Chapter 4661: Sudden Stop

Ning Che was very smart and immediately understood what Lin Yi meant.

"The thing you mentioned is very likely a real object, but it could also be his hallucination. His autopsy report can prove that there is nothing special on his body, so the claim that it was a real object does not exist. It is very likely that he was hallucinating."

"That's right. When his body felt pain, the hallucination disappeared. But it was impossible for him to figure it out again."

Lin Yi also agreed with Ning Che's statement.

"That's pretty much the principle. But right now, we still don't know what caused Sapkins to have hallucinations."

"From a biological perspective, some animals and plants do have hallucinogenic effects," Ning Che said.

"According to my reasoning, when Sapkins came here for vacation, he might have come into contact with some kind of animal or plant, which caused some kind of hallucination, driving him to do such a thing, and this also explains another problem very well."

Speaking of this, Ning Che's expression became excited.

"The other thirteen people might have also come into contact with this thing and were also hallucinated. The people who came here to play were not exposed to it, so they are still alive and well. This also explains why there may not be any so-called selectivity. Instead, these people accidentally came into contact with that thing and were hallucinated, and then this happened."

"wrong!"

Lin Yi rejected Ning Che's idea and said:

"Your explanation can only explain part of the problem. If it is just a hallucinogenic effect, it is unlikely that everyone will have the same hallucinogenic effect. In addition, the people who have hallucinogenic effects are all men between 18 and 40 years old. It is impossible to be so coincidental. From a biological point of view, it is inexplicable."

"If it's minerals, their hallucinogenic effects are even stronger, just like what we encountered in the African ruins before."

"That makes sense. But what you just said does explain the issue of selectivity. Maybe there is no such thing as selectivity. It's just that they occasionally came into contact with a certain mineral and became hallucinogenic. The target of this mineral may be men with vigorous blood. Men between the ages of 18 and 40 also happen to meet this characteristic."

"right!"

Ning Che became excited. "Among the several deceased people we investigated, one was a basketball assistant coach, one was a football player, and the other two were also people with good physical fitness, which completely fits your guess."

"Now I finally understand the routine a little bit."

Thinking of this, both of them felt relieved.

Although I still don't understand what's going on, at least I have a direction.

"Although we haven't investigated the circumstances of all 14 dead people, the circumstances of those we have investigated are basically the same. They came here for vacation and then encountered that unknown thing. In other words, their activity range would not be too far, probably around here. We have been looking in the mountains before, so this angle may be wrong."

"Indeed, while Lao Cai and the others haven't come back yet, let's look around here first to see if we can find anything new."

"Ah."

After finalizing the follow-up plan, the two began to search around.

But until dark, no new discoveries were made.

The two of them had a good attitude. Even though they didn't find it, they didn't get discouraged. They bought some food and went back to where they lived.

At around ten o'clock in the evening, Cai Dongyi and Sheng Wenjing came back.

A few people checked the information again and prepared to continue tomorrow.

"Team Leader Lin, I have another idea. Do you think there could be an entrance hidden nearby?" Sheng Wenjing said.

"Of course it's possible. And this is what happened. The two of us were looking for hallucinogenic substances in the area during the day, and we were also looking for the entrance, but we didn't find it."

"Do we need to call more people over to continue tomorrow?"

"No need. It's enough for us to stay here. If we call in more people, it will easily cause unnecessary trouble."

Lin Yi showed a worried look on his face. "People from overseas organizations have arrived, but I don't know who they are. Ballmer is helping us monitor them. Once they have a large-scale operation, our mission will be in danger. So the operation must be secret, and we can't call in more people."

Sheng Wenjing nodded and agreed with this.

"Actually, I am a little worried about the foreign organizations. It's been so long, and this is the only suspicious location we found. If it weren't for Mount Zork, they probably wouldn't have stayed here for too long. So why did they come here?"

Lin Yi shrugged. "I actually haven't figured it out. We haven't leaked the information about the golden chair. We are the only ones in the world who know about it. The situation here is the same. After all, Ballmer and his team don't take this place seriously, so I haven't figured it out either."

"Don't think about these things now. It will only add to your troubles. As long as this mission can proceed normally, it will prove that they are not coming for us." Ning Che said.

Lin Yi nodded. "The person who should be most concerned about this problem right now should be Ballmer, so for now, we just need to do the things at hand well."

"understood."

After finishing their meal, the four of them went to rest early. When it was dawn, they got dressed and quietly came to the foot of Mount Zork.

Dawn had just broken over the distant horizon. There was no one here, only the sound of flowing water in the creek.

The four of them acted separately, actively searching for suspicious substances and the entrance to the mysterious ruins.

In this way, a whole day passed. Even though the four people searched very carefully and even turned the entire mountain upside down, they still couldn't find the entrance.

The four of them met in the evening, all with gloomy faces. After discussion, they were sure that there were no more suspicious places around Mount Zork, not even on the mountain. If they continued to check, it would be useless.

The current situation is the same as before, and we have fallen into a dead end.

"Go back and rest for a night. Tomorrow the four of us will swap routes and continue the inspection."

"understood."

After returning to rest for a night, they continued to check Mount Zork at daybreak, but even though the four of them exchanged their inspection locations and routes, they still made no new discoveries.

"There must be a problem in some link, otherwise it would be impossible to find no clues at all." Cai Dongyi said.

"I have an idea. We can wait here forever. Maybe someone will go to climb Mount Zork someday. By then, we might be able to find some clues."