Embers Ad Infinitum

Following the female voice, the "Holy Eye" believers present raised their hands and pressed their thumbs under their eyebrows.

At the same time, the rest of their fingers stretched upward and rested on their foreheads.

"one two three four……"

In the clear female voice, they followed the rhythm and started rubbing with solemn expressions.

"..." Long Yuehong looked with his mouth half-opened, his expression gradually getting weird.

If he remembered correctly, this should be the "eye exercises" done every day in the primary and secondary schools of "Pangu Biology".

At most there are some differences in the details of the movements and the length of the names.

Finally, Long Yuehong reacted and looked at Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao.

Jiang Baimian pursed his mouth tightly, and his cheek muscles and ponytail on the back of his head were faintly trembling. Shang Jianyao closed his eyes at some point and started to do it, with an unusually solemn expression.

Just as Long Yuehong was about to communicate with them in a low voice, Jiang Baimian suddenly turned her head and looked at him.

The leader of the "Old Tune Group" immediately raised his right hand and made a zipper motion on his mouth.

Long Yuehong understood and kept quiet.

Bai Chen looked at them slightly blankly, not understanding why they had such a reaction.

"In the second section, squeeze the Jingming point...

"In the third section, massage the Sibai acupoint...

"In the fourth quarter, my eyes were scratched..."

In a solemn and solemn atmosphere, the Mass of the "Holy Eye" slowly came to an end.

Feilin, who was taking the service at the door of the RV, opened his eyes and said in a chant-like tone:

“The eyes are holy.

"To protect your eyes is to love your life!"

The believers once again placed their two index fingers on their lower eye sockets and responded loudly:

"May your eyes always be bright!"

Felin made the same move, but did not use the same language, but praised Qizhi Sui's "Double Day":

“God is the sun and moon!”

After completing this step, he loudly announced:

"Down below, receive Holy Communion."

After saying that, he jumped down from the door of the RV and moved out of the way.

Several believers walked in and brought out orange plastic trays from the kitchen area.

There were plates one after another on the tray, each containing several steamed carrot pieces.

Feilin looked at Shang Jianyao and others and explained in a preachy tone:

“This is the gift of Zhi Sui.

"It can brighten your eyes."

"May your eyes always be clear." Shang Jianyao replied sincerely, but made no move.

Felin was very generous and gave each guest a Holy Communion, along with chopsticks and a spoon.

Long Yuehong said thank you, reached out to take it, and ate it slowly.

Although the steamed carrots did not have any additional seasonings and tasted bland, they were still tasty to Long Yuehong, who was tired of energy bars, compressed biscuits and military cans.

After Holy Communion, the mass officially ended. Feilin walked up to Shang Jianyao and others and said with a smile:

“For those of us who drive a lot, our eyes are really important.

“This is also the main reason why I accepted ‘Holy Eyes’.

"Look, I don't even have any presbyopia now."

"Indeed." Jiang Baimian understood very well why the "rootless people" were more willing to believe in the "Holy Eye".

This is caused by their living environment and customs.

Shang Jianyao asked:

"Don't you have glasses?"

"Yes." Feilin thought this was the concern of a good brother, and explained with a smile, "Many forces still retain the equipment and craftsmanship for grinding glasses, but they can clearly clarify the condition of your eyes just like in the old world. Yes, very few.

"Moreover, glasses are an external thing after all. When we travel through wilderness and other places, we may not encounter a human settlement for several days or more. Even if we do, we may not be able to help you with glasses.

"If you break your glasses during this process, wouldn't it mean you are blind? How can you drive?

"Even if you get spare glasses in advance, it won't prevent your eyesight from deteriorating again. By then, it will all be useless."

After laying out the facts and explaining the truth, Felin asked with a smile:

"How's it going? How do you feel about our 'Holy Eyes'? Do you want to join?"

If the relatives and friends of "Pangu Creature" knew that I had joined such a sect, I would definitely be laughed at for the rest of my life... Jiang Baimian murmured silently, but did not answer directly, but looked at Shang Jianyao.

Shang Jianyao said sincerely:

"I don't think we have a destiny with the 'Holy Eye'."

"What a pity..." Felin looked regretful.

He pointed in the direction of the "Old Adjustment Team" jeep and said:

"You guys go over and wait for me. I'll change my clothes and come back to discuss the spray painting plan."

"Okay." Jiang Baimian agreed immediately.

On the way back to the area where the jeep was, Long Yuehong looked back and said thoughtfully to Shang Jianyao:

"The reason you rejected them is because you thought their communion was not very tasty?"

"Maybe it's just no fate." Shang Jianyao answered calmly.

"Haha, I knew it." Long Yuehong was quite happy.

He also felt that the simple carrot communion was too plain and should not attract Shang Jianyao.

Bai Chen also integrated into the group. Seeing that the atmosphere was suitable, he asked if he didn't understand:

"Why do you have such a big reaction to the Holy Eye Mass?"

Hearing this question, Jiang Baimian finally couldn't hold it in anymore and laughed so hard that he almost couldn't walk.

After a while, she took a breath and said:

“I am so familiar with their Mass.

“Every student in the company is familiar with them!”

Seeing that Bai Chen was still a little confused, she made an analogy and said:

"You still remember the morning exercises in Shuiwei Town, right?

“This is a kind of morning exercise in the company’s primary and secondary schools.

"Haha, this is indeed a legacy from the old world, but it has nothing to do with Zhi Sui. As a result, they regarded it as a mass because it was related to the eyes. Haha, I can't do it anymore..."

Jiang Baimian laughed so much that Long Yuehong couldn't help but laugh too.

Bai Chen roughly understood, and imagined the scene of "Holy Eyes" using water to hold morning exercises for mass, and couldn't help but have a faint smile on his face.

"What if the top executives of the company were all 'Sacred Eyes' people and deliberately chose this for eye exercises?" Shang Jianyao suddenly asked.

"How is it possible..." Long Yuehong said, her voice gradually getting lower.

Just thinking about this possibility is terrifying and frightening.

Jiang Baimian glared at Shang Jianyao:

“Stop telling ghost stories!

"If that were the case, we would have been followers of the 'Holy Eye' a long time ago."

As they spoke, they returned to the jeep.

Jiang Baimian looked at his car and gradually fell into deep thought.

"Team leader, what are you thinking about?" Long Yuehong asked curiously after waiting for a while.

Jiang Baimian thought:

"I'm wondering if we can deduce the ability characteristics of awakened people in the field of "double day" from "severe hair loss" and "abnormal sexual habits".

"Du Heng said that there should be a vague mapping between cost and ability."

Shang Jianyao immediately made a guess:

"Can it make enemies lose their hair and become abnormal?"

"...Such an ability should be classified as psychic attack." Long Yuehong imagined it.

Jiang Baimian gave Shang Jianyao a blank look:

“I’m talking about finding common ground.

"However, it is not certain that the second awakened person Felin mentioned is also a believer of the 'Holy Eye'.

"If they are, I think what they have in common is that they all involve hormones."

Bai Chen is one of the wilderness wanderers who has a relatively good basic education, and he probably knows what hormones represent.

She considered it and said:

"The scope is huge."

"Indeed, but there is too little information at present, so we can only speculate to this extent." Jiang Baimian said "Hmm" and said, "Also, since the focus of their teachings is the eyes, the ability may also include the visual field, haha, I wouldn't be surprised at all if the awakened ones with the 'Sacred Eyes' can achieve near-invisibility."

She didn't say how to take precautions if she encountered a similar awakened person.

While the four members of the "Old Tune Group" were discussing, Felin had put on the black leather jacket he wore yesterday and walked over.

There was still a gun bag hanging on his waist, and inside was the "Python" revolver.

After saying hello and looking at the jeep of the "Old Tune Team", he considered and said:

“How about camouflage sprayed in army green?

"For Jeep, this is more common and it won't be the focus of others' attention."

"Okay." Jiang Baimian fully respected the opinions of "professionals".

Felin asked instead:

"How do you plan to send yourselves to Weed City?

"We have a special trailer that can accommodate the Jeep."

"No need to go to such trouble." Jiang Baimian expressed his thoughts to Shang Jianyao's life and death brothers, "You send a small convoy to pretend to do business in Weed Grass City, and we can blend in. If you happen to have A plan like this would be better.”

Felin laughed:

"What a coincidence!"

After laughing, he added:

"We happen to have a convoy going to Weed City to see if we can get some more food."

"You don't have enough food reserves?" Jiang Baimian guessed that this was not the reason, but he asked deliberately.

Felin sighed and said:

“The weather this year has been bad and food production has been reduced in many places.

"Reserving more may save lives, or sell it at a good price."

Speaking of the last half of the sentence, a smile gradually appeared on his face.

"Then we will follow your convoy." Jiang Baimian didn't ask any more, "How many cans do we have to pay for in total? Or, do you prefer compressed biscuits and energy bars?"

"Last night's wine and dinner...today's spray painting and tomorrow's team blessing...a total of ten cans will be enough. If you don't have enough, you can use compressed biscuits and energy bars." Felin quickly reported the number.

Jiang Baimian breathed a sigh of relief:

"Barely enough."

Felin's smile became relaxed:

"Then we'll set off tomorrow morning. We'll definitely arrive before noon."

"So fast?" Although Jiang Baimian had no intention of continuing the detour, he knew that there was still at least one day's journey ahead.

Felin smiled and said:

"Some time ago, Yecao City repaired the broken bridge on the Zhuo River. There is no need to go elsewhere."

Zhuohe is the name given to the Green River after it flows into Monk Wasteland.

Jiang Baimian nodded:

"Okay, let's settle it then."