Embers Ad Infinitum

The 349th floor is different from most floors in the "living area". The rooms are not so densely built, and can even be said to be sparse.

As soon as Jiang Baimian got out of the elevator, he saw a small square.

In the middle of the square, there is a flower bed filled with soil, in which green plants of different shapes are planted.

The light falling from the ceiling in this area is closer to the natural light on the ground and is not the usual fluorescent light.

Jiang Baimian looked at the different flowers that were withering or blooming, then turned into the street on the left and entered No. 12, Area C.

After entering, there is first a living room with sofas, coffee tables, chairs, radios and other things. To the left of the living room, where it is connected to the kitchen, there is also a dining room.

Deep in the living room there are more rooms.

At this time, an old man of half a hundred years was sitting on a lounge chair next to the window, reading the books in his hand by the light of the street lamp outside.

The old man's black hair is still very thick, but mixed with some silver strands.

His eyebrows are like swords and his eyes are big. If he were to go back a few decades, he would definitely be as handsome as the genetically improved generation.

Jiang Baimian glanced at the old man, frowned slightly, and pressed the switch on the wall next to the door.

Snapped!

The lights in the house turned on, making the place look like day.

"Dad, why don't you turn on the light?" Jiang Baimian blamed him with concern.

Jiang Wenfeng lowered the book in his hand and chuckled:

“The street lights are so bright, why bother turning on the lights?

"You have to know how to save energy, just think of when I was young..."

Jiang Baimian hurriedly raised his hand and touched his ears:

"Ah, Dad, what are you talking about?

"Be careful to protect your eyes anyway!"

Jiang Wenfeng, wearing black clothes with pockets on both chests, put down the books in his hands and stood up.

"Your ears are worse than your grandfather's before he died!" He deliberately walked up to Jiang Baimian and said loudly, "Hurry up and have a surgery to implant a biological cochlea. The effect is at least three times better than what you have now. !”

Jiang Baimian opened his mouth and said with a dry smile:

"Aren't I afraid of surgery?

"As long as it's alive and useful."

"What is there to be afraid of?" Jiang Wenfeng said something he had repeated countless times, "When you were genetically modified and transplanted with biological prostheses, weren't you afraid?"

Jiang Baimian argued funnyly and helplessly:

"I was unconscious at the time. How could I know if I was afraid?"

"Don't you need anesthesia for surgery?" Jiang Wenfeng felt more and more that his little daughter did not allow him to worry.

Jiang Baimian was silent for a few seconds, then pursed his lips and said:

"I'm just afraid of feeling like I can't control anything and feel like I'm dead."

Without waiting for Jiang Wenfeng to say anything, she quickly looked around:

"Where's mom?"

"The company sent two boxes of apples, and she took one box to your brother's house." Jiang Wenfeng replied helplessly.

"Oh." Jiang Baimian pretended to be surprised, "Want me to peel an apple for you?"

"No need, I just had dinner not long ago." Jiang Wenfeng shook his head.

Jiang Baimian immediately pointed to the study:

"I'm going to use your computer."

"Go ahead, go ahead." Jiang Wenfeng looked disgusted.

Jiang Baimian walked into the study room briskly, opened his father's computer, and logged in to his company's internal account.

"Pangu Biology" has built a local area network internally.

People with computers and permissions can log in, browse some public messages, and handle affairs at the corresponding level.

Of course, the content that people with different permissions can see and the functions they can use are definitely different. Even logging in from different places will have different restrictions.

For most employees of "Pangu Biology", computers are a rare gadget that can only be seen in the workplace, and the number is also small.

Jiang Baimian used his father's account to read various low-level contents one by one in chronological order.

She wasn't impatient, just like she normally browses.

The news here is much richer and more in-depth than the hourly news.

Finally, Jiang Baimian saw a title:

"Routine investigation report on the death of D8 employee Wang Yafei"

Jiang Baimian immediately clicked in and read carefully:

"...One hour before and after, the surveillance at the elevator entrance found no outsiders who were not on the floor where the incident occurred...

"...Multiple employees confirmed that no one was close to Wang Yafei at that time...

“…the autopsy revealed sudden cardiac death…

"Conclusion: Rule out homicide and treat the case as natural death."

Jiang Baimian nodded slightly and sighed silently:

"The company's various systems are still very mature..."

This shows that after the company was established, it had some experience in preventing damage from various factors, including awakened people.

Jiang Baimian didn't stay on the current page for too long, quickly closed it and started browsing other content.

After reading a lot of irrelevant things, she entered the medical section and looked up various health knowledge.

During this process, she searched seemingly casually:

"Cases of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Last Five Years."

Soon, the results showed that the overall probability was within the normal range.

Jiang Baimian looked down one record after another, and his eyebrows suddenly moved.

In the past year, there have been two sudden cardiac deaths on the 478th floor.

The 478th floor was the floor where Wang Yafei served as the director of the "Material Supply Market", and it was also the place where he died suddenly.

He is the second case.

In terms of population ratio, this incidence rate is not too high and is completely acceptable, but in the eyes of Jiang Baimian, who is speculating, it seems very suspicious.

Going further back in the record, the sudden cardiac death rate at level 478 returned to normal, with one case per year, or none.

Jiang Baimian closed the page and started browsing other content.

Her eyes were slightly out of focus, though.

"This means that the awakened person is a resident of the 478th floor? And he only awakened in the past year?

"From a psychological point of view, when a person has gained such a powerful power, it is difficult not to give it a try... There is a high probability of revenge against the target he hates...

"Furthermore, this can also explain why the 'Life Sacrifice' cult will execute Wang Yafei this time... Logically speaking, every time, uh, trouble sharing meeting, there will always be members accusing so and so, but before Shang met Yao and I have never seen anyone die from this...

"It is precisely because there is an awakened member of the sect on the floor where Wang Yafei works, who can operate well without leaving any clues, and was discovered by the company, so the 'Life Ritual' sect decided to implement divine punishment this time, allowing 495 Are the believers at this level more reverent and more pious and obedient?

"Then what's the matter with Shendu being infected with 'Wuxin disease'?

"With such a convenient method, why would the Awakened One kill Wang Yafei? Wouldn't it be better to let him be infected with the 'Wuxin Disease'? This would be more concealed and more effective.

"Could it be that that's not an 'unintentional illness', but a similar symptom caused by a certain ability of the awakened person?"

Thoughts were rolling around in Jiang Baimian's mind, but he continued to browse calmly on the surface.

…………

At around five o'clock in the morning, Shang Jianyao woke up with a slight knock on the door.

This time, he didn't brush his teeth, but just washed his face with cold water to make himself more energetic.

Then, he put on the same dark green thick cotton coat as Shen Du, held a bulky flashlight, walked out of the room and walked towards Area A.

As he walked, he looked up at the ceiling.

There's a red dot flashing there, representing a surveillance camera.

Many employees believe that except for a few key areas, most of the surveillance cameras should have been damaged and cannot be used. They are just there to show off and scare everyone. However, Shang Jianyao heard Jiang Baimian talk about checking surveillance before, and felt that There should be more cameras in play than you think.

He suddenly raised his arm and shined a flashlight on the camera.

Then, he moved closer to the wall and entered a blind spot.

Not long after, Shang Jianyao arrived at Li Zhen's house in Area A.

After checking the codes according to the procedure, he entered the room and found a place to sit down.

Different from usual, everyone seemed to be very depressed at this gathering. Before the "guide" Ren Jie came out, no one spoke or chatted. I don't know what they were thinking.

Here, Jian Xin and Zhuo Zhengyuan changed their sitting postures from time to time, looking very uneasy.

Finally, the "guide" Ren Jie came out of the inner room and walked between the wardrobe, cupboards and the big bed.

She looked around and said seriously:

"Today we are gathering together because we have something to report."

As she spoke, her body trembled slightly, as if she was afraid of something, but there was a fanatical look on her face.

After a pause, Ren Jie said in a deep voice:

"Shen Du wanted to betray the cult and has already suffered divine punishment."

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