Chapter 701 Historical Materials
In the oasis of Bastis, in a dense forest somewhere, Dorothy controlled her corpse doll to ask Alima, a Savior who had just been cured, about Bastis's past, the plague, the Immortal Cult and various matters about the Savior Cult. Alima, who had been successfully profiled, answered all the questions she knew. From Alima's answers, Dorothy began to speculate the Immortal Cult's intention to release the plague in Buserit.
'Busailite is a remote place. Not only is it outside the sphere of influence of the church, but there are also activities of the Savior Faction that are opposed to the church. If the Immortal Cult really wants to create a large-scale plague against the church, then Busailite is really the perfect training location. The Savior Faction believers here can provide free training for the Immortal Cult's plague virus, helping the virus to evolve and iterate continuously, thereby creating a super virus for them that has a strong resistance to the ability of the Redemption Path.
'Once this virus is fully spread, ordinary medical methods and the ability of the Path of Redemption will find it difficult to deal with it. If the Immortal Cult poisons a large area of the main continent at the same time, it will definitely cause a plague of exhaustion and decline. The Black Soil and Chalk Redemption Extraordinaries stationed in various countries and cities of the church will not be able to deal with this plague. Perhaps the Redemption Extraordinaries above the Red Soil level have a way to treat it, but how many of them are there?
'The Church of the Red Archbishop is also assigned to a country at most. The number of Red Archbishops can be said to be an important factor limiting the continued expansion of the church's sphere of influence. Although the number of Red Archbishops in the church is not disclosed, it is estimated based on the information provided by Vanya that there are roughly 20 to 30 of them, most of whom are sent to various countries and regions to maintain faith. Relying on these archbishops, the church controls the entire main continent and some key areas outside it. In areas without archbishops stationed, the church's influence will be greatly reduced.
'Among these archbishops, there won't be many who are on the path of salvation. It's even a question whether there can be ten. The backbone of all church medical care is still the vast white and black soil. Once this virus that can spread on a large scale can evolve to a level that is extremely difficult for the white and black soil to handle, it will be able to cause a serious blow to the church's vast faith base. At present, its evolutionary level is already close to that standard...'
Sitting on the exquisite carpet in her tent, Dorothy frowned slightly as she drank the desert nomads' specialty milk tea while thinking in her heart that if her speculation was correct, then the nature of this plague would be even more serious.
'It seems that... the Changsheng Cult may be plotting something big... Does this have anything to do with the gradual reintegration of the three Afterbirth Cults? The actions of the three Afterbirth Cults are getting closer and closer. What exactly do they want to do?'
Dorothy continued to think about it in her mind, but since the previous thoughts were just some guesses and there was no definite evidence, she did not continue to think deeply, but shifted her attention to the present. She then manipulated Ed to ask Alima, who was chewing bread.
"Then continue to tell me, how exactly were you defeated by the Changsheng Sect?"
After listening to the words of the corpse doll Ed, Alima, who had just finished chewing a piece of bread, wiped her mouth and answered after thinking for a while.
"Hmm... well... those cultists used treacherous means to defeat us. When the plague in Bastis became stronger and stronger and we were increasingly unable to cope with it, they began to secretly infiltrate Bastis. They were able to convert the original believers of the Lord by alleviating the symptoms and pain of those infected with the plague. Without our knowledge, those lost believers in the evil god secretly became their helpers and minions to help them deal with us.
"The cultists planted tiny insect eggs in our water and food through those lost people. These eggs were carefully cultivated by the cultists. They are dormant insect eggs with extremely low spirituality. The spirituality of these eggs is so low that they are almost the same as ordinary mortals. Because they deceived our perception, we ate them. Later, these eggs fixed their special structures in our bodies and fell asleep.
"Afterwards, the cultists took advantage of our reduced spiritual power and mental weakness due to the treatment of the plague and launched a surprise attack on us. They injected spiritual power into our bodies by spreading miasma and mosquito bites. Their spiritual power could provide power for the insect eggs lurking in our bodies and awaken them. The awakened insect eggs would quickly hatch into larvae and grow rapidly, gnawing on our flesh and blood to strengthen themselves, hindering our actions and absorbing our spiritual power. In the end, we were defeated and captured because of these attacks from within."
Alima said this to Ed. Ed nodded slightly after listening to her description, and then continued to ask her.
"So, have you asked your Holy Church for help? Do they know about Buserit's current situation?"
"They know about the severity of the plague in Buserit. We have specifically reported it to the higher-ups, but the Holy Church probably doesn't have the energy to deal with Buserit's problems now. Ever since the Adus incident last year, the heretics in the north have been exerting strong pressure on us. In the past period of time, the actions of the heretics in the north have become more and more unusual. Some places have become very radical. In Yiga... there have been large-scale direct conflicts. The Mufa Society has already spent most of its experience on the changes against the heretics in the north."
Picking up another piece of bread, Alima ate it while looking at Ed and responded. After hearing her words, Ed raised his eyebrows slightly and continued to ask her.
"Mufa Society? What is that?"
"It is the leadership organization within the Holy Church. Mufa is the high-level leader of the Holy Church, which means the person who recites the scriptures. They form the Mufa Association and jointly accept the teachings of the Buddha and convey the will of the Buddha. They are the existence that all low-level and middle-level believers need to look up to."
Alima continued to answer while she continued to chew the bread. Listening to her words, Dorothy became more interested and asked Ed to ask her questions.
"Who is the Saint?"
"The Buddha is the most authoritative person in the Holy Religion and the most honorable person besides the Lord. He is the messenger chosen by the Lord to convey the truth. He calls himself the 'Explanator of the Scripture'. He asks us to convey and explain the Lord's true meaning, organizes and leads us to uphold the truth. After going through hardships, one day, under his leadership, we will eliminate all heresies and restore the truth to this world..."
While eating bread, Alima spoke slowly, and Ed raised his eyebrows slightly before speaking.
"In other words... the Holy Master is actually the founder of your Holy Religion?"
"Yes, the Holy Religion was indeed founded by the Buddha, and has been maintained all the way. In the more than 80,000 years of history of the Holy Religion, it has experienced several ups and downs, destruction and rebirth due to the suppression of heretics in the north and the involvement of other evil cults. It was the Buddha who maintained the Holy Religion to this day. As long as the Buddha is still here, the Holy Religion will not perish."
While chewing the new bread, Alima said to Ed with certainty and determination. Listening to her words, Dorothy touched her chin thoughtfully.
"Saint Buddha? Interesting... That is to say, the Savior Advent sect has been able to exist for eight decades under the continuous suppression of the church and has always maintained the title of the greatest heresy of the Glory, all because of the merits of this person called Saint Buddha? Who is this person... How powerful is he to be able to compete with the church for so long without being destroyed? "
Dorothy was thinking curiously in her heart, and then she controlled Ed to ask Alima more about the top leaders of the Savior Sect and the Buddha Saint. However, because Alima's status was too low and she didn't know much, Dorothy didn't get any specific information in the end.
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