Embers Ad Infinitum

"Maybe not every extraordinary thing comes with a price?" Long Yuehong guessed the reason.

Of course, he felt that there was another possibility, that is, Shang Jianyao deliberately did not say anything at the time.

Jiang Baimian shook his head:

"Theoretically no.

"Since similar items are produced in the same way, they should follow the same rules."

She is not too sure about this, after all, she has not yet figured out the nature of things such as the "soul corridor" and the aura of the awakened person.

"It may also be that the price attached to the 'coward' and the 'destiny pearl' was too small and was ignored by Shang Jianyao." Gnawa gave his own analysis.

After hearing these words, Shang Jianyao clenched his right fist and left palm, and said with a suddenly enlightened tone:

"I understand why. The price attached to 'Coward' and 'Destiny Pearl' is too weak for me to bear, and it has no impact at all."

Jiang Baimian listened quietly and had new ideas.

She said thoughtfully while tucking her fallen hair behind her ears:

"The 'Destiny Pearl' is from the 'Bodhi' realm, and Shang Jianyao can basically be determined to be in the 'Zhuangsheng' realm. I remember that the expressions of certain costs in these two realms are very close."

She immediately gave an example:

"For example, mental issues."

While Long Yuehong vaguely understood something, Bai Chen gently nodded and said:

"DiMarco was very cruel and emotionally unstable, which may have come from the price he paid, which led to him having serious mental problems."

"The 'Destiny Pearl' is just the solidification of his residual aura. Its ability is not as good as the original version, and the price must have been weakened a lot. And Shang Jianyao is an official patient with a doctor's certificate." Jiang Baimian asked Bai Chen about Dimarco. After analyzing, he expressed his judgment, "For Shang Jianyao, the cost may be that a person who weighs 150 pounds has gained four or five pounds. It is difficult for people who are not particularly concerned about their own weight to notice it."

Long Yuehong raised her hand weakly:

"What about the 'coward'?"

"Maybe the price attached to that aura is also related to mental problems." Jiang Baimian speculated after consideration.

Her core philosophy is "Shang Jian Yao has too much debt to worry about, so that he ignores the cost."

At this time, Shang Jianyao recalled:

"When I used 'coward' at the time, I felt that I was in a good mental state. We were active in thinking, and each of us used our characteristics to the limit, and successfully eluded Di Marco."

"..." Jiang Baimian stayed for a second, then laughed out loud, "It seems there is no need to think about other possibilities."

The additional price of being a "coward" may be split personality, which makes the nine businessmen feel like a fish in water and don't think there is any problem.

Shang Jianyao turned to look at the "Blind Ring" put aside, and said with fear:

"It actually makes me lose my appetite."

The effect of this item is to make people lose their vision and become blind within a certain period of time, and the range of influence reaches one hundred and thirty meters.

Compared with the original version, its weakness may be that it cannot be effective on multiple targets at the same time.

"The accurate description should be appetite..." Jiang Baimian thought for a while and said, "This may have a miraculous effect when facing certain awakened people in the 'Mandala' field."

To eat or not to eat, this is an eternal dilemma.

After ending this topic, Shang Jianyao took out the "Destiny Pearl", pointed at it which was much dimmed and said:

"It shouldn't take more than a few times, no more than ten."

"Try to save two or three times and use it on the main target." Jiang Baimian felt that it was a pity - the "Destiny Pearl" was really easy to use.

Their main targets are Ole's granddaughter Avia and grandson Marcus.

Investigating the cause of the destruction of the old world and the origin of "Wuxin Disease" is the main task of their team. Eradicating the "Priest" is just to eliminate hidden dangers and take revenge.

Mentioning the main goal, Jiang Baimian looked at Long Yuehong, Bai Chen and Gnawa said:

"The 'Priest' matter is settled, and now we have to live a solitary life.

"Well, this is mainly to guard against the crazy revenge of the 'anti-intellectual cult'."

Speaking of this, Jiang Baimian briefly mentioned some information that Shang Jianyao dug out from the memory of "Father":

"When it comes to dealing with us, because of the habit of the 'Anti-Intellectual Cult', only the 'Priest' has always been responsible. This can be seen as a test for him from the top management of the 'Anti-Intellectual Cult'. If he can eliminate our hidden danger, then 'Shepherd' Bouillon may consider removing the hints from him and returning his tampered memories to normal.

“That way, he can hope to enter the ‘soul corridor’.

"The point of what I just said is that with the death of the 'Priest', the things we exposed before are no longer in the hands of the 'Anti-Intellectual Cult'. We don't need to worry too much about them using the 'Wolf's Den' and the Ugo Hotel. , using those people and places to retaliate against us."

"Didn't 'Father' leave any paper records?" Long Yuehong asked cautiously.

"Yes, but he took it with him and we got it." Jiang Baimian pointed to the bag next to the "Blind Ring".

It contains the items that the "priest" carries with him, including but not limited to: 75 Ore 12 de Lazer banknotes, 7 Cas coins, a finely crafted but very old wallet, a palm-sized notebook, five "Ralphie" candy, a pack of Flag cigarettes, a faceless white mask, a "Red River" pistol, and nine rounds of ammunition.

Jiang Baimian then added:

"Shang Jianyao confirmed it through the memory of 'Father'. He did not leave any backup records elsewhere."

"That's good, that's good." Long Yuehong breathed a sigh of relief.

Jiang Baimian smiled and changed the subject:

"However, 'Shepherd' Bouillon can read other people's memories on a large scale without causing any disturbance."

This is the information they obtained from the fake "Father" Guo Zheng, and part of the memories of the fake "Father" Sandel and the real "Father" Alex also prove this matter.

"In other words, 'Shepherd' Bouillon should be able to confirm that it was us who did it by looking through the memories of the residents in those streets." Seeing Long Yuehong's expression become solemn, Jiang Baimian comforted him again, " Fortunately, I have considered this in advance, and when evacuating, you must all pass through uninhabited alleys with forked roads, in order to interrupt 'Shepherd' Bouillon's pursuit."

And the cameras in those places have been hacked by Gnawa.

After explaining the situation, Jiang Baimian concluded:

"The current focus of the 'Anti-Intellectual Cult' is still on provoking internal strife in the 'First City', and they are not a religious organization that can conduct public activities. Currently, they are being tracked by an unknown number of people. Therefore, we only need to reduce the frequency of going out and reduce the number of people. The range of movement is as long as it doesn't hit them directly, so there won't be any problems.

"In addition, our hibernation is also to wait for the situation in the First City to start to be chaotic. At that time, we will have the opportunity to contact Avia and Marcus."

Seeing the team members nodding one after another, Jiang Baimian put his palms together and said:

"The operation was completed at noon, and everyone was very exhausted. Let's have something to eat and discuss the things that the 'Father' recalled in his memory.

"Haha, let's just treat it as an internal celebration party."

"Yes, team leader!" Shang Jianyao answered very loudly.

When Long Yuehong and others responded, Jiang Baimian glanced at this guy:

"What will you do if I don't let you eat extra food?"

"I can play songs." Shang Jianyao replied sincerely, "I'm so hungry, so hungry, so hungry, I'm really hungry..."

As he spoke, he started singing.

Jiang Baimian quickly interrupted him and asked Bai Chen:

“What special foods are there in the Green Olive District?”

She hadn't bothered to ask about it before.

"Fish, all kinds of fish recipes, fried fish, grilled fish, stewed fish, etc., etc." Bai Chen replied calmly.

Long Yuehong looked confused when she heard this:

“Can residents in the Green Olive District often eat fish?”

This is not in line with the life of lower-class citizens in his perception.

Bai Chen glanced at him, nodded slightly and said:

"able.

"Because we eat fish from the Red River."

Long Yuehong fell silent suddenly, not knowing what to say.

The Red River is seriously polluted, with both the accumulation of radioactive materials from the destruction of the old world and the cross-flow of sewage discharged from the upstream factory areas. Therefore, the fish in it have certain problems and generally suffer from bad distortions.

If this kind of fish is eaten for a long time, various diseases will inevitably come.

However, sometimes, people have no choice.

You have to choose between starving to death in a few days or dying of illness in a few years.

Bai Chen broke the brief silence and said:

"I remember that there was a bakery called Di Michele that baked pretty good brown bread. Although it was made from rye, it was not so hard or rough. It was very fragrant and chewy."

"Then black bread with coffee!" Jiang Baimian made the final decision.

Shang Jianyao immediately smiled and said:

"One hour and twenty-eight minutes to celebrate the death of 'Priest'!"

"Celebrating the death of 'Priest' for one hour and twenty-eight minutes!" Gennava imitated Shang Jianyao in a ritualistic manner.

Jiang Baimian's eyes rolled up and he sighed quietly.