Nan Yi got "Heartless Disease"? Long Yuehong blurted out:
"How could that be?"
How could that lady who always kept herself clean and tidy, her hair always in a bun, suddenly contract "Heartless Disease" and depart from this world?
But thinking of Chen Xianyu, the director of the activity center on the 495th floor of the underground building whom he was more familiar with, also succumbing to "Heartless Disease" without any warning, Long Yuehong fell silent again.
This was "Heartless Disease".
It could happen to anyone, regardless of whether you had experienced suffering or just seen hope in life.
Bai Chen had seen too many similar things and didn't show a state of being unable to accept it.
She was silent for a while, and asked in a slightly low voice:
"Then she was eliminated?"
Sigh, Bai showing asking this question shows that she still has a little hope in her heart... Jiang Baimian didn't speak.
At the same time, she used her left hand to stop Shang Jianyao from interjecting.
"Yes..." Afu sighed deeply, "The City Defense Army came to deal with it."
This was the choice that every force would inevitably make when faced with a patient with "Heartless Disease".
Bai Chen pursed her lips and said:
"That's good too."
Regarding "Heartless Ones", the consensus of mankind is to either clean them up as soon as possible to avoid harming themselves and other normal people, and cut off possible transmission lines, or forcibly arrest them and send them to laboratories to contribute to the future success of mankind in treating "Heartless Disease".
Compared to the latter, Bai Chen could accept that Nan Yi had just suffered for a while and entered eternal sleep.
She paused and asked again:
"Where is Nan Yi buried?"
"The cemetery outside the city." Afu said with a wry smile, "For safety's sake, I paid extra to choose cremation."
Whether it was cremation or the cemetery, both required money.
The former consumed energy, and the latter occupied land near the city, which was always guarded by a team of soldiers.
If ordinary families had dead people, they would often take them to the wilderness, find a place, and dig a hole to bury them.
But this might not allow the dead to rest in peace. Whether it was wilderness wanderers or wandering beasts, they were real and potential threats.
Bai Chen nodded:
"Take us there tomorrow."
"Okay." Afu agreed.
Shang Jianyao was finally able to speak, and he asked with concern:
"How are Nan Yi's sisters doing now? What about An Ruxiang? What about those who raised money to hire her as a teacher?"
He asked three questions in one breath.
Afu recalled and said:
"Teacher An finished teaching three classes here, and then went to another courtyard as a temporary teacher. People have always been inviting her.
"Sister Gu, and the girls in the courtyard who learned to read, have found new jobs through the Hunter's Guild. Some of them are doing very well, and some have slightly lower incomes, but they can still maintain their lives without having to worry like before, not knowing when they will get a dirty disease, or encounter a customer with a problem in their head.
"Only a few are not so lucky. They or their family members get sick, something happens, they owe debts, and they still have to occasionally do it to supplement the family.
"In the past few years, as long as you can read and are willing to work, you can support your family in the city."
One is that the riot killed many people, and the other is that Wild Wheat City has been the most stable place relative to "Initial City" in the past few years... Jiang Baimian nodded almost imperceptibly.
Shang Jianyao said "Oh, oh" twice, and was visibly very happy.
Seeing this, Afu added a few more words:
"Maybe it's also God's blessing. A few girls were ignorant and fascinated by those gangsters who specialize in exploiting women. They were desperate, almost jumping into the fire pit on their own initiative. As a result, those gangsters either died in gang fights or were shot in the back. None of them had a good ending.
"It seems that the same is true for those who set up situations to force them."
Jiang Baimian was stunned for a moment and recalled something:
An Ruxiang's previous job as a temporary teacher was a ruins hunter, and the one before that was an assassin.
Clap clap clap, Shang Jianyao applauded.
He said with a smile:
"That's great!"
Yes, that's great... Jiang Baimian was exceptionally gratified.
She took the initiative to say to Afu:
"Later, you can find out where Teacher An is teaching. We haven't seen her for a long time."
"Okay." Afu knew that this group of people had known An Ruxiang very early, earlier than the girls in the courtyard.
…………
South Street, in the rental house.
Jiang Baimian casually found a place to sit down and said thoughtfully:
"Why does Wild Wheat City have 'Heartless Disease'?"
"Why can't Wild Wheat City have 'Heartless Disease'?" Long Yuehong asked back, looking slightly confused.
"Heartless Disease" can appear in every human habitation on the graylands.
Moreover, since the establishment of Wild Wheat City, there have been several outbreaks of "Heartless Disease" every year, with varying numbers and sizes. It has never been a paradise.
Jiang Baimian looked around and said:
"Our previous investigation results were that 'Heartless Disease' is related to the 'New World', leaking to the graylands through various nodes and randomly infecting the surrounding humans.
"But Wild Wheat City doesn't seem like a place with a 'New World' node.
"Well, many human settlements are the same. 'Heartless Disease' still appears."
They had previously rejected the guess that the spread of "Heartless Disease" was a fluctuation caused by the collision of some "New World" force, but now they encountered an incomprehensible situation again.
"That's right... this contradicts our assumptions." Long Yuehong nodded lightly.
At the same time as he spoke, the corner of his eye caught sight of the nuclear warhead placed by Genaeva in a corner of the room.
Chatting next to such an item always felt weird to him.
Although it was absolutely safe and could not explode at will, Long Yuehong felt a bit of a "accompanying a monarch is like accompanying a tiger" illusion when he thought of the rumored power.
Bai Chen thought for a while and said:
"A 'New World' node can be a person or an object. The former either belongs to a larger force or sleeps in a secret place, and should have nothing to do with Wild Wheat City, but the latter may be everywhere, large or small, with different effects."
What she meant was that although there were no "New World" powerhouses in Wild Wheat City, it did not mean that there were no hidden, very small "New World" nodes here.
Jiang Baimian hummed:
"After worshiping Nan Yi tomorrow, let Wei wear the 'Six Senses Beads' or the 'Angel of Life' necklace and wander around the city to find out if there are any 'New World' nodes.
"If there are, we will use high-voltage current to shock and destroy them, so that we don't have to worry about 'Heartless Disease' here for a long time. If not, then we may have to re-establish or revise our guesses about the origin and transmission mechanism of 'Heartless Disease'."
Next, Jiang Baimian originally wanted to say, "Anyway, Wild Wheat City is not big. If I plan the route well, with Wei's current range of perception and his 'friendship' with Xu Liyan, it won't be difficult to check everything," but feeling weak, she could only look at Genaeva and say:
"Old Ge, you combine Wei's sensing range and plan the route, so that it covers every place."
"No problem." Genaeva didn't think this was a difficult problem at all.
"Then when are we going to visit my good brother Xu Liyan?" Shang Jianyao raised the question.
Xu Liyan may not want to see you... Jiang Baimian muttered, and replied with a prepared draft:
"Without the City Lord's warrant, we can't go to many places, let alone sense and investigate. So, the first thing to do tomorrow after worshiping Nan Yi is to find your good brother Xu Liyan."
Although with Shang Jianyao's level and ability, in such a small place like Wild Wheat City, he could completely make friends widely and come and go freely, but since there was a better and more convenient way, Jiang Baimian didn't think it was necessary to do so.
Who knows if there are any dangerous cults lurking here, worshiping some unfriendly Ruling God!
"The chef in the City Lord's Mansion is quite good." Shang Jianyao commented fairly.
He then made a suggestion:
"We go to the City Lord's Mansion first, and then worship Nan Yi."
Hey, do you have to be so realistic... Before Long Yuehong could say this, Shang Jianyao added:
"That way we can pack some delicious food and drinks for Nan Yi!"
Bai Chen pursed her lips and said:
"Wouldn't that just be a waste?"
"No." Jiang Baimian said, "In the customs of the Old World, the food used for the ritual is distributed to relatives and friends after the ceremony is completed."
Bai Chen hummed and nodded.
After discussing this matter, Jiang Baimian turned to Shang Jianyao and said:
"When are you planning to go to Room '506' again?"
Shang Jianyao said in an impatient tone:
"Now!
"I plan to go there once every two hours after that. I don't believe she doesn't sleep!
"This time I enter her dream, I plan to use my ability to see if it works."
"Yes." Jiang Baimian thought for a while and said, "By the way, observe the dream of the room owner. If the ability is invalid, we can infer which area she lives in, what kind of person she is, and visit her in reality based on the dream."
"Okay." Shang Jianyao agreed very readily.
…………
Tarnan, Youmeng Hotel.
The landlady, Aino, sat in front of her portable computer, forcibly opened her eyes, and kept saying to herself:
"Can't sleep, can't sleep..."