Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 55 Suspicion (recommendation ticket)

Upon hearing Jiang Baiman’s question, Shang Jianyao and Bai Chen instinctively looked at each other, but only saw each other’s faces The same at a loss.

Jiang Baiman squeezed his hands and sat a little more straight:

“You remember the previous relic hunter, the one named Harris. Brown, the bald one, and the information provided. Is it?”

Obviously, Jiang Baiman has a pretty good memory.

As the person involved, Shang Jianyao instantly recalled:

“Is it the information about the abnormal human death north of Yuelu Station?”

“Yes. “Jiang Baiman solemnly nodded, “At the time, Harris. Brown said that they found several dead bodies without any fatal marks on the surface, but the expression or pain, or fear, or with a weird smile.”

Bai Chen suddenly realized:

“Leader, you mean, those people died in dreams, no, real dreams?”

Jiang Baiman “Hmm” with a cry:

“You think, I just poked myself in my dream, there are corresponding red and swollen dots in reality, but if you look closely, there is no pinhole at all.

“Similarly, Shang Jianyao slapped himself in the dream, and the reality also gained five fingerprints and facial swelling.

“If, I mean, if you are hit by a bullet in such a dream, or if you inhale the weird expression of poison qi, or if Yu cheerful Peak is suddenly frightened, then reality What kind of performance will there be in the game?”

“It will die without fatal injuries on the surface…” Shang Jianyao replied in a deep voice.

The five-fingerprints on his face are likely to be a stressful phenomenon, which will subside very quickly, but once the heart stops beating because of this, it will never recover.

Before the words fell, Shang Jianyao stood up abruptly, returned to his sleeping bag, put on his jacket, and carried the “Berserker” assault rifle.

While turning on the gun insurance, he strode out of the tent.

“What happened?” Long Yuehong, who was in charge of vigilance, asked hurriedly.

Shang Jianyao raised his head and glanced at the rock wall behind, and looked around:

“Have you found anything suspicious?

“Or , An unusual phenomenon? “

Long Yuehong recalled it for a while and shook the head firmly:

“No.

“There are very few wild beasts passing by, and they belong to normal species.”

While speaking, Long Yuehong saw the redness and swelling of Shang Jianyao’s right face with the help of the bright moonlight. Clear five-fingerprints.

“Uh…” Suddenly he didn’t know how to ask, his eyes became a little strange.

At this time, Jiang Baiman was dressed neatly, took the weapon out, and Bai Chen followed closely behind.

“Have you found anything?” Jiang Baiman asked with a slightly solemn expression.

“No.” Shang Jianyao replied seriously.

Jiang Baiman ignored Long Yuehong’s gaze and looked at this and that. He patrolled on his own and sensed various electrical signals around him.

“There is nothing unusual.” She walked back to Shang Jianyao and Bai Chen and said slightly relaxed, “It seems that as long as you don’t fall asleep, you won’t be affected.”

Seeing Long Yuehong’s face blank, Jiang Baiman focused on describing his encounter with Shang Jianyao.

And Long Yuehong is like listening to a story in a radio program, but he is scared and not quite convinced.

Frankly speaking, if it were not for the group leader to testify, based on Shang Jianyao’s remarks, he would definitely say:

“Don’t crack a joke, a little bit of this kind of thing” It’s not funny either!

“Go talk to the order supervisor, watch them believing or not you! “

Order supervisors are the professions responsible for the internal order of “Pangu Creatures”. Whether they fight or infringe others, they are in their control.

——”Inner Ecological Zone” each There is a “order supervisor” on the floor, and there are three order supervisor team leaders below. Each of the team leaders has several order supervisors.

Go up, more than ten 20th-layer floor. In a region, each region has an “Order Supervision Bureau”.

Above the “Order Supervision Bureau” is the “Order Supervision Department” under the “Board of Directors”.

After listening to Jiang Baiman’s description, Long Yuehong subconsciously replied:

“Is this true? “

After asking, he closed his mouth quickly and didn’t wait for the answer.

Since Shang Jianyao can make the mechanical monk Jing Fa shake hands with him, then a monster It doesn’t seem to be an unacceptable thing to make people die in a weird dream.

I have to say that after leaving the company and coming to the surface, Long Yuehong feels that this World is more and more recognized than ever There are many magical illusions.

“Will it be an awakened? Or, a sub-human or animal that has been distorted? They may have similar capabilities. “Jiang Baiman looked towards Shang Jianyao.

“Apart from my own ability, I don’t know more about awakened than you.” “Shang Jianyao turned his head and looked at Bai Chen, hoping that this lady with rich earth survival experience could give an answer.

Bai Chen shook his head, indicating that he had not encountered a similar abnormality:

“If this were not the case, the experienced relic hunter like Harris. Brown would not be allowed to evacuate in a hurry and dare not approach. “

Jiang Baiman thought for a few seconds, then looked at Shang Jianyao and said:

“I’m a little curious, how did you break away from the dream just now?”

“Well, as you said just now, it depends on the ability of awakened, but I hope to know some details, which may give me some inspiration.

“If you think this is With my own secret, let Bai Chen and Long Yuehong go to the edge to patrol.

“As for me, uh, I should be trustworthy, right?”

In the end, Jiang Baiman really can’t find a reason, and he doesn’t want to use the current situation to force him Shang Jianyao replied, and had to play tricks.

“Nothing.” Shang Jianyao replied calmly, “I used the’inference clown’ ability you have seen. At that time, because I slapped myself but didn’t wake up, I initially ruled out dreaming It’s possible, what I think is, grab the car, go away, and wait until dawn to see if you are back to normal.

“As a result, when I got up, I saw myself in the rearview mirror.

“I was thinking at the time, can I use the ability of’inference clown’ to influence me, so that I can believe that this is a dream.

“If it is a dream. , Then I equivalent to see through the truth and falsity, strengthened my self-awareness in this respect, there should be no small possibility to wake up directly.

“If it’s not a dream, I also wrote a reminder to myself…”

At this point, Shang Jianyao remembered the arrangement in his dream and hurriedly put his hand into his pocket. Take out a few sheets of paper for recording.

Except for a fragmented layout drawing depicting the ruins of a steel factory, marked with “toilet”, the rest of the papers are blank, without any hint.

“Sure enough…” Shang Jianyao took a long sigh of relief and continued, “After writing the reminder, I started to use the ability of’inferring clowns’ to make myself think that I am dreaming based on irrelevant conditions. ‘Conclusion, and this indeed strengthened my judgment and cognition, and helped me break free from my dreams.”

Jiang Baiman heard quite emotionally:

“It’s so cruel. , I even cheated myself.”

“…” Long Yuehong was almost amused, and finally held back.

“…” Shang Jianyao also didn’t expect Jiang Baiman to give such a “evaluation”, almost forgetting what to say later.

He paused and said:

“I haven’t done a similar experiment before. I didn’t think I could give it a try until I saw myself in the rearview mirror. Moreover, “Deduction Clown” There are also two situations:

“One is to use obvious facts to let the goal draw conclusions that are almost irrelevant and beneficial to me;

“One is to rely on little value The conditions allow the goal to reach a judgment that is not logical but the result is correct.”

Jiang Baiman nodded lightly:

“Yes, it seems that this time things will help you go further Mastered the ability and broadened its boundaries.”

Shang Jianyao was about to say something, suddenly showing a thoughtful expression.

Jiang Baiman immediately looked at Bai Chen:

“What do you think?”

“While not sure that the anomaly is far away, tonight It’s best not to sleep. When the day breaks, immediately drive to the south. With your energy, it shouldn’t be a big problem not to sleep in the middle of the night.” Bai Chen gave very steady and very careful advice.

Long Yuehong points subconsciously to the entrance of Black Mouse Town:

“What can I do here?”

“What else? First ensure your own safety before talking about other things “Jiang Baiman without the slightest hesitation replied, “Besides, the anomaly of the dream is not only for us. There should be some people among the relic hunters and wilderness wanderers in the nearby area, and their strange death will make this place temporarily change. It has become a forbidden zone and a horror zone spread by word of mouth. Will anyone dare to come over for a while.

“Hehe, if someone can’t even receive such news, and they don’t know anything, just enter. Then I don’t think they have the ability to find the entrance to Black Rat and remove the boulders blocking the cave.

“When the corresponding impact subsides, the people from the company will almost come over. If they fail to find us, they will definitely send a signal to notify us.”

Long Yuehong no more Opinion, the four were on duty until dawn.

Then, they took turns driving back to the south.

When it was almost noon, Jiang Baiman in the co-pilot position turned to Shang Jianyao and said:

“Try to sleep and see if there are any abnormalities in the dream.

“Don’t worry, I will stare at you and shake you up whenever something is wrong. “

“I can wake up by myself.” “Shang Jianyao whispered confidently.

“Huh? “Jiang Baiman tilted her head.

Her smile did not diminish a little, but it became more obvious.

Shang Jianyao didn’t say any more, thought about it, raised her right hand, He squeezed his temples on both sides.

He closed his eyes immediately.

…………

The cold and dark metal walls stood tall and surrounded them A wide and empty hall.

High in the hall, the top is not visible, only a dark area.

In the dark, countless bright spots are densely covered, slowly turning, It seems to have formed one Star River after another.

In the center of the hall, the stars are scattered and condensed into a huge, fuzzy silhouette. The silhouette spreads out with both hands, maintaining strict symmetry, as if it is simulating a balance.

The voice of “One price, three gifts” echoed hollowly, layer upon layer of Shang Jianyao’s ears.

Shang Jianyao stared at the scene for nearly ten seconds, and uttered four in a low voice. One word:

“Hall of Stars…”

He didn’t speak any more, passed the vague silhouette, reached the innermost hall, and stopped at the heavy gray stone gate Before.

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(End of this chapter)