Embers Ad Infinitum

What Jiang Baimian said was different from what she was thinking. She asked about information related to the mission of the "Old Tune Team":

"What do you know about the ruins of Tieshan City?"

Ulrich, who had a meticulous and serious image, did not slack off in front of Jiang Baimian and others just because he had become the interim president of the Ark Management Committee. He acted as if he had gone back to the past and faced him head-on. DiMarco, who is like a tyrant, is so respectful that he can't fault him at all.

This may be his instinct and habit.

Before DiMarco was killed, he had been a butler and butler for half his life.

And half of his life is almost a lifetime for many wilderness wanderers.

Even if they are lucky and do not encounter any disasters or dangers, extreme malnutrition and a relatively harsh surrounding environment will cause them to gradually become sick and die after their physical condition begins to decline after they have passed their prime years. At this time, they are often just over forty or even less than forty.

Therefore, in some wilderness wanderer settlements, anyone over thirty-five is considered an elderly person.

Ulrich organized some words to answer Jiang Baimian's question:

“No one in Ark or even the entire Hongshiji knows much about the ruins of Tieshan City.

"After the chaotic years, order here was initially restored, and when we had enough energy to expand sources of supplies, the ruins of Tieshan City had been almost excavated, and they were not of much value, and we found the smuggling business, so... "

Ulrich didn't finish what he said, but his meaning was so clear that even a child could understand it.

He paused and said:

"Perhaps the mountain monsters will know better.

"Not many years after the destruction of the old world, they lived deep in the Iron Mountain. They should have come into contact with the ruins on the other side of the mountain."

"Yeah." Jiang Baimian nodded gently.

At the same time, she muttered in her heart:

You were born after the New Calendar. I don’t know that in the middle of the chaotic era, the "Underground Ark" had enough power, but Di Marco focused on fighting Yan Hu and the residents of the Lake Island at that time. After that, be vigilant People from the sect came to preach...

Jiang Baimian followed Ulrich's answer and asked about another thing he had explained before:

"It's been almost a year. How is your contact with fishmen and mountain monsters?"

Ulrich leaned forward slightly, leaving only half of his buttocks sitting on the sofa.

He answered slowly and slowly:

"In the past year, the fish people and the mountain monsters were seriously damaged in the previous attack on the Red Stone Collection, so they no longer attack here from time to time, and the situation is relatively stable.

“They are not repelled by our contact and hope to exchange the ores in the mountains and specialties from the lakes for more useful smuggled goods such as food, weapons, and medicines.

"But they are still very wary of humans, with obvious hatred. If the people from Ark hadn't participated in the defensive battle of the Red Stone Collection, I don't think the contact would have been so smooth.

"After many contacts, the attitude of some fish people and mountain monsters towards us has softened a lot. I also asked those in charge of transactions to talk to them more about human nature and civilization, and repeatedly told them the reason why humans are human beings. It’s not the appearance that matters. They seem to enjoy hearing it, or at least talk to us about it.”

When he left Hongshiji before, in order to satisfy Shang Jianyao's "great ideal" of resolving hatred, so that fishmen, mountain monsters and residents of Hongshiji would no longer attack each other, and to prevent him from using "reasoning clowns" to achieve false peace, Jiang Bai Mian specifically told the members of the Ark Management Committee to organize a smuggling team, contact fishmen and mountain monsters, and narrow the distance between the two parties through mutual interaction and the instillation of certain concepts.

She doesn't expect this to be effective within a few years. This will only happen after at least one or two generations have died and the hatred has been basically forgotten.

Moreover, they had to work hard to maintain the "truce" between the two sides, meet the basic material needs of the fishmen and mountain monsters through smuggling, use communication to suppress their desire to return to the Red Stone Collection, and show strength to shock their hearts...

In short, this is a complicated and difficult matter, and it is definitely not as simple as Shang Jianyao's upper and lower lips touching.

Thinking of this, Jiang Baimian was suddenly stunned.

She was surprised to find that for the current Shang Jianyao, this might really be a matter of touching his upper and lower lips.

He is now an awakened person at the "soul corridor" level, and has the ability of "thought guidance" - which can show the characteristics of "thought implantation" and "reasoning clown" respectively. If you want to make fishmen and mountain monsters accept a certain Concepts and ideas, don’t make it too easy.

Moreover, the numbers of the two major sub-human groups, fishmen and mountain monsters, are not that large. Shang Jianyao should be able to "cover" them all in ten days and a half if he works harder and stays hidden.

Then "guide" them to listen to the radio regularly to consolidate the "curative effect".

This should allow the murlocs and mountain monsters to coexist peacefully with the residents of the Redstone Settlement until all those with deep hatred are dead.

As for Hongshiji, with the vigilance church watching, Shang Jianyao definitely cannot do anything on a large scale, but fortunately, the townspeople of Hongshiji are not interested in the harsh mountains and rivers, as long as the fishmen and mountain monsters are not Come and mess with them, most of them are willing to keep the status quo.

As the thought passed by, Jiang Baimian's expression changed slightly, and he almost shook his head in front of Long Yuehong and other team members, Ulrich and other members of the Ark Management Committee.

She actually began to consider using the awakened person's ability to forcibly solve the problem of the Red Stone Collection!

From her previous point of view, this was quite an evil act, using the ability to directly distort the will of others. It was not essentially different from making a puppet, and was only suitable for use against enemies.

Although she still thinks this is not advisable, she can't help but list the corresponding plans.

"Huh, you still have to respect the will of the fishmen and mountain monsters. You can't make fun of yourself as a villain, just do what the villain would do...

"But, if you can no longer suppress the urge of fishmen and mountain monsters to return to the Red Stone Collection in the future, and you can't find a way to make the townspeople here accept it, in the face of a large-scale bloody conflict that may break out, you can temporarily use your abilities to It is also possible to consider suppressing them and allowing them to continue to maintain peace...

"On the dusty soil, you must not have moral obsessiveness, which sometimes kills many, many people... Compared to having their will briefly distorted for a few years, more people can survive and welcome the dawn. Guilt is nothing... "Jiang Baimian turned his head and glanced at Shang Jianyao.

She didn't know which Shang Jianyao was in charge of the body now. Anyway, he didn't show any signs of being moved by Ulrich's words.

"You've done a good job. We need to persist in this matter for a long time." Jiang Baimian nodded to Ulrich, Yu Tian and Bode.

"The smuggling business with fishmen and mountain monsters will also bring us benefits." Ulrich said that even if Honorary Chairman Xue Shiyue did not tell him and others, the Ark Management Committee would continue to do this. .

Jiang Baimian said "hmm" and said after a while:

"When is your next transaction?"

Ulrich did not answer, but said directly:

"You can do it anytime you want, but you have to tell me one day in advance so I can send someone to contact them."

Wow, this former housekeeper and now president is so considerate. He actually heard what I meant... No wonder people with money and status in the old world wanted to find a good housekeeper... Jiang Baimian glanced at Long Yuehong, Shang Jianyao took a look and found that one of them was puzzled and the other was in a state of confusion.

After a brief pause, Jiang Baimian asked:

"Is it okay to meet the fishman tomorrow afternoon and the mountain monster the day after tomorrow?"

"No problem." Ulrich remained calm.

After finishing the exchange of other matters and sending away the three members of the Ark Management Committee, Jiang Baimian stood up and stretched his waist in an inconspicuous manner:

"We'll stay on this floor tonight and try to see the fish and the mountain monster before Lao Ge comes."

Long Yuehong finally couldn't help but ask the question:

"Team leader, I understand that seeing the monsters is to get more information about the ruins of Tieshan City. So what's the point of the fishmen?"

Jiang Baimian smiled slightly:

“I wanted to do this last time, but at that time we were still too weak, and knowing too much may not be a good thing.

"Do you still remember what happened to the fish-man angel?"

"Remember." Bai Chen was the first to answer.

And Shang Jianyao stayed awake for too long today, and his dizziness became serious again.

Jiang Baimian said with a smile:

"The first person who discovered the Yanhu Temple was not the fishman god envoy, but some young people from the fishman tribe.

"They went to the island, entered the market town, and found the temple. They thought it was a bit weird and didn't dare to go in. They sent someone to notify the fishman god.

"I wonder if they were waiting for the fish-man angel in the town for more than half an hour..."

Hearing this, Long Yuehong suddenly realized.

He remembered the third note given by the company when exploring the island in the middle of the lake:

"It cannot exceed a quarter of an hour in the temple, half an hour in the area near the temple, and three days elsewhere on the island."

That group of murlocs did not enter the temple and had not been on the island for more than three days, but they probably waited for the murloc god in the area near the temple, that is, in the market town, for a long time!

Long Yuehong asked tentatively:

"Team leader, do you want to investigate what abnormalities occurred in that group of fishmen at that time or after that?"

Bang bang bang, Shang Jianyao forced his support and clapped his hands.

Jiang Baimian nodded with satisfaction:

"right."

After speaking, she pointed to the door:

"Get some food first, then go to bed early and get up early. We won't go out tonight."

As soon as she finished speaking, Shang Jianyao deliberately lowered his voice and said:

"Are you really not going out?

"Aren't you going to listen to what those people in the Vigilance Church are arguing about?"

"No need for now." Jiang Baimian shook his head.

Shang Jianyao, who is seeking novelty and novelty, continued to suppress his voice and said:

"Different interpretations of doctrines are reflected in different folk customs in daily life, folk customs..."

He deliberately emphasized "folk customs".

Jiang Baimian hesitated.

"It's still early anyway." Bai Chen added next to him.

"Okay." Jiang Baimian breathed out, "Go to the Vigilant Church to visit the Song Dynasty Warner, so as not to be accused of being rude."

PS: I recommend Sweeping Tianya’s new book "Mirror Authority". His opening this time is actually quite amazing, completely different from his previous style.