"What???"
"Exploring immortality?"
"Holy hell, don't tell me the three escaped test subjects are the current leaders of the Immortality Cult?"
Rubbing his face, Lin Yuan calmed his mood, looking at Carol Anna, who was still in her queenly attire, blocking him.
"Gulp."
Hiss, this girl's figure is really good!
Heh heh (º﹃º).
After staring for a while, Lin Yuan's mood completely settled. He carelessly wiped a drop of drool from the corner of his mouth and asked seriously, "What's your relationship with the Immortality Cult?"
"What?" Carol Anna took a few steps back upon hearing those words.
Why the strong reaction? Before Lin Yuan could reply, she hurriedly asked, "How do you know about the Immortality Cult?"
"Uh..." Lin Yuan's eyebrows shot up. "I've encountered them, even fought them a few times, but I assume those were just low-level grunts, not the main figures."
He then recounted his experiences in Huaxia.
A few minutes later, Carol Anna's expression hadn't improved, her brows furrowed.
She looked rather worried. "Has your government responded to this matter?"
"Yes, as soon as the basic information about this so-called Immortality Cult was confirmed, every safe zone, including medium and small settlements under official jurisdiction, conducted thorough checks within their areas. Moreover, the leadership of each safe zone will report to the Huaxia Anti-Biochemical Command Center within a month. The Intelligence Headquarters will also send people for secret inspections. There shouldn't be any problems."
"Hoo~" Carol Anna breathed a sigh of relief, her mood improving again. "That's good. I don't want this thing to exist where I'll be retiring."
"Why do you seem so afraid of the Immortality Cult?"
"Of course, I'm afraid. Just two summers ago, the Immortality Cult carried out a massacre in the White Eagle Federation. The laboratory my mother and brother were responsible for was attacked, and they didn't survive." Carol Anna showed a side of a young girl in front of Lin Yuan for the first time, transforming from a queenly demeanor to someone on the verge of tears.
No, how could I cry! I haven't cried since that day.
Recomposing herself, she continued, "But I don't harbor any hatred, because that laboratory was responsible for very bad experiments, the precursor to HSAC, and I am the child of those experimenters. I was trained from a young age to be loyal to those conglomerates, and now my father wants me to be loyal to the company. So, I'm just afraid, not resentful. If I were to speak of hate, I think the aloof Edgar might be the one who hates them the most, because ever since HSAC was established, the Immortality Cult has been constantly ruining the company's plans."
"How so?"
"Previously, the Immortality Cult had very few members, but each was incredibly strong. At that time, there were only 16 people who stormed the experimental base, and not a single piece of their tissue was left behind by the 300 mercenaries at the base. Now, they have spread all over the world, and with the sudden emergence of this mutated virus strain, their actions have shifted from extreme secrecy to blatant recklessness. Furthermore, due to the drastic population decline, the Western European Alliance is utterly incapable of dealing with them; defending their own settlements is already their best effort."
"Then why wasn't it announced?"
"This is just a matter seen from our perspective. Before the apocalypse, they already had many strongholds in that region. As for Huaxia, according to our intelligence, they only had three."
"Three?! Where are they?!"
Carol Anna looked at him as if he were an idiot. "How would I know? We only know the numbers. If we knew the locations, let alone me, HSAC's predecessors, those conglomerates would definitely have informed Huaxia immediately. After all, they dislike the Immortality Cult even more."
Now it was Lin Yuan's turn to panic. If he counted the two investigated by the BIU investigation team, there should be at least one more stronghold. As for their distribution, they were hard to find before, and now it's even more like searching for a needle in a haystack.
One must consider that the Liaozhou Peninsula Military Safety Zone only controlled a tiny portion of the Liaozhou Peninsula, along with various islands at sea. If the ocean area were excluded, it would only be the size of a prefecture-level city on the map of Huaxia. This isn't even the area of the safety zone, just the controlled area. One can imagine the current state of population depletion. However, the gradual rescues have replenished the major safe zones with some vitality. This summer, they are preparing for large-scale operations to collect weapons and ammunition left behind by previous war zones. To crush them with a torrent of steel!
If the zombies had a system, perhaps this winter, the following sounds would ring in the zombies' minds.
"Ding, you have triggered an epic quest, 'Great Wall Watch.'
Quest Difficulty: ★★★★★
You are about to be struck by the following weapons.
Approximately 8,000 tanks of various types (approximately 5,600 of Type 3 and above) in a cluster strike, approximately 5,600 infantry fighting vehicles (with Type 04 dominating) in a fire assault, approximately 30,000 other armored vehicles in a ruthless advance, artillery coverage from approximately 4,000 self-propelled guns and approximately 4,000 towed artillery pieces, and carpet bombing by approximately 3,000 multiple rocket launchers.
...
As well as various nuclear weapons, big mushrooms, small mushrooms, water mushrooms, etc., so many that the system can't count them all.
"
A certain crosstalk narrator from Huajia Rabbit: Dear customer, these are all just fire sticks and agricultural vehicles for transporting grain and logs. Those flying in the sky are for spraying pesticides, and those swimming in the water are fishing boats and large sonar used to detect the location of fish schools. (=^▽^=) (Sinister smile)
Returning to the point, Lin Yuan was now urgently wanting to inform the command center to raise their vigilance.
But then he thought again, the country has plenty of talents; they should have figured this out and are already conducting searches!
Yes, that's right, he was that confident!
"Then, did the three escaped test subjects from that breeding project you mentioned have any connection to the Immortality Cult?"
"I haven't heard...?" Carol Anna was about to say she didn't know, but Lin Yuan's question sparked something in her. The video her mother recorded before she died was still with her. Although she claimed not to hate them, she still wanted to understand the reasons why the Immortality Cult would attack their experimental base for no reason. Lin Yuan's words provided her with a direction for her investigation.
Making up her mind to start investigating upon her return, she checked the time. There wasn't much time left, so she quickly finished speaking, "Alright, we'll discuss anything else tomorrow. For now, I'll finish explaining the plan. The first step is that you, as the key to Fang Yuxin becoming the mother body, will definitely be protected by the company's people. They will confidently hand you over to me, and Edgar won't be able to stop it. Afterward, I will conduct a detailed examination of you and submit the examination report to them. Of course, I won't reveal what shouldn't be revealed. Then, I'll condition your body and help you with the gene agent. This step will take about 2 months..."