Davis didn't want to talk about how he and his team had endangered the entire camp.

Although their team was strong enough to venture into the No. 9 Ruins of the Scarlet Wilderness and return unscathed, they couldn't withstand the sheer number of hunters around. In a fight against many, no matter how capable they were, they couldn't endure being focused on from a distance.

Davis, having shaken off the effects of forgetfulness, recalled,

"The necklace was found in the Upper East District of the No. 9 Ruins."

"Upper East District?" Shang Jianyao suppressed his disappointment at not being able to walk upside down and asked cooperatively.

Davis replied simply:

"It's marked on the city map found in the ruins, and many who have explored it consider it relatively dangerous."

"But the rewards are also great?" Jiang Baimian subtly steered the topic back on track.

Davis nodded:

"Indeed.

"In the Upper East District, we found an apartment that no hunters had set foot in before. Inside, in the room on the left side of the eleventh floor, there were several corpses. They were either leaning against the sofa or lying on the bed in the bedroom, their flesh completely decayed and evaporated, leaving only white bones.

"The necklace was placed in front of the corpse on the sofa."

"Why are you sure that the flesh of those corpses decayed and evaporated on its own, instead of being eaten by the 'Heartless'?" The honest Shang Jianyao dutifully looked for loopholes.

Davis glanced at him and said with a slightly stiff tone:

"As experienced ruin hunters, we can tell the difference at a glance.

"First, the clothes of those corpses were only slightly decayed and relatively complete, without any signs of tearing; second, there were no blood spatters in the entire room..."

Suddenly, Jiang Baimian interjected:

"So, what was the cause of death of those corpses?"

The No. 9 Ruins of the Scarlet Wilderness had obviously not been bombed and were relatively well-preserved in all aspects, with no severe residual radiation pollution. In this case, the city residents were most likely killed by the "Heartless," with a small number dying in the process of fighting for food, poisoned by their own kind.

"I think it was suicide," Davis answered.

He had clearly considered this issue at the time, and spoke clearly:

"The door lock of that room had not been damaged before, and it was tightly closed, as if no outsiders had entered.

"The postures of the corpses were also not that distorted...

"I suspect that the people in the room wanted to go out to find food, but found 'Heartless' everywhere, so they had to shrink back. Afterwards, the intense hunger and despair caused them to completely collapse and give up their lives."

"Did you check the refrigerator and freezer?" Jiang Baimian asked.

Davis's expression was a bit confused at first, then changed significantly, and he turned to look at his companions.

His companions also showed fear and panic, as if they had remembered something terrible.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Davis said with a blank look:

"There were still many boxes of frozen beef in the large freezer in the room..."

This meant that the dead were not collapsing from hunger.

Jiang Baimian followed up:

"If they were a family, facing the destruction of the Old World, and completely emotionally collapsing and trying to commit suicide, they should have gathered together and accompanied each other, rather than being in different places."

"Yes," Shang Jianyao deeply agreed.

"Most importantly, we have been ignoring the situation of the freezer... Were we affected by the necklace as soon as we entered that room?" Davis murmured in fear.

In the end, they chose to take away the necklace with the cross pendant, as if they were possessed by an evil spirit.

It was not surprising for strange things to happen near the nodes of the "New World"... Jiang Baimian looked around and found that the surrounding ruin hunters had been attracted by this story and briefly forgotten the previous anomalies.

They were both nervous and wary, and curious about the next development.

Jiang Baimian lived up to expectations and asked a question that most people wanted to know:

"What else did you gain in that room?"

Davis and his companions dared not answer directly, showing a significant lack of confidence in their memory.

After thinking hard for a while and pondering the details, Davis finally spoke:

"Like normal exploration, we took away gold of relatively high value, portable electronic items, books with practical knowledge, and clothing that was not severely decayed..."

In the current era, although most of the electronic items in the city ruins have been damaged and cannot be used, they can be disassembled, picked and chosen, and some electronic components that can barely be considered intact can still be found, which are relatively valuable.

Moreover, some electronic items may still be usable after repairs, and even if all the electronic components are broken, there is still a market for selling them as scrap, after all, these highly crystallized products of the Old World's technology contain precious metals, including some alloys that few forces can imitate today.

As he spoke, Davis shuddered:

"We also took away the phone from the corpse.

"The corpse in front of which the necklace was placed."

"Is the phone still there?" Jiang Baimian tried hard not to let her eyes light up.

Davis nodded:

"We plan to take it back to First City for trading."

"Can you sell it to us?" Jiang Baimian smiled.

She did not choose intimidation, fraud, or deception, after all, she had to pay attention to her image in front of so many people.

Seeing Davis hesitate, Shang Jianyao said earnestly:

"You should have realized that we have experience in dealing with similar things.

"To be honest, the danger of this kind of thing is far beyond your imagination, and it is not something you can grasp. Forcing your way in will only lead to total destruction."

Davis was about to say "Okay, no problem, sell it to you," when Shang Jianyao further said:

"Do you want to know what the final result would be if that necklace wasn't thrown away?"

"What is it?" Davis instinctively asked.

The eyes of all the surrounding ruin hunters turned to Shang Jianyao.

Jiang Baimian's first reaction was to cover her face, no, slap that guy, but after careful consideration, she felt that telling everyone the possible outcome was a good thing.

As the "Old Task Force" whose mission is to save all mankind, reminding everyone not to randomly take or touch items related to the "New World" is their duty.

It is worth doing to prevent one more tragedy!

Shang Jianyao answered Davis's question with a solemn expression:

"Initially, the abnormality brought by the necklace will only last for a period of time, and then it will return to normal.

"But after this happens again and again, the danger will accumulate to a critical point. At that time, most of the people present will be infected with 'Heartless Disease,' with only a few survivors, just like when the Old World was first destroyed!"

Hearing the shadow of "Heartless Disease" that had shrouded all of humanity for decades, all the ruin hunters present took a breath of cold air, and were extremely fortunate to have encountered a team that could handle similar things this time, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Davis was frightened and hurriedly picked up the denim backpack next to him and took out a mobile phone from it.

Immediately afterwards, as if he was holding the "Heartless Disease" virus or a hot potato, he hurriedly threw the phone to Shang Jianyao.

"It's yours!" He tried to make himself look generous.

The champagne gold mobile phone had no signs of damage, but it looked old. Shang Jianyao played with it for a while and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, it's not abnormal."

With the string of "Six Senses Beads" hanging on his feet, he could confirm whether there was "darkness" present.

Jiang Baimian then took out a few 1-Aure note and handed them to Davis.

She said with a smile:

"No, we advocate fair trade, and we always pay for goods and services."

Seeing Davis wanting to be polite, she added:

"If you don't accept it, I'll give the phone back to you."

Davis was startled and quickly took the banknotes.

After asking for a while and not finding any clues, Jiang Baimian took Shang Jianyao and Genaava back to their jeep.

Because the "Six Senses Beads" would hinder walking on two legs, but would not affect running upside down, Shang Jianyao tried to use his hands instead of his feet again, but was glared back by Jiang Baimian and reluctantly put away the prop.

Bai Chen and Long Yuehong had also eavesdropped on their teammates' conversation with Davis, and roughly understood what had happened. At this time, the former looked around and lowered his voice:

"Let Lao Ge try to recover the data in the phone?"

Jiang Baimian pondered for a while and said:

"After dawn, leave this gathering point and try again in a deserted place in the wasteland."

"Okay." After analysis, Genaava believed that this was the most reasonable and safe option.

On the other side, Shang Jianyao rubbed his chin and muttered to himself:

"In this case, the 'chaos' on the cruise ship is likely to be related to the 'New World' node.

"I plan to transfer the aura in the 'Six Senses Beads' or the 'Angel of Life' necklace into the 'Mind Corridor', and take one of them to the cruise ship to find the specific location of the 'New World' node."

He understood by analogy and had new ideas on how to deal with the cruise ship shadow next.

He was no longer limited to breaking through that psychological shadow, but wanted to uncover the veil of "chaos" and find out the truth!

Jiang Baimian nodded:

"The idea is fine, but I still say the same thing: after dawn, leave this gathering point and try again in a deserted place in the wasteland.

"Moreover, you are mentally exhausted now and need sleep to recover."

Shang Jianyao showed a longing expression:

"When will dawn come..."

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