Otherworld Bone Dragon Operation Guide

Chapter 289 Catherine's Frame-Up
"Why did you let Sabina go?" Su Ming pointed to the staggering figure walking away, his voice filled with confusion.

“This was Lady Catherine’s arrangement,” Stanton explained. “We erased her memories of this period and rewrote them with new ones—something Yuya excels at.”

Such profound memory alteration must be a cruel and painful process. Sabina's cerebral cortex has likely suffered irreversible damage, and she may now only possess childlike intelligence and some survival instincts.

While it is unpleasant to let such sins live on, Catherine is likely using Sabina to carry out a plan to mislead the Cardinal Council of the Temple of Light.

"What specific memories did you implant in her?" Su Ming asked with great interest.

“The new memories written into Yuya are from the Cold Mountain Royal Family, the Northern Church Star Sand, and the Bone-Destroying Mad Machine, who joined forces to attack the Divine Might Prison and the Divine Grace Sea,” Stanton replied.

Su Ming was taken aback at first, but after carefully considering it, he realized he hadn't misunderstood. "But isn't this process the truth?"

“Lady Catherine specifically instructed me to do this,” Stanton explained.

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Not long ago, a similar conversation took place when Catherine was assigning tasks to these two winged beings.

"My lord, is there any special significance to doing this?" Yuya asked, puzzled. "Why are we going to such lengths to rewrite a memory that is completely consistent with the facts?"

“Sabina has been brainwashed into an idiot state, and the Covenant faction will definitely send experts in this area to examine her. This will lead them to deduce that her memories have been erased and rewritten,” Catherine explained. “If you were in their shoes, how would you feel in this situation?”

Yuya thought for a moment and began to understand, "The Divine Covenant faction will definitely think that this is a clumsy trick to frame someone?"

“That’s exactly right.” Catherine nodded and continued, “When the investigation team sent by the Glorious Holy City arrives at the Dome Mountains, they will find weapons and equipment that we deliberately left behind, bearing our identification marks. But they will find no trace of the Bell of Calamity—what conclusions do you think such a discovery will lead them to?”

It is worth noting that the Pope and the Council of Cardinals received "reliable" intelligence beforehand, confirming that the Bell of Calamity was about to bring misfortune to the Holy Mountain. Therefore, the "overly clean" appearance at the scene would instead become evidence that the Bell of Calamity was trying to conceal something.

"That's a brilliant move, going against the grain!" Stanton exclaimed.

Catherine hadn't actually finished speaking; this was merely the ingenious part of the strategy. What truly sealed everything was another, "orthodox" plan.

She has already sent people to deal with those "potato" suppliers, silencing them all and meticulously fabricating perfect "Clock of Calamity" member identities for them.

When the Covenant's intelligence agents traced Sabina and the school principal Havel's long-term involvement in the trafficking of girls, they discovered that the suppliers they traded with were actually people from the Bell of Calamity!
In this way, the Cardinal Council of the Covenant would naturally come to a reasonable conclusion: the tragedy on Mount Meru was entirely the result of these two fools letting the wolf into the house!
The perfect thing is that this story of trafficking girls does exist in Sabina's mind; it is still a clean memory that has not been tainted!

These contrasts with each other, forming irrefutable evidence!
In short, regardless of the process, the Holy Mountain prison break operation, on the surface, finally returned to the original plan of the Bell of Calamity—except that all the necromancers ended up in Su Ming's hands.

"The Divine Covenant faction has suffered such a devastating blow, with its younger generation almost entirely wiped out. They will surely unleash their boundless rage on the Bell of Calamity." Yuya finally understood the intention behind the plan, her eyes gleaming with excitement. "We should be able to have some peace and quiet for a long time!"

“Of course.” Catherine nodded slightly, a dangerous smile curving her red lips. “By the time they finally break free from this mindset through other intelligence channels, it will be at least three or four months from now.” A cold glint flashed in her eyes. “By then, it will be time for the even more special ‘gift’ we’ve prepared to await them!”

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"People who play tactics are all filthy at heart," Su Ming said with a sigh, shaking his head, completely unconcerned that he was the mastermind behind this "gift."

Stanton bowed. "President Su, please allow me to take my leave for lunch."

"No need to be so polite." Su Ming returned the greeting solemnly, his expression sincere. "I have truly received so much help from you during this time!"

Looking back, Stanton truly deserves immense credit. From the very beginning of the escape from the Azure Cliffs, this Archbishop of the Feathered Clan repeatedly risked his life to deliver crucial intelligence, even going so far as to hold back on the battlefield. Since arriving in this strange new world, he has arguably been the person who has helped Su Ming and Zi Jin the most.

"This is our duty." Stanton's expression also turned solemn, his tone firm. "Lord Chestnut Owl has helped our Feather Clan immensely and is the hope for our entire clan to migrate out of the frigid lands! For this, we will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

"It seems that Zijin's reputation among the Feather Clan has definitely reached the 'revered' level," Su Ming thought to himself.

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In the afternoon, a large number of collected or dismantled supplies, like a long dragon, were continuously transported to the typhoon shelter base through the tunnel.

Therefore, the tunnel was explicitly converted to one-way traffic for the next few hours.

The quantity and variety of supplies were exceptionally large, including components from the "Eternal Obelisk" dismantled by Newman, alchemical materials collected by Violet, and materials from the Red Apricot missile found by the recycling team.

In addition, there were all sorts of metal products. For example, the gun emplacements of Shen En Hai were not destroyed. All those weapons were made of valuable metals, so they were cut into pieces, stacked on transport vehicles, and brought back.

Of course, it doesn't matter if something like the Divine Might Prison Turret is blown to pieces; Su Ming never picks on the appearance of the materials.

Incidentally, the frost wolves were once again relegated to pulling carts as mules. Having done this work multiple times, their load-bearing capacity had noticeably improved. Some of their previously thinner parts had even developed muscle bulges, which greatly tempted Su Ming.

He examined them carefully, looking for one that had suffered from heatstroke due to hard work.

Significant progress has also been made in the energy sector, completely resolving the needs for the next phase.

The search team discovered a stockpile of thousands of tons of high-quality coal at a washing and processing plant near the coal mine. Necromancers directed skeleton laborers to frantically load the coal onto trucks, a scene resembling a swarm of hungry ants carrying winter food.

Many of these were unprocessed raw coal, which Su Ming arranged for people to screen and clean—with the upgraded carrying capacity of the Youth Civilization Train, plus the downhill advantage on the return trip, it was fully capable of handling this batch of energy reserves.

(End of this chapter)