By then, the situation around Mount Dajin had been completely stabilized.
Of the Eight Gates of the formation, the two remaining gates offered no resistance. Once the bases where they were located discovered them, uprisings broke out from within, and they proved impossible to suppress.
Thanks to the government and military's propaganda campaign, people had practically been subjected to a constant barrage of information. Even survivors in bases who paid little attention to the outside world couldn't have been unaware of the current situation.
Xie Chun Base and Kengtou Base were cautionary tales. So many people had died, and so many innocents had been buried alongside agents of the Bizarre Tree. Those were bloody lessons indeed.
It was so hard to survive in this day and age. Who would willingly throw an egg at a rock and take on a powerful government? Besides, the government had right on its side. Every one of those it had wiped out had deserved their fate. Even in death, they would be remembered with shame.
So when the two bases learned that they were outposts of the Bizarre Tree and would be targeted for eradication, how could they possibly sit back and wait to die?
There was no need to rally anyone. A few clever people just had to step forward and call for action, and the uprising spread like a powder keg catching fire, erupting spontaneously on a massive scale and sweeping through both bases in a short time.
Both bases had their own leaders, who were also agents of the Bizarre Tree. But when the uprising began, even the leaders' most loyal supporters didn't dare stand with them.
It wasn't that they lacked loyalty. It was that once the furious crowds erupted, their resentment was too terrifying. Any force that tried to