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Chapter 41 The Origin

With the number of awakened people in the Eighth Institute, it is completely reasonable to create such an exaggerated situation for a bulk transaction... However, this is mainly my personal guess. Based on the fact that Ice Field is the sphere of influence of the Eighth Institute, it is appropriate to push any questions to them first... Jiang Baimian, who lowered his eyes, looked at Smith and others again and asked:

“Have you confirmed the situation near the square?

"For example, are there a lot of driving traces?"

Around the square, covered with snow, a team of dozens of cars could not appear out of thin air, and then disappear out of thin air, which would definitely leave evidence that tires crush the snow layer.

Smith replied with a wry smile:

“If there were, we wouldn’t be dazed here and didn’t know what to do.

"We wander in the northern part of the dust and have also seen awakened people."

He meant that there were no traces of other vehicles around the square, and the goods escorted by their "rootless" group were like they evaporated directly.

Shang Jianyao jumped up on the spot and jumped five or six meters high using a military exoskeleton device.

Then, during the stagnation time, he relied on his condescending advantage to quickly examine the situation around the square...

The snow covered the road, the streets, and the surface of abandoned vehicles, making everything pure white.

Above pure white, except for the route of the "Rootless" convoy entering this city ruin, there are no ruts at all, and only a few human footprints.

This was obviously left behind by Smith and others looking for clues separately.

And they seemed to have been in the ruins of this city for several days, so that most of the original ruts were covered by a falling snow a few days ago.

In other words, there are indeed no new vehicle driving trajectories in the surrounding area.

When! Shang Jianyao fell back to the ground in his slightly dull eyes.

He asked at Smith:

“It’s sure it was the supplies that were missing last night?

"Will it be a little earlier?"

Smith thought about it for a while, then communicated with other "rootless people" for a few words, shook his head and said:

“This is what we remember.”

His answer was not very certain, because since there were such things as deleting memories on a large scale, there might be large-scale tampering memories.

"Even on the day Smith and his friends arrived, the supplies were picked up. The subsequent experiences were all fake memories, and the vehicles transporting supplies could not step on the snow without trace." Jiang Baimian refuted Shang Jianyao's guess.

Shang Jianyao laughed:

"I mean, those ruts were not left by Smith and the others, but by the group of people who took the supplies. Smith and the others actually arrived here earlier, and the corresponding traces had been completely buried in several heavy snow."

"Although this is certainly possible, it is too complicated. It is easier to delete memories on a large scale, convenient, quick and easy." Jiang Baimian said so, and turned on the walkie-talkie included in the military exoskeleton device and ordered his teammates in the distance, "Lao Ge, Xiaohong, Xiaobai, you go to the intersection in front and follow the tire traces to see where the vehicle is heading."

What she didn't say was that even if those people did not have the ability to delete memories on a large scale and only had the conditions for tampering, they would not add difficulty to themselves. Forging memories for a few days, at most, after completing the "transaction", they would modify the memories that only involve one or two hours of experience.

People tend to be lazy. When there is no obvious difference between the two solutions, no one will bother themselves.

Shang Jianyao just said it casually, turned around and forgot about this matter. He happily talked to Smith and others about the possible abnormality they felt.

He even asked what size gasoline they like to make perfume and whether there are any special dishes.

Finally, Jiang Baimian waited for Gnava's reply:

"The vehicle traces are facing south, do you want to continue tracking?"

"No need for the time being." Jiang Baimian calmly gave the order.

She turned to Smith and others:

"These traces of vehicles should be yours."

"How could they move so many supplies without cars..." Smith once again showed a confused mood.

Even if the other party uses helicopters that do not rely much on the site, they have to dispatch many aircraft in one breath, without reason, no trace is left.

With the environment and weather of the ice field, it is barely enough to send people with helicopters at a short distance, but long distances transport supplies are thought that you were not dying fast enough.

"Is the base of that group of people nearby?" Jiang Baimian was also thinking in this direction.

Before Smith and other "rootless people" responded, Shang Jianyao smiled:

"The answer is very simple, I know what's going on."

"Tell me." Jiang Baimian breathed in a state of being able to hear "magical ideas".

The so-called "magical ideas" is the abbreviation of the strange ideas of mentally ill patients.

Shang Jianyao casually pointed to the snow on a street near the square:

"If it were me, after the main body of the convoy left, he would take the bus and 'interfere with the matter', manipulate the snow and bury the traces."

This... Jiang Baimian thinks this is a bit ridiculous, just like the character's hair can fly and his posture can be handsome when he appears in the old world entertainment materials. On the other hand, after thinking and thinking, she thought this was a very possible situation.

In addition to the greater mental consumption, this is more reliable than the previous speculations.

The only problem is that the awakened people in the "last man" field have the ability to "interference electromagnetic".

However, it is normal for the other party to at least explore the awakened person deep in the "spiritual corridor" and to have the ability to "interfere with matter".

Thinking of this, Jiang Baimian asked Shang Jianyao:

"How long can you keep controlling the snow like this?"

If it can only last for an hour, then the "old tuner group" can use this square as a dot, draw a big circle outward, and circle around to find traces of the convoy.

Shang Jianyao looked at the trucks and RVs of the "rootless people" and estimated:

"It's two or three hours."

This is difficult... Jiang Baimian frowned slightly.

The awakened person who is suspected of being able to delete memories on a large scale is likely to have more rooms than Shang Jianyao explored in the "Soul Corridor". He will naturally have longer persistence in manipulating the snow. After all, since he entered the depths of the "Soul Corridor", he has been "indulging" in going to the "506" room, peeking at "102" and "205", and never exploring other rooms.

Drawing circles by driving a fleet for two or three hours is too wide, and the time spent and the electricity consumed are multiplied.

As time goes by, considering the weather conditions of the ice field, maybe another heavy snow falls.

Besides, there may not be only a awakened person at the "spiritual corridor" level on the opposite side to "reel away" the supplies.

If it were the Eighth Institute, they could do such a thing with the wealth of their awakened people.

Jiang Baimian suppressed the urge to use water to grind it in time to find traces and decided to get clues from another direction.

She looked at Smith and others and said:

"Where did you take on this business?"

Although the appearance, name and image characteristics of the cargo owner have been deleted, Jiang Baimian believes that the large settlement set out by the "rootless" team involves the handling and loading of many materials, and involving a large number of other things. It is a difficult thing to delete them all, and the one who takes action may not be willing to do it.

This doesn't affect anything.

Smith quickly replied:

“Gestburg.”

This is a large settlement belonging to the "White Knights" and a near-ice field area.

"Well..." Jiang Baimian silently wrote down the name and planned to go back there to see if he could find any clues.

At this time, Shang Jianyao comforted his good brothers:

"You don't have to worry about it anymore. I can't remember the owner. What's the difference between throwing away and not losing supplies?

"At most, you will lose half of the shipping fee, just treat this trip as a public travel."

Although Smith didn't quite understand the old world phrase of public travel, he still understood the meaning and nodded:

"That's all."

Jiang Baimian thought about it and asked with the opportunity:

"Do you know a human city that was only turned into ruins more than ten years ago?"

She roughly described the situation where Shang Jianyao's father finally appeared.

Smith immediately smiled:

"I know!

“We often ship supplies to trade before we were destroyed by ‘heartless disease’.”

Speaking of this, Smith's expression became serious:

"Where do you want to go?"

"Yes!" Shang Jianyao replied without hesitation, "We are not outsiders, please tell me the specific location."

Smith frowned:

"I don't recommend you to go."

"Why?" Shang Jianyao asked.

Smith looked at him and Jiang Baimian and said:

“Many ruin hunters tried to go there to hunt for treasure, but few were able to come back alive.
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