Embers Ad Infinitum

When Long Yuehong took out the team's radio transceiver, Jiang Baimian was writing a report to the company on a piece of paper.

She cleverly grafted her previous experience of contacting the "Dao and Electrical Maintenance" radio station into this incident to explain why she asked Gnawa to switch modes and detect the location.

As for Gnawa's existence, she described it as a collaborator, which would make the company subconsciously think that this intelligent robot came from Wang Fugui's team.

After paving the way with the survivors' experiences, she officially entered the topic, telling how she and Wang Fugui's team found the cave, how they went deeper step by step, how they discovered the ruins of Wasteland No. 13, how they determined something was wrong, and how they got rid of Wu Meng's weirdness The invasion, how to run away wildly, everything was done in every detail, and not a single key point was missed.

——If "Pangu Biology" wants to find the survivor Jiang Baimian said about the "Dao and Electrical Repair" radio station, then Jiang Baimian will tell them that unfortunately, the other party suffered an infection during the follow-up treatment and was unable to persist. , lost his life.

For this reason, the name she reported was one of the relic hunters who had a similar situation.

In short, the core is one sentence:

There is no proof!

After translating the report content into a telegram and sending it out, the "Old Tuning Team" received confirmation feedback from "Pangu Biology".

This is confirmation of receipt of their telegram, and further instructions may have to wait for a day or two, or even longer.

Jiang Baimian breathed a sigh of relief and said to the rest of the group:

"Take turns to rest and catch up on sleep."

Another meaning of rest is to quickly recharge those high-performance batteries.

——In the forward camp, the electricity bill is much more expensive than in the original city, and the savings of the "Old Adjustment Team" are declining at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the afternoon, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen, who were on patrol duty, each held assault rifles and walked back and forth without slacking off at all.

Suddenly, they heard a "boom" sound coming from the team's jeep.

Long Yuehong subconsciously took a step forward and opened the corresponding rear door.

Bai Chen had raised the muzzle of his gun, aimed it over there, and was ready.

Then, they saw Jiang Baimian, who was sleeping on the seat, turned down at some point, holding his left hand on the carpet, almost standing upside down.

"Team leader, what's wrong?" Long Yuehong asked cautiously.

Jiang Baimian straightened his back, bounced back into his seat, laughed twice and said:

"I had a dream."

Then, her face became solemn:

"That dream made me realize something was wrong."

Her serious attitude and solemn expression made Long Yuehong and Bai Chen naturally ignore the fact that she was "scared" by the nightmare and rolled out of her seat.

When Shang Jianyao in the other car woke up and gathered here with Gnawa, Jiang Baimian said solemnly:

"I dreamed about the ruin hunters who 'followed' the White Wolf before. They were wandering in the black wasteland and in the ruins of the city like living corpses.

"After I woke up, I realized something was wrong:

"The data doesn't add up."

"What data?" Long Yuehong dutifully played the role of asking questions.

Of course, he really just asked because he didn’t understand.

Jiang Baimian recalled:

"Just counting the past two months, even if the white wolf eats one person every day, it can only eat 61 people."

"Those survivors said they ate not every day, but regularly, almost once every two or three days." Bai Chen reminded the team leader.

"This is a large estimate." Jiang Baimian explained his thoughts, and then added, "The total number of followers we killed and the surviving relic hunters is 35, and according to the statistics of the guild, in the past two In the past few months, there have been almost 1,780 relic hunters and wilderness wanderers missing in the mountains on the north coast."

After hearing this, Long Yuehong already understood what the team leader meant:

The data on both sides don’t match!

Some of the missing persons have never been seen alive or dead without a trace!

"Even if you exclude the people who disappeared due to hunting, exploration and other things, it is estimated that there are one hundred twenty or thirty people affected by the white wolf." Jiang Baimian continued, "In other words, there are about thirty people who are neither Even if you follow the white wolf, you won’t be eaten by him.”

After a pause, Jiang Baimian asked seriously:

"So, where did they go?"

"According to the survivors' descriptions, there may only be twenty-four or five people eaten by the white wolf, and there are almost sixty or even more missing people." Bai Chen added thoughtfully, "Because this is unilaterally done by the guild. There will definitely be some omissions in the statistics.”

As for the situation before the White Wolf mission was promulgated, no one in the mountains on the north bank did statistics. There was no unified organization and no force with strong control.

"It means that nearly half of the humans affected by the White Wolf in the past two months are missing?" Long Yuehong said in an uncertain tone.

Shang Jianyao showed a look of sudden realization:

"Reserved?"

"Bringing it with you is also a reserve." Jiang Baimian denied this speculation.

She immediately ordered:

“We divided into two groups and asked those survivors to see who knew about this aspect, and also recorded the specific time when they were affected by the white wolf.

"Hey, I was in such a hurry that I may have missed some details."

No one hesitated, and the "Old Tune Team" followed the plan of Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao, and Long Yuehong, Bai Chen, and Gnawa, to find survivors such as Long En.

About forty minutes later, they met on the third floor of the main building of the castle, where the survivors were receiving treatment.

"No one I've asked so far can tell whether Bailang has other dens or whether he has other followers." Long Yuehong took the initiative to report.

Bai Chen glanced at the note in his hand and said solemnly:

"But there is a problem. These people have only been affected by White Wolf in the past month."

"This is the same situation I collected here." Jiang Baimian responded.

"The shelf life of the previous month has expired and was thrown away by Bai Lang?" Shang Jianyao blurted out in surprise.

His words made Long Yuehong and others not sure how to answer.

Only Gennava said honestly:

"There is still so much expired food in the cave, it shouldn't be a problem to feed those people."

Jiang Baimian thought for a while, considered it and said:

"There are still two people who haven't asked. Other survivors said that when they were influenced by the White Wolf, these two people were already following the White Wolf."

One is named Richard and the other is named Louis.

Richard's injury was minor. After treatment and rest, he was able to walk freely. He then left this sad place and returned to the First City. The "Old Tune Team" would not be able to find him for a while.

Louis, on the other hand, seemed to have some savings and bought a room in the camp hotel.

Dong-dong-dong, Long Yuehong knocked on Lewis's door.

Louis, who had slightly fluffy flaxen hair, quickly opened the wooden door.

When he saw the five people from the "Old Tune Group", his face suddenly turned pale and he subconsciously took two steps back:

"You, what do you want to do?"

"I have a question for you." Shang Jianyao showed a kind smile.

Lewis' eyes froze, his mood suddenly collapsed, and he shouted hysterically:

"I don't want revenge!

"I don't want revenge!"

After hearing these words, Long Yuehong suddenly remembered that this was the survivor who looked at him with hatred before.

Seeing Jiang Baimian move his eyebrows, Shang Jianyao laughed out loud. Louis became even more nervous. He backed away and begged for mercy:

"I, I have thought about it, but I don't have the ability. I, I don't have the ability!"

After shouting these words, he fell to the ground, covered his face, and cried:

"I've given up, I really have given up, I, I'm useless, I'm sorry for them! I'm sorry for them..."

The voice of despair, panic and sadness echoed in the room, making Long Yuehong sigh.

After Louis calmed down a little, Jiang Baimian deliberately lowered his voice and said:

"You have two choices now. One is to be killed by us. The other is to answer a question from us and then leave here. Never return or be touched by us."

Lewis was silent for two seconds, released his palms, and asked eagerly:

"what is the problem?"

His face was stained with tears.

"When you first 'followed' the white wolf, there should have been dozens of people around it. Where did they go?" Jiang Baimian asked a question that he had thought about for a long time.

Lewis's expression changed and he said:

"They, they followed the white wolf into the depths of the cave and never came back..."

His eyes were full of fear.

This incident seems to have become a nightmare for him.

Into the depths of the cave? Sent to the ruins of Wasteland 13? Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong and others all instinctively flashed such an idea.

"Expelling" Louis, they communicated about this matter for a while, and finally came to a unified understanding:

The missing people are most likely related to the ruins of Wasteland No. 13.

As for why White Wolf sent those humans to Ruins No. 13 in the Wasteland, Jiang Baimian and others lacked enough clues to even guess.

Shang Jianyao, on the other hand, proposed a horror story-like possibility:

"Experiment."

…………

The next day, during the fixed time period for contacting the company, the "old call team" received a telegram from "Pangu Biology":

"I understand your situation... The only things Wu Meng can influence remotely without using language may be various electrical appliances, including intelligent robots. If you want to explore the ruins of Wasteland No. 13, please eliminate this hidden danger in advance..."

"The company tends to let us do some exploration..." Jiang Baimian said thoughtfully.

Gennava immediately spoke:

"Then I can only do the support."

He simulated the emotions of three points of frustration and three points of loss.

Just as the "old tune group" put away their radio transceivers and discussed the matter, Wang Fugui came over under the light of the street lamp.

He looked at Jiang Baimian and others and said sincerely:

"I've thought about it. Wu Meng's 'Tao' should be in electrical appliances and electronic products. If you don't have these, you may be able to bypass his influence."

This... Long Yuehong's eyes widened slightly after hearing this.

Jiang Baimian and Bai Chen were also quite surprised.

Wang Fugui’s statement is almost consistent with the company’s advice!