Doomsday: I can see the health bar, kill monsters and drop treasure.

Chapter 537: Impersonating a Priest Again
"A huge base with 300,000 or 400,000 people?"

Wang Tao was very surprised to hear Liu Bo's words.

Judging from the population size, it is obviously a place similar to Changhe Base.

Wang Tao knew that there must be a place in the world that was similar to Changhe Base, or even larger than Changhe Base. But he didn't expect to encounter it so soon, and it was so close - no, it wasn't really close.

Wang Tao quickly shook his head again.

He felt it was close only because he flew here on a golden eagle. If he drove or walked, these hundreds of kilometers would not be close, especially in the end times full of crises...

"It seems that Mr. Wang has never heard of the Silver Snake Base. I can give you a brief introduction..."

Liu Bo saw Wang Tao's surprise and volunteered to explain.

Through his explanation, Wang Tao knew that the Silver Snake Base was indeed very similar to the Changhe Base and was also originally formed by the military. After all, in an environment like the end of the world, only the surviving military forces still had the strength and execution capability.

But unlike the Changhe Base, after a series of developments and changes, the army lost control of the Silver Snake Base. Now the entire Silver Snake Base is controlled by the psychics and awakened ones.

In fact, this is a very normal rhythm of development. It is not normal that the army is still under control in the Changhe Base.

Because these zombies are too easy to mutate, the cost of using weapons of mass destruction is too high. If these weapons are not used, the combat effectiveness of the army will sooner or later be surpassed by the superpowers and awakened ones.

The reason why the army of Changhe Base can still maintain its leadership position is not because of how strong the army itself is, but because of the existence of the Hope Institute.

It is hoped that all products developed by the institute will be supplied to the military first, so that the military’s combat effectiveness will continue to grow.

For example, power armor. Wearing this thing can allow an ordinary soldier to directly possess the power of a psychic or even an awakened person. Another example is the crystal energy gun. Even an ordinary person can kill a psychic with one shot.

The Silver Snake Base obviously didn't have these things, so it was normal for them to be surpassed by the superpowers.

Of course, although the army is no longer the leader of the Silver Snake Base, it is not weak after all, so it has not disappeared or left the base. They are still in the Silver Snake Base, but they are just one of the many forces.

The Silver Snake Base is similar to the Changhe Base in that there are many forces in the base. However, the forces in the Changhe Base are all under the leadership of the army and have various rules and regulations to restrain them, so there are many forces but they are not chaotic.

But the Silver Snake Base is a little different. In the early days, they were managed by the military. Whether they obeyed or not, they had to listen to the military, so the base as a whole was quite harmonious.

But when the military stopped managing the base, other major forces wanted to take over the management of the base. But the problem was that their strengths were not much different, and no one was willing to submit to the other, so it was impossible to tell who was better... This caused the Silver Snake Base to be in chaos for a while.

Before the heavy snow came, they finally managed to maintain a balance - they jointly established a "parliament", which was the official power of the base, and all people and forces had to listen to the parliament. There were 49 members in the parliament, almost all of whom were selected by their major forces. This was equivalent to the major forces joining forces to control the Silver Snake Base.

But this kind of alliance is obviously impossible to truly work together, as all major forces have their own calculations.

So the situation inside the Silver Snake Base was quite chaotic, at least it had been chaotic since Liu Bo lost contact with the Silver Snake Base.

Liu Bo was originally a member of the Silver Snake Base. Later, the Silver Snake Base created an instrument that could detect impurities in the human body and conducted a full-staff test. Liu Bo was kicked out because of the high level of impurities in his body.

However, the Silver Snake Base did not kill them all. Although people with high levels of impurities in their bodies were not allowed to live in the base, they could do business with the base, such as exchanging crystal cores for food, weapons, etc. They could also stay in the base for a short period of time, although they would be monitored the whole time...

Anyway, in general, the Silver Snake Base is a place that is both orderly and chaotic. Although it doesn't sound as good as the Changhe Base, it is still a super large survivor base and the place that all the survivors here want to go the most.

"That's all I know about the Silver Snake Base..."

Liu Bo said a lot in one breath.

He rarely met people who didn't know about the Silver Snake Base. Even if they hadn't been there, they had heard about it, right? Wang Tao was a rare person who had never heard of the Silver Snake Base. In addition, he was an extrovert and liked to share, so he explained the Silver Snake Base to Wang Tao in detail.

"It sounds like this Silver Snake Base is pretty good."

Wang Tao nodded.

"Of course not! Unfortunately, they don't want me..."

Liu Bo sighed, looking a little lonely.

"With your Awakened strength, will the Silver Snake Base reject you?"

Wang Tao asked curiously.

"When I was kicked out, I was just an ordinary mutant. As for now... maybe they want me, or maybe they don't. But no matter whether they want me or not, I don't want to go. It's good for me to have everyone's company here."

Liu Bo looked like he had seen through the fickleness of the world.

But Wang Tao suddenly spoke:
"It's because of the Church of Twilight."

"!!!"

Liu Bo subconsciously took a step back and looked at Wang Tao with a vigilant look. The others also immediately surrounded Wang Tao, encircling him.

"Mr. Wang, how do you know we are from the Church of Dusk?"

Liu Bo's face looked a little ugly.

He suddenly felt that Wang Tao had been pretending. He was actually from the Silver Snake Base and was here to wipe out the Twilight Church! Because the Twilight Church was called a cult in the Silver Snake Base...

If this is true, then this war is inevitable!
He had no confidence that he could defeat Wang Tao, but he had no way out!
"..."

Seeing Liu Bo’s shock, Wang Tao was speechless. He was not blind. Couldn’t he see the badge of the Twilight Church on Liu Bo’s chest?
However, Wang Tao did not answer, but took something out of his pocket and put it on his chest.

Liu Bo was so nervous that he almost took action, but when Wang Tao let go of his hand and revealed the square golden badge on his chest, he was dumbfounded.

"...You...a senior priest?"

Liu Bo never expected that Wang Tao actually took out a senior priest badge of the Evening Church and put it on!

He himself wore a golden diamond-shaped badge on his chest, indicating that he was a senior deacon of the Church of Dusk, while Wang Tao wore a golden square badge, indicating that he was a senior priest, a whole level higher than him!

So, this Mr. Wang was not sent by the Silver Snake Base to clean them up, but was one of their own?
Liu Bo was a little bit unbelieving, but the badge didn't look fake. He felt a special aura in the badge. This aura only existed in their Twilight Church and it couldn't be fake.

"Why, you don't even greet me when you see me?"

Wang Tao frowned, and a majestic aura emerged from him.

"Greetings, Master Priest!"

Liu Bo still had many questions, but when facing Wang Tao, he still half-knelt subconsciously. The people around him also followed Liu Bo and half-knelt in confusion. They couldn't figure out that this Mr. Wang was actually a priest!
This is a secret visit!

"Well, get up."

Wang Tao nodded, as if it was really the case.

After receiving the order, Liu Bo and others stood up with some trepidation.

The Twilight Church has always been in the dark, and the information of all personnel has always been kept secret, and only the superiors know it. Therefore, the rule of the Twilight Church is to see the badge as you see the person. As long as it is confirmed that Wang Tao's badge is real, then Wang Tao is a senior priest. Except for the bishop, no one can deny Wang Tao's identity.

Faced with a superior who was more powerful than himself, he was very worried whether Wang Tao would punish him for his rudeness.

Wang Tao naturally had no such bad taste as punishing people, so he asked directly:

"What is your mission here?"

"Uh... you don't know?"

Liu Bo did not doubt Wang Tao's identity, he was just naive in a strange way.

"I just got here today, how would I know what your mission is?" Wang Tao said as a matter of course.

He had learned from Zhu Fen, the original owner of the priest badge, that the members of the Dusk Church were scattered. Theoretically, each area had a top leader. For example, the top leader of the Dusk Church in Changhe Base was Zhu Fen. Zhu Fen only knew the Dusk Church in Changhe Base, but not the Dusk Church in other places. Of course, Zhu Fen was a senior priest in the church, second only to the bishop. If Zhu Fen wanted to know the situation of the Dusk Church in other places, it would be no problem.

"Are you really from another place? That's right, the senior priest of the Silver Snake Base is my superior. I have met him several times before. Although I haven't seen his appearance, this priest is thin..."

Liu Bo muttered.

He said this deliberately, his purpose was naturally to tell Wang Tao that he was also following a senior priest, and hoped that Wang Tao would not bother with him. After all, he had just been a little rude to the priest, and it would be troublesome if he was held accountable.

Liu Bo's words made Wang Tao raise his eyebrows slightly.

He had thought before that since there were people from the Church of Twilight here, based on his understanding of the Church of Twilight, there was a high probability that there were also people from the Church of Twilight in the Silver Snake Base, and there was also a priest to command the overall situation... Now it seems that this is indeed the case, and Liu Bo has also come into contact with that priest.

After vaguely expressing his "background", Liu Bo quickly said:

"My mission is to recruit as many survivors as possible, expand the Feisha Lake base, and train people with special abilities and even awakened ones. When the time is right, I can cooperate with the higher-ups to accomplish something big!"

Liu Bo did not hide anything and immediately told his mission.

"I see..." Wang Tao nodded first, then asked, "What is the 'big thing' you are going to do?"

Liu Bo immediately shook his head.

"I don't know about that. My boss didn't tell me. Maybe you can ask him in person..."

"That's fine."

Wang Tao guessed that Liu Bo didn’t know this.

He then asked:

"When was the last time you contacted that priest?"

If there is a chance, Wang Tao wants Liu Bo to introduce him and then take down his boss. Wang Tao has no good feelings towards the Twilight Church. Wang Tao thinks they are a cult. If you don't encounter them, forget it. If you do, you have to deal with them.

But Liu Bo said helplessly:

"The last time I had contact with my boss was before the heavy snow... because my boss would send people to some fixed locations to leave messages for me. But after the heavy snow, the temperature dropped sharply and it became difficult to go out. I risked my life to go there several times, but I didn't see any messages left..."

Liu Bo even suspected that his boss had met with an accident. After all, he could go out in the heavy snow, so his subordinates must be no weaker than him and could come out if they wanted to, unless they encountered some problems.

"Before the heavy snow..."

Wang Tao frowned.

The heavy snow has lasted for two or three months. We haven't contacted each other for such a long time, so it is definitely impossible to get in touch with each other now.

Wang Tao's idea of ​​meeting this priest was in vain. Even if he went to the Silver Snake Base, this priest never showed his true face, so it was difficult for Wang Tao to find him.

But it’s not a big problem. Since Plan A has failed, Wang Tao still has Plan B.

"I suspect there may be something wrong with your boss."

Wang Tao said directly.

"..."

Liu Bo thought so too, but he didn't dare to respond.

"By the way, let's talk about the situation of the Church of Dusk at the Silver Snake Base."

Wang Tao seemed to have thought of something and asked again.

"Uh... cough, we are defined as a cult. Anyone who discovers our church will be killed unconditionally, so the situation of the Dusk Church in the Silver Snake Base is very bad... But you know, how could we be a cult! We only take in those who were driven out of the Silver Snake Base!"

"..."

Sure enough, although the situations in the two bases are different, their attitudes towards the Church of Twilight are the same.

It is estimated that the Church of Twilight has done something infuriating at the Silver Snake Base, causing such a chaotic place as the Silver Snake Base to not tolerate their existence.

"Since your situation is so bad, why do you still dare to wear the church emblem?"

Wang Tao was a little strange.

"Well, before the badge was officially made, our church had already been labeled a cult...so except for our own people, the people at the Silver Snake Base didn't recognize us. I wear this to distinguish my own people. If I didn't wear the badge, you might not recognize me today..."

"So that's it."

Wang Tao suddenly realized.

Then he looked at Liu Bo.

"How about this, since you can't contact your boss, you will follow me from now on."

"what?"

Liu Bo was still thinking about how to avoid Wang Tao's punishment, but he didn't expect that Wang Tao would go straight into the corner of his boss!
But after only hesitating for a few tenths of a second, Liu Bo immediately nodded pretending to be very excited.

"Yes! I, Liu Bo, and all the survivors of the Feisha Lake Base are willing to follow your lead!"

This was a high-ranking priest who personally recruited him. If he didn't know what was good for him, he probably wouldn't be able to leave this place.

As for his own boss...let's just get through today first. One more day is one more day, and we can deal with the future later.

"Very tactful."

Wang Tao nodded with a smile.

It didn't matter whether Liu Bo was sincere or not, and he didn't expect these people to help him do anything. But as long as they could influence or even destroy the affairs of the Twilight Church, it would be a good thing for him.

"Are you in any trouble now?"

Since he has a group of younger brothers, he must show his responsibility as a big brother. If he doesn't let his younger brothers see the benefits they can get, how can they follow him sincerely?

"Uh……"

Liu Bo scratched his head. He was really in trouble, but he didn't know whether he should say it.

But he finally gritted his teeth and said it.

"There is a big problem... Some time ago, a group of powerful zombies came about ten kilometers away from us. They seemed to be at the fifth-order lord level. If they come to our base, we can't resist..."

"Oh? A fifth-level zombie!"

Wang Tao's eyes lit up.

Apart from the Night Demon, he felt that he hadn't killed a fifth-level lord zombie for a long time. Liu Bo probably meant the fifth-level frozen zombie lord. He happened to be itching to kill one, so he helped Liu Bo solve it.

(End of this chapter)