Embers Ad Infinitum

In a bathtub filled with steaming white water, Long Yuehong picked up the towel placed next to her and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"The citizens of the original city really know how to enjoy it." He said sincerely.

Here, even the lower-class citizens, as long as they can survive and earn a little extra money, will go to the cheap bathroom every now and then. Men, women, old and young, without exception.

This is more cost-effective than boiling water for bathing at home.

Shang Jianyao, who was also soaking in hot water, spread his hands to both sides and rested on the edge of the pool.

He smiled and replied to Long Yuehong:

"It's not like you never had sex when you were a kid."

Inside "Pangu Biotechnology", most employees have no place to take a shower at home, so they can only go to public bathrooms, which are all showers.

But children under two or three years old don't need to worry about this. Boil a pot of water at home, get a basin, adjust the temperature, and then throw it in for washing.

"I have no impression at all." Long Yuehong said honestly, "If I hadn't seen those children taking a bath in the basin now, I would have doubted whether I had ever had such an experience."

After getting rid of the real "priest", Jiang Baimian took Shang Jianyao, Bai Chen and Long Yuehong into a larger bathroom in the Red Giant Wolf District in order to reward the whole team.

Shang Jianyao didn't care about Long Yuehong's answer and sighed to himself:

"It's a pity that Lao Ge can't soak."

Although this robot is waterproof, it cannot withstand being soaked in hot water all the time.

"He is suitable for a pool of engine oil, but this is too luxurious." Long Yuehong said with a smile.

Taking a bath like this after the steam bath made him relax all over, and even his mind was less tense.

So, he said casually:

"I don't know how the 'Transcendental Spirituality' Order will deal with Cynthia's matter... In fact, they can find an intermediary to disclose the information directly to Inspector Alexander and let him be more vigilant. In this way, they might be able to Build a relationship with this giant.”

Shang Jianyao tilted his head back slightly and said with a smile:

"They should really ask you to be a consultant."

Long Yuehong suddenly felt a little uneasy and asked unconfidently:

"What's wrong with this?"

Shang Jianyao glanced at him:

"What if Alexander and Cynthia are in a group?"

"That's right..." Long Yuehong thought about it carefully and found that this possibility could not be ruled out.

In this way, the "Transcendental Spirituality" sect was exposed and targeted.

Shang Jianyao turned around and smiled:

"If it were me, I would find an opportunity to invade the radio stations and TV stations in the original city, control the announcers, and broadcast a news item in a loop:

"Attention, attention, Cynthia is a member of the 'Holy Desire' sect, has cooperated with the 'Anti-Intellectual Cult', and is currently looking for opportunities to establish contact with Inspector Alexandria."

As he spoke, he showed an eager expression.

Long Yuehong imagined the scene described by Shang Jianyao and couldn't help laughing:

"In that case, no matter what the relationship between Inspector Alexander and Cynthia is, they must keep enough distance."

"Actually, we can also make up some sexy news about him and Cynthia, and connect him with the 'Holy Desire' sect, so that all citizens who see and hear the news will despise him and cast aside him." Shang Jianyao put his right hand in In the water, he patted his thigh and said, "It's a pity that the new senator Gaius didn't ask us two to be advisors, otherwise he would have led the reformist coup to success now."

"Why am I still there?" Long Yuehong asked subconsciously.

Shang Jianyao said seriously:

"I'm responsible for coming up with bad ideas, and you're responsible for eliminating wrong answers."

Because Shang Jianyao even scolded himself, Long Yuehong didn't know how to refute him.

Feeling that he was almost soaked, he turned his back slightly embarrassedly and climbed out of the bath. Then he picked up the bath towel placed next to him and tied it around his waist.

"You have to be confident as a person." Shang Jianyao educated Long Yuehong earnestly.

He walked out of the bath without haste, picked up the towel, and walked all the way to the shower area.

After cleaning themselves up, he and Long Yuehong put on bathrobes, tied their belts, and walked into the cafeteria on the first floor.

The variety of food here is not rich, but there is no shortage of bread, bacon, fried fish, vegetables, sausages, and macaroni.

Jiang Baimian and Bai Chen also took a bath. They had their hair tied up, wearing bathrobes, holding dinner plates, and choosing food.

"Why do I feel that one Ole per person is a good deal?" Jiang Baimian sighed when he saw Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong coming in.

Long Yuehong had never seen a woman who had just taken a shower and was still wearing a bathrobe, so she was a little embarrassed to look up.

"It's a pity that I can't come every day, otherwise I will make the boss bankrupt." Shang Jianyao picked up a dinner plate.

Then, he laughed at Long Yuehong:

"You can't see where the food is like this!"

Jiang Baimian felt that it was not very good to tease Xiaohong in this regard, so he changed the subject with a smile:

"We'll sit separately later, otherwise I'm afraid the boss will include me in the blacklist in the future."

"Yes, yes." Long Yuehong found an opportunity to fight back.

At this time, Bai Chen, who was listening in, suddenly asked Long Yuehong a question:

"If you face a female enemy in the future and she suddenly takes off her clothes, will you be embarrassed to look at it and miss the opportunity?"

"Uh..." Long Yuehong felt that no female enemy would do such a weird thing.

"The process of taking off clothes is enough for Xiaohong to beat her to death seven or eight times." Jiang Baimian answered on behalf of Long Yuehong.

They stopped chatting and continued to pick food separately.

After lunch, the four of them entered the rest area, each occupied a lounge chair, covered themselves with thin towels and fell asleep.

"This is called having half a day's leisure..." Jiang Baimian sighed in a low voice with satisfaction.

No one responded to her.

The four of them were in a daze when they heard chatter coming from a different place where they were resting:

"The masseur upstairs is very good. You can try it next time."

"The massage you are talking about, is it legal?"

"Of course it's official. I haven't been sleeping well recently. I always have nightmares. I just pressed the button and fell asleep."

"Haha, you have something on your mind, so you can't sleep well?"

"No, when I passed by the Green Olive District some time ago, I encountered a terrible deformed creature, which scared me... Hey, it's been so many years since the New Year, how come there are still deformed stray animals in the city?"

"Maybe it slipped in from outside the city. As you know, the city defense army can only guard against people, not these things. By the way, what does it look like? Do you want to report it to the public security station, so as not to encounter it again in the future? Injured?"

"It looks like a cat, no, like a little leopard. It's all blood red, as if it has no skin. Its tail looks like a scorpion, and there are white thorns on its shoulders. By the way, it has four ear……"

Shang Jianyao opened his eyes and sat up.

At the same time, Jiang Baimian and others also had similar reactions.

As they looked at each other, Shang Jianyao mouthed excitedly:

"Xiao Chong!"

The aberrant creature that the person just described is very similar to Xiao Chong's pet "Sleeping Cat" or "Ghost Cat"!

…………

Hunter's Guild Hall in the First City.

The disguised Long Yuehong asked casually:

"Do you think the team leader and Shang Jianyao can find Xiao Chong?"

The "Old Tune Team" is now working separately. Long Yuehong and Bai Chen went to the Hunters Guild to inquire about information, while Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao went to the Green Olive District to find Xiao Chong, Nightmare Horse, and Sleeping Cat.

As for Gnawa, it is too conspicuous to go out for the time being. After all, the news that a robot kidnapped a man in the Golden Apple District is quite shocking.

"Difficult." Bai Chen responded simply.

The Green Olive District is much larger than the Golden Apple District, and the permanent and registered population is estimated to be in the millions. It is almost impossible to find a Xiaochong who is willing to hide.

He is not like a "priest" who will take the initiative to do something and leave certain traces. He will just stay at home and play games.

"If the Nightmare Horse also enters the city, it will be easy for people to see and remember it." Long Yuehong muttered.

At this time, he was holding a bag of documents in his hand, which contained some "anti-intellectual religion" situations in the "priest's" memory.

In this regard, the "priest" actually doesn't know much, because the style of the "anti-intellectual religion" is that each person is responsible for his own part, and if he needs assistance, he will go to the senior management to apply. Therefore, the "priest" only knows the parts he controls and Some things related to “Pastor” Bouillon.

In his memory, the direct subordinates of "Pastor" Bouillon all had a code name, such as "Priest", such as "Doctor", such as "Scavenger", but there was little contact with each other, and no one knew what the other was doing. .

As for "Pastor" Bouillon, "Father" can't remember his appearance. Only when he meets him will he suddenly realize and retrieve the corresponding memory.

Like the fake "priest", he was only impressed by "Pastor" Bouillon's injured voice, but Jiang Baimian suspected that this was a false characteristic deliberately created by "Pastor" Bouillon, because he had no other characteristics. Covered up, leaving only this one.

——The real "priest" actually thinks so too.

Therefore, the more valuable parts of the memory of the real "priest" are the things he was responsible for and the situation of his direct subordinates. The "Old Tune Team" sorted it out and planned to mail it to the "Hand of Order" in the First City, doing good deeds without leaving their names. .

At the same time, after confirming the memory of the real "priest", the "old tune team" is completely certain that the next target of the "anti-intellectual religion" is General Phocas. However, the real "priest" is only a deputy in this operation, assisting the "pastor" in deploying Yong, don’t have the complete plan.

While talking, Bai Chen and Long Yuehong went up to the second floor and met the old man Friedrich who had received them before.

Friedrich, wearing a black robe, glanced at them and said with a smile:

"I almost didn't recognize you."

"I found out that several enemies are also in the First City." Bai Chen explained calmly.

Friedrich nodded, without asking any more questions, and said with a smile:

"We have clues about the man you asked us to find before. A ruin hunter has seen him."

Have you found Han Wanghuo? Long Yuehong was pleasantly surprised.