Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 26 “Make-up Lessons ” (recommendation ticket)

A corpse was thrown high and far, and fell into the swamp ahead, splashing countless mud point.

It is embedded in the dark and soft surface, sinking inch by inch.

Next to it, there are two similar scenes, but they are buried deeper in the mud.

Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong stared for a few seconds, retracted their gazes, and turned to the jeep position.

Jiang Baiman didn’t ask who came to ride the heavy motorcycle first, so he put on the corresponding helmet and straddled it.

Wearing a miniature submachine gun, she looked sideways at Shang Jianyao and others, and said with a smile:

“I wanted to get one a long time ago, but I haven’t Opportunity.”

Before she could say anything, she was already twisting the throttle, causing the heavy motorcycle to make a low and violent rumbling sound.

Jiang Baiman fell down. Although it was the first time he rode, his style was quite professional.

The rumbling sound grew louder and louder, and the heavy motorcycle arrow generally rushed out, along the edge of the swamp, towards the distance.

“The romance of steel and fuel…” Long Yuehong whispered enviously, “There is freedom and wind.”

In the booming sound, the heavy motorcycle turned back. , Stopped not far away.

Jiang Baiman supported the ground with his feet, pulled up the helmet mask, and laughed dryly:

“This, that, Bai Chen, where should I go?”

Bai Chen looked down at his scarf and responded loudly:

“You follow the jeep.”

“Huh? What did you say?” Jiang Baiman He raised his hand to touch his ear, but it was blocked by the helmet.

She did not change her smile, pulled the mask again, and rode the heavy motorcycle back to the jeep, as if she had made a decision.

Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong got on the car one after another, Bai Chen returned to the driving position and started the jeep.

In this way, they traveled in the black marsh wilderness at a relatively low speed, changing directions from time to time, drilling around.

In this process, Jiang Baiman repeatedly used the excuse of scouting around, riding that motorcycle, leaving the team, and speeding to different places.

Nearly two hours later, Bai Chen stopped the Jeep, who seemed a little overwhelmed.

She pushed the car door and said to Jiang Baiman who had just whizzed back from a distance:

“Group leader, it’s almost the settlement.”

Jiang Baiman supported the ground on one foot and pulled up the mask:

“What do you think?”

Bai Chen touched the rough skin on his face:

“I’m worried that if we pass this way, the wilderness wanderers in settlement will have an overreaction. They are always very vigilant in this regard.

“Why don’t you wait here? I ride a motorcycle. , Make good contact, and then come back to lead you over? If they don’t let us in, then I will try to trade outside. “

Jiang Baiman nodded lightly:

“Our firepower is indeed daunting. “

The black marsh iron snake skin tied to the top of the jeep is even more daunting.

She immediately got off the car, parked the motorcycle, took off the helmet, and handed it to Bai Chen .

After watching Bai Chen’s back disappear into the sparse woodland ahead, Jiang Baiman opened the door of the jeep and sat in the driving position.

“Would you like one? “She smiled and picked up the simple cigarettes placed in the armrest box.

This is the spoils of war obtained earlier.

The burnt yellow and black tobacco leaves exude a An unspeakable fragrance.

“No. “Long Yuehong and Shang Jianyao shook their heads at the same time.

“You two, this is a luxury!” “Jiang Baiman put down the simple cigarette. “I don’t know how many people who have been on the battlefield are crazy about it. This can relax their spirits and not overwhelm themselves, just like alcoholic beverages can make people forget many unpleasant things that are unwilling to recall. Hey, many people only become happy when they are drunk. “

“That’s not real happiness.” “Shang Jianyao suddenly sang. (Note 1)

“Oh, I’m still singing.” Jiang Baiman opened his mouth slightly, laughing and cursing.

Shang Jianyao seriously nodded and said:

“I like music. “

“But the lyrics don’t seem to be right…” Jiang Baiman rubbed the metal device in his ear.

Shang Jianyao said as if discussing an academic issue:

“The lyrics can be modified to fit the current scene, which helps to express better. “

“…” Jiang Baiman waved his hand, “This is not the point. Being interrupted by you like this, I almost forgot what I was going to say!” “

She sighed out of breath:

“I brought up cigarettes to bring up the topic of war trauma.”

“Although the battle you have just experienced has not reached this level, it is necessary to pay attention to it. Whether it is cigarettes, alcohol, or even controlled drugs, it is actually not a good way to deal with it. You are severely dependent and are not good for your health.

“If you are too tense, stressed, anxious, irritable, and have difficulty concentrating, you can always find me Chat, I have learned some psychology courses. “

“Yes, group leader!” “Long Yuehong replied loudly, “Just now, on the way, Bai Chen actually talked to us about this matter, and I feel much better now. “

“Not bad. “Jiang Baiman praised, “Since the approval of the establishment of this old tune group, the most correct thing I have done is to pass Bai Chen’s application. Tsk, my vision is good? “

Without waiting for Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong to respond, she leaned into the driver’s seat, her eyes turned slightly:

“Bai Chen doesn’t know when she will come back, she is idle I’m free, let’s tell you something more, which I haven’t told you before. “

Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong immediately sat upright, as if they were still in school.

Jiang Baiman laughed lowly:

“Don’t So focused! Distracted and watch out! Are you not afraid that a rocket will fly in and bring us in one pot?

“Okay, back to the topic. Didn’t I say it before? Above earth, except for a few creatures, the most dangerous enemy of mankind is always human.

“So, which Can humans be called dangerous?

“Long Yuehong, what do you think?”

Long Yuehong recalled the next line:

“A person wearing a skeleton device.”

In the previous battle, the role played by the external military skeleton device impressed him.

He even suspected that this would be one of the sources of his nightmare.

“Yes, you can also add people wearing bionic smart armor, these two kinds of people, alone can deal with a team, and even smooth a small wilderness wanderer settlement.” Jiang Baiman He turned his attention to Shang Jianyao, “What else do you think?”

“Teams equipped with heavy weapons, teams with outstanding firepower, people who have installed specific types of biological prostheses or have done corresponding mechanical and electronic modifications “Shang Jianyao said three in one breath.

Jiang Baiman nodded gently:

“Indeed.”

She stroked her left arm with her right hand:

“It It has brought me a great improvement, but it’s still the original one, you should cherish it!”

She immediately added:

“There are also monks from the Monk Order , There are also genetic reformers. You may not know that in many forces, people like you are called the “chosen ones”.”

“Why?” Long Yuehong was quite impressed. Asked in amazement.

Jiang Baiman laughed:

“You have too much contact with each other, and you are also in touch, so you can’t realize the preciousness of this technology.

“Among all the forces, currently only our company and the White Knights Group can steadily make genetic improvements and produce corresponding stock solutions.

“Think about it, a person who is tall, strong, fast, quick response, strong coordination, strong balance, strong immunity, strong self-repair ability, extremely energetic, excellent vision, firearms A person who is not low in innate talent, to an ordinary person, isn’t it like the darling of heaven? Isn’t it synonymous with danger?

“But don’t rush to be proud. Some forces are extreme Rejecting genetic technology, thinking that this is a blasphemy against the Spiritual God by nature to heaven, and is the main reason for the old world annihilation. “

Jiang Baiman hesitated, and continued:

“The ones who are stronger than the genetically modified ones are those who have done genetic modification. They often have something that humans don’t have. In this regard, those sub-humans that are distorted by pollution have similar performance. I have even seen sub-humans that can complete photosynthesis by themselves without eating for three months.

“However, the genetic modification technology is still very immature, and the failure rate and death rate are quite high. You should not try it lightly.”

The sub-human itself is a normal human, but In the cataclysm of the old world annihilation, it was polluted and deformed.

Although a large part of them died completely soon after being polluted, some people still survived and passed their own aberrations to their offspring.

These people were discriminated against by normal humans, were expelled from settlement, and were called “sub-human” insultingly.

Due to physical changes and similar encounters, sub-humans inevitably hate normal humans, always with unsolvable resentment, and the two sides gradually developed into mortal enemies.

In this case, the term “sub-human” really spread on earth and became a “scientific name”.

In the new calendar era, many years after the old world annihilation, strong pollution still remains in some places. The distortion has not disappeared from the human beings, and a new sub-human is being created by it.

Of course, most sub-humans today are the result of natural reproduction.

“There is such a sub-human…” Long Yuehong knows what a sub-human is, but has never heard of the kind of sub-human described by Jiang Baiman.

Jiang Baiman gave a “hmm”, glanced at Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong separately, and said as if nothing had happened:

“In addition to the ones just mentioned, there is another kind of person who can be called It’s dangerous. It can even be said to be very dangerous.”

“Which kind of person?” Long Yuehong was very curious, and Shang Jianyao was the same.

Those mentioned before, the two have more or less learned in the textbooks and training, but no one puts the corresponding content together from the perspective of “dangerous humans”.

Jiang Baiman bowed his head and said with a smile:

“awakened.”

“awakened ……” Long Yuehong and Shang Jianyao whispered and repeated.

Jiang Baiman raised his head and looked at the two of them and said:

“Awakened refers to human beings that have strange mutations due to some reason. They all have some strange and terrifying abilities.

“Some people once thought that some awakened abilities should be described as funny, but later, it turns out that no matter how funny the ability is, it will become very scary in the correct situation.

“So far, no force has figured out the law of awakened generation. All experiments to artificially manufacture awakened have failed. Therefore, the number of awakened is very rare and it is not easy to encounter. I’m not in a hurry to tell you.

“Ah, yes, this is knowledge that needs to be kept secret. “

Long Yuehong asked worriedly:

“Leader, you said awakened so strongly, if you encounter it, how should you deal with it?” “

Shang Jianyao was silent and did not speak.

Jiang Baiman smiled and said:

“Except for a few very powerful awakened, most of the awakened abilities are There is a range limit, and the range is not large.

“Based on this, if you encounter them, try to keep a distance and use a gun to solve the problem remotely.”

“This way…” Long Yuehong began to imagine the corresponding scene .

Shang Jianyao nodded gently, as if thinking about something.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Baiman added another sentence:

“Also, don’t just pay attention to these dangerous human beings. Our bodies are too fragile. If careless, seven or eight years old Children have a chance to kill us.”

…………

Bai Chen rode a heavy motorcycle, and after going around for a while, he went deep along a seemingly soft road. swamp.

Ten minutes later, a small red dot appeared on the road in front of her.

The lightly shaking red light spot.

This is a warning.

Note 1: Quoted from Mayday “You Are Not Really Happy”. Originally, I made this book in order to prevent harmony, but sometimes, in order to resonate, I still quote and adapt some realistic poems or lyrics so that everyone can see the corresponding melody and in their minds. Picture. This is necessary for some later scenes.

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