Long Yuehong heard the conversation between Bai Chen and the team leader, thought for a moment and said:
"Maybe this is a more common creature on the ice sheet, which molts with the seasons."
When the ice and snow melt and the climate warms up, the white hair will fade and grow black hair that is more suitable for the current state.
Similar creatures, the "Old Tune Group" has encountered several times in other places.
Jiang Baimian nodded lightly and said:
"Maybe.
"But there is a saying that the enemy is lenient, and when making speculations, you also need to try to diverge your thinking and cover a few more possibilities, so as not to miss something and capsize in the gutter.
"Well, what do those ice ruins and Konymis have in common, except that they are infested with giant cats?"
She believes that if seeing similar giant felines is not a coincidence, the reason must be hidden in some kind of connection that exists secretly in the two places.
Bai Chen recalled and said:
"They are all on the ice field, they are all dead, and there is no normal human activity."
"The residents of the past were mainly Honghe people." Long Yuehong added.
Jiang Baimian nodded, his thoughts turned around:
"And there is ......"
She paused, her expression gradually becoming serious:
"Also, both of these have a certain relationship with the Eighth Research Institute, but the ice and snow ruins are suspicious, and there is no doubt about it here."
The "Old Adjustment Team" currently suspects that it was the Eighth Research Institute that caused the goods of the "Rootless" team to "evaporate" in the ice and snow ruins, and the commissioner of the Eighth Research Institute made it clear that they not only did some kind of isolation in the area around Konymis to prevent the spread of "Heartless Disease", but also entered the city to search for the whereabouts of Shang Jianyao's father's old adjustment team.
"Team leader, do you mean that giant feline is related to the Eighth Research Institute?" Long Yuehong was startled.
Jiang Baimian said "hmm":
"Xiao Chong can drive aberrant creatures, and the Eighth Research Institute may also command certain animals."
What she meant was that the Eighth Research Institute might have the ability to be similar to Xiao Chong's awakened person in a certain aspect, and could exert influence on other creatures.
Of course, Xiao Chong currently seems to be a personality of "Zhuang Sheng", and it is not difficult for him to create and drive aberrant creatures such as nightmare horses and sleeping cats, and the Eighth Research Institute obviously cannot be compared with a fragment of a year-old personality, so wait and see, you can only find ordinary animals.
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Baimian added:
"The Eighth Research Institute specializes in awakening, and may be able to create creatures similar to nightmare horses and sleeping cats."
That is, the kind of aberrant creature with awakening-like abilities.
"That feline is the ice field 'scout' of the Eighth Research Institute?" Bai Chen probably understood what the team leader meant.
Jiang Baimian nodded:
"It's just a possibility, and most of the details are speculative to me.
"But we need to pay attention to that."
"Yes, you can't be careless!" Long Yuehong has always been cautious.
Jiang Baimian immediately put on a military exoskeleton device and used the built-in communication system to contact Shang Jianyao and Gnawa:
"Hey, old man, can you hear me?"
After all, the closer to the main urban area, the denser the buildings and the more complex the environment, so she switched to a more powerful airborne communication system.
"I can hear it! I don't know!" Shang Jianyao's voice came back with rustling "special effects".
Jiang Baimian immediately advised:
"Beware of animals! Especially felines!"
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In the main city of Koningmis, the sky is so dark that it seems to be evening, or heavy rain is coming.
"Be careful, animal?" Gnawa struggled to restore Jiang Baimian's words from the noise.
"Why should you be careful with animals?" Shang Jianyao was not convinced, "Isn't they careful about me?"
The honest Gnava replied:
"It may be to tell you to be careful not to bully the animals."
"Okay!" Shang saw that Yaozhi was proud.
Gnava added:
"We can't ignore the abnormalities of the animals here, which may be more dangerous.
"No problem." Shang Jianyao said so, but he looked eager to try and wanted to see what he had seen.
Gnava, who was wearing the "chameleon" bionic intelligent armor, looked around and said:
"I have calculated the distance from here to Dabai and their location, and I have also analyzed the surrounding building layout, and I don't think the effectiveness of the airborne communication system will be so bad.
"Therefore, it was preliminarily determined that there was relatively strong electromagnetic interference in this area, and it was very special, and I was unable to detect it immediately."
Shang Jianyao smiled and said:
"Electromagnetic disorders in the ruins of cities after the apocalypse are normal.
"Moreover, the 'New World' node can be washed and destroyed by high-voltage current, and its own form of existence may be related to electromagnetism."
"Indeed." Gnava did not refute.
He looked at the messy street in front of him and reminded Shang Jianyao:
"From the western pass to here, you have not sensed the existence of the 'New World' node, which means that the possibility that the current situation in Konymis stems from a large number of small 'New World' nodes has been basically ruled out.
"In this way, the probability of us encountering a huge 'New World' node somewhere in the main urban area is getting higher and higher, in addition, there are two possibilities: the 'New World' powerhouse with strange behavior and strength close to that of the old man, and the sleeping body of the old man."
The latter three situations are obviously more serious and dangerous than the first.
"It's all here." Shang saw that Yaohun didn't care.
Wearing a military exoskeleton device, he drooped with one hand and a "Berserker" assault rifle in the other, walking through abandoned vehicles.
Compared with those cities that were in ruins when the Old World was destroyed, there were far fewer vehicles on Konimis Street, less than one-tenth of the former.
Because Konyomis does not produce oil, and the electricity supplied by the surrounding power plants can only maintain the production of main materials and basic people's livelihood needs, so only a few can afford to drive.
- The difference between this place and places like Wild Grass Castle is that it is surrounded by ice fields. This makes it relatively difficult for Konymes to exchange materials with the outside world, and at the same time, the residents of Konymes are not free to explore the ruins of other cities in the nearby area and obtain gasoline from those places.
In this way, the excess vehicles are naturally remade and become raw materials for other items.
With a slight bang, Shang Jianyao and Gnawa walked towards the city.
Suddenly, on the second floor of a high-rise building on the side of the road, a figure rushed out and went straight to Shang Jianyao.
His face was distorted, he couldn't tell his age, his eyes were unusually cloudy, full of blood, his golden hair was clearly knotted to the vest, and he was wearing a black tattered cotton jacket.
This is a "mindless person".
Shang Jianyao, who should have sensed and used his abilities in advance, watched in a daze, as if he had initiated a stunned stance at a critical moment.
Bang!
Gnava knocked down the "heartless one" with a single shot.
The "heartless one" had obviously completed the evasion action, but he still failed to dodge, and the bullet hit the head and shattered into a watermelon.
Plop, as the body fell to the ground, the blood quickly soaked in.
"What's wrong with you?" Gnawa asked Shang Jianyao with concern, "Why don't you fight back?"
"I was hit by the ability." Shang Jianyao excitedly shared his experience, "That 'heartless person' should have hidden his human consciousness at first, and then after I entered the range, he used some kind of ability on me."
"The higher 'mindless'." Gnava gave a conclusion and asked, "The ability to make you dazed?"
Shang Jianyao shook his head covered by his helmet:
"No.
"I originally wanted to use 'Missing Limb Movement', but I found that I had forgotten how to use the Awakened ability, uh, I haven't even remembered how to use it yet, but I feel like I'm slowly coming back."
"Forgetting how to use abilities?" Gnava looked down at the corpse of the "heartless", "The question now is, why did he ignore my existence and attack you directly?"
"'Mindless people', they don't have brains, and they probably don't know how powerful intelligent people are." Shang Jianyao smiled and said, "Besides, you are still wearing 'chameleon' armor, he may think you are a large chameleon, and he will calmly take care of you after I solve it."
Gnava's eyes moved to the abdomen of the corpse, and moved the neck made of metal up and down:
"No chameleon carries and uses a weapon.
"He must have been starving, he hadn't found anything to eat for a long time, and he took a little risk, thinking he could dodge my attack.
"From this point of view, the other 'heartless people' of Konymis will not be weaker than him, or in other words, at least one of them in a small group is about the same as him."
Gnawa didn't wait for Shang Jianyao's response, because this guy was already looking ahead:
"It seems to be foggy over there!"
At the end of the current street, deep in the main urban area, a faint mist fills the darkness, bringing the environment there closer to night.
"Go over and take a look." Shang Jianyao did what he said, and ran over.
Gnava was too late to stop it and could only follow closely behind.
It didn't take long for them to reach the edge of that area, either relying on equipment or on their own.
"Could the root of the problem be here?" Shang Jianyao asked excitedly, and stepped directly into the light mist.
In the next second, he saw a yellowish light suddenly appear in the dim light in the distance.
A window was lit.
It seemed to be a roadside café with two people sitting inside.
"Someone?" Shang Jianyao became more and more excited, "I'll go say hello and make a friend!"
"Be careful!" Gnava can only remind you like this.
He had already seen clearly what the two figures sitting by the window looked like:
One is a lady, with her back to Shang Jianyao and Gnawa, wearing a thin white dress with golden hair and wavy drape.
One was an old male man, dressed in black formal attire, white shirt, dark tie, over sixty years old, with obvious wrinkles on his face, brownish eyes, and thin and white hair.
The two were drinking coffee and chatting peacefully.
(End of this chapter)