Embers Ad Infinitum

The mountains on the north coast are connected by a certain abandoned road.

Seeing a small stream winding through the long-abandoned farmland, the water was clean and the bottom could be seen clearly. The surviving residents of Chuchun Town showed excitement on their faces, as if they had unearthed a huge treasure.

Several children ran to the stream, lay down, picked up the water with both hands, and brought it to their mouths.

What's more, they are already lying on the ground, kissing the soil with their mouths.

"Are you going to drink it without testing it?" Gennava asked Zeng Duo.

This is inconsistent with wilderness survival rules.

Some water just looks clean.

Zeng Duo shook his head:

"Anyway, it won't be any worse than the water before."

The residents of Chuchun Town had been drinking water that was originally highly polluted and would cause distortion for decades.

Gnawa silently added a new pattern of human behavior to the database.

Han Wanghuo looked around and saw the ruins of the small town in the distance.

Many of those steel and concrete buildings in the old world are still standing, but most of them are submerged in green.

He turned to Zeng Duo and said:

"It's time for us to return to the original city and replace the medicine with new ones."

Zeng Duo said "hmm":

"You can also ask Dabai to identify the doctor and place for the surgery in advance to avoid any accidents."

Han Wanghuo opened his mouth, walked silently to the black off-road vehicle parked on the side of the abandoned road, and poured the reserved bucket of gasoline into the fuel tank.

Zeng Duo took this opportunity to inform the mayor and several relatives about his condition, and finally said:

"I'm going to the First City for treatment now. Maybe I can come back, maybe I can't."

The mayor sighed and said:

"You were originally the healthiest child in the town, but you still suffered from aberrations. This may be the fate of our Chuchun Town."

"This damn dust! This damn world!" Zeng Duo's cousin couldn't help but cursed twice.

Zeng Duo lowered his head and smiled:

"Maybe there is still hope and it can be cured."

"Yes." The mayor looked back, "There is indeed no pollution here. Our destiny will change little by little, and yours should also. We are all waiting for you to come back."

Zeng Duo suddenly turned his head and looked at the black off-road vehicle not far away:

"good.

"I should go over there, they are waiting."

Without giving the mayor and relatives a chance to respond, she waved her hand and trotted into the passenger seat of the black SUV.

The vehicle started running on the road again, making twists and turns out of the mountains and back to the wasteland on the north bank.

In this way, Han Wanghuo, Gnawa and Zeng Duo took turns driving and rushed to the Red River Bridge as fast as possible during the day.

On the way, they encountered extreme weather, and the windshield was almost smashed by hail, so they had to find a place to take a break.

When it was almost noon the next day, the Red River Bridge was already in sight. As in normal times, there were city defense troops setting up checkpoints there and convoys passing slowly.

"You have to make a disguise and be prepared to bribe the soldiers." Gennava reminded the two people in the front row.

"Okay." Han Wanghuo nodded.

He slowed down and looked for a hidden parking spot.

During this process, he looked at the road ahead and said unconsciously:

"If the new treatment plan is effective and can indeed allow me to live for another half a year, I want to try other methods first. A good mechanical heart is much better than yours."

After speaking, Han Wanghuo didn't get any response.

He turned his head and found that Zeng Duo had huddled in the passenger seat at some point. His eyes were closed, his cheeks were red, his lips were dry, and his whole body was shaking from time to time.

"..." Han Wanghuo stretched out his right hand and tried to push, "Zeng Duo?"

Gennava poked his head from the back row, inspected it carefully and said:

"She was unconscious.

"Her condition deteriorated dramatically."

Perhaps it was because the fierce battle in Chuchun Town had consumed Zeng Duo's energy, or perhaps it was because after her wish was fulfilled, she relaxed completely, and the disease in her body suddenly grew to a terrifying level.

Han Wanghuo was silent for a few seconds, then found a relatively secluded location and parked the car.

"Hurry up and make a disguise and enter the city as soon as possible." He said to Gennava without any expression, also urging himself.

Not long after, Han Wanghuo carried Gnawa, who was hidden in the trunk, like another military exoskeleton device. On the grounds that his fellow hunter was seriously ill, he used money to clear the way and successfully drove a black off-road vehicle. Red River Bridge.

At some point, Zeng Duo woke up.

She opened her eyes, looked at Han Wanghuo next to her, and smiled weakly:

"It seems I've caught up. I didn't break my promise, although I really wanted to gain weight."

Han Wanghuo said with a normal expression:

"When we get to the clinic that Dabai and the others are looking for, you can give him an infusion first to bring down the fever, and then consider a new treatment plan."

Zeng Duo forced a smile:

"I'm afraid I can't."

She took a breath and said:

"You are always hard-spoken and soft-hearted. Don't be like this again. Besides, not everyone can guess what you really, really want to say..."

Han Wanghuo was silent and accelerated the car. Gennava in the back opened his mouth, but finally controlled his loudspeaker.

Zeng Duo's eyes gradually diverged and he said to himself:

"Didn't you ask me, would I be reluctant to die, or would I want to be selfish?

"I can answer you now, really, really a little bit. I really want to open up wasteland, farm, and hunt with you all. I really want to advise you not to hide all your worries and not say them out...

"I even wonder, if our illnesses are all cured, can we, can we continue to stay together like we are now, the two of us, two people in a mud pit, people with nothing, each other, Support each other and move forward slowly..."

Han Wanghuo's body trembled and he turned his head sideways again.

Zeng Duo slowly stretched out his left hand and touched Han Wanghui's right palm that had released the steering wheel.

She laughed:

"Han, Han Wanghuo, don't always say that you are selfish. You are not, you are not such a person.

"From now on, you have to live on my behalf, and love more people on my behalf..."

"In addition to loving yourself, you must also learn to love others. In this way, your life will be complete. In this way, you will be a real, real person..."

"Let's go together." Han Wanghuo held Zeng Duo's left palm tightly and drove the jeep very fast.

As he opened it, he felt that the hand in his palm gradually lost strength and became cold.

He stiffened his neck and still looked ahead, without turning his head.

…………

It was early eight o'clock in the evening, in a black clinic on Antana Street.

The "old tune team" waiting for Han Wanghuo's heart transplant surgery to be completed received a call back from "Pangu Biology" at the agreed time.

After Jiang Baimian translated it, the corresponding meaning was clearly conveyed to the ears of Shang Jianyao and Gnawa:

"Go back to the company first, rest for a while, and then think about the Holm Reproductive Medical Center and the secret laboratory."

——Bai Chen was taking care of Long Yuehong, who was temporarily unfit to move around in the safe house.

Jiang Baimian then looked at Gnawa:

"Lao Ge, what are your plans next?"

Gennava already knew that Aure, the "father of artificial intelligence robots," believed that he and his companions might have a consciousness similar to humans. He had been pacing back and forth in the clinic inexplicably excited. At this time, he heard Jiang Baimian's Question, he calculated as follows:

"I plan to stay in the Prime City and wait for you to come back to see if there is a chance to explore the secret laboratory and get the information left by Orei.

“It’s more convenient to replenish electricity here.”

"Okay." Jiang Baimian did not object.

She has not told Gnawa about her suspicions about "Yuan Nao" because the "Old Adjustment Team" is tired of veterans and is no longer able to withstand surprises.

Jiang Baimian's plan is that no matter whether "Pangu Biology" assigns the task of exploring the Holm Reproductive Medical Center and the secret laboratory to her team in the future, she will take her team members back to the Prime City. When the time comes, she will do After you are ready, discuss this issue with Gnawa.

"Be careful, the robot is not safe here!" Shang Jianyao warned sincerely.

…………

"Old Han, what are your plans next?" A few days later, Jiang Baimian asked Han Wanghuo in the hospital bed.

Han Wanghuo, who already knew that they came from "Pangu Creatures", was silent for a while and said:

"I plan to go to Chuchun Town to live for a while and help them rebuild their homes."

He declined the offer to join Pangea.

Aren't you discriminating against others? Bai Chen said silently in his heart.

Most of the residents of Chuchun Town are sub-human.

At this time, Han Wanghuo added:

"In the future, if you need help, you can come to me at any time in Chuchun Town."

"Okay." Jiang Baimian did not force it, but Shang Jianyao was very sorry.

…………

When Long Yuehong could barely walk on the ground, the "old tune team" drove the original jeep, led "Garibaldi" Giuseppe and two other intelligence agents who had returned to the company to report on their work, and left the original city to the northwest. The black swamp wilderness is opened.