Embers Ad Infinitum

In the setting sun, the jeeps of the "Old Tune Group" were driving on the familiar street, hanging diagonally or missing in "hairstyle", "supermarket", "barbecue", "foot bath", "hot pot", "convenience", "second sister", etc. Slowly advancing between the signboards.

The vehicles on the road were parked at will, full of traces of rain and wind, which seriously hindered traffic, but did not really make it impossible for the jeep to pass.

"It's still the same." Shang Jianyao, who moved to the back row, sighed in a sighed tone.

For some reason, a sentence from the old world entertainment materials naturally appeared in Long Yuehong's mind:

"He lit a cigarette and talked about the old days..."

Bai Chen, who was driving, looked ahead and said:

"It's getting dark, where are you going to camp tonight?"

"Of course it was the place last time!" Shang Jianyao replied before Jiang Baimian, "I have feelings!"

His little speaker came from there.

Who has feelings for this **** place? Jiang Baimian muttered silently, nodded and said:

"It's still the same place, at least familiar."

Bai Chen let out an "um", turned the jeep to the left, and entered the community called Heyang Heyuan.

They got out of the car immediately, packed their belongings, turned into the first unit of the first building on the right, and came to the sixth floor skillfully. .

After opening the door to the deepest room, a stale smell crept into their noses.

"The layout is no different from when we left." Shang Jianyao looked around, as if he didn't smell anything.

The coffee table, TV cabinet, dirty cloth sofa, emerald green water cup, round table, back chair and other items are all in their places, almost frozen in time and never moved.

Jiang Baimian nodded:

"It seems that no relic hunter has come here yet."

She then gave the order:

"Check the room and remove hidden dangers."

The "Old Tune Team" immediately divided into two teams. One team went to the toilet, and the other team reached the end of the corridor and opened the door of the children's bedroom.

Jiang Baimian glanced over and saw a person lying quietly on the bed.

The man was covered in a blue quilt with little golden stars, and the exposed parts had become bones, leaving only a clump of white, messy hair.

Shang Jianyao was silent for a few seconds and said:

"Let's change places."

"Okay." Jiang Baimian could understand his feelings.

The corpse in front of them should belong to the original owner of the room, the little girl named Nan Nan on the album.

She has become an "unintentional person", growing up year by year and getting old a little bit, but she has never forgotten where her home is. Whenever the lights are on at night, she will come back to rest and look at her photos.

And when the power goes out, she will turn into a cruel "unintentional person" and go out hunting.

More than two years later, when the "Old Tune Group" met her again, she had turned into a corpse.

After briefly explaining the situation to Long Yuehong and Bai Chen, Jiang Baimian led the team members to the same room on the eighth floor.

It's the same place where they stayed.

"I didn't expect her to be dead..." Long Yuehong sighed with emotion after settling down.

"It's normal." Bai Chen comforted him. "Generally, there are not too many 'unintentional people' who can live to the age of forty. They can continue to the previous years because they were sheltered by Xiaochong."

After the last incident, Xiaochong was scared away by Du Heng, "Pangu Creatures" took over some areas, many relic hunters came and went, and the "environment" of this place was completely changed.

This gave Jiang Baimian a faint feeling that he and others had become villains.

Shang Jianyao sat by the floor-to-ceiling window with guardrails, looked out, and sighed:

"It would be nice if there was no 'innocence'."

"This is the mission of our team." Jiang Baimian replied jokingly, trying to adjust the atmosphere within the team.

Long Yuehong then looked out the window and said "Huh":

"It's already dark, why haven't the lights turned on yet..."

Before he could finish speaking, he closed his mouth.

The reason why the ruins of Marsh No. 1 can call at night and reproduce the bright night view of the city is because the nearby hydropower station is still "maintained" and still working, because Xiaochong is in the underground computer room of the "city intelligent network control center" Play games nearby and power up the whole city every now and then.

Today, there is no Xiaochong, and there are no higher "unintentional people" with a certain IQ.

Bai Chen also came to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked out at the scene outside.

She saw sharply:

"There are lights over there."

At the edge of the forest cast in reinforced concrete, there are clumps of yellowish or pure white lights shining.

They are definitely not many in number, but they are quite conspicuous in the evening when the sun has set.

Jiang Baimian sighed and said:

"There should be a place where a certain company garrison is staying.

"They must have been to the 'City Smart Network Control Center' to keep the ruins with electricity."

That's right, having electricity and not having electricity are completely two concepts. It's the same for garrison and life... Long Yuehong suddenly realized.

At this time, Shang Jianyao got up excitedly, rushed to the restaurant area, and pressed the switch with a snap.

The pure white light came on.

"Sure enough, there is electricity!" Shang Jianyao was quite happy.

Jiang Baimian rolled his eyes:

"Turn it off, it's too conspicuous at night."

When Shang Jianyao turned off the lights, Jiang Baimian looked around and said:

"Tonight's arrangement is: eat first, then rest for an hour, then walk to the nearby block to find bookstores and other places to determine whether this is Dajiang City."

"Are you going to search for text information tonight?" Long Yuehong blurted out in surprise.

It takes a breather to hang up.

Jiang Baimian smiled:

“After that, we should all act at night and rest during the day. Otherwise, it is easy to run into the company’s team exploring this ruin, and we have to always worry about drones flying overhead.

"You shouldn't want that, right?"

"Well." Long Yuehong nodded without concealment.

He still hoped that Shang Jianyao's discovery was a misunderstanding, and he and others were still loyal employees of "Pangu Creatures".

Bai Chen said:

"If you are moving at night, it is best to plan your route in advance."

"Yes, yes, otherwise Dabai would easily get lost." Shang Jianyao agreed.

Jiang Baimian gritted his teeth and said:

"We went in the direction of the secret laboratory that was bombed, bypassing the 'City Intelligence Network Control Center' on the way, and did not approach there."

The secret laboratory that was bombed has long been of little value after being excavated by "Pangu Biology" in the past few years, and the "Urban Intelligence Network Control Center" is of great importance, and there is a high probability that the company's team will guard it.

"Okay." Long Yuehong and others did not object.

…………

At eight o'clock in the evening, the "Old Tunes Group" started to act as planned.

In order to reduce the movement, they did not drive, but Bai Chen and Long Yuehong put on military exoskeleton devices and "Black Marsh Iron Snake" bionic intelligent armor respectively. When something happened, they dragged Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao. Run at full speed, no slower than a Jeep, and more agile.

Shang Jianyao carried the "Berzy Warrior" assault rifle, and relied on the brilliance of the dim stars at high altitudes, carefully walking forward along the street, Jiang Baimian didn't know for a while that he should praise him for not being negligent, being cautious enough, and always doing things according to the tactical manual , or ridicule him for superfluous, love acting.

——With the current sensing ability and detection level of the "Old Tuned Team", there is really no need to follow suit.

Bypassing the "City Intelligence Network Control Center", the "Old Tune Team" came to a street behind it leading to the secret laboratory.

At this moment, Shang Jianyao turned his body and shouted in one direction:

"Stop!"

As his voice echoed, a figure jumped down from the street window.

This is a male "unintentional person" with messy hair, cloudy eyes, and a rickety body. He is about thirty years old.

He originally wanted to pounce on the "Old Tune Group" and finish the hunt, but at this time he stopped there, motionless.

Shang Jianyao walked over and asked politely:

"Do you know which city this is?"

The "Intentional One" let out a low growl, and his bloodshot eyes were both vigilant and hateful.

Shang Jianyao is not discouraged:

"You said: 'This is Dajiang City.'"

The Heartless One's mouth twitched, and a hard, weird voice came out of his throat:

"This is Dajiang City."

"It really is Dajiang City!" Shang Jianyao snapped the side of the "Berzy Warrior" assault rifle.

Is this a different kind of trick? Long Yuehong muttered.

Shang Jianyao immediately waved his hand and said to the "unintentional person":

"you can go now."

So, the "unintentional" left obediently.

The next second, Shang Jianyao looked at Jiang Baimian and asked curiously:

"You didn't even tell me."

Jiang Baimian rolled his eyes:

"Your actions just now reminded me of one thing."

"What's the matter?" Shang Jianyao asked.

Jiang Baimian said "um":

"Do you remember the weird things we encountered here?

"After the lights were turned on, all the 'unintentional ones' seemed to return to normal people, doing their own thing and no longer attacking humans."

"Remember." Bai Chen and Long Yuehong nodded.

They were very impressed by this.

Jiang Baimian sighed and said:

"I thought it was incredible at the time, but now that I think about it, it feels like it might be the effect of 'mind implantation'.

"And this is likely to be a small flush."

Xiaochong has implanted different thinking into every "unintentional person" in the ruins of this city, so that they can do things according to the corresponding thinking after the lights are on? The more Long Yuehong thought about it, the more she felt that the team leader's guess was close to the truth.

Shang Jian Yao snapped another shot of the side of the Berserker assault rifle:

"Xiao Chong really belongs to the field of 'Zhuang Sheng'!"

What's there to be happy about...it's scary, okay? Long Yuehong scolded his belly while guarding the surrounding ~www.readwn.com~ As his eyes moved, he suddenly saw the words on a plaque on the street illuminated by the starlight that broke away from the dark clouds:

"Dajiang City..."

Long Yuehong was surprised and delighted, pointed at the plaque and said:

"Team leader, there are landmarks there!"

This is really Dajiang City!

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the entire contents of the plaque:

"Dajiang City Yingcai Junior High School"

This... Long Yuehong's pupils dilated instantly, and the whole person seemed to be struck by lightning.