Embers Ad Infinitum

Skull... Several members of the "Old Tune Team" have seen many deaths and corpses, and they will not panic, fear, or tremble just because they dug out a human skull.

An idea flashed through them at the same time, and they all looked to the other side of the tree roots.

There was a mutilated corpse and a badge identifying "Du Shaochong".

"Isn't this his head?" Long Yuehong whispered.

In the dim environment, such speculation made him feel that the wind had become quite cold.

The "old investigation team" saw the mutilated bones of the relic hunter buried in the hole in the ruins of the Marsh No. 1 relic laboratory, and the remaining parts were under the old locust tree in Linhe Village?

For Jiang Baimian, this was unexpected but reasonable.

She pondered for a few seconds and said:

"This is the Buddhist holy land corresponding to 'Zhuang Sheng'. It is actually quite reasonable to dig out the bones of his incarnation.

"What is unreasonable is that we happened to have obtained the other half of His incarnation body in another place not long ago."

"Perhaps, this is the reason why the relic hunter behind the scenes buried these bones in the ruins of the Swamp No. 1 Relic Laboratory." Bai Chen said in a speculative tone.

Shang Jianyao laughed:

"You want us to return the jade to Zhao intact? No, you want us to put together Du Shaochong's bones completely?"

Without waiting for anyone else to respond, he looked at his three teammates and said sadly:

"When the time comes, something very scary might happen."

When Long Yuehong heard this, she couldn't help but shudder.

"First dig this area, find all the bones, and see if we can piece together a complete body." Jiang Baimian responded calmly, not affected by the "ghost story".

"Just be afraid..." Shang Jianyao said in a longer tone.

Long Yuehong asked instinctively:

"What are you afraid of?"

Shang Jianyao smiled and said:

"It would be interesting if we couldn't find a complete body."

"This means that what we got before was fake." Long Yuehong sneered.

Shang Jianyao suddenly changed his tone:

"What if there are one or two more bones?"

"..." Long Yuehong didn't know how to answer for a moment. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this phenomenon might be extremely terrifying.

Shang Jianyao suddenly felt proud:

"The correct answer is, the lack of bones may be due to wild dogs passing by and taking some of them away, and the many bones may be due to the fact that this area was originally a cemetery. If you continue to dig deeper, you can dig out more bones."

Jiang Baimian, who had planned to listen to what this guy had in mind to gain inspiration, could no longer maintain his expression and urged:

"Hurry up and dig! It's getting dark!"

Only then did Shang Jianyao bend down, and together with Long Yuehong, under the light of Baichen's flashlight, they dug up the soil under the old locust tree in different areas.

Jiang Baimian was vigilant all around.

In the next ten minutes, using the place where Shang Jianyao dug out the skull as the reference point, white bones were found one after another around him.

They were originally buried together.

"It's gone." After a while, Shang Jianyao straightened up and said to Jiang Baimian, "See if the number and position of the bones are correct."

Jiang Baimian, who is a scientific researcher, has enough understanding of the structure of the human body. She had just sensed the surroundings and used the light of a flashlight to count and identify the excavated human bones. At this time, she spent a few minutes to confirm again. :

"The numbers and placement are right."

"It's indeed the same one." Bai Chen sighed softly.

Long Yuehong then said:

"It seems that these are really Du Shaochong's bones."

Complete skeleton.

Shang Jianyao smiled again:

"Maybe these were buried here just a few days ago."

"There are no traces of new burials." Jiang Baimian denied his "guess."

Shang Jianyao immediately changed his mind:

"years ago."

Jiang Baimian ignored him, looked around the entrance of Linhe Village, which was shrouded in darkness, frowned slightly and said:

"We have collected all the bones, but nothing unusual has happened..."

Team leader, do you really want to trigger anomalies? Long Yuehong was startled.

Shang Jianyao suddenly became excited. He glanced at the pale and dim moon in the sky and said:

"We may have to put the bones together and put them back into human form."

Ever since Jiang Baimian pointed out that these were the bones of an adult and not a child, Shang Jianyao never connected it with Xiao Chong and said that death is a big deal.

Long Yuehong subconsciously wanted to say "don't be reckless", but she also felt that she might miss something if she didn't try.

Some people go to great lengths to "send" the remaining bones to their own group, aren't they just hoping to stir up trouble?

"Wait until dawn and try again?" Bai Chen gave a mature and prudent suggestion.

Although based on their experience, things like anomalies have nothing to do with whether it is dark or whether there is sunlight, but the quality of the environment and the level of visibility directly affect the performance of themselves and others.

Shang Jianyao looked serious:

"I'm afraid something will change later!"

He pushed hard to sell the idea of ​​trying it now.

Jiang Baimian considered for a moment and said:

"Xiaobai, Xiaohong, put on the exoskeleton device and bionic smart armor, drive the jeep one kilometer away, and find a place where you can monitor this place."

Seeing that the team leader had made a decision, Bai Chen and Long Yuehong didn't hesitate. After saying "Okay" in reply, they each got busy.

After they withdrew one kilometer, they found a big tree as a high point, and relied on military exoskeleton devices and night vision binoculars to monitor the space under the old locust tree. Jiang Baimian also walked out for about three hundred meters.

She held the night vision binoculars in one hand and picked up the walkie-talkie in the other:

"Hey, you can fight with the bones."

"Okay!" Shang Jianyao happily agreed.

He was not reckless, and first took out the "Six Senses Pearl", the Small Jade Buddha, and the "Angel of Life" necklace and put them aside so that he could access them at any time.

Then, he carefully put the bones together, and used the walkie-talkie to ask Jiang Baimian for advice if he didn't understand anything.

Not long after, a complete human skeleton appeared under the old locust tree.

It was obviously an adult, between 175 and 1.8 meters tall.

Shang Jianyao squatted beside the corpse, hovering his hands above the three props while looking around.

"Nothing has changed." He was quite disappointed.

Jiang Baimian was also observing and did not respond immediately.

At this time, Shang Jianyao suddenly realized:

"I understand, I still have to recite Buddha's name to achieve salvation."

He immediately sat down cross-legged and asked Zen Master Pudu to recite the Buddha's name:

"Namo Ayodoro Sanliu Sanbodhi..."

The night was quiet and there was no other sound around.

"Hey..." Shang Jianyao let out a long sigh.

Jiang Baimian thought for a few seconds and said to the intercom:

"Go into the Sea of ​​Origin and see if there is any change in the gap in Xiao Chong.

"Well, let's go to the 'Soul Corridor', open the door of 'Zhuang Sheng's' room, and confirm the situation of his dream."

"Okay!" Shang Jianyao clenched his right fist and left palm, looking inspired.

He kept his sitting posture unchanged, pinched his temples on both sides of his body ritually, and entered his own spiritual room.

Above the "Sea of ​​Origin", the gap in Xiao Chong is still deep and silent, as if frozen in time.

In the "Soul Corridor", in the "102" room, a giant bird flies over the sea like never stopping.

Shang Jianyao exited the "Soul Corridor" disappointedly, picked up the walkie-talkie, and reported to Jiang Baimianhui:

"It's all normal."

Jiang Baimian frowned, and after repeatedly confirming that everything was normal, he walked towards the old locust tree and asked Long Yuehong and Bai Chen to return.

Soon, four members of the "Old Tune Team" gathered around the pieced together skeleton. Bai Chen and Long Yuehong were careful not to disarm.

"What to do next?" After a moment of silence, Long Yuehong asked.

Jiang Baimian thought for a while and said:

"Although no abnormalities were found in this last Buddhist holy land, the corpse itself can also 'speak'.

"Go back and get some instruments, bring Lao Ge with you, and measure the age of this corpse when it died and how many years ago it died, to see whether he died before the destruction of the old world, when the old world was destroyed, or when the old world was destroyed. long after the destruction.

"He is suspected to be the reincarnation of 'Zhuang Sheng'. Understanding these questions will help us investigate the truth about the destruction of the old world."

Jiang Baimian was very cautious and did not completely equate this corpse with the incarnation of Du Shaochong and "Zhuang Sheng".

"Why don't you just put it in the trunk and take it to Yecao City to find Lao Ge?" Long Yuehong asked in confusion.

Jiang Baimian looked at the corpse and said:

"The shadow of the cruise ship we experienced tells us that things closely related to ourselves left behind by the powerful in the 'New World' may form nodes connecting the 'New World' and bring various dangers. They can, So does probability.

"If these are really the bones of Zhuang Sheng's reincarnated body, if we keep them around for a long time, we might all suffer from the 'unintentional disease'."

Bang bang bang, Shang Jianyao clapped his hands.

That's right... Long Yuehong was horrified, a little afraid of what happened before carrying the mutilated bones around.

Fortunately, this only lasted a day and a night.

The "Old Tune Team" was previously more inclined to believe that the incomplete bones and breastplates brought by the three relic hunters were fake.

"Yes." Bai Chen agreed with the team leader's decision, "Leave the nameplate here and let Lao Ge come and identify whether it is a forgery."

Jiang Baimian looked at the dark Linhe Village, nodded and said:

“Then bury the body and the breastplate together.

"We Gray Earth people believe that one should be buried in peace."

"But we have to dig it out later and let Lao Ge test it." Shang Jianyao told the truth.

Jiang Baimian glared at him:

“This is the time to act, this is the time to be mindful.”

Shang Jianyao didn't dare to say anything anymore. He honestly put the bones and the breastplate into the hole he had dug before. Then he called Long Yuehong and filled up the soil shovel by shovel.

It didn't take long before they buried the body that was suspected of being Du Shaochong's body.

Shang Jianyao picked up the "Six Consciousness Pearl", stood beside the land under the old locust tree, and recited the Buddha's name again with a compassionate look on his face:

"Namo..."

As soon as he uttered two words, from the corner of Jiang Baimian's eye, he suddenly saw yellowish or pure white lights one after another not far away.

They all belong to Linhe Village sleeping in darkness.