Chapter 99 Chapter 99 Zombies
With a suspect in mind, you also have a direction for investigation.
He Junxia originally didn't care about the sudden appearance of the Baiyun Church in the base, nor did he pay much attention to it. He believed that the base commander could handle the matter.
Moreover, after the news that zombies have an innate desire for human flesh and blood, and that the attraction of blood relatives to zombies is comparable to that of a third-order crystal core was confirmed by experiments, most people scoffed at the idea that "humans and zombies can coexist harmoniously."
What a joke! Zombies and humans are naturally in opposing camps. Expecting zombies to control their desires and not eat human flesh is worse than expecting yourself to be a character in a children's cartoon.
Only wolves in cartoons become friends with sheep.
Those who are not of my race must have different hearts.
They are not stupid enough to rely on the self-control of zombies for their lives.
Of course, against the backdrop of such huge numbers, there are bound to be some eccentric fools who prove the diversity of human beings.
Even though the base has strictly guarded against and severely cracked down on the false propaganda of the Zombie King and the Baiyun Church under his name, there are still a group of smart people who are full of yearning for the Baiyun Base and believe that it is a paradise on earth.
What's more, some people are deeply brainwashed and regard the Zombie King as a god who comes to the world to save people from suffering. They actively change their identities, from victims to perpetrators, and poison others as "messengers of God."
These smart people seem to have forgotten one thing - the high-level zombies who have regained human consciousness are also transformed from ordinary zombies, or in other words, the high-level zombies were once the best at hunting humans.
Even though high-level zombies will gradually regain human consciousness, they will also gradually regain memories of their previous frenzied devouring of human flesh.
Is that still a human being?
Some people think so, some people think not, but the current mainstream view is that high-level zombies are excluded from the human range, not to mention that the highest-level zombie king has already broken through two human cities.
There is little news coming out of the Baiyun Base. The so-called harmonious coexistence video was also sent by zombies, and it seems more likely to be staged. People dare not jump to conclusions, but the tragic situation at the Sequoia Base is well known to the public.
The zombie king, who possesses human consciousness and human memory, showed no mercy to the residents of the Redwood Base when he attacked the base.
Fortunately, due to the base's severe crackdown and reward policy for reporting, the smart people did not dare to openly promote the "Baiyun Church" in public places. At most, they smuggled their goods in the form of pornographic advertisements in corners and alleys.
In this situation, there won't be much trouble.
He Junxia believed that not only himself, but most of the middle and senior management of the base and even ordinary people did not take the "Baiyun Church" seriously.
But now it seems that these propaganda that are almost put on the surface are just a pretext, so that the Zombie King can take advantage of the relaxation of everyone's vigilance to sneak into the city, give psychological hints to the target personnel, sow discord, and disintegrate the Yunjiang base from within.
He Junxia frowned.
He stood in front of the studio window and looked out, but his eyes were not focused on any one point. His right hand touched his nose again and again unconsciously.
He Junxia was certain that the voice he heard in his dream yesterday had self-awareness and was definitely not a mindless program designed in advance, but he couldn't figure out how the Zombie King had invaded his dream and was still able to maintain the ability to think in the dream.
This is a bit like a fantasy story.
He had never heard of or seen such a mutant ability.
After touching his nose, He Junxia subconsciously reached for his hair, but the next second he saw the figure reflected in the glass and suddenly came to his senses and stopped.
He doesn't want to be bald.
He Junxia looked at the figure in the glass for a long time before looking away.
Everything you do will leave traces. No matter how careful the zombie king is or how magical his methods are, it is impossible for him to leave no clues at all.
He Junxia decided to start with yesterday's kidnapping case.
He divided the investigation into two parts. One part was to monitor the movements of Lu Juanjuan and Zhang Min'an, and observe whether their behavior and lifestyle were normal; the other part was to track other Baiyun Sect members in the base.
In order to avoid being noticed by the Zombie King, He Junxia deliberately only sought information from people from all walks of life. After all, it was impossible for the Zombie King to use his supernatural powers without limit.
Take yesterday, for example. He hadn't slept all night, and the Zombie King likely hadn't rested either. Given his limited abilities and energy, the Zombie King might have offered psychological hints to the high-level personnel at the Yunjiang Base he came into contact with, but he was unlikely to waste time on street thugs.
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He Junxia made the right choice.
On the fifth day of the investigation, he received an important piece of information from an informant who had infiltrated the envoy - the Baiyun Sect had a strict hierarchy, with believers divided into three levels: low, medium and high, and there was also a Pope who had never shown his face.
And only believers who have been baptized by the Pope can be considered true messengers. In addition to believers, there are also "messengers". Each messenger uses a thumb-sized green bamboo product as a symbol of identity.
It is said that this piece of bamboo can prevent attacks by zombies, and believers call it a gift from God.
There are several ways to become a formal believer. The simplest one is to pay five third-level crystal cores, but there is no fixed way to become an envoy.
Some people were chosen as messengers as soon as they joined the church, while others diligently inserted their own personal messages into pornographic advertisements but were still peripheral members who could not even become believers.
As for the internal information of Baiyun Sect and the identity information of middle and senior believers, the informant said that he was powerless. He is still an external member and cannot find out the internal information.
Everything was normal for Lu Juanjuan and Zhang Min'an.
Lu Juanjuan found a job as a nursery teacher in Captain Wang's hunting group, where she was responsible for taking care of the children of the hunting group members. Zhang Min'an was also assigned to the nursery, right under Lu Juanjuan's nose, and neither of them behaved unusually.
He Junxia paid the agreed-upon reward to several informants, telling them to remain hidden and gather information, but not to get too close to the mid-level and high-level envoys, and certainly not to accept baptism. He then sent a message to another group to steal the bamboo products from Zhang Min'an.
He Junxia suspected that this bamboo product, which was said to be a gift from the "Gods", was the medium through which the Zombie King used his supernatural powers at a long distance.
Of course, this distance is only relative.
No matter how high the level of the Zombie King's supernatural power is, it is impossible for him to use it across most of City A. He Junxia guessed that he was most likely hiding in the Yunjiang base.
The Pope who never shows up is most likely closely related to the Zombie King, or even worse, he is the Zombie King himself.
There is another reason for this speculation.
Just by relying on the informants he found, he was able to obtain so much information and analyze this possibility. He Junxia didn't believe that the base would have obtained less internal information about the Baiyun Sect than he did.
But the Yunjiang base was calm.
It's impossible that no one suspects that there's something wrong with the identity of the Pope of Baiyun Sect?
The only reasonable explanation is that there is something wrong with the baptism ceremony of Baiyun Church. Perhaps the so-called baptism ceremony is just a hypnosis.
With this in mind, it is no wonder that the Baiyun Church dares to recruit external members and allow spies from other forces to inquire about information.
The White Cloud Church is loose on the outside but tight on the inside. Spies from other factions who wish to gain insider information must undergo baptism and become messengers. Once baptized and hypnotized, no matter their initial purpose, they will ultimately become pawns of the Zombie King.
In addition, for every additional person, the Zombie King can get five third-level crystal cores for free, killing two birds with one stone, which is a huge profit.
Thinking carefully along the lines of his own guess, He Junxia couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. He felt creepy and terrified when he thought about it.
On the surface, the confrontation between the Zombie King and the base commander was a case of one side being superior to the other, and the Zombie King's plan was ultimately easily resolved by the base commander.
But does the base commander really know what’s going on behind the scenes?
If a piece of bamboo product represents an opportunity for hypnosis, He Junxia couldn't imagine how many people in the base had been planted with the seeds of hatred by the Zombie King, how many people had betrayed him, and how many people had become loyal believers of the Zombie King.
This giant whirlpool hidden beneath the calm water is more terrifying than the storm on the surface. Once it erupts, it will cause earth-shaking changes.
However, the Yunjiang base still maintains superficial peace, which means that the Zombie King's plan has not been completely successful.
There is still time for everything.
But fighting alone is thankless, so He Junxia decided to find an ally first.
For example, Zhang Hongmeng
As the strongest psychic in the combat unit and one of the only three level six psychics in the base, she has a very high say in the base, and what she says is more convincing.
Moreover, the two of them already knew each other, so their contact would not seem abrupt and would not attract excessive attention from others.
The most important thing is that Zhang Hongmeng often walks on the edge of life and death. He has an extraordinary will and is unlikely to be psychologically hinted at by the Zombie King. Also, because he has seen many special beasts, plants and zombies, he has a stronger ability to accept new things, so he doesn't have to spend too much effort on proving himself.
As for why not tell the base commander directly?
Quite simply, he had no evidence.
A person with special abilities from the logistics department suddenly came out and said that he had met a person with special abilities who could hypnotize people and give them psychological suggestions. He also suspected that it was the Zombie King who was causing trouble. Would an old fox like the base commander believe it?
Especially since he had disappeared for a period of time without explanation.
Rather than believing that the Zombie King could hypnotize people, the base commander was probably more suspicious that he was plotting something evil.
Moreover, he was not sure whether the people around the base commander had been given psychological hints. It would be terrible if the Zombie King found out that he was pretending to be stupid that day.
He Junxia is not afraid of being injured or dying (he can't die anyway), but Xie Liqing and Xie Chaoyang only have one life, so he has to consider them.
He Junxia quietly put improving his supernatural powers on the agenda.
Life in the base was comfortable, and he had become a little lazy. If he continued like this, he would just be anxious when something happened in the future.
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