Embers Ad Infinitum

As a believer in the "Save-Load" master, Shang Jianyao, who had previous experience, easily caught up with the previous progress and successfully sneaked into the fifth floor of the "Tieshan City Second Food Company".

Then, without delay, he followed Jiang Baimian's suggestion and went straight to the sixth floor.

Just after climbing the stairs, Shang Jianyao's eyes suddenly lit up.

The full moon outside the window seemed to be hanging not far away, illuminating this floor like daylight.

In a daze, Zen Master Pudu thought that the sun was rising in the east, and almost chanted the Great Compassion Mantra.

As the person in Shang Jianyao's group who is known for his IQ, he easily came to the conclusion:

"The fourth time the owner of the room explored the place was during the day.

"The subconscious that maintains his psychological shadow knows that it is impossible to jump from the darkness of dusk to the sun at noon, so it replaces it with a bright moon that is slightly brighter than normal..."

While talking to himself, the cyborg monk Shang Jianyao walked along the corridor to the other end.

Along the way, he kept looking left and right, observing the surrounding environment, looking for clues that could help him break through this psychological shadow.

After walking for a while, Shang Jianyao suddenly found that the light here was getting brighter and brighter.

The position next to the window is covered with gold gauze, which is dazzling. The full moon outside is orange-red, as if it is on fire.

Along with this change, the originally depressing atmosphere gradually dissipated, giving people a refreshing feeling.

Intuitively, everyone thinks this is a good change.

But the floor beneath his feet began to tremble, and the paint on the walls on both sides fell off in large swaths.

After the latter fell off, what appeared on the wall was neither concrete nor masonry. It was dark, as if it had no substance.

Seeing this, Shang Jianyao turned his eyes slightly and quickly repeated his last action. With the help of the narrow window sill, he jumped from the sixth floor to the back alley one by one, circled half a circle, and ran towards the starting point.

Amidst the clanking sound of metal, the cyborg monk Pudu Zen Master felt that the earth was shaking, the sky was burning, the surrounding buildings were collapsing one by one, and the hidden "unintentional ones" all degenerated into phantoms.

Before the world completely collapsed, Shang Jianyao returned to the starting point and exited the "522" room.

"Hoo, ho, I was scared to death, I almost passed the level..." In the corridor, Shang Jianyao breathed heavily, with an expression on his face that said, "I haven't had enough fun yet."

Then, he left here temporarily.

…………

In the real world, Shang Jianyao straightened his back, opened the car door, and walked out.

"So fast?" Long Yuehong was surprised.

This guy had just fallen asleep for a quarter of an hour. According to the progress he described before, he had at most completed the peripheral distance and arrived at the "Tieshan City Second Food Company" again.

Jiang Baimian asked directly:

"What happened?"

Shang Jianyao talked about his experience on the sixth floor of the food company and the subsequent changes, and finally said quite proudly:

"Fortunately, I run fast!"

Jiang Baimian listened quietly, frowned slightly and said:

"Why do I think it's a good thing?

"The overall trend of change seems to be dispelling the shadows..."

"Maybe he has cleared the level." Shang Jianyao replied in game terms.

It was not like Jiang Baimian and Long Yuehong had never played games before, so they easily understood what he meant.

The former began to guess thoughtfully:

"The owner of the room explored the food company for the fourth time and finally went to the sixth and seventh floors. Along the way, he didn't encounter the woman again, including her bones. At the same time, the weird atmosphere that shrouded there also disappeared?

"Combined with the unusual judgment within the food company that there was no malice towards him and the fact that everything in the past had disappeared, he finally got rid of the corresponding psychological shadow and broke through the island of fear?"

Long Yuehong followed this idea and further said:

"The sign of an outsider breaking through a psychological shadow is that the scene completely collapses?"

"It should be." Shang Jianyao did not refute.

"Then why are you still running?" Long Yuehong said she couldn't understand.

Although he had already reached the door of success, Shang Jianyao actually chose to turn around and run away!

So why did he work so hard to find clues and ways to get through this psychological shadow?

I don’t know which businessman it is. Jian Yao sighed:

“You don’t understand, how can we push the main line without clearing up the branch lines?

"If we rush in now, wouldn't we waste the food company scene? There are many things worth pondering in it."

As he spoke, he raised his fingers and gave examples one by one:

“Who did the missing photo and related employee introductions point to, and why were they torn away?

"Why does that woman's voice sound like a drake? If I close my eyes, I definitely think it's a man.

"Why did she panic and run away in fear when she saw the owner of the room at first? Then a few years later, when the owner of the room came back, he was silent and calm, and sent him away with just "leave"?

"Why did she die so many years ago, with no carrion left, and when the owner of the room came for the fourth time, even the bones seemed to be gone?

“Why don’t the unintentional people around me dare to enter this area, with only a few exceptions?

"..."

After hearing this series of questions, Long Yuehong's mind was buzzing, and only one phrase echoed:

"One hundred thousand whys..."

Jiang Baimian thought for a while and said:

"I have a guess, combined with the guess that it is one of the five holy places of Buddhism."

Shang Jianyao suddenly looked over with vigour:

"What is it?"

Jiang Baimian thought about it and said:

"Perhaps when the old world was destroyed, an employee in the 'Tieshan City Second Food Company' was stimulated and suddenly awakened, and it belonged to the 'Bodhi' realm.

“He should be a male, and the abilities he masters are ‘Fate Communication’, ‘Consciousness Deprivation’ and ‘Six Paths of Reincarnation’.

"And in the disaster of the destruction of the old world, he lost his body just like Di Marco, and had to rely on the 'Fate Communication' to forcibly occupy the body of his female colleague Liu Lu.

"This can explain why the woman named Liu Lu makes a male voice and why there is a strange gaze in the secret."

These are all speculations based on the existing information. The more Long Yuehong heard about it, the more likely it became that it was possible.

Bang bang bang, Shang Jianyao applauded for this.

Jiang Baimian rolled his eyes at him and continued:

“He hasn’t been in contact with people for many years, and he doesn’t have a clear enough understanding of how strong his abilities are, so when the owner of the room entered for the first time, he was scared away.

"Unaware of the external situation and afraid of revealing his true identity, he had long torn up his photos and related introductions in the staff column. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the room owner to search the third floor, he quietly attacked the other party with the 'Fate Communication'.

"Maybe he hasn't 'really' killed anyone before, so he didn't dare to do it. After he succeeded, he just took the other person to a safer area outside.

"When the owner of the room came back for the second time, he already knew how strong he was, so he stopped being afraid and easily deprived the other party of his consciousness and sent him away.

"Unfortunately, he didn't realize that the mismatch between body and spirit would lead to the accelerated decline of the former. When he discovered that there were no humans around to choose from, he could only follow Liu Lu's body and die.

"When the room owner came to the food company for the third time, his consciousness had actually dissipated, and only his spirit or a little breath remained, which brought an experience like a ghost story."

This ties everything together. No matter what others think, Long Yuehong thinks this is probably the most reasonable and natural explanation at the moment.

Shang Jianyao did not applaud and said seriously:

"One more question."

Jiang Baimian didn't ask what it was, and said to himself:

“If that’s the case, it raises a very important question.

"Is it because the 'Tieshan City Second Food Company' is indeed a Buddhist holy land, hiding something special, that the male employee awakened the ability in the 'Bodhi' field, or is it because the aura he left behind transformed the place, allowing later exploration The 'Crystal Consciousness' monks there think this is a holy place?

“Or maybe he is the incarnation of ‘Bodhi’, or he once met ‘Bodhi’ who came to the world and was enlightened?”

The further Long Yuehong listened, the more frightened she became.

"If you have a chance, you should go to Tieshan City." Shang Jianyao responded to Jiang Baimian's question with a yearning expression.

Jiang Baimian said "hmm":

“The answer to this question can only be found through on-the-spot exploration.”

"That's why I saved the last bit from completing the level and wanted to do more exploration." Shang Jianyao changed the subject.

Jiang Baimian did not object, but just mentioned two points:

"First, if the owner of the room doesn't gain anything and doesn't find any clues, you won't find anything no matter how much you explore.

"Two, do you have any way to resist the sudden 'fate communication' and 'consciousness deprivation'?"

Shang Jianyao shook his head:

"No, I didn't realize who attacked me at all, and neither did the owner of the room."

This means that it cannot be covered by range-based abilities.

"Then it will be difficult for you to continue exploring." Jiang Baimian sighed.

Shang Jianyao suddenly laughed:

"The mountain man has his own clever plan."

Hearing this sentence, Jiang Baimian sounded the alarm:

"What is it?"

Is this guy going to start seeking death again?

When Shang Jianyao briefly described his plan, Jiang Baimian and Long Yuehong were a little stunned.

Will this be useful?

What a wonderful idea!

Normal people would never make such an attempt!

…………

After resting for a while, Shang Jianyao entered the "Soul Corridor" again and came to the "Tieshan City Second Food Company".

After he climbed to the second floor, he reached the end of the corridor and hid in the darkness, waiting for the sound of footsteps.

Not long after, the "professional woman" named Liu Lu came down from the third floor and entered the room in front of him.

The rustling sound subsided slightly. Shang Jianyao sat down cross-legged, turned on the flashlight, and put it in his arms.

Then, he turned the "Six Senses Pearl" in one hand, and the original copy of the medical record appeared in the other hand - a medical record from the ruins of "Changhe City United Steel Plant", another holy place in Buddhism.

Without any hesitation, Zen Master Pudu, a cyborg monk wearing monk robes and cassocks, announced the name of the Buddha:

"Namo Anuttara Sanliu Sanbodhi, name Fan Wensi, female, age 52, married, address: Room 302, Building 4, District 2, Family Area..."

He read out the contents of the medical record in a melody manner as if he were spreading Buddhism widely.

He wanted to see what changes would happen if the two Buddhist holy places "collided" in this way!

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