Survival for all: I, the creator of the halo.

This method can be said to be very safe and can greatly prevent unexpected situations, but Ning Ze also knows that this method can only be effective in the short term.

Because according to the current situation, symptoms of cognitive failure can be transmitted. Perhaps he can isolate these territorial citizens with cognitive failures, but he does not even know the specific method of transmission of infection. It is almost impossible to achieve this. .

Therefore, the situation of cognitive failure is destined to become more and more serious. It is very likely that in the end, his territory will no longer have enough normal people to serve as supervisors.

"This is just a helpless move. If we want to truly resolve this crisis, we still need to find a way to find out the source."

Soon, he thought of a detail that he had overlooked, and quickly found Wang Xu and said, "Go and thoroughly investigate who are the first batch of people who have this kind of cognitive failure, and then report some of their things Investigate carefully."

Wang Xu immediately chose to execute it without saying a word. As for how to investigate the first group of people who had cognitive failures, it was simple. Basic conclusions could be drawn from the amount of spoiled food those people had.

Because it is understood that the cause of death of the four people before was starvation, then in this case, it is very likely that the person who developed the cognitive failure first will die first. The four people who died all had one What they have in common is high-intensity work.

Because high-intensity work consumes a lot of their body energy, and without energy replenishment, they starve to death in a very short period of time.

However, not everyone in the territory has been engaged in high-intensity manual labor for a long time. For example, those citizens who go out to collect some easily collected materials, and those who serve in various houses, all have a much easier time doing physical work.

Wang Xu also knew that the matter was urgent, so the thorough investigation of the matter progressed very quickly. Soon, under his thorough investigation, five people were selected.

One thing these five people have in common is that they have suffered from cognitive failure for nearly four days. In other words, they have not eaten anything for four days, even if they are not engaged in high-intensity physical work. Being in a situation where the body can collapse at any time due to lack of energy.

After all, the easiest job in the territory also requires a certain amount of physical effort. As a last resort, Ning Ze had to ask the people in the hospital to give these five people a glucose drip, which was enough to save them from sudden death. .

After understanding, among the five people, the other four are serving in various colleges, some are serving in the Agricultural College, and some are serving in the Engineering College.
Only one person went out to collect supplies, and the task he was assigned was relatively simple, which was to collect some herbs. It only required walking a long distance, and it was not considered tiring work.

After further understanding, he couldn't help but get a very useful clue.

Because the person who went out to collect supplies was a young woman with good looks, she was usually more popular with the opposite sex, and there were many people pursuing her in the territory.

And among the other four of these five people, three of them all know her and have some contacts with her. Of course, this does not mean that this woman is more romantic, but that these three people actively pursue her. In fact, she is also very distressed by this. thing, because in her mind, she has always longed for the lord.

Now standing face to face in front of Ning Ze, no matter what Ning Ze asked, this female leader always said it all.

Ning Ze's method of questioning is also very simple, that is, he divides these days into time periods and asks, what was done in a certain time period, and what was done in another time period.

Finally, when he asked about the time from [-] am to [-] noon four days ago, the female citizen paused in her speech. At the same time, she held her head with a painful expression, as if she was recalling something. .

But more than ten minutes had passed, and the female citizen could not recall anything about this time period. She seemed to have lost half of her memory, missing this part of her memory.

Ning Ze saw that she really couldn't remember it, so he asked someone to take her down.

"Lord, it seems that she really can't recall some of the things that happened during this period, but this situation is really weird. I'm afraid something unexpected happened." Wang Xu looked thoughtful at the side. Said thoughtfully.

Ning Ze also frowned. His intuition told him that there might be an unknown secret hidden in this missing memory.

As for the female leader who lied?This is impossible. After all, as long as you look into his eyes, even a master of lies will tell the truth. What's more, the other party is a slave who has signed a soul contract with him. He can tell whether he is lying or not with a single thought.

"I just don't know what happened during this time period. If we can figure it out, we may be able to change the current situation in the territory." Wang Xu said with some regret.

Ning Ze smiled and said: "This is easy to handle. From what the female leader said just now, we can deduce where she was during the time when she lost her memory."

In other words, as long as you know where the female citizen was and what she was doing before [-]am and after [-]am four days ago, you can roughly infer the time period from [-]am to [-]am. some information within.

Finally, after some inference, Ning Ze locked the location at a location twenty kilometers away, and there happened to be an anchor point near this location.

"Gather some people, but you don't need too many. Come out with me."

Ning Ze prepared to leave immediately, and then Wang Xu summoned ten soldiers to accompany him.

The teleportation between anchor points only took ten seconds. In an instant, Ning Ze and his party appeared at the target location 25 kilometers away, less than ten kilometers away from the target location.

Fortunately, there was no heavy rain, so the group of people walked very quickly along the way. In just half an hour, they almost arrived near the target location.

At the same time, Ning Ze gradually began to be cautious. After all, by analyzing the time period, it was impossible to obtain accurate information. He could only judge the approximate location of the female leader.

However, the female leader lost her memory during this time period, which meant that what she encountered during this time period was unusual and she had to be careful.

"I didn't expect there was a river here."

But soon, he noticed the appearance of some footprints.

The appearance of footprints is not a strange thing. After all, within this range, almost all the residents of his territory are active, so it is not surprising that some footprints will appear.

But the strange thing is that there are a lot of footprints here, and the footprints are all distributed on the river bank.

As we all know, it has been raining heavily in this area in the past few days. It is difficult to leave footprints on even solid soil, let alone soft sand such as river beaches.

And his subjects did not carry out collecting activities in this area today, which shows that these footprints are not only left just today, but also the footprints of other people.Wang Xu also analyzed these in an instant, and immediately called everyone to pay attention to concealment.

After Ning Ze turned on his snake sense, he didn't find anything unusual nearby, so he said, "Follow these footprints first to see what's going on."

The footprints extend far away on the river beach. Judging from the number of footprints, there are at least 20 people in the group who left these footprints.

Moreover, the footprints are generally large, unlike those of women. The depth of the footprints also reflects that the size of this group of people should not be small, and they are more or less burly men.

With these footprints, Ning Ze also has some targets to pursue, at least they won't be wandering around this area like a headless fly.

However, during the entire pursuit, he did not forget to use his snake sense to explore everything around him, and then he discovered that there seemed to be very few living things nearby.

Within a few hundred meters, the number of living creatures that could be detected would not exceed one hand's reach.

Remember, these are living things, not large creatures, including small animals such as bugs and birds.

In this kind of forest environment, the number of living creatures is so rare that it is enough to show that this area is unusual, and it can even be said to be a strange lifeless land.

However, just after Ning Ze and his party followed the footprints for a thousand meters, a boat suddenly appeared in the river. In the slightly turbulent river, the boat swam smoothly. Faced with this situation, everyone held their breath.

Ning Ze also immediately approached the river bank and immediately used his snake sense to explore the ship, but then he unexpectedly discovered that there was no living creature inside the ship.

"An unmanned boat?"

"Lord, would you like us to take some people on board to see the situation?" Wang Xu also quickly invited Ying.

Ning Ze thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "But first, send someone to investigate the surrounding situation to avoid being noticed."

"Yes!"

Wang Xu immediately led the people to explore the surrounding situation. After confirming that no one else was nearby, he led a few people and gradually approached the location of the boat.

The boat swims very slowly. It is unknown whether it can swim ten kilometers in an hour. But what is surprising is that the route of the boat seems to have been planned in advance, and even when it encounters a river When branching, a strange U-turn entered the branch without any warning.

Wang Xu had also entered the river, quickly swam to the boat with his strong physique, and easily climbed onto the boat.

A few minutes later, Wang Xu and his party also left the boat one after another. At the same time, they also tried to use a rope to tie the bow of the boat, forcibly changing its swimming direction, and then fell to the shore.

When Wang Xu returned, he immediately said: "Lord, according to the investigation of the subordinates and others, there is indeed no living creature in the ship, but the subordinates found some remnants of animal hair in the cabin, and there are also some Traces shaped like the footprints of bare human feet.”

"As for the condition of the internal space of this small boat, there are some strange symbols engraved on it during the period, and my subordinates are uncertain about it, so I decided to keep the boat first."

Ning Ze nodded. Whether the boat needed to stay was actually not a big problem.

But at this time, Wang Xu said again: "I would like to make a bold guess. Judging from some characteristics of this boat, I feel that this boat should have been transporting some living creatures before, because the traces left on it are from not long ago." What is left behind may be someone unloading only the section of the river in front.”

Ning Ze did not doubt that he was there, and immediately said: "Let's put the boat on the shore first, and we will continue to look for the footprints and follow it."

A small boat that could be driven unmanned did arouse some interest in him, but the immediate urgency was not about the boat.

Soon, the group continued to follow the footprints, and after walking for one kilometer, Ning Ze and his group suddenly spotted a group of people on the river bank.

To be precise, two groups of people appeared, one of which looked like about 20 people. They were all wearing a certain type of armor, but it was not difficult to see clearly from a distance.

The other group of people were piled on the river bank. Almost all of these people appeared in ragged clothes, and each of them had their hands and feet tied up with ropes. Some crying could be faintly heard. .

In addition, there are some captured animals on the river bank.

I saw one of the men in armor lifting some animals from the shore and then threw them into the river without hesitation.

Ning Ze looked at this scene and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. It was hard for people to understand such a wasteful thing as throwing animals into the river.

"Lord, judging from the clothes of these people, they should belong to a certain force, and judging from their figures, they should be quite strong."

Wang Xu observed very carefully. At least when he saw the armored man throwing a wild boar weighing hundreds of kilograms into the river like a chicken, it was enough to see that the physical fitness of these people was no longer the best. It’s within the scope of ordinary people.

In fact, their physical fitness is even better than those of them, and the opponents are all equipped with uniform armor, which means they are well-trained. Judging from the formation of these people, they are definitely not just a mob.

But Ning Ze's observation point was not on those people. He carefully observed the animals that were thrown into the river. Generally speaking, animals have a genetic fear of deep water.

In the deep water where they cannot stand, the survival instinct will cause these animals to struggle crazily. However, the animals thrown into the river are like stones. After falling into the river, there is no splash.

But at this moment, a man in armor suddenly carried a man whose hands and feet were tied, and then came to the river.

The next second, the armored man threw the person he was holding directly into the river without any hesitation. (End of chapter)