“Wow!” Shang Jianyao tried to exclaim in surprise.

But what ultimately reflected in reality was that he spat out a saliva bubble.

“What’s going on?” Genaava also noticed the anomaly.

He didn't seem to be affected at all and could speak normally.

Shang Jianyao wanted to communicate, but he spat out more bubbles, like a fish being caught and thrown ashore.

On the other side, Long Yuehong, who was on night watch, noticed the two companions stopping. Then, with the help of the dim campfire, he discovered that Shang Jianyao was there spitting bubbles.

*Is he having another episode?* Long Yuehong thought, not too surprised.

This was the first thought that flashed through his mind.

In an instant, he examined the imprecision of his thought:

*How can I say "another" episode? Since joining the 'Old Task Force,' this guy has been having episodes all the time, never been normal!*

Long Yuehong withdrew his gaze and walked to the other side of the campfire.

The next second, he was surprised to find that his legs were unmoving.

In contrast, his hands broke free from the "Berserker" assault rifle and swung back and forth.

"What's going on?" Long Yuehong blurted out.

However, this sentence only echoed in his mind. In reality, he also started spitting bubbles.

Seeing this scene, Long Yuehong knew that something was wrong.

He hurriedly wanted to turn to Bai Chen to make a reminder, but his body did not act as he thought.

His waist bent, and he bowed to the empty space.

Earlier than Long Yuehong, Bai Chen also noticed the anomaly.

She, who was on night watch, had been walking back and forth, observing the surroundings, but now she was frozen in place, with only her hands swinging back and forth.

At this moment, Bai Chen had a feeling that reality had turned into a nightmare.

Similar to them, the hunters in the parking lot camp maintained their sanity and were watching themselves make various unexpected movements with their own eyes.

Those without much experience suspected that they had encountered a paranormal event, like what often happened in those numbered ruins; those who had experienced many things thought that a Mind Corridor-level Awakened or a special, high-level Heartless had secretly exerted an influence, with an unknown purpose.

These hunters were unusually anxious in their hearts, but what appeared on their faces was an exaggerated smile.

In the starlight-dim night, several campfires burned quietly, surrounded by people smiling, either swinging their arms, or kicking their legs like dancing, or spitting bubbles, the scene was so bizarre that it didn't seem real.

Sitting in the jeep, Jiang Baimian, due to the mental exhaustion from trying to break through the island of fear in the mind world, was now thinking about the cruise ship scene described by Shang Jianyao, while slowly calming her rather excited state, hoping that as soon as Shang Jianyao returned, she could quickly fall asleep.

—Now she couldn't enter the Origin Sea, so naturally she couldn't directly fall asleep using the corresponding method.

As her thoughts turned at a leisurely pace, Jiang Baimian suddenly felt that the outside was terrifyingly quiet.

Normally, such a camp, even in the middle of the night, would not be so quiet. There would be many ruin hunters going to secluded places to relieve themselves in groups, talking loudly along the way; there would be many places singing loudly and softly, making people blush; there would be many humans on night watch drinking light beer, while guarding against ambushes and chatting to pass the time.

That was how it was just now, but now, the entire camp seemed to have been muted by someone.

Jiang Baimian subconsciously wanted to reach for the center console and pick up the individual combat rocket launcher she had placed there.

But she stretched out her left leg instead.

Jiang Baimian's mouth twitched, confirming that something was not right.

What she really wanted to move was not her mouth, but her eyebrows.

"Something's wrong! Something's wrong!" Genaava's voice, from far to near, entered Jiang Baimian's ears.

She opened her mouth to ask about the situation, but what she spat out was not sound, but bubbles.

She anxiously wanted to support her body with her hands and look out the car window, but what pressed down was not her palms, but her right foot.

Her right foot stepped on the carpet between the passenger seat and the center console, and Jiang Baimian straightened up her body in a distorted way.

Her shoulders leaning against the car window, she looked out with difficulty and found that as far as her eyes could see, all the humans were wearing flamboyant smiles and making strange movements.

*This…* Jiang Baimian's pupils dilated, and she instantly thought of something:

It was the chaotic, mad scene that Shang Jianyao described, that the terrifying cruise ship presented after nightfall.

However, there were still significant differences between the two:

Except for a very few, the people on the cruise ship were in an unconscious state. Although the hunters in the current camp had smiling faces, their eyes were anxious, and they clearly knew that something was wrong.

*A similar but not completely identical anomaly?* Jiang Baimian made a guess in her heart.

What she was most worried about now was: At the end of this chaos in the camp, would it also end with most or all of the people being infected with the Heartless disease?

At that time, would anyone in the Old Task Force be spared?

*No! I can't just sit here and wait for death!* Jiang Baimian's mind raced, searching for every possibility of self-rescue:

If the current situation is really similar in nature to the chaos on the terrifying cruise ship, can it be assumed that the power of darkness is eroding reality through a certain node nearby?

*Is there a node in this camp that connects to the New World?*

If that's the case, finding that node and doing some damage can temporarily let the influence subside, creating an opportunity for everyone to escape the camp…

*So, where is the node connecting to the New World?*

This cannot be seen with the naked eye…

But it can… Right, whether it's with the Six Senses Beads or the Life Angel necklace, I can sense the darkness, just like when we faced Doctor and Future!

Jiang Baimian quickly came up with a plan, but those two props were in Shang Jianyao's tactical backpack.

And Shang Jianyao's tactical backpack was undoubtedly being carried by him.

Jiang Baimian wanted to tell Shang Jianyao her idea, but on the one hand, she could only spit bubbles and couldn't speak, and on the other hand, she was trapped in the jeep and didn't know how to push the door open.

*Zheng zheng zheng,* Genaava ran over.

He was carrying Shang Jianyao on his shoulders.

As an AI, he was one of the few unaffected on the scene.

The other few were also robots.

The next second, Genaava reached out and opened the passenger door of the jeep.

*Kuang,* he propped Shang Jianyao in front of Jiang Baimian.

"Shang wants to communicate with you!" Genaava said quickly.

*Shang can speak?* The focus of the first thought that flashed through Jiang Baimian's mind was a little off.

Genaava seemed to understand her surprise and hurriedly added:

"Shang pointed over here with his foot."

*Foot?* For a moment, Jiang Baimian's mind was full of question marks.

Then, she saw Shang Jianyao, who was standing there, moving his foot and writing two words and a symbol on the cement floor that hadn't been cleaned for a long time:

"Cruise ship?"

Looking at the words presented on the thick dust, Jiang Baimian's heart stirred, and she also stretched out a foot.

With this, she confirmed that the movement she wanted to make with her hand was really reflected on her foot!

*The current chaos is not without rules, it's more like a misalignment of nerve connections!*

Jiang Baimian, unaccustomed to it, wrote two words crookedly with her foot:

"Node, props."

Her complete meaning was that the current scene was suspected to be related to the New World node discussed before, and to find the node with props.

After writing, Jiang Baimian tried hard to stretch out her leg, trying to hook down the backpack on Shang Jianyao's shoulder.

Without her having to work hard, Genaava quickly understood her intention and easily unloaded Shang Jianyao's tactical backpack and handed it over.

Then, Jiang Baimian saw Shang Jianyao rubbing his feet against each other and taking off his shoes and socks.

Shang Jianyao used his feet instead of his hands, pinched the zipper, pulled it down, and opened the tactical backpack.

Next to him, the red light in Genaava's eyes flickered, and he quickly began to analyze:

"Node… props…"

Combining Shang Jianyao's efforts, Genaava quickly came to a conclusion:

"Do you want me to take out the Six Senses Beads and the Life Angel necklace?"

Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian blinked at the same time.

Genaava no longer hesitated and helped to find the Six Senses Beads and the Life Angel necklace from Shang Jianyao's tactical backpack.

According to the group's usual tacit understanding, he handed the Six Senses Beads to Shang Jianyao and sent the Life Angel necklace to Jiang Baimian.

Shang Jianyao refused to use his hands, raised his right foot, and pinched the rosary.

Jiang Baimian then took the necklace, although not smoothly, and hung it around her neck.

She looked awkwardly and incongruously like she was putting on a necklace with her foot.

This time, her right foot was paralyzed.

Immediately afterwards, the two simultaneously submerged their consciousness into the props.

This did not involve motor nerves, so it was unaffected.

Silently, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao saw that in the reflection of the clusters of campfires, a certain place had ink-like darkness rising and spreading around.

This was more intense than the starlight-dim night.

*As expected…* Just as Jiang Baimian flashed this thought, she discovered that Shang Jianyao was making strange movements.

After several adjustments, Shang Jianyao found the pattern, turned over, supported himself with his hands, and walked upside down to the place where the darkness was gushing out.

This made Jiang Baimian a little dumbfounded.

Genaava moved his metal-cast neck up and down, and suddenly realized:

"No wonder he wanted to use his foot to take the Six Senses Beads…"

Saying that, Genaava looked at Jiang Baimian:

"Do you need help?"

Jiang Baimian blinked first, then nodded.

With Genaava's help, she also completed a handstand and tied her paralyzed right foot and left leg together, while the necklace around her neck almost fell off.

The group of three quickly "walked" towards their destination.

As the distance narrowed, Jiang Baimian confirmed the source of the darkness.

It came from the ruin hunter named Davis.

The ruin hunter who had returned from the adventure in the Crimson Wilderness No. 9 ruins!

ps: Asking for a guaranteed monthly ticket at the beginning of the month~