Embers Ad Infinitum

The magazine in Bai Chen's hand no longer had the cover and many front pages, and looked tattered. She could even see the title from the header.

"Feed the journal found in that psychological shadow." Bai Chen handed the magazine in his hand to Jiang Baimian.

The paper used in this magazine is quite good. Even after decades, the yellowing and brittleness are not serious. It feels tough and smooth.

"Lin Sui?" Jiang Baimian did not hide his surprise. He took the "People" magazine and quickly browsed through only half of the interview.

In the interview, the young woman known as a genius scientist mainly talked about her outlook on life, world view and values, but did not mention what she was currently studying or where she worked.

After reading it briefly, Jiang Baimian felt that this was a very normal old-world scientist with nothing worth paying attention to.

You must know that before the destruction of the old world, all major countries had advanced science and technology, and the number of very young people who could be called scientists was definitely more than fifty, if not one hundred, and not everyone would join the nine major research institute projects.

Jiang Baimian calmed down and decided to read the interview from beginning to end for confirmation.

Anyway, only a small part of this interview is left, and the total text does not exceed 6,000.

As he read word for word, Jiang Baimian's expression became more and more serious.

She found that when Lin Sui talked about his world view, he mentioned a few words like this:

"Many previous science fiction works have included the content of uploading human consciousness and memory to computers and virtual networks. In my opinion, this may be a prophecy...

"Human beings in the future may exist in the form of conscious life. As long as we make backups, even death is not the end of everything, but this requires us to build a corresponding philosophy and solve the problem of why I am me at the beginning. Just bring the ethical contradiction between the main body and the backup under control..."

These words, which seemed to be imagining the future, made a term flash in Jiang Baimian's mind:

"Eternal Life" Plan!

Could it be that Lin Sui is one of the leaders of the "Immortal Man" project and a major scientist at a certain research institute? Jiang Baimian suppressed his inner excitement and read the interview sentence by sentence before pointing out the corresponding content to Long Yuehong and Bai Chen.

Long Yuehong, who was deeply impressed by the mechanical monks and the "Eternal Man", easily understood what the team leader wanted to express, and sighed with regret:

"This magazine is too badly damaged. There is no character introduction. Otherwise, we would know where Lin Sui is from, what school he attended, and what organization he later worked for..."

The information Long Yuehong mentioned might not be useful, but it might involve very crucial secrets, which would make people's hair stand on end and sweaty just by looking at it. For example, if Lin Sui is a native of Tieshan City, there is What about immediate family members who work at Second Food Company? For example, she once studied in Icefield Taicheng No. 1 Senior High School?

If she, who is suspected to be one of the organizers of the "Immortal Man" project, is related to the Buddhist Holy Land, then the matter will be really intriguing.

——At present, most of the "immortal people" have converted to Buddhism, believe in "Bodhi" or "Zhuang Sheng", and call the original research base the Glazed Pure Land!

"First of all, let's rule out the possibility that Lin Sui is in a vegetative state." The speaker was Shang Jianyao who woke up at an unknown time.

This conclusion is obvious since this journal was released a week before the destruction of the old world.

Jiang Baimian said "hmm":

"She doesn't seem to have anything to do with Fan Wensi and Li Jinlong in the ruins of the steel factory.

"I was wondering if there would be any clues about her in the glazed Pure Land of the Monk Order..."

Shang Jianyao was instantly excited:

"If there is a chance later, I can try to join the monks' order and blend into their glazed pure land."

He seemed to want Zen Master Pudu to live up to his reputation.

After communicating for a while, several members of the "Old Tune Group" continued to flip through other books, newspapers and magazines.

Towards evening, they completed filtering and found no more clues.

When leaving the cliff camp, Shang Jianyao cheered up and used words to remove the previous "thinking guidance" effect, lest the mountain monsters here be too hospitable and attract people with ill intentions.

All members of the "Old Tune Team" have to admit that in this place and in this environment, vigilance is the best choice.

…………

After returning to the Ark, Bai Chen and others were delighted to find that Gnawa had arrived.

This intelligent robot is cleaning up the dust on itself.

"You didn't drive?" Long Yuehong was quite surprised.

Gennava replied in a slightly synthesized baritone:

"If I drive an electric car, I have to consume electricity, and the car also consumes electricity. It is better to carry a solar charging panel on my back. This can save a lot of energy, and the speed will not be much slower.

"If you drive a fuel vehicle, you need to go around in a big circle and spend more time to ensure the supply of gasoline."

After careful and rigorous calculations, he concluded that "walking" is the most energy-saving way.

"Lao Ge, you can't do this!" Shang Jianyao was heartbroken.

"Why?" Gennava expressed confusion.

Shang Jianyao explained seriously:

“As a human being, we must learn to be lazy and enjoy ourselves. This is the driving force for technological progress.

"I know you don't feel tired, but you have to pretend, otherwise you won't fit in with others!"

when! Gnawa clenched his right fist and slapped his left palm:

"I see!

“Weaknesses can make you more of a person.”

"You are alone." Bai Chen interrupted.

In order to prevent Gnawa from going astray, Jiang Baimian decided to interrupt Shang Jianyao's incompetent thinking guidance.

She cleared her throat and said:

"Lao Ge, are all the equipment ready?"

"The data can be repaired and extracted." Gnawa pointed to the tactical backpack behind him.

Jiang Baimian then took out the two mobile phones from the ruins of the steel plant and handed them to Gnawa:

"Let's start now."

Gnawa immediately got into work mode.

Waiting until the next morning, he took the printed document and gave the harvest:

“These two mobile phones started to store data two years before the destruction of the old world, but some old photos were imported.

“Only a few of these photos have been restored, and they are all photos of a family of three.

“Only a few recurring words were extracted from the rest of the data, which are:

"Renhui Hospital, Harbor Home, rent, progress..."

Renhui Hospital...the place where Fan Wensi and Li Jinlong's son, who became a vegetative state, participated in new treatments as a volunteer? Jiang Baimian asked thoughtfully:

"Didn't you mention the specific location? There are hospitals and communities with similar names in many cities in the old world."

"It has been physically damaged and cannot be restored." Gnawa expressed regret.

Bai Chen caught another detail:

"Did both phones start storing data at the same time?"

"Yes." Gnawa gave an affirmative reply.

"Why did Fan Wensi and Li Jinlong suddenly change their mobile phones at the same time?" Bai Chen wanted to express whether there was any hidden reason behind this.

And this could be a clue.

"When buying a gift for your lover, isn't it normal to buy one for yourself?" Shang Jianyao, who values ​​relationships, thinks this is not hard to understand.

Then, he honestly retorted:

"Obviously, they received a large amount of compensation after their son was knocked into a vegetative state."

"The time doesn't match, there's at least a year difference." Long Yuehong shook his head in denial.

Although they are still unable to determine when Fan Wensi and Li Jinlong's sons were involved in a car accident and were knocked into a vegetative state, judging from the word "several years" in the medical records, it should be three years or more before the destruction of the old world, while Fan Wensi, Li Jinlong changed his mobile phone at the same time two years before the destruction of the old world.

The honest Shang Jianyao gave his own reasons:

“In the first one or two years after receiving the compensation, they did not dare to spend money, so they lived frugally and spent all their money on their son’s recovery. Only when they found out that he really couldn’t wake up and had to try new free treatments did they I remembered that my phone was almost completely broken.”

This was a very reasonable explanation, so reasonable that Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen fell silent.

Gennava glanced around and decided to remain silent.

After a while, Jiang Baimian sighed and said:

“If Renhui Hospital is where Fan Wensi and Li Jinlong’s sons receive new treatments, then Harbor Home is most likely the community where they rent, which can be confirmed from the word ‘rent’.

"Think about it, your son, uh, you don't have a son yet. In short, after your relatives are sent to a certain hospital to receive new treatments, will you rent a house nearby and visit them regularly?"

"Yes!" Although he did not have a son, Gnawa had a daughter, and his answer was decisive.

Long Yuehong imagined such a scene:

"But why did Fan Wensi and Li Jinlong return to the steel factory?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Long Yuehong thought of an explanation:

Their hopes were dashed when they discovered that new treatments didn't seem to be effective...

Jiang Baimian shook his head:

"The old world was destroyed shortly before the Spring Festival. It was normal for Fan Wensi and Li Jinlong to go back to their hometowns to visit relatives."

"Indeed." As a gray native, Long Yuehong understood very well.

After communicating for a while, Jiang Baimian ordered Gnawa to put away the two mobile phones, and then said:

“Since there is no relevant information about the ruins of Tieshan City, we will ignore it for the time being.

"Now, let's go visit the team that seems to be from the Salvation Army."

"Why?" Long Yuehong asked in confusion.

Jiang Baimian laughed:

"The investigation into the causes of the destruction of the old world and the five holy places of Buddhism is not the prerogative of one team or one force.

“Why can’t we talk to them and exchange information?

"This will not cause us any harm to the company."

Seeing that Long Yuehong and Bai Chen still didn't understand, Jiang Baimian further explained:

"This is just like the theoretical physics research in the old world. The results belong to all mankind, and the hidden value cannot be compared with the exchanges, discussions, disputes and competitions between each other."