Embers Ad Infinitum

In the afternoon, Jiang Baimian answered a phone call.

"I want you to go to room 21." She held the microphone in one hand and shouted to Shang Jianyao.

Shang Jianyao, who was selecting documents from the piles of materials in the office of the "Old Mediation Group", straightened up, frowned and asked:

"With such a sudden phone call, would someone want to assassinate me?"

"..." It was not only Jiang Baimian who was speechless, but also Long Yuehong and Bai Chen.

Shang Jianyao is so rare that he actually has persecution delusions!

Jiang Baimian changed his mind and asked with understanding:

"Are you the one guarding the door of the golden elevator?"

Shang Jianyao remained silent and did not answer.

Jiang Baimian chuckled secretly and comforted:

"I want you to get the confidential information."

"Okay." The expression on Shang Jianyao's face gradually became vivid, and he looked like a different person.

He left the room and walked along the corridor to door 21.

Dong Dong Dong, Shang Jian Yao knocked on the door politely.

"Please come in." Su Yu's voice came from inside.

Shang Jianyao pushed the door open and looked at Su Yu, the director of the company's board of directors sitting across the long table, and asked in surprise:

"are you free?"

This is a conference room.

Su Yu was still wearing the gray combat uniform of the Security Department, and was alone without the protection of guards directly under the management.

He smiled and explained:

"I'm going to visit the employees at the sentry outside the entrance today. I happened to pass by the Security Department. I might as well give you the information related to the 'Soul Corridor' directly."

Explanation is a cover-up... The honest and frank Shang Jianyao wanted to respond like this, but he was pushed down in the spiritual room by his colleagues.

Shang Jianyao glanced at the thin stack of information in Su Yu's hand and asked excitedly:

"Can I be on the hourly news today?

"Su Yu, director of the company's board of directors, met with D7-level employee Shang Jianyao in Room 21 on the 647th floor. The two parties had a friendly exchange on issues related to the 'soul corridor'."

As he spoke, he pulled out his chair and sat across from Su Yu, a director of the board of directors.

Su Yu knew that this guy had mental problems, so he replied nonchalantly:

"This kind of thing is classified as confidential and will not make the news."

"Oh..." Shang Jianyao was obviously disappointed.

Su Yu ignored him and handed over the information in his hand:

“You can only watch it here, you can’t take it away.

"If you are afraid of forgetting, you can embody some of the contents in the form of files and fix them in your mind room. Although the amount of information carried is limited, it is enough for you to retain the most critical things."

"Can it still be like this?" Shang Jianyao said he was deeply inspired.

Su Yu smiled and said:

"This is a little trick for you."

Shang Jianyao didn't say anything more, because he had already received the information and cast his gaze over:

"Although there is only one 'spiritual corridor', different awakened people seem to be in different projections of it. Under normal circumstances, there is no need to worry about meeting each other directly. However, there are special circumstances, and there are a few counterexamples. For the time being, Can't explain why...

"Once you open the door to a certain room and someone else enters at a similar time, you will meet...

"Different rooms have different tempering effects on your spirit due to different psychological shadows, inner fears, and dream conditions. In the same room and the same scene, the different processing methods you choose will also lead to different tempering effects. But remember, as far as a certain scene in a specific room is concerned, there are often only two or three high-quality solutions, or even less. Once opened in the wrong way, it is likely to bring more serious consequences...

“It is not recommended to be extremely exhausted every time you explore, because you cannot predict whether there will be an accident on the way back. The simplest and most extreme example is that while you are exploring a certain room, the owner of the room is also there. Exploring a dangerous place, such as another room, if he encounters an accident, his mental state will definitely be abnormal, and it will be reflected in his room, causing great changes... These are unpredictable and cannot be prepared in advance. You can only adapt to the situation according to the plan, so you need to leave enough mental margin...

"If you have nightmares for many days in a row and feel tired every time you wake up, it means that someone has entered your soul room and explored it to a very deep level. You need to find a way to lock the other person and give him a warning. If he doesn't Listen, then prepare for war...

"The corresponding locking methods include...

"Exploring the depths of the 'soul corridor' means fully exploring at least five rooms, or incompletely exploring ten rooms..."

"..."

After such notes, there are a large number of room numbers, and different room numbers are followed by different annotations:

"101: Currently an awakened person belonging to the 'Bodhi' realm is suspected to have explored the depths of the 'soul corridor'... After entering the door, the most common thing is a psychological shadow represented by a madhouse scene, which often changes. This is probably related to the mental state of the room owner... The core point of breaking through is to find the only doctor in the asylum and kill him... This is the best method currently explored...

"102: An extremely dangerous room that rarely appears. What we know is that at least two awakened people entered and never came out. In reality, one is sleeping and the other is completely crazy...

"...

"205: It is suspected to be the dream of a certain person. The risk of exploring is extremely high, but the rewards will be very great. It is not recommended for awakened people who have not reached the depths of the 'soul corridor' to try... Dreams often change, and they are different every time. , unable to summarize the key points of exploration...

"...

"503: It rarely appears. According to intelligence, those who enter are likely to be infected with the 'innocent disease'..."

"...

"506: The owner of the room is an awakened person in the 'Supervisor' field. All his psychological shadows have a common solution - the courage to face danger... After mastering the key points, this room is relatively safe and can be tempered as a newcomer. It is a spiritual 'base', so it is not recommended to explore it to a relatively deep level, so as not to affect the owner of the room. If he happens to have mental fluctuations, it is best to provide him with some help and not to catch up on everything...

"..."

On several pages, hundreds of room numbers were densely written with different annotations, so that after reading it, Shang Jianyao could clearly know which rooms were extremely dangerous, which rooms were relatively safe, and which rooms had psychological shadows. Tips for getting through and risks to avoid.

If the previous common sense related to the "soul corridor" is valuable, then the latter part is priceless to the vast majority of awakened people at the "soul corridor" level!

This is obviously a summary of the exploration experience of one strong person after another within "Pangu Creatures", a presentation of precious information collected by the intelligence system, and a refinement of certain secrets that many expatriate employees learned by chance.

For example, the annotation of Room No. 503 obviously comes from what Shang Jianyao and his group, the "Old Tune Group", gained in Tarnan.

Such a piece of information completely and truly shows why a big force is called a big force.

A wild "soul corridor" level awakener may take two or three years to explore a certain room bit by bit. A powerful "soul corridor" awakener supported by similar data may complete it in two or three months. It’s done; the former will accidentally fall into a certain scene and leave serious problems, while the latter will step on the shoulders of the predecessors and know which rooms can be entered and which rooms cannot be entered, so that many risks can be avoided in advance...

"This is..." Shang Jianyao was "very shocked", "This is the game guide!"

It took Su Yu a few seconds to understand what the game guide meant, and responded with a smile:

"right.

"This can also be said to be a martial arts secret book at the 'soul corridor' level."

"Do you also read old world entertainment materials?" Shang Jianyao's focus is always wrong.

Su Yu replied calmly:

"Occasionally."

He had no interest in discussing this aspect and instead said:

"This is one of the main reasons why those awakened at the 'soul corridor' level are willing to accept the constraints and choose to stay together."

Then, Su Yu changed the subject:

“But it’s more of a reference and you can’t follow it blindly.

"People's hearts are always easy to change, and the corresponding room may have traps at some point."

When he said the latter sentence, Su Yu's expression was quite serious.

"This is interesting." Shang Jianyao excitedly went through the room numbers again.

In his spiritual room, several Shang Jianyao were busy solidifying the key contents into files.

After looking through it for a while, Shang Jianyao found that there were no "1215" or "522" in these room numbers.

The former is the one that mysteriously disappeared after he entered it once, and the latter is the one he is exploring now.

"What does it mean to rarely appear?" Shang Jianyao asked a question.

Su Yu had already expected it and simply explained:

"We often move in the 'corridor' and have seen many rooms, but there are some house numbers that only a few people have encountered by chance.

"Just like '503', we have never encountered it before. If it weren't for the intelligence you fed back, no one would have known that entering it would probably lead to 'unintentional illness.'"

"Why?" Shang Jianyao asked.

Su Yu shook his head:

"have no idea."

Shang Jianyao then turned to the last page of the information.

There are also some room numbers on it, probably in their early tenth year, but there is no annotation.

"What are these?" Shang Jianyao took the initiative to ask.

Su Yu laughed:

"This is the house number of some of the awakened people in the "soul corridor" of the company. I tell you because I hope that if you encounter them, you will not go in to explore, and the family will not disturb the family."

"Where's the rest?" Shang Jianyao was eager to give it a try.

Su Yu said "hmm":

"They don't want their house number to be known to a newcomer. If something goes wrong with you, they will be very passive."

Having said this, Su Yu looked at Shang Jianyao and said seriously:

"According to regulations, you should also report your house number to the company.

"Then you can choose whether to inform other 'colleagues' so that they don't disturb you."

The house number of each awakened person in the "Soul Corridor" is very important. If it is known to others, it may bring danger, so requiring the reporting of this information is a management method of "Pangu Biology".

Shang Jianyao did not hesitate:

"131."

Then, he carefully looked at the house numbers of his "colleagues" again, as if he was thinking about when to break through the door.

There is still no "1215" and "522" in it.

After Shang Jianyao handed back the information, Su Yu slowly stood up and prepared to leave.

Suddenly, he spoke casually:

"You were already an awakened person when you discovered Yan Hu. Did you try anything?"