Embers Ad Infinitum

One line of text was deleted from the screen, and another line of text appeared:

"Why don't you tell me the specific location of Suimo City?"

Luo Dun thought about it for a few seconds and decided to tell the truth:

"Sumo City is my home and I don't want to jeopardize it in any way."

Two more hands appeared on the screen, and they clapped their hands:

"Well said!"

Three big characters emitted golden light and popped out one after another.

"Then can you tell me, which official do you believe in?" New questions followed.

This is not something that needs to be concealed. Roton solemnly replied:

"The great 'Commander'."

"I will eventually return to 'Si Ming'!" The text on the screen expressed his excitement with an exclamation mark.

"Do you also believe in 'Si Ming'?" Luoden felt happy and a little worried at the same time.

Due to different understandings of the meaning of scriptures, the relationship between different sects may not be harmonious.

"Yes, yes." The owner of the room "131" replied in text.

Luoden rationally did not ask the other party which sect he belonged to, but nodded happily and said:

“It turned out to be Tong Xin.

"What do you want to do when you ask about Suimo City?"

The text on the screen changes rapidly:

"Want to know something."

"Ask me. As long as it doesn't affect the stability of Sui Sui City and doesn't blaspheme Zhi Sui, I can answer you." Luoden seized the opportunity and said, "But you must also promise that if the information I provide has a certain value, you will Let go of your restrictions and restrain your memories to facilitate my exploration of your psychological shadow and the door to the 'new world'."

"No problem." The owner of room "131" was very straightforward and did not mess around.

Then, new words formed new questions:

"Did anything weird happen in your city at the end of the year?"

Roden thought about it and said:

"It's all normal. At least there's nothing particularly weird in my mind."

"Don't you even have 'unintentional disease'?" The text on the screen was dyed a little white, as if to express the emotion of shock.

Luoden's consciousness was divided into two, half outside and half inside. His thinking was not that quick, and he was a little stunned by this question.

After a few seconds, he replied:

"The strange thing is that there is no 'unintentional disease'.

"Is there any place in the dust where there is no 'innocent disease'? There will always be some cases every year."

"That's right." The owner of room "131" agreed with this explanation.

Where did you come from? You don’t even know this common sense? Luoden couldn't help but curse.

Considering the other person's mental condition, he felt that it was pointless to be serious with a sick person.

"Is there really nothing weird?" the owner of room "131" asked again in text.

Seeing that the other party was very concerned about this matter, Luoden felt that whether his answer could be called valuable might be reflected in this aspect, so he did not repeat the answer categorically, but instead asked:

"What kind of weird situations do you mean? Can you give some examples?"

After a brief pause, the text on the screen changed:

"For example, a large number of people die inexplicably. For example, many people disappear mysteriously every year. For example, someone goes crazy from time to time. It is not because of the trauma or increased cost of exploring the mind room."

Luoden carefully reviewed his memories over the years and said hesitantly:

“None of these three situations exist in our city at the end of the year, I’m sure of that.

"but……"

"But what?" The text on the screen was very consistent.

"However, the probability of someone who holds a certain position going crazy is quite high." Roden breathed out silently.

"Which position?" The words on the screen popped up one after another.

Roden replied solemnly:

"Great Elder."

"Believe in 'Si Ming'?" The owner of room "131" seemed to be typing quickly.

"The great elder of Suimo City can only be a believer of 'Si Ming'." Luoden gave an affirmative answer.

He continued:

"From the establishment of the city at the end of the year to now, there have been a total of six great elders. Apart from the current one, among the remaining five, one entered the 'New World' and one was injured and died during a certain outing. Three of them went crazy."

"The probability of going crazy is as high as 60%?" the text on the screen asked confirmingly.

No one among the current great elders knows what kind of ending he will have, so that is not included for the time being.

Roden nodded:

“So I’d say it’s a little abnormal to be high.

"Our own explanation is that the Great Elder is too close to Zhi Sui and always looks at the gods. If he cannot enter the 'new world' in time before exceeding a certain limit, he will easily go crazy."

"Yes, frequent contact with Zhi Sui will either scare you to death or drive you crazy." The owner of room "131" seemed to be deeply touched by this.

The text on the screen continues to change:

"What happened to the three crazy people in the end?"

"One of them ended his life after going crazy for a few days. One of them posed too much of a threat and was eliminated by our joint efforts. One of them escaped from Suimo City while we were not paying attention, but he probably won't survive. How long?" Roden answered truthfully.

"Why?" the owner of room "131" asked in text.

"Not long after the year-end mass was held at that time, the ice sheet was in the coldest and most unsuitable season for human survival." Rowton was deeply impressed by this incident.

"What's the name of that great elder and what does he look like?" The text on the screen changed the question.

Roden didn’t hide anything:

"His name is Qin Ke, and he was only forty-nine years old when he went crazy.

"The way he looks..."

Luoden tried to show the image of Qin Ke in his memory in this deep darkness.

The next second, the light on the screen surged, illuminating the pattern he had embodied.

Qin Ke is a male with shawl-colored hair that is already half white.

He was about 1.7 meters tall and wore a black robe. The skin on his face was slightly dry and wrinkled. His eyes seemed to be sunken inward due to mixed blood, and he looked quite serious.

"What did those crazy elders say and do after they went crazy?" The owner of room "131" deleted the original question and added new text.

"Some shouted that I would kill you all and took action, some said that the end is not over yet, and some asked us to commit suicide and make the earth clean..." Roden said while recalling.

Those crazy words sounded a bit meaningful, but there was no substantive content, which made the light on the screen keep flickering but no new words could be formed.

At the end, Rawdon said:

"Elder Qin Ke seemed to have become a different person after he went crazy, and even changed his name.

"On the surface, he seemed to have suffered a 'fate-related' attack, but after inspection, we ruled out this possibility."

"What did he change his name to?" The text on the screen finally became useful again.

Roton said truthfully:

"He calls himself Du Heng."