Embers Ad Infinitum - Vol 2.3 Chapter 24
Bai Chen, who was sitting in the back row, said in a guessing tone:
“It may be that there is a ‘New World’ powerhouse living in seclusion in Weed City, sleeping all year round, occasionally returning, or someone carrying the corresponding items just happened to pass by.”
The entire “Old Tune Group” is heavily influenced by old world entertainment materials, and Bai Chen is no exception.
“Maybe some ‘New World’ nodes can restrain their own fluctuations like the Awakened, and only have an impact at a specific time?” Long Yuehong followed.
Jiang Baimian slowly shook his head:
“A large amount of data and our experience have proved that no matter how small human settlements are, there may be ‘innocence’, and it is impossible for those places to have ‘New World’ powerhouses, and people with corresponding items passing by, right?
“In that case, the ‘New World’ powerhouse is too cheap, equivalent to the mayor or the village chief. The company doesn’t have hundreds or thousands of people who have the nerve to call themselves a big power?”
“No no no, at most it is equivalent to the director of the activity center.” Shang Jianyao corrected Jiang Baimian’s analogy.
Then, he rubbed his chin and said:
“There are definitely not many items with ‘New World’ nodes, how many have we encountered in so long?
“The ‘New World’ node that hides itself is purely a guess, at least we haven’t encountered it yet, and we can’t imagine the reason for it.
“Is the ‘New World’ node also considered intelligent creatures?”
“Why not? You are discriminating!” The honest Shang Jianyao refuted himself. .
At this time, Genova, who was in charge of driving, had completed an exhaustive, or a traversal, and said in a slightly synthetic voice:
“Either the ‘innocence disease’ brought about by the return of the ‘new world’ is randomly generated in different places, and the essence is some kind of fluctuation, or there are other ways to connect the ‘new world’, ‘people’ and ‘things’ any other way.”
The way of using “people” as the connection point is the awakened person of the “new world” level, and the way of using “object” as the connection point is the large and small “new world” nodes.
“What is it?” Shang Jianyao asked eagerly.
“People” and “things” have already covered all possibilities, how could there be any other way? Long Yuehong muttered in her heart.
“I don’t know either.” Genova moved his metal neck from side to side, “I just analyzed the connotation and extension of ‘people’ and ‘objects’, which together do not equal the complete works…”
He explained that Long Yuehong was dizzy.
“So that’s how it is.” Shang Jianyao slammed his right fist with his left palm and sighed with an expression of “I totally understand.”
Jiang Baimian nodded:
“We don’t have any clues for the time being, and we can’t find the direction to guess. We’re not in a hurry. Let’s talk about it later. It’s not too early now. Let’s go to A Fu and ask him to take us to pay homage to Aunt Nan.”
“Okay.” Bai Chen was the first to answer.
At 3:30 in the afternoon, in the northern suburbs of Weed City.
A quiet cemetery is located here, guarded by a team of soldiers.
“To be buried here, you have to pay an extra fee every year, or set aside two days a month to come here to act as a caretaker.” As he walked to the corner of the cemetery, Ah Fu casually introduced the “old tune group”.
Winter has passed, and many trees in the cemetery have sprouted and grown green.
Not long after, Jiang Baimian stopped in front of a cemetery, and the words “Ren Nan’s Tomb” were engraved on the rough stone tablet.
“No photos.” Shang Jianyao looked sideways at Ah Fu.
Afu sighed and said:
“My sister hasn’t been photographed for a long time.”
He pointed to his neck, meaning that Aunt Nan hadn’t taken a picture since she got rid of her slave status and fled to Weed City.
This is because we don’t want to waste money, and it is not easy for everyone, and the second is psychological resistance.
As for the previous ones, they have long since been lost with the disaster.
Bai Chen didn’t speak, put down the crate he was carrying, and took out the boxes of dishes inside.
Then, she stood up and silently bowed three times.
When Shang Jianyao saw this, he put his palms together and sighed:
“All beings suffer.”
Jiang Baimian suddenly turned his head and glanced at him, gradually revealing a thoughtful look.
Soon, she restrained her expression and bowed three times to Aunt Nan’s tombstone.
After completing the ceremony and sharing some of the boxed dishes for Ah Fu, the “Old Tune Team” walked outside the cemetery.
“That’s right.” Ah Fu remembered the incident, took two quick steps, and caught up, “I asked about Teacher An’s current residence, and I asked someone to tell her that you are here and want to go to her house to meet her.”
“Well, where?” Jiang Baimian nodded.
Ah Fu reported an address, took the dishes he was given, and walked to the car belonging to the gun shop alone.
After sitting back in the jeep, Jiang Baimian held the door of the passenger seat with one hand and suddenly said:
“I thought of a way to connect to the ‘new world’ that is different from ‘people’ and ‘things’.
“Well, this is still just a guess, and there is no evidence yet.”
“In what way?” Shang Jianyao, who was in charge of driving, and Long Yuehong, who was in the back row, asked in unison.
Jiang Baimian pondered for a moment and said:
“It’s a way of having both ‘people’ and ‘things’.
“We first clarify a premise:
“Are the executives in the ‘new world’?”
“That’s for sure.” Long Yuehong answered very firmly.
Shang Jianyao suddenly looked terrified:
“It’s over, the seniors are walking on the dust, like Xiaochong.”
“But no matter what, the vast majority of Zhi Sui should be in the ‘new world’.” Bai Chen helped Long Yuehong fill in the loophole in the sentence just now.
Jiang Baimian didn’t care about this little controversy, and said to himself:
“So, is human’s belief in Zhisui a way to connect to the ‘new world’?
“The old world has been destroyed for almost 70 years. One thing I can’t understand is why the rumors of the thirteen people are so unified when there are wars everywhere and transportation is inconvenient. Most people in the gray earth understand something. No matter how remote, hidden or small settlements, there are still some people who are aware of the existence of certain people and treat them with a little bit of confidence.”
Long Yuehong originally wanted to say that “there is no such situation in the company, and everyone doesn’t know the existence of Zhi Sui”, but after thinking about it carefully, he found that this is not true at all:
Not to mention the understanding of some Zhisui Sui by the expatriate employees of the Ministry of Security, not to mention the early and secretly developed “Rite of Life” and other religious groups, not to mention that the board members and “New World” powerhouses all believe in Zhi Sui, just being a big boss is equal to This “si Ming” can make “Pangu Creatures” no essential difference from other settlements in the matter of belief.
“There is a certain possibility in this way.” Genova gave the results of the analysis.
Shang Jianyao suddenly realized:
“A stubborn believer is another captive domestic animal?
“Where there are them, there is an invisible ‘new world’ node, causing the spread of ‘innocence’?”
Hearing such words, the jeep was silent.
After a few seconds, Genova responded:
“It is indeed possible.
“This may be the reason why some Zhisui clearly do not like to allow others to develop believers.
“In order to maintain a large number of invisible nodes connected to the soil?”
“What will happen if all these nodes disappear?” Following this line of thought, Bai Chen asked a question.
Shang Jianyao once again showed a terrified expression:
“The disappearance of those nodes means that the vast majority of human beings are completely dead, and the remaining few may no longer be able to maintain the continuation of civilization.”
“I mean, what will happen to the seniors?” Bai Chen hurriedly explained the real meaning.
In fact, except for Shang Jianyao, everyone can understand what she wants to ask.
“I don’t know.” The honest Genava moved his metal neck from side to side.
Jiang Baimian also shook his head:
“We’re not even sure if faith is another way to connect to the ‘new world’.
“We’ll have to investigate more carefully later.”
She looked sideways at Shang Jianyao, and then asked:
“Has the owner of room ‘506’ still not dreaming?”
“No.” Shang Jianyao said enthusiastically, “I’m going to see if she can last a few days.”
…………
Tarnan, Yumeng Hotel.
The proprietress, Aino, lowered her head a little and almost hit the table.
She woke up suddenly, and said to herself with a haggard face:
“Hold on, hold on…”
…………
In the evening, Yecaocheng South Street, the fifth floor of a building.
The “Old Tune Team” came to the place where An Ruxiang was renting and knocked on the door.
They waited for a while before the door opened back.
An Ruxiang was wearing a dark jacket for women, with a faint blue-black tattoo on the base of her neck, and her face was still expressionless.
“I thought you would come over tomorrow.” She said plainly, moving out of the way.
The place where she lives is not bad, half the bedroom, half the living room, with a kitchen, only the bathroom is shared and needs to go to the end of the corridor.
“Wait a minute, I’ll cook a few more dishes.” An Ruxiang pointed to the kitchen.
“We brought our own food, just warm it up.” Shang Jianyao pointed to his tactical backpack.
Then, he walked to the kitchen casually:
“I’ll come, Xiaohong help, you two chat.”
“It’s such a happy decision!” Jiang Baimian responded before An Ruxiang was polite.
So, Long Yuehong and Shang Jianyao went to the kitchen to get busy, Jiang Baimian, An Ruxiang, and Bai Chen each pulled a chair and sat down.
“Why do you suddenly want to see me?” An Ruxiang asked.
Jiang Baimian looked around and found a neatly folded blue and white checkered handkerchief and similarly folded paper on the bedside table deep in the room. On the coffee table in the living room were several books from the old world. Children’s textbook.
She looked back ~www.mtlnovel.com~ smiled with a slightly complicated expression:
“This should be the last time we come out for a mission, so I want to meet our old friends, hehe, I don’t know if there will be any chance in the future.”
“Get married, have children, and live a stable life?” An Ruxiang nodded lightly.
“Yes.” Jiang Baimian pointed to Bai Chen, and then to Long Yuehong at the edge of the kitchen, “Both of them are married.”
An Ruxiang was stunned for a moment, her eyes lowered slightly and said:
“fine.”
“It’s good, things in the past will always be put down slowly.” Jiang Baimian changed the topic, “You said that you were a killer before. You must have been to many places and met many people, right?”
An Ruxiang is quite calm about this:
“Yes, it is a bit of knowledge.
“what do you guys wanna ask?”