Embers Ad Infinitum

North Street, City Lord's Mansion.

After returning to his familiar home, Xu Liyan no longer felt fearful and uneasy, and became calm and confident again.

"How is the situation now?" he asked the assistant who hurried over.

His assistant is a middle-aged man who is nearly forty years old. He has experienced two eras: Xu De and Xu Wugong. He has seen several rebellions and coups. He is very calm at this time:

"Mr. Odik has sent the criminal suspected of being the 'Priest' and wants to see you.

“The wilderness wanderers who rushed in grabbed a lot of weapons and food, and were gathering in the central square, seemingly wanting to attack North Street.

"They are evolving from an unorganized state into a real group. The city defense army suffered a heavy blow at the beginning. Several teams lost their organization and were scattered in different places in the city. They could only do the most preliminary defense. and cleanup, which could be overwhelmed by commotion at any time.

"After the city guard you separated from the First Hospital left, reinforcements went to North Bridge and the Municipal Building. It has now merged with the city guard over there. With their weapons, it is not a problem to defend for a period of time, but the number is too small. Too little."

This is what a relatively large number of wilderness wanderers say.

Compared with the nearly death just now, the current situation is no longer urgent. Xu Liyan put his hands behind his back, walked back and forth a few steps, and asked in a soft voice:

"Uncle Liu, what do you think we should do?"

Uncle Liu replied respectfully:

"Organize more people."

Xu Liyan nodded gently:

"Give me my order:

“Called all the members of the Noble Council to discuss countermeasures, and they all came up with some ideas.

"Organize a group of elite members, go out from the North City Gate, go around to South Street, connect the scattered city defense troops, and gather them together. As long as this is completed, the chaos will not be a concern. If it doesn't work, you have to If both are destroyed, then send out the drone team to bomb, don't be afraid of destroying the city.

"Also, issue mercenary missions to all hunters and have the guild members shout directly through the loudspeaker."

At this time, many ruin hunters were also separated in various parts of the city, and they had no time or ability to go to the guild to see the mission.

"Yes, City Lord!" Uncle Liu responded respectfully.

Xu Liyan remembered something and quickly added:

"Let Mr. Odik come over."

After making arrangements in an orderly manner, Xu Liyan asked the mechanical monk Jing Nian next to him:

"Zen Master, please 'predict' what will happen next."

Jing Nian's eyes flashed red:

"good."

The light in his electronic prosthetic eyes immediately solidified.

After seven or eight seconds, Jing Nian said:

"The danger still exists, and the enemy has follow-up arrangements related to the explosion. Donors must not be careless."

Before defeating himself and entering the "Psychic Corridor", his "precognition" ability can only detect whether something is going to happen that threatens himself and the survival of the corresponding target. He cannot see the corresponding picture and has no way of knowing where this comes from. It is quite vague. .

Xu Liyan nodded:

"I will pay attention and let the guards check everyone's body.

"Zen Master, I'm going to clean up and change my clothes."

During the attack just now, he rolled around on the ground twice. He was panicked and overwhelmed by the pure thoughts, and he actually became a little incontinent.

Even if not, he should take this opportunity to clean himself up and adjust his mentality to deal with the next chaos.

Jing Nian nodded slightly:

"I'm guarding the door."

He had checked Xu Liyan's bedroom, balcony and garden outside, and found no hidden dangers.

…………

In the yard behind the "Afu Gun Shop", residents who had repelled the first wave of attacks began to move various obstacles to several entrances, preparing to build barricades and seal off the place to deal with possible thugs who might come again later.

Among them, although those men and women in their forties and fifties are not as nimble as young people, they do the corresponding things in a orderly and very efficient manner, giving people the feeling of being like a fish in water.

This is something they often face when they are young.

After Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao parked the Dahong Cross Country in the alley, they took Lei Yunsong, Lin Feifei and the two children to rush in before the yard was completely closed, brushed their faces and entered, went up to the second floor, and Bai Bai Chen, Long Yuehong and the others met together.

After asking Aunt Wannan and Gu Changle to take care of the two children, they entered the room and exchanged key points about each other's experiences.

"Do you still want to leave the city?" Jiang Baimian asked carefully.

Bai Chen was silent for a few seconds and said:

"The most chaotic period is over."

"Yeah." Jiang Baimian agreed, "When we came over, we found that those wanderers were gathering in the central square. They might want to attack North Street, where the most food is. When Weed Grass City is reorganized, it will be just a matter of time to restore order. It’s a matter of time, they have a lot of weapons and ammunition in reserve.”

This is the most important trade center at the junction of the three major forces. Its own defense system is built to block the attacks of the major forces for a period of time.

As long as those wilderness wanderers were not in the first wave of riots, taking advantage of the large number of people and being caught off guard, they invaded North Street and completely paralyzed the entire city's organization, then they would not have much chance.

Bai Chen continued:

"As long as there is no major attack here, it won't be a problem to hold on until the situation stabilizes."

Whether it is food reserves, weapons, or fortifications, they are enough to last for two or three days.

She paused and then added hesitantly:

"There are a lot of people here, Aunt Nan. To take them all out, we have to organize a convoy. They are too eye-catching, and they are easily targeted."

"I understand." Jiang Baimian responded with a smile, indicating that Bai Chen didn't need to feel embarrassed, "There are benefits to staying, and it is a feasible plan for everyone to stick to it, just right..."

Speaking of this, she turned to look at Shang Jianyao:

"Let's see if we can wake up Lei Yunsong and Lin Feifei. If we can find out the whereabouts of Wei Yu and the others, we might have to take a risk in the city."

She said it was an adventure, but her tone was very relaxed, as if she was just going out for a stroll.

Finally, she smiled and said to Long Yuehong:

"You performed well today and you are already a qualified fighter."

When Long Yuehong puffed up her chest unconsciously, Shang Jianyao had already walked to the bed and assumed a posture to press Lei Yunsong's chest.

This made Jiang Baimian roll his eyes helplessly, but he was too lazy to stop him and let him do what he wanted.

Once, twice... Lei Yunsong suddenly coughed and slowly opened his eyes.

The first thing that caught his eye was a nameplate with gold characters on a red background.

It says:

"Pangaea Creatures"

"Do you remember this?" Jiang Baimian began to evaluate the other party's status to determine whether he should let Shang Jianyao make a "friend".

Lei Yunsong's eyes were obviously wide open, but he still looked like he was not awake.

His eyes were blank for a few seconds, and then a light appeared, as if he had finally woken up from a nightmare that had lasted nearly two months.

"Are you from the company?" he asked urgently.

"Guess." Shang Jianyao responded with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Baimian slapped the back of his shoulder with his right hand.

"Do you still remember who you are and what you are doing in Weed City?" Jiang Baimian asked without answering.

Lei Yunsong frowned, and the muscles on his face were slightly distorted, as if he was suffering some unspeakable pain.

"I, I..." He suddenly sat up and gasped, "Be careful, be careful of that sick person!"

After saying these words, Lei Yunsong's face was covered with sweat and wet, as if he had washed his face.

Shang Jianyao nodded:

"If he can escape."

Lei Yunsong was still in the state of gradually seeing the light and did not understand the meaning of this sentence.

After a while, he finally recovered:

"I am Lei Yunsong, the leader of a team in the company. I came to Weedao City to investigate the mastermind of 'Machine Paradise'.

"When we left the City Lord's Mansion and walked out of North Street, we met a man in a black trench coat. He looked very thin and seemed to be sick..."

As he spoke, Lei Yunsong's voice gradually became lower and his tone was full of fear.

"He 'hypnotized' five of you at once?" Jiang Baimian was a little surprised.

After previous confrontations, she was almost certain that the fake "priest" could only hypnotize one person at a time.

"No." Lei Yunsong shook his head, "I was the one who looked at him at that time. After returning to the hotel, after falling asleep, I went out like a sleepwalker and saw him again. After that, according to his instructions, I waited until dawn to find him. Using excuses and opportunities, I brought the team members to see him one by one..."

After listening to Lei Yunsong’s statement, Jiang Baimian’s assessment result was:

After being separated from the corresponding environment and stimulated by familiar items, he should have got rid of "hypnosis" and returned to normal.

"Do you know where Wei Yu and the others went?" Jiang Baimian asked about the most important thing.

Lei Yunsong shook his head in self-reproach:

"We were separated.

"Lin Feifei and I live in two adjacent buildings on South Street. We followed the man's orders and did some things, while Xiao Yu and the others were taken away by him..."

"Then do you have any clues?" Jiang Baimian asked.

Lei Yunsong frowned and recalled for a while:

"That person's 'hypnosis' seems to be time-sensitive. Every once in a while, he will put on makeup and come to see us, do the 'hypnosis' again, and give some orders at the same time.

"Once, he came a little late, and I recovered a lot. I vaguely knew something was wrong, so I went outside to observe his route.

"He should usually be on North Street. That time, I heard him talking to people using electronic products, saying, 'Take everyone to North Street'..."

At this time, Lin Feifei also woke up.

Repeating the previous process, Jiang Baimian confirmed some of what Lei Yunsong said.

"You haven't fully recovered yet, so take a good rest. Let's go to North Street and try to see the fake 'priest' and see if we can learn from him the whereabouts of Wei Yu and the others." Jiang Baimian made a quick decision and decided to go now. .

Shang Jianyao immediately added for her:

"Return the car by the way."

Hearing this, Lei Yunsong and Lin Feifei looked at each other, always wondering whether they had not completely escaped from "hypnosis", or the effects of anesthesia had not completely worn off, so they were slow to react and unable to understand what was being said on the other side.

After leaving the room and coming to the stairs, Jiang Baimian said to Long Yuehong who was following him:

"You stay here to help Xiaobai.

"Well, remind her to pay attention to Lei Yunsong and Lin Feifei. Although they seem to be fine, there is no guarantee that something will happen."

"Yes, team leader!" Long Yuehong felt inexplicably entrusted with an important task.

After finding a random window and jumping from the second floor to the alley outside, Jiang Baimian drove, carrying Shang Jianyao, towards South Street.

She knew that the wilderness wanderers were gathering in the central square, trying to attack North Street, but she did not dare to take that route and chose to make a big circle.

As before, they went out from the South Street Gate and went around to the North Street Gate. They used the special pass to successfully pass through the heavily guarded defense line.