Embers Ad Infinitum

Bai Chen followed Shang Jianyao's train of thought and said:

"The person who may have a Buddhist 'token' died in the vegetative rehabilitation center of Renhui Hospital. The survivors either did not know why they and others were able to enter Zhentai City, or they guessed it, but dared not go to Renhui again. The hospital, I hope to get out of here in other ways."

Jiang Baimian gave an "um" and said in an enlightening tone:

"Humans are path-dependent, and survivors who escaped from Renhui Hospital, after getting rid of the initial panic, will most likely choose to evacuate along the most familiar path.

"When they got to the edge of the city, they should have found that the exit was missing, buried by the landscape caused by landslides and fissures.

"So, where is the corresponding exit, or which part of the city edge the survivors returned to?"

Genova was the first to answer:

"If these people really belong to the scientific expedition team that Ding Ling's husband Ji Qiang is in, then from the information we have obtained before, they come from the southwest just like us."

This is what the "Old Tune Group" found at the "Salvation Army" rest stop where the "Ascetic" monks met.

Long Yuehong's heart moved when she heard it, and she blurted out:

"Did they enter Zhentai City from the place where we entered the city?

"That's where you returned to?"

The honest Shang Jianyao sneered:

"Did you forget that it wasn't so smooth for us to come here?

"I encountered a fault zone in the middle. Relying on the military exoskeleton device, Lao Ge and Da Bai, I did not take a detour and entered the city directly from that direction."

Why juxtapose me with the military exoskeleton device and the old grid? I said that I was not wearing a military exoskeleton device at the time... Jiang Baimian suspected that Shang Jianyao was slandering his own strength as an intelligent robot and a military exoskeleton device, and there was evidence.

Long Yuehong admitted the mistake a little annoyed:

"Yes."

He immediately made suggestions:

"Then let's go back to the fault zone and see where the detour can enter the city from?"

Jiang Baimian shook his head and said:

"It's not so complicated.

"Think about it, thinking from the logic of a normal person rather than a feed, what would you do when you returned the same way and found that the exit was destroyed and difficult to cross?"

Long Yuehong took a breath, calmed down, thought for a moment and said:

"It must be a different intersection to exit the city. How can there be only one exit in such a big city?"

To this extent, his thoughts gradually became clear:

"When they find that every exit can't leave the city, they should choose the one that looks the most promising, try to build roads and bridges, cross the moat, and at the same time find nearby supermarkets and other places to collect food."

What he said about paving and building bridges is not really paving and building bridges, but refers to a series of behaviors such as blowing up obstacles and laying baffles to pass through ravines.

"So, what we need to do now is to circle around the edge of the ruins of Taicheng and look for places where there are traces of paving and building bridges. The survivors are likely to be nearby, and there is a certain probability that they are still alive." Jiang Baimian took Long Yuehong The head of the conversation gave an order.

The citizens of Taicheng died instantly when the old world was destroyed, and it seems that no one has survived, and there is no consumption of food here.

Of course, decades have passed and most of the time without electricity, many foods have already rotted and are no longer suitable for human beings, but those represented by cans that can be kept for a long time are enough to support a team with few people left. to three years.

Bai Chen heard the words, turned the steering wheel, and let the jeep drive to the edge of the city.

At this time, with the responsibility of "saving all mankind", Shang Jianyao, who hates evil and hates hatred, said:

"If it weren't for the missile strike from the Eighth Research Institute, it would be much easier for us to find someone."

Although those missiles were mainly aimed at Renhui Hospital and Taicheng No. 1 Senior High School, they also went to other places, which might destroy the traces of the survivors paving roads and building bridges.

"I haven't determined it is the Eighth Research Institute yet." Jiang Baimian retorted casually, "This is just our speculation, we think it is very likely, and it is not ruled out that someone else did it."

Shang Jianyao, who had switched personalities, laughed and said:

"Anyway, their base is somewhere in the ice field, just right there.

"Just think that they did it. For them, they have done so many bad things, one more and one less is not painful."

Having said that, Shang Jianyao became excited:

"It's like the destruction of Buddhist holy places, it can also be pushed on their heads!"

Hearing this sentence, Long Yuehong turned her head to look in the direction of Yantai City No. 1 Senior High School, and her emotions instantly became very complicated.

This Buddhist holy place did not escape the fate of being razed to the ground after all.

Fortunately, Shang Jianyao didn't ridicule him, saying that he was crow-mouthed, iron-clad, and a spirit that was both good and bad. Instead, he put the pot on the Eighth Research Institute.

That's right, they did it. They fired missiles and destroyed Renhui Hospital and Taicheng No. 1 Senior High School! Long Yuehong slowly became convinced that this was done by the Eighth Research Institute.

Taicheng covers a large area, and many roads were severely damaged. It took the "Old Tune Team" a whole morning to go around the edge.

Except for the place where it was accidentally bombed by the missile and beyond recognition, the rest of the exits have no traces of paving and building bridges.

"There's something wrong with our reasoning? Which link is wrong?" Long Yuehong looked back in disappointment.

He prefers to believe that the missile ruined the trail.

Jiang Baimian smiled:

"It's okay, the previous reasoning itself was based on several assumptions, and it's normal to make mistakes.

"Don't I say it often? Make bold assumptions and verify carefully. Now we have at least ruled out some possibilities."

"Is there no other survivors, only one escaped from Renhui Hospital and entered Taicheng No. 1 High School?" Bai Chen muttered to himself.

Jiang Baimian thought for a moment and said:

"It is also possible that other survivors suffered a change in the middle, and lost their lives one after another before trying to pave roads and build bridges."

"That's trouble." It was Genova who made the evaluation.

Because of this, trying to find the traces left by the survivors in Taicheng, which was bombed by missiles, is no less than looking for a needle in a haystack, and it is possible everywhere.

"Yes, yes." Shang Jianyao echoed, "Those survivors may have escaped from Renhui Hospital on the way back to the exit, or they may have encountered an accident while looking for other exits."

Jiang Baimian pondered for a while and said:

"Do your best to obey the destiny.

"We are now using a stupid method: leave Taicheng, return to the fault zone, and then drive over from the only option for detours, drive to Renhui Hospital, and see what we can find on the way.

"If there is still no harvest, then report to the company tomorrow that the target site has been destroyed, and at the same time inform the company that we will be returning."

"Okay!" Long Yuehong answered very simply.

He felt that the action had a head start.

About two hours later, the "Old Tune Group" circled back to the edge of Taicheng according to the predetermined plan.

When the buildings still standing there came into their eyes, the pupils of Jiang Baimian and others enlarged at the same time.

The surface of a gray-yellow high-rise building has a window and its surrounding exterior walls stained red.

Even from a distance, this is strikingly conspicuous.

The "Old Tune Team" actually came to this entrance before, but they only checked whether there were any signs of paving and building bridges, and never looked at the corresponding building complex from the direction of entering the city.

"It was splashed with paint." After a few seconds, Genova made a slightly synthetic sound.

If it was blood, unless it was just applied for a long time, it would be impossible not to oxidize and not turn black.

Bai Chen recalled for a while and said:

"It feels like a distress signal..."

When some wilderness wanderers are trapped in a certain place, they often choose to use colors such as red and purple to attract attention because they do not understand the text, or are not sure whether the people who may pass by can understand the text.

Long Yuehong's heart moved:

"Those survivors did it?

"They enter the city from here, thinking that people who come later will also enter the city from here."

So I chose to make a distress signal here.

Papapa, Shang Jianyao rarely applauds Long Yuehong.

Jiang Baimian thought for a few seconds and said:

"Go over there and be careful.

"Prepare according to the standard of encountering a 'New World' node or a powerful aberrant creature, a higher 'Heartless One'."

It didn't take long for the "Old Tune Team" to arrive under the building. Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao, and Bai Chen put on military exoskeleton devices, while Long Yuehong and Genawa put on bionic intelligent armors.

Then, Bai Chen and Long Yuehong went to the opposite building and found a suitable position for sniping and fire cover.

Genova stayed downstairs, guarding the Jeep on the one hand, and preparing to receive his teammates on the other.

Fully armed Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao climbed the stairs and reached the 32nd floor where the "red" window was. UU reading www. uukanshu.com

The door of the corresponding room is closed, and there is a stale smell.

Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time.

From their own point of view, they confirmed that there are no human beings, living humans.

Relying on the anti-virus filtering function of the helmet of the military exoskeleton device, the two artists were bold, pushed open the door, and entered the room.

This is an ordinary residence, with tables, chairs, benches, sofas and TVs.

Next to the "red" window, there is a computer desk with a smudged computer.

Across the table, on a chair facing the door, sat a corpse in dark clothing.

He was lying on the computer desk, his neck and head turned into bones.

Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao moved over step by step, and when they got closer, they found that the corpse had a dark green rucksack between the thighs and waist and abdomen, and a Wubei 7 lay quietly on the ground next to it.

Apart from this one, there are no other skeletons around.