Jiang Qian's words were just a few words, but they were like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, exploding in the mind of the sixth man in the canyon.

What? What was he talking about?

The sixth child of the canyon thought that he was too reluctant, and his brain flashed a little.

He forced his composure and resolutely refused to show his flaws in front of his "sworn enemies" and "die-hard fans".

However, the Northeast home-cooked food a few meters away flew over in response, quickly approached Jiang Qian, and said with a squint:

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"What are you talking about~ The side quest has been completed? What a beep!!"

Looking at the little fan who used to follow him around, sticking to the hidden dragon like a piece of mashed potatoes at this time, the mind of the sixth man in the canyon was once again turbulent! The waves ripple with the smell of lemon......

Then swept away by contempt and unwillingness: he was one step ahead again? Let him steal the limelight again??

Side quests......

Damn, I just touched the door, and now you're telling me to hand in the papers? Who are you fooling?!

The sixth lady of the canyon swallowed his saliva, hid his mental journey deeply, and asked in a ghostly manner, "What is the source of the catastrophe?"

Only then did Northeast Home-Cooking realize that his former idol was sober, and turned around and said hello without saltiness: "Brother Monkey, are you awake?"

The old six of the canyon snorted reservedly.

Turning his gaze to Jiang Qian, he revealed a contradictory look that was both vigilant and expectant.

Jiang Qian didn't sell a lawsuit to the two of them, and while taking out the chivalrous cloak and watch from the unlocked locker and putting them on his body, he said:

"The source of the catastrophe is the expansion of man's desires and the indulging of evil thoughts."

……

「？！」

Hearing this answer, Northeast Home Cooking's eyes widened, but he was a little confused for a while.

The sixth in the canyon was even more surprised: "This is ...... The original words in the transcript information? How do you verify this answer?"

Obviously, he has a deeper understanding of the copy of "Hungry Ghost Apocalypse" than Northeast Home Cooking.

However, as far as he can remember, the side quest to explore the Source of Cataclysm hasn't given him any new instructions since it was triggered, including after obtaining the books, and there are no reminders to progress through the quest......

Therefore, when he realized that Jiang Qian's answer was actually based on the information given by the copy at the beginning, the sixth person in the canyon was very surprised, he couldn't imagine how the two were connected in any way or logically.

"It's a 'chicken-and-egg, egg-and-egg problem.'"

Jiang calmly reviewed and said:

"To meet the threshold for answering this question, the first step is to assemble three prerequisites, a key person, a core idea, and three core experimental materials. Each of the three accounts for 25% of the side quests."

"A key figure is Dr. Kate, the famous ghost biologist of the time, and the author of the book in your arms."

The sixth lady of the canyon was slightly stunned, and urgently took out the book "The Miracle of Genes" from his arms, interrupting Jiang Qian: "Did you peek at the clues I found?"

Jiang Qian was not angry, but smiled lightly: "How can you call it a peek, even you are my trophy."

"Don't use your ...... for the hidden dragon" The sixth child in the canyon suddenly jumped in anger, and at the same time, he finally got psychological comfort: Sure enough, this kid was lucky to get through because he peeked at my clues!

….

But when he watched Jiang Qian take out a stack of experimental materials from his arms and take out a medicine box with a rather textured packaging, his dissatisfaction was gradually suppressed by more curiosity.

The urging voice of home-cooked food in the Northeast came from my ears: "Great god, you go on, why do chickens lay eggs, eggs and chickens?"

The sixth lady of the canyon glared at the Northeast home-cooked food and stopped talking.

Jiang Qian calmly hooked his hand towards the sixth man in the canyon.

The sixth in the canyon reluctantly handed over the book in his hand......

Clue items are lined up

Open: "The Miracle of Genes", experimental data, poisons.

Jiang Qianyan concisely interpreted the clue objects corresponding to the branch information points.

"After the three information points are matched, the copy will automatically pop up the answer option, and manually fill in your understanding of the source of the catastrophe, and each person has 3 chances to verify. You can both retell this information and you'll see the hints given by the copy."

According to Jiang Qian's instructions, the sixth child of the canyon and the home-cooked food in the Northeast immediately verified it in person, and sure enough, he successfully got the opportunity to fill in the answer!

"Sure enough......"

"It's really there, cow beep!"

Both of them showed varying degrees of joy on their faces.

The sixth in the canyon was also declared reserved: "I still don't understand, how to lay eggs and eggs."

Jiang Qian's finger fell on the book "The Miracle of Genes":

"As I said earlier, the message point of this book is 'The Source of Cataclysm, the core idea. I had just read the book three times, and it was only when I read it for the third time that I realized that the author, Dr. Kate, was in fact a satire on the rule of the imperial authorities under the guise of scholarship, and pointed out that it was 'the devil who has degraded mankind.'"

"Therefore, out of the limited 3 opportunities to answer the certification, I consumed 1 opportunity to verify this, and the result was unsuccessful."

The sixth man in the canyon was shocked when he heard it, and he was in awe of Jiang Qian's foreign language level! At the same time, I was also more curious about Jiang Qian's next explanation.

Jiang Qian paused for a moment and continued:

"So I revisited the answer I had given: the rotten rule of the Empire is indeed the object of Dr. Kate's sarcasm, and it is the rule of the Empire that catalyzes human desires and evil thoughts, but it is not enough to be called the source of the catastrophe."

The old six children of the valley shrank: "Because the rule is also established by man...... The establishment and spread of decadent rule is the self-inflicted work of mankind, so the source of the catastrophe is not domination but humanity?"

He then sneered: "Sure enough, it's a 'chicken-and-egg, egg-and-chicken, question, this is a play on words, and the difficulty is not the answer to the question, but actually the qualification to answer the question, because the answer is obvious, and it is placed in the question!"

"You have a point, and it's a reasonable interpretation. The purpose of the side quests is not to test the answers, but to uncover the true secrets of this world in the process of seeking answers."

Jiang Qian's fingers rubbed his chin, and he said in the attitude of discussing topics as usual:

"We have seen that this catastrophe is universal and human-wide, involving different races and countries. And the results of the quest and the side quest double verify that people's desires and evil thoughts create catastrophe."

"Remember what the quest tooltip says - people don't even know how it happened: part of humanity is 'transforming' into another species: ferocious, greedy, hunting its own kind......

….

In Jiang Qian's retelling, the sixth man in the canyon and the home-cooked food in the Northeast gradually fell into deep thought.

The two of them were immersed in the continuation of their thoughts, quickly reviewing everything they had experienced in the "Hungry Ghost Apocalypse" in the past few days.

"I don't know if you've noticed, but there's another ambiguous and contradictory place in the clues that are known so far, about it."

Jiang Qian picked out the poison from the clue object:

"This thing, as I said earlier, is defined as a 'mystical extract, and as I've verified, it's the same thing as the toxin on the creeper's tail pin. Don't you think it's strange?"

"The problem of chickens laying eggs, eggs laying chickens!" The Sixth Canyon immediately reacted, "It's paradoxical, unless the experiment under the mental hospital isn't where the first creeper was born."

Jiang Qian stared into the eyes of the sixth man in the canyon and nodded slowly: "This matter, I'm afraid it's not that simple."

The sixth lady of the canyon stared at Jiang Qian's calm and deep eyes, and his heart was difficult to calm down for a while.

He felt that he was wrapped in a powerful aura, not from the crushing of intelligence, nor from the coercion of momentum, but by a deep and peaceful energy field!

His mind is opened, wisdom is perceived, and therefore felt

Ease and joy, and do not consciously want to obey.

This guy is very charismatic...... When the sixth person in the canyon realized this, the strong desire and hostility he had for Jiang Qian at the beginning miraculously subsided.

The desire to win fades because of the self-knowledge that they are invincible; And the hostility subsided because of admiration.

"Great, great god, you ...... What are you talking about, what kind of chickens and eggs are laying eggs? Why don't I seem to be keeping up?"

On the side, I listened to the foggy Northeast home-cooked food in the north, looking left and right, and I didn't know it.

"It's okay, if you do your housework well, you'll be safe."

Jiang Qian said, got up and paced to the window, overlooking the vast night of Lotus City:

"The coordinates of the second player will be announced soon, do you have any plans?"

At this time, Canyon Lao Liu and Northeast Home Cooking have completed the side quest verification and unlocked their respective inventory slots.

Hearing Jiang Qian's words, the two were stunned at the same time.

Northeast home-cooked food took the lead in responding: "Qianlong God, that, is there a shortage of cooks around you? Hehe, what do you think of me~"

The sixth lady of the canyon glanced at the black potato: "Just you?"

This obvious disgust and disdain made the old man of Northeast Home Cooking blush, and he hurriedly argued, "Hey! What's wrong with me? No matter how smart you are, no matter how smart you are, why don't you eat my food?"

The sixth child of the canyon didn't expect that his little fans would talk back to him, and he was a little angry for a while!

He ignored the home-cooked food and answered Jiang Qian's question: "I'm going to educate those grandchildren who are plotting against me first......

Successfully unlocked the inventory, and the three of them already have the protection of "rampant and domineering" in this "hungry ghost apocalypse".

Of course, the degree of protection is directly proportional to the quality and efficacy of the props.

"What about you, great god?" Northeast home cooking asked.

Jiang Qian smiled: "I'm going to sift through those clues with unknown meanings again, maybe I can use them later."

When the sixth man of the canyon heard this, he was immediately a little embarrassed.

….

At first, he swore that he wanted to brush the copy to the top level, and afterwards he would go back to the forum to show off the results, but after fighting the hidden dragon once, he even lost the will to fight.

Then he changed his words and said, "I was joking! Those grandchildren can be left alone, let them die on their own, and it's much more interesting to explore the plot than to educate grandchildren."

"That's, that's it, let those grandsons kill themselves!" Northeast home-cooked food also echoed the voice.

The sixth man in the canyon was stunned for a moment and didn't squeak again.

Jiang Qian looked at the two of them and had a plan in his heart.

Then he said, "In that case, before the coordinates are announced, let's form an alliance and walk together."

"But there's something I need to inform you in advance, I have a friend elsewhere, and if I receive an emergency call from him, I may pause my exploration."

"It's human nature! If you're really in a hurry when the time comes, I can also help with this dish!"

Northeast Home Cooking took the lead in expressing his position, and when he said these words, he felt a little sour in his heart, after all, he was directly abandoned by the sixth man of the canyon without hesitation.

But he can also understand, after all, the copy of the fight, what others do is someone else's business, and he can't complain.

The brilliance of human nature is precious because it is not often seen.

"I'm fine." "But where are you going to start?"

Jiang Qian took out the diagram obtained from the bottom of the poison box and showed it to the sixth child:

"This is a sign obtained from the basement of a mental hospital, the same logo, home cooking said that it also appeared in the abandoned prison in the south of the city, I plan to go and see it tomorrow."

The sixth elder of the canyon narrowed his eyes: "I've also seen this picture."

"That's right, you're familiar with that place." Jiang Qian said with a smile.

"Yes, not only familiar, but also impressive."

So, the three of them took advantage of the night to selectively exchange information on various aspects since the "Hungry Ghost Apocalypse".

These include hunger

Reflection and verification of the hunger test, as well as judgments, speculations and conjectures on the other two paths.

Hearing that Jiang Qian had already sorted out the logic of the entire "Hungry Ghost Apocalypse" world in such a fine manner, the sixth man of the canyon no longer hid his secrets, and shared all the actions he observed about the anteater army.

These include frenzied attacks on ant nests everywhere, destroying ant queens, raiding human settlements from south to north, and creating atrocities of large "races......

"They seem to have some kind of clear purpose, and they don't seem to be doing whatever they want."

The sixth of the canyon was sure of one thing.

This incident quickly aroused Jiang Qian's alarm, but he did not immediately reveal his relationship with the anteater.

……

That night, because the Northeast Home Cooking was too boring, he quietly took out a miniature kitchen from the prop list, containing various kitchen utensils, and cooked a few dishes directly!

Jiang Qian and Canyon Lao Liu were shocked on the spot, and while immersing themselves in cooking, they were deeply aware of the important role of cooks.

Next.

Before dawn, the three of them set off in a low-key manner to the abandoned prison.

During this period, there were no so-called obstacles.

Today's Lotus City is as quiet as death, and even a moving creeper is rarely seen.

When they arrived at the target location, the trio found that the abandoned prison had long since been emptied.

Under their guidance, Jiang Qian quickly found the objects that both of them claimed to have seen the Kraken mark: some empty boxes containing weapons and ammunition that had not been completely destroyed.

"Their core team looks like a well-trained team, with a tacit understanding between the members and a more standard weapon than the average scavenger."

The old six of the canyon commented and recalled:

"I remember they were going to continue on their way, and the location is unknown. It was only because of the disappearance of a female member that they had to stay in this prison, and it seems that they have now set off."

This matter was mentioned last night, and Jiang Qian remembered it very clearly.

The current situation made him faintly have a sense of foreboding.

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ps：

Typos and flaws are corrected first.

The amount of content exceeded expectations, which shows that the novice author is a little overconfident in the control of the space...... Only continue to write the follow-up plot and hold your fists!

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