Embers Ad Infinitum

Long Yuehong could think of it, and so could Jiang Baimian.

She laughed and said:

"You have to make sure that the next attacker you encounter is the 'Higher Heartless' before you can use this method.

"If we encounter a hungry wild wolf that comes out in winter, should we collectively give it a dance and pray that it will be confused and not take the opportunity to pounce on it and take a few bites?"

How to change your own stress actions and instinctive reactions is beyond the scope of this discussion.

Because this can be achieved by relying on the superposition of "reasoning clowns".

Shang Jianyao was not stumped by this question and answered smoothly:

"We can divide the work and cooperate. Two people accept the hint and wait to deal with the 'higher unintentional one'. The two people remain the same and solve the accidents on the way.

"To put it simply, once you encounter a very hungry wolf in winter, two people will dance for it and two people will give it bullets."

Jiang Baimian thought about it carefully and found that in addition to the strange scene, the idea was relatively strange, but it seemed to be really useful.

This is a typical business solution.

Having the entire group act like they're mentally ill.

As soon as his thoughts changed, Jiang Baimian spat:

"I almost fainted from you!

"Let me ask you, how can you guarantee that a negative will always be a positive?"

"This is a mathematical problem." Shang Jianyao answered confidently.

Jiang Baimian took a breath and slowly exhaled:

“What if the twisted instinctive reaction doesn’t change from dancing back to drawing a gun and shooting, but develops into singing?”

Shang Jianyao opened his mouth and made a sound:

"boom!"

"..." Jiang Baimian was speechless.

Of course, she knew that what Shang Jianyao really meant was to simulate the sound of a gunshot, scare the other person, and let him dodge on his own, thus reducing the effect of his ability.

After calming down, she said seriously:

“This plan has certain feasibility, but there are too many uncertainties, so it can only be used for emergencies.

“I have a relatively simple solution, which is to slow down my reaction speed.

"To use a common saying: 'Think before you act.'"

Bai Chen imagined the application of this plan:

"Control your instincts, think clearly and then slowly make the right move?"

"Yes." Jiang Baimian nodded lightly, "This also has a lot of problems. It will make us miss the opportunity and make it too late for us to deal with it. In short, we should prepare it as a conventional idea and match it with Shang Jianyao's method."

At this point, she sighed:

"Compared to this, the illusion ability is more difficult to crack. The third ability we don't know yet is a big hidden danger."

This ability to distort environmental information and create hallucinations cannot be circumvented by injuring oneself or stimulating the mind with pain.

"Hey, we still need to cover a wide area with firepower to strangle the enemy where his abilities can't work." The person who assisted in the dubbing was Shang Jianyao.

This sentence was exactly what Jiang Baimian was thinking, so she didn't roll her eyes.

"I have to ask Guanzhu Zhou for advice later." Jiang Baimian made the final summary.

After discussing this issue, she looked around and said:

"Did you have any strange reactions before the 'Higher Heartless One' roared, exposed his position, and disabled the illusion?"

"Yes." Shang Jianyao has always been positive in answering questions, "I originally wanted to wait for the song to finish and change to the next one before going out, but I couldn't control myself."

"Yes." Long Yuehong also agreed, "I knew at the time that the 'unintentional people' I saw were ordinary people, all caused by hallucinations, and I shouldn't attack them. Just because of their performance and that kind of environment, it was inevitable that I would feel guilty in my heart. I was a little impulsive. I could obviously control my thoughts in this area very well, but at that moment I stood up as soon as my mind got hot and shot continuously at the place where the 'unintentional people' were most numerous."

Bai Chen said "hmm":

"Me too, I put the hidden thoughts in my heart into reality at that moment. I just wanted to hide it well and wait for the illusion to pass."

"Absolutely." Jiang Baimian nodded, "This kind of reaction of directly releasing the suppressed impulses in the heart is not just for us. Could it be that the 'higher unintentional person' roared for no reason and lifted the illusion created by himself for no reason?"

"This..." Long Yuehong gradually understood what happened at that time.

Shang Jianyao sighed seriously:

"There's a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger in Tarnan!"

"Don't steal my lines." Jiang Baimian laughed and cursed, then said, "Now this matter is not something we can avoid if we want to. Starting tomorrow, we have to be more proactive and hope to solve the hidden danger as soon as possible."

She paused and added:

"Don't close the doors in the three bedrooms tonight. Everyone will take turns keeping watch."

After arranging the night watch order, Shang Jianyao and others washed up and entered the room one after another.

…………

In the shimmering "Sea of ​​Origin", there is an island with mountains, water and green grass.

Shang Jianyao sat on a deck chair, basking in the warm sun and blowing the fresh breeze, experiencing the vacation feeling described in some radio stories.

But an environment that has never changed will always make people a little boring.

After an unknown amount of time, Shang Jianyao suddenly sat up.

His body instantly differentiated, and one Shang Jian Yao came out one after another.

These Shang Jianyao were wearing the same clothes and dressing up the same way, and they didn't look any different.

Three of them, Shang Jianyao, made their own benches, sat next to the lounge chairs, and played cards with the original Shang Jianyao.

The other two Shang Jianyao tinkered with small speakers and amplifiers, and with the accompaniment of the melody, you and I sang the song line by line.

With the help of their songs, the remaining three Shang Jianyao danced very rhythmically.

The island suddenly became lively.

No matter how lively the scene is, it comes to an end. Shang Jianyao still didn't wait for monsters, disasters and accidents.

Finally, the nine rays merged into one, and he re-entered the "Sea of ​​Origin" and swam towards the distance.

After swimming for an unknown amount of time, another island appeared in front of him.

This island has mountains, water, green grass, bright sunshine, and gentle breeze, just like the previous one.

Shang Jianyao stood on the edge of the island, lost in thought.

…………

Early the next morning, Shang Jianyao recounted his experience to Jiang Baimian and others.

Jiang Baimian said thoughtfully:

“Could the monster be the island itself?

"It takes the form of trapping you?"

"Then I have to have a good communication with it." Shang Jianyao suddenly became excited with his new direction.

Jiang Baimian immediately warned:

"This is just a guess. The probability of being wrong is very high. Anyway, you give it a try first."

As soon as she finished speaking, the phone in the room rang.

Long Yuehong actively picked up the microphone and said in a decent manner:

"Hey, who is it?"

"The traces of performance are a bit heavy." Shang Jianyao commented, "At this time, you have to say: 'Hey, who is it?'"

His voice suddenly became louder, causing Long Yuehong's ears to reverberate.

"Indeed, it's too pretentious." Jiang Baimian stood at Shang Jianyao this time.

Bai Chen didn't speak because she only knew how to use walkie-talkies, had no experience using telephones, and hadn't listened to many radio programs.

At this time, the voice of the proprietress Aino rang on the other end of the phone:

"Who is yelling and screaming?

"Hey, the robot guards are looking for you."

"Okay." The shocked Long Yuehong found herself and responded quickly.

"Robot Guards..." Jiang Baimian muttered to himself and said with a smile, "Pack up and bring the necessary items before going down."

What was waiting in the hotel lobby was not an intelligent robot, but an auxiliary robot, which conveyed Gnawa's words:

"Chief Gnawa asks you to meet him at the town hall."

Sure enough... Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao looked at each other, smiled and replied:

"good."

…………

On the top floor of the town hall, inside the mayor's office.

Jiang Baimian and others saw Gnawa again. It was still wearing its usual military riding boots and sitting on a specially reinforced metal back chair.

"I have something to ask you for help with," Gnawa said straight to the point.

The four members of the "Old Tune Group" who were seated respectively were not surprised at all. Jiang Baimian kept a polite smile and asked:

"What's up?"

Gennava leaned forward and held two metal palms together:

"I discussed the matter of the 'high-level careless man' with President Gu of the Hunter Guild and the local leaders of the major sects last night, and we all agreed to resolve this problem as soon as possible.

"According to Guanzhu Zhou, it is best to take turns searching and hunting, and not to mix unrelated people together, as this will be taken advantage of by the other party.

"The final plan is to form a team each to take charge of the defense of a part of the area outside the town, and then take turns to search for the place where the 'Higher Heartless One' may be hiding."

After briefly explaining what he wanted to do, Gnawa put forward his request:

"Tarnan does not lack manpower, but it lacks strong men with sufficient strength. I would like to ask you to join this team to prevent that dangerous creature from causing chaos again and causing innocent townspeople to be harmed."

Shang Jianyao stood up immediately and said righteously:

"this is what we are supposed to do."

As he spoke, he clenched his fists and bent his arms:

"To save all mankind!"

Gennava's blue-glowing eyes stared at him without any reaction for a moment.

At this time, Shang Jianyao added seriously:

"It would be even better if we could also provide rice, flour, fresh meat, frozen meat, vegetables and other ingredients as payment."

Gennava still looked at him like that, as if he was dead.

After several seconds, it finally spoke:

"Your requirements are very low..."

"Not low." Jiang Baimian showed a smile that made Long Yuehong inexplicably scared.

After Gnava looked here, she kept her smile unchanged and continued:

"I've thought about it carefully in the past two days. 'Yuan Nao' means not meeting anyone, right?"

"Yes." Gennava gave an affirmative reply.

Jiang Baimian's smile became even more obvious:

“But it doesn’t say you can’t talk to humans.

"We can directly communicate with it on the phone and ask some questions without having to meet in person!"

Gennava became silent again, and after a while he slowly said:

"I can help you submit this request."

PS: Ask for monthly tickets at the beginning of the month~