Once he said that, Lu Siya sank into deep thought. After thinking about it for a long time, she had to admit that he was right. “
"Also, many of the insects don't have brains. Even if they use thicker nerve bundles and myelin sheaths to strengthen their intelligence, they might not be able to handle complicated information," Meng Chao said.
"What I'm saying is that it's possible for the insects to gather together and attack a human building, but I think that it's against their instincts to have them process complicated images and identify the slight differences in the facial features of different humans so that they can find and kill specific targets while sparing the people who aren't their targets. It's something that surpasses the limits of their mental processing abilities.
"Of course, the abnormal beast's mastermind can control the insects remotely.
"But if the monsters can block information from the battlefield, we can do it too. The connection between the mastermind and the insects is definitely intermittent. It's impossible for it to control all the pests' movements in real time with just remote control.
"Also, the thing that puzzles me the most is that the monsters captured Professor Lu Tianxing alive.
"Based on what the survivors said, at that time, they were protecting Professor Lu and a group of transmigration experts. While they blocked the monsters' attacks, they moved through a corridor. At that moment, a large number of monsters crawled out of the elevator shaft and tore apart the elevator door. They accurately seized Professor Lu and didn't linger in the fight. They dragged him down the elevator shaft.
"There are two problems here. First, how did the monsters know that Professor Lu and the others would retreat through this path?
"Noble Descent Hotel doesn't only have one elevator. Of course, it has more than one elevator shaft.
"Each floor has a few corridors, emergency stairs, and escape tunnels.
"Professor Lu and the others had dozens of escape routes to choose from. How did the monsters manage to ambush them on the path they had to take?
"Alright, let's overlook this. At that time, there were dozens of survivors moving through the corridor, and the line must have been really long. How did the monsters manage to tear apart the elevator door when Professor Lu walked past it and use spider silk to drag him into the elevator shaft?
"You have to understand that when the elevator door is closed, even if the monsters maintain a visual connection with the mastermind, it's impossible for them to see the situation in the corridor. How did they manage to choose such a good timing?"
Lu Siya sank into deep thought. After a moment, she had a flash of inspiration. "This problem is simple. There's a mole among the survivors."
"We've always known that the abnormal beasts have infiltrated Blue Home seriously. Lin Chuan and Gao Ye were bewitched by the abnormal beasts in Blue Home.
'Aside from them, there are other people who were bewitched by the abnormal beast but didn't expose themselves. They have been lurking in Blue Home and have appeared as the fanatical Earth Faction. This is also highly possible.
"This time, Blue Home is the one who organized the transmigration technology conference. The time, location, and participants of the conference were all sent to the abnormal beasts through a mole. That's why the abnormal beasts were able to launch such a precise attack!
"When the insects surged out from underground, the mole stayed close to Professor Lu Tianxing and used a secret method to guide the monsters. What do you think of my theory?"
"Not bad, Big Sis Ya!"
Meng Chao's eyes lit up. He slapped his thigh and said, "As expected, you're marked by the company you keep. You've been working with me for a long time, and you've finally shown your intelligence that you're proud of!"
Lu Siya was stunned. "What? “
"It's nothing. There's a mole in Blue Home, but there are too many suspects. I haven't been able to narrow down the number of suspects. Now, by the looks of it, the mole is one of the survivors who followed Professor Lu Tianxing closely.
"But this theory only solves the question of Professor Lu Tianxing being captured. It doesn't solve the question of how the monsters can accurately locate all the transmigration experts and conference participants.
"It can't be that there's a mole following behind every expert and investor, right?"
"That's …"
The joy on Lu Siya's face was replaced by puzzlement again. She paced back and forth and shook her head. "I don't understand. Could it be that the monsters have a way to mark all the participants of the transmigration technology conference beforehand? “
Meng Chao's eyes widened, and he suddenly jumped up in delight. "That's right! This is it! I'll mark it beforehand!"
"How do you mark them?" Meng Chao's eyes widened.
"Think about it. What's the greatest difference between the conference participants, the staff in the hotel, and the other guests? What is it that only the conference participants have that the other guests and staff don't? "
Meng Chao looked at Lu Siya expectantly. Three seconds later, he could not help but blurt out the answer. "Emblems! They have commemorative emblems for the New Era Year 57 Transmigration Technology Conference pinned to their chests! "
Lu Siya thought about it and nodded. "That's right. Every conference participant seems to have an emblem pinned to their chests."
"Usually, when there's a large-scale conference, the conference management will give out some identification emblems so that the conference participants can enter and leave the conference venue, get in touch with the experts and investors, or go to the administrative lounge or the buffet restaurant to eat for free. But usually, the identification emblems are chest plates, right?" “
"When I saw the emblems on the survivors' chests, I found it really strange, because it's rare to see people using emblems as identification emblems.
"You have to understand that Blue Home has its own organization emblems. Wouldn't it be fine if they used chest plates and organization emblems? Why would they need to create a new batch of commemorative emblems?
"If they're used as small souvenirs for the conference, they would usually order a batch of pens, bookmarks, data drives, and the like. Commemorative emblems are usually used when people participate in battles or attend hero commendation events, right?
"At that time, a seed of doubt was born in my heart.
"Unfortunately, the undead, pests, and pests were fighting one after another, and they didn't have time to think. Now that I think about it, I find it strange.
"There's definitely something wrong with these commemorative emblems.
"They didn't use Blue Home's own organization emblems because many people have old organization emblems, so it's not easy to tamper with them.
"They didn't use chest plates because they're too light and thin, so it's hard to tamper with them.
"They didn't use pens, bookmarks, data drives, and other souvenirs because they couldn't be certain that the experts would bring these souvenirs with them when they ran for their lives.
"Only before the conference starts and during the check-in time can we distribute the tampered commemorative badges. We can even arrange for a few staff members to help the older scholars pin the commemorative badges to their chests. Only then can we ensure that they are all 'marked', and these marks won't be thrown off when they escape.
"Then, the range of suspicion for the mole was reduced.
"The person who made the commemorative badges, who was responsible for distributing and helping the participants to wear the commemorative badges, among them, stayed close to Professor Lu Tianxing during the escape. This person, or those people, are the moles!"
Lu Siya stared at Meng Chao in disbelief, and her mouth fell open.
"Don't, Big Sis Ya. I know that your admiration for him is gushing out, but now isn't the time to be dumbfounded. We have to confirm this guess. “
It was very simple to confirm that the commemorative badge had not been tampered with.
Almost all the survivors were gathered in the medical camp.
Since the acid and venom contamination in the hotel was too serious, and the new zombie virus and Blood Flower spores were too mysterious, even if it looked like they had only suffered superficial wounds or were unscathed, there was no guarantee that they were not infected by the virus and spores.
Therefore, the people rescued from the building had to be isolated for treatment, testing, and observation.
One of them was at the peak of Earth Realm, and the other was at Heaven Realm. They had also been refined by Blue Origin Crystals before, so their immune systems were as sturdy as a fortress. They were the first to complete the screening and were certain that they were not infected.
There were also some survivors who had completed their blood and throat samples and were waiting for the test results.
There were a lot of Blue Home members among them.
They all had the commemorative badge of the transmigration conference on their chests.
Meng Chao asked a Blue Home member he was familiar with and borrowed his commemorative badge. He held it in his palm.
His first impression of it was that it was rather heavy. It did not feel like the light alloy that was usually used on badges. Instead, it looked like it was made of gold, silver, or some other precious metal.
The main body of the badge was still the blue Earth, but there was a crystalline tunnel around the Earth. It was connected to the Earth in the form of a Mobius strip that did not have a beginning or an end.
The badge was made very beautifully, and each detail could be seen clearly, which made Meng Chao unable to put it down. It was no wonder then why the members of the conference wore it on their chests.
Meng Chao handed the badge to Lu Siya.
Lu Siya's eyes shone with a fluorescent light. The light spread from her eye sockets to the center of her forehead and temples.
She activated her talent as a Spirit Sensor and stared at the badge for a long time. Then, she extended her thumb and rubbed it gently to sense it. After a moment, she mumbled, "I sense a really strange … radiation? When this badge was forged, it was mixed with some extremely rare radioactive ores or rare crystal stone components.
"The radiation is very weak, so it won't harm human health. It's also very difficult for normal superhumans to sense it.
"But the insect's sensory system is different from that of humans. I'm not sure. Perhaps to the insect's senses, the people who wear this badge will be as bright as torches in the dark."
Meng Chao brought out a few reagents from the harvester's tool bag he brought with him.
He placed the badge on a metal tray and dropped a few reagents on it. When he dropped the third reagent, the pink reagent reacted with the badge, and a lot of bubbles popped up.
"It's a biomaterial. When this batch of badges was created, some biomaterial like monster bone powder was added to it. “
Meng Chao narrowed his eyes, and a sharp light shone in them. "Even though I can't be certain what sort of biomaterial it is, why would a normal commemorative medal have radioactive substances and biomaterial mixed in it?"
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