Embers Ad Infinitum

Jiang Baimian was relieved and asked curiously:

"How do you do it?"

Shang Jianyao told the story of how he transformed into a "pangu creature", how he "established" a hospital, how he "created" a large number of wards, a large number of doctors, and a large number of drugs.

Jiang Baimian thought she had never seen anything before, but it turned out that she had never seen this scene before.

She was stunned for a while before saying:

"So imaginative and broad-minded..."

Just imagining those scenes made her feel funny, ridiculous, and revealed an unconcealable madness.

This was just an imagination. If she really saw it, she suspected that her spirit would be contaminated.

"If those 'disease people' were conscious, they might be scared away by you..." Jiang Baimian commented and couldn't help but ask a non-nutritious question, "How did you think of it?"

"You said that it requires a strong collective and coordination and cooperation from all aspects, just like a company. The spiritual world should be similar to the dream world. You can make some changes according to your own will. Well, that's what I think. "Shang Jianyao answered truthfully.

It’s normal for the spiritual world to be a bit magical.

Jiang Baimian said dumbfounded:

"I said that, on the one hand, to build up some confidence in you, and on the other hand, I also thought that when I return to the company, I will find a way to arrange you into hospitals, laboratories and drug factories, so that you can follow different people. Let’s take a look at the different processes involved in fighting diseases, how most people are cured, and why a small number of people cannot be cured.

“When you have enough understanding of the disease and an overall understanding of what humans are doing in the corresponding fields and the mechanisms they have established, I think your inner fear should be reduced a lot.

"Fear often comes from the unknown."

As a result, this guy turned into a company and built a hospital. Countless Shang Jianyao acted as a doctor and used medicine to "group fight" diseases, which is something that normal people would never think of.

"It's still somewhat effective." Shang Jianyao said that he will continue to try, "at least it will last longer than before."

Jiang Baimian exhaled helplessly:

“A two-pronged approach, a two-pronged approach.”

At this time, just after noon, she looked at the sky outside the window and said:

"I just have some free time, so go to the library and look for some books on diseases to read. It's definitely not a bad thing to learn more about it."

She didn't mention the matter of feeding back the interrogation results to the company now. First, she was waiting for Xu Liyan to consider whether to establish a mutually beneficial cooperative relationship. Second, Bai Chen had already taken the money to order a self-assembled radio transceiver. In two or three days, there is no need to go through Chen Xufeng to report.

Of course, some resources may still have to be obtained through the head of the local intelligence network.

As for whether he was a citizen of this city or a hunter above the official level, how could he borrow books? Jiang Baimian did not consider it at all.

As the brother of the city lord Xu Liyan, Shang Jianyao is already a chartered citizen!

…………

Weed City still attaches great importance to the public library. All the broken glass in the previous explosion has been replaced with new ones, the blackened surface has been covered with white paint, and the damaged walls are being repaired intensively.

This part of the work was organized by the city hall directly by issuing tasks in the Hunter Guild. The ruin hunters who took over the tasks were quite efficient and professional.

After some questioning, Jiang Baimian confirmed that this was a group of masons who usually did not take on adventure and exploration missions at all and only moved around the city.

This made Jiang Baimian couldn't help but sigh that the citizen culture of Yecao City was different from other places and was inseparable from the Hunter Guild.

At the same time, this also refreshed her understanding of ruin hunters:

In addition to adventurers, antiquities scholars, researchers, powerful investigators, intelligence dealers, wilderness bandits, scavengers, and mercenaries, there are also new identities such as masons, cleaners, third-rate detectives, deliverymen, and temporary teachers. .

"It's all-encompassing. The Hunters' Guild in Wild Grass City is roughly equivalent to the old world's talent market, employment agency plus bidding platform..." Jiang Baimian sighed to Shang Jianyao.

While she was talking, she pulled out a book about the history of mankind's fight against disease, and unexpectedly found an acquaintance standing opposite the bookshelf:

"Advanced hunter" Odik who likes to wear a black woolen coat.

"Are you here to borrow a book?" Shang Jianyao walked around the bookshelf and greeted him warmly.

This is a brother.

Odik nodded slightly, glanced at Jiang Baimian who was following him and said:

“I just recently realized how little knowledge I have.”

His nose is still a little red.

"It's a good thing to read more. It's easy to get yourself involved in 'anti-intellectual education.'" Jiang Baimian thought of the imprisoned fake "priest" Guo Zheng.

Mentioning "anti-intellectual religion", Shang Jianyao immediately asked with concern:

"Are you still sneezing?"

Odik is inevitably a little embarrassed when the price paid and the fatal flaw are mentioned.

What was even more embarrassing was that Jiang Baimian slapped Shang Jianyao on the shoulder:

"What are you talking about!

"It is very dangerous to mention the price he paid in front of the Awakened. That is to say, the Odic people are good. If it were another Awakened, they would already be thinking about how to assassinate you."

Do you think saying this can dispel my murderous intention? Odik couldn't help but curse.

He could completely understand the meaning of Jiang Baimian's performance just now.

"We are brothers." Shang Jianyao emphasized, "I'm thinking about how to help him solve this problem."

Jiang Baimian then looked at Odik, pretending to be thoughtful:

"It's not impossible."

Do you think I am trying to persuade you with my words to make you feel embarrassed and murderous?

No, I’m sparking the conversation!

Odik was silent for a few seconds, and finally asked:

"any solution?"

"I know that the price paid by the awakened is not so easy to solve. Even if your sense of smell fails and you can't smell anything, the corresponding gas will also cause serious reactions if it enters your body." Jiang Baimian smiled. Said, "But we can reduce the impact of this, for example, physical isolation, get a military exoskeleton device, put on a gas mask, and survive on the oxygen produced by the breathing machine. In this way, even the poisonous gas cannot hurt You, not to mention ordinary, smelly gas.”

Seeing that Odik's expression didn't change, and he had obviously considered a similar plan for a long time, she smiled again:

"But, this is a temporary solution rather than a permanent solution. You can't wear an exoskeleton all the time.

“The root cause is very simple, just replace the nose with a mechanical nose.

"The main function requirements are not high, just being able to filter gases is enough. If you have the means to customize a more advanced one, you can add an intelligent recognition function. In short, the goal is to keep gas molecules related to sour taste out of the body.

"Essentially, this is also a kind of physical isolation, but the effect is not as good as a gas mask, and it also does a lot of damage to your appearance."

Odik was a little stunned when he heard it. He always felt that the woman in front of him talked about human body modification too easily and had no psychological barriers.

Even on the crumbling dust, it looked quite crazy, like Frankenstein in the old world legend.

"We are indeed the same kind." Shang Jianyao looked at Jiang Baimian and commented with satisfaction.

Jiang Baimian responded to Shang Jianyao with a roll of his eyes and continued:

“This is the power of technology.

"Well, your costs are relatively easy to avoid. You can rely on this method to reduce the negative impact, and there are costs..."

Speaking of this, she glanced at Shang Jianyao:

"Hopeless."

Odik thought for a while and then slowly said:

"I will think about it."

He was already a little moved.

He has also encountered situations where his combat effectiveness was reduced due to sour smell, crazy sneezing, otherwise, the price would not have been known to others, but relying on the terrifying "sleep" ability, he has never been in a desperate situation. , so when thinking about solutions, he, who instinctively rejected human body modification, never thought in this direction.

But now, being deliberately targeted by the fake "priest" and losing his ability on the spot, he learned from the painful experience and focused on the negative impact of reducing the cost that needed to be resolved as soon as possible.

After answering, Odik looked at Shang Jianyao and said thoughtfully:

“The price you pay should be related to the mind or the spirit.

"I can see that your ideas are very jumpy, and sometimes you can't control them.

"This is definitely a bad thing in daily life, but in a specific battle of awakened people, it may not be an advantage. Just like when facing 'hypnosis', your jumping thoughts can effectively interrupt the corresponding process. That is to say , 'Hypnotizing' you is several times more difficult than 'hypnotizing' an awakened person of the same level.

"I have also met some awakened people who mentioned the positive applications of their own costs. Well, not all costs can have positive applications, just like the sour allergy caused by my sense of smell."

Since the two people opposite him already know his fatal flaw, there is no need for him to keep silent about this issue.

"I'm even more looking forward to seeing a real 'priest'." Shang Jianyao was not worried about the cost to himself at all.

Jiang Baimian looked around and stopped continuing this topic:

"Do you know where I can get some controlled weapons? Like the military exoskeletons I just mentioned."

Odik pondered for a moment and said:

"If you go to the First City, I can get you a link, but it may not be possible.

"In Weed City, you can try to find Sun Fei, the boss behind the 'Today' nightclub. He is the leader of the underground trading market.

"Well, he is suspected to be related to the 'Crystal Consciousness Cult'."

"Okay." Jiang Baimian heard Bai Chen mention this person nicknamed "Uncle Sun".

She was thinking about whether she could take this opportunity to increase Long Yuehong's strength.

After borrowing books, leaving the library and arriving at the edge of the central square, Jiang Baimian's eyes suddenly became a little straight.

Long Yuehong stood in front of a group of men and women, young and old, demonstrating fighting skills in a measured and orderly manner.

"What is he doing?" Jiang Baimian asked in shock.

…………

After one round of teaching, Long Yuehong walked to Bai Chen, took the towel, and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"After the riots, everyone is very keen to train themselves and improve their fighting abilities..." he sighed sincerely.

Bai Chen was silent for a while, then asked:

"Why did you take on the task of 'interim coach'?"

Long Yuehong suddenly felt a little embarrassed:

"Well, I, I don't want to think about it. We can't all be 'official hunters', and I'm still a novice."