Embers Ad Infinitum

Floor 495, Area C, No. 11.

When Long Yuehong arrived home, not long after dinner, the two siblings, Long Zhigu and Long Aihong, were clearing the table and washing the dishes under the supervision of their mother, Gu Hong.

Of course, their father Long Dayong was not idle either, cleaning the room very skillfully.

Long Yuehong saw all this through the half-open door, hesitated for a few seconds, and stepped in.

"Dad, Mom, I'm back." He subconsciously wanted to scratch his hair with his right hand, but saw five iron-black metal fingers.

Long Yuehong was stunned for a second. In order to cover up the complicated emotions in her heart, she flicked out a stainless steel comb and carefully combed her thick and messy black hair.

Hearing his voice, Gu Hong turned around suddenly and looked at the door.

"You're back, it's been several months!" The middle-aged woman babbled with surprise, joy and excitement.

The next second, her subsequent words froze in her mouth because she saw Long Yuehong's palms and wrists that were obviously different from normal ones.

It no longer felt physical, glowing with a metallic cold light.

"This is it?" Gu Hong asked hesitantly.

Her attitude affected Long Dayong, Long Zhigu, and Long Aihong, making their happy expressions look a little confused.

Long Yuehong laughed, waved her right arm, moved her five fingers and said:

"This mission is more dangerous, and we happened to get such a mechanical arm again, so I applied to the team leader for a transplant to improve my strength. Can I come back safely with this?"

"Haha, this kind of mechanical product is a man's romance, a soldier's dream lover. Very few people can bear it. If I hadn't applied decisively and seized the opportunity, Shang Jianyao would have been cheaper!"

He talked a lot and talked a lot.

Long Dayong didn't feel much about what he said next, but Long Zhigu quite agreed:

"Yeah, looks cool!"

Hehe, you kid has been reading a lot of old world entertainment materials during this period, and you have already mastered the word cool... As the eldest brother, Long Yuehong's first reaction was that he had to educate his younger brother well.

Of course, now is definitely not the right time. Long Yuehong suppressed these thoughts and added with a smile to enhance her persuasion:

“Not only does it look cool, it’s even cooler to use!”

Long Zhigu asked curiously:

"What are their functions?"

Long Yuehong thought about it and said:

"This has a confidentiality level. I can't tell you the details. I can only demonstrate some simple functions.

"For example, for example..."

Because of his guilty conscience, he couldn't think of a suitable project to show to his family for a while. He instinctively changed the shape of his fingers and blurted out:

"You can open cans!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Long Yuehong's face almost twitched:

Fuck, it must be Shang Jianyao who always talks about using a robotic arm to open cans, which almost makes me develop a conditioned reflex!

"It's really cool..." Long Zhigu didn't know the twists and turns in his brother's heart, and he yearned for the deformable fingers.

Long Dayong, who is responsible for opening cans at home, was even more complimentary.

Gu Hong frowned, looked Long Yuehong up and down and said:

"How can you go on a blind date like this?

"Girls will find it scary."

It was already late autumn, and the four members of the "Old Tune Group" missed the unified allocation for the new year because they were out and did not return. They still had no partners and had to rely on blind dates in the future.

"Yes, yes." Long Aihong imitated her brother's mantra.

As a girl, she did find a robotic arm strange and a bit scary.

Long Yuehong was more open-minded about this and said without being as concerned as before:

"Anyway, it's nothing to worry about. We can wait for the unified distribution next year."

He paused and added hesitantly:

"By then, I may have quit the security department and transferred to another position, which will be more stable."

After waking up from this near-death experience, Long Yuehong became more and more certain that he was not an adventure-seeking person. He yearned for a stable life. He did not want to risk his life for illusory things, but only hoped to live a down-to-earth life. .

He felt that with the contribution of the "Old Adjustment Team" this time and the fact that he was seriously injured and lost his arm, he should be able to successfully break away from the "Old Adjustment Team" and no longer perform field duties, even if his service years have not expired.

The reason why Long Yuehong wasn't so sure just now was because she was worried that it would make her parents have too high expectations, and there are always various surprises in life.

Moreover, he could see that the team leader and Shang Jianyao would definitely continue. Xiaobai seemed to have plans in this regard and actually wanted to risk genetic modification.

As a member of the group, Long Yuehong felt that it would be very embarrassing if she was the only one to quit, just like running away from the battle.

They were born and died together for more than a year, and he couldn't let go of the deep friendship between his companions.

This made him quite confused and he did not dare to promise anything to his parents.

"Yes." Gu Hong nodded, "You may have a D6 by then, and you will be promoted to a higher level after leaving the security department. Who is not worthy of the D7 team leader level?"

The more she talked, the more proud she became, and she seemed to no longer care about the mechanical arm.

A few days later, the rewards will be distributed, and there may be a D6 level... Long Yuehong muttered in her heart when she heard this.

This kind of promotion speed can be called a rocket within "Pangu Creatures".

After Long Dayong, Long Zhigu, and Long Aihong finished their housework, the family sat down and listened to Long Yuehong's story about this mission.

Although the results of the confidentiality review have not yet been released, Long Yuehong doesn't know whether he can talk about many things or not, but what he can say is enough to make his younger brother and sister listen attentively, as if it is the most attractive thing. Old World Entertainment Materials.

When the lights were turned off and they each entered the room, Gu Hong and Long Dayong lay on the bed. They were silent for a long time, as if the other party had fallen asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, Gu Hong looked at the ceiling in the darkness and said quietly:

"He is still the same as before. He always loves to explain when he lies."

"Yeah..." Long Dayong sighed longly.

…………

Inside the "soul room".

Shang Jianyao silently stared at the current environment for a long time, letting his scattered self become one again.

He stood up, walked to the vermilion door, and grasped the brass handle with his finger.

Without any hesitation, Shang Jianyao opened the door in front of him with a slight twist and pull.

What appeared in his eyes was a deep corridor covered with thick dark yellow carpets. On both sides of the corridor were rooms one after another.

These rooms all have vermilion doors, old brass locks and golden house numbers. At a glance, they look almost identical.

Between them, there is a wall lamp at regular intervals - a wall lamp with an elegant shape and dim light, but it cannot illuminate the end of the corridor.

"Corridor of the Soul".

This is the "soul corridor".

Shang Jianyao put one hand in his pocket, turned around, looked at his room, and found that the three golden numbers were:

"1", "3", "1"

"131..." Shang Jianyao shook his head.

He materialized three new numbers directly in the room:

"6", "4", "7"

Then, Shang Jianyao was busy replacing "131" with "647".

But as soon as he finished the work, he blinked and "647" changed back to "131".

Shang Jianyao thought for a while, then directly materialized a piece of black cloth, covering the original "131", and then wrote the number "196" on the black cloth with a gold pearl pen.

He then held his eyelids with his fingers to prevent them from blinking.

The next second, the "196" he wrote and the black cloth that appeared disappeared silently.

"It can't be changed..." Finally, Shang Jianyao made a regretful voice.

He stopped fussing about this and turned his attention to the surroundings.

At a glance, he saw rooms such as "538", "205", and "912".

"There are no '503' and '102'..." Shang Jianyao rubbed his face to express his disappointment.

Room "503" is suspected to belong to Jiang Xiaoyue, which once caused the "Dream Protector" of the "Mirage Dragon Sect" to suffer from "unintentional disease". "102" is the last "soul corridor" room that Yan Hu entered before falling asleep.

Disappointed, Shang Jianyao walked to the side of the corridor like a stroll, as if he wanted to find the end.

After four or five steps, he came to the room with the house number "1012".

Shang Jianyao hesitated for a few seconds, raised his arms, crossed them against his chest, and said loudly:

"Distance is our friend!"

Rooms starting with "10" are most likely to belong to "Yougu", so you should treat them with vigilance!

After walking forward for a while, Shang Jianyao suddenly stopped and turned his attention to a room on the left.

The golden house number "1215" is posted on the vermilion door.

In the "Soul Corridor", the rooms starting with "12" either belong to "Zhuang Sheng" or are in the field of "Si Ming".

Shang Jianyao looked at it carefully for a while, divided into nine other selves, and was about to vote on whether to explore this room.