Embers Ad Infinitum

Shang stood up when he saw the light and ran to the window to find where the bell was coming from.

He looked excited and undisguisedly curious.

This makes Jiang Baimian always feel like this guy is only about ten years old.

She followed it to the window and judged from the reactions of passers-by that the sound of the bell was something that the residents here were accustomed to and not worth making a fuss about, so be on high alert.

However, she did not just turn her head away and ordered Long Yuehong and Bai Chen to turn on the lights to dispel the darkness that brought to the room in the evening.

She still stood there, following the sound of the bell toward its source like Shang Jianyao.

This is the self-cultivation of a folklorist.

Soon, Jiang Baimian confirmed that the bell came from the Gerst Castle. As the tallest building here, it seemed to have a large bell installed on the top floor.

Not long after the bells subsided, bicycles rushed out of the factory area one after another and entered the streets and alleys of this settlement.

They are like a white dove that has escaped from its cage, but the colors are not so uniform.

On these bicycles of different styles, the workers were either beaming with joy and full of desire to go home, or they were happily exchanging gossips with the surrounding cyclists.

Compared with their counterparts in the "Primary City", their skin is also darker, with many traces of sun, rain, and smoke. They can't hide their tiredness, and sweat slides down their cheeks from time to time, but they are more "lively" ”, no feeling of numbness.

After the bicycles were almost out, a flood of people left the factory area on foot.

Their clothes were either grayish-white or bluish, and were quite rough in texture, full of stains and sweat marks. Their expressions were very different from those of the cyclists, with few of them looking dejected.

"It turns out to be the bell ringing for get off work..." Shang Jianyao suddenly realized.

Speaking of this, he, Long Yuehong, and Jiang Baimian, who were born in "Pangu Creatures", are no strangers at all.

At the same time, some elderly residents and people with obvious disabilities flocked to the gate of the castle, where soldiers wearing thick linen clothes carried out black bread and other food for distribution.

"There are fewer old people than I thought." Jiang Baimian said to himself thoughtfully.

She originally felt that with the "White Knights'" style of often relieving the poor and their expertise in biological and medical research, Gerstburg's elderly people over fifty were at most fewer than "Panguans."

But now it looks like the original city.

"The factory must be quite hard." Long Yuehong had her own explanation for this.

The charging Gnawa intervened at the right time:

"Before the old world was destroyed, the area occupied by the 'White Knights' was not suitable for planting and grazing."

"When I was in the 'First City', I also heard that the living conditions here in the 'White Knights' were relatively poor." Bai Chen nodded and added a few sentences, "It is only through the rich mineral resources and advanced biotechnology that we can achieve satisfaction. Supplies for basic needs.”

At this time, Shang Jianyao withdrew his gaze, touched his stomach and said:

"The 'White Knights' are distributing food, and it's time for us to think about what to eat for dinner."

He uses body movements to indicate that he is hungry.

Jiang Baimian thought for a while and said:

"Lao Ge, keep charging. Let's go downstairs and ask the front desk to see what food we can get in the hotel. Try not to go out."

The hotel called "Fire and Iron" does not have wired telephones in the rooms, or in other words, most places in Gerstburg do not have this condition.

"Okay!" Shang Jianyao went out first.

He walked from the third floor to the ground floor and asked the man at the front desk:

"Can I order food?"

"Order food?" The person didn't seem to understand why he wanted to order food at the hotel. "Shouldn't we find a restaurant?"

"You!" Shang Jianyao lamented, "How can such a service develop and grow? In the old world, in other places..."

He talked a lot and finally made the front desk understand what ordering service was.

The blond man shook his head and said:

"None of our hotels here have such services."

He had no intention of improving at all, but instead persuaded Shang Jianyao:

“It’s boring and depressing to stay in the room all the time, so it’s better to go to restaurants or cafes.

"If it weren't for the cold weather now, I wouldn't be willing to do this job. Carrying a shotgun, hunting on the ice fields, and looking for ruins along the way is what descendants of knights should do."

Although it cannot be said in full, this should represent a certain ethos of the "White Knights"... Jiang Baimian nodded quietly and asked before Shang Jianyao:

"Are there any restaurants nearby? Can I order over the phone?"

"There's no phone number." The receptionist shook his head again.

There are only a handful of places in Gerstburg where telephones are installed.

The area where people live here is neither small nor large. Twenty or thirty minutes is enough for a healthy person to reach any destination.

"Then we can only go out to eat." Jiang Baimian frowned, "Or carry some cans to the car and deal with a few casual meals?"

Thinking of eating canned food again, Long Yuehong instinctively showed a troubled expression.

Shang Jian Yao Ze said righteously:

"There's something wrong with the latter plan."

"What's the problem?" Jiang Baimian asked funny.

Shang Jianyao glanced at the front desk and took a few steps towards the hotel door.

When Jiang Baimian, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen followed, he lowered his voice and said:

“There isn’t much food left, and if we consume a few more meals, we will definitely reach the bottom.

"At that time, we will have to go out to purchase supplies. With Xiaohong's destiny, this can also easily cause accidents and cause chain reactions. And if this forces us to leave Gerstburg, then not only will our batteries not be fully charged, but also There is no food, which is even worse!

"So, we must ensure that the food reserves are above the safety line."

"It's obviously your fate..." Long Yuehong retorted in a grunting manner.

Apart from this, he actually felt that what Shang Jianyao said made sense.

Jiang Baimian was speechless for a moment when Shang Jianyao used his spear to attack his shield.

Although the remaining food of the "Jiu Tiao Group" is not as small as Shang Jianyao said, after so many days of consumption, it is indeed not much.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Baimian sighed and said:

"Hey, you go upstairs and tell Lao Ge so he can recharge his batteries while we look for food nearby."

"Okay!" Shang Jianyao beamed with joy.

Based on caution and fear of causing accidents, the "Old Tune Team" found a restaurant nearby the "Fire and Iron" hotel.

It's called "Old Henry", and there are only two lights on in the store, which makes the light very dim.

Shang Jianyao and others were about to find seats when they suddenly saw the waiter serving four dishes to a table of guests.

One of the guests with light yellow hair and a hooked nose pointed at the strangely shaped meat in front of him:

"Is this steak?"

"Sir, it is indeed a steak, but you should know very well that most of the steaks you can eat in Gerstburg are abnormal types, and the price also explains the problem." The waiter replied quite calmly.

"Abnormal?" The hook-nosed guest was startled.

Is this thing edible?

The waiter suddenly showed a vigilant look:

"Are you not from our 'White Knights'?"

The aquiline-nosed guest was at a loss for a few seconds and said:

"We are from a ranch in the south. We have recently joined your 'White Knights'. We heard that there are many job opportunities in Gerstburg and we can earn a lot of supplies, so we came here."

The "White Knights", like other major forces, can only rule the towns along the transportation lines. There are still large and small human or sub-human settlements in the mountains, wilderness, and desert in this area.

The waiter's expression softened:

“No wonder you don’t know about the Abnormality.

"A long time ago, there was a kind of cow that was deformed and became suitable for the environment here and could reproduce better. We, the 'White Knights', used this as a blueprint and used genetic technology to breed this kind of cow. It has a lot of meat. It’s cheap and is the first choice for most people.”

"Why is it so cheap?" the hook-nosed customer asked.

The waiter smiled and said:

“Eating too much can easily cause you to become deformed and suffer from various malignant diseases.

"Don't worry, you won't have any problems if you only take it a few times. When you find a job, save enough money, and buy genetically modified medicine, you won't be afraid anymore. The cheapest X-3 type medicine can give you resistance This kind of distorted ability..."

This not only made the guests look at each other in confusion, but also Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong and Bai Chen looked at each other, with a strange sense of magic.

In terms of biotechnology, the "White Knights" and "Pangaea" seem to be going in different directions due to different environments.

The four of them hesitated for a moment, then found a table to sit down and waited for another waiter.

——There are many people here from other places in the "White Knights", and the restaurant business is pretty good, and they can afford to hire three or four people.

Jiang Baimian suppressed Shang Jianyao's idea of ​​trying the abnormal variant, and ordered a bunch of food with normal meat quality, and the prices were not low.

After she finished, Shang Jianyao, who finally found the opportunity, looked at the waiter, lowered his voice and asked mysteriously:

"You guys, do you have that?"

The waiter's expression changed, he glanced left and right, bent his back, and asked in a low voice:

"Is that what you're talking about?"