Embers Ad Infinitum

Ruowang was very puzzled by Shang Jianyao's reaction:

"What's wrong? Don't you think it's really cold at night?"

"I think so." Shang Jianyao nodded honestly.

Before John could ask again, he started talking to himself:

"In the evening when all the passengers boarded the cruise ship, the cold air moved southward, cooling the temperature significantly, and the cycle started from that moment...

“After that, it was fine during the day, but the night was so cold that it soaked into my bones…

"Normal during the day, chaotic at night...

"On the last day, I escaped from contracting the 'Wuxin Disease' by hiding in a dark and cold cold storage..."

Ruowang was stunned for a while after hearing this:

"What on earth are you talking about?"

Because his father was a fan of Hui Tu culture, he mastered the Hui Tu language when he was a child. Relying on this skill, he barely survived in the area around Tieshan City where the Hui Tu people were the main people. He eventually joined the Second Food Company and had "Adventure".

At this moment, he only had one thought:

Why is this guy so babbling?

Faced with Ruowang's question, Shang Jianyao smiled brightly:

“I figured out some issues and found a key point.

"Well, I'll see you the day after tomorrow."

After saying that, Shang Jianyao, who was wearing a black windbreaker, put his hand on his chest and bent down to salute. He didn't know where he learned it.

During the salute, his figure quickly faded and disappeared from Ruo Wang's eyes.

Ruo Wang was stunned:

"He, is he really from the future?

"What does see you the day after tomorrow mean?"

After exiting and re-entering for the fourth time, Shang Jianyao came to the day when the cruise ship docked.

He knew that John, Sally and others should have been hiding in the cold storage at this time, so he went straight there and banged on the metal door.

The crew members in the kitchen had just been guided by his thoughts and regarded this as normal.

After filming for a while, no one responded, so Shang Jianyao opened the door and walked in.

He didn't forget to put on thick clothes, blankets and quilts.

After closing the cold storage door, Shang Jianyao turned on the flashlight and looked around.

No surprise, he found John in a familiar location.

"We meet again." Shang Jianyao greeted with a smile.

Ruowang was stunned for a few seconds and asked blankly:

"Are you, are you the businessman from yesterday?"

Before the story was "restarted", he still had corresponding memories.

"Who do you think you are?" Shang Jianyao, who was wrapped like a bear, asked.

Ruowang suddenly became excited, looked around, and said in a lowered voice:

"I chose to hide here because I thought of the dark and cold cold storage you once said.

"Finally, will there really be an outbreak of 'Wuxin Disease' outside?"

He thought over and over again many times in the past two days what Shang Jianyao said at that time.

"You will know the answer when the cruise ship docks." Shang Jianyao dragged his paralyzed right leg at the tail vertebra to a corner where food was stored.

When Sally and others saw his "look", they all felt chills in their hearts, as if they were facing a monster.

If Shang Jianyao hadn't shown any intention to attack or even glanced at them, they would have been unable to control themselves and rushed out of the cold storage to find another hiding place.

Of course, thinking about it the other way around, if such a monster chooses the kitchen cold storage as a hiding place, it means that this place is better than other places.

As for Ruowang, he turned a blind eye to Shang Jianyao's unique shape and had long been "used to it".

Shang Jianyao didn't waste time here. He exited and re-entered, pushing the timeline to the point where the cruise ship docked.

As soon as he appeared in the cold storage, he immediately ran to the door and opened it amid the sound of the radio.

Outside in the kitchen, the crew members turned "unintentional people" looked over.

Shang Jianyao ignored them and made a small circle to get rid of these hunters.

He was racing against time to get to the source of the "darkness", where the captain was currently located, and was unwilling to delay.

Bang bang bang!

While Ruo Wang and others were shooting at the "unintentional people", Shang Jianyao rushed out of the kitchen, relying on the induction of the "Six Sense Pearls" to run in the direction where the "darkness" was getting thicker.

On the way, he had no choice but to shoot the "unintentional people" who blocked the road, but the gun was sure to hit and it was very accurate.

All the way to the cockpit, Shang Jianyao finally saw the captain.

His round body leaned against the glass on the side, motionless as he looked at the chaotic scene of the "Wuxin Disease" outbreak below.

If he hadn't still had human consciousness, Shang Jianyao would have suspected that he was dead.

Of course, the "mindless ones" also have human consciousness.

And all signs indicate that the captain has been infected with "unintentional disease":

First of all, he is the source of "darkness" and the node connecting the "new world". If the Wuxin disease really comes from this, then he will not be spared;

Secondly, there were many crew members in the cockpit. They were all infected with "Wuxin", their bodies were stooped, their eyes were cloudy and bloodshot, but they did not attack the captain - when they were not particularly hungry, "Wuxin" did not Will hunt similar species;

…

Bang bang bang!

Shang Jianyao used "Ice Moss" on the left and "United 202" on the right, knocking down the "unintentional ones" who tried to pounce on him.

Hearing the gunshot, the captain's round body slowly turned around.

His face was full of panic and fear, and although his eyes were a little bloodshot, they were not cloudy at all.

He has not yet become a "careless person"!

But Shang Jianyao "sees" clearly that the source of "darkness" is still in his body.

Shang Jianyao changed his mind and imitated Jiang Baimian, showing a kind smile:

"I'm here to save you!"

"You, you are not infected with the 'Wuxin disease'..." The captain observed for a while and breathed a sigh of relief.

He immediately broke down and said:

"I thought I was dead just now!

"Result, result..."

As he spoke, the captain showed a suspicious look on his face.

Shang Jianyao didn't respond, put away "United 202" and walked over.

Snapped!

He punched the captain behind the ear.

The captain fainted without even making a sound.

Immediately afterwards, Shang Jianyao tore off the clothes of the nearby "unintentional person" and tied the captain tightly again.

Then he shouldered the captain and pedaled along the original route to the kitchen.

Because Ruowang and others had already left here, and a group of "unintentional people" along the way had been cleared away, Shang Jianyao returned to the cold storage door quite smoothly.

He took a breath, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong with the "Six Senses Pearl" and the "Angel of Life" necklace, he stepped through the half-open door and entered the dark and cold interior.

Hiss, the unconscious captain seemed to have been thrown into icy water, his body was twisting, and he was about to wake up.

At this time, Shang Jianyao closed the metal door of the cold storage.

Almost instantly, he felt the entire cruise ship shaking violently, no, the whole world was shaking!

At the same time, in his senses, "darkness" was like the sea water at low tide, rushing back into the captain's body, curling up into a ball, and gradually disappearing.

An illusory clicking sound followed, and the psychological shadow cracked open, and the "glass shards" fell down one by one, revealing the deep black void hidden behind them.

In the void, there is a vague city. In the city, there are tall towers reaching into the sky.

Wow!

The entire psychological shadow completely disintegrated, and a thin mist that seemed to reflect the fire cloud surged out and flew towards Shang Jianyao.

Shang Jianyao thought for a moment, reached out to catch it, and squeezed it into a small ball.

When this psychological shadow completely disappeared and the deep black void merged into the night, the ruins of a temple supported by many stone pillars appeared in front of Shang Jianyao.

This is the second psychological shadow of the owner of the "912" room.

Shang Jianyao glanced at it, exited the room gracefully, and returned to reality.

…………

"Hey, it's a bit cold." Shang Jianyao curled up his neck as soon as he sat upright.

He picked up the sunglasses clipped to his windbreaker and transferred the red mist from the psychological shadow into them.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Baimian asked curiously and concernedly outside the jeep with the door open.

Shang Jianyao threw his sunglasses to the passenger seat and said with a smile:

"It's solved, I got a prop."

"How to solve it?" Long Yuehong was quite curious about this.

Shang Jianyao explained his thoughts completely, focusing on the key word "cold".

"So, is 'darkness' afraid of the cold, or is it not afraid of the cold?" Bai Chen wondered.

On cold nights, it will flow out at an accelerated rate, affecting the entire cruise ship, causing most people to fall into chaos. It seems to like this environment very much, but in the face of the cold cold storage, it chooses to bypass it, letting the people hiding inside People survived, and when Shang Jianyao finally stuffed the captain into the cold storage, the "darkness" was obviously shrinking and gradually disappearing.

Jiang Baimian reorganized the relevant scenes in his mind, considered it and said:

“I think it’s fear.

"But because of the different degrees of cold, the reactions are different."

She further explained:

"Generally, at low temperatures, 'darkness' becomes irritated by the cold and affects humans outwards; at the temperature of a cold storage, it chooses to break away and escape."

"I don't know if there was such a situation in the previous 'darkness'..." Gnawa agreed with Jiang Baimian's explanation and started to make associations.

Shang Jianyao rubbed his chin:

"Fear of cold seems to be one of the characteristics of the 'Scorching Gate' realm?

"That darkness carries Dafitir's consciousness?"

"It should not only be the awakened ones of the 'Scorching Gate' who are like this." Jiang Baimian did not refute Shang Jianyao's guess, but just reminded him not to miss anything.

The few people discussed for a while, and Shang Jianyao suddenly pointed to the sunglasses in the front row and said to Jiang Baimian:

"you try."

"Does this belong to me?" Jiang Baimian joked.

"Yes!" Shang Jianyao did not hesitate.

Just as Jiang Baimian was about to speak, she suddenly shuddered as she picked up her sunglasses.

"It's a bit cold..." She gritted her teeth.

It's almost summer now, so she wears lighter clothes.

Shang Jianyao laughed:

"The price is 'fear of the cold', and the ability is 'confusion', probably."

He couldn't learn the correct name of the ability.

Jiang Baimian put down his sunglasses first and prepared to wear thicker clothes before trying again.

She turned to ask Shang Jianyao:

"After getting through this psychological shadow, your abilities should have improved a lot, right?"

PS: Ask for monthly tickets at the beginning of the month~