Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 783

Anyone?

At this time, is there anyone in the ruins of the secret laboratory?

Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong, and Bai Chen looked at each other, and similar thoughts flashed through their minds.

"'Unintentional'?" Jiang Baimian looked at Shang Jianyao and whispered a possibility.

Every night, the "careless people" who were influenced by the monster in the secret laboratory would come to the ruins and linger for a long time?

Shang Jianyao shook his head:

"have no idea.

"How about I ask?"

He improvised and sang happily:

"Friend, friend, have you ever remembered me..." (Note 1)

Make friends by force? Jiang Baimian discovered that since Shang Jianyao explored the depths of the corridor of the soul and could use singing to complete "thinking guidance", it became even more powerful and difficult to guard against.

She thought for a moment and said:

"Don't worry, let's sneak over and take a look."

"Okay." Shang Jianyao was slightly disappointed.

He said sincerely:

"It's a pity that Little Red's belt is the 'Black Marsh Iron Snake', not the 'Chameleon', otherwise he could complete this task alone."

That's not what I said. The "Chameleon" bionic smart armor can't hide human consciousness. What if the person over there is the awakened one? Long Yuehong is not stupid.

Jiang Baimian glared at Shang Jianyao:

"The two of us hid the fluctuations in consciousness and went over to see what was going on. Xiaohong and Xiaobai were behind to respond."

"Okay!" Shang Jianyao didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly became excited.

Then, he bent his back slightly and tiptoed towards the ruins of the laboratory, as if he was playing a prank to scare Long Yuehong.

Jiang Baimian hurriedly followed, lest this guy cause any trouble again.

At present, the "Urban Intelligent Network Control Center" has only restored power to the entire ruins and has not activated the street light system. Therefore, at this moment, it is dark wherever the stars cannot shine, which is very suitable for the "Old Adjustment Team" to approach covertly. That mysterious laboratory.

Not long after, they arrived at the edge of their destination, quietly entered a building, went up to the third floor, and looked ahead through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

It is impossible to verify what the laboratory originally looked like. In the eyes of Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao, all that remains are a large number of piled concrete blocks and jagged steel bars reaching toward the sky.

The sprayed dust and stones caused a visible disaster to the surrounding lawns and parking lots.

Further afield, the glass windows of buildings and cars were more or less damaged, and some had even completely exploded.

At this time, three figures with messy clothes were each carrying a canvas bag and were digging a pile of concrete with the engineering shovel in their hands.

It was obvious that "Pangu Creature" had sent people to search this place a long time ago. There were traces of excavations everywhere, and the three people chose the most peripheral place where secrets were least likely to be hidden.

"Not an 'unintentional person.'" Jiang Baimian quickly made a judgment, "nor does he look like someone from the company."

The employees of "Pangu Biology" stationed at the Ruins of Swamp No. 1 all belong to a certain operation brigade of the Security Department and have their own uniforms. They cannot wear whatever they want like those three people. Cotton jackets and leather pants, keeping warm is the first priority.

Shang Jianyao's eyes lit up:

"Relic hunter?

"What are they digging here for at this point?"

Except for Qiao Chu, the mechanical monk Jingfa, the employees of "Pangu Creatures" and a few people, ordinary ruin hunters probably don't know that there used to be a mysterious laboratory here.

So, how is it possible to come here specifically to dig things up?

Compared to this place that has been bombed into ruins, there are too many places to harvest high-value items in Swamp No. 1 Ruins.

As Jiang Baimian watched intently, the three men dug a pit that was not deep but not shallow either in the concrete pile at the edge of the ruins.

Then, they each took off their backpacks and took out some things from inside.

Under the dim starlight, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao, who were some distance away from them, could not see clearly what it was.

A few seconds later, the three men threw the things in their hands into the pit, picked up the engineering shovel again, and tried to push down all the surrounding concrete blocks.

Not here to excavate items, but to bury something? Jiang Baimian frowned.

She made a prompt decision and said to Shang Jianyao:

"Go over and 'have a chat' with them."

"Okay!" Shang Jianyao couldn't wait.

He found a window nearby, jumped to the ground in two or three jumps, and headed straight for the ruins of the laboratory.

Before the three people noticed him, he said loudly:

"Don't be afraid, I mean no harm.

“I was just curious about what you were doing, so I came over and asked.

"Meeting by chance means we are destined. If we are destined to meet each other from thousands of miles away, we will naturally become friends."

The three men stopped filling in the potholes and looked at each other. Their expressions gradually relaxed and they were no longer so vigilant.

They are all gray people with messy, greasy hair and unshaven faces, making it difficult to see their true appearance.

This is the standard wilderness wanderer image, maybe also a relic hunter.

"You guys, what are you burying?" Shang Jianyao calmly walked to the side of the three people and looked at the pothole ahead.

Jiang Baimian followed closely.

At this time, the concrete blocks had not completely filled the potholes. Vaguely, the two of them saw what was buried through the gaps:

They were white bones.

Human bones!

"Killing people and hiding corpses?" Shang Jianyao rubbed his chin and looked at the three men with bright eyes.

At this moment, he seemed like a professional detective.

The tallest of the three men quickly defended:

"Someone told us to bury these bones here."

"Others?" Jiang Baimian asked.

She was very clear that it was definitely not the three men who killed the person.

Because the corpse had rotted to the point of leaving only bones, it was obvious that it had not died recently.

If you want to kill people and hide their bodies, it is better to throw the bodies into the swamp than to dig holes in the ruins in the middle of the night. It is much better.

The man who just spoke glanced at Shang Jianyao:

“The hunter mission we took on.

"At that time, I felt strange why he had to carry these bones to the Swamp 1 ruins and bury them in this inexplicable place. He also gave us a route map and a way to bypass the guards, but the reward he gave us was too much. .”

For some reason, Jiang Baimian suddenly remembered Shang Jianyao's previous nonsense idea:

"I deliberately made a sign saying 'Ojiang Yingcai Junior High School' and hung it outside a school to mislead people who came to explore."

Could it be that someone actually faked the scene in an attempt to mislead later excavators? Jiang Baimian looked at the three men and asked in a deep voice:

“What do the people who hire you look like?”

The three men simultaneously assumed the posture of remembering.

Then their expressions turned painful.

"Can not remember."

"forgotten."

"It's very ordinary, not impressive. Anyway, one-third of the reward has been given, and the rest has been deposited in the guild. We only need to take a few photos and bring them back to get it."

The tallest man patted his backpack.

There is a digital camera there.

This was lent to them by the Hunter Guild.

"Sure enough, there is something fishy." Shang Jianyao was very happy.

Jiang Baimian thought for a while, first picked up the walkie-talkie, asked Long Yuehong and Bai Chen to come over, and then said to the three men:

"You take pictures now, and we will dig them out later for us to see."

"Yes, you came here, dug a hole, buried things in it, and took photos. It is equivalent to completing the task. Any subsequent development has nothing to do with the task." Shang Jianyao was good at tempting.

What he said made sense, and the three men expressed their agreement one after another.

After taking photos, they wielded their sapper shovels and dug out the concrete blocks again.

By the time Long Yuehong and Bai Chen arrived, the three of them had already picked up the bones outside the pit.

Without careful observation, Jiang Baimian could confirm at a glance that this was not a complete body.

If nothing else, the skull is not here.

After careful analysis for a while, Bai Chen said:

"Adults, only half a body."

The three men responded in unison:

"None of our business!"

"There were only so many bones when they were given to us."

"That's all we got!"

A mutilated corpse... What is the purpose of burying a mutilated corpse in the ruins of the Swamp No. 1 Relic Laboratory? While Jiang Baimian was thinking, Shang Jianyao suddenly pointed to somewhere in the hole and said:

"what is that?"

Underneath a pile of concrete blocks, there was a palm-sized, dark rectangular object.

The tallest ruin hunter took a look and said:

"The employer gave it to us and asked us to put it in the pile of bones when we buried it. We forgot to pick it out just now."

Shang Jianyao quickly looked at Long Yuehong and said with great expectation:

"You go get it."

Will it make a difference if I get it? Long Yue cursed.

This was business, so he didn't refuse, jumped into the hole, bent down and picked up the item.

Through the dim starlight, he discovered that it was a breastplate made of soft plastic.

Then he turned over the breastplate and looked at its front.

Under the transparent plastic film, there is a yellowed document.

There is a name written on the surface of the document: