"That's strange." Zu Sanshisan resumed his inventory. "Could it be that such a powerful person is still hidden in our council? This doesn't make sense... By the way, do you remember the incident with the outsider?"

Fu Sanshiyi shook his head.

"Then you've finally asked the right person, Zu Zhengyuan!"

An Shiba had woken up at some point and she lay on her side, eavesdropping on their conversation with great interest.

"Oh, Sister An, are you awake? Do you need something to eat?" Zu Sanshisan took out a cylinder from the supplies and handed it to An Shiba.

"What do you want to ask?"

She took the cylinder, skillfully pulled out the soft plug, then poured a little into her mouth with an intoxicated expression.

"It happened a year ago." Zu Sanshisan replied.

"Weirdoes from the south?" An Shiba lazily rested his head on one arm. "I actually experienced it myself. They started out gathering intelligence from us under the guise of a trade, and then there was a major battle. Luckily, we won... Come to think of it, the process was quite similar. What weapon did they use back then? Oh, yes, it was called the Bosnian Power Dog."

"How much did we lose at that time?" Fu Sanshiyi asked.

"It's normal that Thirty-One doesn't know. You haven't been implanted with the relevant memories." She said, "We originally had twenty-six tribes, but now there are only eleven left, and you are one of them."

"So this time we...?"

"If I'm lucky, it will probably be similar to last time, with four or five left!" An Shiba seemed to be talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

"Aren't you afraid?"

"What's the point of being scared? The eight-legged monsters down there are still there, waiting for us to fall into their trap! Oh... don't be so scared, they can't get up."

She paused after she finished speaking, and a deathly silence fell around them. Fu Sanshiyi spread his perception, trying to find evidence to refute An Shiba's accusation, but the three people's heartbeats interfered with the tiny vibrations below, and he "heard" nothing.

"How many of them are there?" he asked.

"There are only two of them, but I advise you not to act rashly. Their cooperation is much stronger than your combat team, and they are completely different from the prey on the ground." An Shiba replied.

"Actually, we can try to counter-control it." Zu Sanshisan said.

"Are you crazy? What if your consciousness dissolves? He will find us from your memory, and then there will be overwhelming eight-legged monsters!" Fu Sanshiyi subconsciously refused.

"Wouldn't it be better not to actively access the memory nodes? I think their carrier capacity is not too large. The so-called difficulty in cracking it should only be the encryption algorithm. It will take some time to solve it. Besides, we have plenty of time. Nineteen barrels of honey alone are enough for us to eat for a season (two weeks)." Zu Sanshisan explained.

"I agree too." An Shiba raised his hand.

"Alright." Fu Sanshiyi accepted the vote. "They tore the ladder we climbed up apart. If you need to get closer to them, I still have a rope."

"No need, I can connect here." An Shiba said.

"No. Listen to me, Sister An, don't take the risk of connecting." Zu Sanshisan objected.

"Why?"

Zu Zhengyuan didn't answer, but looked at Fu Sanshiyi: "Put me down, and if you notice any signs of me dissolving, pull me up immediately."

He had similar knowledge in his memory, and he didn't know where his predecessors found it from - it seemed to be called "pulling the network cable", and it was said to be the hackers' last resort.