From Initial City to the Northern Shore Mountains, Shang Jianyao didn't waste any time. He once again entered "Room 912" and searched for the owner of "Room 522" on the cruise ship.

However, he asked all the passengers on the cruise ship several times, but no one had ever been to the Iron Mountain Ruins.

In other words, these people didn't meet the corresponding conditions and were unlikely to be the owner of "Room 522."

It should be known that Shang Jianyao used "Reasoning Clown" or "Thought Implantation" when inquiring, and the probability of the target lying was close to zero.

This made him have to believe that the owner of "Room 522" might not really exist on the cruise ship.

Then his idea of ​​overcoming that psychological shadow was wrong from the beginning.

After listening to Shang Jianyao's words, Long Yuehong, wearing "Black Swamp Iron Serpent" bionic intelligent armor and "wagging" his tail, pondered and said:

"The owner of 'Room 522' being on that cruise ship doesn't mean that he and the owner of 'Room 912' are from the same batch.

"Although that cruise ship is weird, it may have been requisitioned multiple times."

Bai Chen expressed agreement:

"Maybe someone deliberately concealed the abnormality of the cruise ship and used it to achieve some kind of purpose."

"Sounds scary." Shang Jianyao, who had switched personalities, discarded his frustration and applauded with a smile.

Long Yuehong and Bai Chen's statements would make people unable to help but think about a question:

On the last day, did the passengers on that cruise ship successfully reach their destination, no longer affected by "chaos", or did they quietly pass away, with only a few escaping, leaving behind relatively serious psychological shadows?

Jiang Baimian, holding a flashlight and listening to her team members' discussion, pondered for a while and said:

"If it is really the situation that Little Red and Little White said, then the way to overcome this psychological shadow has to be adjusted.

"If it really doesn't work, give up for the time being and use rooms with 'walkthroughs' to quickly improve yourself."

Speaking of this, Jiang Baimian paused:

"However, I think there is another possibility."

She tilted her head and turned her gaze to Shang Jianyao:

"Are you sure you didn't miss anyone?

"So many people, can you really remember who you asked and who you didn't?"

Long Yuehong originally wanted to say that Shang Jianyao wasn't an idiot, and could make mistakes on such a simple matter, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that even if he were in his place, without the help of the auxiliary chip in his mechanical arm, facing an entire cruise ship of people, he wouldn't be able to really remember who everyone was, whether they had been asked or not. After all, time was tight, the task was heavy, and as a human, it was inevitable to have omissions.

Shang Jianyao shook his head with considerable confidence:

"One of us asks, nine remember, and we also wrote down the characteristics of different people with pens. Theoretically, it's impossible to make a mistake and leave anyone out."

As he spoke, he took off his tactical backpack and took out a stack of paper from it, which was densely written with words such as "only smells, doesn't smoke," "black mole at the corner of the eyebrow," and "like an idiot."

Jiang Baimian was stunned for a moment:

"I thought you were writing and drawing these days to reset the Celestial Worthies Blessing Diagram..."

After leaving the "True Self Church" stronghold, the "Old Task Force" did not immediately rush to the Northern Shore Mountains, but changed the appearance of the vehicle and found another place to live to confirm that they had really gotten rid of the enemy.

——They deliberately only got a single room rental house, everyone squeezed on bunk beds, pretending that because the danger had gone far away, they had completely relaxed and fell into a slumber one after another.

While pretending to sleep, they constantly recalled the gaze of "You Gu", while guarding against the assassination of the enemy.

After three such incidents without anything happening, the "Old Task Force" really put their hearts back in their stomachs, spent a few days collecting supplies, and dealing with trivial matters.

After expressing her thoughts, Jiang Baimian found that her thinking had deviated a bit and become closer to Shang Jianyao's, and hurriedly added:

"A bad pen is better than a good memory, well done."

Shang Jianyao ignored Jiang Baimian's praise and said to himself:

"My Celestial Worthies Blessing Diagram was drawn in a hurry both times, too hastily and simple, and it really needs to be reset when I have the opportunity."

You're taking it seriously... Jiang Baimian maintained her right hand, not letting the light of the flashlight shake.

She thought for a while and said:

"Then, is there a possibility?

"After the 'chaos' of the first night, the owner of 'Room 522,' unaffected and witnessing the corresponding scene, felt scared, hid somewhere on the cruise ship, and concealed his human consciousness, only occasionally coming out to forage.

"And coincidentally, the one-third of the people you asked on the first day didn't include him, and you didn't find him during the following days."

Shang Jianyao's eyes lit up:

"I'll try again tonight!"

He planned to return to the first day of the cruise ship and ask the other two-thirds of the people.

——If the "Old Task Force" didn't finish exploring the corresponding area today, they would leave the Wasteland Ruin 13 before dark and return to the Northern Shore Mountains to spend the night, not going to experience how dangerous the night in that ruin really was.

During the exchange, Jiang Baimian and others walked through the passage and arrived at the double metal door.

Pushing the door open, they once again saw the overgrown park, the scenic artificial lake, and the tall buildings in the distance.

These things were bathed in the near-noon sunlight, with death and brilliance coexisting.

"Don't wander around, the danger here is not just Wu Meng." Jiang Baimian, holding a single-soldier rocket launcher in her left hand and replacing the flashlight with a submachine gun in her right, reminded.

Long Yuehong subconsciously lowered his voice:

"But we don't know the location of the Holm Fertility Medical Center. We can only explore little by little and search slowly."

Wasteland Ruin 13 was sealed off by Initial City, and not much relevant information was circulating.

"Look for a map!" Shang Jianyao was in a pretty good mood.

"Where do we look?" Long Yuehong retorted without showing weakness.

Bai Chen pondered and said:

"Look around the nearby blocks?

"Just be careful to stay away from the place where Wu Meng is sealed."

Jiang Baimian recalled and said:

"According to the information I've seen, before the destruction of the Old World, larger bookstores in these countries in the Red River Basin all sold city maps."

"This should be easier to find." Long Yuehong breathed a sigh of relief.

In such a big city, there must be more than one bookstore, which is easier to find than the Holm Fertility Medical Center, which has absolutely no branch.

In this way, several members of the "Old Task Force" maintained a certain distance and left the park in a combat formation in the opposite direction from the Wu Meng seal.

After entering the block, they were not frightened by the scattered corpses, the oxidized blood, the cars crashed into a pile, and the dead silence, nor were they tempted by the glittering things. They moved forward step by step, searching.

Along the way, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao fully sensed the surrounding electromagnetic fluctuations and current changes, so as not to be unknowingly affected by Wu Meng together with their teammates.

After crossing two streets, Bai Chen's eyes lit up, and she pointed with her chin to the front and to the side:

"There's a bookstore over there."

Through the dirty glass window, she saw that the books inside had not been moved away and still existed.

This, on the other hand, shows that there are indeed very, very few people who have come to the Wasteland Ruin 13.

Bypassing the freely growing street garden, Jiang Baimian and others arrived at the bookstore located on the side of the road.

It was not small in scale. Long Yuehong stood at the door and looked inside, unable to see the end at a glance.

After sensing and confirming that there were no monsters inside, Jiang Baimian took the lead and walked in.

She looked up at the liquid crystal display screen above the cashier, which was still relatively well-preserved, and muttered:

"What's the point of a bookstore installing this kind of thing?"

Just as the four members of the "Old Task Force" were about to shift their gaze and look at the surrounding bookshelves, the liquid crystal display suddenly lit up.

In the crackling sound, a distorted, blurry figure accompanied by snowflakes appeared on the screen.

"Long time no see, everyone!" Wu Meng's voice came out with a feeling of pleasure.

Da da da!

Jiang Baimian fired a short burst, smashing the liquid crystal display screen to pieces.

The figure on it disappeared, and the echoing sound came to an abrupt end.

Facing Wu Meng, the "Old Task Force" had many consensuses, one of which was:

Don't give him a chance to speak completely!

Just as Jiang Baimian's gunfire subsided, several broadcasting devices in the store rang out one after another:

"Sergeant Wen Dao..."

Bang!

"You don't want to know the secrets of the 'New World'..."

Bang!

"You are not good to 'Heartless Disease'..."

Bang!

"I transformed 'White Owl' into an aberration creature for a reason..."

Da da da!

Wu Meng's words were interrupted sentence by sentence. Bai Chen, Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong, and Jiang Baimian didn't give him a chance to finish speaking.

After the electrical appliances in the bookstore were destroyed by the "Old Task Force," who were very accurate with their guns, the place returned to calm.

Huff, Long Yuehong breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"Wu Meng seems to know a lot..."

Shang Jianyao turned his gaze to him with a swish, and asked with shining eyes:

"Are you being influenced by him?"

"I'm just thinking normally!" Long Yuehong responded angrily.

Jiang Baimian did not stop the two's "dispute," frowned slightly, and muttered to herself:

"Wu Meng can transform ordinary creatures into aberration creatures?"

If this is true, he might have the ability to awaken humans as well!

No wonder he's the boil of this world!