Embers Ad Infinitum

Not long after, the cold night fell.

Ruowang's room could only see part of the ship's side, so he could not confirm the situation outside, so he had to say to Shang Jianyao:

"Let's open the door and take a look. I want to know if the current situation is consistent with what you described."

Although he has accepted the setting that people from the future will travel through time and space to investigate the truth of the incident and find out the cause of the destruction of the old world, he still wants to confirm further. After all, this is related to what state he will be in in the next few days.

You know, the man from the future said that it's not that he can't change history, but he doesn't dare to change history. If something goes wrong and causes the accidental death of himself, a survivor who should live, he will regret it.

At that time, all futures will be reset, and it may not be possible for scientists to invent a time machine and send another investigator over.

Moreover, subsequent investigators will inevitably maintain the changed history, and it is impossible to try to correct it, because this will lead to a new round of future resets, erasing the existence of that investigator.

For this reason, Ruowang, who spent nearly half an hour thinking but was still a little dizzy, decided that it would be better to figure out the current situation.

Shang Jianyao thought seriously for a few seconds, nodded solemnly and said:

"Okay, but be careful."

Ruowang secretly breathed a sigh of relief and turned around.

Behind him, Shang Jianyao's expression relaxed, and he gradually became excited, and he also showed a little bit of eagerness to watch the excitement and not take it too seriously.

Ruo Wang, who was wearing a long black T-shirt, walked towards the door of the room. He did not rush out, but turned his head to the side, pressed against the wooden board, and listened carefully to what was going on outside.

There seemed to be some noise in the distance, but there was silence nearby.

Ruowang carefully twisted the handle and looked outside.

The entire carpeted aisle was deserted.

"At this time, has everyone gone to the restaurant?" Behind Ruowang, Shang Jianyao asked carelessly.

Ruowang shook his head subconsciously:

"It's impossible to be so unified. Some people will always advance and some will delay."

As soon as he finished speaking, a man walked towards the elevator.

The man was wearing a crew uniform, pushing a dining cart, and ran here in a panic.

He looked frightened and looked back from time to time, as if he was being chased by some terrible creature, but Ruo Wang found that there was nothing behind this man.

"What happened?" Ruowang took a step outside and tried to communicate.

The crew member ignored him at all, seeing him and Shang as nothing, and pushed the dining cart towards the deck with fear on his face.

Ruo Wang completely believed Shang Jianyao's description. Except for a handful of people, everyone on the cruise ship entered a state of chaos after nightfall.

At this moment, the wooden door of the room diagonally opposite to him opened a large gap.

A red river man with his upper body naked poked his head out, just in time to see the previous crew member turn back, his face twisted and frightened.

He then looked at Ruo Wang and Shang Jianyao, who looked like normal people.

And Ruo Wang saw that in the man's room, a woman with revealing clothes was shaking her head, crying and laughing.

Pong!

The man closed the door.

"He's fine too." Ruowang said in a rather disappointed tone.

"Who is he?" Shang Jianyao asked curiously.

Ruowang exhaled and said:

"His name is Sally. He is also a person with abilities. He likes to play with women."

In this era, the names for awakened people are not uniform. Some people prefer to call them or call themselves capable people.

"Are you jealous of him?" Honest Shang Jianyao blurted out.

Ruo Dewang's face suddenly turned gloomy:

"How can it be?

"What is there about him that I should be jealous of?"

Honest Shang Jianyao said "Oh":

"You are a bit jealous."

When Ruowang's expression became distorted, Shang Jianyao, who had switched personalities, touched his chin and said:

"But there is really nothing about him that deserves your envy. You are a child of the times, a child of the times who survived two consecutive incidents related to the cause of the destruction of the old world."

Ruowang's expression relaxed:

"The joke you just made was not funny at all.

“It’s a very bad thing to question your peers for lying.”

"Yes, yes." Shang Jianyao responded.

Ruowang restrained his emotions, thought for a moment, and said in a lowered voice:

"Sally is a person with abilities, and so am I, and neither of us has fallen into the chaotic and crazy state you mentioned. Perhaps, people with abilities will not be affected."

"You didn't tell me to read it," Shang Jianyao pointed out.

When Ruowang looked confused, Shang Jianyao reminded:

"According to my experience, once a person with abilities uses their abilities at night, they will also be infected and become chaotic or crazy."

"Experience?" Ruowang asked in confusion.

However, he quickly expressed his understanding.

This future person who traveled through time and space to the current world may not have done so for the first time. He was probably infected with a state of chaos due to reckless use of abilities and was forcibly sent back to the future.

"Do you want to check out other places? The situation in the restaurant should be very exciting." Shang Jianyao, who is seeking novelty and novelty, asked in a slightly encouraging tone.

Ruowang shook his head without hesitation:

"I confirm your statement, there is no need to verify anything further.

"In the next few days, we will hide in the cabin at night and not go out, and we will try our best to do so during the day, and we will have to change hiding places from time to time.

"If you're hungry, sneak into the kitchen to find something to eat instead of going to the restaurant."

"Okay." Shang Jianyao was a little disappointed.

He immediately clapped his hands:

"You are so cautious!"

After receiving praise, John's expression became more normal.

In this way, after Shang Jianyao quit and reentered several times, he and Ruowang arrived at the last night.

Listening to the chaotic and noisy sounds outside, the two people huddled in a corner of the dark kitchen and kept as quiet as possible.

After a while, Ruo Wang, who seemed to have been thinking for a long time, opened his mouth and said slowly:

“I feel like it might not be possible to stay like this forever.

"Can we really survive this scary and weird thing until the end and reach our destination safely just by hiding?"

"I don't know." Shang Jianyao answered truthfully.

Ruowang was surprised:

"Didn't you know me in the future? Didn't you ask me how I escaped this disaster in the end?"

"You refused to say it." Shang Jianyao confidently put all the problems on the other party.

"I won't say it?" Ruowang muttered to himself, lost in thought.

He seemed to want to deduce the strategy that should be adopted now based on his unwillingness to tell Shang Jianyao about the escape process.

This easily leads to a conclusion:

If you just hide until the last day and wait until the cruise ship docks, there is nothing you can’t say!

Ruowang stood up and turned his attention to the kitchen door.

He thought about it and said to Shang Jianyao:

"You said that in the end only a few people survived.

“Although those outside are in a state of chaos and madness now, they will definitely return to normal by daybreak, and the cruise ship will dock tomorrow.

"What terrible thing happened to them in the end, so that no one survived?

"Will something like this happen to us too?"

Shang Jianyao thought for a while and answered sincerely:

"have no idea."

Ruowang walked back and forth a few steps:

"I want to go see the captain's room. He is the owner of this cruise ship. If this abnormality existed originally, he should know something about the situation."

"You decide." Shang Jianyao controlled the change in his expression, and then added, "I can't interfere with history."

Ruowang made up his mind, tightened his clothes and walked towards the kitchen exit.

Maybe it's because it's winter, and although this sea area is further south, it's still freezing at night.

Shang Jianyao followed Ruowang, casually pulling an unknown piece of cloth and wrapping it around his body to resist the cold night.

Relying on their ability to sense human consciousness, the two bypassed the passengers and crew who fell into chaos and madness one after another, especially those with aggressive tendencies.

Finally, they arrived at the captain's cabin.

The door of the room here was closed tightly, and shouting could be heard from time to time.

"The captain has also become chaotic and crazy?" John said to himself quite disappointedly.

This means that he may not be able to ask anything, and may even be attacked.

He didn't hesitate for long and tried to turn the handle.

The door didn't move at all.

"I'll do it!" Shang Jianyao eagerly tried to kick the door.

"Can't you interfere with history?" Ruo Wang looked sideways at him in surprise.

Shang Jianyao replied confidently:

"Are you going to give up if I don't open the door?"

"That's right." John accepted this explanation.

History has not changed.

Pong!

Shang Jianyao raised his right foot and kicked the door open.

Ruo Wang immediately saw the situation inside.

A man in his forties with a relatively round figure, who seemed to be able to secure basic food in this chaotic era, was draped in a white sheet and knelt there on one knee.

He ignored the door being kicked open, just looked at the ceiling and shouted in an aria:

"Oh, my goddess!

"Please accept my love!"

Another crazy person... Ruowang turned his head to look at Shang Jianyao, and said after careful consideration:

"Let's look for it ourselves. Maybe there are some clues hidden in this room."

Shang Jianyao did not respond to his proposal. He looked at the captain and kindly reminded:

"Your goddess is not here."

The captain's body suddenly turned around, his face full of obsession and fanaticism.

He loudly replied:

"She's inside me!"

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