Chapter 565: Their Respective Work

Chapter 565: Their Respective Work

“I really don’t,” Zheng Yichen’s mouth twitched slightly. Was she treating him like some kind of magical do-everything? Although he had a Personal Space, he didn’t have a fourth-dimensional pocket that contained everything.

“Then please think of something useful quickly. After all, the only way I can think of you being useful here is through that,” Ti Xiya immediately pulled a dead-fish stare. “So please use that all-purpose dragon brain of yours, which is I-don’t-know-how-much larger than a Human’s, and think of something useful!”

“…Well, I’ll think about it then.” Zheng Yichen couldn’t help but purse his lips. The anomaly in the Stone Forest was too sudden. Even melting should have been a gradual process, but this had caused such a major disturbance all at once. On one hand, it also proved that Dan Marina’s earlier guess was correct: after this Derivative Witch arrived, it would cause extra intrusive changes to the Stone Forest.

It was just a bit too violent—it was a direct mutation.

“And these—please organize them first.” Ti Xiya took out a thick stack of documents. These documents were pulled from the Magic Weapon Summoning Book. The Sanctuary Church had negotiated with the Creator, who allowed the Church to obtain a temporary usage space from the Trading Zone. This space wasn’t large and was mainly for quickly transferring some documents. As for resources, they still had to be obtained through trading channels. However, for the Church, this wasn’t a big deal; it just meant paying some handling fees.

“Wow, that’s a lot. Leave it to me.” Dan Marina looked at the huge pile of documents in front of her. Without a second thought, these documents definitely piled up after the anomaly occurred in the Stone Forest. Right now, the major Campsites were basically in chaos. This was also why Ti Xiya told everyone to temporarily not do anything unnecessary—first, she needed to suppress the chaos. If they let the chaos continue, even the Church’s people would find it hard to maintain normal order.

When it was calm before, nothing happened. Once chaos broke out, all sorts of unsavory characters emerged, including those spiritual Cultists. These guys weren’t people empowered by an Evil God, but rather those who were spiritually drawn to Evil Gods or had connections to them without being granted power.

This was a kind of tricky method some clever Evil Gods came up with. Because such people didn’t possess the power of an Evil God, they were hard to detect. As for mental checks… well, this world had something like psychiatrists, but there weren’t many. So these types of spiritual Cultists were the most troublesome.

Once serious chaos broke out somewhere, an Evil God could directly communicate with such individuals, and then the spiritual Cultist would become like a Beacon. Among the documents Dan Marina received, many were about Cultists causing trouble. Under the effect of the Containment Barrier, it was difficult for Evil Gods to descend, but by relying on the “self-sacrifice” of Cultists, they could still serve as Pollution Sources.

During chaos, the influence of an Evil God’s power would undoubtedly be amplified drastically. Once people panicked, their minds became easily disturbed. “Hmm, so we need to deal with these first.”

Dan Marina quickly sorted out the documents that needed to be handled first. She glanced at Zheng Yichen, who seemed a bit absent-minded. She smiled lightly and then looked at Oro, who was rubbing his chin lightly while looking at another document that had been passed along. Dan Marina directly handed the sorted, priority documents to Oro.

“Hmm? These? Alright, I got it.” Looking at the documents Dan Marina handed over, Oro slightly raised an eyebrow. “Actually, I don’t really like scheming against Cultists. Mainly because those people’s ways of doing things are just too erratic.”

Cultists were always messed up in the head. Even those who weren’t would become messed up due to the influence of an Evil God. This forced them to deal with this most troublesome part first. Precisely because Cultists were messed in the head, they were the easiest yet most troublesome group to handle. If dealt with quickly, everything would be fine. If slow, even after dealing with this batch, a whole new bunch of Cultists would be hiding who-knows-where.

“As for personnel arrangements… don’t give those to me. You should be able to handle that yourself, right?”

“That’s Ti Xiya’s job.” Dan Marina handed another sorted stack of documents to Ti Xiya. As the Chief Supervisor, only Ti Xiya could mobilize most of the Church’s members, so matters she was responsible for—or needed to be responsible for—were picked out by Dan Marina and handed to Ti Xiya. The whole process took less than a minute… After the work was assigned, what remained were the tasks she herself had to handle—things related to management.

Sheet after sheet of processed documents were sent through Ti Xiya’s hands to the members responsible for receiving them. Upon receiving these documents, those people immediately began executing the given instructions. While each area’s person in charge had command authority, their command was only partial; even if they did their best, it might not affect the overall situation.

Therefore, what Ti Xiya was doing here was very important. By gathering documents from various areas and processing them through Dan Marina’s rapid statistical summarization, the overall situation was clearly laid out. Based on this overall situation, new arrangement instructions were made, striving to ensure that actions in each place could affect adjacent areas, even directly improving the overall situation.

Under Oro’s arrangements, some Church members displayed extremely high efficiency and mobility. Oro even arranged highly efficient action routes for them, quickly clearing out the clusters of rampaging Cultists. After clearing one area, they didn’t even need to detour; they could proceed directly to the next task. Then, as those squads assigned to clearing were following the arranged routes, they would unknowingly discover that as the clearing work progressed, their team hadn’t suffered losses but had actually grown. This was the effect of joining up with other squads’ routes after a certain amount of clearing.

Once strengthened, they subsequently tackled the more troublesome areas. In the end, they gathered most of their forces to take down the most problematic ones… Of course, not all forces were used. While the clearing teams were in action, new instructions were naturally given, since the Cultists’ riot times surely differed, so the overall situation also needed attention. Oro, who arranged the action routes, naturally considered this. So while teams were assembling, they were also splitting. However, the assembling eventually gained the upper hand. Later-appearing Cultists, due to insufficient time, caused less severe disturbances, making them easier to handle.

Additionally, the intact Mercenaries and Adventurers were also good combat strength. The Church’s efficient and orderly actions not only quickly stabilized the Containment Zone, but also clearly signaled to the survivors: don’t panic, the Church has quickly taken control of the overall situation. This wasn’t just talk; the Church’s people were already doing it, so it naturally seemed highly credible.

Aside from those with ulterior motives, many people’s state stabilized. As for those with other intentions, there was no need to be polite at critical moments. Ti Xiya directly assigned some high-end combat forces to watch them… or capture them. As for killing them… although it had a deterring effect, Oro had her abandon that idea. While overly violent methods were impactful, in the present situation, if they wanted stability, capture was most effective—it could even be used to fish for more…

“Alright, according to this plan, resource losses can be minimized.” Dan Marina handed a finalized plan to Ti Xiya. Ti Xiya couldn’t help but glance at the huge pile of documents stacked beside Dan Marina. All that was reduced to a plan summarized on one piece of paper? That was too efficient. After taking Dan Marina’s plan and glancing at it, her eyelid twitched involuntarily. Well, it was indeed summarized on one sheet of paper, but the writing on it was just too darn tiny.

Luckily, as a Professional, the small writing didn’t hinder her reading. Quickly scanning through it, Dan Marina’s plan was extremely detailed, taking into account resource management to the greatest extent. These resources weren’t referring to water or food. There were quite a few Magic Weapon Summoners in the Containment Zone, so food and water weren’t stockpiled; they were bought directly from the Trading Module as needed.

Under the Church’s regulation, no one would dare to take advantage of the situation, otherwise they’d face the Church’s pressure first. Once blacklisted by the Church, although they wouldn’t be maliciously targeted directly, in certain situations, being without the Church’s help really wouldn’t do.

The resource handling plan referred to equipment and such. After this chaos, most of the Quarantine Camps and Temporary Camps inside the Containment Zone were unusable. During the evacuation, they couldn’t take everything. There weren’t that many Expansion Pouches, so recovering these resources was an issue.

Dan Marina’s plan completely prioritized them. Following her plan would allow for maximum resource recovery. What was left behind could still be recovered later. Even if people with bad intentions got to them first, what they’d obtain would be just scrap metal… Hmm, like a car temporarily impossible to drive away was hard to take, but the engine could be taken…

Dan Marina’s plan contained many schemes for folding and utilizing space. Arranging the recovery and transfer of those equipment resources was almost like arranging transforming toys, squeezing transportable space to the maximum, making full use of every bit of transport capacity. Watching this, Ti Xiya felt a sense of disbelief—was such a thing possible?

Two completely different types of equipment, after slight disassembly and mutual insertion, could merge into one or even three in one??! Of course, this merging wouldn’t make the combined equipment functional; it utilized their spare space. Afterward, they could be restored for reuse.

Efficient suppression of the troublemakers, efficient and complete transfer of resources… It was stabilized!