Embers Ad Infinitum

"Wow!" Shang Jianyao tried to exclaim.

But what finally reflected the reality was that he spit out a saliva bubble.

"What's going on?" Gnawa also noticed something unusual.

He seemed completely unaffected and could speak normally.

Shang Jianyao wanted to communicate, but he spit out more bubbles, like a fish being fished out and thrown on the shore.

On the other side, Long Yuehong, who was keeping watch at night, noticed the stop of his two companions, and then with the help of the dim bonfire, he discovered that Shang Jianyao was blowing bubbles there.

Sick again? Long Yuehong thought not too surprised.

That was the first thought that ran through his mind.

After a moment, he reflected on the imprecision of his thoughts:

How can you say you are sick "again"? Since joining the "Old Tune Group", this guy has been getting sick and has never been normal!

Long Yuehong withdrew her gaze and walked to the other side of the bonfire.

The next second, he was surprised to find that his legs were motionless.

In contrast, he detached his hands from the "Berserker" assault rifle and swung it back and forth.

"What's going on?" Long Yuehong blurted out.

However, these words only echoed in his mind, and the reality was that he also puffed up bubbles.

Seeing this scene, Long Yuehong knew something was wrong.

He hurriedly wanted to turn to Bai Chen and give a warning, but his body did not act as he expected.

He bent at the waist and bowed to a deserted place.

Bai Chen also noticed the abnormality a little earlier than Long Yuehong.

She had been walking back and forth during the night watch, observing her surroundings, but now she was frozen in place, with only her hands moving back and forth.

At this moment, Bai Chen felt like reality had turned into a nightmare.

Similar to them, the hunters in the parking lot camp remained rational and watched as they made various unexpected actions.

Those who are not so experienced suspect that they and others have encountered supernatural events, just like what often happens in the numbered ruins; those who have experienced many things think that it is an awakened person at the "soul corridor" level and a special high-level "Wuxin" "who" exerted influence covertly for unknown purposes.

These hunters were extremely anxious, but exaggerated smiles appeared on their faces.

In the dim starry night, several bonfires were burning quietly. People around them were smiling, shaking their arms, kicking their legs like dancing, or blowing bubbles. The scene was too weird to be true.

Sitting in the jeep, Jiang Baimian was mentally exhausted from his previous attempt to break through the fear island in the spiritual world. At this time, he was thinking about the cruise scene described by Shang Jianyao, while slowly calming down his excitement, hoping that Shang Jianyao would As soon as I come back, I can fall asleep quickly.

——Now it is difficult for her to enter the "Sea of ​​Origin", so naturally she cannot fall asleep directly through corresponding methods.

While his thoughts were spinning slowly, Jiang Baimian suddenly felt that it was terribly quiet outside.

Normally, such a camp would not be so quiet even in the middle of the night. Most of them would be relic hunters going to remote and uninhabited places to relieve themselves. They would talk loudly on the way, and most of them would sing and chant in some places, which would make people blush. , most of the humans responsible for the night watch were drinking light beer, chatting and passing the time while preparing for raids.

That was it just now, but now, it seems like someone has pressed the silence button on the entire camp.

Jiang Baimian subconsciously wanted to reach towards the center console and pick up the individual combat rocket launcher he had placed there.

But what she stretched out was her left leg.

Jiang Baimian's mouth moved, confirming that something was not right.

What she really wanted to move was not the corners of her mouth, but her eyebrows.

"Something happened! Something happened!" Gnawa's voice reached Jiang Baimian's ears from far away.

She opened her mouth to ask about the situation, but what came out was not a sound, but bubbles.

She anxiously tried to push up her body with her hands and look out the car window, but it was not her palms that pressed down, but her right foot.

Placing his right foot on the carpet between the passenger seat and the center console, Jiang Baimian straightened up in an awkward and twisted manner.

She leaned her shoulder against the car window and looked outside with difficulty. She found that wherever she looked, all humans were wearing exaggerated smiles and making strange movements.

This... Jiang Baimian's pupils dilated, and he instantly thought of one thing:

That was what Shang Jianyao described, the chaotic and crazy scene that appeared on the terrifying cruise ship after nightfall.

However, there are significant differences between the two:

Except for a very few, the people on the cruise ship were in an unconscious state. Although the hunters in the current camp were smiling, their eyes were anxious, and they clearly knew something was wrong.

Similar but not identical exception? Jiang Baimian was making guesses in his mind.

What she is most worried about now is: Will the chaos in the camp end with most or all people being infected with "Wuxin Disease"?

By then, will anyone in the "Old Tune Team" be spared?

no! We can't just sit back and wait for death like this! Jiang Baimian's mind was spinning with thoughts, looking for every possibility of self-rescue:

If the current situation is indeed similar in nature to the "chaos" on the horror cruise ship, can it be assumed that the power of "darkness" is eroding reality through a nearby node?

Is there a node in this camp that connects to the "New World"?

If this is the case, finding that node and carrying out certain damage can temporarily subside the impact and create an opportunity for everyone to leave the camp...

So, where is the node connecting the "new world"?

This cannot be seen with the naked eye…

But you can... yes, whether you use the "Six Senses Pearl" or the "Angel of Life" necklace, you can sense "darkness", just like when we face "Doctor" and "Future"!

Jiang Baimian quickly came up with a plan, but the two props were in Shang Jianyao's tactical backpack.

There is no doubt that Shang Jianyao's tactical backpack is being carried on his back.

Jiang Baimian wanted to tell Shang Jianyao what he thought, but on the one hand he could only spit bubbles and couldn't speak. On the other hand, he was trapped in the jeep and didn't know how to push the door out.

Clanging, Gnawa ran over.

He carried Shang Jianyao on his shoulders.

As an intelligent person, he was one of the few people present who was not affected.

Several others are also robots.

The next second, Gnawa reached out his palm and opened the passenger door of the jeep.

Bang, he thrust Shang Jian Yao in front of Jiang Baimian.

"Hey, I want to communicate with you!" Gnawa said quickly.

Hey, can you talk? Jiang Baimian's first thought was slightly wrong.

Gennava seemed to understand her surprise and quickly added:

"Hey, point here with your toe."

foot? For a moment, Jiang Baimian's mind was filled with question marks.

Then, she saw Shang Jianyao standing there, moving his feet and writing two words and a symbol on the cement floor that had not been cleaned for a long time:

"Cruise ship?"

Looking at the words displayed on the thick dust, Jiang Baimian's heart moved and he stretched out a foot.

Through this, she was sure that the movements she wanted to make with her hands were actually reflected on her feet!

The current chaos is not irregular, but more like a misalignment of neural connections!

Jiang Baimian felt uncomfortable and wrote two words with his feet crookedly:

"Nodes, props."

What she meant completely was that the current scene was suspected to be related to the "New World" node discussed before, and she used props to find the node.

After writing, Jiang Baimian stretched out his legs hard and tried to hook the backpack off Shang Jianyao's shoulders.

Without any effort on her part, Gennava quickly understood the intention and easily removed Shang Jianyao's tactical backpack and handed it over.

Then, Jiang Baimian saw Shang Jianyao's feet rubbing against each other and took off his shoes and socks.

Shang Jianyao used his feet instead of his hands to clamp the zipper, pull it down, and open the tactical backpack.

Next to him, Gnawa's eyes flashed red and he quickly analyzed:

"Node...props..."

Combined with Shang Jianyao's efforts, Gnawa quickly came to a conclusion:

"Do you want me to take out the 'Six Senses Pearl' and 'Angel of Life' necklaces?"

Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian blinked at the same time.

Gennava no longer hesitated and helped to dig out the "Six Senses Pearl" and "Angel of Life" necklaces from Shang Jianyao's tactical backpack.

In accordance with the group's usual tacit understanding, he handed the "Six Senses Pearl" to Shang Jianyao and the "Angel of Life" necklace to Jiang Baimian.

Shang Jianyao refused to use his hands, raised his right foot and clamped the rosary beads.

Jiang Baimian took the necklace uneasily and hung it around his neck.

She was wearing a necklace on herself with difficulty and disobedience.

This time, it was her right foot that was paralyzed.

Immediately afterwards, the two of them sank their consciousness into the prop at the same time.

This does not involve the motor nerves, so is not affected.

In silence, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao saw ink-like "darkness" rising somewhere in the bonfires and spreading around.

This is more intense than a night with dim stars.

Sure enough... Just as Jiang Baimian had this thought, he noticed that Shang Jianyao was making strange moves.

After several "debuggings", Shang Jianyao found out the pattern, turned over, put his hands on the ground, and walked upside down to the place where the "darkness" poured out.

This made Jiang Baimian a little dumbfounded.

Gnawa moved his metal neck up and down, and suddenly realized:

"No wonder he wants to take the 'Six Senses Pearl' with his feet..."

Saying that, Gnawa looked at Jiang Baimian:

"Do you need help?"

Jiang Baimian blinked first, then nodded.

With Gnawa's help, she also completed a handstand and tied her paralyzed right foot and left leg together, and the necklace around her neck almost fell off.

The group of three people quickly "walked" towards their destination.

As the distance grew closer, Jiang Baimian confirmed the source of the "darkness".

It comes from the relic hunter named Davis.

The ruin hunter who returned from his adventure in the ruins of Bloody Wilderness No. 9!

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