Embers Ad Infinitum

At the most intense moment, Means and others raised their hands and shouted loudly:

"Praise to you, the door to the new world!"

Shang Jianyao, who is a formal member of the "Life Sacrifice" cult, also followed the instructions correctly:

"Praise to you, the door to the new world!"

After such a group dance, even if Shang Jianyao didn't use his "reasoning clown", Means and others looked at him as if they were looking at their companions.

Two female employees of Shifang Trading Company who originally thought he was "unattainable" plucked up the courage to chat with him for a few words.

At this time, Means wiped the sweat from his forehead and walked up to Jiang Baimian:

"We have to leave."

"Are you going to continue to the 'Linhai Alliance' or return to Tarnan?" Jiang Baimian asked casually.

Means replied calmly:

"We decided to go home.

"If we drive southeast for half a day, we will reach the Chilar Mountains. There are settlements over there that are attached to our 'Linhai Alliance'. We no longer have to worry about being attacked by bandits."

"Okay, have a nice trip." Jiang Baimian did not hold back.

After writing a letter to "devotee" Li Zhe in front of Shang Jianyao, Means waved his hand and got into a car that was still intact left by the robbers.

As the two cars given to Shifang Trading Company by the "Jiu Tiao Group" drove slowly, Shang Jianyao followed behind, waved his right hand vigorously, and shouted loudly:

“Be careful on the road!

"I must see you again!"

It's so sincere... Jiang Baimian cursed and turned to look at the four bandits who had just finished eating their leftovers.

Feeling her gaze, the captives froze at the same time, not knowing what would happen.

Jiang Baimian's eyes slowly swept across their faces and said with a smile:

"I made a decision……"

When she said this, she paused deliberately, which made the four robbers' hearts so high that they almost stopped beating.

Jiang Baimian continued:

"Bring you to Tarnan. If no one comes to ransom you, hand them over to the people from 'Mechanical Paradise'."

When the four robbers' eyes lit up, Jiang Baimian changed the subject:

"But, it depends on whether you can cooperate."

"Cooperate!" "We will definitely cooperate!" The robbers expressed their attitude enthusiastically.

"Okay." Jiang Baimian pointed to the messy valley, "Clean it up."

This "mess" mainly came from the previous battle, rather than the debris created by the hot pot sacrament.

The robbers agreed without any hesitation. Under Bai Chen's surveillance, they cleaned up all kinds of garbage and recycled useful items.

Long Yuehong, who originally thought this was her mission, was stunned for a moment and found that she suddenly felt at ease.

"Don't you feel great when someone helps you work?" Jiang Baimian stood next to him and asked with a smile.

Long Yuehong experienced it carefully:

"Yeah yeah."

Although he didn't feel uncomfortable when being ordered to do these chores, people like to be lazy if they can.

After the bandits completed their mission, Jiang Baimian asked about the prisoner with yellow hair and a clever look:

"what's your name?"

"Jorgensen." The yellow-haired robber said his name with joy on his face.

He had heard someone say that when captured, if the other party is willing to know your name, it means that you will not be killed on the spot.

"Tie the hands of the other three behind their backs, then drive this car, drive them, and follow us." Jiang Baimian pointed to a white car left behind by the "Mountain Fox" bandit group.

Except for the two cars driven away by Shifang Trading Company, this is currently the most intact one. Except that the surface is covered with dust and mud, and the original color is almost invisible, there is nothing wrong with it in other aspects.

Jorgensen hurriedly agreed, and with the cooperation of his companions, tied their hands behind their backs with hemp rope.

But when he got in the car, he was suddenly stunned because Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao didn't care about this area at all. Not only did they not allocate manpower to monitor, but they also started the jeep and drove slowly to the exit on the other side of the valley. go.

In the area upstream of the creek, there were only four bandits left who were posing as prisoners.

"Jorgensen." A robber with a scar on his face shouted, "Why don't you turn around and run away from the other side?"

Jorgensen hesitated and said:

"Do you think they really don't care?

"Are they testing us?"

The robbers fell silent, no one dared to confirm.

This was obviously an excellent opportunity to escape, but they were undecided.

Because Shang Jianyao and the others acted too casually and acted like "you can do whatever you want", which made them intuitively think that something was fishy.

Seeing the silence of his companions, Jorgensen started the car and said:

"Maybe they have absolute confidence that we can't escape."

Seeing that his companions still didn't respond, Jorgensen added two more sentences:

“If you think about it, they defeated us with just one member wearing an exoskeleton, and the other three didn’t even show much.

"I don't know if you have ever heard the saying, 'A lion will not keep company with a jackal.' The person wearing the exoskeleton device will definitely not choose a companion who is much weaker than him. The other three most likely have their own Its strength is to effectively monitor us or respond to our escape in a timely manner.”

After listening to Jorgensen's words, the robber with the scar on his face took a breath and said:

"Then let's follow. I don't want to turn around and be swallowed up by rockets like the Snake Fangs."

"Snake Ya" was the driver of the first car that chased Jiang Baimian and others.

"Yes, even if no one redeems us and we are handed over to the 'Machine Heaven', we will only be locked up for a year or two at most. It will be no big deal." Another robber agreed.

Although the prison of "Mechanical Paradise" is definitely not full of food, it is not likely to starve to death.

Seeing that his companions no longer had any objections, Jorgensen drove the car and followed closely behind the modified Jeep.

He had already thought about it just now. If these reckless idiots really decided to take advantage of this opportunity to escape, he would not pay attention. Anyway, they had their hands tied behind their backs and could not threaten him.

In the back seat of the jeep, Long Yuehong turned around and looked at the car driven by the prisoners, and said with a little surprise:

"I actually followed up..."

He also thought that the team leader deliberately created this opportunity to let the prisoners go, because he didn't know what to do with them if they were left in his hands.

——Under normal circumstances, the "Old Adjustment Team" does not kill prisoners, but taking them to Tarnan like this and requiring manpower to guard them is both troublesome and prone to accidents.

As a result, the group of prisoners actually chose to guard and escort themselves, without the "Old Adjustment Team" having to worry about the whole process.

"Maybe they are reluctant to part with hot pot." Shang Jianyao said "hmm" and said empathetically.

"Are you talking about yourself?" Long Yuehong muttered.

As soon as he finished speaking, Shang Jianyao suddenly clenched his right fist and struck his left palm:

"It's over, forget one thing."

"What's going on?" Long Yuehong became nervous instantly.

Shang Jianyao replied with a sad face:

"I forgot to borrow spices from Means."

"..." Long Yuehong had a familiar feeling that he shouldn't pay attention to this guy, but also felt that this was really something worthy of "sadness".

The lack of those spices and seasonings means that they cannot make delicious hot pot in a short time, and can only cope with the simple and basic version.

At this time, Jiang Baimian glanced at the rearview mirror, smiled and said:

"This is mainly because Xiao Hong, you performed well just now and destroyed their courage to resist.

"The human heart is a very delicate thing."

Bai Chen, who was driving, heard this and added:

“The unknown is scarier than an acceptable outcome.”

This continued until evening. With the help of the bandit prisoners who were familiar with the terrain, the "Old Adjustment Team" found a place with clean water to set up camp.

"Untie their ropes and take them around to collect branches and wood." Jiang Baimian ordered Jorgensen.

She has already seen that this guy is bent on becoming a "servant army" in exchange for a better result.

With such a "shepherd" around, Jiang Baimian believed that the prisoners would be more obedient.

After Jorgensen arranged for the other three robbers, Jiang Baimian suddenly remembered something and called him out:

"You don't need to go, I have something to ask you."

"Yes." Jorgensen wanted to respond to this powerful female warrior with an honorific, but he didn't know how to address her.

It's impossible to call "boss", right?

Jiang Baimian asked casually as he watched other bandit prisoners go to the surrounding mountains and forests to collect firewood:

"Have you ever heard of the 'Mastermind' in Tarnan?"

"No." Jorgensen shook his head, "Those robots don't eat salt and water, and they don't drink. There's no way to get any useful information from their mouths."

The mainstream language in this area is the Gray Language, so Jorgensen, a bandit of the Red River race, can also speak a few idioms.

"Who is their mayor?" Shang Jianyao interjected and asked.

He seemed very interested in those intelligent robots.

"It's an intelligent robot named Gnawa. It claims to be the captain of the Tarnan detachment under the Security Agency." Jorgensen recalled what he saw and heard in Tarnan, "It's a bit strange robot."

"Why is it weird?" Jiang Baimian asked so many questions mainly to check the information provided by Hongshiji.

Jorgensen scratched his head:

“It’s not too surprising, there are many similar intelligent robots in Tarnan.

“They will take the initiative to divide men and women into families, and some will exchange various modules through internal channels and assemble small robots to be children.

“What gender can a robot have?”

While Shang Jianyao and others were discussing the matter in Tarnan, the other three bandit prisoners had left the camp and were collecting firewood in the woods with many dead branches.

Because this place was no longer within the enemy's sight, an idea flashed through them almost at the same time:

"Do you want to run away?"

Suddenly, they remembered Jorgensen's words:

"They have absolute confidence...

"Lions don't keep company with jackals...

"The other three probably have their own strengths and can monitor us..."

As their thoughts surged, they gradually calmed down and felt that going to Tarnan was not a bad choice.

Forget it... They quickly put the thought of escaping behind and completed the assigned tasks diligently.