Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 654 - 328 - Disciple Pastoral Area, The Ceremony of Dedication of Lord Cain_2
An enemy apostle capable of infiltrating the ’Disciple’s Sanctuary’, no doubt have substantial influence within the organization. Even the weakest pawns have plenty of subordinates at their disposal, not to mention those competing to become apostles.
Lin Xun is an exception. He is an undercover, without a single soldier under his command.
Backed by an official organization, he could mobilize a large number of official apostles to infiltrate the New World.
However, after discussing with Li Long, his new superior shot down this appealing but dangerous plan.
Now that Lin Xun has become the twelfth apostle, even if a large amount of official apostles were sent undercover to the New World, they would only work under him, and couldn’t possibly obtain more information than him.
Moreover, the infiltration of a large number of ’ unknown’ apostles into the New World could arouse attention and be more detrimental to him.
Not to mention, there were also spies in the official organization from the New World...
So, Li Long assigned a handful of individuals to assist Lin Xun. These people have been lurking in the New World for quite a while but have not been able to join the upper-middle ranks.
After assigning pasture regions, Lin Xun hastily went to Jiangnan Province to assume command of his sheep.
He had to meet the mid-level sheep with many subordinates at the Disciple’s Sanctuary while having to wrangle the rest offline. He was keeping himself so busy that he didn’t even have time for gaming.
After branding all his mid-level sheep with his exclusive mark, Lin Xun was ready to start exploiting them.
The Ceremony of Dedication is typically held once a quarter.
Many of the mid-level sheep had already been exploited once before the apostle election, with their spirituality used by the candidates to strengthen themselves.
Having just become an apostle, he should have held the Ceremony of Dedication in three months, giving time for the sheep to "grow," but Lin Xun didn’t care about that.
Being named ’Cain’, he surely had to act like a vampire progenitor.
If he didn’t leech properly, wouldn’t he be disrespecting his meticulously chosen sacred name?
Besides, being an apostle seems glitzy and empowering, but it is actually quite tough behind the scenes.
Being undercover, he could be exposed at any time. Even without considering the imminent threat to his life, the exploitation was definitely off the table once he was exposed.
"Let’s exploit first. Sustainable development is for other apostles to worry about, I only care about draining to the last drop."
Under the call of apostle ’Cain’, a recently held Ceremony of Dedication was once again enacted in the council chamber...
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[Your ’Disciple’s Sanctuary Mid-Seat Certificate’ has issued a summon...]
[Please teleport to the ’Disciple’s Sanctuary’ within an hour!]
Deng Shouyan looked at the text on his phone, his face filled with bitterness.
As a subordinate of a former apostle candidate, his superior unfortunately lost and has gone missing ever since.
As a qualified middle-level subordinate, he was assigned by the priests of the ’Rectification Council’ to serve under a new ’lord’.
The new lord is the newly inaugurated twelfth apostle, a hotshot in the organization.
He ought to be thrilled to serve under ’Cain’, but he just couldn’t be.
The main reason being, it hasn’t been long since the last Ceremony of Dedication, his previous superior’s funeral hadn’t even passed yet.
"Isn’t the dedication a bit too frequent?"
Deng Shouyan just thought about it, then sharply slapped himself in the face.
"Dedicating is for entering the New World. It’s not just for me, but for my country and countless future generations."
"Those foolish official apostles wouldn’t understand. The Doomsday is inevitable. Only by stepping into the New World can human civilization continue."
Deng Shouyan quickly regained his sanity.
He had met ’Cain’ in real life a couple of days ago.
Thinking back, he couldn’t help but be impressed.
Indeed, ’Cain’ held immense power, just standing in front of him, as he beheld the silhouette cloaked in a black robe, the chilling aura shook him to his core.
He didn’t dare to resist, whatever the lord said he nodded in agreement, unknowingly agreeing to gather more dedications from his subordinates to participate in the Ceremony of Dedication in two days.
However, the most important part is the implicit hint that ’Cain’ dropped!
’Cain’, as a new apostle, needed new agents. The lord might appoint new agents based on this dedication ceremony!
Deng Shouyan, being a mere mid-level member with barely enough qualifications to enter the Disciple’s Sanctuary, of course, wanted to become an agent for ’Cain’. But it’s not easy to become an apostle’s agent.
The last Ceremony of Dedication just took place recently, his subordinates haven’t saved up much in terms of spirituality yet.
To appoint agents based on the amount donated in this-dedication ceremony, it wasn’t that he didn’t want to compete, but he simply couldn’t offer much.
Deng Shouyan opened his panel and item slot, and looked at some idle gear and a few items.
He clenched his fists tight, his eyes went from hesitant to resolute.
Finally, as if having made up his mind, he punched the air fiercely, "Let’s go for it! If I lose, at most I’ll only regret for a few months. But if I don’t seize this great opportunity now, I’ll spend the rest of my life in regret!"
Instead of going straight to the ’Disciple’s Sanctuary’, he teleported back to the Library.
He clicked on the Book of Trade and put all his idle gear up for sale.
