"Was that snake unusually strange, or had we been affected without realizing it?" Yan Jiayu asked, posing a Soul Question.
The mental-force interference device had been running the whole time. Unpolished Jade had brought it along specifically after investigating the area, and it could ease the pressure caused by the Sub-district's energy to some extent. Besides, apart from Xu Huo and Yan Jiayu, everyone here was an A-class player. How could they have been affected without noticing?
"Granny Qiao, Uncle Qiao, you didn't notice either?" Unpolished Jade asked the two beside her.
They both shook their heads, but Granny Qiao offered another explanation. "It's not surprising that our judgment was affected by suits this thick. Besides, the energy here fluctuates unpredictably. The interference could have caused us to overlook something."
"Your devices can't even detect living things?" Xu Huo asked.
Granny Qiao fell silent. At such close range, there was no way to explain it away.
Yet the only living beings their devices showed were the five of them. The Giant Python had been killed, but that didn't guarantee there weren't others nearby.
"I have a theory," Yan Jiayu said. "Some animals evolve the ability to play dead in extreme environments so they can survive for a long time. Grass had even grown in its belly. Maybe it was already in a state of suspended animation and only woke up when we arrived."
Animals like that existed not only in today's game world, but also in District 014 before its evolution. The difference was the equipment Unpolished Jade and the others had brought. If equipment at an A-class Wormhole Point couldn't detect an animal playing dead, what was the point of bringing it?
But this wasn't the time to pursue the matter. They tacitly dropped the subject and simply became