Chen Nuo didn't care at all about the frightened expression on Sato Ryoko's face, but said coldly: "Now, we can continue the conversation we interrupted before!
In the night attack last night, why were all of us disturbed by consciousness, but not you?"
"Can you let me go if I tell you the answer?" Sato Ryoko hesitated: "I really don't mean any harm."
"Tell me first." Chen Nuo shook his head and said, "If you don't tell me, I can't continue to trust you. And... not telling everyone about your abnormal situation last night is already my greatest trust in you.
"
When Sato Ryoko heard this, he suddenly sneered: "Trust me? Let's forget it!"
The reason why you didn't tell them is because you don't know who to trust among these people!
Everyone has problems!”
Chen Nuo's eyes twitched and he looked at Sato Ryoko.
The panic expression on the woman's face disappeared, and she looked at Chen Nuo coldly: "Including yourself, you also have secrets!
The night you stayed in the village outside the camp before departure, you sneaked out!
Didn’t I also not report you?”
As Sato Ryoko spoke, he took out a bag of potato chips from the bag, tore it open hard, grabbed a handful and stuffed it into his mouth, then chewed hard while sneering unceremoniously: "So
,Why are you here to interrogate me?"
Chen Nuo said nothing.
"Do you really trust me when you agree to live in a tent with me?" Ryoko Sato continued coldly: "Actually, you are using me as a cover!
You want everyone to think you are a lecherous and easy-to-deal with guy!"
Chen Nuo smiled: "So, now you finally stop hiding it?"
"I have no malice or hostility towards you." Sato Ryoko shook his head and said: "This is my answer! If I had any malice towards you, you were already asleep during the night attack last night, and I could have taken advantage of that time.
Attack you!
Even during the night attack, I didn't take the opportunity to do anything bad!
If I were the enemy, why didn't I attack you during the night attack?"
"This sentence makes sense." Chen Nuo was not angry, but nodded calmly: "But you..."
"Of course I have my own secrets." Sato Ryoko shook his head and said: "Why didn't I fall asleep during the night attack? That is my own secret. My abilities are different from yours. Do I have to tell the secret of my abilities too?"
you?
As for me pretending to be a coward... in this camp, among the participating ability users, who is not pretending?
Even you! Don’t you have any disguise?
Didn't you also use me to disguise yourself?"
Chen Nuo stopped talking.
The ability users in this small team are indeed as Sato Ryoko said, everyone seems to have a secret!
The professor hid what he already knew about the British explorer.
Bonfrey knew the secret but did not tell anyone, and instead tried to win over him secretly.
The golden bird killed a companion before setting off, and even made up a lie about having a grudge against Luke the Lion!
The sea monster doesn't know why, but it seems to trust the golden bird very much, and even all actions are coordinated with the golden bird!
The only one who Chen Nuo hasn't seen a problem with yet is the gray cat Black.
Why……
There were seven people in the group, and all six of them had their own agenda.
·
The conversation with Sato Ryoko couldn't go on any further at this point.
The two seemed to have reached a certain balance. Since everyone had problems, no one could say anything first.
However, Sato Ryoko said that she had no malicious intentions. Chen Nuo felt vaguely that she was not lying.
Although this woman hid something, she really didn't do anything damaging.
"Is it okay to live in peace together?"
Sato Ryoko looked at Chen Nuo with sincerity: "When you were sleeping, I didn't take the opportunity to harm you. This must be true. I also didn't report you for sneaking out in the middle of the night."
Chen Nuo pondered for a moment, and finally nodded slowly: "Then... trust each other within a certain limit and live in peace."
Sato Ryoko seemed to be relieved.
The tent was quiet for a moment before Sato Ryoko spoke again.
"You went for an autopsy and what did you find?
What do you mean when you say evil ghosts??"
Facing Ryoko Sato's question, Chen Nuo looked at her: "Do you think anyone in our team has problems? I'm not talking about hiding some of my secrets, but... is there anyone who is...
…”
"You mean, the real traitor?"
"It's such a coincidence that everything happened." Chen Nuo shook his head and said: "As soon as we arrived, there was an accident at the advance station, and everyone here disappeared.
There was a night attack on the first night we arrived.
The time stuck is so accurate, of course I would suspect a traitor."
"so?"
"Of course I found something when I checked the body, and the discovery was quite interesting." Chen Nuo sneered, "But, what's more interesting now is another thing."
"What?"
"I went to check that the body was not being carried, so the news will soon spread to the camp.
To others, I also looked like I had discovered something.
Then the next most subtle thing is..."
"What?" Sato Ryoko became interested, sat up straight, and stared at Chen Nuo while chewing potato chips.
"Let's first assume that there must be a traitor within us, and analyze it based on this assumption..."
Chen Nuo said with a smile.
"...I am definitely not a traitor!" Ryoko Sato quickly declared.
"...I believe you are not for the time being." Chen Nuo said lightly: "Then, assuming there is a traitor, the next step will be very interesting.
You think, I went to examine the body and everyone knew about it, and everyone would also wonder if I had discovered something!
So what will everyone do?”
Sato Ryoko's little eyes rolled, a little excited, but she lowered her voice: "The traitor must be very nervous!"
"Then what?"
"……Then?"
Chen Nuo sighed: "Normal people who have no ghosts in their hearts will come directly to ask me what I found..."
"Yes, I just asked you."
"So, what about people who have ghosts in their hearts?"
"..."
Chen Nuo smiled: "A person who has a ghost in his heart... will be very afraid of what I have discovered! This person will want to know more about what I have discovered, but this is out of fear and guilt!
Frank people will come directly to me and ask.
People with evil intentions will want to find out what I discovered first! But they don’t dare to ask me directly...but..."
Sato Ryoko's eyes lit up: "This person will look at the corpse!! Look what you did! What did you find!!"
"From now on, the person who comes to ask me first will be the least suspicious! If the person who doesn't ask me directly, but sneaks to see the body first, will be the most suspicious!"
Saying that, Chen Nuo said lightly: "I left a little spiritual power in the pit where the corpses were buried. If anyone touches those corpses, I will know immediately!"
·
Chen Nuo quickly waited for the person who wanted to ask him.
The first ones to come were Vanel, the sea monster, and the golden bird. The three of them came together.
Then came Bonfrey!
Bonfre arrived so quickly, which made Chen Nuo feel a little disappointed.
In fact, there was always doubt in his mind, and Bonfrey was the person he doubted the most.
This guy was very sneaky and hidden, and on the night of the night attack, he was not even in the camp, but brought back the seriously injured professor.
No matter how you look at it, Bonfrey is the biggest suspect.
But Bonfrey came very quickly, almost behind Varnel and others!
The last one to come was the gray cat Blake.
But the gray cat Black was only a few minutes late.
This time, it was like Chen Yanluo was slapped in the face.
All his guesses came to nothing!
Everyone ran to him immediately, and no one secretly went to see the body because of a guilty conscience.
Chen Nuo looked at the people who came into the tent with a calm expression on his face, but he also sensed that his mental power left in the corpse pit had not been triggered.
·
"Harvey, what did you find?"
Varnell asked.
"Okay." Chen Nuo temporarily gave up the attempt to use this matter to find out the insider: "I did find some interesting things."
The sea monster, the golden bird, Bonfrey, and the gray cat Black also found a place to sit down in the tent.
Chen Nuo took out a small sealed plastic bag and placed it in front of everyone.
Vanel picked it up first, frowned and looked at it carefully.
In the small plastic bag, the seal was very good. Inside the palm-sized plastic bag, there was a small ball of something, which was white and translucent, as if it was some kind of grease that had solidified after drying.
A very, very little bit.
"This is what I found on the bodies of the sniper I captured and those who attacked us at night.
I checked their ear canals and nostrils and scraped out this stuff, just a tiny bit.
It seems to be some kind of grease. Of course I don’t know the specific ingredients. It may need to be tested.”
Vanel thought for a while, opened the seal, brought the light translucent childishness in front of him, and took a whiff.
"There's no smell." Varnell shook his head.
Then he handed the thing to Bonfre next to him.
Bonfrey looked at it and handed it to the next person.
After everyone in the room took the object and looked at it, no one could figure out what it was.
"How can a person have this kind of oil in his ear canal and nostrils?"
"Unless...this person has been soaked in oil and grease, and then these things remain in the ear canal and nostrils."
The people in the tent started talking in low voices.
Chen Nuo sat there and looked at everyone's expressions, but didn't notice anything.
"Have you discovered anything else?" The sea monster was the last to get the grease. He resealed the plastic bag and put it back on the table: "Harvey, you must have discovered something else, right?"
What?"
"Yes. Of course."
Chen Nuo said slowly: "Mr. Vanel, can I ask you a question first?"
"you say."
"What is certain now is that the people who attacked us were the first and second exploration teams hired by your company.
Whether it's the first batch of sand foxes or the second batch of black bees...
Why did they turn their guns and attack us?
Got bribed?
Instigated to rebel?
Do these explanations make sense?"
This obviously doesn't make sense.
This is clear to everyone present.
Whether it is Sand Fox or Black Bee, they are both large-scale mercenary organizations.
The first and second batches of people sent were only part of the combatants belonging to these mercenary companies.
After these people disappeared, not only the Octopus Monster Company searched for them, but Sand Fox and Black Bee also sent people to search for them.
"In other words, neither Shahu nor Black Bee was instigated to rebel.
But the people they sent out were instigated to rebel in this rain forest.
And the same thing happened twice.
Guys, does this make sense?"
"It doesn't make sense." Vanel shook his head and said: "I don't think the two major mercenary organizations, Sand Fox and Black Bee, betrayed us. I have also reported last night's attack, and both the company and Sand Fox and Black Bee have also reported it.
We have contacted each other, but both companies can ensure that they are not behind the scenes and will never be our enemies!
We are very confident about this!”
"Then, more than two hundred mercenaries with rich experience and excellent combat capabilities have supposedly served their mercenary organizations for a long time. Why did they all turn traitor as soon as they entered the jungle?"
"Controlled?" Bonfrey laughed.
"Bonfrey, you are from the telekinesis system. For a strong man from the telekinesis system, what level of master is needed to control two hundred people as puppets?"
"It depends on how far it goes." Bonfrey thought for a while and explained seriously: "If you just stun two hundred ordinary people, it is not difficult. A mental storm can make two hundred people unconscious.
.
If you use it as a puppet...
It depends on how far it goes.
If you control a person and ask him to make simple movements, such as walking slowly, even the simplest mechanical movements can be done...
But complex movements, such as jumping up and down, or making precise and complex tactical movements, shooting, dodging, and all actions on the battlefield...
Then the difficulty is very great.
Control two hundred fully armed warriors at the same time and turn them into their own puppets, so precise that each person can respond to different situations on the battlefield, make precise tactical actions, and fight...
Don’t talk about me, even our leader, Lord Wizard, will never be able to do this!"
Chen Nuo nodded.
When he was in the northwest, he could control the ancestor of the Guo family with his ability, allowing him to perform various actions accurately.
But that's just one person.
If two hundred people came, Chen Nuo would never be able to do it!
If Chen Nuo were given 200 people and asked to use his mental power to control them, he could barely do it, turning these 200 people into slow zombies, walking slowly and doing the simplest movements.
As for asking these two hundred people to fight in a hail of bullets on an ever-changing battlefield? Such a complicated thing.
Chen Nuo can't do it!
No one with abilities can do this—at least none of the existing ones, not even those in control!
unless……
Mother body?
·
"But these people must have been controlled by some kind of force. They lost their original consciousness, but they launched an attack on us.
This kind of attack is organized and planned, and their fighting skills are also very high-level.
Although it is impossible, I still insist on my opinion...these people are controlled by some kind of force.
It's definitely not rebellion, betrayal, or instigation of rebellion!
They were made into puppets by some kind of force! They are puppets without self-awareness, but they can attack us just like living people."
"You said... like a living person?" The sea monster was the first to notice the strangeness of Chen Nuo's words.
"Yes, gentlemen." Chen Nuo smiled bitterly: "What I'm going to talk about next is my second discovery. I...
I dissected at least four cadavers and examined their digestive systems."
Having said this, Chen Nuo smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't find anything."
"You didn't notice?"
"No, that's the literal meaning! I didn't find anything!
I didn't find anything in their digestive systems!
Empty!
There is no food residue in their stomach pouches!”
There was silence in the tent.
The expressions on everyone's faces became strange.
“After a person eats, the food residues pass through the stomach and then enter the small intestine for digestion and absorption.
When forensic doctors examine a corpse, they usually look at the food residue in the stomach of the deceased. Through this, they can narrow down the time frame of the person's death.
But when I was examining the stomach of the corpse...
Sorry, their stomachs are empty!!
In other words, they haven’t eaten for a long time!”
Everyone here is a veteran of the underground world! Everyone understood what Chen Nuo said!
Normally, food will stay in the stomach for up to four to six hours after eating.
In other words, suppose a corpse is placed in front of a forensic doctor, and the forensic doctor checks the stomach of the deceased to see if there is any food residue.
It can be deduced that this person's death time will not exceed four to six hours! Because this person must have eaten within four to six hours!
Then there's the intestines.
After a person eats food, after the food is digested, the food residue will stay in the intestines for up to... 19-36 hours!
Until excretion!
Theoretically speaking, after a person eats something, if he does not eat again, there will be no food residue in his body after at most two days.
Because the digestion and absorption process has been completed and excreted.
·
"The stomachs and intestines of these people are empty." Chen Nuo shook his head and said, "So... these people haven't eaten for a long time.
Then everyone will understand after thinking about it.
A group of armed soldiers, before sneaking up on us... only to starve themselves for two days?"
Everyone's eyes flashed.
Indeed, it makes no sense!
These people will not be short of food, even if they are short of supplies, but in the jungle, these experienced warriors will not be short of food!
Wild survival is a required course for them.
Having said this, Chen Nuocai smiled bitterly and said: "Gentlemen, so I have come up with a possibility. After eliminating all possibilities, the only one is ridiculous, but I have to admit it.
These people who attacked us, these soldiers from the first two groups of exploration teams...
They are all the living dead!
In other words, they are all dead!
They haven’t eaten for a long time, but they are still able to jump around and fight with us!”