Embers Ad Infinitum

For Davis and others, regardless of whether they actually encountered two high-level "careless people" and were able to escape or even fight back, the mere fact that they could come back from Ruins No. 9 and gain a lot was worthy of the attention of the ruin hunters present. .

Davis and his teammates found a seat in the center and chatted with acquaintances around them, mainly about their experience of going to Ruins No. 9.

They didn't hide much. They just drank light beer and talked about the corresponding ruins, describing how weird the abilities of the two high-level "careless people" were and how terrifying their performance was.

Gradually, the ruin hunters who wanted to venture to Ruin No. 9 were attracted. From time to time, they would interject and praise Davis and the others, hoping to obtain more useful information.

When Davis finished talking about how he and others battled wits and courage with the two high-level "careless people", got rid of the strange influence, and escaped from the ruins, there was a burst of applause around the campfire.

Long Yuehong took a closer look and found that Shang Jianyao had touched it at some point and was listening very attentively.

Bang bang bang, the surrounding ruins hunters were stunned for a moment, and then clapped their hands.

Davis and the others were stunned for a moment, and then felt that their vanity was greatly satisfied.

Although it would be a bit dangerous to be the focus of the crowd on similar occasions, they have enough confidence in their own strength, and there are some corresponding benefits. For example, some decent-looking female ruin hunters don't even look at them. Same.

Born in the dust and living in the wilderness, we may not be able to see the sun for a few days, so we must indulge ourselves if we have the opportunity.

As his thoughts flashed, Davis smiled at Shang Jianyao, who was the first to applaud, and nodded.

He felt that this guy was very good at being a person, with eye-catching eyes and spirituality.

Shang Jianyao was encouraged and clapped his hands harder.

This was an episode in the night. After listening to Davis and his adventure history, several members of the "Old Tune Group" had a certain understanding of Ruin No. 9. They replaced this settlement with canned biscuits. With the light beer of Qingshui and the cured meat of the wild beasts saved from the winter, we tasted a dinner that was not particularly delicious but had enough flavor.

"Do you know what animal the piece of meat just came from?" After eating and drinking, Shang Jianyao asked Long Yuehong with a smile.

Long Yuehong answered skillfully:

"I don't know, don't tell me!"

If you know it, it will affect your appetite and waste food.

What's even more disgusting is that Shang Jianyao often just talks nonsense about an answer. When you take it seriously and feel disgusted, he will say "guess".

"Okay, go and sleep on the jeep." Jiang Baimian urged Shang Jianyao, "Your task tonight is to find the owner of room '522' on the cruise ship."

Shang Jianyao had regained interest in this matter and trotted back to the jeep without resisting.

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The corridor of the soul, the "912" room, the psychological shadow where the cruise ship is the main scene.

After exiting and re-entering several times, Shang Jianyao finally adjusted the timeline back to the first day of boarding the cruise ship, towards the evening.

He didn't stop on the deck and went straight to the cabin entrance.

This is because the passengers and crew members outside are all those he has "communicated" with before, and it has been confirmed that there is no owner of room "522".

Entering the corridor, Shang Jianyao knocked on the door in sequence while sensing human consciousness.

When meeting people he remembers asking in the "back" days, he always apologizes directly, saying that he knocked on the wrong door. Repeat the process of "making friends" and asking.

He went all the way to the fifth-floor cabin and knocked on one of the doors.

The person who opened the door was a young man in his early twenties, about 1.8 meters tall, wearing a loose black long patterned T-shirt, with messy brown hair, as if he had just woken up.

"Who are you?" The man's blue eyes glanced at him and asked with a vigilant look on his face.

One of his hands quietly reached behind his waist, as if he was going to take out something.

Shang Jianyao laughed:

"We are all on the same cruise ship. According to the habits of us Gray Earth people, it is fate. According to you Red River people, it is destiny.

"Since fate has brought us together, we are half-brothers."

Under the "thought guidance" of strong words, the young man's expression gradually relaxed.

He took back his right hand that reached behind his waist and complained:

"Didn't you say don't disturb me? I was chased by so many 'unintentional people' in the past two days, and I didn't dare to close my eyes. Now I can finally have a good sleep."

Shang Jianyao showed an apologetic expression:

“I have something very important to ask you.

"By the way, what do you call them? The entire cruise ship is full of half-brothers. My memory is a little confused."

The young man was convinced, nodded and said:

“My name is John, and I’m called John in the more common and popular Red River dialect, but I prefer this pronunciation that is characteristic of our country.

"What do you want to ask?"

Shang Jianyao put one hand in his pocket, imitating Jiang Baimian, and asked casually:

"Have you been to the ruins of Tieshan City?"

Ruowang's face changed slightly and he asked instead:

"Why do you ask?"

Shang Jianyao suddenly became excited:

"Have you been to Tieshan City Second Food Company?"

He quietly switched to Gray dialect.

Ruowang could obviously understand, but he was shocked and wary and asked:

"how do you know?"

He never mentioned this matter to anyone, it was a secret buried deep in his heart.

After going to the Second Food Company in Tieshan City and encountering a strange incident, he gained abilities beyond ordinary people.

Shang Jianyao smiled.

Finally found the owner of room "522"!

Next, as long as you follow his actions and survive a few nights of chaos, you should be able to break this psychological shadow.

Shang Jianyao lowered his voice and whispered:

"I'll tell you a secret:

"I come from the future and have dealt with you in old age."

"How is that possible?" Ruowang blurted out.

He suspected that the other party was taking him for a fool.

Shang Jianyao maintained the same volume as before:

"Not only do I know very well what you encountered at Tieshan City Second Food Company, but I also know that you will return there in the near future to resolve the fear in your heart, and this is not a success..."

In order to "prove", Shang Jianyao recounted Ruowang's first encounter in that psychological shadow in detail.

These are all things that John made sure no one around saw.

He was somewhat convinced.

The guy in front of me is probably from the future!

That's not right... Ruowang quickly thought of a question:

"Since you can travel back to the present from the future, what else do you want from me?"

If you have this ability, why not save the world?

Shang Jianyao looked serious:

"There are limits to traveling through time and space. If I interfere with history and prevent things that should have happened from happening, or on the contrary, a butterfly effect will occur, causing changes in the future and my existence disappearing.

"I returned to this period of history in the hope of understanding some secrets, which are very important to future humans and are related to whether we can completely defeat the 'Wuxin Disease' and rebuild a glorious human civilization!"

"So that's it..." Ruowang suddenly realized.

When the old world was destroyed, he was already a teenager. He had watched many science fiction movies and was easily "persuaded" by Shang Jianyao.

It turns out that humans in the future have not given up and are still looking for ways to save themselves. To this end, they invented a time machine and sent specialized personnel back to the present to collect the secrets of "Wuxin disease"!

Without waiting for Shang Jianyao to say anything, Ruowang asked with great concern:

"What does the future look like? How far has mankind achieved it, and how far is it from the dawn?"

"It's a long story." Shang Jianyao began to recall the textbook, and roughly told the process of the gradual formation and establishment of the major forces from the end of the chaotic era to the beginning of the new calendar.

Seeing that he spoke in such detail, which seemed impossible to make up at first glance, Ruo Wang no longer had any doubts about his identity as a future person.

"What exactly do you want to ask me about?" Ruowang lowered his voice unknowingly.

Shang Jianyao was startled for a moment and quickly turned around:

“Well, historically, something extremely terrible happened to this cruise ship, and you were one of the few who survived.

"I want to follow you in the next few days to see what you will go through in order to find out the truth about this matter."

John was quite surprised:

"Is something extremely terrible going to happen to this cruise ship?"

He did not expect that he would encounter such danger after going through hardships and escaping to the Gold Coast.

Shang Jianyao nodded solemnly:

"What happened on this cruise ship and the anomalies hidden in Tieshan City's Second Food Company are both related to the cause of the destruction of the old world and the origin of 'Wuxin Disease'. And you have encountered both, which shows that you are a child of the times."

"Really..." Ruowang suddenly felt that his image was shining brightly, and his shoulders were a little heavier.

"Yes." Shang Jianyao was quite sincere.

Ruowang was silent for a moment:

"Come into the room and we'll wait for the night together."