Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 14 Black Marsh Wilderness

Until the Jeep completely drove out of the silver white gate, Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong got used to the rays of light outside, lowered their right arm and opened With big eyes, cast his gaze out of the window.

After the initial, hard to describe inexplicable fear, they saw a clear blue sky, saw white clouds with different shapes, and saw the changing formations of birds. Arrived at the mountain wall that shone pale golden brilliance in the sun.

“The sun… the sun!” Long Yuehong shouted at the huge orange Fireball high in the sky.

He stared there, even though his eyes were tingling and tears were streaming down, he couldn’t bear to look away.

“Don’t look directly at the sun in this state, hurt your eyes! If you really want to see, here.” Jiang Baiman drove the car, while looking through the armrest box to find an item, and then handed it to Long Yuehong.

Long Yuehong, who was lying on the glass window, looked back and found that it was a pair of black glasses.

“…sunglasses!” He recalled the knowledge he had learned and found the corresponding noun.

“If you don’t wear it, I will wear it.” At this time, Shang Jianyao turned and said.

Long Yuehong looked over and found that Shang Jianyao’s eyes were red, as if tears would shed at any time.

“Haha, are you staring at the sun too?” Long Yuehong laughed intolerably.

In the next second, he saw Shang Jianyao snatch the sunglasses and put them on the bridge of his nose.

“Hey…” He didn’t know whether to be angry or to reflect.

“There is another pair here.” When Long Yuehong was about to pounce on Shang Jianyao, Bai Chen, who was in the passenger seat, handed a pair of sunglasses back.

These sunglasses are more delicate than those of Jiang Baiman, like two “hearts” strung together. The color of the lenses is not pure black, but a little rose red.

“Don’t break it, I spent a lot of things in exchange for it.” Bai Chen exhorted.

“Thank you.” Long Yuehong sincerely thanked him and put on the sunglasses.

With this “equipment”, he can finally observe the sun carefully and carefully, comparing it with the slideshow.

“This is the sun…” Long Yuehong sighed after not knowing how long he took off, took off his sunglasses, and returned it to Bai Chen.

Shang Jianyao also retracted his sight, looking thoughtfully and put Jiang Baiman’s sunglasses back into the armrest box.

“What are you thinking?” Long Yuehong glanced at his friend.

Shang Jianyao replied with a serious expression:

“I’m thinking, where can I get sunglasses?”

The people in the underground building don’t need this at all , Only a few project teams will use it, so neither the “material supply market” or the small bazaar of the 495th floor “activity center” has never seen this thing.

Jiang Baiman exhaled driving:

“I knew that your focus was wrong.”

Bai Chen smiled and said:

“When you pass by the place where the wanderers live in the wilderness, you can go in and take a look. Maybe a compressed cookie can be exchanged for a pair of good sunglasses.”

“That’s how I got it!” Jiang Baiman He echoed, “Why do you use a lot of things for yours?”

“I bought it from a female relic hunter. At the time, she thought it was very beautiful and wanted to use it for herself. Why is there a shortage of supplies?” Bai Chen recalled the situation.

Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong didn’t listen carefully, and both lay on their respective car windows, staring at the outside scene.

Whether it is the huge trees on both sides, or the brown squirrels that run by accidentally, they can let them see with keen interest pleasure and admire them.

“This is not the same as the earth environment I imagined…” After some time, Long Yuehong sat upright and said with emotion.

“What do you think?” Jiang Baiman asked casually while making the jeep jump on the bumpy road.

Long Yuehong tried his best to find adjectives:

“Yes, that’s…”

Shang Jianyao turned his head and helped him describe:

“Dark, cold, damp, depressed, the sky is full of dust, the sun can’t penetrate the dark clouds, and the clouds are gray everywhere.”

“Yes, yes! That’s it!” Long Yuehong fully agreed .

Their textbook not at all described the environment of the earth in detail, only talking about the state, pollution, disease, and famine, which made them naturally form the impression of the bad environment above the earth.

And those employees who have been to the surface, due to the confidentiality regulations, can not talk much, even if occasionally mention some places sun shone brightly, the environment is good, they will be subconsciously ignored by the audience .

Jiang Baiman pressed his elbows on the steering wheel and looked ahead, said with a laugh:

“Maybe the old world was just destroyed that would be like this, but it will soon get better, only Some places are still in a similar state.”

“And that also means danger, pollution, disease and distortion.” Bai Chen added.

“That’s it…” Long Yuehong put his face on the car window again, admiring the beautiful scenery of the mountains and forests bathed in sunlight.

Shang Jianyao is the same.

Jiang Baiman saw this scene through the rearview mirror, laughed secretly, and pressed a button.

In the sound of the beep, the glass windows on the four car doors slammed downward.

Long Yuehong was taken aback and straightened his body:

“It, it…

“Can it be put away like this? “

“Let you breathe the outside air.” “Jiang Baiman pretended that he was not doing a prank.

Shang Jianyao’s posture has not changed at all. He seems to be enjoying the feeling of the glass window sliding across his face. It looks quite funny.

He then squinted his eyes and took a deep breath.

“How? Jiang Baiman asked with a smile.

Shang Jianyao looked outside seriously:

“It smells fresh. “

“…” Jiang Baiman admits that Shang Jianyao has a keen sense of smell, but he doesn’t want to talk to him.

Bai Chen, who watched Jiang Baiman opening the car window, interjected thoughtfully. :

“Group leader, when were you born? “

“What happened to the 23rd year of the new calendar?” “Jiang Baiman replied casually.

“You are three years younger than me…” Bai Chen was a little shocked.

Long Yuehong was even more surprised:

“Group Long, are you only two years older than us?

“You are already D6!”

“This is the benefit of working in the security department. The danger is the danger. The promotion is really fast. After all, your boss, such as me , I don’t know when I will die.” Jiang Baiman joked.

She paused, seeming to add casually:

“Also, I have made some contributions before.

“Ah, I forgot to remind you , It is very important to observe the air color, and sometimes you must wear a gas mask in advance. “

In the next half an hour, Jeep stumbled through the mountains and forests. Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong were still like children, watching the scenery outside intently, curious about everything.

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Seeing that the soil in front of
me is gradually darkening, the surrounding trees are beginning to sparse, and the road is no longer rugged, Long Yuehong suddenly frowned and said:

“I always feel that the outside environment is not right, less It seems like something…”

Shang Jianyao has sat upright and said in a deep and low voice:

“No one. “

No one…right! Long Yuehong slapped his thigh and said:

“Yes, except for a few people in the outposts along the way, no humans have appeared!” “

And the people in the outpost are undoubtedly employees of the company.

“People nearby are either absorbed by the company, or wandering to a place with food, or… …” Jiang Baiman said, “When you pass the outpost in front and enter the black marsh wilderness, you will have a chance to meet humans. “

“But that may not be what you want…” Bai Chen didn’t look back, and added a low tone.

“What did you say?” “Jiang Baiman asked, turning his head.

“Group leader, concentrate on driving!” “Bai Chen restrained his emotions and shouted with a smile.

Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong fell silent, taking a look at the wider scene outside the window.

I don’t know how long it has been. , Long Yuehong suddenly asked:

“Team leader, I haven’t told my family to go out for training, and I won’t go home recently. What can I do? “

“A person will be notified. “Jiang Baiman looked at the road ahead and gently pulled the steering wheel.

Long Yuehong closed his mouth.

Inside the jeep, there was another long silence.

After passing the edge post of “Pangu Creatures”, the terrain in front of it becomes more and more flat.

The soil here is gray and black, relatively soft, and clearly shows various criss-crossed. Traces, some belong to the wheels, some come from animals, and are derived from humans.

The trees around the road are more sparse, and people can see the black swamp in the distance at a glance.

The trunks of these trees are black and the leaves are dark green. Some of them are very tall, 20-30 meters long, and some are very low, just as tall as a person. The common point is the distortion of posture, all kinds of strange things, Just like a dead monster, it looks dark under the sun.

“On the edge of the Great Swamp, you don’t need to be too careful. After you get deep, you must slow down and always pay attention to the road ahead. Has been swallowed by the swamp. If you really drive in, then decisively abandon the car and retreat. “Bai Chen took the opportunity to lecture, “Group leader, there is a clean water source over there.” “

Jiang Baiman nodded:

“Okay, take a rest over there and add some water.”

“Then, taking advantage of the open terrain, it is not dangerous, and you can switch to Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong.

“I hope you can learn it today. “

She turned the steering wheel and let the Jeep drive to a sparse woodland in the wilderness.

An underground river drilled out of the ground here, flowing several hundred meters, and back again Going underground.

Jiang Baiman took the solar charging panel mounted on the top of the jeep and a hot water bottle with a large capacity, walked to the river, and said to Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong:

” This kind of flowing groundwater is generally not a problem, but there are still two points to observe.

“One is whether there are obvious distortions in the nearby plants, and the other is whether the creatures in the water look strange compared to their counterparts.

“Then, if possible, burn them all Open and then put in the water bag. If it doesn’t work, put the’biological cleaning sheet’. “

Observing for a while, Jiang Baiman squatted down to the river and filled a pot full of water.

Then, she put the kettle on the charged solar panel , Plugged in.

In the process, she took out a milk-white plastic bottle, poured a white tablet the size of a pinky fingernail from it, and threw it into the water.

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This is a “biological cleansing tablet” made by “Pangu Biological”.

Long Yuehong looked at him enthusiastically, as if he wanted to try it himself.

For him who needs to go to the “material supply market” to get hot water, this kind of thing is quite new-his family has a large population, the energy ration for children is limited, and the hot water bottle is not a cheap thing, so he can only take it. Thermos, go to the hot water room that supplies the market to open the water.

After Jiang Baiman was busy, he stood up, glanced at Long Yuehong, and said with a smile:

“At this time you What we should do is to take out the’ice moss’ to prevent creatures from attacking us or snatching supplies.

“Needless to say Bai Chen, very experienced, you see, Shang Jianyao is also on alert all around.”

Pulled out the “ice moss” pistol, looking at the river” Shang Jianyao at the “source” position suddenly opened the mouth and said:

“Group leader, there is a silhouette flashing over there!”

(End of this chapter)