Embers Ad Infinitum

After putting down the phone, Jiang Baimian sighed and turned his gaze to the computer screen.

When it was almost noon, she came back to her senses and muttered silently:

"We haven't played a game yet, why is it at this point? Lao Ge is still waiting in the lobby rest area..."

Jiang Baimian quickly stood up and greeted Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen:

"time to go."

Noticing their situation, the waiter in a white shirt and red bow tie came over and asked with a smile:

"Are you guys leaving?"

Jiang Baimian glanced at Shang Jianyao, who had taken off his headphones and unplugged the small speaker memory from the computer, and said to the waiter:

"right.

"How many ores are there in total?"

She could actually figure it out herself, but it was polite to ask.

The waiter smiled kindly and said:

"No, Mr. Heinrich will pay."

Uh... Jiang Baimian was a little surprised for a moment.

In her impression, Lehman was already a miser, and she never expected that he would be so generous again.

Various remarks by Lehman flashed through her mind, and she finally settled on the sentence "Good skills are not as good as good connections."

It seems that this guy is still very generous when it comes to building friendships and relationships... Jiang Baimian did not have the idea of ​​having the "Old Tune Team" pay for it himself. He nodded lightly and led Shang Jianyao and the others outside the old era Internet cafe. go.

As soon as she walked out of the door, she suddenly froze and looked back at the Internet cafe.

"What's wrong?" Bai Chen asked keenly.

Jiang Baimian said thoughtfully:

"I'm wondering who Lehman is related to in the First City.

"Don't Ole's grandson Marcus like to watch gladiatorial games? But he is in the noble box. We can't get a ticket. If we use 'reasoning clown' to find him all the way, it will be easily discovered by the secret protector. If we can pass Lehman , get a few tickets, things will be much easier.”

"Then ask during the transaction later." Bai Chen thought this was a solution.

Long Yuehong nodded first, and then asked hesitantly:

"Will this lead to Lehman being implicated by us?"

Bang bang bang, Shang Jianyao clapped his hands, making Long Yuehong a little embarrassed.

Jiang Baimian smiled and said:

"There will be no problem if you do two things. One is to wait for Lehman to leave Prime City and return to 'United Industries' before using the ticket for the noble box. Second, even if you meet Marcus in the box, don't rush to hand over the ticket." 'Friends', wait until the opportunity presents itself before you try."

Long Yuehong just breathed a sigh of relief when she suddenly noticed a problem:

“What if Lehman delayed leaving the Prime City after giving us the tickets to the noble box?

"Those tickets should have limited dates."

Jiang Baimian smiled:

"He has to go if he doesn't."

"I'll scare him!" Shang Jianyao was very interested.

"Let's discuss this after we are sure that Lehman can really get the tickets to the noble box." Bai Chen looked in the direction of the lobby of this tall building and said.

Jiang Baimian said "uh":

"That's right."

They immediately entered the lobby and saw Gnawa wearing a dark green military uniform sitting on a couch, chatting with several humans.

"It's time to go." Shang Jianyao shouted loudly.

Gnawa stood up, said goodbye to those humans who were not too old, and walked back to Bai Chen and others.

"What were you talking about just now?" Jiang Baimian asked casually.

Gennava replied in a slightly synthesized baritone:

"When they saw me sitting there alone, they came over and asked me if I couldn't find the owner. After I said you were at the Internet cafe next door, they asked where we were from. When they learned that we were coming from the south, they asked about the places along the way. Condition……"

After Gnawa finished speaking, Shang Jianyao said with a heavy face:

"Old Ge, you were almost kidnapped!"

"Really?" Gnawa asked in confusion, "They are quite friendly and have not shown any tendency to abduct."

"If you can detect it, it can't be called abduction." Shang Jianyao looked like he hated iron.

"Okay, okay, let's go back." Jiang Baimian stopped the debate between the carbon-based people and the intelligent people.

After the Jeep started slowly, Jiang Baimian glanced at the rearview mirror and said:

"Stay in the rental house on Iron Medal Street this afternoon to make preparations for the arrest operation in Zhao's Manor."

"How to do it?" Long Yuehong immediately concentrated his attention.

Jiang Baimian considered and said:

"There are two main points:

"The first is to make a backup of your key memories, a double backup. On the one hand, it is written on paper and placed with the companion who is responsible for the response. On the other hand, it is entered into the computer and stored in Lao Ge's body. When the operation is completed, then Take it back and compare them one by one to see if your memory has been quietly tampered with.

"The second is to discuss how to respond to various unexpected situations."

Bai Chen thought for a while and said:

"This all needs to be done."

At this time, Shang Jianyao looked at Gennava:

"Can you peek?"

"You can't insult my character." The silver-black intelligent robot said matter-of-factly.

"What about you?" Shang Jianyao looked at Long Yuehong again.

"I don't even want to see it, I'm afraid my spirit will be polluted!" Long Yuehong responded angrily.

After finalizing the afternoon's work, Jiang Baimian put his right hand on the passenger door and breathed a sigh of relief:

"I'll get the introductory textbook on Hui dialect tomorrow."

Suddenly, Shang Jianyao let out an "ouch".

"What's wrong?" Long Yuehong asked warily.

Shang Jianyao looked regretful:

"Wait another hour and the Internet cafe will give you our special risotto."

"Yes!" Long Yuehong also remembered this, feeling like he had missed an opportunity to make money.

Jiang Baimian is also quite sorry:

"I don't know if their special risotto is delicious..."

This is a practice that is not available in Pangu Biology.

Without waiting for Bai Chen and the others to respond, Jiang Baimian put his palms together and said:

"I decided to find a restaurant that makes risotto in the Red Giant Wolf District at noon."

She immediately laughed:

"Just pretend that the Internet is not Lehman's guest."

…………

After eating and drinking, the "old tune group" returned to Iron Medal Street.

After finding a place to park the jeep and placing the siren in a secret location, Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao and others walked along the narrow road to the rental house in a strolling manner.

As I walked, I met a person.

The man was wearing a mottled leather jacket and was about the same height as Long Yuehong. He had brown hair, green eyes, and an old gray scarf tied around his neck, covering his mouth.

After the two sides passed each other, Bai Chen looked forward and said:

"This person looks a bit like the one the Sheriff was looking for before..."

Although the clothes are different, the other features match.

Jiang Baimian recalled Bai Chen's previous description, nodded and said:

"right."

"Do you want to say hello?" Shang Jianyao asked proactively.

"No need, we are not the police chief of the First City." Jiang Baimian shook his head without hesitation, "Even if he is related to the bombing of the citizens' rally, it is not a reason for us to overstep his bounds."

"Ah?" Long Yuehong was a little stunned, "Is he related to the citizens' assembly bombing?"

How did the team leader know? Or just give an example?

Jiang Baimian looked around the team members with a smile:

"While you were obsessed with old-world entertainment materials, I seriously browsed the public network in the original city for a while and found that someone mentioned that the suspect in this bombing was a man wearing a scarf."

Shang Jianyao replied doubtfully:

"You're not kidding..."

"Stop!" Jiang Baimian stopped him, "In short, it has nothing to do with us. Moreover, the more chaotic the city is at first, the better it will be for our subsequent investigation."

Long Yuehong nodded and asked instead:

"Why does he have to wear a scarf and cover his mouth? His clothes have been changed."

"This shows that his mouth has more obvious features." Bai Chen expressed his guess.

Jiang Baimian said "hmm":

"It should not only be a characteristic, but more likely there are things around his mouth that would be targeted if seen by passers-by, such as criminal tattoos, such as slave marks, such as some kind of deformity."

A term suddenly flashed through Long Yuehong's mind:

"Second person!"

…………

In the blink of an eye, the day came when the members of the "anti-intellectual religion" in Zhaojiazhuang were scheduled to be arrested, and the "old tune team" split up again.

Jiang Baimian took Shang Jianyao and Gennava, who was wearing a black cloak, and opened the driver's door of the jeep while saying to Long Yuehong and Bai Chen:

"You go to that place and wait, put on the exoskeleton device, and come to respond as soon as you see the signal."

"Okay." Long Yuehong and Bai Chen didn't hesitate, turned and walked towards the gray off-road vehicle equipped with two military exoskeleton devices.

Jiang Baimian got into the driver's seat, adjusted the rearview mirror in the car, and said to Shang Jianyao and Gnawa:

"We go to General Phocas and meet his guards."

Shang Jianyao responded slightly excitedly:

"Hopefully they're all ready."

What does it mean to hope that they are all prepared? Who are they referring to? Jiang Baimian didn't try to understand Shang Jianyao's words, started the car and let it drive forward.

At this time, it was just 8:30 in the morning, and there were already few pedestrians on the road.