Jiang Baimian did not immediately pick up the dark green rucksack on the corpse, and said cautiously to Shang Jianyao:
"Check the surroundings to see if there are any dangers that need to be eliminated."
The two worked together and quickly confirmed that the bedroom, kitchen, living room, bathroom and other places were normal enough, and there was no other body.
Moreover, they deduced from the fact that there were still some remnants of carrion on the body that he was not an aboriginal of Taicheng, but should be a member of Ding Ling's husband Ji Qiang's scientific expedition team.
After doing these things, Jiang Baimian put on gloves and took out the dark green rucksack from between the corpse's chest, abdomen and thighs.
After pulling the zipper, she saw a lot of documents and materials.
Among them, there are several sheets of paper neatly folded and placed on top.
Jiang Baimian put his backpack on the computer desk, picked up the papers, and unfolded them.
It was written in gray clay script, stroke by stroke, neat and unusually clear, as if he was worried that those who came after him would not be able to understand it.
Jiang Baimian signaled Shang Jianyao to be on guard, and quickly browsed by himself:
"I don't know who you will be when you see this letter, where you come from, or which faction you belong to, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that someone finally enters this mysterious city again and finds us.
"My name is Lu Fuxing, a researcher of the 'Salvation Army', and I should be dead when you see this letter.
"I'm here to briefly tell you the cause and effect of the incident and why I'm writing this letter, trust me, it's important and may be related to how you and your companions escape from this mysterious city.
"More than two years ago, there was a big earthquake in the northeast of the ice field, and after the earthquake, a weather station where our 'Salvation Army' observed the weather conditions of the ice field found that some creations belonging to the old world civilization floated in the river, and our 'Salvation Army' had already surveyed that there were no urban ruins or abandoned townships in the upper section of the river, or even further.
"As a scientific research institute responsible for surveying the geological conditions, relics, and resource distribution of the ice field, my colleagues and I came to the ice field under the protection of a team of soldiers, intending to re-survey that area.
"The captain of our scientific expedition team is called Chen Mingqiang, he not only has high academic attainments, but is also an awakened person.
"On the third day of entering the ice field, I was not feeling well, my stomach hurt at night, and I wanted to find the doctor on the team to get some medicine.
"I was shocked at the time, but fortunately I recognized him in time, otherwise I would definitely warn the patrolling soldiers.
"Chen Mingqiang also found me, he explained that he had some insomnia, so he came out to blow the wind and think about some problems by the way.
"I have no doubt that similar things happen often to those of us who do scientific research.
"After that day, Chen Mingqiang became more and more strange, he was originally a cheerful person who liked to chat with the team members, but he became more and more silent, often walking behind the team, as if he had become our shadow.
"When passing by the Beian Lake rest point, he actually ordered us to camp in the wild instead of going in to enjoy clean beds and warm showers.
"Although our mission does have confidentiality requirements, it is not so strict that we cannot even enter the rest points of our own forces or contact anyone.
"In the end, the result we fought for was to send three people to the rest point in exchange for supplies to make up for the previous consumption.
"After leaving Beian Lake, we continued to head to the predetermined location.
"For some reason, I feel that many people in the team are getting more and more wrong, they, like Chen Mingqiang, have become less talkative and like to walk behind the team.
"I tried to ask them, and I thought it was my responsibility to do so, and the answer was that I was in the wild for too long and my mood was low.
"This is indeed a problem that similar scientific expedition teams often encounter, but this time it appeared very early.
"After two days of surveying the upstream of the river, we found, no, a city, the ruins where you and your companions are currently located.
"In our original accounts, this area was the one that was hit the hardest by the destruction of the Old World, so much so that the entire terrain was distorted, and the corresponding city should have sunk into the earth long ago, buried in mud and boulders.
"But now, the ruins of a very well-preserved city have eerily appeared before our eyes.
"To make sure this is not a mirage, we bypassed the fault zone and reached the edge of Taicheng, which was called Taicheng before the destruction of the old world.
"That night, we sent a telegram to Wubei, informing them of the situation and waiting for follow-up instructions.
"Early the next morning, everyone was suddenly woken up, and Chen Mingqiang, who was in charge of the radio, told us that our superiors asked us to enter Taicheng and explore a place.
"I am very puzzled by many colleagues that our specialty is not exploring ruins, which should be left to a dedicated team.
"However, as a qualified member of the 'Salvation Army', obeying orders has been integrated into my blood, and after Chen Mingqiang showed the telegram sent by his superiors, and was jointly certified by two colleagues and a soldier, I no longer had any objections.
"In hindsight, I suspect that the telegram was forged because the three people who proved the whole thing had become eccentric, silent and marginalized to the point of almost non-existence.
"He dared to forge orders from his superiors.
"When we entered Taicheng, we came to a hospital, Chen Mingqiang seemed to be familiar with this place, and took us directly into the nine-story building on the right.
"It's called 'Renhui Hospital Vegetative Rehabilitation Center'.
"It was a very scary place, and Chen Mingqiang seemed to be using our mine detection tools to let me and many of my colleagues enter different rooms.
"Some people went crazy, some became vegetative, some people suffered from 'heartless disease' and were shot on the spot......
"I don't want to remember anymore, this is a very cruel thing for me, in short, if you enter the vegetative rehabilitation center of Renhui Hospital, don't open the door and enter the room casually.
"While we lost, we also gained something, and we found some very important documents that I didn't expect.
"The rest of the people were unwilling to enter those rooms and had a conflict with Chen Mingqiang, including some soldiers, and there were also awakened soldiers among these fighters.
"Those who had become silent and eccentric stood on Chen Mingqiang's side, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides.
"We were at a disadvantage, many people died, and finally, we found an opportunity and hurriedly escaped from the building.
"And Chen Mingqiang didn't chase after him and chose to stay in the vegetative rehabilitation center.
"Two of us were separated during the escape, but the rest gathered to retrieve the original vehicle, planning to leave Taicheng, return to the camp, and ask for help from their superiors.
"But when we returned to the edge of the city, we were surprised to find that the road out of the city was destroyed, and the entire city was completely cut off from the outside world.
"We wanted to try somewhere else, but gradually we found that our spirit was declining little by little, and our whole body became more and more tired, and it didn't take long for the first 'mindless one' among us to be born.
"Then came the second, the third.
"We began to suspect that everyone was infected with the 'heartless disease' virus, and sooner or later it would flare up, and everyone fell into despair, as if they saw death coming towards them step by step.
"I am not too young anymore, and I am mentally prepared for this, so I told them that while the disease has not yet attacked, I will write a suicide note and leave it, and maybe I will have the opportunity to let my family see it in the future.
"I also took the opportunity to write this letter and sort out the documents we obtained at the Vegetative Rehabilitation Center of Renhui Hospital.
"In the following time, the sober person was responsible for solving the colleagues and teammates who had become 'unintentional disease', and the last sober person committed suicide.
"Unexpectedly, I was the one who survived in the end, and I thought the rest of the content would be written by my other colleagues.
"Before that, we had found paint to make this window and the surrounding walls red, so that people who entered Taicheng could see at a glance and find that there was a problem here.
"If you are colleagues, you can go to other rooms on this floor to find the bones of my colleagues and teammates, if not, just look at the following words:
"The documents in the backpack are very important, I don't care if they are obtained by our 'Salvation Army' or some other force, they belong to all mankind.
"Friends who see this letter, if you have the choice, please spread the contents of those documents, no matter which force you give them to.
"The host behind the Vegetative Rehabilitation Center of Renhui Hospital is the Eighth Research Institute of the Old World, who are doing a very dangerous and terrifying experiment involving the forbidden area of the gods and the New World!
"I know those documents lack more details and more important content, but they can unite all forces in the ashes to seek the secret buried by the Eighth Research Institute.
"Finally, there are suicide notes left by some of my colleagues and teammates in my backpack, if you don't want to bother, leave them, and if you want, please give them to a member of the 'Salvation Army' and ask him to deliver the letter to the corresponding person.
"I am very grateful that you and your companions saw this, if you are also trapped in Taicheng, you can go to Renhui Hospital to find Chen Mingqiang's bones, I suspect that he has a secret that we can enter this Taicheng, which is also the key to getting out.
"I have mentioned in my letter before that the Vegetative Rehabilitation Center of Renhui Hospital is very dangerous, and you probably have to select two or three who are willing to sacrifice and dare to sacrifice.
"Okay, I feel that my spirit is getting more and more distracted, and my reason is becoming more and more uncontrollable of my impulses, and I plan to use a pistol to end my life.
"Please be sure to spread the content of those documents so that a better future for mankind can be realized.
"For all mankind!"
Jiang Baimian read it silently and handed the letter in his hand to Shang Jianyao.
(End of this chapter)