Embers Ad Infinitum

In a somewhat awkward atmosphere, Shang Jianyao asked curiously:

"Doesn't it hurt?"

"Pain." Focas did not stop beating himself, and his voice was trembling. "But the more pain, the more I can forget the outside, forget the past, and see the true self."

This statement... always feels weird... which religious organization's philosophy is this? "Initially the city" is really degenerate. Many elders have a certain relationship with different sects... No wonder the internal contradictions are getting more and more acute... Jiang Baimian deliberately asked, deliberately:

"You admire the true self, not who is the old man?"

Pop!

Focas gave himself another whip:

"No,'Dawn' is the real self, and the real self is'Dawn'."

Another sect that worships the "Dawn" in February... Jiang Baimian did not equate the organization of General Focas and Boss Ugo with the "Dawn Morning Star", because it is only one thing I have heard so far. If you start with a half-word, you can see that there is a big difference between the two sides.

At least in the information provided by "Pangu Biology", "Dawn Morning Star" has never mentioned the word "true self".

It is not surprising that the members of the "Old Tune Team" of General Focas and Hugo's boss believe in "Dawn", because Hugo has shown the ability to influence dreams before.

And now, Jiang Baimian and the others finally understood what happened to the equipment in Ugo's room:

Their philosophy is to torture themselves, get pain, and find out who they are.

"I thought you valued dreams more." It was Shang Jianyao who said this.

Long Yuehong thought the same way, after all, the most well-known area of ​​"Dawn" is "Dreamland."

Focas finished his whipping, and breathed out:

"That is a misunderstanding of the world, and it is also a misunderstanding under the feet of heretics and heretics."

He threw the whip aside, picked up a wet towel, and wiped the blood off his body:

"Our consciousness will indeed be swallowed by nightmares, and I will become a ‘unintentional’ in reality.

"But when we talk about dreams, we are not just talking about dreams.

"In our sect, dream is a broader concept, referring to the problems that deceive the true self."

Here are the differences... This is how the believers of "Dawn" explained "innocent"... Jiang Baimian didn't blindly laugh at the other party's theory.

When she is still thousands of miles away from the conclusion, she will not despise any kind of so-called "truth". Sometimes, behind the absurd and funny may be the deepest and most cruel reason.

Stones from other mountains can be used for jade!

Focas wiped his body, just like that with multiple welts, and put on his clothes:

"The'Mirror Teaching' and the'Wandering Cult' believe that the world itself is a phantom dream. In a sense, this is not wrong, otherwise nightmares will not have the terrible ability to swallow consciousness."

When talking about other old believers, the general of the "First City" casually mentioned two secret organizations.

"There is also the'Mirage Dragon Sect'." Shang Jianyao helped Zhou Guanzhu and them to fight for their status.

Focas glanced at him and continued:

"But they want to use the power of persistence to wake up from their dreams and enter a new world. They can only be stupid.

"Zhisui gave us the means and strength for a long time, but we were blinded by dreams and didn't realize it.

"Everyone has their true self, and the true self is "Dawn". As long as you can find your true self inward, you can escape from dreams and enter a new world."

Having said that, the lion-like general raised his right hand, clenched his fist, and tapped the side of his head:

"I will live forever!"

"Oh oh." Shang Jianyao looked very attentively, as if he wanted to remember General Focas's every move just now.

After Focas got dressed, Jiang Baimian asked with a smile:

"Making physical pain is your way to find your true self?"

"Yes." Focas nodded slightly. "Every mass, we are communicating how to torture ourselves better. Some people prefer to use wax dripping, some prefer to be acupuncture, and some keep summarizing binding, hanging and whipping. Some people want to be tortured by outside forces for their own skills, rather than doing it themselves."

He went on to say:

"Of course, the point is torture, not pain. The former includes the latter.

"In addition to pain, there is humiliation and mental torture. The simplest example is that some people try to draw strength from the pain of their partner betraying themselves, so they take the initiative to create opportunities to test each other."

Your sect is not serious... With Long Yuehong's experience, it also feels weird.

At this moment, only one word flashed in Jiang Baimian's mind:

Everyone has aspirations...

Bai Chen originally wanted to ask, "Can you really accept this? Will you really feel satisfied with it?"

But then I remember that Focas repeatedly emphasized "pain" and "torture."

This made her feel that the other party was impeccable.

"Isn't the most painful thing the death of relatives, companions and friends?" Shang Jianyao asked seriously.

Focas's expression changed a few times:

"Correct."

His tone was very low.

Shang Jianyao further asked:

"Will anyone deliberately let their relatives, companions and friends die in order to feel this kind of pain?"

Focas couldn't help but look at this guy up and down, as if watching a pervert.

He said in a deep voice:

"How can someone who can deliberately let their relatives, companions and friends die, how can they feel pain from their deaths?"

"That's right!" Shang Jian Yao shook his right hand and punched his left palm, his expression elated.

He seemed to have untied some knots because of Focas's answer.

Focas didn't understand too much, and didn't want to say anything, he looked at Jiang Baimian and said:

"What kind of help do you want me to provide?"

Jiang Baimian had a belly draft for a long time, and said with a smile:

"If there is a turmoil in the city, the responsibility of protecting Avia is transferred to the city defense army, or there is a gap, I hope the general can provide some convenience during our contact with Avia."

"What if there is no turmoil?" Focas asked not to answer.

Jiang Baimian answered with a smile:

"Then don't bother you, General, we'll ask you to do something else later."

Focas was noncommittal and instead said:

"If you are willing to share the gains from contacting Avia, then I can agree to it."

Phew... Jiang Baimian quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a joking tone:

"Actually, based on your philosophy, why do you want to obtain the secrets left by Ole? Isn't it enough to focus on finding the true self?"

Focas looked around and said:

"Before we find our true self, we must also fight the terrible nightmare, lest our self-consciousness is swallowed, and the secrets left by Ole may reveal the truth of the nightmare to some extent."

Jiang Baimian stopped asking questions and smiled:

"Happy cooperation."

Focas turned around and looked at the window covered by the curtain, and said casually:

"I should go back, too. Gaius will speak at the citizens' assembly later."

...

After getting the radio transceiver from the boss of Ugo, the "Old Tune Team" directly started debugging on the car, and then sent a telegram to "Pangu Biology".

The content of the telegram was similar to that of Jiang Baimian’s yesterday, except that it added the matter of today’s citizen gathering, and gave a guess that "may be turmoil", expressing his desire to contact Avia during the chaos.

What Jiang Baimian hopes is to get help from the company.

She felt that the company, as a big power, could not have only an intelligence network and an "old tune team" in the city at the beginning.

After sending the telegram, Jiang Baimian turned his attention to "Garibaldi" Giuseppe:

"Does the company have awakened people at the'Spirit Corridor' level here?"

Giuseppe slowly shook his head:

"I'm not sure. I'm only responsible for providing the corresponding information. I don't have in-depth contact with the people who are connected. Before this time, I didn't know that you are so strong."

What he meant was that there were indeed many people dispatched by "Pangu Creatures" to the original city to perform missions. He did meet a large part of them and gave designated information, but he didn't know if there was any "spiritual" in it. Awakened at the "corridor" level.

Having said that, Giuseppe made a couple of remarks:

"However, there are really a lot of teams and individuals performing tasks in UU Reading www.uukanshu.com, and there is a great possibility that there are strong ones."

"Personal?" Jiang Baimian's eyes lit up.

Just as solo hunters tend to be stronger, those who perform company tasks as individuals rather than teams are certainly not weak.

"Three." Giuseppe gave an affirmative answer, "but I have been exposed, they will definitely not contact me again."

Jiang Baimian nodded thoughtfully, and said to Bai Chen:

"Drive the car to the junction of the Red Giant Wolf District and the Green Olive District."

The official broadcast of the original city can be heard there, which is convenient for the "old tune group" to grasp the direction of the citizen assembly, and in the event of a disturbance, they can retreat into the Green Olive District in time—as a place for low-level citizens and migrants to live, there is no place here. Strategic importance will not become the focus of contention. It will only produce a certain amount of disorderly riots, and this will not threaten the "old-tone team."

"Good." Bai Chen made Jeep speed up slightly.