Squid Who Loves Diving

Chapter 719 The Result of "Coincidence"

With the rapid clarification of blurred memories, Long Yuehong shivered and blurted out:

"I remember, I remember, someone stuffed this box into the trunk of our jeep!"

Remembered? Without Long Yuehong needing to explain in detail, Jiang Baimian instantly had a general idea:

"Your related memories were blurred by the person in room 214?

"When did that happen?"

Long Yuehong said with obvious lingering fear:

"It was when you followed Captain Ding to see Committee Member Huang.

"I, wasn't I taking turns with Xiaobai and Lao Ge to guard the window, monitoring the situation around the jeep, to prevent anyone from stealing the supplies inside? I saw someone pushing a cart over and putting this box on the car, disguising it, but that memory was blurred, replaced by a memory that nothing happened, until I saw this box just now."

Shang Jianyao smiled upon hearing this:

"Sounds like the style of the person in room 214.

"And knows how to pick on the weak."

Hey... Long Yuehong forcibly resisted, not wanting to lead the topic astray.

Jiang Baimian subconsciously wanted to nod, but reason returned, and she controlled herself:

"The question now is, what is the purpose of the person in room 214 doing this?"

"To separate himself from the nuclear warhead, making it easier for himself to escape from Wubei?" Bai Chen tried to guess.

Jiang Baimian's heart stirred upon hearing this.

She made a downward pressing motion with her right hand:

"Let me think, let me think:

"The person in room 214 has a badge, and the ability is 'Clairaudience,' which means he can hear all the conversations between us, which only depends on whether he is maintaining the effect and wants to listen."

"No wonder he knows Xiaohong is an easy target!" Shang Jianyao suddenly realized.

Jiang Baimian glared at this guy and continued:

"Captain Ding Ling personally came to invite us to see Committee Member Huang, uh, I remember Ding Ling saying at the time that Committee Member Huang was in charge of the statistics and distribution of military supplies."

"Ding Ling didn't directly say it was Committee Member Huang, just said a member of the Wubei Material Coordination Committee." Among everyone present, Genaava, who had the best "memory," made a correction.

Jiang Baimian nodded:

"From the field of responsibility, it can be inferred that the committee member who met us was likely to be responsible for the search for nuclear warheads, and the fact that we received an invitation means that we have a certain relationship with the other party.

"This is a conclusion that can be easily drawn from our conversation with Ding Ling at the time.

"So, if 214 really heard such a conversation, what would he think?

"He would probably think that even if he created an atmosphere that required rapid evacuation, it would still be a very risky thing for him to leave Wubei with the nuclear warhead, after all, the 'Savior Army' couldn't not conduct some checks on people leaving the city and would guard against the interference of certain Awakened abilities. In this regard, Committee Member Huang is an expert in the field of targeting 'Endlings.'

"And hiding the nuclear warhead in our car might allow us to escape the inspection by relying on our special relationship with Committee Member Huang, and take the item out of the city. He himself would leave swaggeringly, without any problems, and then quietly follow us and secretly retrieve the nuclear warhead.

"Well, he is an excellent hacker, capable of infiltrating the Wubei broadcasting system without leaving a trace and opening the trunk of the jeep without triggering an alarm, which is probably just a piece of cake for him."

The "Old Task Force's" jeep is an electric car, and the closing and opening of the doors depend on the control system.

Clap clap clap, dang dang dang, Shang Jianyao and Genaava applauded Jiang Baimian's guess at the same time.

This is the most logical and humane reasoning.

"But he's not afraid that when we put the military exoskeleton device and the bionic intelligent armor back in the car, we'll find an extra box..." Long Yuehong's voice became quieter and quieter, because he could answer the question himself.

That person would definitely be prepared to blur the memories of the corresponding members of the "Old Task Force" as soon as possible.

"At that time, he should try to transfer Lao Ge away, not letting Lao Ge be responsible for transporting items." Jiang Baimian filled in the loophole for Long Yuehong.

Genaava's memories cannot be blurred.

"It may also be relying on hacking methods, using wireless signals to invade Lao Ge's body, causing him to have certain 'hallucinations,' ignoring the existence of the extra box." Shang Jianyao proposed another possibility.

Genaava moved his metal-cast neck:

"I prefer the latter possibility, because the person in room 214 currently doesn't seem to be able to accurately review memories, and most likely doesn't know that I am a true intelligent robot from 'Mechanical Paradise,' and it is easy to regard me as an ordinary robot. With the technical capabilities he has shown, plus the means he may have to influence electromagnetism, he can indeed interfere imperceptibly and achieve the desired purpose."

Bai Chen followed up and said:

"The reason why he monitored our conversation with Ding Ling is because the fact that a 'Savior Army' captain came to the 'Ashen Earth Hotel' to meet outsiders is itself worthy of attention."

"Yes, things are almost sorted out." Jiang Baimian said "hmm."

"I have another question." Shang Jianyao raised his hand.

Jiang Baimian tilted her head to look at him:

"What question?"

Shang Jianyao pointed to the box:

"Try its weight, with your right hand."

Jiang Baimian walked over thoughtfully, bent down, and pulled the box containing the nuclear warhead out with her right hand.

"This must be more than one hundred kilograms." Jiang Baimian first felt that this thing was really heavy, and then exclaimed, "It's only more than one hundred kilograms!"

This weapon of mass destruction that could blow up Wubei is only more than one hundred kilograms!

The technology of the Old World is truly amazing.

From the "Eternal Life" project, the existence of the "Source Brain," to this nuclear warhead, it can all be seen.

Shang Jianyao immediately smiled:

"My question is, with the physical fitness of the person in room 214, it seems impossible to move such a heavy box into our trunk."

"He just has high blood pressure, not a weak body!" Jiang Baimian scolded with a smile, "If I were him, with such a cost, in addition to using drugs to control it, I would definitely try to improve my physical fitness, for example, get some gene modification potions to try, although the effect is not as good as ours, who have been doing optimization since we were in the womb, but it's better than nothing.

"Such a man in his prime, with a little effort, can still move something over one hundred kilograms into the trunk."

"But wouldn't that induce his high blood pressure?" The honest Shang Jianyao asked.

"He is taking medicine, he won't be so fragile..." As Jiang Baimian spoke, she turned her gaze to the nuclear warhead, "The question now is, how should we deal with it?"

"Of course, return it to the 'Savior Army'!" Shang Jianyao, representing justice, noble character, and taking the responsibility of saving mankind, replied without hesitation.

"Yes, yes." Long Yuehong also felt that there was no doubt about it.

This is not an unowned object.

Besides, it is meaningless for the "Old Task Force" to have such a firecracker in their hands. The probability of "igniting" it and throwing it out to cover themselves is one hundred percent.

Bai Chen thought the same way, so she agreed with Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong's opinions. Genaava was busy analyzing other factors and did not speak for a while.

Jiang Baimian glanced at the silver-gray nuclear warhead with its own detonation device and corresponding password, and said thoughtfully:

"Don't you think there are too many coincidences in this whole thing?

"After 214 left the room, the antihypertensive drugs placed in the room happened to be stolen by a relic hunter who was quite disappointed and planned to leave Wubei, which led to his high blood pressure attack and being sent to the hospital for rescue, and the nuclear warhead was stranded in Wubei;

"This matter happened to be heard by Zhang Lao, who often comes to the 'Ashen Earth Hotel,' and thus was learned by us;

"On the first day of martial law, Committee Member Huang just happened to want to see us, which made that person have the idea of hiding the nuclear warhead in our car and put it into action;

"And I was originally a bad navigator, got the wrong room, and didn't find anyone in 214 in the first place, which happened to paralyze that person, making his subsequent vigilance obviously reduced;

"When he was 'deprived of consciousness' and fell, he happened to hit a certain part of his head, resulting in sudden death on the spot, and there was no way to prove it;

"The 'Doctor's' sudden attack made the 'Savior Army' basically give up checking those leaving the city.

"The result of so many coincidences combined is that the nuclear warhead fell into our hands and was not known to others."

Long Yuehong's face changed constantly as he listened.

Before he could sort out his thoughts, he heard Bai Chen say:

"Someone deliberately arranged it, wanting us to obtain this nuclear warhead secretly?"

Jiang Baimian nodded lightly:

"This is like 'Yougu' using the Hongshi gathering general education conference to quietly infuse a bit of aura into the small jade Buddha, except that one is direct and the other is euphemistic."

Shang Jianyao rubbed his chin:

"That person feels that one day in the future, we will need to use this nuclear warhead, just like when we dealt with the 'Doctor' today?"

Jiang Baimian said "hmm."

Shang Jianyao "helped" her to say the following words:

"When we want to destroy a certain Buddhist holy land in the future, ordinary methods won't work, we must install this nuclear warhead and detonate it remotely?"

Why connect "destroy" with a Buddhist holy land... Jiang Baimian retorted weakly in her heart.

Bai Chen agreed with this guess:

"It seems we have to keep this nuclear warhead."

"Yes, from another point of view, if we return it, something bad might happen, both to us and to the 'Savior Army.' The person who arranged the coincidence wouldn't have failed to consider the possibility of returning it." The sinister and vicious Shang Jianyao tried to persuade the members of the Democratic Consultative Conference.

"Should we report to the company?" Long Yuehong blurted out.

Jiang Baimian was stunned for a moment, and slowly shook her head.

After a vote, all the members of the "Old Task Force" except for Shang Jianyao believed that they should keep this nuclear warhead. Anyway, the "Savior Army" has more than just this one, and the "Old Task Force" cannot use it to deal with the "Savior Army."

Shang Jianyao did not insist, but turned his back and muttered:

"This matter led to the sacrifice of Committee Member Huang, Zhang Lao, and others..."

"It will be recovered sooner or later!" Jiang Baimian patted him on the shoulder, and then said to Genaava, "Seize the time to modify the detonating device, reset the instructions, to prevent other people from being able to detonate it remotely."

While Genaava was busy, and Shang Jianyao was watching, Jiang Baimian and others cleaned up the trunk and exchanged some supplies with vouchers at a nearby forest farm-type settlement.

In the evening, they camped in the open space outside the settlement.

According to the team manual, after leaving the company and arriving in the Ashen Earth, going to the toilet requires companionship, so Jiang Baimian pulled Bai Chen and walked into the nearby forest.

After relieving themselves, Jiang Baimian glanced at Bai Chen, suddenly cleared her throat, and said solemnly:

"Xiaobai, what do you really think about Xiaohong?

"You also heard what Ding Ling said. If you really don't have any thoughts, tell him clearly earlier, cut off his thoughts, so that he won't consider going out again after returning to the company."