Embers Ad Infinitum

After a long silence, the honest Shang Jianyao finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked a question:

"Why are we squatting here, guarding the '102' room, and not going in?"

The reckless Shang Jian Yao tugged at the collar of the gray-green camouflage uniform:

"Who can't say it?

"You guys are stopping me!

"After passing through the dream of 'Zhuang Sheng' or a psychological shadow, we can become the awakened ones who explore the depths of the 'spiritual corridor'. At that time, we may find the door to the 'new world' directly inside! "

During the period of returning from Taicheng to "Panguan Creatures", Shang Jianyao and his colleagues were once again influenced by the adventurous spirit and challenge fun without Jiang Baimian's spur, and chose a room that was vague in the "Strategy", so that Only recently broke through the second psychological shadow there.

In other words, he had to explore another room incompletely before he could be regarded as an awakened person in the depths of the "spiritual corridor" and qualified to search for the gate of the "new world".

"If you want to die, don't drag us down." The cold Shang Jianyao sat cross-legged on the ground, staring intently at the vermilion door of "102".

At this time, the calm and rational Shang Jian Yao stretched his waist, turned from leaning against the wall to standing upright with his legs.

He smiled slightly and said:

"I come here to observe for a while every day, because I want to see when the '102' room will be transferred.

"What are you all for?"

"102" was not next to his spiritual room. It was not until the "Old Tune Group" encountered the dream of "Zhuang Sheng" in Taicheng that this room suddenly appeared at the current location.

Jiang Baimian originally thought that after "Zhuang Sheng" woke up and his team left Taicheng, the "102" room would be moved to another place soon, but he didn't expect that until late autumn, they returned to "Panguan Biology", "102" "The room still hasn't moved.

Shang Jianyao's answer silenced his colleagues for a while.

After a few seconds, the honest Shang Jianyao expressed his thoughts:

"I want to see what's wrong with you."

"I thought you were planning to support my psychological shadow or dream of breaking into 'Zhuang Sheng'." The reckless Shang Jianyao was quite sorry.

The calm and rational Shang Jian Yao smiled and said:

"It's better to find a simpler room and quickly upgrade to the depths of the 'Soul Corridor'. When you have Yan Hu's strength back then, consider '102'."

"Okay." The cold and vicious Shang Jianyao agreed.

The ten yao immediately merged into one, and turned to the direction that had not been explored before.

After walking along the thick dark yellow carpet for a while, Shang Jianyao's eyes suddenly lit up as he flicked his gaze.

He saw a familiar house number:

"506"!

According to the "Strategy", the psychological shadow in this room has a fixed solution - the courage to face danger, so exploring it is relatively safe and simple.

In other words, within a few days, Shang Jianyao can become an awakened person deep in the "spiritual corridor".

After thinking for a few seconds, in order to enter the "102" room, the reckless Shang Jianyao and the novelty-seeking Shang Jianyao voted for the calm and rational Shang Jianyao's proposal to explore the "506" room.

After some disputes, Shang Jianyao turned the brass-colored handle and pushed open the door of "506".

Because this room is recognized as simple, he didn't even wear the necklace of "Six Consciousness Beads" and "Angel of Life".

After walking two steps forward, Shang Jian Yao suddenly saw a deep black sea.

In the dim night, he was on a small island surrounded by an endless ocean.

The gust of wind whizzed by, pushing up huge waves like mountains from time to time, making human beings seem extremely small under the mighty power of nature.

Crashing, huge waves kept hitting the edge of the island, making Shang Jianyao seem to be experiencing continuous earthquakes.

Suddenly, a dark shadow emerged from the deep water.

The black shadow was extremely huge, like another island, but it was submerged in the bottom of the sea.

Faintly, the black shadow moved.

Shang Jianyao kept in mind the "customs clearance strategy" and whispered to himself:

"Courage in the face of danger . . .

"Courage to face danger..."

While he was talking to himself, at some point, slippery tentacles studded with eyeballs appeared on the edge of the island.

Those black and white eyeballs turned quickly and looked at Shang Jianyao at the same time.

"The courage to face danger!" Shang Jianyao, who was being watched, smiled excitedly.

In the next second, heads emerged from the top of his head, shoulders, chest, lower abdomen, hands and feet, and arms and legs grew out.

In this way, ten Shang Jianyao appeared on the crumbling island.

Then, rolling, walking, and running, they rushed towards the eyeball-covered tentacles, towards the huge black shadow hidden under the surface of the water, towards the boundless ocean.

"Courage is the hymn of mankind!" Shang Jianyao shouted while rushing.

The eyeballs on those greasy tentacles froze for a second at the same time, and Qiqi screamed:

"Don't come here!"

The tentacles suddenly retracted back to the bottom of the sea, but Shang Jian Yao had no intention of stopping at all.

At this moment, the sky full of dark clouds suddenly split open.

The whole world was rapidly shattered in the violent shaking.

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Tarnan, "Dream" Hotel.

The proprietress Ainuo sat up abruptly, hugging the quilt, shivering.

"Scared me to death, scared me to death, how could I have such a horrible dream!" She hastily turned on the headlight.

As the white light ruled the bedroom and dispelled all the darkness, Ainuo breathed a sigh of relief, but didn't dare to try to fall asleep again.

…………

"This counts as breaking through?" Shang saw that Yao and the others were united again, and muttered to himself in doubt.

He was unaware that he had grown mentally and physically.

When he raised his head again and looked around, he found that he was in a rather strange place.

The layout here is similar to the "C-14" project team he has been to, with walls made of metal separating complex instruments.

The human beings coming and going were all wearing white coats and light blue masks.

"It was just a dream before, but now it's a psychological shadow?" Shang Jianyao rubbed his chin.

His expression gradually became excited.

Similar scenes always reminded him of the term "research institute".

When Shang Jianyao was about to go deep into this psychological shadow, he suddenly remembered something and turned his wrist to look at his watch.

"It's almost eight o'clock!" he exclaimed.

Immediately afterwards, Shang Jianyao and the others agreed that this exploration would stop here.

…………

In the real world, Shang Jianyao, who was lying on the bed, opened his eyes.

He sat up a little, putting the pillows behind him.

Just as Shang Jianyao adjusted his posture, the radio outside the window rang, and a familiar, slightly childish voice entered his ears:

"Hi everyone, I'm Hou Yi, the hourly newscaster, and it's 8 o'clock in the evening...

"The board of directors held a meeting today to discuss the production work arrangement for the last quarter of this year. Ji Ze, director and vice president of the board of directors, pointed out that the overall situation of the company in the first three quarters was stable and improving, and asked everyone not to relax in the last quarter...

"This board meeting also discussed the scale of year-end rewards, next year's labor security, and related benefits...

"In order to invigorate the atmosphere in the last quarter of this year and adjust the emotional state of the employees, the entertainment department has decided to hold a 'New Year's Singing Competition' in the near future. The top three in the competition will have the opportunity to be on the stage of the year-end report performance..."

Shang Jianyao's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he seriously considered which song he would sing this time.

He was so focused on thinking that he didn't listen to the news later, so that he fell asleep at some point.

In the middle of the night, Shang Jianyao, who had slept for a round in the afternoon, woke up.

He suddenly turned over and sat up, put on an army green thick cotton coat, picked up a clumsy flashlight with a black plastic casing, and walked out of the room.

After going to the public restroom to solve his personal problems, Shang Jianyao turned his wrist to check his watch, and walked lightly in the opposite direction to go home.

He came all the way to No. 11 in Area C, which is outside Long Yuehong's house.

Then, he squatted down to the base of the wall opposite No. 11, and stuck the flashlight up to his chin, ready to turn it on at any time.

"You want to scare Xiaohong?" The honest Shang Jianyao asked his colleagues in a low voice.

The joke-loving Shang Jianyao said with a "hey hey" smile:

"if not?"

"But how do you know that he will go to the toilet at this point?" The honest Shang Jianyao expressed his puzzlement.

Even people who have the habit of waking up at night cannot go to the public toilet at the same time in the middle of the night every day.

Moreover, Long Yuehong's house has a small bathroom!

The old god Shang Jianyao, who loves to joke and love pranks, replied on the ground:

"When you were suppressed by them in the morning, I took the opportunity to control my body and implanted in Xiaohong the thinking of 'go to the public toilet to relieve my hand at three o'clock in the middle of the night today'."

"But how are you sure you'll wake up at three o'clock in the middle of the night?" the honest Shang Jianyao asked.

He didn't find that he had been implanted with the corresponding thinking.

The mischievous Shang Jian Yao shook his head:

"Not sure.

"If I don't wake up, I will help Xiaohong exercise her courage."

As soon as the words fell, he suddenly said "ah":

"There are only three strands of human consciousness in the room...

"Xiaohong is not here!"

The five members of the Long family, except for Long Zhigu, who is currently studying in university and living on the corresponding floor, should have four strands of human consciousness.

Moreover, as a frequent visitor to Long's house, Shang Jianyao knew which room Long Yuehong had, and was sure there was no one in it.

The honest Shang Jian Yao laughed:

"I see, Xiaohong went to sleep with Xiaobai!"

"It's boring." Shang Jianyao, who loves to joke, muttered, got up sullenly, and returned to area B.

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Floor 622, Area B, Room 59.

Long Yuehong, who was awakened by urination, carefully removed Bai Chen's hands and legs resting on her body, and crawled out of the warm bed.

He didn't bring a thick cotton coat, so he could only make do with Baichen's to fight against the cold in the room and in the corridor.

Wrapped in a thick coat, Long Yuehong took the key, flashlight, and left the room.

He didn't forget to close the door, and then in the cold and dark corridor, he walked towards the public toilet step by step under the yellowish beam of light.

At three o'clock in the middle of the night, the corridor was silent.