Embers Ad Infinitum - Vol 2.3 Chapter 116

Along the way, Jiang Baimian found that there was nothing in the open rooms, they were completely empty.

If it wasn’t for the occasional encounter with a few broken beds and several broken chairs, she would not have been able to determine that this was where people lived.

“It’s so clean…” She said sincerely.

“Don’t give the relic hunters a chance.” Shang Jianyao sighed.

Du Heng stretched out his palm and touched the handle of the door next to him, and said with a smile:

“That’s not so.

“This handle, this floor tile, this ceiling, these lamps, all have a certain value, not to mention that there may be steel bars in the walls…”

Dangdang, Shang Jianyao’s applause interrupted Du Heng’s words.

He praised:

“Mr. Du Heng, you have a lot of life experience.”

Du Heng laughed:

“No matter what I say, I’m still a relic hunter who has accumulated years.”

Just a few years after he became an “official hunter”, Jiang Baimian silently added a sentence in his heart.

After arriving at the elevator area, she checked and said:

“And electricity.”

“There’s still electricity!” Shang Jianyao was shocked, “Blessed are the ruin hunters.”

“Maybe the Eighth Research Institute didn’t have time to dismantle the power station, and they should be transferred within a few days. The power station is still running automatically.” Jiang Baimian guessed the reason.

Judging from the characteristics of the mountain topography and ice fields, it is impossible to build hydropower stations and thermal power plants here, and it is not suitable for solar power generation. Wind power is limited by seasons, and it is impossible to maintain the stable operation of the entire research institute.

Therefore, Jiang Baimian suspects that there is a miniaturized nuclear power plant somewhere in this mountain.

“It’s a good thing, you don’t have to climb the stairs.” Du Heng pressed the button without caring at all.

One of the elevators opened the door immediately.

Jiang Baimian suddenly frowned.

This was blocked by the mask of the military exoskeleton device, and no one noticed.

Seeing Du Heng and Shang Jianyao walking towards the elevator, Jiang Baimian hurriedly said:

“have some problem.”

“What’s wrong?” Shang Jianyao asked.

Jiang Baimian pointed to those elevators:

“Look, at least a third of the elevators are on the fifth floor.”

“What’s the problem?” The honest Shang Jianyao confidently expressed his confusion.

Seeing Du Heng also looking over, Jiang Baimian explained:

“Normally speaking, the transfer must come and go at the entrance and exit.

“Those elevators should be parked on the ground floor.”

“Maybe the last group of people who came down did not use all the elevators.” The honest Shang Jianyao retorted.

“The problem is that as many people go up, as many people come down.” Jiang Baimian had already analyzed the corresponding situation.

The same group of people used seven or eight elevators to go up, but not only three or four elevators to go down.

“It’s normal to squeeze.” Shang Jianyao said, his voice suddenly lowered, and he told a ghost story, “There may be some people who go up and never come down again…”

This is exactly what Jiang Baimian wanted to say:

“Then where did they go?”

“I don’t know.” Shang Jianyao shook his head, “Anyway, they didn’t sense their human consciousness.”

Speaking of which, he looked terrified:

“Is there a trap on it?”

“You’ll know if you go up and take a look.” Du Heng was still calm and didn’t care much.

It’s easy to say… Jiang Baimian thought about it for a while and didn’t object. He just reminded Shang Jianyao with the help of the communication system embedded in the military exoskeleton:

“Wait, keep a little distance from Teacher Du Heng and drag him behind.”

Shang Jianyao raised his right hand, showing a good posture.

This time, neither he nor Jiang Baimian carried an assault rifle. Anyway, the military exoskeleton device has a corresponding weapon module.

The three took the elevator and quickly came to the fifth floor.

There is no natural light here, relying entirely on street lights on the ceiling.

Fortunately, there is no power outage yet.

Otherwise, the search efficiency of Jiang Baimian and others will be greatly reduced.

According to Professor Qin’s memory, the fifth floor is divided into three parts.

Coming out of the elevator, the first area is where the “Association of Professors” usually meets and the various departments that provide services for it.

In that conference room, let alone materials, not even a single piece of waste paper was left.

Maybe it was because the black conference table was too big to move, and it was placed in the center of the room, but there was no chair around it.

“Too thorough, too thorough…” Shang Jianyao shook his head and sighed.

The nearby rooms belonging to different departments are also in a similar state. Only the most cumbersome things are left. Occasionally, one or two copies of the paper documents can be seen, but it is not the punishment decision of who and the others, or the distribution plan of certain materials. Obsolete, do not take away and do not affect the document.

After passing through this area and through a dark metal door, Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao and Du Heng entered the place where the “New World” powerhouses such as “Vice President” and “Professor Li” lived.

There is not only their sleeping room, but also the original dean’s office.

For some reason, as soon as he stepped into this area, Jiang Baimian felt a heavy feeling in his heart.

It’s close to the dullness and depression before the rainstorm.

“Do you think something is wrong?” She asked Shang Jianyao with the help of the communication system of the military exoskeleton device.

Shang Jianyao replied:

“There’s nothing wrong.”

“Aren’t you feeling a darkened mood and a stuffy chest?” Jiang Baimian asked.

“No.” Shang Jianyao usually doesn’t joke at this time.

Jiang Baimian turned his head to the side, made a sound, and asked Du Heng.

Du Heng also shook his head:

“It’s normal.”

“That may be my own problem…” Jiang Baimian was almost speechless.

She analyzed it and found the most likely reason:

She is the weakest of the three.

in the realm of the Awakened.

Although she has passed the psychological shadow that has delayed her for a long time, she has no way of knowing how far she is from the “Spiritual Corridor”, and Shang Jianyao and Du Heng, one has explored the depths of the “Spiritual Corridor” Awakened, a mysterious origin, strength is only stronger than Shang Jianyao.

In the rooms of the “New World” powerhouses, not only were all the instruments to maintain their physical activity gone, not even the pushable beds they were lying on were left.

“The locusts are crossing the border, the locusts are crossing the border!” Shang Jianyao was heartbroken, “If it wasn’t for the inconvenient removal of the toilet, they would probably have to take it away together.

“Understandable.” Du Heng smiled and said with relief, “There is a shortage of materials on the dusty soil. Although the Eighth Research Institute controls some military bases and the corresponding farmland and factories, it is not lacking everything. Moreover, this is also to prevent us from passing through. Clues to find useful information.”

Shang Jianyao looked at the toilet in the bathroom and said angrily:

“It really made us anxious, so we pulled the feces out!

“This can analyze the physical condition of the strong people in the new world. I don’t believe they even took the feces!”

I have read too much old world entertainment materials. Jiang Baimian sighed and said:

“In the septic tank, there are so many mixed up, do you know who belongs to whom?”

Moreover, the “New World” powerhouses usually rely on infusions to maintain their vital signs.

Shang Jianyao was stunned for a moment:

“I didn’t think it through enough.”

After leaving the rooms of the “New World” powerhouses, they continued to penetrate this area.

Beneath the corridor, a wind gusted from somewhere, bringing a chill that pierced into the bone marrow.

In the summer when the ice field has not been fully reached, the belly of the mountain is particularly cold.

Shang Jianyao looked up at the ceiling and said:

“Why don’t these lights move?

“If they dangle and flicker, it’s even more felt.”

His tone was full of regret.

“It doesn’t make any sense, Xiaohong is not here.” Jiang Baimian responded casually.

“Yeah…” Shang Jianyao sighed.

It didn’t take long for them to arrive at the office that Professor Qin remembered that originally belonged to the principal.

The room was tightly shut, locked tightly, as if there were some kind of flood and beast inside.

“Do you want to go in?” Jiang Baimian asked deliberately.

Du Heng hasn’t answered yet, Shang Jianyao has already said:

“Professor Qin has never sensed that there is human consciousness here.”

“Let’s see, maybe you can find something.” Du Heng said in a tone of voice, “If there is something, the Eighth Research Institute should have already transferred it.”

Jiang Baimian did not express any objection.

I don’t know where the key to that door was lost, but it’s not difficult for Shang Jian Yao.

He lifted his right foot, covered with metal bones, and stepped forward with force.

With a bang, the door collapsed directly.

There was no light in the room, Jiang Baimian saw the flying sawdust and visible dust with the help of the street lamp.

Slam, Shang Jianyao turned on the light inside.

Under the light, the panorama of the room was reflected in the eyes of the three of them.

It’s not big here. A desk is placed on the innermost side, with a few documents scattered on it. There are no computers and no books.

There is a row of bookshelves near the door, and the other side of it is the sofa area.

With the help of the military exoskeleton device, Jiang Baimian could clearly see the details of the books on the bookshelf at the door.

There are not many of them left, not even one-fifth of the bookshelf is full, most of them belong to the philosophy category, some tell the ancient classics of the Huitu people, and some come from the tomes of the Honghe people.

Another part is the management class.

In short, there is no value in reading.

Jiang Baimian turned his head to Du Heng and Shang Jian Yao and said:

“Let’s split up and search to see if there are any clues here.”

“Okay.” Du Heng did not object.

He walked straight to the bookshelf, seemingly interested in those books.

Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao approached the desk while searching.

On the way, Shang Jianyao sighed:

“No one has cleaned this place for a long time~www.mtlnovel.com~ For the Eighth Research Institute, the headmaster is a taboo topic, and it is normal to not allow employees to enter the office he used.” Jiang Baimian “Hmm.”

a sound.

Soon, they arrived at the desk, each picked up a piece of information scattered on it, and looked at it.

Some of these are the building repair plans of the Eighth Research Institute, some are the budget plan for a certain year, and some are requests for vacation.

Some of them are written in gray soil, and some are all in Honghe language, which is very confusing.

The only two things they have in common are that they are very old and contain no valuable information.

“There’s another copy here.” Shang Jianyao opened three drawers in a row and took out an equally old document.

Jiang Zimian leaned over and found that this was an application for the reconstruction of the second research area, and the language used was gray soil.

Shashasha, Shang Jian Yao quickly turned to the last page of the document.

Here someone wrote two big characters in Long Feifengwu’s handwriting:

“agree”.

There is also a signature below the two big characters, Jiang Baimian looked at it and recognized it.

It writes:

“Duheng”

Du Heng! When Jiang Baimian’s pupils dilated, he suddenly heard footsteps behind him.

In the cold wind piercing the bone marrow, Du Heng’s voice floated over:

“What are you looking at?”