Embers Ad Infinitum

"Are you going to deliver arms to the town guard?"

Warner Song He was quite surprised after hearing Jiang Baimian's words.

His room was very simple, about the same size as the one Shang Jianyao and the others lived in the hotel camp. There was no extra furniture, only a bed, a few chairs, a set of cabinets, a bookshelf and a table with pens and paper.

What best reflects the characteristics of his clergy is: on the wall opposite the bed, the holy emblem of "Yougu" is painted - the white door is ajar, and there is darkness behind it, as if a looming female figure is hidden.

This layout made Long Yuehong feel a little numb because he couldn't help but imagine the scene while sleeping:

Zhi Sui hides in the darkness and watches you quietly.

Fortunately, the Holy Emblem is on the opposite wall and does not reach the ceiling, otherwise it would be impossible to sleep! While Long Yuehong was muttering secretly, Shang Jianyao answered on behalf of Jiang Baimian:

"It's not a gift, it's a sale."

Song He understood what he meant, didn't feel dissatisfied, and said with a smile:

"When I say sending, I mean escorting, not giving as a gift."

"I misunderstood." Shang admitted Yao's mistake.

Even without the mask, he doesn't care.

Song He, who was wearing a black robe, nodded immediately and sighed softly:

“No matter what, I can feel your kindness.

"On behalf of the townspeople of Hongshiji, I would like to thank you in advance."

He said without further ado:

"Judging from the current situation, the fish man and the mountain monster are trying to break through from the southeast of the ruins. Han Wanghuo should have organized most of the town guard members to reinforce them."

As he spoke, he walked to the desk, took out a map, and unfolded it:

"Han Wanghuo's plan is to set up a new line of defense in the area of ​​Al Supermarket and Sixth Day Mall to block the enemy.

"The roads in a large area here are seriously damaged, and many buildings have collapsed. If the fish people and the mountain monster don't want to take a long detour, they can only force their way into that position."

Jiang Baimian listened quietly and reminded:

"Mountain monsters are good at climbing cliffs. This kind of terrain cannot stop them."

"Yes, Han Wanghuo has considered this, and he wants to use this to create a trap." Song He said that this was indeed a problem.

Jiang Baimian turned to look at the surface of the desk:

"Is this a map left over from the old world?"

The city layout is very clear.

Song He said "hmm":

"When I first came to Hongshiji, I found a tourist map of the city itself. You see, the park where the town is located was called Redstone Park in the old world. That's why it was named Hongshiji."

"'Why's the reason' is a bad sentence." Shang Jianyao pointed out.

Song He laughed dumbly:

"I'm used to saying that."

Jiang Baimian looked at the map and asked curiously:

"You made a lot of annotations."

There are a lot of marks on the map, some are red crosses, some are black circles, and there are various symbols.

The corresponding meanings of different symbols are written in the blank space next to them.

"I have marked which buildings have collapsed and which roads are impassable." The old man who has been in Hongshiji for forty or fifty years suddenly sounded a little sad. "When more and more marks are marked, look again. Looking at the original map, it’s really hard to write again.”

He looked away, sighed and said:

“My parents are remnants of the old world, but neither of them survived the war years.

"They once taught me a word called 'changes in the sea'. I could understand the meaning, but I didn't understand it deeply until I started to get these maps and do on-the-spot surveys..."

Jiang Baimian pursed his lips and laughed at himself:

"I just asked so many questions because I wanted to borrow this map from you, but I can't ask you now."

Song He was startled for a moment, then laughed and said:

"Take it, I don't only have one."

"Ah?" Jiang Baimian was a little stunned.

Song He explained casually:

"I don't make maps just for myself. Sometimes, the townspeople also need this thing."

Jiang Baimian suddenly realized:

"Then I won't be polite."

Why are you so polite... Long Yue slandered the team leader, but didn't dare to say it out loud.

Shang Jian Yao looked at Song He and said sincerely:

"Thanks."

Seeing that they had put away the map, Song He smiled and warned:

“If the enemy attacks fiercely, you don’t need to hold on and evacuate as soon as possible.

"Don't worry, the town guard will do the same."

Long Yuehong was surprised for a while, and Jiang Baimian asked thoughtfully:

"What exactly do the fish and the mountain monsters want to achieve when they attack the Red Stone Collection?"

Song He glanced at her appreciatively:

"They want to destroy the town, kill all the local humans, or drive all humans out of this ruins to take over this place."

"Is that so..." Jiang Baimian didn't ask any more questions.

Song He added:

"Once the fish and mountain monsters break through the defense line, they will definitely go to the Red Stone Collection first and destroy it.

"Destroy it, just destroy it. There aren't many supplies there, and no one lives there at night. Once the fish and mountain monsters are defeated, there are still several underground shopping malls and air-raid shelters in the ruins that can be used to rebuild the town.

"Everyone, haha, we are used to hiding. It is not easy to find our own people, let alone the fish and mountain monsters. At that time, we can rely on our familiarity with the environment, and form a group of seven or eight people to take turns to sneak attack on the enemy and let them Tired of coping.

"Unless the fish people and mountain monsters can quickly destroy the entire ruins, they won't be able to solve this problem in a short time."

Hearing Song He's words, Long Yuehong was surprised at first, and then completely figured out one thing - why the townspeople of Hongshiji respected and loved hiding so much, even if the "hide-and-seek ritual" seemed so ridiculous. It does not affect their piety.

This is indeed one of their abilities to settle down!

When listening to Jiang Baimian's analysis before, Long Yuehong had a preliminary understanding of the folk customs here and knew its inevitability.

But now, the human attacks have made the reasons behind the folk customs nakedly revealed, and no additional elaboration is needed:

As long as you hide well, you can escape attacks, find opportunities to counterattack the enemy, and have the last laugh.

When the ruins of the city are very large and the number of enemies and ourselves is not large, this is one of the best ways to deal with the invasion!

At this moment, Long Yuehong remembered something the team leader once said:

Behind all absurdities, there are elements of reality.

…………

In the southeast corner of the ruins of the city, Tan Tianen, Gaudí and Scheele hid behind a collapsed building, listening to the murlocs and mountain monsters not far away communicating with each other in a strange language that mixed various dialects. Come this way.

After they escaped from the crumbling high-rise building that was bombarded by artillery fire, they thought they could rely on their familiarity with the terrain to distance themselves and return to the predetermined defense line. However, it turned out that the fishmen and mountain monsters seemed to know which area they were hiding in, and they wanted to start from there. Wherever they passed, they were blocked here.

Seeing the enemy getting closer and closer, Tan Tianen lowered his voice and said:

"This can't go on like this."

This time, he spoke Honghe dialect.

Gaudi was silent for a moment and said:

"It's a little strange. I have to report this situation back."

Out of caution, they did not let "Machine Paradise" come to Hongshiji to set up local base stations, and they could only rely on walkie-talkies to communicate remotely.

But now, the distance between them and Aier Supermarket and Sixth Day Mall obviously exceeds the corresponding range.

After hearing this, Scheler gritted his teeth and said:

"Shoot one person to lure them away, and the other two go to the parking area."

With a car, they could quickly distance themselves and return to the Aier Supermarket and Sixth Day Mall area.

"Okay." Gaudí took out a silver coin from the "Prime City" and said, "Everyone tosses it once, and whoever's coin is different will get out."

This made Scheler suddenly feel dazed and remembered many past events.

——The Vigilant Sect will organize children of similar age to play together and cultivate the ability to hide until they reach adulthood, and it is often such a coin that is used to decide who seeks and who hides.

"Me first." Tan Tianen took the silver coin, tossed it casually, and put it directly into his pocket.

He said in a deep voice:

"I lost."

"Tian'en?" Gaudi blurted out in shock.

Scheler opened his eyes wide in surprise, as if he was meeting Tan Tianen for the first time.

Tan Tianen looked sideways at them, took a breath and said:

"After I rush out, you immediately run in the opposite direction."

Having said this, his eyes fell on Scheler's face, and with a straight face, he growled:

"Who told me to like your sister!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around, picked up his automatic rifle, and rushed out from his hiding place.

Da da da! As he fired, he moved in the other direction.

Although it was a bait, he still tried hard to survive.

When Gaudí and Scheele saw this scene, they ignored the excitement in their hearts. They bent down and ran towards the place where they parked with the help of cover.

Da da da!

Tan Tianen was about to roll into the building opposite, when everything he saw was suddenly "withdrawn" from the real world.

This was just like the feeling he had when he almost drowned when he was learning to swim. The scene in front of him degraded into pictures of swaying waves, and the surrounding sounds seemed to come from the horizon.

Tan Tianen's thoughts gradually dispersed, and his whole body seemed to be slowly sinking in the water, unable to breathe anymore.

Before his vision faded into darkness, he saw a fish-man.

This fish-man is very tall, his eyes are not that protruding, and he wears a laurel wreath made of branches on his head. The gray and black scales on his body seem to be flowing with water under the moonlight.

…………

After leaving the Vigilant Church and loading the batch of ammunition onto the khaki all-terrain vehicle, Jiang Baimian considered it for a moment and said in his full name:

"Long Yuehong, you and Shang Jianyao drive the Jeep."

This time, instead of filling the passenger seat of the ATV, she moved the corresponding boxes to the back seat of the Jeep.

"Yes, team leader!" Long Yuehong didn't ask why, but Shang Jianyao couldn't wait to open the door of the Jeep.

Jiang Baimian turned to Bai Chen beside him and said:

"You drive, and I'll monitor the surroundings."

Because she still had to observe movements outside the sensing range, she had to try to stay focused.

"Okay." Bai Chen took the gun and got into the driver's seat of the all-terrain vehicle.

Jiang Baimian followed him into the car, took out his walkie-talkie and said:

"Now you can turn on the lights to illuminate the road, and when you get close to the fighting area, follow my command.

"Set off!"