“I’m also very interested.” Shang Jianyao indicated that there was nothing strange about this, “It’s just that those books look very professional, I’ll study them when I have time.”

Jiang Baimian didn’t pay attention to his response at all and said to herself:

“Combining the intelligence we collected before, I suspect that the awakening of humans and the forbidden areas of the gods are all products of the old world scientists studying the mysteries of consciousness.

“Well, the real direction of the Eighth Research Institute is likely the mystery of human consciousness, rather than how to awaken, the latter is a side effect. Lin Sui has been confirmed to be a young scientist from the Northern Company, a member of the Major Project Committee, and her name also appeared in the academic lecture on the cutting edge of gene research at Holm Reproductive Medical Center, listed alongside Teacher Du Heng, who is suspected to be the director of the Eighth Research Institute, and is likely to be one of the core researchers of the Eighth Research Institute.

“I originally suspected that she was one of ‘Deputy Director’, ‘Charlie’, or ‘Doctor’, living near that high tower. I didn’t expect you to find her home on a street far from the core area and see her photo.”

She didn’t mention “Professor Li” because Lin Sui's surname was Lin. Even if the other party wanted to call herself by a code name, she would at most use “Professor”, and would not deliberately add a fake surname.

“Not necessarily.” The honest Shang Jianyao retorted, “Maybe this courtyard does not belong to Lin Sui. The owner is another researcher in the Eighth Research Institute who secretly loves her.”

He approved of Jiang Baimian's previous guess.

Jiang Baimian thought seriously and said:

“It’s not impossible.”

Shang Jianyao immediately became proud:

“When the Old World was destroyed, the owner of the courtyard died, but his secret love and obsession with Lin Sui kept a wisp of his spirit alive, turning him into a ghost, wandering in his ‘New World’ home.

“The slight noises I heard were made by him!”

“But didn’t you just say that the sobbing sound seemed to come from a woman?” Jiang Baimian asked back.

Shang Jianyao was stunned for a second and said:

“Who said women can’t secretly love women?”

He was righteous.

Jiang Baimian was speechless.

At this time, Shang Jianyao's thoughts jumped and changed the subject:

“I think even if Lin Sui is really still alive and is one of the ‘New World’ powerhouses in the Eighth Research Institute, she would at most choose between ‘Charlie’ and ‘Doctor’, others can be ruled out.”

Other “New World” powerhouses in the Eighth Research Institute were all promoted one by one many years after the Old World was destroyed.

“Why exclude ‘Deputy Director’?” Jiang Baimian asked.

Shang Jianyao replied confidently:

“‘Deputy Director’ should be Ok, he is the vice president of the Northern Company and the deputy director of the Major Project Committee.”

And the relationship between the Northern Company and the Eighth Research Institute is now self-evident.

Jiang Baimian “Hmm”ed and stopped discussing this topic, which had no other clues for the time being.

Considering the mental exhaustion, she said to Shang Jianyao:

“Next, I want you to help me go to two places to take a look.”

“Which two places?” Shang Jianyao acted as if he was volunteering to do it himself, rather than Jiang Baimian asking him to do it.

Although Jiang Baimian was a terrible navigator, her memory was quite good, and with the help of the auxiliary chip and the system of the military exoskeleton device, she quickly manifested the part of the streets and buildings that she had explored and observed tonight.

Of course, in this process, she inevitably experienced some confusion in her memory. After all, she had gotten lost in many places and wasn't quite sure, but the auxiliary chip and the military exoskeleton device had complete records and even saved the night photos she took from a high altitude.

She pointed to a place and said:

“Go to the corresponding position in the ‘New World’ and see what buildings are there and what abnormalities are there.

“When I wanted to support myself against its wall to jump to the roof, I actually passed through the wall directly…”

Jiang Baimian told her experience concisely, including how the building eventually became a real object again.

Shang Jianyao listened with shining eyes, looking like he regretted not experiencing it himself.

“Okay, I’ll go take a look later.” He agreed readily.

Then, Jiang Baimian pointed to another location:

“This is the outermost lamp of the real-world tower. Go to the corresponding place in the ‘New World’ and investigate who lives there or what buildings are there.”

Shang Jianyao “Hmm Hmm”ed twice, carefully remembering the specific locations of the two places and comparing them with the “New World” layout.

After he completed this task, Jiang Baimian ended the conversation.

Shang Jianyao immediately walked to the two bookshelves, pulled out all the books related to human consciousness, and quickly flipped through them.

He didn’t look at the content specifically, but only checked if there were any slips of paper clipped inside, and if there were any notes written on the blank pages of the book.

This took Shang Jianyao nearly half an hour, but he found nothing.

He turned to other rooms and began a careful and meticulous search.

Although this was likely to be futile, Shang Jianyao was surprisingly patient at times, so patient that it was abnormal.

Finally, after getting nothing, he left the courtyard, identified the direction, and began looking for the first location given by Jiang Baimian.

Shang Jianyao, who was never a terrible navigator, bypassed several streets with more lights and arrived at the corresponding location in no time.

What appeared before him was a small square with elegant stone pillars and unique statues erected on it.

Those statues belonged to the sages of the Old World, some were Ashlanders, and some were Red River people. Shang Jianyao had seen them in textbooks and entertainment materials and would not mistake them.

“There’s nothing strange…” After weaving in and out between the statues and stone pillars and touching their surfaces, Shang Jianyao muttered to himself in disappointment.

The sinister and vicious Shang Jianyao sneered at his companion:

“If the secrets of the ‘New World’ were so easy to discover, would it be our turn?”

“Yeah, yeah.” Shang Jianyao echoed.

They noted down the situation here and went to the second location Jiang Baimian mentioned, which was the street corresponding to the outermost lamp of the real-world tower.

As before, Shang Jianyao walked in the darkness, trying to stay away from places with lights, so as not to slow down his investigation by interacting with people.

After an unknown amount of time, he finally bypassed the entrance of that street and looked towards the target location.

There stood a four-story gray-blue building with a rather ancient overall style.

On the top floor of the building, a bright fluorescent lamp was “on”, but there was no figure reflected on the window.

“There are lights here too…” Shang Jianyao muttered to himself as he stepped back.

The reckless Shang Jianyao asked with dissatisfaction:

“Why not just go over there?”

Because of the courtyard incident, he encountered a joint suppression.

“Who knows if the person living inside is a friendly person like Jacob, or a demon who wants to find more batteries. We have to observe carefully for a while before making a decision.” The sinister and vicious Shang Jianyao replied unhappily.

The calm and rational Shang Jianyao stroked his chin:

“Let’s find a house where we can see the situation at the entrance of the target location, but not too close, so we don’t get noticed.

“Then, observe the visitors and determine the identity of the owner.”

“How do we determine it?” The Shang Jianyao who valued emotions asked doubtfully, “We may not recognize those visitors.”

The sinister and vicious Shang Jianyao smiled “hehe”:

“Observe whether the visitors leave alone. If there is only one person, find an opportunity to follow them, become ‘friends’, and determine the identity of the owner from their mouths.”

“But how can we follow without being discovered?” The honest Shang Jianyao pointed to the street lights above his head.

All Shang Jianyaos fell silent at the same time.

Finally, the reckless Shang Jianyao made a final decision:

“Let’s observe first!”

They observed the terrain, entered a high-rise building dominated by darkness at the entrance of the street, and went up to the sixth floor.

The fluorescent lamp inside the corresponding window lit up.

Shang Jianyao stood in a hidden place and observed the target location diagonally across through the glass window.

He tried to hide his human consciousness, but it had no effect.

…………

Jiang Baimian stood up and looked at Shang Jianyao and the crate containing the nuclear warhead lying against the wall. Thoughts flashed through her mind one after another.

Soon, she made a decision and planned to move all the supplies in the jeep here.

This would effectively save her time traveling back and forth between the tunnel and the jeep, allowing her to devote more energy to exploring that small city.

At the same time, this could directly reduce the number of times she got lost.

“Huff…” Jiang Baimian exhaled and ridiculed herself in her heart with a smile, “Actually, I don’t need to risk exploring at all. I should wait until Wei has gained something, wait until the fog shrouding the intelligence dissipates more, before trying, but I really don’t want to hold back, and the abnormalities discovered externally and the clues found have a good chance of helping Wei…”

After persuading herself for a while, Jiang Baimian, still wearing the military exoskeleton device, went outside the Eighth Research Institute.

After getting lost time and time again, she moved all the supplies next to Shang Jianyao and the nuclear warhead and hid the jeep in a hidden location outside.

After doing all this, she found a place to charge and sat against the wall, entering the “Sea of Origins”.

In the ocean shimmering with faint light, Jiang Baimian continued to swim towards the illusory distance.