Embers Ad Infinitum

　　 Hearing Jiang Baimian’s question, Shang Jianyao and Bai Chen instinctively looked at each other, but only saw the same blankness from the other's face.

　　 Jiang Baimian stretched his hands and sat a little more straight:

　　 "Do you still remember the information provided by the former relic hunter, the one called Harris Brown, the bald one?"

　　 Obviously, Jiang Baimian's memory is quite good.

　　 As the person involved, Shang Jian Yao instantly recalled:

　　 "Is it the information about the abnormal death of human beings north of Yuelu Station?"

"Yes." Jiang Baimian nodded solemnly. "At that time, Harris Brown said that they found several dead bodies without any fatal marks on the surface, but their expressions were painful, fearful, or strange. Smile."

　　 Bai Chen suddenly realized:

　　 "Team leader, you mean, those people died in dreams, no, real dreams?"

　　 Jiang Baimian gave a "um":

　　 "You think, I just poked myself in my dream, and reality has corresponding red and swollen dots, but if you look closely, there are no pinholes at all.

　　 "Similarly, Shang Jian Yao slapped himself in his dream, and reality also gained five fingerprints and swelling of his face.

"If, I mean, if you were hit by a bullet in such a dream, or inhaled a poisonous gas that makes people look strange, or Yu Huan's peak is suddenly frightened, what kind of performance will there be in reality? "

　　 "The meeting will die without any fatal injuries on the surface..." Shang Jianyao replied in a deep voice.

　　 The five-fingerprints on his face are likely to be a stressful phenomenon, which will subside very quickly, but once the heart stops beating because of this, it will never recover.

　　 Before the words fell, Shang Jian Yao stood up suddenly, returned to his sleeping bag, put on his jacket, and carried the "Berker" assault rifle.

　　 While opening the gun insurance, he strode out of the tent.

　　 "What happened?" Long Yuehong, who was in charge of vigilance, asked quickly.

　　 Shang Jian Yao raised his head and glanced at the rock wall behind, then looked around:

　　 "Have you found anything suspicious?

　　 "Or, unusual phenomenon?"

　　 Long Yuehong thought about it for a while, and shook his head firmly:

"No.

　　 "There are very few beasts passing by, and they belong to normal species."

　　 While talking, Long Yuehong used the bright moonlight to see the redness and swelling on Shang Jianyao's right cheek and the more obvious five-fingerprint.

　　 "Uh..." Suddenly he didn't know how to ask, his eyes became a little strange.

　　 At this time, Jiang Baimian was dressed neatly, took the weapon and came out, Bai Chen followed closely behind.

　　 "Did you find anything?" Jiang Baimian asked with a solemn expression.

　　 "No." Shang Jianyao replied solemnly.

　　 Jiang Baimian didn't bother to look at Long Yuehong's eyes, looking at this and that, and patrolled around on his own, sensing various electrical signals around him.

　　 "There is nothing unusual." She walked back to Shang Jianyao and Bai Chen, and said with a sigh of relief, "It seems that as long as you don't fall asleep, you won't be affected."

　　 Seeing Long Yue red with a blank face, Jiang Baimian focused on describing his encounter with Shang Jianyao.

　　 And Long Yuehong is like listening to a story in a radio program, afraid but not too convinced.

　　 Frankly speaking, if it were not for the group leader to testify, based on Shang Jianyao’s words, he would definitely say

　　 "Stop kidding, this kind of thing is not funny at all!

　　 "Go talk to the order supervisor, see if they believe you or not!"

　　 Order supervisor is the profession responsible for the internal order of "Pangu Creatures". Whether fighting or infringing on others, they are under their control.

　　-Every floor of the "Inner Ecological Zone" has an "Order Supervision Supervisor", and there are three order supervision team leaders underneath. Under each team leader, there are several order supervisors.

　　 Going up, there are more than ten or twenty stories in a large district, and each district has a "order supervision bureau".

　　 Above the “Order Supervision Bureau” is the “Order Supervision Department” under the “Board of Directors”.

　　 After listening to Jiang Baimian’s description, Long Yuehong subconsciously replied:

　　 "Is this true?"

After 　　 asked, he quickly closed his mouth and stopped waiting for the answer.

　　 Since both Shang and Yao can make the mechanical monk Jingfa shake hands with him, it seems that a monster can make people die strangely in a dream, which seems to be something unacceptable.

　　 I have to say that after leaving the company and coming to the surface, Long Yuehong felt that the world was more magical than ever before.

　　 "Will it be an awakened person? Or, a distorted sub-human or animal? They may also have similar abilities." Jiang Baimian looked sideways at Shang Jian Yao.

　　 "Apart from my own abilities, I don't know more about the awakened than you." Shang Jianyao turned his head and looked at Bai Chen, hoping that this lady with rich experience in surviving the dust could give an answer.

　　 Bai Chen shook his head, indicating that he had not encountered a similar abnormality:

　　 "If this were not the case, the experienced relic hunters like Harris Brown would not be allowed to evacuate in a hurry and dare not approach."

　　 Jiang Baimian thought for a few seconds, then looked at Shang Jian Yao and said:

　　 "I'm a little curious, how did you get rid of the dream just now?

　　 "Well, as you said just now, it depends on the ability of the awakened, but I want to know some details, which may inspire me.

　　 "If you think this is your secret, let Bai Chen and Long Yuehong go to the edge to patrol.

　　 "As for me, uh, I should still be trustworthy, right?"

　　 At the end, Jiang Baimian couldn't find a reason, and was unwilling to force Shang Jian Yao to answer with his current situation, so he had to play tricks.

"Nothing." Shang Jianyao replied frankly, "I used the'inference clown' ability you have seen. At that time, because I slapped myself but didn't wake up, I preliminarily ruled out the possibility of dreaming. Yes, grab the car, go away, and wait until dawn to see if you are back to normal.

　　 "As a result, when I got up, I saw myself in the rearview mirror.

　　 "I was wondering at the time, can I use the ability of'inference clown' to influence me, and make me believe that this is a dream.

　　 "If it is really a dream, then I have seen through the truth and falsehood, strengthened my self-awareness in this respect, and it should be possible to wake up directly.

　　 "If it's not a dream, I also wrote a reminder to myself..."

　　 At this point, Shang Jian Yao remembered the arrangement in his dream, and hurriedly put his hand into his pocket and took out a few sheets of paper for recording.

　　 Except for a fragmented layout drawing depicting the ruins of a steel factory, marked "toilet", the rest of the paper is blank, without any hint.

"Sure enough..." Shang Jianyao let out a long sigh of relief and continued, "After writing the reminder, I began to use the ability of'inference clown' to make myself come to the conclusion of'dreaming' based on irrelevant conditions, and this It has indeed strengthened my judgment and cognition, and helped me break free from my dreams."

　　Jiang Baimian heard it quite emotionally:

　　 "It's so ruthless, I cheated myself."

　　 "..." Long Yuehong was almost amused, and finally held back.

　　 "..." Shang Jian Yao did not expect Jiang Baimian to give such an "evaluation", and he almost forgot what to say later.

　　He paused:

　　"I haven’t done a similar experiment before. I didn’t think I could give it a try until I saw myself in the rearview mirror. Moreover, there are two situations for ‘inference clown’:

　　"One is to use obvious facts to let the goal draw conclusions that are almost irrelevant and beneficial to me;

　　 "One is that the goal is to make judgments that are not logical but the results are correct by relying on low-value conditions."

　　 Jiang Baimian nodded gently:

　　 "Yes, it seems that this incident helped you further master your abilities and broaden its boundaries."

　　 Seeing Yao was about to say something, Shang suddenly showed a thoughtful expression.

　　 Jiang Baimian immediately looked at Bai Chen:

"Do you have any idea?"

"If you are not sure that the anomaly is far away, it's best not to sleep tonight. When the day breaks, immediately drive to the south. With your energy, it shouldn't be a big problem not to sleep in the middle of the night." Bai Chen Gives very steady and very cautious advice.

　　 Long Yuehong subconsciously pointed to the entrance of Heishu Town:

　　 "What should I do here?"

"What else can I do? First ensure your own safety before talking about other things." Jiang Baimian responded without hesitation, "Furthermore, the anomaly in dreams will not only target us. There should be some of the relic hunters and wilderness wanderers in the nearby area. Affected, and their strange deaths will temporarily turn this place into a forbidden zone, a horror zone spread by word of mouth, will anyone dare to come over for a while.

"Hehe, if someone can't even receive such news, and enter without knowing anything, then I don't think they have the ability to find the entrance of Black Rat Town and remove the huge rocks blocking the cave~www.readwn.com~ wait until The corresponding influence has subsided, and the people in the company have almost arrived. If they fail to find us, they will definitely send a signal to inform."

　　Long Yuehong had no more comments, and the four of them stayed on duty until dawn.

　　 Then, they took turns driving back to the south.

　　 When it was almost noon, Jiang Baimian in the co-pilot's position turned to Shang Jian Yao and said:

　　 "Try to sleep, and see if there are any abnormalities in the dream.

　　 "Don't worry, I will stare at you, and shake you up whenever something is wrong."

　　 "I can wake up by myself." Shang Jianyao whispered confidently.

　　 "Huh?" Jiang Baimian tilted his head.

　　 Her smile didn't diminish a bit, but it became more obvious.

　　 Seeing Yao did not say more, Shang thought for a moment, raised his right hand, and squeezed both temples.

　　 He closed his eyes immediately.

　　…………

　　 The cold and dark metal walls stand tall, enclosing a wide and empty hall.

　　 High in the hall, the top is not visible, only a dark area.

　　 In the dimness, countless bright spots are densely covered, slowly turning, as if forming one after another galaxy.

　　 In the center of the hall, the stars shone, condensed into a huge, fuzzy figure. The figure spreads out with both hands, maintaining strict symmetry, as if simulating a balance.

　　 The voice of "One price, three gifts" echoed hollowly, layer by layer in Shang Jian Yao's ears.

　　Shang Jianyao stared at this scene for nearly ten seconds, and uttered four words in a low voice:

　　 "The Hall of Stars..."

　　 He didn't speak any more, passed the vague figure, reached the innermost hall, and stopped in front of the heavy gray stone door.

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