Embers Ad Infinitum

"But I don't know where they are." Shang Jianyao sighed, "And the place where Yan Hu is imprisoned can be deduced, as long as the spatial structure of the 'New World' is normal."

Jiang Baimian nodded slightly:

“It’s not like we can’t try to reason.

"You said at the beginning that the place where the 'Senior Son' of Cornimis lived should have a certain overlap with the tower. Using that place as a reference, we can calculate the date of the cafe where Flora and Barnard were. 'New World' location.

"Well, the premise is that the overlapping phenomenon is closer to two pieces of paper stuck together than to other models."

Although Shang Jianyao and Gennava entered Konimis for the second time and came to the luxurious apartment where the "Zhi Sui Zi" lived, they did not see the shadow of the tower, but found that there were lights in every room on every floor. However, based on their first experience, they can still make preliminary inferences - when they entered Konimis before and sensed the vortex emerging and expanding, they saw a hazy sight in the direction of the luxury apartment. In addition, in the "New World", only the high tower has "lights" on every floor. In other buildings, there are more or less windows where darkness reigns.

Shang Jianyao thought for a moment and raised a difficult point:

"But Barnard and Flora can't be there drinking coffee all the time."

"We still have plenty of time, so we can wait patiently. Besides, there is an owner and other customers in the cafe. You can also try to 'make friends'." Jiang Baimian said with relief.

Shang Jianyao shook his head:

"Many of the awakened people in the 'New World' are unfriendly, and some are even starving and want to eat whenever they see people."

At this point, he changed the subject:

"Even if you want to make friends, you have to wait for someone to be alone to avoid any surprises."

Jiang Baimian said "hmm":

“Since Flora and Barnard are friendly, there should still be basic order in the cafe they frequent, and they can try to contact the boss.

"In short, everything depends on your on-site judgment."

She then added:

“You should figure out as soon as possible what to do with your body after your consciousness enters the ‘new world’, and what you need to do if you want the latter to also enter the ‘new world’.

"I'm moving your body outside the Eighth Research Institute now. I'm afraid it won't be able to make up for the delay."

Shang Jianyao was surprised:

"I thought you had wiped out those zombies."

"That's not a zombie, it's a strange 'careless person'." Jiang Baimian explained helplessly, "Since I don't know if there are any 'higher careless people' among them and how many there are, I plan to be cautious."

Speaking of this, she suddenly realized:

"I'm not a god. I can defeat so many enemies by myself in just one or two hours!"

"You can do it." Shang Jianyao encouraged.

Jiang Baimian gave up the argument and said instead:

"Find out the situation in the 'New World' as soon as possible, and then tell me according to the set of codes we agreed on."

"Okay." Shang Jianyao agreed simply.

Then, he said worriedly:

“What should I do if my body is hungry?”

"If it doesn't work, insert a tube and put in liquid food." Jiang Baimian showed a professional attitude, "Besides, we also have a lot of nutritional injections, which will be enough for you to last for a while. This also urges you to solve the problems just now as soon as possible. Please let me know what to do next..."

As she spoke, she asked doubtfully:

"You can't return to the dust?"

"Theoretically, it's possible." Shang Jianyao turned around and looked at the end of the dark street, "I just need to go back to the place where I came in and pass that door, and I can return to reality, uh... those 'New World' powerful None of them often return to the dust, and there may still be some hidden restrictions.”

He rubbed his chin.

Jiang Baimian nodded.

The "Old Tune Team" previously speculated that a certain amount of human consciousness would be needed as "fuel" for the strong men of the "New World" to return to the dust.

Shang Jianyao became troubled again:

“What should I do if my body wants to urinate?”

"I'll help you handle it." Jiang Baimian gritted his teeth, "It's best to give advance notice."

In that case, she only had to poop and pee, and she didn't have to change and wash Shang Jianyao's clothes frequently.

The "Old Tune Group" is out and about, and it's not rich in this regard either!

"Why is this so embarrassing?" Shang Jianyao said so, but his face was filled with the expression "It all depends on you."

Jiang Baimian rolled his eyes and brought the topic back on track:

"Can you still enter the room of your own soul?"

"I haven't tried it. I'll give it a try later." Shang Jianyao showed an impatient expression.

Jiang Baimian asked:

"How much has your ability improved?"

For the "New World", this was definitely not a sensitive topic. The "Old Tune Team" had known about it before, so Jiang Baimian asked very directly.

Bang, Shang Jianyao clenched his right fist with his left palm and said:

"I haven't checked yet!"

He actually forgot about it.

After a few dozen seconds, Shang Jianyao raised his right hand and began to move his fingers:

"I have mastered all abilities in the field of 'thinking':

"In addition to the original 'reasoning clown' and 'thought implant', there are also 'temporary dementia', 'confused thinking', 'extreme impulsiveness', 'mathematical idiot', 'traitor', 'aura of stupidity', and 'subconscious thinking' ', 'Thinking Reading'..."

"Subconscious thinking"... Jiang Baimian's heart moved and he asked:

"Subliminal thinking can attach a special status to a certain part of memory, causing the viewer to be affected unknowingly?"

"This is one of the applications." Shang Jianyao answered truthfully.

Jiang Baimian nodded gently and said:

"It seems that Teacher Du Heng is the awakened person in the field of 'Zhuang Sheng'..."

Speaking of this, she couldn't help but sigh:

"Is the Teacher Du Heng we met this time real or fake? Or is the essence of Teacher Du Heng actually just a phantom, the manifestation of part of his consciousness?"

"I don't know." The honest Shang Jianyao shook his head.

"What about the scope of your ability?" Jiang Baimian forced himself not to think about Du Heng's problem for the time being.

Shang Jianyao shook his head again:

"Not sure, I haven't tried it.

"But I feel that I have been suppressed in some way in the 'New World'. Except for some of my abilities, which are still effective wherever the sound can be transmitted clearly, and can rely on radio stations to expand the range, the others seem to be no more than ten meters. Back to ' Hall of Stars' this level.

“I’ll tell you how much it is specifically when I have a target and try it out.

"Well, if it's on dusty soil, it must be measured in kilometers."

Jiang Baimian responded thoughtfully:

"The 'New World' should be under the control of the executives..."

That's why there are various restrictions.

At this point in the "chat", Jiang Baimian felt that communicating in this way was very draining on his energy, so he had to forcibly interrupt the conversation and agreed to communicate again in the evening.

After retracting her extended spirit, she exhaled, rubbed her forehead, and leaned back on the driver's seat.

After he recovered a little, Jiang Baimian silently muttered to himself:

"After dark, I hide my human consciousness, put on a military exoskeleton device, and use the night vision system to explore the 'new world' of reality."

She is not worried about high-performance battery consumption for the time being, because the Eighth Research Institute has not yet lost power.

…………

"Pangae Creatures", underground building, No. 11, Area C, 495th floor.

Long Yuehong and Bai Chen, who passed the test, changed into light clothes, knocked on their parents' door with fruits bought from the "Material Supply Market".

——After getting married, Long Yuehong no longer opened the door directly as before.

"Who is it?" Gu Hong's voice rang.

At the same time, she opened the door.

The next second, Gu Hong's eyes froze.

This only lasted a short time. She raised her right hand, wiped her eyes, and said with a smile:

"Have you finished the mission?"

"Yes." Long Yuehong replied with a smile.

Hearing his voice, Long Dayong, Long Zhigu, and Long Aihong, who happened to be at home, stood up and faced the door.

"Brother, sister-in-law, where have you been this time?" Long Aihong asked with great interest.

After looking her eldest son up and down, Gu Hong glanced at her daughter and said angrily:

"I'll ask you again when you get into the house. Why are you blocking the door?"

Long Aihong listened without hearing, and took two steps forward with a smile, holding Bai Chen's hand:

"Sister-in-law, sit next to me!"

After everyone sat down, Gu Hong winked at Long Dayong.

Long Dayong immediately cleared his throat, looked at Long Yuehong and said:

"You don't need to go out on field duty anymore when you come back this time, right?"

Seeing her parents' expectant looks, Long Yuehong smiled and said:

"More or less, it's semi-internal service now. We only need to patrol the area outside the company regularly."

Phew, Gu Hong breathed a sigh of relief.

She had heard of similar tasks, which were basically not dangerous, but rather boring.

Her smile could no longer be suppressed: "That's it, that's it."

Long Aihong asked:

"Brother, sister-in-law, will you be promoted this time? How many contribution points can you get?"

"I just came back. How could the company give out rewards so quickly?" Gu Hong answered on behalf of her son.

The atmosphere suddenly became heated, and the four members of the Long family discussed this issue.

Long Yuehong listened with a smile and watched quietly without interrupting, feeling peaceful and happy in her heart.

He turned his head and glanced at Bai Chen, finding that his wife was in a similar state.

It would be nice if those things didn't happen... Long Yuehong couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

…………

"New World", under the street lights.

Shang Jianyao tried to enter his soul room.

With a sweep of the ground, his figure disappeared into the dark street with only one streetlight, and emerged in the renovated "131" room.

"You can come back directly..." Shang Jianyao walked towards the door with bright eyes.

He stretched out his right palm, grasped the handle, and tried to open the door, but the door did not move at all.

"Sealed? Can it be opened only by returning to reality first and then entering the room?" Shang Jianyao rubbed his chin.

He wasted no time and returned to the "new world" and continued along the dark and silent streets.

After arriving at the intersection, he saw a light ahead.