Embers Ad Infinitum

Jiang Baimian looked at Long Yuehong, stared into his eyes, and did not answer immediately.

This made Long Yuehong a little uneasy, wondering if she was being too timid.

After a few seconds, Jiang Baimian laughed:

"Actually, even if there is no such thing as an 'unintentional disease' outbreak, I would consider building one or two additional residences in other districts or on the more chaotic streets of Green Olive District. We are doing secret work, so we have to Be prepared.”

"Yes." Long Yuehong breathed a sigh of relief.

Jiang Baimian turned to Bai Chen and said:

"You can find the backup options you gave up before."

"Okay." Bai Chen didn't think he could be exempted from the "unintentional disease" infection.

——When we were in the company, we had no choice. If we really had an "unintentional illness", no matter how we hid, we would still be in the underground building, which didn't make much sense.

In the entire "Old Tune Group", Gnawa may be the only intelligent person who is not worried about suffering from "unintentional disease".

Shang Jianyao therefore raised a question:

"Do Zen masters suffer from 'unintentional disease'?"

The Zen masters he refers to are mechanical monks.

Jiang Baimian couldn't answer.

"There are no relevant records. Maybe only they know it internally." Gnawa used data to speak.

Long Yuehong muttered:

"When they have it, it's not much different from having an 'unintentional disease'."

He would always remember the way Jingfa went crazy after hearing a female voice.

…………

Taking advantage of the money they had, the "Old Tune Team" rented a room each in a chaotic street in the Green Olive District and in the Red Giant Wolf District.

When renting a house, they did not come forward themselves. Instead, they found someone randomly on the street, gave him a little money, and let him handle it.

After finishing this matter, they drove the gray off-road vehicle towards the south exit of the first city.

——When Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian were observing the surroundings of the Zhao family manor yesterday, they drove the original jeep. Naturally, they had to change to another one today to avoid being suspected.

On the way, Shang Jianyao, who was sitting on the right side of the back row, raised his hand and pinched his temples, allowing his consciousness to enter the "Sea of ​​Origins."

Not discovering the fourth fear island for so long made him seize his free time even more.

In the shimmering ocean, Shang Jianyao was still swimming towards the horizon that he seemed to never reach.

He tried blindfolding his eyes, plugging his ears, and just taking things as they came. He also tried dividing the area into nine parts and exploring one direction each, but he still found no trace of the island.

Seeing that his spirit was already a little tired, the nine Shang Jian Yao merged into one, sat cross-legged on the illusory "water waves", and entered the thinking mode.

After a while, he said to himself:

"Do I have no fear anymore?

"No, I'm still afraid of losing my companions..."

As his thoughts whirled, his voice echoed on the "Sea of ​​Origin".

Suddenly, a small island rose up not far away, and a golden light appeared in the center of the island.

Shang Jianyao was so excited that he grew eight extra pairs of hands and sixteen legs, and swam towards the island like a paddle.

Soon, he reached his destination, turned over and jumped up.

At the same time, he put away his extra hands and feet.

With a quick glance, he saw a golden elevator standing in the center of this small island that seemed to lead to the ground.

The elevator door was closed, and a figure sat cross-legged outside.

This figure is wearing a gray camouflage uniform, with a straight back, sword-like eyebrows, bright brown eyes, and handsome facial features. He is just like Shang Jianyao himself!

Shang Jianyao looked at him and said politely:

"Good afternoon, you must be in the last level of 'Origin Sea', right?"

That Shang Jianyao raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said with a faint smile:

"You are still afraid, you are still afraid of losing your companions.

"I'll teach you a way to effectively solve this problem."

"What is it?" Shang Jianyao asked curiously.

That Shang Jianyao smiled and replied:

"Kill them all, let them live in your memories, let your split personality become them, so you will never lose them again, never feel that intense pain again."

Just as Shang Jianyao was about to open his mouth, he suddenly felt the island shaking, and waves appeared in the "Sea of ​​Origin".

The entire world of consciousness quickly collapsed. Shang Jianyao opened his eyes and found that Gnawa was shaking him.

"We've arrived at our destination." Jiang Baimian said as he opened the car door.

Shang Jianyao woke up instantly and opened the door and got out of the car.

After standing firm, he said casually:

"I found the fourth island."

"Ah?" Jiang Baimian almost didn't hear clearly, "The fourth island? What's on it?"

When Long Yuehong and Bai Chen cast curious glances, Shang Jianyao simply said:

"There's another me up there, and there's an elevator."

"The other you." Jiang Baimian nodded first, then came to his senses, "Isn't this just finding yourself? As long as you accommodate him, you can enter the 'soul corridor'!"

Shang Jianyao said "hmm":

"I can't accommodate it for the time being. I think there's something wrong with him, and he also thinks there's something wrong with me."

"What's the problem?" Long Yuehong blurted out.

Shang Jianyao glanced at him:

"He became one with a fear."

"What fear?" Jiang Baimian asked keenly.

Shang Jianyao laughed:

"The fear of losing companions. He said that as long as there are no companions, there will be no fear of losing."

While speaking, Shang Jianyao looked at Long Yuehong, and his tone became a little sinister:

"He said that if you are all killed and made into specimens, the problem will be solved."

Fuck... Long Yuehong shuddered:

"Isn't this too perverted?"

Shang Jianyao's smile suddenly turned sunny:

"He said he learned this from you. You wanted to kill Qiao Chu and collect it as a specimen."

"Uh..." Long Yuehong was speechless for a moment, and then defended after feeling Gnawa's gaze, "That's because of the influence of your 'reasoning clown'."

"Okay." Jiang Baimian pressed his palms, "We will consider this matter in the long run. There is no need to rush."

She still valued her own life and that of her team members, and had no intention of committing suicide to fulfill that Shang Jianyao's wish.

The cause of the destruction of the old world and the pathogenesis of "innocent disease" have not yet been clarified, so how could she be willing to die?

After ending this topic, she couldn't help but sigh to Shang Jianyao:

"You have only passed three islands and found yourself. I don't know how many awakened people you can envy to death.

"Is this the benefit of having a mental problem, being fearless?"

Shang Jianyao thought for a while and said:

"They can also get a doctor's note?"

Is this the point? Jiang Baimian swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth, then pointed to the woods next to him and said:

"This is today's monitoring point."

"But you can't see the Zhao family manor here..." Long Yuehong was a little confused.

He had just heard from the team leader that the road outside the woods was the main road leading to the main entrance of the Zhao family manor.

Jiang Baimian smiled and explained:

"It's not like we haven't dealt with the 'Priest' before. We should know that he likes to hide in the dark and monitor everything. If we go to the surveillance points with the best views on the periphery of the Zhao family manor, it will be easy for him to discover it. It is better to observe the passers-by here. As soon as the people saw the people with problems in Zhao Shouren's memory, they immediately took action to subdue him and confirm the situation..."

As he spoke, Jiang Baimian suddenly fell silent.

Long Yuehong didn't know what happened, and was a little confused.

At this time, Shang Jianyao smiled and said:

"The team of ruin hunters that did surveillance before was very powerful."

Yes, with the IQ, ability, and style of the "priest", he would definitely not ignore the convenient monitoring locations around the Zhao family manor. Those people could actually find the problem and confirm that there were strangers... Long Yuehong suddenly realized.

Jiang Baimian nodded solemnly:

"Do you still remember the performance of the real 'priest' in the assassination of Xu Liyan?"

Bai Chen replied in a deep voice:

"He put out the fake 'priest' as a bait to attract everyone's attention and make everyone fall into his trap."

"Will it be the same this time? The Zhao family manor is actually a bait or a trap?" Jiang Baimian asked and answered himself, "This can explain some anomalies. For example, they directly withheld all the surrenders and let Zhao Zhengqi Anomalies were discovered, for example, they did not deal with the monitoring points around the manor..."

She had previously thought that the "anti-intellectual sect"'s control of the Zhao family manor was a short-term act, so she didn't care if the head of the Zhao family noticed something was wrong. However, this explanation was very reluctant, because no matter how short-term the behavior was, she would still worry about accidents along the way.

But now, combined with the behavior of a true "priest", everything makes sense.

After hearing this, Gnawa gave the analysis results:

"So, should we leave here immediately?"

Jiang Baimian looked at him with a smile:

"No, no, no, as a person who has been deceived, you should continue to stay here, collect clues, and see what you can get in the end."

"Deceive them in turn?" Gnawa perfected his analysis mechanism.

He also listed Jiang Baimian's plan just now, but the weight was not as high as the last one.

Shang Jianyao defended Jiang Baimian:

"How can it be called deception? This is strategic fraud!"

"What's the difference?" Gnawa was quite honest.

Jiang Baimian didn't give Shang Jianyao a chance to talk nonsense, and instead said:

"If this is indeed a trap, who do the 'anti-intellectual cults' want to deal with?"

"It's definitely not us." Long Yuehong expressed her thoughts.

When the "Old Tune Team" left "Pangu Creatures" and when they arrived at the First City were full of accidental factors, and the affairs of the Zhao Family Manor had obviously been going on for a long time.

Bai Chen turned back and looked in the direction of the First City:

"The Zhao family is not qualified enough... The 'anti-intellectual sect' wants to use them to wipe out certain forces in the city?"

"Maybe." Jiang Baimian simply replied, and said to Shang Jianyao and others, "Okay, hide the car, enter the predetermined position, and monitor the pedestrians on the road."

In fact, the only person responsible for identifying people is Shang Jianyao, because he is the only one who has seen several targets in Zhao Shouren's memory, and the portraits he "made", Long Yuehong and the others can't recognize who they are at all.

Soon, the five members of the "Old Tune Group" hid in the woods and behaved normally.