Embers Ad Infinitum

"There is no fixed Dharma called Anuttarasamyaksambodhi, and there is no fixed Dharma that the Tathagata can say. Why? What the Tathagata says is undesirable, unspeakable, illegal, and non-illegal..."

Suddenly, in the corridor on the second floor of the food company, there seemed to be a virtuous monk preaching, the sound was pure and solemn, and the wonderful sound echoed.

But if you listen carefully, you will find that the content is not the same:

"The patient reported that her mobility is normal and her mental state is normal. Her current history of illness is that her son has been visible every day for the past seven days, at least once, her son..."

Shang Jianyao read out the contents of the original copy of the medical record in the tone of reciting Buddhist scriptures.

Moreover, in order to fit the fragments of the Diamond Sutra he selected, he forcibly broke sentences and added vocabulary in order to pronounce the patient's situation with a special intonation to show his solemnity.

As the saying goes, love what you do, and this is what Zen Master Pudu should do.

As for whether it would appear unsmooth because of it, he didn't care, as long as he expressed his thoughts well and acted realistically.

Neither Jiang Baimian nor Long Yuehong were optimistic about his whimsical attempt.

Because this is the "Tieshan City Second Food Company" in the psychological shadow of a certain awakened person, not the Buddhist holy land in reality.

Everything here is what the owner of the room sees. Anything beyond this range comes from his subconscious repair and improvement, which is not the same as the real situation.

Therefore, unless the owner of the room not only encountered a strange event, but also had a certain and correct self-understanding of it, the medical records from another Buddhist holy place, "Changhe City United Steel Plant" should not induce special changes.

As he recited it, the cyborg monk Pudu Zen Master became more and more solemn.

He felt that the gaze in the dark became more and more obvious, and there were more and more.

They come from the next room, from the ceiling above, from the darkness at the stairwell, from the spots on the wall.

Shang Jianyao was not surprised but overjoyed. For him, changes meant that his idea was on the road to success.

Of course, this could be a good thing or a bad thing.

The good thing is that this may bring out hidden clues, allowing Shang Jianyao to gain more. The bad thing is that there is a certain probability that the anomaly here will not be malicious but try to kill the "chanter". When the time comes, Shang Jianyao said You may be trapped in this psychological shadow and become a vegetative state or die on the spot.

According to the plan, once he discovers that his face changes suddenly in his dream, Jiang Baimian will forcefully electrocute him to see if he can regain some of his consciousness.

The cyborg monk Pudu Zen Master maintained a compassionate and peaceful state and recited the contents behind the medical record.

At this moment, figures came out one after another from the room where the "professional woman" Liu Lu was.

Their eyes are cloudy and bloodshot, and they are all "unintentional".

These "unintentional ones" did not attack Shang Jianyao, but walked to him and sat down cross-legged around him, like wild mandrills receiving enlightenment.

"Namo Anuttara Sammyak Sambodhi..." As Pudu Zen Master Shang Jianyao finished his chant, a "professional woman" named Liu Lu, wearing a white shirt and a blue suit, also came to the corridor.

She looked at the cyborg monk, standing there in shock.

Almost at the same time, Shang Jianyao noticed that this woman's eyes were different from before.

Her eyes were now extremely cloudy, and the bloodshot eyes were quite ferocious.

She became a "careless person"!

As soon as Shang Jianyao had this thought, a booming sound rang in his ears.

The "Tieshan City Second Food Company" building collapsed!

Pieces of reinforced concrete fell off, and together with many surrounding buildings, fell into the extremely dark abyss.

It’s not just this building that collapsed, but the world as well!

When the "psychological shadow" collapsed, Shang Jianyao vaguely saw a little bit of green light flying out from different places in the building of the food company and getting into the "Six Senses Pearl" he held in his hand.

When the change subsided, he found himself standing at the entrance to room "522". In front of him was a dark sea with a cruise ship crawling with shellfish, and behind him was the door connecting the corridor.

…………

In the real world, illuminated by a campfire.

Jiang Baimian and Long Yuehong stood next to the gray-green jeep, staring at Shang Jianyao inside.

Suddenly, they smelled a fresh smell.

It's like autumn and winter are finally over and spring is here, with grass growing and orioles flying.

The two subconsciously glanced around and found that on the trees whose leaves had almost fallen off, little green sprouts sprouted and took shape in an instant.

On the ground next to it, weeds dug out of the dry soil, condensing drops of dew.

This... Long Yuehong just blinked, and what he saw returned to what it was before.

This is the edge of the old mountain in late autumn.

Jiang Baimian cast his eyes on Shang Jianyao in the car, and saw that this guy had opened his eyes at some point.

Bang bang bang, Shang Jianyao clapped his hands.

Although this action was inexplicable, it made Jiang Baimian and Long Yuehong feel a lot calmer.

"Why are you applauding suddenly?" Jiang Baimian breathed a sigh of relief.

Shang Jianyao answered truthfully:

“Pat yourself on your back!”

Before Long Yuehong could react, Jiang Baimian had a thought in his mind:

"Success?"

"Yes." Shang Jianyao nodded and said as he got out of the jeep, "Those donors admire Buddhism and have taken refuge in Bodhi..."

"Speak in human terms." Jiang Baimian interrupted Shang Jianyao's description.

Shang Jianyao stopped adding any extraneous details and told the story of how he recited the medical records in the form of teaching Buddhism, and the so-called "unintentional person" listened with his legs crossed, exactly as it was, without missing any details.

This includes the fact that the "career woman" actually showed the side of the "careless person" and the collapse of the world caused by the psychological shadow.

"He actually became a 'careless person'?" Long Yuehong was shocked.

Could it be that the content in the medical record really belonged to Buddhism and that the "ghost" possessing "professional woman" Liu Lu was directly expelled?

This also caused Liu Lu to suffer from "unintentional disease"?

Jiang Baimian pondered for a moment and said:

"Maybe it's not what it becomes, but what it is."

Shang Jianyao immediately agreed:

"Yes, it's very likely that Liu Lu suffered from 'unintentional disease' when the old world was destroyed, but after being possessed by that person with 'Fate Power', she showed a normal side again."

This is indeed more reasonable and logical... Long Yuehong was convinced.

Jiang Baimian had some doubts:

"If the 'Fate Communication' can target the 'unintentional' and occupy their bodies for a long time, then the person possessing Liu Lu will not be able to die as Liu Lu's body declines.

"In such a ruined city, there is absolutely no shortage of 'unintentional people'."

"Maybe maybe he really isn't dead." Shang Jianyao rubbed his chin.

Long Yuehong joined the discussion:

“So why, after so many years, are food companies completely back to normal?”

Shang Jianyao laughed:

"First, maybe it was just the owner of the room who thought he was normal; second, after discovering that he could possess other 'unintentional beings', he used these springboards to leave the ruins of Tieshan City and go somewhere."

"It's all possible." Jiang Baimian asked thoughtfully, "If it's the latter, where would it be?"

Shang Jianyao already had a draft:

"New world.

"There is a gate to the new world in reality."

This is also what Du Heng said he was looking for.

Jiang Baimian was silent for a moment and found that this direction could no longer be discussed because of the lack of substantive clues.

She turned to consider another question:

"The practice of reciting that medical record actually works...

"There is indeed something hidden in that psychological shadow, and there is enough connection between the two holy places of Buddhism."

Without waiting for Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong to respond, she made a guess on her own:

"Could it be that Fan Wensi's son who became a vegetative state in the medical record and was sent to a place in the north to receive new treatments is the one whose employee introduction column is missing from the food company?"

Long Yuehong was inexplicably frightened, thought for a moment and said:

"The timing doesn't match up. Fan Wensi's son had a car accident several years before the destruction of the old world and became a vegetative state. How could the food company keep his photo and introduction for so long without hiring new employees? He saw He’s not a particularly important person.”

What he meant was that even if Fan Wensi's son had worked in a food company, the missing photos and introductions in the employee introduction column were definitely not his - over the past few years, there must have been photos and introductions of new employees occupying the corresponding positions.

"It makes sense." This time, Jiang Baimian agreed with Long Yuehong's analysis.

Shang Jianyao did not refute, but just mentioned one point:

"I now feel that Fan Wensi sees his son who is far away in the north once a day, but he is unable to get close and cannot confirm it. It is a bit like the gaze from the dark in a food company."

"There may be a key connection hidden here." Jiang Baimian nodded lightly.

At this time, the merchants didn’t know who was sent, so they gave up the discussion and showed off:

“My ‘Six Senses Pearl’ has changed.

"It's stronger!"

…………

Night, somewhere, in a room.

An old man with pale hair suddenly woke up, walked to the window, and looked out at the undulating sea.

He had a dream about an experience he had when he was young.

This dream was so clear that he wondered if someone had entered the room of his mind and touched the shadow of his mind.

But for him who is experienced, there is still a certain difference between this dream and the dream of someone deeply exploring their own spiritual world.

It was so clear and coherent that the old man felt as if his memory had been awakened and he was reading through it again.

As he thought about it, his body suddenly froze.

He found that one section of his memory of that experience was not clear enough and he did not care much about it, but now, it was replayed in his mind like an old-world movie:

Returning to Tieshan City Second Food Company for the fourth time, after finally overcoming the psychological shadow, the old man vaguely heard some noise when he left, but when he looked back, everything was normal, and the weirdness there had long since dissipated.

At this moment, the old man finally remembered and understood clearly what the "movement" was.

When he left "Tieshan City Second Food Company", a sigh came from the depths of that building.

If there is a sigh that seems like nothing.

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