Embers Ad Infinitum

Jiang Baimian also connected Xu Datong's words with the real-life experiences of his group.

The two parties obviously went to the same place, so why did they see different things?

Moreover, not long after the "Old Tune Team" left the Second Food Company, the people from the "Salvation Army" obviously came from another direction. This means that they explored first and the "Old Tune Team" arrived later. The door of the collapsed building It is impossible to turn back time and become intact.

There must be some problem here!

When Jiang Baimian raised his hand to touch his biological cochlea, Shang Jianyao, who had just waved his arm, laughed at Xu Datong and others:

"Did you go to the wrong place? Did you mistake the other building for the second food company?"

Xu Datong signaled Li Shouyi to park the vehicle aside, opened the door and came down and said:

"Isn't it the building that hasn't collapsed in that direction?"

He was referring to where the "old tune team" came over.

Jiang Baimian glanced at Bai Chen and motioned for her to stop the car too.

Then, Jiang Baimian walked down and asked Xu Datong from a distance:

"Can you describe the conditions there in detail?"

Xu Datong was rich in experience and immediately understood that something was abnormal. He focused on describing the details of what he saw in the Second Food Company.

Except for the fact that the door was broken down by them, other places were basically the same as what the "Old Tune Team" saw.

"You are indeed not lost." Shang Jianyao, who followed the car, was quite pleased.

Jiang Baimian pondered for a moment and said:

"The Second Food Company we saw is a little different from the one you went to. We plan to go back now to confirm."

"Let's go together?" Xu Datong suggested.

Jiang Baimian thought for a while and said:

"good."

She asked instead:

"You only came with one car?"

There were only four people in the car.

Xu Datong nodded:

"Others are waiting for transactions at Hongshiji. It's useless to come here. It's best to have a small and precise number of people for this kind of operation to facilitate transfer."

Well, strategic transfer... Long Yuehong completed his words in her mind.

Jiang Baimian didn't hesitate anymore, got in the car again, and asked Bai Chen to drive back to the Second Food Company.

The dark-colored vehicle of the "Salvation Army" followed them at a distance.

After a while, Tieshan City No. 2 Food Company, which stood in the ruins but lost its sign, appeared again in front of several members of the "Old Adjustment Team".

Its appearance is covered with a lot of green, with some remaining yellow, giving it a bleak and dilapidated feel.

Jiang Baimian and others are not concerned about this at this time, but the gate.

They looked intently and saw that the entire area had collapsed, forming a pile of construction debris that they needed to climb over to enter the food company.

And when the "Old Tune Team" just explored it, it was obviously still intact!

For a moment, Long Yuehong felt as if she had just had a dream.

This dream started when they entered the ruins of Tieshan City and continued until they met people from the "Salvation Army".

Jiang Baimian stabilized his mind, turned around, and asked Xu Datong and others loudly:

"When did you get here?"

Xu Datong quickly gave the answer:

"yesterday morning!"

Yesterday morning, the door of Tieshan No. 2 Food Company collapsed.

Upon hearing this answer, several members of the "Old Tune Group" fell silent at the same time.

After a while, Bai Chen uncontrollably whispered to himself:

"What exactly is the place we just saw exploring..."

Jiang Baimian came back to his senses and looked at Gnawa:

"Lao Ge, did you notice anything unusual at that time?"

"No." Gnawa shook his head and replied, "The gate I saw was also intact, and we didn't climb any obstacles when we entered."

Xu Datong heard the words of this intelligent robot and probably understood what Xue Shiyue's team had encountered.

He considered and said:

"Perhaps as soon as you approached this area, an abnormality was triggered and you entered the illusion."

"Maybe." Jiang Baimian did not refute.

She looked around, stopped the suddenly excited Shang Jianyao, and said to Xu Datong:

"The specific situation remains to be investigated, but it is getting dark now. We plan to evacuate this ruins first and come back tomorrow morning."

"Very sensible." Xu Datong praised, "We also planned this."

Jiang Baimian looked up at the sky and added another question:

“Where did you go after exploring the food company?”

"We are looking for the government building, hoping to get the planning drawings and construction data of the old city reconstruction, and find out what unusual things Montes had encountered here." Xu Datong answered truthfully.

The "Old Tune Team" told the "Salvation Army" team about Monteith in two subsequent exchanges of information, but the details were not so detailed. They only mentioned that the first owner of the "Underground Ark" had been there. Tieshan City participated in the old city reconstruction project and awakened the ability in the "Bodhi" field after the destruction of the old world.

In the eyes of Xu Datong and others who knew that the Second Food Company in Tieshan City was a Buddhist holy place, such a connection was indeed suspicious enough and was an important direction of investigation.

"Have you found it?" Jiang Baimian was also interested in this matter.

"I found it after searching." Xu Datong smiled bitterly, "But nothing was gained. There were too many ruin hunters who came before, and they searched the place completely."

Paper versions of planning drawings, construction materials and other things can be used to make fires and wipe buttocks, while the hard drives that store their corresponding electronic data are recyclable and tradable resources.

"Hey..." Shang Jianyao sighed beside him, expressing regret with a sense of empathy.

Based on observation and logical reasoning, Jiang Baimian believed that Xu Datong was not lying. He turned his wrist and looked at the electronic watch and said:

"After confirmation tomorrow, we have some information to share with you."

After another discussion about what was special about the "high-level unintentional people" who attacked the "Salvation Army" team, the "Old Tune Team" said goodbye to Xu Datong and others, and made an appointment to meet at the gate of the food company at ten o'clock the next morning.

…………

Under the deep night, outside the ruins of Tieshan City, in a hidden mountain col.

After dinner, the "Old Tune Group" gathered around the campfire to discuss the afternoon's experiences and gains.

"The initial suspicion is that it's an illusion. We'll talk about it after the investigation tomorrow." Jiang Baimian brushed off the weirdness in one stroke. "Now, what we need to think about is who Ge Junfei is and why the person who possessed Liu Lu tore up his photo. and introduction.”

Shang Jianyao had already had an idea and said impatiently:

"Ge Junfei and Liu Lu were once boyfriend and girlfriend, but he cheated on someone else and abandoned Liu Lu.

"The person who possessed Liu Lu tore up the photo to help her vent her anger, fulfill her wish, get rid of her obsession, end the cause and effect, and completely take over her body..."

After Jiang Baimian and others heard the first part, they felt that although it was a bit ridiculous, it was still a possibility. However, they later confirmed that the idea of ​​​​feeding this guy could not be inferred by common sense. As he spoke, he started from the urban emotional drama It turned into a fantasy fairy tale.

After Shang Jianyao finished speaking, Long Yuehong hesitated and said:

"This harvest may not be effective. We don't know if the company we entered is really the Second Food Company."

"Assume yes for now." Jiang Baimian emphasized.

Long Yuehong said "uh":

"Then I have another guess.

"First, Ge Junfei was the one who possessed Liu Lu. He destroyed his photos and introduction to keep it secret, but the team leader said that Liu Lu's expression was distorted and filled with hatred. This detail was not right.

"Second, Xiaobai has speculated before that the person possessing Liu Lu has certain and subtle feelings for her."

"That's not what I meant. It was the person who had been possessed for a long time and was possessed for the first time. He naturally developed very subtle feelings for the body. The Liu Lu that Dabai and Hey saw at that time should have just been possessed. It didn't take long, otherwise I wouldn't have looked at the employee introduction column for so long." Bai Chen interrupted Long Yuehong, "But your guess is not wrong. That person may have had certain feelings for Liu Lu before he possessed her. Emotions, so when the old world was destroyed, he directly chose Liu Lu, who had become a 'heartless person', hoping to continue her life with his."

Jiang Baimian's heart moved and he continued to analyze:

"So, he never considered changing the object of possession or occupying the body of the owner of room '522' until Liu Lu's body completely lost its activity.

"Well... combined with the first half of the sentence, Liu Lu and Ge Junfei may really be lovers. After the one who liked Liu Lu possessed him, he naturally hated it when he saw the photo of his love rival and tore it up on the spot.

"This is consistent with Liu Lu's slightly twisted and hateful expression at that time."

Having said this, Jiang Baimian paused and said:

"In this way, it seems possible to add Fan Wensi and Li Jinlong's son, the vegetative person who was sent to a hospital in the north for new treatment."

Bai Chen's eyes suddenly lit up:

"right.

"He might have really worked at the Second Food Company and had a crush on Liu Lu, or the two parties were ambiguous with each other, and they were just a little away from having sex. As a result, at this time, he had a car accident and became a vegetative state...

"A few years later, before the destruction of the old world, he returned in a certain state. On the one hand, he looked at his parents from a distance to confirm their situation. On the other hand, he 'came' to Tieshan City to spy on Liu Lu's life and discovered that She fell in love with Ge Junfei, who later joined the company.

"Ge Junfei not only snatched his girlfriend, but the photo also took up his original position. After he saw it, he became angry and couldn't control it."

Jiang Baimian nodded frequently and was quite excited.

Although Bai Chen was just guessing, it was quite reasonable and connected many details!

Sure enough, only those with a delicate mind can make such a conjecture... Jiang Baimian subconsciously turned his head and looked at Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong and Gennava, intending to ask them what different ideas they had.

These three guys were all listening in a daze, looking like dumb geese who couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

Seeing Jiang Baimian looking over, Shang Jianyao subconsciously raised his hands.

Bang bang bang, he clapped his hands.