Meng Chao believed the answer had to lie with the Ancient Dream Saintess.
But before he could meet the Ancient Dream Saintess, he first had to pass through the Wounded Soldiers Camp.
To win this ambush, the White Bone Battalion had paid a terrible price.
Nearly every White Bone Battalion warrior was covered in wounds, and many had lost one or even both limbs.
With the High-Level Orcs' formidable vitality, coupled with the fanatical ratfolk using secret medicines to overdraft the life potential of their coming decades, even wounds where flesh had been torn open and bone exposed could be treated with a smear of secret medicine, a simple bandage, and a priest's blessing, allowing them to leap about full of life once more.
One could imagine how severe the injuries of warriors sent to recuperate in the Wounded Soldiers Camp had to be.
But Meng Chao had to enter the Wounded Soldiers Camp.
Because Ye Zi had told him that the Ancient Dream Saintess placed the greatest importance on warriors who fought to the death without retreating. Not only did she provide the Wounded Soldiers Camp with the finest resources, but after every battle, she personally visited the severely wounded warriors there, even speaking kindly with each of them to show her regard.
For Meng Chao, worsening his own injuries was not particularly difficult.
He merely had to control his breathing, heartbeat, and pulse, while deliberately secreting large amounts of bodily fluids to mimic the signs of organ failure and severe dehydration following major burns.
The difficult part was whether those sharp-eyed senior priests would deeply scan and analyze his body.
If, in order to treat him, they sent Spiritual Energy into Meng Chao's body and carefully sensed his internal organs,
they would certainly discover that his cellular activity