Devil's Bible

Chapter 100 Doubt (First of 20 Chapters Released)
Nems was also feeling a headache at this moment. These people were really—a waste!

The abnormal number of adult whale dung beetles indicates that most of the nutrients from the floating whales were wasted and flowed into their feces.

Then, the dung beetles can make better use of their excrement, skipping one or two molts and directly becoming adults.

Other methods of utilization are inefficient, and although there are some anomalies, they are not obvious.

It's equivalent to giving it all away for nothing.

This situation is somewhat similar to a news story that Nemus had seen in his previous life.

A thief broke into someone's warehouse and stole more than 2,000 cases of beverages worth a total of 170,000 yuan. He then dumped all the beverages and sold the empty bottles, making a profit of 115 yuan.

The same is true of these people in the Floating World Society now, except that they cause even greater losses and waste even more.

"If things continue like this, how am I supposed to secretly acquire materials from the floating whales next?"

The floating whale is very large, and minor injuries are usually not a big deal. In this situation, everyone will have the mentality that if I only eat a little bit, there will be no problem.

It is precisely because of this mentality that it is almost certain that the floating whale is now covered in injuries.

A pile of injuries, large and small, can significantly shorten the lifespan of a floating whale and also introduce many unstable factors.

“For example, whale disease…” When Nemus led his men into the manor, they discovered a mass grave in one of the places.

According to his judgment, most of the skeletons inside belonged to individuals suffering from whale-like disease.

This number clearly demonstrates that cetaceanosis is mostly caused by damage to floating whales.

Leah suffers from whale-like disease because of her contact with whale skin mines.

"In addition, injuries to buoyant whales can also trigger a series of natural disasters such as earthquakes and landslides."

"The key point is not the disaster itself, but the signals that indicate the emergence and spread of the disaster."

"People from the church headquarters will come at that time."

What Nemus needs right now is to develop in secret. If, during this development process, these people cause a big commotion and the plan fails as a result, Nemus will find it unacceptable.

“It seems that cracking down on illegal mining will be necessary from now on,” Nems said.

This statement was agreed upon by almost everyone around.

"Seale the manor, find someone to clean the well, and then find a way to treat it. We can't let it continue to agitate the floating whale."

After doing all this, Nemus led his men back to Tailtail Town and continued to capture members of the Floating World Society.

While the goal is to annex the other party, it is crucial to prevent the other party from retaining its complete structure; otherwise, it would not be annexation but rather parasitism.

"How's the arrest going with the Floating World Society?"

Three days later, Naims inquired.

Klu immediately communicated with the network to obtain the latest information: "Currently, most of the members of the Floating World Society have been arrested. Only a few unidentified individuals have been dealt with relatively cleanly, but we have not been able to find the corresponding individuals."

The Floating World Society still has some internal structure, mainly consisting of the leader and elders.

The leader and elders each had their own people in charge, and most of the elders didn't actually know the identities of the other elders, at most they had some vague guesses.

The head of the church is more like an elder who connects the various factions; he is useful, but not particularly useful.

That is why, even when the leader died, it did not affect the continued operation of the Floating World Society.

This time, having profited from the clergy of the latrine, they captured the noble family and located the manor that was the core of the Floating World Society.

Using this as a starting point, the adjudication team, in conjunction with some information provided by that noble family, investigated and identified some people who had been in contact with this manor during this period. Under focused investigation, most of the elders of the Floating World Society were arrested.

The elders possessed a list of followers, though their identities might not be accurate, their descriptions and contact information were relatively reliable. Many people were likely unaware of the elders' arrest; if they weren't vigilant enough, they could be lured out and arrested simply by using the information about the upcoming gathering.

Even if they don't come out, as long as you investigate based on the information, you can usually catch them.

There are very few people who can completely conceal their identity and leave no trace when interacting between a normal identity and a cult identity.

"So far, only two elders have not been captured, one of whom has already fled to the wilderness."

"The other person has been very secretive since joining. Even the leader doesn't know his identity, only that he is definitely a spellcaster close to the level of the Iron Seed."

"And the followers who followed these two elders are estimated to be only seven or eight left, which is not many."

"In general, the Floating World Society, which originally had nearly two hundred members, is now estimated to have only about twenty members left."

"Furthermore, many of these people have lost contact with their superiors, so even if they wanted to carry out cult activities again, they would be powerless to do so."

Klu reported all the information.

For example, there are still some people who are suspected, but there is no direct evidence to prove that they are related to the Floating World Society.

These people have certain identities, so they cannot be arrested directly.

"Then let the adjudication team lift the state of emergency and shift their monitoring from all other aspects to these suspected targets."

“The church has become too slow lately.”

“Yes, sir!” Klure immediately replied.

This step also indicates that the trade in whale products will resume.

Because of his performance over this period, Naim is entitled to a 20% cut of all trade.

It may not seem like much, but it represents the entire whale product trade in the northern region.

A few whale dung pellets alone could feed an average family of three for a month.

With the order issued, the city returned to its former tranquility, at least on the surface.

The Floating World Society has suffered a major blow. Although some members remain, they are unlikely to achieve anything significant.

“However, the Floating World Society is very likely just a front for something else.” Nemus looked at the various documents that followed, pondering the information he had gathered.

It has been confirmed that there may be a 'chairman' or similar figure hidden behind the Floating World Society.

"Otherwise, if that golden medicine is refined now, who will use it?!"

Nemes recalled the well in the wild, then turned back to look at the information that Angel A had secretly gathered during this time.

Based on the assumption that whoever might benefit is likely the mastermind, several names came to mind for Nemus.

Currently, there are fewer than thirty people openly working in the steel industry in Baiwei Town.

There might be more in secret, but it won't exceed fifty people.

Among them, only two or three people have the potential to be promoted to Gold-level.

“The noble ‘Ben’ family, head of the family—Czech de Ben.”

"Bai Te, son of the chairman of the Bai Te Chamber of Commerce."

"The Church, the Bishop—Rhine."

(End of this chapter)