Embers Ad Infinitum

Shang Jianyao's nerves were immediately tense, and he stared at the entrance of Black Rat Town without blinking.

The stones blocking the cave are quite huge, and there is no way to remove them purely by manpower!

Of course, the possibility cannot be ruled out that Long Yuehong did not place the stone properly when she moved it up using the exoskeleton device, causing it to slip down bit by bit and invisibly. Finally, after a long time, it lost its balance and fell to the ground. ground.

Therefore, Shang Jianyao did not react immediately and waited for further observation results.

Bang!

With a slightly dull sound, the huge boulder hit the ground, making the entire forest seem to tremble.

The movement quickly fell silent, and under the sparse stars, the night was as dark as before.

But what is different from before is that there is a gap in the pile of stones blocking the entrance to Black Rat Town, a gap leading to a place of deathly silence and darkness.

Shang Jianyao looked at it carefully for dozens of seconds, and was about to exhale the turbid breath he was holding in his chest, when he suddenly discovered that where the stone fell off, a black shadow slowly crawled out of the hole.

The night wind blew by, and the clouds in the sky moved, revealing half of the moon.

The bright light fell and shone on the dark figure, allowing Shang Jianyao to see his general appearance clearly:

He was short in stature, naked, with thick, black hair on his surface. His back was stooped, and the nails on his hands reflected sharp cold light.

This is a resident of Black Rat Town!

Shang Jianyao's pupils suddenly dilated, as if he couldn't believe the scene in front of him, and wanted to see more clearly who the other party was.

He, Jiang Baimian, and Bai Chen carefully searched every corner of Black Rat Town, but did not find a single survivor!

The moonlight seemed to be a little brighter again, and Shang Jianyao could barely see the face of the figure.

Half of his face was opened by bullets, and dark red blood and milky white brains were dotted around.

According to Shang Jianyao's common sense, such a person cannot be called a living person at all.

At the same time, there seemed to be black shadows surging in the gap on the pile of rocks.

"Do it!" Shang Jianyao cursed uncontrollably.

Almost instinctively, he released his right hand holding the handle of the gun, raised it, and slapped his right face hard.

He suspected that he was dreaming.

Snapped!

The right side of Shang Jianyao's face immediately became red and swollen, and the marks of five fingers were vaguely visible on it.

Severe pain and buzzing sounds entered Shang Jianyao's mind at the same time, causing golden light spots to appear one after another in front of his eyes.

However, he was still where he was, and in front of him were still the residents of Black Rat Town climbing down from the gap in the pile of rocks, and another black shadow following closely behind.

Shang Jianyao did not shoot impulsively because he knew that his knowledge and experience were not enough to support him in making the right choice in this situation.

Therefore, he wanted to ask Jiang Baimian for help to see if the leader of the "old tune group" knew about similar situations.

He was also planning to wake up Bai Chen and Long Yuehong, so that even if they couldn't deal with the changes in Black Rat Town, they would still have time to drive and escape from here.

Just as he half-turned around, Shang Jianyao saw Jiang Baimian's figure appearing next to him before he could shout out.

Shang Jianyao felt happy and was about to report the situation when his eyes suddenly froze and his words were stuck in his throat.

Under the cold moonlight, thick black hairs visible to the naked eye grew out like bamboo shoots on Jiang Baimian's heroic and beautiful face.

Shang Jianyao's facial muscles moved slightly, and he could not control himself and acted in a stressful manner.

He threw himself sideways and behind him, rolled twice in succession, and reached the front of the jeep.

Then, he ducked down, jumped to the other side, and squatted under the rearview mirror.

In this way, he can not only use the front of the car as a "defense", but he can also open the door and sit in the driver's seat at any time.

"Something happened!" He shouted, trying to wake up Long Yuehong and Bai Chen.

After shouting three times, Shang Jianyao took two steps forward, straightened his upper body, and prepared to open the car door.

But at this time, he realized that he didn't have the car key.

When handing over the night duty just now, Bai Chen gave the key to Jiang Baimian instead of him.

Before Shang Jianyao had time to think of a solution, Jiang Baimian's voice came from far and near:

"What happened?"

The next second, the voices of Long Yuehong and Bai Chen sounded from the tent:

"What happened?"

Their voices are high and low, but their tone is the same as Jiang Baimian's.

Shang Jianyao's body suddenly trembled, and dense cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He forced himself to calm down and silently calculated the approximate distance between him and Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen.

Unconsciously, a smile appeared on his face, a smile that he couldn't control.

Shang Jianyao immediately straightened his body and prepared to stand up and use the ability of the awakened person.

At this moment, he saw himself in the rearview mirror:

The right face is red and swollen, with an inappropriate smile...

Shang Jianyao suddenly felt something in his heart. He bent down again and took out the absorbent pen and a piece of white paper for recording from his pocket.

Immediately afterwards, he lowered his head, using his thigh as a cushion, and after the pen cap fell freely to the ground, he quickly wrote:

"If you can still see this passage later, it means it's not a dream."

As he was writing, the voices of Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen got closer and closer:

"What happened?"

Shang Jianyao became more and more anxious as he wrote, and the more he wrote, the more sloppy he became, but he still managed to finish that sentence.

Then, he casually stuffed the paper back into his pocket, straightened his upper body, and stared at himself in the rearview mirror again, his eyes instantly becoming dark.

While listening to the footsteps getting closer and closer, he quickly organized his words and tried to say:

“It was late at night at this time yesterday, and it is also late at night at this time today.

“At this time yesterday, we were sleeping in the open air, and at this time today, we are also sleeping in the open air.

"At this time yesterday, I was dreaming, so at this time today..."

Shang Jianyao stopped talking to himself in the mirror, his expression was blank at first, and then gradually became determined.

Just when Jiang Baimian walked to the other side of the front of the jeep, Shang Jianyao suddenly realized:

"So, at this time today, I am also dreaming!"

As soon as he finished speaking, countless stars seemed to explode in his mind, and his strong self-awareness allowed his consciousness to penetrate all kinds of psychedelic images.

"Huh!" Shang Jianyao sat up and let out the turbid air held in his chest.

He took a quick look around and saw that he was still in the tent, still in the sleeping bag.

As his thoughts flickered, Shang Jianyao tugged with his hands, exerted his body strength, and quickly escaped from the sleeping bag like a cheetah, and jumped to the other side of the tent.

That's where Jiang Baimian slept.

In the dark environment with only low light, Shang Jianyao could hardly see anything, but he could hear Jiang Baimian's breathing, which was rapid and messy, as if he had just completed a five-kilometer cross-country trip.

"Wake up! Wake up!" He relied on his voice to grab Jiang Baimian's body, shouting and shaking him.

Such movement attracted the attention of Bai Chen and Long Yuehong. One of them stayed on the outside to guard against accidents, while the other leaned toward the tent and asked loudly:

"What's wrong?"

Shang Jianyao did not answer and continued to shake Jiang Baimian's body violently.

Finally, Jiang Baimian made a voice:

"Stop...stop! I'm dizzy!"

Shang Jianyao breathed a sigh of relief and straightened up.

At this time, Bai Chen had opened the tent door.

Through the moonlight shining in from outside, she saw Shang Jianyao squatting next to Jiang Baimian's sleeping bag, breathing heavily, while Jiang Baimian huddled in the sleeping bag, sitting with a confused expression.

"What abnormalities were found?" Bai Chen asked calmly.

Shang Jianyao replied bluntly:

"I had a nightmare..."

He paused involuntarily, feeling that he was like a child seeking comfort from his elders because of a nightmare.

Seeing that neither Jiang Baimian nor Bai Chen laughed at him or tried to interrupt, Shang Jianyao softened and continued:

"A very real nightmare. I slapped myself in the dream and couldn't wake up. Even though I felt strong pain, I still couldn't wake up.

“It wasn’t until I used the ability of the awakened person to strengthen my judgment and understanding of dreams that I finally woke up.

"In the dream, the residents of Black Rat Town turned into living corpses, and thick black hair grew on your faces."

Living corpses are a concept in radio stories.

Jiang Baimian was no longer confused, his expression gradually became calm, he nodded gently and said:

"I had a nightmare too.

"I dreamed that I was doing research in the laboratory, and you were all my assistants..."

Speaking of this, Jiang Baimian suddenly became speechless.

In just one breath, she continued:

"That dream was very real. Because of some details, I suspected that I was dreaming, so I quickly poked myself with a needle, and I felt the same pain as normal.

“This dispelled my suspicion, and then, there was an accident in the laboratory next door, and a highly toxic gas leaked and spread throughout the floor.

"I was leading you all towards the exit, trying to escape from the company before the poisonous gas filled the air, when I was woken up by Shang Jian Yao."

As she spoke, she raised her left hand and brought it to the moonlit area.

Shang Jianyao and Bai Chen, who were approaching, both saw a red spot the size of a pinhole at the tiger's mouth of the hand, which was slightly swollen.

Jiang Baimian then looked at Shang Jianyao's face, and as expected found the red and swollen spot with five fingerprints.

"I don't have any needles with me..." Jiang Baimian thought for a moment and said, "This is not caused by sleepwalking."

As she spoke, she extended her left hand to the five finger prints on Shang Jianyao's right face, and gestured in the air:

"I didn't hit this either."

Bai Chen followed Jiang Baimian's palm and looked carefully:

"I can't completely deny it. The redness and swelling are too obvious now, the fingerprints are a bit distorted, and there are errors in comparison. Moreover, the length difference between your fingers is not too big."

"It was really my left hand that hit him. Does he still have teeth left on this side of his face?" A trace of electricity appeared on the top of the fingers of Jiang Baimian's left hand.

Her left arm and left hand are part of an electric eel-type biological prosthesis, one of its characteristics is its huge strength.

Bai Chen agreed with this, while Shang Jian Yao was speechless.

Just as he was about to describe in detail the scene he saw in his dream, Jiang Baimian suddenly frowned:

"Did you think of anything?"

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