Embers Ad Infinitum

Davis also didn't want to talk about the danger he and others brought to the entire camp.

Although their team is very powerful, they even dared to go to the ruins of No. 9 in the Bloody Wasteland and escaped unscathed, but they couldn't withstand the numerous hunters around them. Even if they were outnumbered, no matter how hard they fought, they couldn't withstand being beaten. Focus the fire from a distance.

At this time, Davis had gotten rid of the influence of forgetfulness and recalled the following:

"That necklace was found on the Upper East Side in the ruins of No. 9."

"Upper East District?" Shang Jianyao suppressed his frustration at not being able to walk upside down and asked cooperatively.

Davis replied simply:

"The signs on the city map found in the ruins are considered dangerous by many people who have explored there."

"But the harvest will be great?" Jiang Baimian brought the topic back on track without leaving any trace.

Davis nodded:

"really.

"We found an apartment on the Upper East Side that had not been visited by hunters before. In the room on the left side of the eleventh floor, there were several corpses. They were either sitting on the sofa or lying on the bed in the bedroom. , the flesh and blood had completely rotted and evaporated, leaving only white bones.

"The necklace was placed in front of the body on the sofa."

"Why are you sure that the flesh of those corpses rotted and evaporated on its own, rather than being eaten by 'unintentional people'?" The honest Shang Jianyao looked for loopholes dutifully.

Davis glanced at him and said in a slightly stiff tone:

“As an experienced relic hunter, these are two situations that can be distinguished at a glance.

"First, the clothes of the corpses were only slightly decayed, but relatively intact and not torn; second, there were no traces of blood spattering in the entire room..."

Suddenly, Jiang Baimian interrupted:

"So, what was the cause of death of those corpses?"

The ruins of Bloody Wasteland No. 9 have obviously not been bombed, and are well preserved in all aspects. There is no serious radiation contamination left. In this case, there is a high probability that urban residents will die because of being attacked by "unintentional people". A small number of reasons In the process of fighting for food, they were poisoned by their own kind.

"I think it's suicide," Davis responded.

He had obviously considered this issue at the time, and he said it clearly:

"The door lock of that room has not been broken before, and it is locked tightly, and it does not look like anyone has come in.

"The postures of several corpses are not so distorted...

"I suspect that the few people in the room wanted to go out to look for food, but found that there were 'careless people' everywhere, so they had to retreat. Afterwards, the strong hunger and despair caused them to completely collapse and give up on their lives. "

"Have you checked the refrigerator and freezer?" Jiang Baimian asked.

Davis's expression was a little confused at first, then changed significantly, and he looked sideways at his companions.

His companions also showed fear and panic on their faces, as if they had remembered something terrible.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Davis said with a blank look:

"There are a lot of boxed beef frozen in the large-capacity freezer in the room..."

This means that those who died did not collapse from hunger.

Jiang Baimian then said:

"If they were a family and faced the destruction of the old world and had a complete emotional breakdown and tried to commit suicide, they should be together and stay with each other instead of being in separate places."

"Yes." Shang Jianyao agreed deeply.

"The most important thing is that we have actually ignored the situation in the freezer... As soon as we entered that room, we were affected by the necklace?" Davis whispered fearfully.

They finally chose to take away the necklace with the cross pendant, as if it was possessed by an evil spirit.

It's not surprising that weird things happened near the nodes of the "New World"... Jiang Baimian looked around and found that the surrounding ruin hunters had been attracted by the story and briefly forgot about the previous anomalies.

On the one hand, they were nervous and alert, on the other hand, they were curious about the next development.

Jiang Baimian lived up to expectations and asked a question that most people wanted to know:

"What else did you gain in that room?"

Davis and several of his companions did not dare to answer directly, showing a clear lack of confidence in their own memories.

After thinking carefully for a while and pondering the details, Davis said:

"Same as normal exploration, we took away relatively high-value gold, easy-to-carry electronic items, books with practical knowledge, and clothes that were not seriously decayed..."

In the current era, although most of the electronic items in the urban ruins have been damaged and cannot be used, if you take them apart and pick and choose, you can still find some electronic components that are barely intact, which are relatively valuable.

Moreover, some electronic items may still be usable after repair, and even if some electronic components are all broken, there is no lack of market for selling them as scrap. After all, these highly crystallized products of old world technology contain precious metals, including some Nowadays, few forces can imitate the alloy.

As he spoke, Davis had an idea:

“We also took the mobile phone from the body.

"The skeleton with the necklace is placed in front of me."

"Is your phone still there?" Jiang Baimian tried hard not to let his eyes light up.

Davis nodded:

“We’re going to bring back the First City deal.”

"Can you sell it to us?" Jiang Baimian smiled.

She did not choose methods such as intimidation, fraud, or deception. After all, in front of so many people, she had to pay attention to her appearance.

Seeing that Davis was a little hesitant, Shang Jianyao said seriously:

"You should have noticed that we have experience in dealing with similar things.

"To tell you frankly, the danger of this kind of thing is far beyond your imagination. It is beyond your control. Forcibly participating will only lead to the destruction of the group."

Davis was about to say, "Okay, no problem, I'll sell it to you," when Shang Jianyao further said:

"Do you want to know what the end result would have been if that necklace had not been thrown away?"

"What is it?" Davis asked instinctively.

All the surrounding ruins hunters turned their attention to Shang Jianyao.

Jiang Baimian's first reaction was to cover his face, no, slap that guy, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that telling everyone the possible ending was a good thing.

As the "Old Tune Team" whose mission is to save all mankind, it is our duty to remind everyone not to touch items related to the "New World".

The tragedy can be reduced and the tragedy can be reduced together!

Shang Jianyao answered Davis' question with a solemn expression:

"Initially, the abnormality caused by the necklace will only last for a period of time, and then it will return to normal.

"But after doing this again and again, the danger will accumulate to a critical point. At that time, most of the people present will be infected with the 'Wuxin Disease', and only a few people will survive, just like the time when the old world was just destroyed!"

Hearing about the shadow of "Wuxin disease" that has shrouded all mankind for decades, all the ruin hunters present took a deep breath. They were extremely lucky to have met a team that could handle similar things this time, otherwise, the consequences would have been disastrous!

Davis was so frightened that he quickly picked up the denim backpack placed next to him and took out a mobile phone from it.

Then, as if he was holding an "unintentional" virus or a hot baked potato, he threw the phone to Shang Jianyao in a panic.

"Send it to you!" He tried to sound grand.

The champagne gold mobile phone had no signs of damage, but looked old. Shang Jianyao played with it and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, it's nothing abnormal."

With the string of "six consciousness beads" hanging on his feet, he can confirm whether there is "darkness".

Jiang Baimian took out a few 1 Ole bills and handed them to Davis.

She smiled and said:

"No, we believe in fair transactions and always pay for everything."

Seeing that Davis wanted to be polite, she added:

"If you don't accept it, I will return the phone to you."

Davis was startled and quickly took the note.

After asking for a while and finding no clues, Jiang Baimian took Shang Jianyao and Gnawa back to his jeep.

Because the "Six Senses Pearl" would hinder the legs from walking but not running upside down, Shang Jianyao tried to use his hands for his feet again, but Jiang Baimian stared back and put away the prop in dismay.

Bai Chen and Long Yuehong had just listened to the conversation between their teammates and Davis and had a rough idea of ​​what had happened. At this time, the former glanced left and right and said in a lowered voice:

"Let Laoge try to restore the data in the phone?"

Jiang Baimian pondered for a moment and said:

"After daybreak, leave this gathering point and try again in a place in the wilderness where there are no people."

"Okay." After analyzing it, Gnawa believed that this was the most reasonable and safest choice.

On the other side, Shang Jianyao rubbed his chin and said to himself:

“It seems that the ‘chaos’ on the cruise ship is probably really related to the ‘New World’ node.

"I plan to transfer the breath in the 'Six Senses Pearl' or 'Angel of Life' necklace to the 'Soul Corridor', and take one of them to the cruise ship to find out the specific location of the 'New World' node."

He drew analogies and had new ideas on how to deal with the shadow of the cruise ship next.

He is no longer limited to breaking through that psychological shadow, but wants to lift the veil of "chaos" and find out the truth of the matter!

Jiang Baimian nodded:

"There is no problem with the idea, but I still say the same thing: wait until daybreak, leave this gathering point, and try again in a place in the wilderness where there are no people.

"Besides, you are mentally exhausted right now and need sleep to recover."

Shang Jianyao showed a longing expression:

"When will it dawn..."

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