Embers Ad Infinitum

For ten or twenty seconds, the text on the screen did not change.

This was indeed not a long time, but Luoden felt that several minutes had passed.

This is mainly because he cannot stay in the "131" room for too long. After all, the effect of "Divine Mirror" has a time limit.

This was the reason why he had not used similar methods to explore the psychological shadow of room "131" before. This time, he wanted to contact the owner of the room and have a certain communication. He felt that it would not take too much time to forcibly divide his consciousness.

Finally, the text on the screen changed:

"When did Qin Ke go crazy?"

"Seven years ago, on the night after the end-of-year mass." Roton didn't think this information would endanger the security of the end-of-year city, so he answered frankly.

"He escaped from Suimo City within a few days?" the owner of room "131" asked in writing.

"Yes." Roden nodded slightly.

After another period of silence, the text on the screen raised a question again:

"What do you think of 'truth'?"

"'Truth' has powerful power, almost like a god." Roden's expression turned serious involuntarily, "In our Sumo City, those who believe in Him will receive one or two responses every year."

"So dedicated!" The text on the screen used an exclamation mark again.

"Indeed." Luoden was very touched by this.

Unlike the "Si Ming" who holds the New Year's Eve, he never pays attention to the believers. He only occasionally gives some gifts during the high mass at the end of the year.

The owner of room "131" asked about the "Truth" Church through text again, and the information obtained was similar to the information the "Old Tune Team" obtained from the Sumo City caravan outside Cliff Village.

"Last question, what do believers of 'Truth' think of 'The Last Man'?" The information revealed by the words on the screen made Roden quietly heave a sigh of relief.

He answered without hesitation:

"They believe that the 'last man' is a false god and not the real Zhi Sui."

Bang bang bang, two hands appeared on the screen, clapping to match the highlighting of the text:

"The problem ends here, you can come and explore my psychological shadow at any time.

"I wish you can find the door to the 'new world' soon."

Luoden was overjoyed, rubbed his forehead and said:

"Thank you so much."

He plans to explore again in a few days, because it takes a certain amount of time to ease the sequelae of split consciousness caused by the "Divine Mirror".

If this is not resolved well, he is likely to suffer from "schizophrenia."

This does not help him explore the "soul corridor". After all, without relying on the "miracle channel" and relying on simple split personality, it is impossible to have part of the consciousness outside and part of the consciousness inside.

Several lines of text appeared on the screen:

"What you need to pay attention to is, don't enter the school when you see it, and choose a detour when you encounter a door that slides open to the side..."

It sounds very dangerous... But if you don't enter or take a detour, will you miss the door to the "new world"? Roden thought with a solemn expression.

The text on the screen continues to pop up:

“These have nothing to do with my psychological shadow, they come from certain memory fragments.

"It's impossible for me to control my thoughts all the time without any relevant thoughts flashing across my mind."

"I understand." Luoden breathed a sigh of relief.

Since it has nothing to do with psychological shadow, it will not involve the door to the "new world".

The text on the screen disappeared and the light dimmed.

Seeing this, Roden turned around and walked towards the deep and dark exit.

…………

"Du Heng? The crazy Suimo City elder thinks he is Du Heng?" Long Yuehong was shocked when he heard this.

This was completely beyond his expectation.

Bai Chen nodded thoughtfully:

"Teacher Du Heng has always been mysterious."

It is not surprising that such a person is involved in the matter of holding office.

"Do you think Qin Ke is Teacher Du Heng?" Shang Jianyao looked shocked, "But they look completely different and have different heights. Could it be that they also had plastic surgery to increase their height?"

Having said this, he looked at Long Yuehong and said with concern:

“If you really want to increase your height without any side effects, you can try it.

"Otherwise you will never be able to get rid of that curse for the rest of your life. Hey, you are only 1.75 meters tall after genetic modification. You are average in appearance, and your grades in all subjects are only average..."

"Stop!" Long Yuehong interrupted this guy's singing, "Let's discuss the main topic."

"Yeah." Shang Jianyao nodded and started to guess, "Teacher Du Heng is wearing inner height-enhancing shoes? But I have observed his shoes, and they don't look like it. Lao Ge, what do you think?"

"There is no problem with his height, and there are no signs of plastic surgery." Gnawa judged from a scientific perspective.

Jiang Baimian, who had been silent all this time, glanced around and said:

"Is there more than one person named Du Heng?"

"Maybe there is only one person who can be associated with mystery and weirdness." Bai Chen expressed his opinion.

Jiang Baimian nodded gently:

"I mean, Teacher Du Heng may not have been called Du Heng before. Didn't he lose a lot of memories?"

"I don't quite understand." Long Yuehong didn't go around the corner for a while, "Why do you think Teacher Du Heng wasn't called Du Heng before?"

Jiang Baimian looked around and said:

"This is what I think. On the dusty earth, there are such people. They used to have their own identities and names, but then they encountered certain things and turned into madmen. They began to call themselves Du Heng.

"Qin Ke is like this, and the teacher Du Heng we met may be like this too."

"But Teacher Du Heng is not crazy." Shang Jianyao disagreed with this guess.

Bai Chen fully understood what the team leader meant and helped to fill in the gaps in his reasoning:

"Maybe he's crazy because he hasn't adapted to Du Heng's identity yet. Once he gets used to it, he will become normal and become the real Du Heng."

"It sounds so scary, even scarier than the parasitic phenomenon created by Fate Tong." Shang Jianyao trembled, "But neither of the two great elders who went crazy before Suimo City claimed to be so. Only Qin Ke so."

Jiang Baimian nodded:

“This is just a preliminary guess and may be overturned in the future.

"What we need to do now is to confirm whether Qin Ke is still alive, find him, and see if the reason why he went crazy is related to the mystery of keeping humans in captivity."

"But he has already escaped from Suimo City." Long Yuehong reminded the team leader, "Let's not say whether he froze to death in any corner of the ice field. Even if he is still alive, finding him is no less than finding a needle in a haystack."

Jiang Baimian showed a complicated smile:

"Hey, we just hung a sign on the door not long ago that says 'Home of the Awakened in Suesuo City'. Today, an elder-level figure from Suemo City came to 'visit'. Don't you think it's too much of a coincidence?"

"Since it's such a coincidence, we might accidentally discover Qin Ke's traces in the near future."

Bang bang bang, Shang Jianyao clapped his hands and admired sincerely:

"This is what fate has arranged."

So, what's the cost? Long Yuehong muttered silently.

Jiang Baimian continued:

"Let's ask Jitis later if she has seen anyone suspected of Qin Ke in the past three years."

Speaking of this, Jiang Baimian breathed out and said:

"Things are progressing faster and 'smoother' than I expected, so there is no need to worry about the company discovering that we are investigating the mystery of keeping humans in captivity."

She emphasized the word "successful".

Because Cornynmis's problem may have been solved by the big boss, Jiang Baimian did not think that the information that he and others had completed the task could be hidden from the big boss.

She just feels that the big boss seldom pays attention to the believers, and the communication with the company's board of directors is not that frequent. There are opportunities for information and time differences.

To put it simply, she wanted to hide it from the company, find out the truth before the big boss communicated with the board of directors, and return to the underground building.

For this reason, she even asked Shang Jianyao to wrap the "Angel of Life" necklace in layers and put it in Gnawa's backpack.

"Yes." Long Yuehong didn't know whether she was happy or worried.

…………

The next day, the "old tune team" went directly to Gitis's house to visit the intelligence dealer who was working the night shift today.

"What do you want to know?" Kittis asked skillfully.

Shang Jianyao nodded solemnly:

"Make a price."

Gittes said slightly embarrassed:

"It's free this time, and it will be free after that."

The information on Cornynmis provided by the "old team" is priceless.

Shang Jianyao suddenly became energetic, took out a piece of paper and handed it over:

"Have you ever met this man?"

Gittes was silent for a while as she looked at the figures that looked like children's simple drawings.

Jiang Baimian raised his hand to cover his face and motioned for Gnawa to come over and help.

Gennava took out the character image he printed and handed it to Kitis.

This is a character diagram he created based on old-world criminal sketches and through Shang Jianyao's description, selection and confirmation.

According to Shang Jianyao, he looks almost like Qin Ke himself.

Gitis took it and read it. She didn't speak for a while, as if she was recalling something.

After a few minutes, she said hesitantly:

"I haven't seen it.

"But a certain clone I once controlled I met six years ago, and it left a certain impression when I looked through his memories."