Embers Ad Infinitum

Nan Ke Guan.

After reaching a preliminary agreement with Gnawa, the "Old Tune Team" who was waiting for the response of "Yuan Nao" came here again.

This is because, according to Gnawa, the master of Zhou Yue Zhou still has some explanations for those who participated in the operation.

Zhou Yue was still wearing the white robe with a hemp rope tied around her waist, and her black hair was simply draped over her shoulders.

Behind her is the simple and solemn shrine and the dragon symbol made of broken lenses. On both sides are rows of black armchairs.

At this time, there were many believers praying, but none of them sat down. They all stood in the gap, spreading their arms slightly, half-lying their bodies, and chanting something.

As his eyes swept, Jiang Baimian glanced at Shang Jianyao.

Shang Jianyao nodded.

There are a lot of real human beings this time... Last night's chaos caused the townspeople and outsiders to panic and pray to religious believers in the hope of receiving blessings? After receiving the confirmation, Jiang Baimian sighed inwardly.

As soon as she entered here, she found that many believers in the temple had bioelectric signals, which was completely different from last time.

Of course, whether Shang Jianyao's nod meant what Jiang Baimian wanted, she couldn't guarantee it.

"May you please the gods!" Zhou Yue opened his arms and half raised his body.

Although he is face-blind, he still has the temperament of a magician... Just as Jiang Baimian had such an idea, he heard Shang Jianyao ask:

"Why don't you sing?"

He had participated in the "Mirage Dragon Cult" chorus before.

Zhou Yue originally wanted to get straight to the point, but when she encountered such a question, she was immediately blocked from talking.

However, she is a devout person who believes in "everywhere is a fantasy, why take it seriously". She quickly adjusted her mentality and answered with a smile:

"Singing is a way to please the gods, not a etiquette among believers."

Shang Jianyao seemed to have been waiting for a similar answer for a long time, and he learned and used it flexibly:

"Everything is a fantasy, why take it seriously?"

"That's true..." Zhou Yue thought about it seriously and nodded.

Shang Jianyao, who was affirmed, immediately put forward further suggestions:

"I know there is a song that is especially suitable for you."

As he spoke, he began to sing:

"Forever and forever he will be the descendant of the dragon..." (Note 1)

"They are descendants." Zhou Yue corrected.

Jiang Baimian, who couldn't bear to see the topic gradually turning to Tianji, interrupted the exchange between the two and asked with a forced smile:

"Zhou Guanzhu, Mayor Gnawa said you have something to tell us."

"Oh..." Zhou Yue suddenly realized, "Are you the team of ruin hunters who dealt with the 'Higher Heartless' together last night? Have you decided to participate in Tarnan's defense operation?"

Co-author: Didn't you recognize us just now? The conversation was so congenial... Jiang Baimian's blood almost came to his throat.

Similar slander also flashed through the hearts of Long Yuehong and Bai Chen, but the intensity of the emotions was different.

Huh... Jiang Baimian took a breath and answered Zhou Yue's question:

“It’s just tentative, we’re still waiting for Chief Gnawa to give us an answer.

"Of course, no matter what, we will shoulder the defense of a certain area. This is also to protect ourselves."

If "Yuan Nao" is not even willing to communicate on the phone, then Jiang Baimian will definitely not take the initiative with several members of the "Old Tune Team". She felt that there was no need to take this risk. Anyway, there were so many sects in Tarnan, so there was definitely no shortage of strong people.

"Understood." Zhou Yue replied with an "I don't understand anything" expression on her face.

She then smiled and narrowed her eyes slightly:

"I mainly tell you two things."

"Please speak." This time it was Shang Jianyao who paid attention to politeness.

Zhou Yue said "hmm":

“After I came back last night, I thought hard and finally confirmed one thing:

"The 'Higher Heartless' is afraid of looking in the mirror."

"Look in the mirror?" Although Jiang Baimian had already guessed that the target's weakness was related to the mirror, he was still a little surprised.

She originally thought that the "Higher Heartless" was afraid of shiny objects, but she didn't expect that it was the act of "looking in the mirror".

Afraid of seeing yourself in the mirror? Some guesses quickly flashed through Jiang Baimian's mind.

Long Yuehong slandered Zhou Yue:

I obviously knew it a long time ago, but I still thought about it and finally confirmed it...

There’s no hint of embarrassment in this lie. That’s right. It’s all fantasy, so why take it seriously...

"Yes." Zhou Yue responded affirmatively, "So, you'd better prepare a few more mirrors on your body, and take them out to take pictures everywhere you encounter illusions."

"Is that so?" Shang Jianyao turned his back, then turned back.

A palm-sized mirror has been tied to his forehead.

——On the way to Nan Keguan, the "Jiudiao Group" purchased many mirrors.

"..." Zhou Yue was shocked by the other party's appearance and temporarily forgot her language.

Just when Jiang Baimian and the others thought this was another case where Shang Jianyao was confused by Shang Jianyao's behavior, Zhou Yue opened his eyes wide:

"Why didn't I think of wearing it on my head?

"It hurt my waist last night."

This time it was Jiang Baimian's turn and they were speechless.

After a few seconds, Jiang Baimian reminded:

"If you wear it on your head, your neck will be sore and your head will feel dizzy now."

"That's true..." Zhou Yue thought about it carefully and felt that it was better to have a sore back.

She turned and said:

"One more thing is that you absolutely cannot judge that 'Higher Heartless One' by his performance last night.

"There are too many mirror-like places in Tarnan at night, and his ability must have been greatly compromised."

After pondering for a moment, she added:

“There may be something special about this level of ‘high-level heartless people’.

"Anyway, you should be careful."

"Thank you." Shang Jianyao responded sincerely on behalf of the entire group.

Jiang Baimian then laughed and said:

"We won't play with our lives."

"That's good." Zhou Yue said "uh", "There's no need for you to risk searching the surrounding areas. Just be on guard. A 'Dream Protector' from our sect is on the way."

Will I get lost here? Long Yuehong remembered what Zhou Yue once said and felt that their sect had "unreliable" written all over it.

The question he was embarrassed to ask, Shang Jianyao "asked" on his behalf:

"What if he gets lost?"

Zhou Yue suddenly laughed twice:

"The one who comes here must be the kind who won't get lost."

Jiang Baimian did not continue this revealing topic and asked for advice again:

"Monster Zhou, do you have any methods or ideas to solve the illusion of the 'Higher Heartless One'?"

Zhou Yue replied thoughtfully:

“The more you do, the more you make mistakes; the less you do, the more you make mistakes.”

"Does that mean you won't make mistakes if you don't do it?" Shang Jianyao asked cooperatively.

"No." Zhou Yue shook his head, "Illusion is all about truth within falsehood, and falsehood within truth. If you don't do anything, he will get mixed up in the illusion, walk up to you, and shoot you in the head. "

After chatting for a while about things related to hallucinations, the "Old Tune Team" said goodbye and left Nan Ke Guan and went straight to Tarnan General Hospital.

What they want to see are the survivors from last night - the remaining members of the "Mountain Fox" bandit group.

After obtaining the consent of the robot guards using the warrant given by Gnawa, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao met Pannaniya.

The leader of the "Mountain Fox" bandit group had his long blond hair shaved off, and his head was wrapped in countless circles of white gauze. He looked depressed and seemed a little doubtful about life.

In just a few days, the originally powerful "Mountain Fox" bandit group was about to collapse.

Moreover, the things they encountered became more and more bizarre.

The powerful team of ruin hunters before was still within the understandable range, but what happened last night was beyond Pannaniya's imagination.

Pannaniya raised his head when he heard the sound of the door opening and closing.

His pupils suddenly dilated, he sat up and stammered:

“I, I didn’t do anything.

"I don't want to stay here."

"Don't be nervous." Jiang Baimian reassured with a smile.

"The most we can do is beat you up, not kill you." Shang Jianyao agreed.

Long Yuehong was a little curious about the logic of Shang Jianyao's words, so she asked:

"Why?"

This bandit leader has done a lot of bad things. Killing him would be justice for God.

Shang Jianyao replied seriously:

"Tarnan prohibits private fighting and prohibits harming others beyond the limit."

I thought you were moved by compassion... Long Yuehong found that she was still relatively naive.

The two people's "singing together" successfully calmed down Pannaniya's fear. He glanced around and said:

"What's wrong with you guys?"

"I would like to ask what happened to you last night." Jiang Baimian got straight to the point.

Pannaniya's face once again showed unconcealable fear:

"We, after we left the Wild Pigeon, we wanted to go to the Green Grape opposite.

"On the way, Johnny suddenly had to urinate urgently and wanted to find a corner to deal with it, so we stopped on the road and waited for him."

"Why don't you go into Green Grape and wait?" It was Bai Chen who asked.

She has a good understanding of the status of similar teams performing corresponding activities:

Normally, Pannaniya would have said to Johnny, "Come here as soon as you finish peeing," instead of waiting in the middle of the road with a large group of people.

Pannaniya's tone became weaker:

"I, I'm afraid, you will chase me out.

“It feels more peaceful when there are more people.”

"What happens next?" Jiang Baimian asked.

Pannaniya recalled:

"Johnny never came back. We searched all the way, and we met a lot of wild beasts, some were deformed, some were hungry, and some were 'careless' among them.

“We fought a battle with them and several people died. Finally, the robot guards arrived and we were protected back to our room.

"At that time, we were all very tired, so we took off our clothes and went to bed peacefully, thinking that the robot guards would handle the rest..."

Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao took turns asking some more details from the normal and abnormal perspectives, then let the frightened bandit leader go and left the ward.

Before they went out, Pannaniya raised his right hand like a reflex and waved:

"goodbye."

Shang Jianyao smiled and responded politely:

"goodbye."

After questioning the remaining robbers and returning to the jeep, Jiang Baimian suddenly said:

"Guanzhu Zhou is still hiding something..."

Note 1: Quoted from "Descendants of the Dragon", created by Mr. Hou Dejian

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