Embers Ad Infinitum

Is there still a very serious risk of "unintentional" infection out there? Hearing Smith's words, Jiang Baimian raised his eyelids slightly.

Before that, she had sort of ignored this aspect.

There are two reasons for this. One is that the captured commissioner of the Eighth Research Institute made it clear that he and others had entered that city and had prepared a quarantine in advance, thus solving the crisis of "unintentional disease" sweeping the world again. The other is the chaos. In those cities where "unintentional diseases" broke out in the 1990s, the subsequent dangers mainly came from attacks by "unintentional persons" and conflicts of the same kind, rather than continuous infections.

Therefore, in Jiang Baimian's opinion, as long as he does not cross the "isolation zone" created by the Eighth Research Institute and explores the ruins of the city, there will not be much danger.

But now, she found that this didn't seem to be the case.

Later, a large number of ruin hunters visited, but they still could not escape the threat of "unintentional disease".

As long as you enter there, regardless of whether you pass through the "isolation zone" or not, there is a high probability of contracting "Wuxin Disease"? Or is it that the Eighth Research Institute actually isolates the entire area? But didn’t the Eighth Research Institute leave any obstacle behind, allowing those relic hunters to pass through? Jiang Baimian was full of thoughts, and when he heard Shang Jianyao asked in confirmation:

"real?"

Smith nodded solemnly:

"Although these things are just hearsay, many ruin hunters I know who have been there have never come back. At least I have not encountered them again."

Jiang Baimian nodded gently:

"Actually, I was wondering something before:

"It has only been more than ten years since that city and its surrounding areas were destroyed by Wuxin Disease, so how come no one knows its specific location?

"If it can feed hundreds of thousands of residents, that force will more or less conduct transactions with the outside world, exchanging its own production for necessary resources."

It is quite remarkable that such an area can guarantee a basic food supply. However, even if they have a large number of factories that can produce weapons, bullets, cloth and other things, they will most likely lack the corresponding raw materials.

Even forces like "Pangaea" that are hidden deep underground and have established an internal ecosystem still have to purchase ore, oil and other materials from the outside world.

And it is unlikely that forces like "Pangu Biology" and the Eighth Research Institute, which are famous for their secrecy, would have kept their specific location very well. If the old team that Shang Jianyao's father belonged to could find it, it would be a good thing in itself. It can explain a lot of problems. Lao He from Suimo City also made it clear that he could meet people from that city from time to time more than ten years ago.

Now, Jiang Baimian probably knows the answer:

After the news spread that the city was destroyed by "Wuxin", almost everyone who knew its specific location hurried there to try to get a share of the pie. In the end, only a handful of people returned alive, and they no longer dared to make corresponding plans. .

Smith smiled slightly awkwardly:

"I once thought about going there to collect some supplies and sell them, but after hearing those rumors, I didn't dare at all, and I never mentioned anything about that city. We are no longer the kind of people who ate one meal without finishing the next. In such a state, you need to risk your life to grab supplies, and only by staying alive can you have more opportunities."

Bang bang bang, Shang Jianyao applauded him.

Jiang Baimian asked again about the specific situation before the city was destroyed and received a satisfactory answer.

Only then did they figure out the full name of the target location:

Cornynmis.

This is an ancient place name, which is somewhat different from the current Honghe language. It means the forest of the king.

According to Smith, due to the impact of the southward expansion of the ice sheet, the forest there was severely damaged early on. Later, humans in that city and surrounding areas cut down a large number of trees to cultivate more farmland, and the name of the forest was no longer worthy of its name.

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The next morning, outside the ice and snow ruins.

Long Yuehong was sitting in the back seat of the Jeep, watching Shang Jianyao lean half of his body out of the window and wave warmly to Smith and other "rootless people" who were returning south to the "White Knights" sphere of influence.

"Goodbye! We must see you again!" Shang Jianyao shouted loudly, but did not implant the corresponding thoughts.

When he sat back in the driver's seat, Long Yuehong said solemnly:

"Are we still going to Cornimis?"

It is so dangerous that once you enter, you will most likely be infected with "unintentional disease".

At this time, a little bit of white snow was floating outside the car window, but it was not too big and the wind was quite gentle.

"Why don't you go?" Shang Jianyao asked, "Since there are still a large number of 'unintentional' viruses hidden there, and there is the possibility of spreading, then we can't turn a blind eye. Well, when the time comes, let Lao Ge Send a nuclear bomb in, then detonate it remotely, and with one blast, the doomsday crisis will be solved."

It's so noble and righteous... I thought you would play the family card. After all, that's where your father last appeared... Jiang Baimian considered it and said to Long Yuehong and Bai Chen:

“I thought about it for a long time yesterday and had some ideas.

“The scariest thing about ‘unintentional disease’ is the unknown. You don’t know how you got the disease, and you don’t know when it will happen.

"But we already know a lot about Wuxin, and it's clear that it has something to do with the New World.

"We currently speculate that there are three ways of origin of 'unintentional illness':

"The first is the strong men of the 'New World', the second is the node connecting the 'New World', and the third is humankind's belief in Zhi Sui and even some strong men of the 'New World'.

“Then, where did the ‘Axin-free’ virus, which is all over Cornimis and I don’t know if it has attenuated or disappeared, come from?”

Gnawa did not take the opportunity to steal the carbon-based people and allowed Bai Chen to answer:

"The third way can be ruled out. There are no living humans to provide faith in Cornimis. There are only corpses and a small number of 'Heartless' left there."

After so many years, it is difficult for "unintentional people" who do not know how to produce to maintain the original scale. Moreover, although the climate in that area is relatively warm and can be cultivated, which is different from other places in the ice sheet, in winter, people can still freeze to death.

Long Yuehong then said:

"The 'New World' effect brought about by faith should not be able to create such a large-scale 'unintentional disease'. Since the middle and late stages of the Chaos Era, there have been many places with faith, but except for Cornimis, we have not heard of any place. Encountered such a serious epidemic.

"As for the strong men in the 'New World', I can't find any reason why they have to destroy Cornimis, or even stay there, not even sparing the ruin hunters who enter later."

Shang Jianyao smiled and said:

"Maybe it's like Yan Hu, who can't return to reality, can't control his body, and can't help himself."

"That being said, it seems quite similar." Long Yuehong nodded while thinking.

After Yan Hu fell into sleep, the human settlements on the island in the center of the lake were also destroyed by "Wuxin Disease".

Although not all of them suffered from "Wuxin", the remaining ones did not last long due to the continuous "Wuxin" infection and the attacks of "Wuxin".

People who subsequently go to the island to explore will also be infected with "unintentional disease" once they stay for more than a certain time.

"I think there is still a difference." Bai Chen expressed his opinion, "As a ruin hunter, when you enter Conimis, you will definitely not think about exploring any secrets, but to obtain supplies as soon as possible, even if there are 'unintentional people' They interfered, and given the condition of the place that hadn't been raided yet, it would take them just a few hours to load their car. To put it simply, they should be able to leave Cornimis the next day, and it would not take more than three days. At this critical point, it's impossible for so many people to be unlucky and directly hit the area where the strong men of the 'New World' sleep, right?"

Jiang Baimian added:

"The entire area of ​​Konimis should be much larger than the island in the middle of the lake. If we only move around the outer areas or even the edges of the city, there may not be any problems for more than three days."

What she means is that relying solely on the strong men of the "New World" cannot create the current situation in Cornynmis.

Jiang Baimian immediately concluded:

"Either there is a certain incarnate body sleeping there, or the original investigation created a very, very large 'New World' node, or a large number of people distributed in different places in Cornimis 'New World' node."

"Why didn't the people from the Eighth Research Institute get infected with the 'unintentional disease'? They also claimed that they had searched the whole city and still couldn't find my father's whereabouts." Shang Jianyao was worried about this, "Can't they do more? ?How much time this can save us!"

His disappointment with the Eighth Research Institute was palpable.

"Maybe the people from the Eighth Research Institute have also mastered the method of clearing the 'New World' node, but the effect is not long-lasting. When the ruin hunters arrive, the 'New World' node will be restored. Or maybe the Eighth Research Institute does not have We searched all over the city and deliberately avoided the most dangerous areas." Gnawa said his analysis.

Long Yuehong nodded:

"The Eighth Research Institute also has 'Professor Li', 'Vice Dean' and other powerful people from the 'New World', and even the legendary darkness provides protection, so it should not be so easy to get 'unintentional disease'."

"We have one too!" Shang Jianyao immediately took out the "Angel of Life" necklace and said with one hand lowered, "The long night is long, Si Ming bless you!"

Long Yuehong and others were speechless.

The backstage of myself and others is indeed not much worse than that of the Eighth Research Institute...

Shang Jianyao emphasized righteously:

"Our exploration of Cornimis this time is a mission approved by the company, and we will definitely get the blessing of the big boss."

It seemed that there might actually be some truth to it... Jiang Baimian muttered silently.

"At that time, I will take the 'Angel of Life' necklace and go to Coninmis with Lao Ge to determine whether the problem there is the node of the 'New World', the strong man of the 'New World', or someone who is in power. Legacy." Shang Jianyao applied to be the vanguard.

Jiang Baimian was silent for a moment and said:

"good."

She continued:

"According to Smith's description, it's only two or three days' drive from Cornynmeath. We're going there now. Hey, please stay in good spirits."

The drive she was talking about was based on ice sheet driving speeds.