On the way back from that island to the shore of Nuhu Lake to the entrance of the "Underground Boat" Iron Mountain, several members of the "Old Tune Team" remained silent, and those conversations kept echoing in their minds:
"How long did the first people in your tribe who landed on the island in the center of the lake wait for the divine messenger at that time, and where were they waiting?"
"What are you asking this for?"
"How are they now?"
"They, they, all have 'heartless disease'."
"All?"
"All."
Back on the second basement floor, entering the reception room, Jiang Baimian glanced sideways at Shang Jianyao, breaking this indescribable atmosphere:
"Why don't you speak?
"You are the least likely to be scared."
Shang Jianyao raised his hand and rubbed his temples:
"It's afternoon, I've used my ability again, and the battery is almost running out."
His damaged spirit has not fully recovered.
With such an episode, Long Yuehong finally couldn't help but speak:
"If you stay in the Temple of Enhu for more than a quarter of an hour, stay in the area around the temple for more than half an hour, and stay in other places on the island for more than three days, you will inevitably be infected with 'heartless disease'?"
Jiang Baimian nodded slightly:
"That's how it seems at the moment.
"I don't know if the company is an experience built up with human lives......"
"Then what is the reason for all this?" Bai Chen didn't really care why "Pangu Creature" could formulate such precautions, she was concerned about the connection between the sleeping Yanhu and the "heartless disease".
On the way back, Jiang Baimian had already thought about many possibilities, and denied them one by one, at this time, she threw out the one she thought made the most sense:
"Yan Hu is actually trapped in the 'new world', and his body is equivalent to becoming a node where the 'new world' and reality meet?
"Such nodes are uncontrolled, and will slowly leak out the breath, matter, and ...... of the 'New World'"
Speaking of this, Jiang Baimian paused for a moment and added a word:
"Virus."
Long Yuehong's eyes suddenly widened:
"You mean that the 'heartless disease' virus came from the 'New World' and spread to the gray soil through similar nodes, infecting the surrounding people, just like when Yan Hu fell asleep, the human settlement on the island in the middle of the lake was quickly defeated by the 'heartless disease'?"
"This is an explanation, and more evidence is needed." Jiang Baimian tried to calm himself.
Investigating the source of "heartless disease" has always been her ideal.
She exhaled and added:
"For the 'New World', the 'heartless disease' virus may not be anything, or even necessarily a virus, but for people living in the ashes, it is very deadly."
This reminded her of some books she had read before, where some humans came to an isolated place and carried harmless bacteria and viruses to the natives on their bodies.
"But, they all say that the 'New World' is a good place, there is no 'heartless disease', no famine, no cold, no monsters, no aberrations......" Long Yuehong felt that the holy place in her mind was defiled.
"There may be no humans either." Shang Jianyao, who was weak and in poor spirits, helped him add a sentence.
Hearing this sentence, Long Yue's red hair stood up.
Bai Chen nodded in response.
"'New World' may not be a good place, didn't Ore just say that he would rather die than go to 'New World'?"
Jiang Baimian said "hmm" and recalled:
"Previously, we found that the date of the company's outbreak of 'heartless disease' coincided with the time of the initial city turmoil, didn't we make a guess?
"The initial turmoil in the city was likely to be paid attention to by the years of the year, or even directly intervened, and their collision produced a certain level of fluctuations, bringing small-scale 'heartless diseases' to many places in the gray soil......
"Now it seems that this speculation has to be corrected."
Shang Jianyao raised his hand and tried to answer, but rubbed his forehead weakly:
"Forget it, I'm too lazy to think about it."
Jiang Baimian glanced at him, considered the language and said:
"When the city was in turmoil at the beginning, the strong people of the major forces who entered the 'New World' in spirit and left their bodies in the ashes more or less returned, coupled with the gaze and intervention of the elders, that morning, there must have been multiple channels between the 'New World' and the gray soil, causing the 'heartless disease' to leak out again."
Compared to the fluctuations caused by the collision of forces, this speculation seems more reasonable and realistic.
Long Yuehong nodded first, and then raised a question:
"Since the temple where Yan Hu sleeps and the surrounding area cannot stay for too long, otherwise they will inevitably be infected with the 'heartless disease', then the 'Crystal Consciousness Sect' Sikaro Temple and several streets next to it, the original city golden apple area and even the entire city, there can be no human existence, and it has long been ruled by the 'heartless people'."
In Long Yuehong's view, there is not much difference between the "Buddha's Body" and the sleeping Yanhu in essence, and there must be more than one strong person with a similar spirit entering the "New World", whose body remains in the ashes and is still active.
Yan Hu will bring, they will bring the same!
Jiang Baimian responded with a slightly bitter smile:
"Where do you think the cases of 'heartless disease' that appeared from time to time in the city came from?"
Long Yuehong asked this question and was instantly furious.
Jiang Baimian continued:
"It's just that compared to the unlucky Yanhu, they have more freedom, can choose when to return and when to sleep, and also maintain a certain control over the surrounding area, which can suppress the leakage and spread of 'heartless disease' to a very low level.
"And I suspect that they can also consciously allocate their forces to protect who they protect or who not to protect, so very few people in the management of the company have 'unintentional disease', and the employee group has that once or twice a year, or even more.
"This point, when we return to the original city, we can do a verification and compare the incidence of 'unintentional disease' among aristocratic groups, officials, the military, and ordinary citizens."
Bai Chen remembered a certain detail and agreed with it with some understanding:
"No wonder after Ore's housekeeper got 'heartless disease', he was not sad, panicked, or fearful, but angry and confused......
"He thought that some of the housekeepers who were supposed to protect him were not doing their duty."
Hearing this, Long Yuehong felt that another link was buckled.
Snapped, Shang Jianyao clenched his right fist and slapped his left palm, showing a relieved expression:
"So we really wronged Xiao Chong in the first place!"
The "Old Investigation Team" suspected for a while that the initial outbreak of "heartless disease" in the Chengqing Olive District was related to Xiaochong.
Jiang Baimian smiled "hehe":
"Don't forget what Teacher Du Heng said about Wu Meng and Xiao Chong.
"As the poisonous sores of this world, their connection with the new world is not necessarily weaker than that of those sleeping old guys."
In the reception room, silence reigned here.
After a while, Bai Chen took the initiative to ask a question:
"Since Enhu is likely to be an awakened person whose spirit has entered the 'new world' and his body remains on the ashes, then why does he shout 'save me'? And he is not like other 'New World' powerhouses, who can return occasionally."
Jiang Baimian already had an idea about this, and said with a smile:
"Yan Hu calls himself 'Yama', and he is called a god in this world, obviously he doesn't believe in any one who is in charge, and when he arrives at the 'New World', naturally no one takes him in, no one protects him, and then he probably encounters something.
"I suspect that he was suppressed by some deacon, just like Dimarco was sealed in the ark by 'Yougu'......"
In the last half sentence, Jiang Baimian became quieter and quieter the more he spoke.
This used to be a place where "Yougu" often watched.
For this reason, Jiang Baimian deliberately changed the topic and sneered at Shang Jianyao:
"People like you who carry the Heavenly Year Blessing Map with you may be worse than Yan Hu when you enter the 'New World'."
Shang Jianyao sighed:
"They will understand my good intentions."
"What good intentions do you have?" Long Yuehong knew that Shang Jianyao couldn't give a serious answer, so she wanted to hear what "high arguments" he had.
Shang Jianyao spread his hand:
"I haven't thought about it yet.
"It's still early anyway."
As he spoke, he yawned.
Seeing this, Jiang Baimian made a conclusion:
"This time I came to the Red Stone Collection, and the harvest was much more than I imagined, and it was very important.
"Next, the specific connection between 'New World' and 'Heartless Disease' will be set aside for the time being, because there are no clues to pursue it at present, and we will consider it later.
"Hey, you follow us to the library, find some books to sleep on the floor for a while, and we ask the residents of the ark to help filter them.
"Strive to turn out all the words left by Monteith before you see the mountain monster tomorrow afternoon."
The current direction of the "Old Tune Group" is the relationship between Montis and the "Tieshan Second Food Company", a Buddhist holy place.
…………
In the dead of night, in the library, Jiang Baimian asked Long Yuehong, Bai Chen and Shang Jianyao who had taken a "nap":
"Is there anything to gain?"
"No." Bai Chen was the first to answer, and Long Yuehong and Shang Jianyao shook their heads.
Jiang Baimian frowned slightly:
"After the initial shock, panic and confusion, Montese seems to have become cautious and careful, leaving no more clues."
After pondering for a few seconds, Jiang Baimian asked instead:
"Are there any Buddhist scriptures in the library?"
Purdue Zen Master Shang Jianyao is very sure of this:
"No.
"I originally wanted to find a few volumes to study."
He is the only one who wants to learn Buddhist scriptures, and there are no "men".
Jiang Baimian said "hmm":
"I haven't read the Buddhist scriptures, and I don't seem to have passed through the 'Hall of Stars', where did DiMarco or Monteith know that one of his abilities is called 'Fate'?
"This is a unique word of Buddhism, many people in the gray land don't know or don't understand, what did he come up with as a Honghe person?"
(End of this chapter)