Free Web NovelChapter 447: Chapter 306: Fifth Evolution
After some questioning, Su Ze got the answers he wanted.
The Evolution Divine Teachings did indeed have a stronghold nearby, permanently staffed by two Overlord-level Archbishops.
The main task of this stronghold was to watch over and tend to the Mystical Mushroom Forest.
And according to the two of them, this stronghold had only been established in the last seven or eight years. From this, he deduced that the Pope’s possession of the Tier Five Mushroom must have happened around that time.
As for the practice of feeding live humans to the Mushroom, that also began seven or eight years ago.
It was just that, before, most of those sent into the Mystical Mushroom Forest were the poor and homeless from Luofan Country, as well as the failed subjects of the Evolution Divine Teachings’ human experiments.
Recently, however, due to the great migration from the Peninsula Country, the main source of "food" had become refugees from the Peninsula Country.
"Before, they transported about seven, eight, maybe ten people in per day. These days, it’s twenty to thirty people every day," the dwarf said in a low voice.
They had to transport "nutrients" to the Mystical Mushroom Forest every day. Each time, one Archbishop would lead the group, while the other remained to guard the stronghold.
"Last question. Where is your stronghold located?" Su Ze asked in a low, deep voice.
Hearing the words "last question," the faces of the dwarf and the deformed man changed. Once the last question was answered, they would have no more value, which meant death was imminent.
They didn’t think for a second that Su Ze would let them go.
The dwarf hurriedly shouted, "I’ll take you there!"
The deformed man, realizing what was happening, also scrambled for the opportunity. "I’ll lead the way."
By being a guide, they could at least live a little longer. If, by some chance, something happened to Su Ze, they might even have a chance to survive.
"You two will separate. One of you will go from the east, the other will circle around from the west. You are not to contact anyone on the way. I’ll be watching you," Su Ze said.
’What if they try to lead me astray?’
So, he chose to follow from a great distance, using his Perception Tentacles to monitor their every move.
After confiscating all communication devices from the two, he watched them walk away, tracking them with his Perception Tentacles the entire time.
Then, using the signal booster Mr. Ya had left in the forest, he made two phone calls.
The first was to Chen Suifeng, telling him that Mr. Ya was escorting a witness to the Great Desert Kingdom and needed him to provide support.
Chen Suifeng’s phone was at risk of being tapped, so he urged him to leave immediately and not let the Alien Party get the jump on them.
The other call was to Mr. Ya, telling him that he planned to take down the Evolution Divine Teachings’ stronghold and would catch up and rendezvous with him immediately after.
Of course, he would act within his capabilities. After finding the Evolution Divine Teachings’ stronghold, he would observe it first. If the situation was unwinnable, he would back off.
Having done all this, he used his Perception Tentacles to observe the dwarf and the deformed man. He found that they were both dawdling, as if arriving later meant they could live a little longer.
Su Ze had no time to waste on them. He directly used his Perception Tentacles to remotely conduct electricity, delivering a shock right to their rears.
"Hurry up!"
Su Ze urged them via telepathic message.
The two of them jolted from the shock, nearly losing control of their bowels. They didn’t dare to deliberately slack off anymore and quickened their pace.
"Run!"
Su Ze sent two more currents of electricity, and they immediately took off running like horses that had just been whipped on the rump.
Su Ze followed leisurely from a distance. When the two began to converge in the same direction, he immediately sent his Perception Tentacles probing toward their destination.
He saw a small, unremarkable-looking hill, but its interior had been hollowed out and built into a small, modern base.
This had to be the Evolution Divine Teachings’ stronghold.
Su Ze’s Perception Tentacles probed inside, revealing rows of prison cells.
At this moment, the cells were filled with people. Some were missing persons from Luofan Country, but most were refugees from the Peninsula Country.
As for members of the Evolution Divine Teachings, there weren’t many—only seven or eight church warriors, with strengths ranging from the Cocoon Stage to the Butterfly Stage.
The Saint-level Overlord Archbishop was also inside the base. He took a phone call, and his expression changed drastically as he suddenly shot up from his chair.
Su Ze guessed he had probably received news that the Mushroom was destroyed. After all, it was a clone of the Pope, so the Pope would surely have sensed something.
After hanging up, the Archbishop immediately dialed another number. But after a long while with no answer, his expression turned utterly grim.
The call was for Archbishop Matier. Since no one answered, it meant Archbishop Matier had most likely met with disaster as well.
This meant the base was no longer safe.
After a moment of silence, he suddenly turned and pushed aside a decorative wall behind him, revealing a metal safe.
He cut his fingertip, dripped a drop of blood into a groove next to the safe’s lock, and a moment later, the safe opened automatically.
Previously, Su Ze hadn’t had time to meticulously inspect every corner of the base with his Perception Tentacles, so he hadn’t noticed this safe. But when it opened and he saw what was inside, his spirits soared.
The interior of the safe was divided into two levels. The upper level held a fragment of a human hand bone, but it was incomplete—only three fingers remained.
The lower level held a silver brick!
The silver-gray metal brick made Su Ze’s heart race, and he coveted it immensely. He recognized it at a glance—it was a brick condensed from Silver-gray Energy!
The Silver-gray Energy Su Ze had extracted from killing all the Tier Four and above Mutated Fungi in the Mystical Mushroom Forest didn’t even amount to a tenth of this single silver brick.
