214 room has highly suspected human bioelectrical signals!
In the dark room illuminated by only a few starlight, Jiang Baimian suddenly opened her eyes, her sleepiness vanished.
Out of caution, she switched to using the Awakened's consciousness perception.
The result was quickly "fed back" to her mind:
There is no human consciousness in room 214.
This… Jiang Baimian stared at the ceiling in the darkness, her thoughts bubbling like boiling water.
Combining the bioelectrical signal and human consciousness perception results, she preliminarily judged that an Awakened was hiding in the supposedly empty room 214. He concealed his consciousness, but didn't deal with the bioelectrical signals, so he was able to fool Shang Jianyao's previous perception, but was now exposed.
With this judgment, Jiang Baimian's first reaction was that someone had sneaked into room 214, trying to find something, such as that miniaturized nuclear warhead.
This was based on the speculation that the occupant of room 214 might be the intermediate link in that transaction, but something went wrong at a critical moment.
This made Jiang Baimian suspect that the person she was sensing now might be the one who hijacked the broadcast.
In an instant, Jiang Baimian relaxed the muscles that had subconsciously tensed up, lest anyone notice anything amiss.
She didn't take action immediately, quietly monitoring.
As time passed, Jiang Baimian was quite surprised to find that the cluster of bioelectrical signals barely moved, as if it was lying on the bed like herself.
That's not right… Isn't he here to search for items? Jiang Baimian muttered to herself.
She quickly came up with a new guess:
Could it be that the person in room 214 is none other than the unlucky occupant whose blood pressure medication was stolen?
Isn't he still in the hospital? Did he sneak back? Before the lockdown? In the current environment, this kind of escape is easily tracked down… Jiang Baimian couldn't help but have a series of questions.
When she went to delve into this matter, a flash of lightning suddenly struck in her mind, illuminating a certain place shrouded in mist.
Some of her originally vague memories suddenly became clear:
"Hotel manager Shen Kang told her and Shang Jianyao that the occupant of room 214 returned not long before the lockdown!"
"She had been thinking of paying attention to this person!"
Jiang Baimian's fists clenched tightly, then slowly released.
At this moment, another memory remained in her mind:
"Hotel manager Shen Kang said that the occupant of room 214 hadn't been discharged yet."
"She deduced from this that there was no need to pay too much attention."
Two contradictory memories led Jiang Baimian to quickly reach a conclusion:
Her memory had been modified!
Not long after communicating with Shen Kang!
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Baimian revised her earlier judgment:
No, it wasn't modification, but blurring the original and implanting a new one!
And this was likely done by the one hiding in room 214 now!
Jiang Baimian then had a strong sense of confusion:
She had been wary of having her memories read and modified.
After discovering that hotel manager Shen Kang had memory lapses about the theft of blood pressure medication, an event that could be talked about for a whole year, and needed reminders to recall it, she was worried that the occupant of room 214 might be a powerful Awakened in the "Endling" domain.
This could also be corroborated from another aspect:
The fact that the two defectors were quickly discovered could be attributed to the "Salvation Army's" strict control and system advantages, but the fact that they both died on the spot, leaving no clues about who they were trading with, seemed a bit coincidental.
If this was explained as having been implanted with pessimistic memories, causing them to commit suicide upon discovering something amiss, it would be very reasonable.
Therefore, Jiang Baimian quickly recalled the gaze of "Yougu" in her mind at that time.
But even under such "protection," her memory was still tampered with!
This was simply unreasonable!
Even if the price of that person wasn't weakness or timidity, it was unlikely that he could remain calm and collected, without any reaction or leaving any traces when suddenly faced with memories related to the attention of a Great Authority.
Could it be that he is watched by the Great Authority every day and has gotten used to it? Jiang Baimian was first puzzled, then, starting from her earlier judgment, had a new idea:
Maybe that person never flipped through her memories at all, but directly blurred the most recent part and then continued with his own compiled, new memories.
In this way, the other party avoided the danger of seeing "Yougu's" gaze and achieved his own purpose.
And this can effectively explain why that person didn't guard against bioelectrical signal perception.
He didn't know at all!
In other words, he may have learned a lesson and wouldn't easily flip through other people's memories. Well, it can't be ruled out that his ability itself is limited and he is not good at accurately flipping through… In short, what I'm thinking now is relatively safe and won't be discovered… As her thoughts raced, Jiang Baimian was certain of one thing.
This hypothesis can explain most situations, but there is still one problem:
Since that person doesn't casually flip through memories, or rather can't, how did he know that the "Old Task Force" was inquiring with hotel manager Shen Kang about the missing blood pressure medication and made a timely response?
Jiang Baimian had two guesses about this:
One is that he only refrains from casually flipping through memories when it comes to those with obvious origins or good strength like the "Old Task Force". As for ordinary people like hotel manager Shen Kang, he will try to flip through their memories as soon as he discovers a gathering and communication situation;
The second is that he has other abilities or tools that can monitor certain aspects of the situation within the hotel.
Based on caution, Jiang Baimian preferred the latter possibility.
Huff, she exhaled slowly, as if adjusting her state before going to sleep.
The focus of her thinking then shifted to how to safely convey her discoveries and thoughts to her team members, such as Shang Jianyao, and how to deal with the one in room 214 without fail.
Just as Jiang Baimian was constantly proposing and negating plans in her mind, Shang Jianyao on the other side of the large bed sat up with a whoosh.
——The team is now staying in a suite, with two bedrooms, a living room, and a bathroom.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Baimian was startled, feeling a sense of guilt and panic that her secrets had been exposed and the enemy had come.
In the faint starlight, Shang Jianyao turned his body and looked at Jiang Baimian, saying seriously:
"I suddenly realized that the handling just now wasn't rigorous enough. We came back without checking room 214.
"What if there are some clues hidden there?"
Is that why you got up… Jiang Baimian secretly breathed a sigh of relief and responded solemnly:
"I don't think it's necessary.
"Think about it, that room has already been searched by a thief, and the people from the 'Salvation Army' will definitely carefully investigate the scene when they investigate the case later. How could there be any clues left undiscovered?"
Shang Jianyao thought for a while and sighed:
"That's true."
Bang! He lay down again, stiffly.
Jiang Baimian glanced at him and said with a thought:
"Have you broken through the cruise ship shadow in room '522'?"
The cruise ship shadows in rooms "522" and "912" are highly homologous. After having found a way to break through the shadow in "912", the one in "522" is equivalent to a freebie for Shang Jianyao. There's no reason not to break through it.
——The "Old Task Force" had previously discussed and believed that the reason why the owners of rooms "522" and "912" were able to defeat the fear island corresponding to the cruise ship shadow and successfully enter the "Mind Corridor" was likely because they later discovered that the captain did not suffer from "Heartless Disease" and survived, finding clues from him.
Shang Jianyao laughed, quite smugly:
"Not yet, I plan to save it for a critical moment.
"That way, I can achieve a breakthrough at the last moment, an effect that the enemy doesn't expect!"
Jiang Baimian's expression froze for a second and said:
"Wake up, there is no such thing as a breakthrough at the last moment for Awakeners!
"Unless, after you break through that psychological shadow, the opposite is the gate to the 'New World'.
"But is that possible?"
After finishing the rhetorical question, Jiang Baimian added:
"Before, in First City, when dealing with the master of the 'Virtual World', you didn't win by relying on a last-minute breakthrough. You won by knowing the other party's weaknesses and having targeted props. Last-minute breakthroughs were more of a bonus."
The honest Shang Jianyao was stunned and said:
"Okay, we were thinking too much."
He admitted his mistakes.
Jiang Baimian took the opportunity to say:
"Then you should break through the cruise ship shadow in room '522' tonight. Well, remember to bring the 'Six Senses Beads' and the 'Angel of Life' necklace to avoid any accidents."
After saying these words, two scenes naturally emerged in Jiang Baimian's mind:
One was that the honest Shang Jianyao seized control of the body and asked rhetorically, "Do I even need to bring props? I can pass with my eyes closed!"
The other was that the honest, reckless, etc. Shang Jianyao was held down, and the one in charge of the body understood her implication to take the props and prepare.
As soon as Jiang Baimian finished speaking, Shang Jianyao had already shifted his gaze to her.
In the night sprinkled with dim starlight, the two looked at each other, and both silently withdrew their gazes.
After a few seconds, Jiang Baimian took the initiative to suggest:
"How about I lend you the 'Chaotic Right Hand' as well?"
"Okay." Shang Jianyao agreed.
Jiang Baimian immediately sat up and reached for her tactical backpack, lifting it over.
Then, she quickly ripped open the zipper and familiarly grasped the black glove.
Almost at the same time, Jiang Baimian shivered, feeling as if winter had arrived early.