Embers Ad Infinitum

Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong, and Bai Chen stood there in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.

It turns out that your so-called participation is whether you want to "sing" with those beasts... After Long Yuehong regained his thoughts, he wanted to say this, but he felt that in this atmosphere, whoever talked to Shang Jianyao would lose up.

After a few seconds, Jiang Baimian laughed out loud:

"Bai Chen, you forgot to guard your surroundings!

"Shang Jianyao, even if dozens of wilderness bandits come, they may not be able to deal with us, but you have dismantled the defense system from the inside by yourself!"

Shang Jian Yao solemnly nodded and said:

"So I thought about it.

"Also, I am prepared for emergencies."

"I was a little surprised, but I didn't relax my guard around the surroundings." Bai Chen forcibly explained.

She was a little ashamed of her gaffe and dereliction of duty just now.

As a human being who has been wandering in the wilderness for many years, she has a lot of experience. It is not uncommon for her to encounter wanderers with mental breakdowns and abnormal states, and there are quite a few of them. up.

But the problem is that Shang Jianyao behaves normally most of the time, so normal that Bai Chen feels that he is just joking and playing a prank occasionally.

She never expected that the other party would be so "creative".

"That's right, keep on alert at all times." Jiang Baimian didn't expose Bai Chen's words, tilted his head slightly, looked at Shang Jianyao with a smile, and said, "When this training is over, it is really necessary to do a mental evaluation of all the members."

Shang Jianyao applauded lightly and said:

"I wish you full marks!"

Bai Chen didn't expect Jiang Baimian to speak out about the mental evaluation so carelessly, because it would obviously seriously irritate Shang Jianyao—although she had suggested this before, Shang Jianyao's performance was not too exaggerated at that time , barely within the normal range, at best he likes to tell bad jokes, so the proposal is not very directional.

Similarly, Bai Chen never expected that Shang Jianyao would not care at all, as if it was indeed just an exaggerated prank just now.

Or, he has long recognized his own state, accepted such a self, and is not inferior or sensitive at all? Bai Chen shook her head, reminding herself that no matter what happens to others, she must do her job well and not be affected.

At this time, Jiang Baimian looked down at the electronic watch on his wrist:

"Okay, take turns to rest.

"Normally, Bai Chen and I should be in a group, and Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong should be in a group, taking turns to rest, but the two of you are inexperienced, and it's easy to ignore some signs. Moreover, when you are out on the job, there are many dangers and conditions are limited. There is no need for everyone to forcibly distinguish between men and women. The most important thing is to be honest and trust each other. Therefore, I am in the same group as Shang Jianyao, and Bai Chen is in the same group as Long Yuehong."

Having said that, Jiang Baimian smiled:

"Actually, the conditions are very good this time. There is a jeep here. One sleeps in the front row and the other sleeps in the back seat. They won't disturb each other at all."

Bai Chen nodded and said:

"I once slept in the same tent with two men, two women, a pig, and two chickens."

Jiang Baimian immediately stood up:

"Okay, you guys go to rest, Shang Jianyao and I will be on duty at night."

She looked down at her watch again:

"You have six hours."

"Team leader, will this be too long?" Bai Chen was not too relieved.

Watching the night for six hours from now will happen to be the most exhausted and sleepy stage in the human physiological cycle, and it is easy to ignore the abnormal movements around.

Jiang Baimian smiled and said:

"The three of us are all genetically modified people, and one thing we have in common is our energy.

"In this respect, I should be stronger than them. I can maintain a good concentration without sleeping for a day or two."

"I can also..." Long Yuehong muttered.

Jiang Baimian looked sideways at him:

"What did you say?

"Are you talking bad about me behind my back?"

"He didn't!" Shang Jian Yao quickly replied, "He said it in front of your face!"

Long Yuehong was choked and coughed out a sound.

Jiang Baimian waved his hand, and said to Shang Jianyao:

"It's quite normal for you at a time like this. Well, you two go to sleep."

She looked at Bai Chen and Long Yuehong at the end.

This night, no accidents happened. When the sun rose from the sky and dyed the clouds golden red, the four members of the "Old Tune Group" were already gathered around the campfire, drinking warm water and eating energy bars.

"It's so beautiful, so spectacular..." Looking at the direction of the sunrise, Long Yuehong realized that her vocabulary was so scarce.

The magnificent and magnificent scene, the picture containing infinite vitality, made Long Yuehong and Shang Jianyao, who came to the surface for the first time, seem to have been washed physically and mentally, and felt some kind of indescribable beauty and hope.

"I saw the sunrise for the first time, and I was more out of control than you." Jiang Baimian didn't laugh at them.

Bai Chen also looked at the place where the sun was rising, but didn't speak.

As a human born and bred in the wilderness, she has long been accustomed to the sunrise, but she still feels inexplicably happy and excited every time she sees it.

"Okay, pack your things and get ready to go. Long Yuehong, sit in the back row with Bai Chen and get some sleep. Shang Jianyao and I will take turns." Jiang Baimian got up and said after filling his water bag .

"Yes, team leader!" Long Yuehong retracted her gaze and responded loudly.

After dealing with the bonfire, he saw the empty shells of the few cans he ate last night randomly thrown on the ground:

"Group leader, don't you want to recycle?"

"Pangaean organisms" are located underground, lacking mineral deposits, and metal resources have always been in a very distressed state. They must exchange their own food, genetically modified stock solution, biological agents, underground brine, and salt extracted from rock surfaces with other powerful forces. supplies.

Jiang Baimian glanced back, was silent for two seconds and said:

"Need not.

"Take up space."

After speaking, she opened the door and sat in the driver's seat.

Now that the team leader had said so, Long Yuehong resisted the urge to take back, took the gun, and hurried back to the car.

The sound of the simulated engine sounded, and the gray-green four-door jeep drove out of the open space with densely packed solar charging panels, away from the small ruins.

After a few minutes, a black figure came out from behind the half-collapsed buildings, and crept close to the extinguished bonfire.

"He" sometimes pauses, using plants and residual walls as cover, and sometimes crawls forward, elbows alternately moving forward.

When "he" confirmed that the four people before had really left, "he" jumped up, rushed to the campfire, and picked up the empty metal cans.

"He" was dressed in black linen, carrying a rifle, about 1.6 meters tall, with no skin or flesh on his face, only silver and black metal.

There are many cracks on the metal surface, faintly revealing the circuits and components of different colors underneath.

One of "his" eyes was shining red, and the other had already been "extinguished". His hands were like skeletons, made purely of silver and black metal.

This is an intelligent robot.

"I picked it up, I picked it up..." It made a monotonous voice without ups and downs, holding the empty shells of the cans, and ran back to the back of the ruins.

After twisting and turning, it got into a hole separated by a random combination of steel bars and concrete.

In the hollow was a boy wrapped in an old cotton jacket and animal furs.

The child was only twelve or thirteen years old, his face was dirty, and the nails of his hands were full of black mud. A dilapidated tricycle full of sundries and rubbish was parked next to him.

He took the empty cans and showed a smile that he couldn't hide.

Then, he divided the canned shells into three groups and put them in different debris piles, while smiling at the intelligent robot:

"Xiaoqi, this is almost full, I can give you a new eye.

"I still have to save up here, winter is coming, we need to replace a lot of food and coal, as well as your battery.

"The ones here will be replaced when we go back..."

Saying that, the boy scratched his head, smiled embarrassedly and said:

"There's almost nothing to eat.

"I've eaten a little too much recently..."

Xiao Qi nodded vigorously, still in the same tone without ups and downs:

"Excellent arrangement."

"Get in the car, let's go back to the settlement." The boy sat in the driving seat of the tricycle.

In the sound of beeping, he drove the tricycle to the distance among the ruins and plants that were narrow and rough, which could hardly be called a road.

While driving, he said to the intelligent robot behind:

"Xiaoqi, tell me, after winter, will mom and dad come back?"

…………

The jeep continued to move forward on the Black Marsh wilderness at an uneasy speed.

When it was almost noon, Bai Chen, who was driving, frowned suddenly after turning the corner:

"There is a group of people ahead..."

Without waiting for Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong to respond, she added in a deep voice:

"They saw us."

PS: Today's two updates will be delivered, please recommend tickets on Monday~ I forgot the timing, sweat.