam. Perhaps some clever people saw through it all, but if their strength didn’t match up, no one dared to speak out…

Wang Tao didn’t know how many other survivors there were outside Changhe Base, but he guessed there were quite a few, since humans are very tenacious.

If the Dusk Church could really incite so many survivors to join them and harbor hatred towards Changhe Base, then once their strength accumulated to a certain level, they would definitely launch an attack on the Base.

If it were only an external attack, the Base wouldn’t be afraid. But if it was an attack from both inside and out… Wang Tao felt somewhat relieved that he accidentally destroyed the Church’s presence inside the Base, or the Base might really face a crisis!

“Have you been to our Church?”

Wang Tao suddenly spoke up.

“No, we’re not qualified yet. They said when we are, they’d take us back to the Base. We don’t even know where the Base is, Master Sido, can you possibly…”

As they spoke of the Church’s base, their eyes lit up.

Clearly, the people from Changhe Base had painted them another pie in the sky.

“I can’t, I have my mission.”

Wang Tao shook his head directly.

It was a pity that these people didn’t know where the old lair of the Dusk Church was, or else Wang Tao would have destroyed it right then and there.

Seeing Wang Tao’s refusal, the people were somewhat disappointed, but they didn’t dare to say more. And when Wang Tao had just mentioned “mission,” they suddenly thought, could this Priest Lord be the Church’s mole within the Base?

Then everything made sense–no wonder Priest Lord asked so many basic questions; certainly, because it was not convenient to communicate with the outside world from within the Base, it was normal for information to be blocked!

Wang Tao was unaware that his identity seemed legitimate all of a sudden, not that it really mattered; after all, these people weren’t core members of the Church, they didn’t know much, nor dared to question his identity.

Wang Tao still had a few questions he needed to understand: one was where all these so-called holy medicines were coming from. Another was, even though they were all Ordinary people with 1000 HP, why was their physical condition so strong…

He didn’t beat around the bush and asked directly:
“Where did you get these holy medicines from?”

“This is all provided free of charge by a Deacon…”

They answered hastily.

“Your physical condition seems quite good, what’s up with that?”

Wang Tao asked again.

“Uh, we also found that we seemed to have gotten stronger. It must be from drinking the holy medicine…”

After a series of questions, Wang Tao more or less understood the situation.

The medicine was all provided for free by the Deacon who had initially cajoled them, and their physical condition had also improved because of this medicine.