Squid Who Loves Diving
Chapter 301 Paper
She closely monitored the faint electrical signals of Yan Hu, this "sleeping god," and would immediately call Genaeva to stop if she detected any changes.
Shang Jian Yao stood next to Genaeva, striking a pose, ready to push him away at any moment.
Soon, Genaeva's fingers touched Yan Hu's dried-up skin.
At that moment, Jiang Bai Mian sensed a slight change in the bioelectrical signal, feeling as if something was about to grow out of the void.
Just as she was about to tell Genaeva to withdraw his hand, the change vanished in an instant, as if it had never occurred.
Everything returned to its original silence.
Because the target is an intelligent robot, not a human, the mutation cannot continue? I wonder if latex gloves can produce the same effect... Jiang Bai Mian closed her open mouth and continued to observe.
At this time, Shang Jian Yao sighed regretfully and said to Genaeva:
"I thought I could be a hero and save the beauty."
He seemed to have noticed the restlessness of Yan Hu's remaining consciousness for a second.
"Beauty? My main module is set to male." Genaeva felt around on the "sleeping god" with his silver-black metal palm, searching for valuable things, while pointing out Shang Jian Yao's incorrect use of words.
Shang Jian Yao said solemnly:
"The beauty here refers to a beautiful person. A beautiful person does not distinguish between male and female, whether they are purebred, mutated, or intelligent."
He used mutated person to replace the term sub-human.
"It can even be a car." Jiang Bai Mian added subconsciously.
As soon as she finished speaking, she began to condemn herself.
Why add this kind of nonsensical topic at such a serious time?
Genaeva was very satisfied with Shang Jian Yao's explanation and stopped refuting, wholeheartedly doing his job.
Frankly speaking, seeing Yan Hu's dried-up skin, protruding bones, and skull-like head, Jiang Bai Mian felt that it was more terrifying than a real corpse and more likely to cause nightmares.
She asked herself if she would need tens of seconds of psychological preparation to dare to examine the terrifying body of such a "sleeping god," and she would always feel a little uncomfortable.
But Genaeva felt no discomfort at all, as if this was just an ordinary object made up of "0"s and "1"s.
After a careful search, Genaeva gave the conclusion:
"The target only has a pair of yellowed underwear and a set of white linen clothes on him. There are no other items and no clues left."
"..." Jiang Bai Mian always felt that this description was a little strange.
Shang Jian Yao clapped his right fist against his left palm:
"These clothes and underwear may also be 'magical items,' a set with the twig crown and twig bracelet."
Jiang Bai Mian's mouth twitched, and she began to analyze seriously:
"I don't think so.
"Their positions are very obvious. If they were taken out of the 'Mind Corridor' or condensed by Yan Hu himself, the 'Fear Bishop' of the Vigilance Church would definitely take them away together."
Shang Jian Yao shook his head:
"I know the reason, because I wouldn't take them either."
"Why?" Jiang Bai Mian wanted to hear an unusual line of thought.
Shang Jian Yao replied seriously:
"It's impolite.
"It's like being a pervert."
Jiang Bai Mian ignored him and said to Genaeva:
"Feel under Yan Hu to see if there is anything underneath."
Following her words, Genaeva stretched out his silver-black metal palm again, inserting it between Yan Hu's body and the bottom of the coffin.
After a while of groping, he shook his metal head:
"No."
"No..." Although Jiang Bai Mian didn't find this answer surprising, she always felt that something was wrong.
"Those believers are too unfaithful. They didn't even make a bed for their god. It must be uncomfortable to lie on such a hard wooden board." Shang Jian Yao expressed his opinion.
"Maybe it's the local customs or religious habits here." Genaeva tried to analyze the reason why those believers did this.
Listening to the conversation between the two, Jiang Bai Mian's eyes suddenly lit up.
She asked thoughtfully:
"Do you think Yan Hu foresaw that he was about to fall asleep and took the initiative to lie in this coffin, or was he discovered by the believers after he fell asleep and carried into this coffin?"
"Lacking enough data, it is impossible to restore the situation at that time. It is recommended to use the hypothetical analysis method." Genaeva replied quite "straightforwardly."
Shang Jian Yao said with a smile:
"It definitely wasn't him lying in it himself.
"If it were me, knowing that I was about to fall asleep, I would definitely put a layer of mattress on it, otherwise it would be uncomfortable to lie down for so long."
"Theoretically, that's right. Yan Hu's preparation was not sufficient, which is also reflected in the fact that the Fishmen Envoy only arrived decades later to take away the twig crown." Jiang Bai Mian did not say definitively, "Well... it's also possible that the situation was sudden and urgent at the time, and Yan Hu didn't have time to do anything else."
She continued:
"Let's first analyze the situation where the believers carried Yan Hu into this coffin.
"They should have completed the arrangement according to the religious customs of 'Yan Luodian' or Yan Hu's usual words and phrases. There are many things that can be inferred, but let's ignore them for now, because there is a very serious and important question.
"That is, where did they carry Yan Hu into this coffin from?"
Genaeva directly deduced the answer:
"Two possibilities, one is the place where Yan Hu suddenly fainted and fell down, and the other is his room, where he fell into trouble unknowingly while sleeping."
"Yes, he is very likely lying in bed, his consciousness entering the 'Mind Corridor,' exploring it, looking for the door to a new world, and as a result, he gained something and also encountered problems." Jiang Bai Mian inferred this based on the usual performance of Shang Jian Yao, this Awakened, and the words Yan Hu scratched with his fingernails.
--Yan Hu left some bloody scratches on the inside of the coffin, which formed the four words "New World."
Before Shang Jian Yao could diverge the question to a strange place, Jiang Bai Mian glanced at her electronic watch and said with a smile:
"So, where is Yan Hu's room?
"He usually doesn't use this coffin as a bed. He didn't even put anything on it. It must be uncomfortable to sleep in. Even if Yan Hu doesn't like to enjoy himself, there's no need to torture himself like this, unless he has a hobby in this regard or has paid the corresponding price."
Shang Jian Yao nodded heavily, indicating that that was the case.
Awakened people are not ascetics and do not need to hone themselves so much.
"From a religious point of view, since Yan Hu is a living god, then the place where he lives can only be this temple, or rather, a part of the space where he lives must have evolved into a temple." Genaeva analyzed similar past data and gave his conclusion.
Jiang Bai Mian looked around and said:
"But here, we have already searched last time, and we didn't find a place to live..."
As she spoke, she suddenly turned around and cast her gaze on one place.
Shang Jian Yao also smiled at the same time:
"There is one place that we haven't searched."
He pointed to the coffin.
A more accurate description is the slate under the coffin.
Genaeva analyzed it slightly and understood what the two meant, and immediately turned on the corresponding inspection module.
In just a few seconds, he pointed to the bottom of the coffin and said:
"There is a large cavity under here... the preliminary analysis result is a small room."
The face of Jiang Bai Mian, hidden behind the delicate monk mask, suddenly showed a smile.
She had only made bold assumptions after analyzing a bunch of things just now, but now she finally got proof!
"Please push this coffin away." Jiang Bai Mian said to Genaeva, "Be careful, I will stop you at any time."
As before, she raised her attention and used the auxiliary chip, and Shang Jian Yao also struck a pose, preparing to "be a hero and save the beauty."
Genaeva pressed his hands on the edge of the coffin, controlling the force to push it forward.
During this process, Yan Hu's bioelectrical signal did not change abnormally.
As the coffin was moved away, a dark hole appeared on the corresponding slate.
It was very narrow and small, only allowing a slender person to pass through normally, and there were vaguely visible steps below—people like Genaeva had to go in sideways.
Jiang Bai Mian glanced at the time and allowed Genaeva, this all-around robot, to ventilate the space below the hole.
Shang Jian Yao, wearing a monkey mask, watched with envy, seeming to think that it was cool to have so many devices hidden on his body and so many modules loaded.
Soon, Genaeva completed the environmental processing and checked the situation inside by the way:
"There are no poisonous gases, bombs, radiation, or dangerous creatures. The structure of the house is also very stable."
The next second, Shang Jian Yao turned on the flashlight and walked down the stairs towards the underground.
Jiang Bai Mian and Genaeva followed closely behind.
There were only seven or eight steps in the staircase, and it didn't take long for Shang Jian Yao to set foot on solid ground.
This was not a big room, with only a bed, a table, a cabinet, and a chair.
The place was not completely without light. A bead emitting a yellow-green light was placed on the surface of the old desk.
It was very small, about the size of a normal fish eye.
"Night pearl..." Jiang Bai Mian murmured, stopping Shang Jian Yao from going forward to search and letting Genaeva do the corresponding things.
Because time was running out, Genaeva completed the work as quickly as possible:
The cabinet was empty, and the clothes seemed to have been taken away; there were only mattresses, pillows, and thin quilts on the bed; the chair was nothing special, but it looked very clean due to the influence of the temple environment; on the table was the small night pearl, and in the drawer was a piece of paper.
"Paper..." Jiang Bai Mian followed the light of Shang Jian Yao's flashlight and looked at the paper, which was already yellowish.
It had some numbers and symbols on it:
"1210, √
"757, √
"935, √
"314, √
"329, √
"102"
If she hadn't been to Tarnan, Jiang Bai Mian would have been confused by these numbers.
But with the matter of that "Higher Heartless," with the number "Five Zero Three," and with Zhou Yue Zhou Guanzhu's explanation, she naturally made a guess:
"This is the 'Mind Corridor' room that Yan Hu once entered? The checkmark indicates that the exploration has been completed? Finally, he gained something in room 102, suspected to be related to the new world, but also encountered an accident?"
Clap clap clap, Shang Jian Yao tapped the side of the flashlight with one hand, completing the applause in this way.
The silver-black intelligent robot Genaeva was stunned for a moment, and clapped his hands in order to fit in.